The Baltimore County union., 1882-01-21
CLOTHING FOR COLD WEATHER.

Inc usual dress Is Sufhcient IN quanti'
ty and often good in quality, but it is
very badly distributed. There is too
much about the trunk, and too little
about the lower extremities. II one
quarter Of the heavy overcoat or shawl
were taken from the trunk and wrapped
about the legs, 1t would have great
gain. When we men ride in the cars,
or in sleigh, where do we suffer About
the legs and feet. When women suffer
from the cold where is il ? II is about
the legs and feet.
The legs and feet are down near the
floor. .where the cold currents Of air
hos6. The air Is 50 coldnear the floor
that all prudent mothers say: "Don't
lie there, Peter get up, Jerushua Ann;
play on the sofa. You will take your
death Of cold lying there on the floor.
And they are quite right. II the room
be well ventilated, the air down near
the floor is very much colder than il is
up about our heads. And it is in that
cold stratum Of air that our feet and legs
are constantly. A fe Yankees put them
on the mantel-shelf, but the majority
keep their feet on the floor.
Besides this, the feet and legs, on ac-
count Of their being so far away, and on
account of their size, with the air all
about them, are disposed to be too cold,
even without being in colder atmos-
phere.
Under all these circumstances, men
wear one thickness of wool and cotton,
and one thickness of black broadcloth
about their legs, and three or four times
as much about their chests. And now
they often add an immense pad called 4
"C6cst Protector" and women indulge
in n still greater contrast.
Without discussing the blunder far
ther, will give you little practical adj
vice, which my observations and expert
ence during my observations and ex-
perience during more than thirty years
fully indorse.
During the cold and damp season the
legs should be encased in rey1' MIck,
knit wooden drawers, the feet in thick
wollen stockings (Which must be chang
cd every day. and the shoe.soles must
be rs broad as the feet when fully spread,
so that the blood shall have free passage.
II the feet are squeezed in the least the
circulation is checked, and coldncss is
inevitable. This free circulation cannot
be secured by loose upper with mar
row sole. II when the foot stands naked
on sheet Of paper it measures three
and half inches, the sole must measure
three and half.
will suppose you have done all this
sai;i<.llyr and yet your feet and legs are
cold. Now add more wooden, or, il
you are to travel much in the cars or n
sleigh, procure pair OF chamois-skin
or wash-leather drawers, which | have
found to be most satisfactory.
have known 4 number Of ladies af-
flic,ed with hot and aching hands, and
other evidence Of congestion about the
upper parts, who were completely re-
licved by 4 pair Of chamois.skin drawers
and broad soled shoes.
Three ladies in every four suffer from
some congestion in the upper part of the
body. II is felt in a fullness of the head,
in sore throat, in palpitation of the heart.
torpid liver, and in many other ways.
II is well-known that hot foot bath will
relieve, for the time being, any and all
Of these difficulties This bath draws
the blood into the legs and feet, rcliev-
ing the congestion above. What the
hot foot-bath does for an hour, the broad.
soled shoes, with thick, wooden stock
ings and pair Of flannel drawers, with
pair OF wash. leather drawers added,
will do permanently.
OF course | am speaking Of cold
weather. No one hesitates to multiply
clothing about the trunk. Why hesi-
tate to increase the clothing about the
legs? As 4 preventive OF many common
affections about the chest, throat, and
head, including nasal catarrh, know
nothing so effective rs the dress OF the
lower extrcmities which am advoca-
ting.
The bath is 4 good thing exercise is
a good thing but after all, our main
dependence in this climate must ever
be, during the cold season, soaym eioth-
ing. Already we overdo this about ouI
trunks, but not one pc rson in ten wear:
clothing enough about the legs and feet.