DELICACY
by Anon
The Young Englishwoman (February 1874)
The delicate looks and pallid colour so often seen upon the cheeks of young girls, if accompanied by languor and lassitude, are too frequently thought to be the precursor of that often fatal and general complaint, consumption. Anxious parents think that their girls are going into a decline, because, early as they retire to rest, they never seem rested, and attribute that pallor to disease, which is only the result of weakness - a little temporary assistance only being required by the constitution.
Girls go to bed about ten, as a rule, having dined at six, with tea or coffee served immediately; thus eating nothing until breakfast at nine or half-past; they are thus left for more than twelve hours without food, and at an age when rapid growth is fast maturing their constitutions. Exhaustion is the cause of this pallor, this ever-increasing weakness. A glass of milk at six or seven o'clock, rendered digestible by the addition of a spoonful of good rum, will work a magical change. It is not every spirit nor every kind of rum that will do this, but a pure, good, wholesome rum, such as the Red Heart Rum, should be employed. The heart's action is increased by its aid, the circulation quickened, and the digestion aided and assisted. The Red Heart Rum, of which we speak, saved many a valuable life in the late war, and will doubtless be the means of preserving our valiant soldiers on the Gold Coast. Mothers should, during the coming spring (always a trying time for the young) give their daughters and growing lads rum and milk every morning on first waking, taking care to use only pure rum. The effect is marvellous upon delicate persons of all ages and of both sexes It is a simple easily-tried remedy, and one which has saved many a cherished child.