New-York tribune., 1912-03-10

Concluding the papers OF the last two
weeks. air, clothing and thought remain "
be spoken of-then the spring cleaning
| has been pretty fully described.
The air cure has been more or less con-
stantly preached in these pages, ana haPPny
the time is coming when one need not sdO
so many garments to be able 10 race '"'
! outer world. These last weeks OF "lh'ei
have been sufficiently trying, but they must
| surely be a-gong. Then, hey for the llsht
u,r,p the quickly adjusted headgear and
| the open!
] Few women have full opportunities Tor
! testing what air can do for them. FeW'
] no thev rich or poor, are free from duties
! sociaI or commercial-whiChm must be per-
! formed under a roof and within confin!ng
w,Us Therefore. It behooves all women TO
! coo n II that fresh air can be admitted to
| those rooms in which so many hours OF
| the day and night are to be spent.
Al TO the night, we all know that
steady current of air, passing from WINDOW
| IN window, or from the window to the
door of another room whose windo" is
omen. should be the answering rule, what
| ever the temperature. Heap sott Oiahhets
on your bed, wrap your head in shawl
| place hot water bottles at your teet-naS'
even adopt a sleeping bag-out, II you
would be happy and well. leave windows
open by night. Many do this however
who are less particular by day. ms IL
is true. is less important, because as
rule, one moves from room TO roon' ana
one probably goes out so that the same
air "a NOT breathed and rebreathed, as 1t
would he I'm a closed room al night. Still'
bou,a,,er the air should be changed fire.
ouentIy. II playing, working or reauins,
for some time al a stretch, the occupant Oh
the room should rise twice an hour AT leas''
omen the windows and doors ana nave lhe
uarm used-up air blown out OF the room
cba can don a jacket, wrap OF sweater
while the blowing is being accomplished
az course. every mortal woman ought to
on ont once or twice a day. waking OF
driving. skating or riding, should occup!
~ ,ho time that can possibly be spared to
them. -,
y, form of beauty culture Is so I'M
rcdiotely effective as course IN ar
Even a brisk walk sends you III WIZ" ,
,L,o,s glowing. eyes frightened, spirits
,,,,b,or Those who do not like Watkins
or, rrobably those who need II most. Exer-
a,so for them should be in homeopathic
doses The taste will grow. But u'i'ii ~
does grow, and while the fatigue seehiS "
do more harm than the exercise does soou'
st least have abundant air indoors
offices and factories are too often all ou' |
poisonous in this respect. Every once
sbould be aired frequently and thoroughiy'
tIowever. such buildings lie beyond the
,,ro q, the budgets influence, and this
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naper can but urge the breathing Oh purc
air upon the individual.
claiming TO conduce TO happness-ano
bapniness is neutrality-suspicious. be at once
Incoming to the wearer. suitable 10 the
function or time Of wearing and eminen'y
oor,fortable. There should be no restric-
,,or anywhere. there should be snugness
where support is required and there shoulo
he as little weight as possible.
Fortunately. all the above requirements
ara now being indorsed by Dame Fashion
nd long may she be of this mind! One may
dress becomingly suitably and lightly and
NJ, attract attention or seem trump"
The main weight OF the gsrments-when
that weight has been reduced to a mini
uum-should be borne by the shoulders.
The attractive one-piece gowns now IN
vogue permit this. Undergarments are
also unified to-day. and corsets are less
and less restrictive and more and more
supporting, where support is required.
There are exercises, which. persevered in,
would do away with the need of corsets
at all. II the abdominal muscles were de-