The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24

New York Sun: In one or n Sanl"
tariums where women go to
get back poise. appetite and normal
sleep, q housework cure has been
made a regular part Of the ~recupera-
tive system. Just as MuldoOn's mas
culine patients are forced to give, up
their luxurious meals, late hours n
Wallets while they are put through the
strenuous exercises, rides n walks
that restore them to condition, so the
women are obliged to submit absolute
ly to rules that call for several hours
a day of houSewrk.
Father Vaughan once astonished
London society women by advising
them. to try the Washtub as a pre-
ventive and cure for their ills, and this
is practically what the new cure does.
Doctors for years have advised nerv-
Gus ONE patients to do their own
homework; but the trouble has al
ways been that while women might
make q fad Of the idea for a day or
so, they speedily fell back into easy
ways, lazy habits and too frequent
indulgence in rich foods and sweets.
This is not possible when a patient
is taking the housework cure. Natur-
ally enough women do not banker aft
er it, but sometimes there comes a
crisis in hysterical and nervous mala-
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too serious to be set aside In the usual
manner. Then it is that the society
woman dons a cap, a blue linen gown
| and an apron and takes up the imple-
ments OF the kitchen. ,
A splendidly equipped sanitary
kitchen is the scene of the cure. Here
all the newest conveniences in the way
of antiseptic glass tables, tiled floors
and walls, electrical heating and cook
ing devices, blue and white ware and
china make an inviting picture. It
certainly is a p~leasanter setting than
the usual sun parlor full Of nervous
patients.
A staff of instructors in domestic
science take turns in giving lectures
and practical demonstrations. By de-
grees the m who r i'll forget
their woes in the novelty of their tasks
and take I'D their brooms n dust
pans with interest and even amuse-
ment.
There is plenty Of rest between the
tasks and classes, in addition to open
air exercises, open air sleeping and
all the helpful water tonics that prove
so restful for the overweight nerves.
Washing is OF the arts that form
part of the cure system. and when the
chemistry Of the process Is made clear
it is remarkable how interesting and
fascinating this unusually despised
task becomes. Laces and dainty hand
kerchiefs are the articles chosen and
the pupils are Instructed in the blu,
ing, ~starching, drying, sprinkling and
ironing of these things.
1t is all very different from the or
binary society day, with the exception
| that tennis golf. riding and athletics
are INDUCED in. The food is Of the
simple and wholesome sort. In a
month or two they bloom out radiant
ly through living this useful life. keep
ing proper hours and avoiding the
round of luncheons and teas hat Is
usually the cause Of the breakdoWns.
By degrees the mind OF the irritable
woman is taken off her OWE ills and
ailments and the cure begins to work.
| There are lectures by authorities, IL
Illustrated with moving pictures, show
ing the various processes of culinary
work and the right way of doing GER
one. One of the lecturers in describ-
ing the way in which the usual
French household is managed, said:
There should be no more of this
foolish idea that a girl who does do
nestle work is not socially the equal
Of the one who works a loom in a fac
tory. On the contrary, it should be the
desired position, splendidly; paid for,
as all good art should be paid for. :
"In French households there Is de-
tween the mistress and her maid the
most delightful feeling of apprecia-
ton. In the usual middle class French
family one maid looks after the house
hold, does the marketing, cooks,
rnends. nurses She is esteemed as
their lives, looks after. their expendi-
lures, and there Is no more thought of
| her as a mental than there would be
of a valued, honored friend.
when ONE take more interest
in home and in the work that goes on
in a home there will be fewer nerves
complained Of. Women are rushing
cannot mango the bills for the house
hold. The fact is they do not know
how to do SO and will not take the
trouble to learn. The idea at present
is that it Is degrading to take any in
terest in such things.
zone amusing illustration of the
slack way in which women keep house
was in evidence at a smart uptown
market the other day. I had taken
one of my housework r. patients
there to show her how to buy meats.
"A little colored girl was doing
some marketing. She ordered six
French chops. The chops at this place
were IS cents a pound. The man cut
the six chops and with his knife took
SiiS i,SoA oh nbouL LIE pone, ABOUT
half the weight Of the meat. Thus IS
or 40 cents worth of perfectly good,
fresh spring lamb suitable for broth.
gravy or croquettes was left on the
butchers block.
THE houseWork cure has no mart
more interesting or beneficial than the
daily market trip. I take nv pa
tfent from stand to stand, show her
the differences between poor cuts, bad
cold stored fowl and tainted fruits and
the good sort, She learns how 10