The Jasper weekly courier., 1875-04-23
Spring Colds.

MS i the season lot catching those
colds which so often result In consump-
ton. Ii l.. in iact, the season when I'M
prudent persons are most imprudent.
During the dreary months Of winter the
instinct OF self-preservafion Is strength
ened by frosty air and cold winds: but
when spring comes IL dispels this feeling
so efieciually thar young people are apt 10
go 10 the very opposite extreme in order
10 procure plenty of whar, In their fool
ishness. they call fresh air. Girls just on
the verge of w0manhood. eager To lead OF
In fashion. are the first to fall victims TO
their own rccklessness. They are on the
watch Tor the change in the weather. and
don their new apparel without a thought
OF possible consequences They parade
the streets thus attired, walk much more
than they have been accustomed 10. re-
turn home heated and fatigued, and find
the closeness OF the house too much for
them. In this not unexpected emergency,
the windows and doors are opened, and a
draft produced which invariably has the
effect Of increasing the sick list. Boys
and young men have not 20 many induce
Aents To become similarly reckless. The
autocrat of the fashionable world Is less
exacting IN their case; but this circum-
stance. IL Is 10 be regretted. Is not sufii-
We are sorry 10 say this imprudence In
the matter of dress and drafts il not mani
Tested exclusively by the young people.
for ifit were. the difficulty could be much
more easily met. The fact i, people who
are old enough To have better sense are.
I'm proportion 10 their years. equally indif-
ferent on this subject. The women dis
pense with their shawls long before they
can do so with safety They dislike
the burden of having 10 care for them at
places OF amusement. or when they go TO
pay fri ndlv visits in the evening. They
do not hesitate to sit in bay windows. with
drafts Of air at their backs. and they very
much enjoy their ride home in the cars
and stages with open windows. The men
find II too hot for winter 0yercoats and
woolen undergarsGents, and begin even in
March 70 make such changes a. 10 them
seem seasonabe. Indeed. they not un-
frequently 90 without light oyercoats If il
happens to be sultry in the morning. On
the way home in the evening il NAV be
uncomfortably chilly. and then many OF
them discover. too late. that they have
acted unwisely. In populous cities the
sufferers from such imprudence are not
apr 10 mince matters with inquiring = friends.
They frankly admit they hayed0ne so and
so and have caught cold Persons who
reside In neighborhoods Z nat have a repu-
tation for chils and fever do not gtt at
the root Of their troubles 80 expeditiously.
When they throw off their warm gar
ments, III in drafts and take cold. il l. en-
tircly owing 10 the nature. of the ground
upon which their houses are built. Their
colds are = chills." and their fits Of inn /
agination ague." Many healthy neigh |
borhood has secured a bad name and has I
had it, progress retarded in this way.
Now. We DO not mean TO say that the |
same clothing which served during
the winter should Dc retained all through /
the spring and well into the summer. /
Nothing Of the sort. Here i Just where \
the difficulty arises. The deposition 10 4
run TO extremes l. So strong that il takes \
no account Of the variable cha-a ter of our \
climate. When the heat i 20 oppressive. \
the average person takes OF every article /
Df clothing that can in decency be dis
pensed with. but makes no provision for
dressing again IN proportion to the fall of
The mercury. The medium point between
and danger Is rarely struck, and
thus il j. that the = bad colds" come. and
he mortality from consum ption Increases.
The great sufferers are young girls They
20 through the winter without having
heir feet properly protected. Unless they
IRE closely looked after by their parents.
hey will not submit 10 the dead
weight of overshoes- Even with careful
they will not consent TO freight
themselves with any thing heavier than
ndia rubbers. The very best tempered
miss" would scarcely agree to encum-
yer her pretty feet with arctics.- When
pring comes they are not so strong that
hey can affordto cast of fovershoes. under
water-proofs and shawIs: and.
o be plain. the parents have much TO
nswer for when they permit them to do
o.
The matter of.drafts viii apply with
quail force To young and old. Ventila-
ion IL as requisite To life and health as
ood and bathing. bat il does NOT mean
pen doors and windows, any more than
warmth means suffocation--N. Y. Times.