Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-04
Windy Weather.

No one who is at all subject to any affection
Of the chest should expose himself to high wind
high wind is always more or less cold; and
on the other hand no matter how low the tenn
perature is. exercise may. a rule, be taken
with benefit and comfort if there be no wind
The nervous, too. should avoid exposure to
high winds. else headache VIII be the result.
and general depression of the whole system will
follow. Cold wet winds, especially those that
blow from the north and east. seem to possess
apeculiarly disturbing effect upon the mucous
membrane Of the digestive canal, which NAV re-
SUIT IN "a MT OF dyspepsia. or in diaTrhra or
even dysentery- Ii is these north and east
winds that render the early spring months in
This climate Oh ours so risky to the invalid or
Nose predispoSed to consumption and various
other complaints. But the east wind is more
than any other to be dreaded by people liable tn
chest complaints; nor any amount of care i'm
Clothing defend them against its evil Influences
But there are times when calm DAYS are lust
as much 10 be dreaded by the delicate and inya-
hd as the stOrmi@sI winds that can blow-tlays
Nhs'i ,ne sky Is overcast. and the atmosphere
not; when the gloom IL general. when i'm towns
evil yapors float low on the ground and i'm tine
open country the eXhalatons from the earth's
surface lie thick and stamnant thereon poison-
Ing the air We breathe. Such DAYS are hard
upon even the healthy. and it Is no wonder
therefore, II the weakly suffer. Night air is
greatly dreaded by many and sometimes with
xoOd cause There Is not only always the danger
Of catching cold or receiving q chil-Which IA
often even WOrse-but OF breathing malaria or
niasmata; and this danger is greatly increased
uthere be mist. or fog, or even dew. 1t ought
70 DE generally known that pasture-lands
WOODS pieasnre-grounds, and small lakes of
water such as We have in our most beautiful
parks. all send forth malaria to some consid-
cradle extent, and that the delicate do wrong to
walk IN such places, even in the most delightful
evenings of summer.
IIr,. h.cs
1s to shield themselves from the evil effects of
bad weather and baneful atmosphere: The
answer TO this question Is this we are to clOthe
ourselves in such "a way as to be proof against
cold and wet. and at the same time do all we
can TO Keep our bodies as near to the disease
resisting standard of health as possible Ever
else must on no account be neglected but Il
ought not to be exercise of too irving or even
too exciting kind. We ought to study the
Kind and quality as well as the quantity of food
We eat. not forgetting that people are all apt to
CT on the side Of eating too much. 1t is the
Dcd which is digeSted with comfort that sup
ports life
Whatsoever lowers the nervous system rem
GERS us more susceptible to atmospheric
changes. and cice rersa. Healthful sleep should
De procured az night. therefore. but only by
rational Means and daily and complete ablri-
ZION IS impe-atively necessary. People who are
sop)eet 10 colds should be particular to have
tneir bedrooms well ventilated and comfortable
and the hed-clOthes warm but not heavy
Am quite convinced that colds are caught as
otten In bed as out Of il, and those with weak
enests would do well to wear a chest-pro.ector
q night as wen as by day The part of the
BODY most frequently unprotected at night is
thai between the shoulder-tlsdes MANY a one
taxes every care To wrap up well In bed, but
kaycs this door cren for Illness TO walr in: and
many fatal Illness might be traced to colds
thus caught in bed.
The ungallant Mr. Bcgar s, ss he kissed Miss
Hyland's foot because il was handscmer than
Aer face" REPUTATION says the boston Ter.
Cd. II his taste is correct, of the adage that al
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