Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-08
CLOTHING AND HEALTH.
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-rns Promotion Of Health-" This omiaEioo
upon thu part Of bis Crsstor at oncs separ
rates ard distinguishes mnn from other hv-
ing creatures At the same tins IL . necss
mry for hin 70 provide himself with soms
artificial covering IN piacs of the hair. fur.
feathers, or resisting epadcrmis which tbs
inferior animals posse1 - natural apr
psndaze.
Tbs imE.urtance which attaches To this
hyp~r-external portion Of Our bodies 10 not
Of recent data
Beginning with the story Of our nrss par
ents. We find all through the Scriptures men
tlOa made Of this various garments and adorn-
nents IL the men and women who figure
there The rainbow haed coat Of Joseph,
even the far from frivolous garb Of John the
Baptist. have all been deemed worthy OF
record In sacred history.
The fact Is that our clothes, through assO
ciation, become part of us, help TO identify
Uneven In some Peculiar reartionary way
serve 10 gauge or control our mental states-
DEEA3fSo APPROPRIATELY
The felon feels degradation in lis prison
stripes which he could never understand in
his ordinary dress
The action II young lady Who repudiatssf
. perfectly courteous assumption Of acquaintr
sneeship upon the part Of a gentleman, Lee
eause she had ''only met him IN her bathing
suit was grounded in q true psychological
principle. She was not the same person In
a H..
which she WAS in her conventional attire
Let the most brilliant gentleman In a draw
ing room suddenly perceive that his haots are
muddy, or that his cravat Is awry, and the
chances are that he will become awkward
and tongue tisst-
In one Of Lord Beaconsfield's novels fash
ionabIe tailor Is made 10 say; You must
dress according to your age, your pursuits,
your object In life. | am dressing two
brothers now, men Of considerable position.
One Is = man of pleasure, the other will
probably be u minister Of state. They are
as like two peas, but were TO dress the
dandy and the minister the same it would be
bad taste. it would be ridiculous. No one
gives the trouble that Lord Byzantine does;
be has not decided whether be will bo great
poet or prime minister 'You must choose
my lord, tell him 4 cannot send you out
looking like Lord Byron If you are to be .
Charming or Pitt" Lastly, he adds: "All
men should avoid the shabby genteel No
man ever gets over IT, You had better 10
in rags"
That the great statesman had q most vivid
comprehension of the effect Of clothes, both
| upon the wearer and the observer, is mani
fest, not only in the language of his novel,
but In the extraordinary costumes he affected
during almost his whole life.
The materials chiefly utilized for clothing
are cotton and linen Of the vegetable sub
stances; skins, hair, wool. silk, down, feath-
ers, Of the animal. Minerals, as metals
| glass and various stones. are much used as
ornaments. Cotton, wool, linen and leather
arc the most abundant and useful materials,
and they form the principal part Of the
clothing Of the great mass of the people
Air Is, us we all know, bad conductor Of
heat and Of electricity. So the warmth and
electricity Of the body are conserved by a
covering which contains much air in It's
| lbers Water, on the contrary, is a good
conductor Of heat and electricity, and just
| ~ the degree that the air in the interstices of
any material Is displaced by water it becomes
a vehicle for the rapid conducton of these
away from tia body. Wooden holds larger
quantity Of N among its fibers, and will
transmit through them larger quantity OF
| moisture without displacement OF the mir
than any other material. Silk stands next
In these respects Wooden clothing is espe-
cially adapted to the needs of man.
EXCELLENT HINTS
| In a moist and changeabie climate like
ours, where rheumatic affections, catarrhs,
sentative threats and bronchial tubes arc 50
prevalent, an especial effort should be made
to maintain healthful equilibrium of the
temperature Of the skin. To effect this.
wooden silk underclotbes should he EN-
pioycd summer and winter. Not patch Of
an undervest, covering neither chest, shoul
ders nor limbs but a garment which will
clothe these as well as the trunk.
| A lady with one thickness OF linen over her
arms and shoulders viii tell you that she Is
half dead from tho heat. Tho Thermometer
stands at % degrees in the shade You place
your hand upon the perspirins skin; it is
clammy and cold A poor sufferer her joiuts
swollen with rheumatism. said to me on a
not summers day: II pcrSpire 50. and suffer
so terribly from the heat that il i5 as hard to
bear as my Illness" The touch OF her skin
chilled mo like wet ice You should wear
| light wooden or silk garments next your skin"
| said mo half way business, but all over,
| from neck 10 wrists and ankles.n had hard
work to convince her that she would be made
more instead Of less comfortable by doing as
| advised. out finally succeeded, and with
the happlest results.
| There is great variation in the amount Of
clothing winch different people require.
Some seem 70 be almost insensble To cold .
others, ike poor Harry Gill, their teeth they
chatter. chatter still Special directions
must. therefore. apply to special cases, but
certain broad rules can be laid down for ali.
Light wooden or silk underwear. suitable
for midsummer, is not warm enough for
spring or fall wear; and for winter a still
heavier grade is needed. Partially worn win
ter garments can often be wisely utilized for
intermediate service; otherwise new ones Of
suitable thickness should be provided Many
persons make the mistake Of wearing under
garments in winter which are too thick
These are likely to be all Of WOODEN material
which, very closely woven and very heavy
to begin with, has shrunk in the washing
They impede the healthful interchange be
tween the air and the trausprations OF the
skin: the latter reabsorbs into the circulation
the poisonous matter which it has essayed to
throw OF, it exha1es peculiar slckly odor,
the cutaneous nerves loss tone and action
they convey their disturbed impressions to
the great centers, and all portions Of the nu-
tritive and eliminative systems suffer In oon-
sonapce.
l have seen the most depraved physical
conditions result from the wearing Of very
heavy, closely woven hannels, which, after .
few washings, had become almost imperv ious
TO air and Moisture-New York News
But There's an O6set.
A first class Chinese barber gets only 81 per
week. but there's an Offset. lie does not have