Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Copyright by J. Il. Bowles.l

Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan, editor of
Harper's Bazar, formerly held a promi-
nent position on the stan of a New York
newspaper. Sne is the author Of a num-
Der of popular books including Tales Of
the Cloister' and MAY Iverson. Her
Book" She was born in Milwaukee.)
In reading from month to month
the great mass of material on the
subject of women which appears in
the various periodicals the writer Of
this paper has been struck by n ex-
traordinary fact. The topic Of health
most important to women and of
touched upon. Women's achieve
ments in every line of art and indus
try are admiringly set forth. Ex-
perts advise them along the lines
Of their professions and ambitions,
but rarely does a great doctor lift his
voice in the friendly warning SO many
of them need.
Every one knows that the ideal
physical life Is the life lived out OF
doors in the sunshine and fresh air.
But women who work need a compro-
mise between this ideal system and
the dull routine into which they so
readily fall. Every woman needs to
know, not "What is the best hygienic
system for me to follow" but, What
is the best system to which | can
adapt my daily life, with its exactions
in the way OF indoor confinement and
sedentary occupations? How can /
get myself and keep myself In such
condition that nerves and body are
more than equal to the strain | must
put upon them?" For women should
have more than the power to endure
grimly. They should have the robust
health, the cool and steady nerves
that give zest to mere physical ex-
~istence.
To begin, then, with the morning
bath-the function with which every
woman should begin her day as reg
ularly as she, leaves her led, More
nonsense has been written about the
bath than about any other hygienic
topic. Women have been advised to
take ice. cold baths, cold sprays, hot
plunges and cold packs. Again, some
doctors have protested against the
bath habit, urging M to conflne
themselves to one bath a week and
.hus avoid the drain on the vitality
which a daily bath entails. IN an
swer to all this hear the words Of one
II the greatest physicians in Ger
many when & distinguished American
woman consulted him:
Madam said he. after the history
u her nervous breakdown had been
a0destly related. "yoa do not battle
sluugh. Do not be indignant: the fail
az is a national one. The Americans
ak a great deal about their baths,
sat they do not take them daily. Ev-
ny human being who Is up and about
hould get into a bathtab oace a day
nd stay there ten minutes. Take
.our bath In the morning. Immediate
$ after rising. Have the temperature
( The water 9S degrees exactly
either more nor less. This Is the
p0rmel temperature of the blood.
wv tia sAc temperature VI ZIG IOOin
the same. Never get into a cold
fafh on Using. Cold baths have
illed thousands. Lie in your bath
IS degrees; get down into the tub:
umerse the body thoroughly; the
arm water on the surface OF the
ady has an excellent effect on the
accus membrane throughout. Then,
lie by little, lower the temperature
~ Gnish your bath with a cold rub
ag down. II you wish. The blood
siltd TO the surface of the body by
e warm water Is then ready for the
lock. 1t Ia not ready for that when
9l first awake"
That advice" said the American
oman to the writer. cost me over
800. and Il was worth Il. Pass 1t
i to others for what 1t will be to
m / was under that physicians
.agge six weeks. / went to him a
reca and came away cured. He
me no medicine. His remedy
So that daily bath. followed by
ala massage. i now take both az
gllarly AZ ] eat my breakfast aad |
tribute my perfect health To them
The onestion OF exerfism Is Of the