The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17

am constantly receiving letters from
women employed in shops and offices
who complain of the barriers of beauty
which lie in the path of the wage earn
ing woman. The letters invariably read,
Il have little time and less money to
spend upon my personal appearance.
yeti I must look Well" If dOWdyness
IS a sin in the home. in the business
world it is an impossibility- Beauty is
not necessarily Indispensable for the
self-suppoTting girl but a certain
smaTtness of appearance, an air of
health and vigOr are a valuable bust
ness capital No sensible business man
wants to employ the iaCkadaisiCal
Burne-JOnes sort of girl, whose trailing
skirts sweep the dust from his office
floor and whose low crumplCd collar
suggests an unaccOuntable delayed visit
10 the washtub. The girl who hasn't
sufficient energy and Will power to
make her waists and skirts join neatly
in the back will lack the same amount
of energy in dispOsing Of the Office
work. Your personal appearance will
be the first thing your employer viii
Judge you by. If you wear SOiled n1eTy
TO the office and sit at your desk with
bent shoulders and followed chest you
will suggest that you lack physical Vi
tally as well as common sense in dress
ing. It is the healthy, clean looking,
welI-grOomed woman who succeeds, be
cause health and cleanliness inward as
we'll as outward. mean mental and ply
steal health and pOise.
But" eXclaims our wage Garner.
how can I look we'll and strong shut
up as I am all day long; how can I
look we'll groOmed when have hardly
any time and little money 10 spend
upon myself2'
These are the business girls beauty
problems. They can be satisfactorily
solved by each one, and the busy girl
can come in for her share of good looks
as well as her idle and richer sister.
The foundations of health and c0nse-
quently of beauty, are air, exercise
cleanliness and simple, wholesome food.
The rich have most of these neCeSsi-
ties of life brought to them. Purified
air is pumped into their sleeping apart
ments, which are thus always kept
freshly ventilated. maids minister to
them and cleanliness is not acquired.
but thrust upon them. Exercise Is not
taken, but IS given to them by the help
of the body masSeUSe and the physical
culture teacher.
In the matter Of heaIthful foods the
rich suffer more than the wage earn
ing woman for. while the latter may
eat too little which is not TO be rec
commended, the former usually eat too
much, thereby cOunteTactiag the good
effects of all the days beauty treat
mentS- Air, exercise, cleanliness and
good food, the simplest necessities Of
life, have often TO be fought for by the
wage earning woman. but she can. and
should. fight for them. for to her they
mean everything from mere comfort TO
success in her chosen profession. The
woman who IS obliged to work in a bad
" ventilated office or store should Try,
IN the first place, to influence the head
of her department and obtain better air.
If she cannot do this. and she usually
can, let her obtain permission to get
10 an open window or door at inter
walls during the day and there slowly
1nhale deep bTeaths of pure. fresh air.
This viii often cure a headache. and
more often still viii dissiDate ali ten
dency to nervous irritability. often
caused alone by inhaling exhausted
air for any length of time To become
2 fresh air fend Is the first sep both
for health and beauty seekers.
Though much has been said on the
subject Of ventilation it is surprising to
know how many women sleep with the
windows Of their room closed or open
the very least little bit This is ruin
Gus to our wage earner's looks. A. night
she can regulate her supply Of air to
suit herself, and there cannot b. too
much Of it, Put on plenty of covers,
and have the bed warmed with a hot
water bottle, but open the windows
Now and then in waking uD in the
morning one viii feel ones throat TO be
thoroughly parched and dried This IS
sure sign that one has been SIeeuiuzr
with open mouth, inhaling through il
instead Of inhaling through the nos
trlls- Many devices have been invent
ed and exploited to keep the mouth
shut during sleep. The simplest wax Is
to bend the head down slightly. closing
the Jaws so that they cannot fail When
the neck is stretched and the entire
body relaxed in sleep the Jaw falls
open It usually does this when the
subject sleeps on her back. The cor
rect sleeping position 10 lie in Is on the
left side with arm thrown behind.
Sleeping on the right side stretches the
muscles about the heart. and increases
any trouble one may have with that
organ Sleeping on the stomach HIN
ders digestion and renders breathing
difficult.
A woman should have eight hours
sleep; less tEan this amount will. if
long continued. destroy both health and
looks. one Of the wage earning wO-
mans greatest difficulties lies in the
fact that She cannot get her mind of
her work. and carries her daily vor-
ries and 3nxietieS even into the realm
OF her dreams. EestfUl and helpful
sleep can only be had when the brain
is at rest. No one can teach another
to let go Of her worries: each person
must find the way for herself but Of
ten a few pages of some helpful or
amusing book read just before going
10 bed viii change the thought current
and sOOtbe the active brain into readi-
ness for quiet slUmber. Many women
of nervous temperament have ten
dencv. 10 insomnia. As the nervous wo-
man usually does not eat enough a
glass of warm milk and a biscuit taken
lust before retiring viii often quiet the