Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18
coul TING DISEASE AND DEATH.
serious Results of Funny FashIonabIa
Way of DFeRsina, rl,tt,I

NsAuits Of Funny Fashionable
way Of Dressing Children.
now cunning those children look.
with their bare little legs!r exclaimed a
pretty glrl on Connecticut avenue 4 dav
OF TWO ago, calling attention 10 three
Youngsters who, though me air was bit
yer cold, were playing in the street.
cue OF them was a small girl Of about
seven years, with skirts SO short that her
FAIRY limbs We're visible in their nudity
from mid-thigh TO three inches above tbe
shoe, where the sock began.
"ughF growled the physician. who
was the yonng lady's companion in her
promenade.
Yes, she said, sit looks rather cold.
put It's the swell thing now, you know.
and awfully Englishy'
UGH Collins are stylish, too, / sup
pose"
Why, what can you meanY'
simply this" responded the man OF
medicine. "0f all the idiotic notions
! am acquainted with, the one You call
my attention to is the most gibbering
and driyeling. The ground on which ii
Is defended is that it makes children
hardy TO go barelegged in winter. As a
matter OF fact it is an outrage on the
laws OF nature. Go up to the regions Of
the arctic circle and you will find the
children playing about in the snow with
their bodies very nearly unclad, but
their arms and legs are always warmly
wrapped. Now, why is thisF'
II can't imagine"
Then let me tell you IL is because the
trunk Of the body, being the seat of the
vital organs, is naturally warmer, and
has a more vigorous circulation than tbs
limbs. Why is it that your feet and
hands on frosty day get cold first? OBJ
viously for the reason that they ar,
most remote from the heart. Therefor
they need protection. Likewise this
arms and legs require covering most
Keep the limbs warm, and the body viii
be warm; that is the esquimau principle
and il Is true one, 50 far as it goes, bu
already we have, largely for fashion,
sake, children running about in an at
mosphere that is below freezing, witt
their bodies warmly clad and their poo
little legs exposedw
But they look very healthy
Undoubtedly. We're they not health,
children they would have succnmbed b
this aboininable practice in dress lon
ago. But no health is so robust as to b
able 10 afford to invite pneumonia an
, other kindred ills which are Away
ready TO attack the most sturdy perso
who risks imprudence. For parents /
send their children abroad so exposed
20 extend cordial invitation to diseas
and death. OF course that does not mat
ter, however, If ii is really English
J What sort Of shoes are those you al
wearing
"shoesy' said the pretty girl, som,
what taken by surprise. why, the
are quite new and very nice pair,
think
,'Do your grunted the physician
What right have you, pray, to wes
shoes az this season with soles an eight
r ~ an inch thick More colds are caugl
, in that way than in any other. Not /
much on day like this as ON war;
, day. Won said few moments ago thu
= you had a cold; probably you caught
during the last warm spell we had. Yc
$ went out with such pair Of shoes o.
g The temperature Of the air around yc
. was about S. degs.; the bricks yc
, walked upon We're evaporating moistur
!, Evaporation makes cold. That is u
reason why cologne, which eyaporat
: quickly, makes you cool when you n
;. Il upon your face.
4 $50. while your body was warmed
e the sun your feet were being refrigerat'
e al a temperature below freezing. X
. suit. cold. You hear people say eve
4 day, 4 cant imagine where | caught Il
cold; have not been imprudent in a.
e way that know Of The secret of II
n simply that they have been wearing tn
= soled shoes. Suppose that the sole |
d comes damp. even though the foot is Il
i. made wet, the water furnishes the b
i posdhle medium for conducting the he
4 ont Of the body. The moral Of all tn
/, nv dear young lady. is TO wear she
y with good, thick soles throughout I
winter season. Washington Star.