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THE MADAM C.J. WALKER SCHOOLS when you have so simple a thing as a splitting headache. Suppose those headaches became chronic, you had them all day, every day. Any task, no matter how pleasant, would soon become a bore. Good health then, is a most comforting thing that fortifies you for life's every day combat. Blood An abundance of pure, rich blood is the chief contributor to bodily health. This should be remembered and as the student of beauty culture learns the composition of blood, its function, circulation, etc. in the latter chapters of this book the high importance of healthy blood will be more fully revealed. Suffice it to say here that blood contaminated by social and other diseases is a menace to your own good health and steps should be taken immediately, through your physician or hospital to cure the disease and restore the blood to a healthy state. The type of food we eat, the amount of rest we get, and the type of air we breathe determines the enrichment of pure blood. Thus we may conclude that we eat regularly and plentifully of good wholesome food and take the usually prescribed eight hours of rest every day. Fresh air and exercise are no less important in our quest of rich blood. In these modern times filled with the exactions of earning a livelihood we are inclined to forget to sleep with our rooms well ventilated of to frown upon the idea of arising early, taking a brisk walk into the country or through the parks before breakfast. But as simple as they are, these are helpful suggestions on how one may enrich their blood. A few easy settingup exercises taken each morning in your room while it is yet cold, (filled with fresh air) will help immeasurably to stimulate circulation, increase the lung capacity and start the day right. We can not over emphasize the importance of these three aids to blood enrichment. 1--Good food; 2--Adequate rest; 3--Fresh Air. Inattention to them is an abiding fault of far too many beauticians and we sincerely believe that much of the illness among beauticians today comes indirectly from their all but complete disregard of these simple rules of health. As a student of beauty culture, a beginner, let us urge you to resolve to respect the importance of Food-Rest-and-Air throughout your career as a beautician. Remembering that they are the guardians of your health. 18 TEXT BOOK OF BEAUTY CULTURE Energy With a wealth of rich, pure blood acquired by freedom from disease, strict attention to the food you eat, the rest you get and the air you breathe a few simple rules may be followed to generate a store of energy that will send you whizzing through the days of work as a successful beautician. It has been pointed out to you the great benefits that come from arising early and taking exercise. This may well be followed by a stimulating bath, preferably a cold shower. One might shiver to think of a cold shower in winter. Indeed it may be too severe on first trial. But by daily reducing the temperature of the bath, it will not be many days before one can endure a tepid and ultimately a cold bath. Use a heavy Turkish towel for drying and rub the skin briskly. This bath and rubbing stimulates circulation, sends the blood coursing through the body and fills one with vitality. Like night following day, a good appetite is most sure to follow this waking-up process of exercise followed by a bath. And what is better to build a good strong body, to generate abundant energy than food, a good breakfast? With it you'll be fortified against the trials of any business day. Without it you are apt to be irritable, impetuous and inaccurate. Self Control This is particularly important to the really ambitious person, the operator who wants to reach the highest rung on the ladder of beauty culture success. How often have we heard it said "She talked herself out of a job?" "Her temper got the best of her?" and other like expressions that give us to know the person had no self control. Self control can be and should be diligently cultivated. Knowing how, when and where to speak is an art which successful people seek to learn. Oft times the lack of self control is traceable to some nerve disorder evidenced by nervousness, pessimism and general irritability. Aside from these examples of high nervous tension, indigestion usually follows and the person soon becomes not only a nervous wreck but bodily sick from the inability to assimilate food through proper digestion. Worry Worry is another obstacle most certain to result from nerve tension. It too, is a dangerous enemy to our success, apt to enslave us and steer us from the course we chart to sail. Worry can 19
