WORRIES OVERWHELM YOU

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 11, 1 May 1925, Page 47

WORRIES OVERWHELM YOU

By P.H. E.

"W7ORRY is a woman’s greatest ™ enemy. It lines her face, streaks her hair with grey, and spoils her temper. The woman who never worries keeps her youth, her health—and her husband, as long as she pleases. Loss of appetite is one of the first signs of the devastating effect of worry. A sharp walk, a round of golf, or some other form of exercise in the open air is the best tonic, and serves to take the mind off that which is troubling. After a sleepless night, a warm bath, to which a little eau-de-Col-ogne, pine perfume, or some effervescent salts have been added, is most refreshing and invigorating, while afterwards, if the hair be gently brushed for half an hour or so by another person, a feeling of soothed well-being will reduce the anxieties of the night to their right proportion. Mental depression must be kept at

bay, so that it does not overwhelm tired nerves, but sleeping-draughts and stimulants are dangerous remedies without lasting benefit. The harassed woman should seek bright society, treat herself to an amusing play, or forget her own troubles in extending sympathy to others, then, when she reviews them again, her mountainous worries will assume their true molehill size. Perhaps the best panacea of all is to forget oneself and one’s own affairs in helping other people. We soon realise that there are far worse misfortunes in this world than we have experienced, and the fortitude of those who suffer from them puts our personal small troubles to shame. It is most important that the worried woman should play much attention to her skin and hair, that no outward and visible signs of mental stress should betray themselves before she has time to rectify their ravages.