Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-05
Wooien Clothing.
From Halls Journal q Health

The most beautiful clothing for our.
climate, the year round, IS that made
of wool If worn next the skin by all
classes. In summer as well as winter,
an incalculable amount of coughs, colds,
diarrhoeas and fevers would be prevent
ed, as also many sudden and premature
deaths from Group, diptheria and lung
diseases, Winter maladies would be
prevented by. the ability OF wooden
garment to keep the natural heat about
the body more perfectly, instead of con-
veying it away as fast as generated, as
linen and fiaxen garments do, as also
cotton and silk, although these are less
cooling than Irish linen, as any one can
prove by noticing the different degrees
of GOODNESS on the application of SUI
face of six inches.square, of flannel, cot
ton and linen to the skin, the moment
the clothing is removed. The reason
is that wool is bad conductor of heat,
and linen is good conductor -
tt is more healthful to wear wooden
next the skin in summer, because it alb
serbs the moisture of perspiration so
rapidly as to keep the skin measurably
dry all the time. It is curious to no.
tice that the water is conveyed by
wooden garment from the surface of the
body to the outward side of the gar
ment, where the microscope shows it
condensed in millions of pearly drops;
while it is in the experience Of the OBJ
servant, that if linen shirt becomes
damp by perspiration, it remains cold
and clammy for long time afterwards;
and unless removed, will certainly cause
some bodily ailment.
In the night sweats of consumption,
or of any debilitated condition of the
system wooden night-dress is i'm
measurably more comfortable than cot
ton or linen, because il prevents that
sepulchral dampness and chillness of
feeling which are otherwise inevitable
The British government makes it i'm
perative that every sailor in the navy
shall wear WOODEN flannel shirts in the
hottest climates. The shrinkage of
wooden garments in washing, whereby
they become hard, impervious and
board-like, has prevented their more
general use; but there are three ways
of preventing this, to q greater or less
| extent; either let about fourth of
| the material be made of cotton; have it
| dyed red or some other color before it
is woven, or if it is greatly preferred that
it shall be white, exercise proper care
in the process of washing. To prevent
white wooden stockings from shrinking;
have wooden stretchers made of the size
and general shape of the foot and let the
stockings remain on them until perfect
| ~ dried; or, before rinsing the stock
ing, double ii so as to fold at the heel
and lay the foot on the leg, then roll it
tight and wiring it crosswise.
In washing all wooden garments, put
them in very hot soap-suds so as to be
| covered; then, when cool enough to al
low the hands to be put in, simply press
it about with the fingers or hands, and
before taking the garment ont, make
the water for rinsing several degrees
! hotter than that from which it is to be
taken; but instead of wringing it out,
or twisting it about, in the water, raise
the garment ont of the water, up and
down good many times, and then lay
it over line and let it drip dry; this
process win, to a considerable extent,
prevent fulling or shrinkage, and is
worthy of being communicated to
every person who expects to be house,
keeper. arc