The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 985, November 12, 1898Various
General
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 985, November 12, 1898
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals
By this I mean those which are not congenital, such as club-foot, for
instance; deformities, in fact, that girls bring on themselves. I will
go down as low as the feet first. Well, it is, of course, greatly to
be deplored that Providence did not give you feet to fit your shoes;
but really, to compress the feet means perpetual discomfort and danger.
Cases of headaches and extreme nervousness may often be traced to
the wearing of tightly-fitting boots or shoes. Pimples or acne, red
nose, dyspepsia and varicose veins may also be produced through the
same cause. Nearly all deformities of the feet can now be removed by
surgical appliances. Flat foot, or want of arch, is one of these. It is
not only remediable, but it _should be_ remedied.
The toes ought to have play in a shoe, else girls can never walk, or
dance, or play tennis, or golf gracefully. God never meant your foot to
be all one solid lump squeezed into a shoe three sizes too small for
you, or depend upon it He never would have given you toes.
Corns will not form--whether hard or soft--on the foot that wears a
nice smooth stocking and an easy-fitting boot. The nails should be
attended to every morning or evening after the bath, and ought to be
cut square off, and not down the sides, else the consequence may be an
in-growing nail and painful ulceration.
Never sit long with your legs crossed one over the other. It
interferes greatly with the circulation, and may cause varicose veins.
Bent spine.--This is preventible in many ways. When writing, reading
or typing do not lean forward; sit erect, and keep even the neck
straight. Throw the shoulders well back, and thus will you expand chest
and lungs. The same rule holds good if cycling. All kinds of exercises
should be taken that tend to develop the muscles of the chest and give
plenty of room for heart and lungs. Tight-lacing causes shocking and
dangerous deformity, displacing all the internal organs and interfering
with their work, so that your tight-laced girls are at best but hanging
to life by the eyelashes, and the man who marries such a one is no
better than a fool.
PURE BLOOD.
Blood purifiers sold in shops are one of the swindles of the age, and
the time is not far distant, I hope, when quackery will be banished
entirely from the British Isles. Meanwhile beware of everything you see
on a chemist's counter that bears a government three-halfpenny stamp.
You cannot be happy, it is true, if the blood be impure, and moreover,
while it is so you are far more liable to catch colds and coughs and
any ailment that may be epidemic, such as influenza.
RULES FOR KEEPING THE BLOOD PURE.
1. Never eat to repletion. If you eat slowly you will not do so.
2. Avoid too much sugar and pastry, especially if you have a slight
leaning towards _embonpoint_. The lean may use sugar, but not the
round-faced and obese.
3. Good ripe fruit before breakfast.
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