The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1001, March 4, 1899Various
General
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1001, March 4, 1899
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals
Says another lady, “Four or five years ago I was in very delicate
health and unable to bear the slightest fatigue. Now I do seventy miles
a day without fatigue.”
One more quotation. It is from the pen of a lady-doctor. “Cycling is of
the highest value to women from a health point of view, and is suitable
for middle-aged persons bordering on stoutness and not able to walk
far. Delicate girls also derive great benefit from the exercise.”
These ladies speak from experience and quite bear out my own views.
_Torpidity of the liver_ is all too common, even among girls, nowadays.
It is characterised by headaches, low spirits, and a dull, sleepy
feeling, with many more symptoms I need not mention, all of which soon
disappear if a regular course of not too hard cycling be adopted. But
one must be careful not to give in too much to the appetite the bike
will create, else matters may become worse instead of better.
When the cycle is used as a curative agent, it is well to aid the
remedy by the judicious use of medicines suitable for the complaint.
_Anæmic or bloodless girls_, for instance, may take tincture of iron,
five drops in a wineglassful of water three times a day just after
food. This is an almost homœopathic dose; but it can be continued for a
month or two, whereas larger doses are apt to heat the blood. Remember,
however, that a drop from a tiny bottle is not a full one. About eight
or ten small drops would not hurt.
Aperients (Friedrichshall water or Pullna) will be needed in cases of
threatened obesity.
In liver trouble these may also be used, and a tonic of quassia
solution, with ten drops of dilute nitro-murietic acid to each dose.
This is a very excellent tonic, and should be taken about ten minutes
before meals.
If a girl has a cough she must not ride too hard. Some chlorodyne
lozenges are good things to take on the road.
HINTS ABOUT RIDING.
You will soon manage to adjust the saddle to a comfortable height. I
myself would rather have this an inch too high than an inch too low.
From the very commencement cultivate a graceful pose. If you have a
good bike, there is seldom any need to bend over the bar as men do.
When you come to a hill that is difficult to negotiate, jump off and
walk.
Spurting or going at a great pace is not for the fair sex. By doing so
even once you may hurt yourself so that you will repent of it all your
life.
If you do not feel over strong, never ride with those who are. You
cannot keep up at their pace without danger, though the excitement may
cause you to try.
Invalids should not talk much while riding with a friend; talking
congests the head and undoes all the good the cycling may be doing them.
Girls do not care to enter inns on the road even for the questionable
refreshment of ginger-beer or lemonade, but a glass of water from what
the poets call a “murmuring rill” often does much good, and a portable
paper folding-tumbler should be carried if the journey is to be of some
length.
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