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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
236
CHAPTER
XXV.
HINTS
ON
HEALTH.
The
universal
remark
of
travelers
visiting
America,
as
well
as
the
universal
complaint
of
Americans
themselves,
relates
to
the
ill
health
of
the
fairer
portion
of
the
community.
Look
where
you
will,
go
to
any
city
in
the
vast
Union,
the
remark
and
complaint
will
be
made
everywhere.
With
every
natural
advantage
of
climate,
yet
from
North
to
South,
East
to
West
the
cry
resounds.
Foreigners,
admiring
the
dark-eyed
girls
of
the
southern
states
or
the
blondes
of
the
northern
ones,
will
remark,
with
comments
upon
beauty:--
"But
she
looks
delicate,
poor
thing!--Not
strong?
Ah!
I
thought
not,
none
of
the
American
women
are,
and
how
soon
these
young
beauties
fade!"
It
seems
to
me,
amongst
the
subjects
treated
of
in
my
present
work,
that
a
few
words
on
health
will
not
come
amiss.
"Light
and
sunshine
are
needful
for
your
health.
Get
all
you
can;
keep
your
windows
clean.
Do
not
block
them
up
with
curtains,
plants,
or
bunches
of
flowers;--these
last
poison
the
air,
in
small
rooms.
"Fresh
air
is
needful
for
your
health.
As
often
as
you
can,
open
all
your
windows,
if
only
for
a
short
time
in
bad
weather;
in
fine
weather,
keep
them
open,
but
never
sit
in
draughts.
When
you
get
up,
open
the
windows
wide,
and
throw
down
the
bed-clothes,
that
they
may
be
exposed
to
fresh
air
some
hours,
daily,
before
they
are
made
up.
Keep
your
bed-clothes
clean;
hang
them
to
the
fire
when
you
can.
Avoid
wearing
at
night
what
you
wear
in
the
day.
Hang
up
your
day-clothes
at
night.
Except
in
the
severest
weather,
in
small,
crowded
sleeping-rooms,
a
little
opening
at
the
top
of
the
window-sash
is
very
important;
or
you
will
find
one
window
pane
of
perforated
zinc
very
useful.
You
will
not
catch
cold
half
so
easily
by
breathing
pure
air
at
night.
Let
not
the
beds
be
directly
under
the
windows.
Sleeping
in
exhausted
air
creates
a
desire
for
stimulants.
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