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Tacts and fancies for the fireside
THE DELICATE GIRL.
The reason so many girls die be
tween the ages of 12 and 20 years is
se they are not allowed a fair
chance to live. They are entitled to
this. To live is just what they were
made
Ample provision for their contin
ued life is made and located in their
organization and in their relations to
external nature; but so many times
their parents do not know how to let
them live.
A case recently came under my
notice that has caused me a good
deal of serious thought.
Parents earnestly desire their
daughters’ welfare and are anxious
to have them grow up strong and
healthy, but they subject them to too
many of the artificial regulations of
society, and this is almost the surest
way to defeat their object. If a young
girl is delicate in health parents too
often resore to almost any means to
patch her up. They are ready to give
her medicine of any sort which the
physician may order, or to do
anything else except to comply with
such conditions as are absolutely es
sential in order that whatever con
stitutional power she has may ex
press itself healthfully.
A mother said to me the other day,
“My daughters cause me great trou
ble and anxiety by their tendency to
run and race out of doors and to en
joy rude play. I try to restrain
them, but I fear they will never be
ladylike and refined.”
I tried to tactfully tell her that
this very opportunity to run and
romp was the very thing they need
most.
If I were to give parents three
rules to be observed in training fee
ble girls physically, I would say:
First—Encourage them to out of
door life.
Second —Urge them to out of door
life.
Third —Give them out of door life.
Not that other things are not of
importance, but it is difficult to in
duce parents of such children not
to “coddle” them, and to appreciate
the importance of out door life to
such children.
At no period of life is habitual ex
ercise out of doors more beneficial
for girls than from 11 to 12 to 15 or
16 years of age. These are the years
in which the body makes essential
changes and rapid growth, and its
proper care should be of first impor
tance to the parents. If, during these
years, the mental training of girls
is made the chief object, it is quite as
unwise as if one -were to take great
pains to procure beautiful furniture
for a house which was leaky and
tottering on its foundations. For
delicate young girls sleep is the great
upbuilder and restorer of the nervous
system, and growing girls should
have plenty of it. They should go to
bed and pillow should never be made
should get up in good season. Their
bed and pilliw should never be made
of .feathers, but of sea grass, straw
or shavings of pine wood. Their
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sleeping rooms should be thorough
ly ventilated. Their food should con
sist mainly of grains, fruits and veg
etables, or all these combined, with
a reasonable amount of fresh meat
and eggs. Condiments, tea, coffee,
.and such things should be used very
sparingly or not at all. Supper
should be light and taken at least
two hours before bed time. There
should be but very little going to
parties or entertainments of an ex
citing nature.
Warm clothing should be provided
so that the girl may go out safely
and comfortably in all sorts of wea
ther. She should be induced to take
an interest in out of doors work.
There are chickens and flowers to care
for, and many times some help with
the stock. This may shock some
mothers, but I have helped do ali
• such work, and while I am called a
delicate woman I have not spent
twenty dollars for doctors’ bills or
medicine in over twenty years. It
doesn’t hurt a girl to take hold and
help as far as her strength will per
mit. It gives life a zest when play
time comes that no other life knows.
—Mrs. M. S. G., in Wallace’s Farm
er.
HOW TO MANAGE HUSBANDS.
According to an exchange, this is
the way to treat “Him”:
When you marry him, love him.
After you marry him, study him.
If he is honest, honor him.
If he is generous, appreciate him.
If he is sad, cheer him.
When he is cross, amuse him.
When he is talkative, listen to
him.
When he is quarrelsome, ignore
him.
If he is slothful, spur him.
If he is noble, praise him.
If he is confidential, encourage
him.
If he is secretive, trust him.
If he is jealous, cure him.
If he cares naught for pleasure,
coax him.
If he favors society, accompany
him.
If he does you a favor, thank him.
When he deserves it, kiss him.
Let him know how well you un
derstand him, but never let him
know that you “manage” him.
KISSES.
Recently when the king of England
met the Emperor of Germany he ten
dered him his cheek, which the em
peror of Germany promptly and af
fectionately "kissed. Then the king
of England returned the “honeyed
fee” and this osculatory interchange
continued for some time, each mon
arch contending with the other for
the privilege of the last kiss. Reports
of the event do not state which
ruler received this honor, but out of
the event much talk has arisen.
Quite aside from the international
significance of this kiss diplomati
cus, seme scientist has burstointo pub
licity with a sweeping denunciation
of kissing as unsanitary. Following
close on his heels comes a London
authority who demands the abolition
of the stage kiss because it “tends
to cause sheepishness and giggling
among the audience.”
In the discussion following these
events there has been much conflict
of authority but out of it the kiss has
been placed on some stable basis as
one of cur human institutions and •
much of the mystery, not to say se
crecy with which it wag enveloped
has been swept away. From the state
of chaos which represented all
knowledge concerning kisses and kiss
ing, some order has come and kisses
have been, in away, divided into
classes and varieties. The list con
tains a large number of species hith
erto unknown to the general public.
The following catalogue is not intend
ed to be complete, but gives some of
the best known varieties:
The kiss diplomaticus—A form of
greeting common between two Euro
pean rulers. It consists of an inter
change of osculation on the cheek
which may or may not be bearded.
It is not common in the United
States, but with the growth of pro
hibition it is expected in time to take
the place of the famous greeting be
tween the governors of North and
South Carolina. There are quite a
number of minor varieties among
which may be mentioned the cinna
mon scented salute of the man who
meets his wife at the door at 3 a. m.,
after being detained at the office on
business. It is entirely sanitary and
approved by Dr. Brumby.
The pecky kiss —Which is ex
changed between women. Entirely
harmless.
The loud kiss —One which is
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published when printed. Known by
Shakespeare, who said:
“He kissed her lips with such a
clamorous smack,
That at their parting all the church
echoed.”
The stage kiss—Which isn’t really
a kiss at all, and deserves no place
in this list.
The smudgy kiss —which we shall
not attempt to describe.
The sisterly kiss —Which, with the
kisses of old maid aunts and home
ly cousins, may very well be dis
pensed with.
The first kiss —Os which every girl
has an unlimited number.
The lingering kiss Decidedly
smudgy and unsanitary.
The hasty kiss —The chaste salute
with which a man greets his mother
in-law.
The scientist who denounced kiss
ing undoubtedly did not consider it
in all its varieties or he would not
have been so sweeping in his disap
proval. His source of information
was not mentioned, but it has been
inferred that he is an old bachelor
whose knowledge of kissing has been
secured by kissing babies. If such
is the case he is entirely excusable
for his views. A baby kiss is decid
edly unsanitary, not to say sticky
and sometimes redolent of paregoric.
We urge him to consider this cata
logue carefully and let us know if he
cannot alter his decision. And if he
insists on putting the ban on all kiss
ing, is it not right that he should
suggest some substitute—such as the
affectionate rubbing of noses, prac
tised, we are told, by some simple
minded heathen! —Fort Worth Tele
gram.
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