New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
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Wise WOmen Who Garden :,
Improve Their Figurcs

Bridge is superseded. Gossfu ~.
smart women has gone Dy the board. vrs's
fashionable DANES gather together. ths,
longer talk about the latest divorce -
and IL they turn TO cards II is with qual,s.,
interest Mother Nature. the rake ana =.
hoe are their constant companions -.
their talk is OF fertilizers. bulbs and :.
transplanting OF specimens. For gardens.
is now the great occupation. under.ak-
with deep and serious pu-pose-tha. !,
preserving the figure. There are few cor-,
try estates on Long Island OF anv.b.-,
about New York on which the rnistr.,s
does not dedicate a certain number Of hou-.
each day to GARDENING
It's a pretty fashion revived Did NJ.
Nine Washington take the greatest dsli1s,
In tending ner garden at Mount Verno-
and did she not retain her youthful slir.
ness for an astonishing number OF years.
and at Albany. on the Hudson. were Mes.
DANES Douw, Visscher and Van RensseIaer
all ardent gardeners and all famed for ths,,
girlish figures The straight. slender wors
of those former generations, working in
their garden beds. or digging roots and
cutting leaves TO put away for. sickness or
use IN making perfUmes-they knew vel
what they were about And the fashionabls
physician of to-day when a wealthy IA
tent comes TO him and complains that he-
waistline is disappearing. can do no better
than bid her follow the example OF thoss
wise DANES OF old times
Doctor" walled one woman lately. T
am positively becoming sack of meal in
nv build Yet I walk and motor"
Walking and motoring are all very
we'll" said the physician. but il takes
ste opins, lifting and digging 20 strengthen
the muscles whose slow development does
away with the fatty tissues that make
the waist and hips clumsy. This exercise
one gets in gardening Have a rose plot,
and never allow your gardener IN t. ex-
cept to give advice. Plant petunias. or
raise vegetables-it doesn't matter what
so you do the work yourself"
My nerves are a wreck the next pa
tient complained.
Nothing soothes the nerves Ike digging
in the earth and working among growing
things" replied the physician II you Ike
can send you 20 a sanatortun where
gardening will be part Of the cure, but YOU
can do 1T just as well at home"
My daughter is growing up narrow
chested and stoop-shouldered," said his
next visitor.
Put a rake in her hands" advised the
physician "If she rakes diligently, q
broad chest, a straight back and firm,
rounded arms will reward her"
Gardening Is even good for the hands
IL proper care is taken II rubber gar
dening gloves are worn the hands, being
kept moist and warm, Will soon bs
tleached to perfect whiteness. Some wonl-
en-, anxious to become sylphlike at a pace
which gardening in itself cannot SET, wear
rubber garments under their flannel gar
dcninS rrocks and on returning 70 tbs
house take a hot tub, followed BY a brisk
alcohol rub. The trouble is that strenuous
gardening brings on appetite. and the gar
dener must deny herself, OF the fat ams
back will be her melancholy refrain. A
little meat, small quantities of good. whole
some vegetables and coarse bread, eaten
slowly. are all that should be INDUCED In.
else. besides corpUlence dyspepsia, that
foe to good health and clear complexons.
will set In.
Nothing clears the skin like gardening.
but too much sunshine is bad for deli
cate complexion Some women don broad
hats. some even wear veils but
this last seems rather absurd II isa
good plan to rub cucumber or milkweed
cream on he fsce before going out Some
fresh butternIk should be ready after the
hot tub. and used as q face lotion.
One Long Island woman, whose figure s
considered a credit TO her craze for gar
dening is Mrs. Willie Allen Her rose Ter
race, which is lovely, s her peculiar cara
Mrs. Alexander Butler Duncan has a for
NAL garden which is her toy. Mrs PAU
Cravath IS perhaps the most enthusiasm
ga ardener Of them all Besides atteloin5
personally 10 the corner where her FAVOR
tie flowers bloom she directs ali the prun-
ing and planting on the place.