The National tribune., 1906-08-09
THE FAMILY.
BY SENORA SARA.


| discovered that women are snfferins
from a new disease. meek bend" He
says that the cause of disease is the
heavy neck chains which women wear,
the bead ones and others. which press
upon a sensitive nerve at the back CT
| the neck and cause headache, backache
and nerves" He also thinks that 1t
| makes women round-shouldered. as
they begin to involuntarily stoop little
to rid themselves of the pressure. l do
not doubt that the doctor is eminen.iy
| correct. l never could see the sense,
| artistic or utilitarian, of wearing great,
| heavy beads A string of small beads
of good material and in rich or delicate
| colorings add much to the finishing OF
| dresses that are devoid of color. ard
sometimes give the exact artistic touch
| necessary. But the ropes of black wood
en- beads which were worn few years
ago. for instance, were a monstrosity.
They clattered when they touched any
thing like the chains of a convict. they
were all the time catching in things,
particularly the back buttons on mems
coats, and they could never by any
means be made to look pretty
I know one woman who found that
stiff collars and shirtwaists were making
| her round-shouldered until she learned
| to correct the ''vice." She was careless
in putting on her shirtwaist, and wore
a collar that was half a size too small.
The shirtwaist crept up in the back. and
the band of it and the stiff collar press
ed constantly against the back or her
neck, on that sensitive nerve. l sup
pose; she didn't know anything about
that then, but knew that she was un-
happy in sfirtwaist because of that
awful pressure and the creeping up"
of that shirtwaist. Then she learned to
put on the shirtwaist, button the two
top buttons. then adjust the collar and
her tie. Then she finished buttonsag
the shirtwaist, put on her dress-sFirt
and fastened it. Then she slipped er
hand under the dress-skirt after it was
duly fastened and adjusted properly as
to seams, caught that shirtwaist in the
center of the back, pulled it down,
showing the fullness to the center, then
while holding the waist with one hand
she pinned waist and skirt together with
a black belt pin, one about four inches
long. To her joy she discovered that
when she had pulled that waist down
to its proper place in the back there
was not particle of pressure on the
back of her neck, and it was a JOY to
wear stiff collars, which, by the way
she was careful not to get toe small or
too wide. Then she found that she
could throw her head back and square
her shoulders, all pressure being re-
moved.
Now, a word to mothers. Do you
notice the inclination of your boys who
have just arisen to the dignity of stiff
collars to throw their heads forward
and chins down and in? You will find
on investigation that one Of two things,
or both, are conspiring to make them
hollow-chested and round-should' ed.
They do not pull their shirts down prop
erly in the back. and suspenders hold
them in great folds across the shoul-
ders so that the collar-band creeps up
to the hairline and presses on that neck
nerve. Then the wide. stiff collar is
put on and the trouble doubled. 1 know
a number Of men who stoop for this
very reason. Their collars look to be
trying to creep to the top OF their heads.
AS matter of fact the human body is
SO constructed that there can be no
long-continued artificial pressure any
where without causing suffering and ul-
innate deformity. I know a young girl
who at ii imagined herself a young
lady, and whose foolish mother permit
ted her to dress like one. Among other
things she took to wide, high, stiff coll
lars sucn as were made on forms-this
was several years ago. She wore those
collars so high and so tight that her
head was thrown forward in a perfectly
absurd way. Soon she developed throat
trouble. Then a bump came on her
chin, and that horrible thing, goitre
came on her neck just under the chin,
her voice began to get husky, and she
was nearly insane with headache. The
family physician came. and found her
lying down with her head tied up in q
towel and camphor for headache and
one Of those high collars on. He took
lencit and slit the collar up the front
and on the two sides. and laid the
pieces down over her waist. Nov.
young lady," he said. when you come
to your senses, and lay aside those COL
lars for good and all, I'll see what can
do for you, and 1 shall not touch your
case until you do. Meantime you are
liable to die at any moment with that
pressure on your jugular veins"
The child was thoroughly frightened.
and. declaring that she did not know
| that she was doing herself harm with
the collars, promised anything. The
Doctor then showed her with hand
| glass that her throat was as brown as
| a hazel nut; in fact, that there seemed
| to be brown band nearly three inches
wide about her throat, while the rest of
her body was very good color. That.
he declared. was caused by tight, high
collars. He further declared that the
neck would grow old much faster than
| the rest of the body under such condi-
tions, and would soon be wrinkled and
skinny. The girl took his advice, and
after a year Of serious work, got her
| throat back into normal condition and
she isn't bit anxious to be a grown
up" now. SO 1t Is, after all, really ig-
norance which leads so many int, err
ror, rather than willfulness.
A friend tells me that to remove
spots with thick layer Of butter and
lets the garment lie for several hours
| She then kneeds it well between her
hands before putting 1t in lukewarm
| water well soaped. in which she washes
| it well. This will remove all but the
most refractory stains.
The country girl who wants cheap
yet efficacious skin beautifier has 1t
| right at hand in the cucumber patch
| while the little green vegetable lasts
| Take cucumber and peel 1t, making a
good. thick peeling. Rub the face well
with the inside of the peeling, and rub
off the face as fast as the Juice vets II
| well. After you have gotten Off al! the
| dust and dirt in this way, take a fresh
peeling and rub the face we'll, leayi,. z
the juice to dry on. In the morning, il
done at night, or in a few hours IL need
be, wash the sace in clear warm water,
member that In using coldcreams, skin
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