Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-15
Hints for Inc sensnn.

From the New York Century.
DRESS FOR THE WINTER A thin shawl
may be made warm by folding newspaper
inside Of it, The paper is impervious 10 the
wind and cold air from outside, and prevents
the rapid escape OF the warm air beneath it.
Every one knows that the heat OF the body is
carried off much more rapidly in high Wind
than in a calm. The wind blows away the
heat evolved from the body but in perfect
ly still air this h0at remains, and constitutes
an atmospheric envelope SO nearly OF the same
temperature with the body itself that the lat.
ter is not SO quickly robbed OF It's natural heat.
There are some very interesting facts about
the body its power 10 make and contain heat,
which are familiar to all, when told bur
which are seldom thought OF in daily expert
ence. For example, the body Will hold a
great deal more heat than it gets from its own
furnaces. The stomach is furnace and our
food is the fuel 1t keeps up uniform tenn.
pelature in the blood equal to about 90 de-
grces of Farenhet's thermometer. If the
stomach could consume food fast enough to
maintain that heat the body could not be
frozen by any degree OF cold. But in proper.
ton to the severity of cold to which lie body
is exposed, is the rapidity with which it loses.
Some substances taken into the stomach
make a hot blaze much sooner than Others as
brandy. To put brandy in the stomach is
like putting pitch under a steam boiler. 1t soon
burns out, and the greater heat Injuries the
furnace.
We say that the body will hold more heat
than it gets from its own furnaces. Heat is
measured by degrees. On going out of a
warm room, the body will immediately begin
to lose its heat, and it must part with a certain
number OF degrees before it can begin to feel
cold. The direction las been sometimes been
given-"Don't hug the stove, if you are going
to st out on long journey" But experience
says do hug it. Get as many degrees of
heat as you can carry, if it is 500. Then
wrap yourself up warm, and you can econo
mize these 500 degrees through long ride.
But if you had only taken 100 degrees q: the
start, they would have been exhausted mid
way Of the journey, then you would have
hbegun to feel cold. Nevertheless, ii is am un-
nealthy habit TO aCcustom ones self on or1i
nary occasions to more heat than is actually
needed. This very common tault aud bears
on the pocket as well as on tile health One
may easily get the habit OF requiring two or
three more blankets on The bed than are nee.
essary. Some families will burn twice the fuel
that others do, and enjoy less comfort.
The eXtremities OF the body get cold first
often to Il painful degree, while the tr nix is
warm. But SO long as the trunk keeps warm,
i'll person OF cor mon vigorous health there
is little fear of Catching cold" by aching toes
or fingers. In rail car riding it is much safer
to let the toes ache than to allow the lungs to
feed ON The foul air around the stove
When you set out on a winter Journey. if
YOU are liable TO suffer from cold toes. which
many people do in spite of ''rubbers y fold n
piece OF ntwspaper over vour stockinos. which
YOU can readily do. if vour boots ar shoes are
not irrationaiiy ti,gbt'' This is better thnn
"rubbers. which are. in fact. very roII rom
forters in extreme. while. tbey make ire ,ept
sweat in moderate weather. TN. main usn
of India r bber overshops is IN ker,out vat,.r
and tor that they are second only to a SOM
Waterproof first rate calf skin boot There
is not more vllanousiy uuwholesone article
OF wear made tLan the high topped Rubber
boot. 1t makes the loot t.. der especially in
children, gives an ugly gait, and when lett off
in any weather. the nearcr is liable to catch
cold" Saint Clispin is the best friend OF the
human foot when his leather and stitches are
honest.
Although the body can take in greater
number ut degrees OF heat than it gets from
its own furnace, the stomach, yet It's capacity
is limited in this respect. For example, when