The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-26
nloniiopoe pilot.
BARBARA FASHION.

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How cunning these children look
with tEcir bare little legs" exclaimed
n pretty Girl on Connecticut avenue
day OF two ago. calling attention to three
Youngsters WHO. though the air was
litter cold were playing ia ne street
One OF them was a small girl OF about
I wears. says the Washington STIR.
with skirts 50 short that her fairy
limbs were visible IN their nudity from
mi-tligh to three inches above the
shoe. where the short sock began.
.Tgh,' growlcd the physician who
was the young lady's companion IN her
promenade.
Yes. SIC said; it looks rather cold;
and aWfuIlv English.'
..U-h, Collins are stylish, too, | sup
pose.
Why. what can YOU mean?"
Simply this. responded tie man Of
medicine. OF all the idiotic notions
/ am acquainted with the one YOU call
nv attention to i the most gibbering
ana driyeliug. The ground on which
it is defended is that il makes children
hardy to 20 bare-lcgged in winter As
a matter Of fact it IS IN outrage upon
the laws Of nature. Go up TO the
regions within the arctic circle and
YOU will find the children playing
about in the snow with their bodies
often nearly unclad. But their arms
aud legs are always warmly wrapped.
Now. why is that?'
Il can't imagine.
"Tacn let me tell You. 1t is because
tire trunk of the body. being the seat
Of the vital organs. IS naturally warm
er and has a more vigorous circulation
than the limbs. Why is it that your
feet aud hands on frosty day get
cold first? Obviously for the reason
that they are most remote from the
heart Therefore they need protection.
Likewise the arms and legs require
covering most. Keep the limbs warm
aud the body will be warm; that is the
Esquimaux principle and it is Il true
one so far as 1t goes. But here we
have, largely for fashions sake, child
rem running about in an atmosphere
that is below freezing with their bodies
warmly clad and their poor little legs
exposed
But they look very healthy"
q
healthy children they would have sue
cumbcd 10 this alominable practice in
dress long ago. Bat no health is 50 ro-
bust as to b. able 10 afford to invite
pneumonia and other kin Ired ills which
are always ready to attack the most
sturdy person who risks imp rudence.
OF course that does not matter-it is
really English. What sort of shoes
are those YOU are wearing2'
Shoes" said the pretty girl, some
what taken hy surprise. WHY. they
are quite new and a very nice pair, |
think
Do you?" grunted the physician,
What right have YOU. pray. to wear
shoes at this season with Solcs IN eighth
of an inch thick? More colds are
caught in that way than in any other
Not 50 much on Il day like this as on a
warm day Iou said few moments
ago that yoa lad bad cold. Proba-
bly, YOU caught il during the last warm
spell we had. You went out with such
pair Of shoe, on. The temperature
OF the air around YOU was about % de-
grecs; the bricks you walked upon
We're cooperating moisture. Eyapora-
tion makes cold That is the reason
WHY cologne, which cvaporates quickly.
makes You cool when You rub it upon
your face. 50, while your body was
warmed By the sun your feet were
being refrigerated at a temperature
below freeing Result Il cold. You
hear people say every day: Il cant
imagine where | caught this cold;
have not been imprudent any way that
80 q. =,
that they have been wearing the thin
solcd shoes. Suppose that the sole be-
comes damp, even though the foot is
not made wet-thc water furnishes the
best possible medium for conducting
the heat out Of the body, The moral
OF All this. my dear young lady, is to
wear shoes with good, thick soes
throughout the winter season.