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Show j' Beauty Gnats j j By EDNA KENT FORBES j REST FOR BEAUTY THE nervous woman is rarely pretty. She may be extremely beautiful when young, but the nervous tension under which she lives inevitably inevit-ably wears out her body. At twenty-five twenty-five she looks near thirty, at thirty she seems forty, at forty, she's thin, haggard, wrinkled, old. So if you are the least bit neurotic, take extra good care of yourself. Rest more than the ordinary woman does to overcome the nervous strain, eat plenty, for food soothes the nerves, eat often to keep the blood In the stomach. This does not mean that occasional oc-casional nibbles of candy are t be 74 1 Av 4Mk The Woman's Tired Nerves Need Much Rest to Soothe Them. taken or that meals may be eaten any time of the day or night. , It means frequent nourishment at regular periods. peri-ods. A good plan Is an egg and milk between be-tween breakfast and luncheon and between be-tween luncheon and dinner, and a cup of lmt chocolate and a cracker just before going to bed. The nervous woman should rest a lot to conserve her energies. When possible, she should lie' down In preference pre-ference to sitting down, as the relaxation relaxa-tion is more complete. It Is surprising the number of minutes of rest that can be snatched between the duties of the day. If the rest follows immediately im-mediately after a meal, It will do double dou-ble good, for it wlil allow all the energy ener-gy to go toward digestion. Unfortunately, it Is hard to convince con-vince the nervous woman that she must rest. She always means to, but she never will take the time, for her type can find more tilings to do than any other sort of woman. (Copyright) n |