Des Arc citizen., 1867-01-26
GOLD FEET.

tight-ftting shoes; they arrest the cir. culation; this induces coldness, caus. ing generaly feeling of discomfort al over the body, even making the mind fretful and irritable. A woolen stock. ing will alone keep the feet warmer than the same stockings and a pair o1 tight boots besides. If person has s good circulation, the feet will get warn of themselves if the tight boots are re. moved. No one. can go to bed witl cold feet without doing themselves . positive injury; and it is always best ill winter-time, even if the feet do not feel cold, at bedtime, to draw off the stockings and hold the feet to the fire or stove, rubbing them meanwhile with the hand, until they are perfectly dry and comfortably warm in every part it is pleasant operation of itself, and ought not to be dispensed with for 8 single night from October to May; il | is one of the best anodynes; it allows person to fall asleep in five minutes, who, with cold feet, would have re- mained awake for half an hour or more and even then the sleep win be unre- freshing and dreamy.
 The feet are so far from the center ot the system, that the circulation in them is easily checked, and tben diseases be- gin; hence, it is of great importance that persons in going to the7r place o1 business, with the expectation of re- maining in several hours, should pull of their tight-ftting boots, and put on a pair of easy-fitting slippers or shoes and they will find that on putting on their boots again at night to go home, it is done with considerable difficulty. This is because the feet have swollen during the day, natural result from the blood and other fluids accumulat- ing in them, partly from their being in standing position for a considerable portion of the time, and partly from the unrestrained condition of the foot, the circulation is more free and health full but if a tight boot is kept on all day, it becomes more and more com pressed every hour, and by night the circulation is almost arrested, the feet arc cold and clalnmy, and damp, and this soon becomes their constant con- | dition. instead of a few hours towards the close of day; but this very change too a loose slipper or old shoe, on ar irving at shop, or store, or office, will; in very short time be followed by lameness, or stiff joints, or cold, i'm pregnating the whole system, unless the slippers or shoes are first made very warm. Common sense points out the fact that harm must result from chang ing a loose, cold shoe for warm one
 A fruitful cause of colds is the wear 1 inc during the winter, while out o1 1 doors. boots or shoes with thinner soles, even if the weather is milder When thicksolcd shoe is put on in l the carly part of the winter, it should ] be used until first ot May, or at leas' until the winter is broken up. In the effort to keep the feet warm, the eXpcr fence of one man is no safe guide te another. Some keep their feet warn during the coldest weather by wearing stocking others are more successful by wearing woollen hose. The only rational plan is for each one to cxpcri ment on himself, and observe the result closely. Others, again, succeed best by .--y caring two pair of those at the same time, one of wooden, the other of cot ton; these differences arise from thC fact that the circulation of some is more 1 vigorous than that of others; some ar' on their feet all the time; others si almost all day. Halls Journal O Health.