Arizona republican., 1901-12-02
suit from the continuance of this kind

kind. is one of the most insidious of murderous garments. The vest of a winter suit is especially heavy In front and is made of wool; at the back it Is cotton. farmers satin or perhaps thin satin. Such n combination could not better further all lung troubles. Under the shoulder blades n mans lungs are much nearer to the surface than they are in front and much more likely to be attacked by compositions that follow cold. If men had a proper regard for health they would insist that their tailors make their vests of the same material all the way around.
 ''The ordinary silk muffier Is par ticularly vicious thing. It may keep ones collar clean, but likewise 1t may send one to a place where collars are not needed. Muffiing the throat at best is certain to advance the possibility of throat and lung affections. The muf- ! fer Is something that Is easily forgot ten. and for a man who Is used to it | to go out without it between Novem- Der l and April is to invite an almost certain infiammatory attack in the throat or lungs. Indeed, no matter how carefully one may seek to drop the thing in the spring it-nearly always gives him at least parting cold.
 ''The macintosh is another horror. In this climate comparatively warm rain may follow a period of freezing | weather in almost any winter month. As I say. it is only comparatively warmer; the thermometer may register only 50 degrees. but if the rain is heavy | enough the man who has been wearin, an ulster that is half an inch thick { puts on a macintosh and goes out to freeze to death. He is likely subject | for pneumonia. always. The fact that the rubber rain coat is waterproof is | only another of it's evil aspects. as pre- venting action Of the pores.
 Footwear always has been detri- mental to the general health. No por- ton of the body is more exacting in the matter of free pores than the feet, yet they are covered often in cheap stockings, colOred with poisonous dyes. and then covered into tight. pointed toed shoes that squeeze them out of all semblance to natural foot. The in side line of the feet, which should be perfectly straight, becomes crooked around enlarged joint, the big toe | Is turned in and half of the natural functions of the feet are strangleJ. Then when a rubber sandal-or. worse. 1 an arctic overshoe-is drawn on the foot the work is complete
 Some of the brown polishes used on summer footwear are poisonous. espe- cially when applied to thin leather. Don John of Austria died from such poison percolating through thin shoes. Times without number physicians everywhere have been called upon 10 treat cases of foot poisoning from the wearing of red stockings.
 "Garters as worn by both men and women are bad By compressing the veins of the leg above or below the knee they hinder the return of the blood to the heart and lungs, and a; times this congestion Is such as to con zeal the blood in the limbs with fatal results. Such garters at the best are conducive to varicose veins, and at all times they tend to cold feet. The wise person who would hold up his stock ings uses the suspender garter, hang
 ing from the waist
 The ordinary suspender. on the fac5 of things, should be quite harmless
 but isn't. If the braces are narrow and
 of inferior rubber they often inducc
 deformities in the back and shoulders of the young. They may prevent free expansion of the chest, and if ones
 back is weak they tend to bring about spinal curvatures. You may get sug- gestion of the hampering effect of sus-
 penders in general by attempting some l aCtiNe outdoor eXertlOnS- YOU nave t6
 throw your suspenders off your shoul. ! ders for the necessary freedom.
 Even the stiff hat has a hard repu
 tation by compressing the blood vessels
 supplying nutriment to the hair this
 blood supply is cut off and badness 1:
 one of the results.
 ''To a man working at a desk a higf
 collar may affect the eyesight or bring
 about stopped shoulders. If the mar
 insists upon sitting up straight at hi
 work he has to look down at the per
 or book at such an angle as to strair
 his eyes; if he stoops over his spina
 column may be bent permanently ou
 of shape. In any case. too. the collal
 interferes with the supply of blood tc
 the brain.
 ''The ordinary shirt cuff is one of tn
 most murderous of all mans apparel
 Our grandmothers knew something . when they knitted yarn wristers 0 : fifty years ago pair of them wa . worth more than an overcoat pulle' . on over starched cuffs. The wrist il the most susceptible part of the bod, to cold. and the haring cuff invite every blast of winter. chilling all tn blood in the body In a few minutes. Tn 2 cuff is a good thing In hot weather bu ! a menace to health in winter.
 2 The glove in cold weather, too, is ? vicious interferer iD the circulator. ' system. A mans fingers will freeze il 3 a glove twice as quick as they will un 2 covered, all because the pressure pre- . vents circulation For warmth a ki' 2 rnftten. fleece lined, is the only sensibl : covering. ~
 : What is the one article of dress tha T can be recommended" he repeated. '"