The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-09

taking daily sponge bath in cold wa
ter, salt and alcohol Another says
that ice applied to the skin and a glass
OF hot water slipped slowly half an
hour before breakfast and another sip
ped slowly half an hour before bedtime
have transformed her from a rather
plain looking girl to a pretty young
woman. One club woman advocates
plenty Of sleep. another talks of change
Of occupation for recreation and still
another lays stress on the value of
strenuous exercise as a cure-all.
The famous French beauty. Diana de
Poitiers, used to take an early morn
ing horseback ride. in the days when
women thought little of the advantages
of out of door and sunshine, and,
laughing at her ignorant sisters who
depended on paints and powders, used
to say that the dewy air of early
morning gave her weapons with which
she could csptivate all mankind. Cleo
patra probably had her beauty recipe;
perhaps she took a daily dip in the
river Nile, or perhaps she lay for
Egyptian SANDS, and concentrated her
attention on some waving palm tree.
There is q doctor at the present time
who is waging war against tight COL
lars. He attributes many alarming
symptoms to the collar that binds the
neck too closely. The trouble does not
lie in the fact that the pressure of the
windpipe is too severe, although this
pressure, to be sure, is not a good
thing. But the neck, it seems, has
many highly organized, sensitive nerves
which do their best to notify their
owner that they are being badly treat
ed by making her dizzy, faint, short of
breath and filed with various sharp
aches and pains. And continued abuse
~ fhn IL h. %N1r 80 f.kk IL
lars brings on sometimes serious ILL
ness. So let the woman who would
be beautiful with the beauty that
health and comfort bring be thankful
that collarless frocks bid fair to stay
with US through the coming season
and look to the size of such cellar
bands as she possesses.
Another article of dress which often
brings unsuspected troubles to it's
wearer is the large and heavy hat, and
since big hats seem as popular as col
larless gowns, the oVerweighted head
Is more difficult to relieve than the
tightly bound neck. Not long ago
high strung young woman went to her
physicians office to tell him that she
was nervous wreck, and when he had
heard about her symptoms-which in
cluded loss of appetite. inability to
sleep or work, depression and the hun
dred and one other distressing indica-
tons Of overweight nerves---he
agreed with her diagnosis. Besides
that, she looked thin and peaked and
worn.
Suddenly the doctors eyes fell on her
hat 1t was a beautiful hat and was,
perhaps, the one thing which seemed
to its poor, i'll owner worth living for.
1t was piled heavily with silk and vel
vet and flowers and plumes.
Take off that hat" commanded the
doctor.
The patient meekly obeyed. The doc
tor placed 1t on his office scales, where
a moment before he had noted the pa
TENTS weight. The indicator touched
the six pound mark.
GO home and throw that thing in
the ash barrel" said the doctor sharly.
Wear a light hat that weighs less
than a pound, take care of yourself
and report progress to me in a
month"
In a month the patient shamefacedly
admitted that her troubles began to
lessen the moment she stopped wear
ing the heavy hat and that at the end
of three or four weeks they had al
most ceased.
OF course, tight collars and heavy
hats can be worn without noticeable
injury by many a woman, and they
are perahps not the greatest harm
workers among feminine apparel But
let the women who would plan out her
own beauty and health campaign, af-
ter she has taken due notice of diet
and exercise and bathing, look to the
ills that lie almost undreamed of in
her wardrobe.