744 HOW TO MAKE THE FAEM PAY. 



daily, if possible. Take upon yourselves the care of the poultry 

 and" the bees. Cultivate tlie kitchen garden. Go to the pastures 

 and the woods, for berries, roots, herbs, and flowers. Take na- 

 ture's invigorator, pure, fresh air. 



We will give some rules for exercise especially adapted to 

 women, but not inapplicable to the rest of mankind. 



1. Exercise should not be carried to excessive fatigue, or the 

 object will be defeated. Persons not used to active exercise should 

 begin moderately and increase the amount of exercise as it can be 

 borne. 



2. The clothing worn during exercise should be loose and easy; 

 the shoes should be larger than those worn at other times. 



3. Exercise should never he taken upon an empty or full sto- 

 mach. If some time has elapsed since eating, take a cracker or a 

 piece of bread. With this precaution, an hour before breakfast is 

 usually the most beneficial time for exercise. Horseback riding is 

 a beneficial exercise for those who enjoy it, but walking is, all 

 things considered, the most natural, complete, and healthful exer- 

 cise. Running, jumping, skating, and swimming, when modera- 

 tion is exercised, are all healthful varieties of exercise. Dancing 

 is one of the most delightful and beneficial modes of exercise, when 

 conducted in well ventilated rooms or out of doors, and at proper 

 hours. It exercises not only every portion of the body, but aifords 

 pleasant recreation for the mind, which is often of as much service 

 as the former. But the modern practice of dancin^^,* in closely 

 packed and ill ventilated rooms, far into the night, is luirtful and 

 pernicious in the last degree. 



Gymnastics are a series of exercises so graduated, as to bring 

 in play every portion of the body. Calisthenics are a series of 

 /ight gymnastics designed for ladies and children. But women 

 living in the country have no need to resort to these contrivances 

 for exercise. With God's free air about them and the garden, 

 the orchard, the hills, and the woods on the right hand and on 

 the left, they have the means for health within their reach, and 

 great will be their condemnation if they do not present themselves 

 and their children with sound bodies, and vigor unimpaired. 



Steep. — Rest is required for both mind and body, and sound 

 *leep is the most perfect rest of both. For manj^ reasons night is 

 the only proper time for sleep, for persons in the enjoyment of 

 health. Sleep for such persons during the day, is not only un- 

 necessary but absolutely hurtful. The custom of taking sleep 

 after tlie mid-day meal, is injurious. A state of quiet ease for an 

 hour after dinner is undoubtedly beneficial, but when ease ia 

 allowed to become unconsciousness, positive injury is done. 



There can be no healthy sleep, night or day, with undigested 

 food upon the stomach, consequently Jio food .should in any case 

 he^laken into the stomach for at least two hours before retirin(j to 

 sleep. The violation of this rule has been, as any physician can 

 testifj'-, the cause of an unmeasurable amount of ill health, sutler- 



