"SINFULLY PLAIN."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 11

"SINFULLY PLAIN."

"Most women are-' plain," remarked a mail' to me, with;brutal fian.Jiness, at a gathering-of women the other day. But was,he iar wrong!" - ■'Look around any assembly of women, and what do you see?. You cannot fail to' see ' that women show; signs of ageing'quite early in life. A woman outfit to " be at her," best .between the ages of thirty'and-forty,-but-many'are barely out. of their twenties before- they' begin to fade. , . . i , : Let. any woman set. out on a series of afternoon call-s, i and\ make a mental notp of the results. What 'does she find ? . Very often several women in bad.healthand-consequently lacking in beauty.: '• " Found Mrs; A.-looking: very seedy; said ; sho was ' : hearly mtfd'with neuralgia all last 1 night, ncvef ! slept''a'wink.' 1 - Miss B. at home with an. awful cold. Mrs. C.'.suffering from ! 'rheumatism. , Mrs. D. up, in. town 'yesterday to ; see a specialist. . Has' been .very 'bad with 1 neuritis...' ! ,- ' ' ■'. , -■ Mrs. E. recovering from an. operation for . appendicitis. - It is almost impossible to pay a round of calls without finding' a' state of things vei-y ( much as portrayed above. , •"The habits' of tho woman' whs' is sinfully plain 1 are as follows: —Before rising she' partakes of a cup of; tea and . thin bread and butter. '.' An hour later she breakfasts on coffee,, hot roll and butter, - fried bacon, or an egg, marmalade.' About three hours later she' partakes of a substantial lunch— meat, .sweets,'biscuits,'. aiid ''butter. Two and a half hours pass and afternoon, tea' appears—tea,' hot scones, and cake.' In another.tw<J'and'a half hours sho is seated at the Sinner tabler—four or fivo courses, followed ,by. coffee.; i . . ' ' Bedtime comes, but' there is no rest for the poor, .abused .' internal organs. They .have., been struggling since early morning' to deal ■ with the heterogeneous mass of,' food thrust upon them', and thoy will have to do so through the long night patches. . .

' Note the habits' of the woman of superb health and' beauty. She rises early and devotes twenty minutes to vigorous physical exercises. Then follows a cold or tepid bath.' An hour before breakfast she drinks a pint of distilled cold "water.:. Breakfast consists of plenty of . stewed or fresh .fruit, purei .wholemeal bread, butter, ■ perhaps' an egg; the entire meal being thoroughly masticated: After_ breakfast. outdoor exercise; biit the. tinie ;is usefully employed, often to tho . benefit of others.

An hour .before 'her second meal (dinner) she drinks another pint of distilled water. (No liquid at'meals.)' Fiv.e. or six hours intervono between \the two. meals, - hcnce her appetite is keen, and tho simplest fare'tastes delicious. '

At five o'clock .another pint of distilled water.;' At'soveri o'clock -a'simplo meal of fresh or stowed,fruit only. I

The clay; is over. Tho ; stomach, and' the other organs of tho body, .have'donq their' fair share of work;and no more! The puro food has made pure blood. Pure blood spells health;' .. Health spells, beauty:., If "most • women . are plain"—they; deservo '.to; be!—G. H. in . thri.V,'Daily Mail."