Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-05
DREss-rrs RELATION TO HEALTH.
BY MADAME prxoRrsr.

the matters of diet, regular hours,
work, weather, and their bearing upon
health, administer, through a %deplora-
Bile unconscieutiousness or unpardona-
bio willfulness, to the various ills of
whieh-the human frame is heir, by their
mode Of personal apparel. TIE fact of
its near4relstionship to the welfare of
the system is not rendered by far so
paramount asst shoHld be.
A little observation will prove that it
most seriously affects the delicate Or
CARNATIONS of women and children;
strange to say, they are the most nu-
merous victims to the popular i~nconsis-
tency.
Happily the imperial goddess of FASH
ion sdheres to some regulations condu-
Give to comfort, and when the warm
breathe of Summer chills into autumn
winds, outdoor vestures of silk and
gaze give place to those of cloth and
velvet; scarfs of lace to wrappers Of
fur.
Meanwhile, under-garments and the
covering of the feet lack proper atten-
ton.
Here thinness and insuticiency are
more often the rule than the exception.
If this results from an idea Of retain
shape-liues, it is not weigbty enough to
counterbalance the suicidal exposure
entailed by it. Our climate requires
the utmost care4iin protecting the vital
parts Of the body There have been
women sound aud sensible otherwise,
who persisted in tho wearing Of thin
soied shoes, even 10 the depth Of our
Northern winters, with the danger Of
disease and premature death staring in
their very faces with severe storms
liable to set In at any moment, and the
damp and .lush of the pavement soak
ing through.
A transatlantic notion OF wearing
thick boots at length attracted attention
here and began to receive patronage,
until now the majority see what they
ought to have seen long ago, before
hundreds had persisted of such blind
ness; that insufficient protection for the
feet is one Of the main causes Of lung
and throat affections. pas.
We believe that but few now indulge
in the former murderous practice, and
II is to be hoped they may soon be cor
rected from their error but still many
who have adopted thick boots are re-
gardless that they are still at fault By
retaining for awinter-wesr the thin cot
ton hose worn during summer. This
leaves a space between the top of the
boot and uuder-clothing, especially
With children, where the cold air Il
attack the tender flesh almost unresIst-
ed, and thus a great part Of the good
effect produced by the warm envelope
Of the foot is lost. Comfortable hose OF
merino or wool are as requisite to health
rs comfortable shoes. The ligature oil
ribbon or elastic generally used to keep
the stocking up Id its place ut the knee,
impedes u free circulation of the blood.
This is quite enough Of itself to keep
the extremities cold and the individual
miserable.
1t is plead as u cause Of the universal
neglect to wear the necessary mount
of uuder-clothing, that the weight It
imposes upon the hips occasions d fla
tigue and lassitude which impedes the
movements and makes walking n task
instead of a pleasure.
We see in the attire Of men that a
support is lent to the lower garments
by straps extending over the shoulders,
the upper, stronger portions Of the
frame, thus relieving the hips and plac-
ing the burden where it tends to
straighten aud erect the figure to an
elsy, natural position.
Why should not women, the ackuowl-
edged weaker sex, avail themselves OF
the same advantage, and by wearing
shoulder braces take the support OF the
uuder.clothing from the waist?
The fashion now prevalent Of wide
spreading crinoliue, demands, for the
sake of modssty as we'll as health, II
plentiful supply. Many Of the wearers
Of "tilting'' skirts seem TO have forgot.
ten this requisitiou of refinement aud
good taste, and if this thought proves
inadequate to recall them to u sense OF
their indelicacy, perhaps the warning
that rheumatism and other ailings are
likely to follow 10 the train of such
unlady-like folly may produce the desir-
able effect. Clothe the body well about
the vital regions-the heart, liver and
spinal column, where the soul of its
constituencies is seated, and you adopt n
means OF prolonging health and make
your days both useful and happy.
Again, where the great arteries and
veins branch through the limbs, ap
preaching the skin, spreading out into
the soles of the feet, preserve their pre-.
cious, life-giviug contents as far as pos
sible FROM chill and stagnation, by u
plentitude Of external protection, and
you shut out sickness and suffering
from finding its way to the central tenn
pie wherein flames the spark Of mortal
existence.-Laws Of life.