The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
Home Nursing
Maintaining Health

1.-TWO women sat in a street car
 One was thin and unhappy look
 ing, with nervous hands, colorless skin and faded eyes. Her hair was thin and drab and unbecomingly ar. ranged. She looked the picture of mis. cry and there were dejected lines about her mouth telling of self-pity and dis. couragement.
 The other, who glanced from time to time at her companion almost plying. ly, was plump pink-skinned with the coloring that tells of radiant health, and her eyes were bright and clear. Her hair, though beginning to grey, was shining and fluffy.
 Neither woman were expensively dressed, but one had attained artistry in the combination of colors she was a symphony of grey and lavender from head to foot. The faintest suggestion of wood violets told of sachet some where-perhaps in her handkerchief or glove box. #
 But she did not reek of patchouli bath tablets, nor did waves of new mown hay perfume eddy about when she moved, as they did when the little painted-cheeked girl in the seat ahead had entered.
 Suddenly the unhappy looking wo- man spoke.
 II don't see how you've kept your looks, Charlotte" she said, piaintiye. ly. Mother always used to call you the ugly duckling, and now after 20 years you come back looking the pie ture of health-and actually beautiful. Why I"-and her eyes filled with tears -"I am wreck. l look 20 years older than l am and I haven't known what it felt like to be strong and healthy for years and years" ee
 Nonsense You had" all the good looks in ,ouFnfamily," cemforted her sis ter as the two women got off the car and walked along the shady street. Il am going to take you in hand and help to restore your good looks.'
 Her sisters face showed a flicker of hope.
 Do you really think?" she began. and paused abruptly as they entered the house. ,...,,..,......
 She learned in the next few weeks that the only way to maintain health Is to pay strict obedience to the laws of hygiene. Personal cleanliness, suit able clothing and sufficient rest, care in the selection of food, and early at- tention to slight ailments are all neces- sary to health.
 The woman who wears a heavy suit or dress on the warmest day of the year because she feels self-sacrificing or sudden need to economize endangers her health. Dark heavy clothing at- tracts the suns rays, she bcomes over heated, she perspires, gets irritable and twice as tired as if she were season ably dressed, and she experiences actual physical discomforture because she is so warm that her heart beats faster. By suddenly cooling off or sitting in a draft she may catch cold, get pneu- monia or bronchitis, and be seriously i'll.
 Cool porous garments through which the air will circulate freely, allowing the evaporation of precipitation and the consequent cooling of the skin surface. are absolute necessities to health in the summertime. Materials may be ever so inexpensive, but they should be of ap- propriate weight and texture for the varying seasons.
 The daily bath for cleanliness and tonic effect on the skin, the choice of pure cold creams and powders (if any) and physical exercise to keep the body fit and the muscles in tone are all means of maintaining ones health and retaining ones youthful appearance and