Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1912 — FOR THE GIRL WHO WORKS [ARTICLE]

FOR THE GIRL WHO WORKS

flints Prom an English Source That Will Banish Pasty Faces of Tollers. Why is it that nine out of every ten girl workers one meets are pasty faced? Waitresses, typists, servants, teacherss, mill hands, shop girls—one aad all have the yellow white tinge of a dead complexion, says a writer in London Tit-Bits. Woman commercial travelers are the only section with comparatively rosy cheeks. This may have something to do with the exercise, for women working in this branch of industry have a lot of walking to do. And never was a more beneficial beautifler than a sharp walk, however short' But perhaps another reason for the unwonted bloom of the “road woman" Is the fact that during her peregrinations she iusually stays at hotels, where the food is good. Good food is an essential to beauty. She knows, too, that shirking meals is detrimental to good looks; that she could never get about as she does on a bathbun and cup-of-tea lunch, which is too often Indulged in by the young typist. Even the country girl would lose her inherited "roses" on a pastry diet. A plate of ham or tongue, a crisp roll and butter, and a glass of water would prove Just as appetizing, and infinitely more digestible. Biting into the hard roll crust does the teeth, to begin with, any amount of good; and sipping the Water after, not during, the meal, is the wisest precaution to be taken by the girl who values her appearance. Coffee and tea are, besides being incongruous in the middle

of the day, exceedingly hurtful beverages for the lunch hour. If economy must be studied, both the bachelor girl and the girl who possesses a home should make it a golden rule to have a substantial breakfast. Above all, the meal should not be eaten rapidly, and never taken in bed, if the consumer has to rise immediately afterward. For apart from the fact that directly on rousing from sleep the digestive organs are not wide awake, as it were, sudden action after a meal spells disaster to the digestive system altogether. If possible, rise early enough to allow of reading the morning paper for, say, a quarter of an hour before sitting down to breakfast, or take a turn round the yard. A very good breakfast for every season of the year consists of a small plate of porridge, some bacon or an egg, toast and butter and marmalade, and fruit of some discription, stewed Of otherwise. And Just because it is hot. do not do away with everything except the fruit. A fruit breakfast may be very nice In warm weather, but.it’s no groundwork for a day’s work. A glass of water at breakfast is also extremely good. But those who could not do without their tea or coffee, let them take them by all means. But on no account- bolt them down hot; rather drink them cold than boiling. The "girls of today look so old —that is, the girls who have to work for their living. And it is simply because they will not look after themselves. Sitting in stuffy classrooms and offices, before whirring machinery, they seem to have no energy left to do anything toward keeping fit when at length they

have "done for the day.” But there Is such a ridiculously simple little exercise which takeß only three or four minutes every night and morning, which will make all the difference in the world to the tired girl worker. She has only to stand at her open bedroom window, hands on hips, and draw in deep, long breaths slowly, and as slowly let them out again. And the wonderful change It makes! Dull eyes become bright, fallow cheeks take on a rich canning round shoulders disappear, as do ugly hollows. And the effect on the mind Is just as marvelous. This llttlp- breathing exercise breeds a cheery optimism in place of a dreary pessimism. And all because the sluggish blood of the sedentary girl worker Is getth&g what it so badly needs —more exygtn. Another pleasant little aid te beauty is the eating of an apple last thing before retiring at night. The effect of such a remedy complexion is well nigh mlraculoug.