GO UNSHOD AND GET WELL.
A Health Resort in Jersey Where Nobody
”,1 Wears Shoes.
The water cure as practised at Woer-
ishofen, Bavaria, by Father Sebastian
Enoipp, has been introducedvizte this
country at Denv-ille, N. J. ‘ If it |fulfils
its present promises and meets the suc-
cess here that it has there, the Trilby
craze will receive another impetus, for
the first essential feature of the water
cure is that the patient shall go bare
footed. Father Kneipp has had royalty
and high dignitaries of the Roman
Catholic Church walking about in wet
grass in their bare feet. When he be-
gan practising the cure Woerishofen
Was a little hamlet hidden away in the
Bavarian mountains. The fame of the
priest spread to neighboring villag. s
and his friends prevailed upon him to
write a book. This he did, and “l\ y
Water Cure” has been translated into
eleven languages and has gone througn
thirty-six editions in the German alone.
Woerishofen, is now a thriying town of
15,000 barefooted invalids and convales-
cents.
Father Joch who is in charge of the
New Jersey institution rays: Father
Kneipp’s water cure is based on well-es-
tablished scientific principles. Its suc-
cess, perhaps, is due largely to the
rationalmdsimplemanner of life im- A
posed upon the patients. We eat here
five times a day, healthful, hearty,
wholesome food, but comparatively
little meat—no coffee" or tea. We have
instead of these drinks, ‘malt cofiee,’
as we call it, made from malted and
roasted barley. Alcoholic drinks and
other stimulants are absolutely prohib-
ited except under prescription from one ‘ ‘
of the physicians. We recommend
. moderate exercise, but nothing violent.
The barefoot walking is simply to
’ attract blood to the lower extremities
and increase the circulation there.
"The paths have a similar effect. If
, any part of the body ,is weak, we turn
the hose on it. That attacks the blood
there, and nature performs the cure. At
the time we never treat any part alone.
We treat the whole body, purify the
blood and set them to working well, and
that cures any local affection. It is na-
ture’s cure, pure and simple. We do
not undertake , to cure functional
troubles that require drugs, nor any
contagious diseases. We have the
greatest success with rheumatism, anm-
. min, the stomach and bowel troubles,
diseases of the nervous system, obesity,
gout and such things.
.“The baths are administered in many
ways, but we, seldom use warm water
except in vapor baths, and then only
for systems not strong enough to stand
the shock of cold water.
The most shocking bath is known as
the ”lightning.” A big tank at a high
elevation gives a fall of between thirty
and forty feet for the water. Rheum-
atic patients are placed a distance of a ,
few feet from the nozzle of the hose at-
tached to the tank, and the cold water
is turned upon the affected parts at full
force in short, quick spurts. The re-
sult is sometimes surprising.
' Many members of the royal families
have taken the cure at Woerishofen,
and the their patronage probably gave
Father Kneipp a long start on the road
to fame ' Father Joch has a picture
of Father Kneipp, with the Archduke
Joseph of Austria and his son, Joseph
Augustin, all standing barefooted in the
snow. The cure at Denville has not
yet become enough of a. fed to attract
the fashionable crowd, but several
men and women of wealth with played-
out nerves have been here and pro-
nounced the cure a marvellous success.
Better Than Ho Looked.
The Washington Star quotes “a trav- '
cling man” as telling an amusing but,
it is to be hoped, an exaggerated story
of the experience of a man who applied
for a position as schoolmaster in a
Southern mountain district. The
schools in that region, it should be ex-
plained, are maintained by subscrip
tion. The traveling man says: .
I was stopping at a cabin all night,
and a pale, slender young man came
during the evening talk with my host
“I’m. thinking of starting a school
here,” he said, “and I wanted to see if
_ you would subscribe.”
“Kin yo’ read?"
“Yes.”
"Kin yo’ write?"
‘ ‘Certainly. ”
“Kin yo’ figger?”
“Of course.”
“Air yo’ married?”
”No.”
"Wal, we did want amarried man
nex’ time, The las’ three teachers has
run of with gals, and that ain’t enough
,gals in this hyar neighborhood now.
But I don’t s’pose none of them would
want a lean teller like .yo’. I don’t
reckon yo’ not being married ’11 make
much difierence. Couldn’t expect such
alpo’ly feller tot he married. Then
that's one thing. Me and Bill Simp-
kins an’ Alf Toney is all gwine to
school an’ larn ter read an“ write. 1
licked Bill, and he done licked Alf, so I
reckon the only one ter settle with is
,me. We ain’t gwine ter ’bey no man
we kin lick. Kin yo’ font?”
“1 studied boxing,” said the stranger.
“.Don’t know nothin’ ’bout that. Does
makin‘ boxes make muscle?”
“Try me and see,” was the cool re-
joinder. - ‘
The big mountaineer hit at the little
» mo, and when he regained conscious-
- an be had his head in the wood box
_ and his feet sticking up in the air.
Looking about him with a dazed ex
pression, he said: , , v
7 , “Young feller, shake. I’ll go with yo’.
’ someday an’ we’ll git thet school; an’
any, young feller, set me ter work on
them boxes, will yo’?”
- Certainty.
Smith—Thank goodness! I’ve got a
wife who’ll never wear either short
skirts or bloomers.
.5 JonoubAh, but you don’t know-«-
Smithu-Dozi’t 1? Well, I guess I
nephew tender she is about her No. 6
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'” ‘ MARCH 'OF’ THE; pEoan.
By HANS VON ZOIS.
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Copyright, New York Musical Echo C0,, 1893.
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Mars/z dd capo.
March of the People;
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‘ TH: sneeze wmsr EFFECTS.
(clique a-ul Economical Combinations in
the Fashions for Women. ‘
New York Sun.
The most attractive things in fashion
- r‘ color and materials, and in the varied
accessories of dress, which are such a
r-nuspicnous feature of the week. It is
all very suggestive of extravagance,
.md yet all sorts of economics in dress
are brought about with unusual and
mixture of colors used in one gown.
any combination between gauze and in?
- xpensive wool serge is permissable, and
odd lengths can be utilized more suc-
cessfully than ever. Models have bo-
dices different from the skirts and
sleeves. , '
The "whole tendency in dress materials
this season is to produce something
transparent enough to necessitate a silk
lining and display shot effects to good
advantage. but there is a new substitute
for silk called “snraline,” which has a
very pretty gloss and a most industrious
sort of a rustic for those who cannot at-
sord more expensive lining.
The diversityoin waists is exceeded
only by the surprising possibilities for
variety which the present revolution
in sleeves has brought forth. The
large pufis, so becoming to {most wom-
en and comfortable as well, must go
sooner or later; at least, so we are in-
formed, and meanwhile we are to be
consoled and diverted from the inevit~
able and final result by the medley of
styles presented for your use. The
gradual downfall of a favorite fashion
is an ingenious device of the dress de-
signers to boom their business, since
change is the power which keeps them
moving—to which wl- periodically and
meekly submit. Their methods are
subtle and very pleasing, but they are
sure to produce the desired efiect; and
sleeve, as they did against the advent
of crinolene, they will soon have to en-
dure all its discomforts or be out of
fashion.
The smaller sleeves means narrower
skirts and smaller hats to bring about a
correct proportion of size, so the dimin-
ished sleeve will be held responsible for
various changes in our attire.
One distinctive feature of the fash-
ionable sleeve is the length; and if you
would be strictly in the fashion, you
canhave no medium between the very
long and the elbow sleeve which leads
the styles for all thin gowns. Butterfly
pufis, or drapery drawn through a knot
at the top of a tight sleeve, is one of the
prettiest of the newer styles, and then
there are double puffs with a band be-
tween lengthwise pufls and pufis of
all sizes and kinds. Double frills of
lace surmounted by loops of satin
ribbon‘make a pretty finish for the top-
of a close sleeve. All the tight sleeves
which have appeared thus far have
some sort of drapery or epanlet frills
falling over the arms at the top to dis—
tract one’s attention from the real thing
underneath, but some ofthe models are
very pretty, in spite of the future in
sleeves which they anticipate.
Good Cause for Mourning.
Perry Patettie—Pardner, is _it possi-
ble you air wearin’ crepe? Who fer?
Wayworn Watson—Perry, old man,
no less than 30,000 barrels of booze was:
destroyed in one fire the other night.—
Cincinnati Enquirer. ,
We wear the love of those about us
like an every day garment. It is only
Published by special arrangement with the ‘
'his season are the unique combinations _
and fashionable results because of the“
‘ when we lose it that we know the world- '
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Norwalk Chronicler