The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
A Woman's Secret of Health.

One of the hardest working profes-
sional women in New York says that
she. is never i'll and hardly ever tired;
moreover, that other woman may en-
10y the same immunity, if they are
willing to pay the price.
@And i consider any price small
one to pay for perfect health, she
says brightly. viii I tell You the
price? Most gladly, for I believe in
my theories.
81 am fortunate in loving, passion
ately. outdoor life, and in having ma
turally simple tastes. so, following out
nv theories gives me pleasure as well
as health. In the first place, I have
plenty Of sleep, eight hours regularly,
nine hours when car When I lose
few extra hours I make it up next
Sunday, If I cannot before.
SCI always have cold tub in the
morning; and enjoy it more than
any other event of the day. do not
q
say that every woman can benefit by
cold tub; but if she can train her
self. to it once she will never be will
ing to give it up. Before or after my
bath I take few simple chest and
breathing exercises, and when I am
dressed I am as alert and fresh as a.
girl of sixteen. q
sI do not drink tea or coffee. My
breakfast is in. bly, fruit, toast or
stale bread, and eggs- prefer two
very soft-boiled eggs when can
get them. Unless am sure Of tive
hours out of doors later in the day, i
walk for half hour before or after
breakfast. I plan for two hours out.
Of doors every day, even the worst
day in winter, as religiously as do
for my meals-more so, I verify be-
lieve. And in New York in the win
| ter I spend those hours walking.
&I am in my Office always from 9
| to 5, sometimes longer. And I do
considerable work in my apartment
in the evening. When can take
half hour after my luncheon to stay
OFT in tie sun. especially in the win
tier. My lunch is simple-brown
bread ard butter, rice or hominy, or
vegetables ard fruit. Unless some
thiag very imperative interferes,
dro. everything at 5 and walk smart
ly for an /. II c. an :2orc and half.
Then i go no1e, dress and dine
heartily but simply. soup, meat, but
never any form OF pork, vegetables, a
salad, simple dessert, and fruit
again. Two evenings a week I spend
I in a gymnasium. following the work
with a cold shower. have tried diff
ferent methods, dumbbells, clubs,
fencing, fancy dancing, the American
| system, and Swedish gymnastics
! last the best-and a jolly class Of half
a dozen can get untold benefit and
| fun from the investment. Saturday
afternoons I get in an extra two or
three miles, and Sundays I always.
plan to spend half the day out of.
doors. And still I have time for lots
of, work, for seeing my friends, and.
for hearing and seeing the best mu-
sic, pictures and theatres.
| sThat is my winter regimen. With
the last Of April I fit to the country.
I find comfortable home in the real
country, paying more attention to its
hygienic conditions than to its social
life. T have always lived within a mile
or SO Of the station, diving to and.
| fro only when the weather was very
bad. I have to get up at s o'clock,
but by the time reach my work I
have had some three miles, walks
and my lungs are full Of good country
air. BY the time reach my country
I home at night have walked some
i've miles, and am prepared keenly
to enjoy my dinner on veranda or
near "a window with wide outlook
after refreshing bath and toilet.
Early to bed is my motto in the coun-
try; but there is always time for an
hour on the veranda, for a moonlight
walk, or, on rainy evenings, for a lit
tie music or reading before going to
4sleep with the pure air and country
sounds iulling to real rest. Saturday
afternoons and Sundays are one feast
of outdoors play tennis, walk, I
drive, I ill heart.heart and brain with
visions Of green beauty.
when my vacation cones I go off
to some quiet spot in the mountains
or on the shore, and live in the open