The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-24
PHYSICIAN ONa0IHES
Says All Articles of Wear Are
Dangerous in Respect
TO HEALTH OF MAN
Collar Button the Only Article
He Can Speak For.

Chicago, Nov. 2i.-The Chicago Tribun,
says:
clothes may not make the man. accord
Ing TO the old maxim but according to q
Well-knoWn Chicago physician they may
unnlake MIN with "A facility that ought
10 turn the fooI-kIIer green with envy.
Go into the big. modern furnishing
house. said he, and you can scarcely
put your finger upon an article Of wearing
apperel that isn't either murderously men
acing or insistcntly detrimental To health
il fact, you might araign al clothing
with good deal Of common sense and
consistency.
IN the first place. we breathe through
cur bodies just as truly as we breathe
through our nostrils. You may prove this
by vanishing a mans body; not all the
work his lungs VIII do VIII keep him from
tentsmothering to death Then. Just ia
the extent that clothing interferes with
The functions Of the skin. to that extent
It is Theoretically detrimental
Among all the murderous forms Of
dres, underclothing takes the lead. and o..
this cotton and linen garments are the
chief offenders. The cotton shirt cspec-
ialy IS a vicious thing When il has De-
come damp from perspiralion it is viz
tsat, and draft striking 1T converts 70
into a cold storage lining. which could not
De better designed for pneumonia. A gar
ment Of genuine wool takes Up this per-
SEPARATION and the warmth Of the body
under it evaporates the moisture.
'Flannelette' IA this category Of under
wear is especially vicious. There NAV be
combiag ont of the inner cotton nbres Of
the garment makes only "A SIN further
receptacle for clammy moisture from the
body Chronic colds. sore threats. and
even consumption may result from the
continuance of this kind Of undergarment.
The ordinary vest, worn by aaIl male
kind, is one 81 the most insiduous of
mgrderous garments The vest of a win
ter suit is especially heavy IN front and
IS made CT wool: al the back it is cotton.
farmers satin OF perhaps thin satin.
SUCH combination could not better
further lung troubles. Under the shoulder
blades "a mans lungs are much nearer to
the surface than they are in front and
much more likely to he attacked bv con-
gestious that follow cold. JIG men had a
proper regard Tor health they would in
sist tibet their tailors make their vests
or the same material an the way around.
The ordinary silk muller is q particu-
larry vicious thing. it may keep ones
collar clean, but likewise it may send
one 20 place whore collars arse not
needed. Mumng the throat at best is
certain 10 advance The possibility of
throat ard Iuns affections. The muGier
is something easily forgotten. and for a
man who is used to it 20 30 without 1T
between November 1 anad April ! is To in
wife an aalmosl certain inaammatory at
tack in the throat or lungs Indeed. no
matter how carefully one May seek TO
drop the thing ia the spring it nearly
always gives him at least a parting cold.
THE macintosh IS another horror. in
this climate comparatively warm rain
may follow with q period az freezing
weather IN almost any winter month. As
] say il is only comparatively warmer.
the Thermometer may only register atty
desrees. but i the rain is heavy enough
the man who has been wearing an ulster
that IS haalf an inch thick puts on a
macintosh aand goes out to freeze to
death RE IS lFeir s.bicct for pneu-
Iuoaia always TIE fact that the rubber
rain IS water tight is only another of it's
cvH aspects. as preventing actions Of the
pores.
Footwear always hiss beer detrimental
70 the general health. No portion CT
The body is more exactiUS ia the matter
of free pores than are the feet. yet they
are often covered in thin stockings. color
al with poisonous dyes and then crowded
into tight poiuted-toed shoes that squeeze
them ont OF tI resemblance to a natural
foot The inside Of the feet. which should
bC perfectly straight. becomes crooked
AROUND I'm enlarged joint. the big zoe is
turned in and half ~ the n3t.rel ~e-
lions Of the natural foot aare straneled.
Then wear a rubber sand4i-.r.
an rctic oVcrshoc-is drawn ou The foot
the work is complete
The hieh heel I'D women shoes is Csc
ueci1uy vicious 81 throws The toes into
the TIPS of the shoes. cr3wpirg and
crooll.ng them ana naNng Jhe material
sprinsiness OF The foot wholly impossi-
bic Recently tine rubber heel has done
much to mitigate the evils OF heels ou
hard paavcmeuts-
Some of the brovr poisncs used on
summer footwear are poisonous, ospec-
iauy when applied Co thiu leather. Don
rol-n of Austria died from suck poison
throuch thin shoes. Times
without numbers physicians everywhere
7,sr. been called unon to treat cases az
raet nafsaaaaes from the wearing or red
e-o-,zfn.s
-Garters as worn by both men and
v-oma. ara lld By comprising the veins
of the lex above or below the knee they
hinder taa r.trrn of the blood o. she