The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24
The Woman Who Makes ~ Health
the Excuse for Personal Neglect.

Though invalidism has gone some
what out of fashion and no one who
can avoid il enjoys poor health" any
more. yet every woman has her share
of nursing to do during a lifetime and
at one time or another plays the part
of invalid herself Let US hope that
the illness Is not dangerous. painful or
of long duration, and that she VIII not
forget that even iii health is no eX-.
cuSe for neglected appearance a wo-
man can be i'll and still look and be
attractive. just as she can be perfectly
well ana look neglected and uncared
for There have been many celebrated
bed-rid.len people who even as chronic
invalids claimed their share OF admira-
ton and attention. and who. instead
of needing sympathy, seemed to be reg
ular stOTehOuSes for this delightful
quality
The attractive invalid is usually the
sick person suffering from a chronic
disease. But 1 know of several bed
ridden people and most attractive they
are. too. who fortunately do not suffer
at all. One of these was a woman Of
high social position in England. who.
having lived TO the GGC of 50. decided
she was tired of dressing and undress-
ing herself every day: so she went TO
bed and lay there in state for eleven
long years-blissful years they were.
too. full of work interest and ease.
This old woman was political power
To her bedside came ministers. mem
beTs Of parliament. social leaders and
minor lights. As she very rightly said.
she could not attend 10 all her friends
and have strength To run about. too.
and, as she preferred her friends and
her power over them to anything else
in the world. she saved all her energy
for this I remember that in order to
keep herself in a certain state of health
she took daily physical culture ezer-
cises In bed. Stretching exercises.
bending exercises, such as holding 10
the head of the bed and stretching I'M
I'll her toes almost touched to the foot:
then relaxing all the muscles and
nerves and beginning over again. An
other exercise consisted of drawing the
knees. 10 as close TO the chin as DOS
sible and then with some force send
ing them down. With these exercises
deep breathing was always combined.
and she was quite an expert on the
different breaths. rhythmic Yogi. alb
dominal, ct.
A daily body massage and a careful
attention TO hands and face kept our
bed-rid1en DANES skin IL wonderful
condition. and one could not expect TO
see d more imposing vision than this
same woman seated or her bed proDped
up with many pillows. arrayed i'm
silken bed gown. with lace cap over her
snowy hair Another of my bed-riddeu
friends was a much younger woman.
who having had 2 slight illness hard
tasted the pleasures of complete idle
ness, and was looking for a chance to
become a chronic invalid Her father
having married again against his
daughters Wishes-indeed he married
the cook as the daughter was ALWAYS
I'll and could not attend 10 his many
wants-the invalid took herself off 10
n hospital, whose staff of delightful
doctors and nurses she already knew
In thu hospital she lived for several
years, and v-as the most attractive in
valid imaginable. / am glad to say.
however. that she grew tired of being
bed-ridden- and falling in love with one
of the doctors, married him and lived
quite happily and normally ever after
ward This invalid affected the most
becoming pightcaps I have ever seen.
and I see that this charming article of
apparel is coming into fashion again.
The English and French women are all
wearing them, and 7 hope our Ameri-
can sisters viii take up this pretty fad
this latest feminine thrill. The night
cap is made TO suit the individual