Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-10-25


purpose ofgiving strength to the constitution
hence, they Danish nearly all the warmer
articles of clothing, let the inclemency ofthe
weather be what it may, with the view o
inuring the body to any temperature to which
it may be exposed. The other class con.
sists ofthose who apprehend cold to be the
most destructive agent that the human body
has to contend against; hence, whencv-
er their pupils are exposed to an out
door atmosphere of reduced tempera-
turc, care is taken to protect them
against the mischievous tendencies which
their apprehensions have conured up, by
every adventitious means, that wool and fur
can supply. Both these plans must neces-
sariy have their victims; and it is perhaps
moot point, whice of the two is the most
destructive.
Our mutabc climate, or rather our
climate, which at one season has the heat OF
the tropics, and in the other the cold OF the
frozen north. requires corresponding
changes in clothing, at those different peri
DDS. In summer, our feelings oblge US to
reject all superfuous covering; and in WIN
ter make us covet the warmest garments
There is but little risk in general, IN obeylnS
the first impulse; but the second, may be
carried to an extreme, especially in the early
part of kfc.
Exercise, which is so much desired
by youth, and which is generally SO advan-
tageorls, will render less warm clothing, even
during our coolest periods, sufficient; hence
those who are habitually exposed to the
weather, but at some time sufficiently well
protected, will require either fewer garments
or of less warm materials, than those who
arc almost constantly confined to the house,
either from necessity or choice: nor will they
be so liable to injuries from the vlcssltudes
of the weather.
This fact is notorious to the obSer-
vation of every body; yet so unnecessarily
apprehensivc are some, that they oblige their
children to clothc themselves as warmly,
when they are in the full exercise OF their
limbs at their various sports or avocatlons,
as if they were about to perform a Journey
in slow-motioned s!age-coach or wagon.
The consequences of this over clothing un-
dersuch circumstances, arc, Group, pleurlsy,
or catarrhal fever, from suddenly checked
perspiration, which had most unnecessarily
been excited by superfluous quantity OF
clothes.
Too strictly guarding the neck and
throat of boys, should be particularly avoid
ed; for, from their proximity to the seat of
circulation, they very quickly have their
heat unduly increased, by an over quantity
of covering; to relieve which, the articles
surrounding them are suddenly removed,
perspiration becomes checked, and disease
follows of course. Therefore these parts
should be but moderately clothed, that the
consequences just spoken ofmay not follow.
Custom, among females, has almost
deprived them Of any protection of these
parts, even to their chests. This exposure
to an inclement atmosphere, is decidedly
wrong, and but too often lays the foundation
ofconsumption, or other affections OF the
chest. We are however not to be
understood as advising any unnecessary
covering for these parts; we would only
wish to suggest, that when they arc exposed
to the weather, greater protection should
be afforded to these parts, than if they were
within doors.
The head should not be too warmly
clad, of either q boy or girl, especially those
who are in the habit of exercising much in
the open air--nature intended that the hair
should serve for its protection, particularly
within doors. Therefore, children should
not be permitted to wear their hats or bon-
nets in the house, as there the hair is an all
sufficient covering. In the extreme cold
of winter, the ears Of such as are exposed to
the wind, frequently suffer severely--to pre-
vent this, small piece Of fur may be adus-
ted to the hat, so as to cover these parts; or
a fur cap roay be indulged in; but let it be
forbidden 10 be worn in the house.
But in no one particular are the
sticklers for the hardening system more in
error, than when they reject stockings IN
cold weather, and even in winter. We
cannot refrain from EXPRESSING our surprise,
that this absurd andSsuel practice could
ever obtain, since there are no portions OF
the body more liable to suffer than the feet
and legs, and few that have a larger circle
of sympathies connected with them. We
therefore constantly recommend, that these
parts should be kept covered by sufficient
protection by stockings and shoes. We
say that a sufficient protection should be
given to these parts: for we are aware, that
like the coverings for other parts of the
body, it may be over-done. In winter, the
shoes can scarcely be too stout; not by their
thickness, to increase warmth, but to pro-
tect the feet against wet. The stockings