Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-13
HINTS ABOUT HEALTH.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION WORTH
A POUND or CURE.

Advice to the Man Who Is Always Dosing
Himself with Druss--something About
Underclothing-Head and Teet-Negli-
gence of Ladies.
The great secret Of unvaryin9 health is.
before everything to have a body in high
state Of vigor, and once having that, to keep
it. There is less wisdom in studying the WAYS
CT curing an ailing frame than in giving your
attention to those of obtaining a hardy one
that never becomes ailing. A proper physique
sheds pains, aches, disorders, illnesses dis
eases and epidemics as a duck does water, and
enables its owner to laugh ct doctors bills
1t confers upon its possessor happiness amid
the heaviest misfortunes, and gives the surest
promise Of longevity. To obtain IT, have
some regular business that viii give you an
interest in life and make you alive all over,
without oyerworking your shun care and
worry; be systematic in your habits; avoid
dissipation; sleep enough; eat plain, whole
some food, tho best of its kind; and, above
all. devote yourself methodically TO some
athletic pursuit, such as will give you exercise
all round, and spend all the time you can in
the open air. Then forget you have a body
and never think Of your health
COMMITTING SANITARY SIN.
We find people who commit well nigh every
sanitary and hygienic sin They eat IN
healthy food at irregular and unreasonable
hours; they work too hard and worry too
much; they pass their lives within doors. in
III ventilated rooms, sleep with tightly closed
windows, and feaf a puff Of pure air as they
would the breath Of contagion; exercise they
take none. Perhaps they do not dissipate-
they have not superhuous vigor enough for
that. They are eternally "coddlingn them
selves, and doing all they can to become deli
cate and tender They are always ailing and
always dosing with some drug. If they have
no appetite, they take this to give them one:
II they have eaten too much, they swallow
that 70 avert the bad effects. When they do
not sleep, they try one thing; for a headache
another, for palpitation of the heart or a
stomach ache third, and so on. Undoubt.
eddy, too, they have convinced themselves
they have some chronic and serious disorder.
and for this they are under the care of a
physician.
But one thing further is needed to make
them utterly miserable, and that is to be-
come devourers Of indiscriminate medical
literature. With their habits, and in the
state OF mind which those habits must iney-
itably produce, that alone would cause them
to imagine themselves afflicted with "all the
ills that flesh is heir to-" Every disease they
find described they are sure they have, until,
i'll fancy, they become q mass Of ailment
such as. il it should occur in reality.
would constitute a monstrositv in the
annals Of medical science. If they have
not gone too far, all they need is to
live properly, stop dosing, forget their
ailments and then join a gymnasium, buy
or hire and ride saddle horse, or a bicycle.
take long walks every day and otherwise ex-
ercise wisely, and they will be what they
have never been since they were children,
healthy, and, as a consequence, happy.
Leave on your winter clothes late in the
spring, and pat them on early iii the au-
tunn.a This is very old injunction, and in
some respects it is wise, while in others tho re-
verse X, following it literally, person In
late autumn puts on his thickest winter fian-
nols and calls into service bis heaviest over
coat, he is sure to suffer in consequence be
fore warm weather comes again. Very
many people in this way make themselves
what is popularity termed tender-uausually
susceptible TO cold-and hence, are fire.
quently siling during the winter
lhlN. 4EDtlH AND THICK.
Every one should have for wear at least
three sets Of undarclothing-the thin, me
dunn and thiek-that the change may be
gradual Now Is the time for Undertaking
OF medium thickness. As for oveIcoats, they
should not be heavy in late autumn while
there will yet be warm days, when, one
would swslter in thick coat, and II once &c
customed 70 It, there would be very great
n In lo1w - -
ssdsntary pursuits, who can walk to and
from their work, it would be far better il
they were dressed a trihe light; % they
would feel slightly chilly on frst going into
the open air. Walking would soon warm
them up, and the discomfort felt would en-
courage that essential exercise, which is most
enjoyable at this season
Keep the head cool and the feet warm.r
Here is another antique health saying To
keep the feet warm is certainly an essential
to health, but about having the head cool in
winter is q matter OF discussion. The head
certainly should be comfortably covered.
Probably the Derby bat, 50 popular, would
he sufficient protection, even IN midwinter
for those men who walk much, or whose
work Is largely indoors. For car drivers and
others, who are much exposed TO fierce winds,
thick, warm hats or caps arc absolutely
needed. They might wear fur caps, but men
who are not constantly forced to encounter
such hardships as they certainly do not need
head coverings Of FUR and are infinitely bet
ter without them; for there are many daysin
winter when they are uncomfortable, keep
the head too warm, and hence are productive
Of colds. Every one knows that, when the
feet arc not properly protected, cold is the
common consequence. If tho head is insult.
GENTLY covered, the same result is scarcely
leas certain.
At the present day, but few ladies pretend
to cover their heads, even IN winter-the
fashionable bonnet is surely no protection.
Much aicknses among tasm Is due 70 that
neglect, and where il occurs with cotton
Stockings and thin shoes-and, therefore, cold
feet-it Is surprising that 20 foolish person
hvss through one Of our hard winters
Among Shakers, and other closes a women
who pretend to wear comfortable head cover
inEs, there is infinitely less sickness than
among their fashionable sisters, and much Of
the immunity is cls&rly assigpable 10 this
difference in dress. Heaven hasten the day
WHEN women viii correct this most grievous
fault OF theirs and rstuTa 70 hoods, or some
thing like them, for winter scar. As for
keeping tho shoulders and upper part Of tho
cheat simply protected from the Geld, women
know we'll It's importance TO health, and
nothing which can be written will influences
them IN tbs klightest DEGREES. Boston Herald.
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