A WOMAN'S BEAUTY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3918, 9 February 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)

A WOMAN'S BEAUTY.

All agree that" the complexion is one of tho greatest, elements of woman's beauty. Ifc: is more than regular, features, brilliant eyes, or ' a;wealth 'of beautiful hair. A distinguished physician writes that exercise, the bath, proper food and drink will bestow this blessing upon almost any woman. He says: ~, In tho first, place, a woman needs plenty of warm, loosely fitting underclothing, with one or not more than two, heavy woollen skirts, hung from the shoulders.. Now, then, you want good, thick shoes, with room for at least; three toes spread out, rubbers, a gossomer, light hat, wraps and gloves, and an umbrella. Do as much shopping as possible without the aid of a' street car. : Teach her a lesson iv economy by sending her on an errand down town, making her walk the distance to save ton cents. If the trip does not exceed five miles, two doses a week will not do her any harm. Exercise, to be beneficial, must have an object, and there is nothing better for a woman's muscular development than a limited ainoun} of housework taken regularly. "Sweeping is gootl, so is dusting, when the wiudowsare open, admitting air and sunshine without.a draught; bread making can be done in acouple of hours, and it is invaluable for oxercising tho arms, chest and lungs ; gardening is first rate, and so with rowing, skating,arr! horseback riding, if such exercise can be indulged in. But impress upon your readers that. exercise means work. Now for the diet. Some people cat themselves to death and others are dieted to death. When a woman is feeble the first thing she does is to take a hearty meal. The very worst, thing she could do, as nature purposely takes away the appetite, .for when a woman is feeble her feebleness extends toerery muscle of the body, and the stomach being made up of a bundle of muscles, has its share of debility too. It reqnires:several hours for the stomach to work off a meal, and to give ifc that amount, of work when it, is already in an exhausted state is like giving a man who has worked all day a task that will take him half th" night to perform. Hat, little, eafc ifc slowly, and eat it when you are hungry, Avoid pastries, and everything that doos not agree with you, Precede your breakfast, with fruit, a baked apple, a dish of berries, grapes, raiMru, or any kind convenient, only make tho item imperative. 'i he best thing in tho ™,„-ld to aid, digestion is a couple of figs, or any fruit, fresh or Gj.v, containing seeds. Don't drink much coffee, and none if you can subsist on milk or water. Have what, you like for dinner; make your supper the lightest meal, and ignoring the old adage that, fruit is golden in the morning,: silver at. noon, and load at night, eat; a small quantity of fruit before retiring ; if however, if, does not agree with the stomach, avoid it in future. . I.would advise your young lady lvaders to take their bath daily if they so desire, only have them at night, just beforo retiring, as they will thus escape .many severe colds. Take warm, but not hot water which is too enfeebling. Let cold water alone, savo for the morning toilet ; then use plenty of it, bathing the chest, in order to guard against an attack of cough. When sho gets up some morning,'feeling as limp as a piece of blotting paper, tell her to sit, on. the edge of the bath tub, "tako a sponge full of cold water, and applying ifc to tho nape of the neck, squeeze it till the water has all coursed down the spinal column. Repeat the operation. The at'ompt, will require some indomitablo pluck, but will waken her up for nil day. Now for fche face. First, uso good, clean soap, and don't bo afraid to put plenty of it on the face, only rinse it off with a couple of ablutions of clean water. About tho temperature I say nothing, for somo people use warm and some are habituated to cold, with equally good results. In washing .always press tho hands over the oyea, rubbing them toward the nose.