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6. Never wear at night the undergarments that are 

 worn through the day. 



7. Cultivate sunlight and fresh air. Farmers' wives 

 "fade" sooner than city women, not alone because they 

 work harder and take no care of themselves, but because 

 they stay so closely in-doors, and have no work or re- 

 creation that takes them out into the open sunlight. It 

 is a singular fact that women in crowded cities generally 

 get more sunshine and pure air than their hived up 

 country sisters. 



8. Have something for the mind to feed upon, some- 

 thing to look forward to and live for, beside the round 

 of daily labor or the counting of profit and loss. If we 

 have not any talent for writing splendid works on politi- 

 cal economy or social science, or the genius of creating a 

 good story or a fine poem, the next best thing, and in 

 fact almost as good a thing, is to possess an appreciation 

 of these things ! So have good books and good news- 

 papers, and read them, if only in snatches, and talk about 

 them at dinner-time or by the evening fire. Cultivate 

 choice flowers and fruits, and help some poor neighbor 

 to seeds and cuttings, or take an interest in bees, or fine 

 poultry, or trout culture. And study always farm and 

 household science, and take advantage of the new and 

 helpful things that are every little while coming to light. 



9. Live in Peace ! Fretting, worrying, fault-finding, 

 borrowing trouble, giving away to temper, and holding 

 long, bitter grudges, all these things affect the liver, 

 poison the blood, enlarge the spleen, carve ugly lines on 

 the face, and shorten life ! Try to be half as wise at that 

 little creature, the bee, who takes all the honey she can 

 find, and leaves the poisons to themselves. 



