Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-02

The necessity for caution in DOMINIC
Spring clothing will he very great this
year. Coming out of a Winter the severest
first impulse Of young and old will be to
throw off the garments that have done such
constant service during the DIRE iry months
that have passed. NTillners and dress
makers have long ago completed arrange
ments for improving the appearance of
their customers. They are so impatient.
because of the obstinacy of the winter, that
when it finally refaxes its icy grip, they
can hardly be blamed for doing everything
in their power to cause quick sale of the
stock in hand. The cothiers will be in
iiuenced by similar lnotiyes. Like the
milliners and dress -nlakers, they. too, have
gone heavily into the work of preparation
| for brisk spring trade, and if they do not
| succeed in realizing handsome profits, it
| will not be through any lack of effort on
their part. The pressure brought to bear
upon all who have money TO spend for
new outfits will be sostrong, that itmav re-
| suit IN endangcrng the lives of thousands
| Of persons, unless they are well advised
before hand. Those who have suffered
| and are still suffering from throat and
| lung affections will scarcely need to he
| told of the folly of throwing Off heavy shoes,
| and flannel undertaking, after experience
ing few days of the oppressively warm
weather which usually marks the begin
ming of spring; for it may he presumed
| that they have learned wisdom. But the
| case is altogether different with those who
have had the luck to preserve good health
| throughout. Unless they are iorewarned,
| they may he expected to disinoumbe Der
| themselves of overcoats. heavy under
clothing, and heavy shoes as soon as they
begin TO feel in the least oppressed by the
| weight of them.
1t is never wise to make changes of this
| character, no matter how moderate win
ter may have preceded spring. The
| body should be accustomed to the altered
| condition by gradual process. Num-
| crous deaths occur every year from diseases
| contracted through a lack of prudence in
| the matter of clothing. This year, for the
reasons which we have already mentioned,
there is more need than ever TO proceed
| gradually with the duty Of conforming to
| the necessities of the seasons, and it is 10
be hoped that this truth may not he lost
| sightpf. OF little less importance is the
subject of house ventilation. According to
the Judgment of great many otherwise
| well-informed persons, there is nothing 50
good for health in spring as "plenty of fine
| fresh air. As q consequence of this fool
ish belief, the windows are thrown up at
the front and rear of the house. The pleas
ant current of air thus produced is partic-
ularly "enioyed' by ladies, until they con-
tract what they call their spring colds, and
then the very opposite extreme is reached.
| The airing process ceases, and the house
is kept so tightly closed that an ordinarily
healthy person finds it difficult to breathe
| in it. There are others who let the fires 20
out the first warm day that comes, and do
not build them again until fairly driven
TO it by continuance of "chilly evenings"
| The houses should be well aired, but the
temperature should not be reduced 50 as TO
| endanger health. The gradual process
should be as strictly observed in reference
TO personal clothing. These two points
| may not come within the ordinary range
of newspaper discussion, but as they affect
the comfort and health of thousands, we
cannot deem them unworthy Of notice.
| ". Y. Times.