Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-17
Homework an Aid to Beauty
When Performed in Right Wav.

HousewOrk is good for woman's
beauty. To those who have never done
homework 1t may be necessary to Give
lIst-a catalogue. as it were-Sctting
forth the reasons. In the catalogue there
| is tabulation of the different kinds of
work and what the work will do for the
skin, the features, the muscles and the
figure.
Sweeping. the least beneficial of all
branches of houSework, is fine for the
belt line. 1t reduces the waist and makes
it round and shapely 1t takes off the
rolls of fat that are located around the
hips and obdomen. and it is the best of
all known things for the reduction of the
ribs!
Along with the discovery that sweep
ing reduces the weight there comes the
one that washing windows is good for
the lungs. 1t broadens the shoulders and
develops the muscles.
The rules for homework. so as to ben
eht the complexion, and figure, are these
Have the house cool in summer and
warm in winter. Try to have the eli
mate even, never too hot nor too cold
1t you have no big sponge. then hang
WEI towel in the breeze. The air will
blow cool into the ROOM
If the cook would insist that the kitch-
en- be light and clean and we'll aired she
would be more shapeiy. Cooks eat lit
tie, YET they are nearly always very
stout. They are thirsty and they feel
tired. They are always in bad atmoS-
phere. The kitchen ought to be vonti-
lated. The cook would be prettier if the
kitchen We're not SO close.
When you work he sure that the room
is ventilated. Hot air makes you fat.
Close air cramps your lungs. The rea-
son why houseworkers are fat is because
they W Ork in hot, close room. The air
of the average kitchen is awful: the air
r / 4.
of the stairways and clothes presses too
fearful to mention; often even the sit
ting room is foul. This is because the
inmates DO not know the value of fresh
air.
The next rule concerns the complexion
of the hOusworker. 1t is one which re-
lates to the atmosphere also. Make your
house smell nice. 1t will make all the diff
ference in the world in your health. Ii
you sniff sweet Udors you will be better
looking than though YOU shifted bad
ones. The truth of this. is no longer
quest icned.
Another rule for the houseworker-
who has learned that she must work in
a cool, understanding apartments to
manage her work so that she looks up
and not down This is not always pos
sible. But the worker can always man
age to keep the shoulders back Even
when STOPPING she can straighten her
shoulders and back. Bending over does
not necessarily mean that your lungs are
cramped. The housewOrker must man
age always to work upon something that
interests her. The nervous women are
those who are not interested in their
work
The houseworker must wear loose
clothing and loose shoes. Her neck must
not be tightly dressed and she must not
wear her hair in a tight knot. Her
body should be as free as possible. Then,
with all things in her favor. she can do
housework and be pretty. 1t is the great
est identifying agent known. But, like
everything else, one must understand
something about it. You cannot 20 into
it without study and expect to come out
eautiful.-BroOklyn Eagle.