Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-03-06
COMMON SENSE
BEAUTY CULTURE
Good Old Fashioned Housework
One Of the Most Efficient
Means Of Improving the Health
and Good Looks.
HEY had not met for ten years.
One woman had married q
man of wealth and led the

HEY had not met for ten years.
One woman had married
man Of wealth and led the
usual life Of the social butter
d., while the other had married
man of small means. The social but
tertiy had everything that wealth could
buy her, while her poorer cousin did
her own hOusewOrk and looked after
two children. OF course the society
wOman's clothes bore the stamp Of
Paris, but these were the only things
in the way Of advantage which she
could claim, for so far as looks were
concerned her poorer cousin had the
best Of 1t.
ut Is perfectly wonderful; You posi-
lively don't look day older than you
did the last time l saw you" Nine.
Dives exclaimed. She was beginning
to be fat, and her face was flushed
with good living. Her companion was
1.-THE and slender, with color like
milkmaid is supposed to have, but sell
dom does. Her eyes were bright and
sparkling. and she carried herself with
an air Of sprightly assurance that was
IN pleasing contrast to the other w0-
mans bored and tndolent manners.
"I'll tell you what I've been doing"
she replied gayly. 1--WE been doing
housework in q family Of four"
-You look AZ fresh 40 daisy." the
rich lady replied enviously. House
work must agree with you"
'Housework II one Of the best exef-
cises know Of" replied the friend
soberiy.
ssIts drudgery." the friend replied
YEARLY. 1t was to escape a homo
where there was too much Of It that
she had married her elderly and very
rich husband.
TT depends ON the way You DO your
housewOEk,~ her friend answered
soberly: too much OF anything =
bad. but II housework b done In :
systsmatic and intelligent why II y
no more drudgery than anything else
may b."
And % they parted. TIE rich woman
thinking her friend had been merely
making sport Of her while she had
really given her hint Of moro value
than any Of the, high priced beauty
culturists whom she consulted regu-
larly would evolve for any Of her INT
fees.
For housework really b good sxer-
else, one Of the best IN the world. II
Z woman goes about It In the right
way. The intelligent housewife pro
vides herself with proper tools. and
she saves time and money by availing
herself Of labor saving inventions II
she buys step,adder. she purchases q
reliable one that viii set 6rmly. When
she has to use It she places It firmly In
SUCH q. position that she does not have
TO strain in and stretch over to do her
work
Stretching without straining b bene-
ficial. The various physical culture
systems give many stretching exer.
cises. and the housewife will find
that sweeping IT, cobwebs from the
ceiling is health giving exercise II
she goes about It In the right and
proper way. Whenever there II need
to look directly above the head. wheth-
er brushing, busting OF washing . cell
ing or a high cornice, bend the head
back from the neck instead Of bending
the body back ut the waist. The lines
Of the figure at the hip are thrown
out Of position II the body u bent
back from the waist, and such pos
ture encourages that ugly little cush-
lon Of fat which sometimes forms at
the back Of the neck. II. instead. you
bend the neck itself. the muscles I'M
der the chin are strengthened and
kept 6rm. This Is a splendid health
exercise II you want to keep young
looking, for fabby muscles beneath
the chin are among the earliest signs
Of advancing age.
Certain kinds Of housework bring
rounded contours. The woman with
angular elbows. thin arms. scraggy
neck and protruding shoulder blades
will find sweeping. washing and scrub
bing splendid exercises for bringing
into play the muscles Of the hands.
arms shoulders and back. giving them
greater elasticity and at the same
time developing and strengthening
them.
Better than the far famed tango. bet
ter than any carefully balanced sys-
TEN Of physical culture exercise. the
plain old fashioned round Of house
hold duties will be found useful
for the woman whose surplus ener-
gy in this way can find II wholesome
outlet. 1t would soon solve the serv-
ant question and might help to solve
the question Of high cost OF living.
With all reform movements that are
abroad. why doesn't some one start