The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20

throat and lung affections. The mufner Is something that is easily forgotten ano for man who is used to 1t 10 go ous
 without 1t between November l ana April l Is to invite an almost certain ln- fiammatory attack in the throat or lungs. Indeed, no matter how carefully one may seek to drop the thing in the spring, IL nearly always gives him at last part ing cold.
 Mackintosh Brings Pneumonia.
 "The mackintosh Is another horror In this climate a comparatively warm ram may follow a period of freezing weather in almost any winter month. As say, it is only comparatively warmer; tne thermometer may register only O de- grees, but if the rain Is heavy enough the man who has been wearing an ulster that is half an inch thick puts on a macintosh and goes out to freeze 10 death. He is likely subject for pneu- rain coat is water tight is only another of its evil aspects. as preventing action of the pores.
 Footwear always has been detrimen- tai to the general health. No portion of the body is more exacttng in the mat ter of free pores than are the feet yet they are covered often In cheap stock. ings, colored with poisonous dyes; ana then crowded into tight. pointed-toed shoes that squeeze them out of all sem blance to a natural foot. The inside line of the feet, which should be perfectly straight, becomes crooked around an en- larged joint the big toe Is turned In and half of the natural functions Of the fee. are strangled Then when rubber sandal--or, worse. an arctic oVersnoe-ib drawn on the foot, the work is complete.
 "The high heel in women's shoes Is es- pecially vicious. It throws the toes into the tips of the shoes, cramping and crook ing them and making the natural spring ingness of the foot wholly impossible. ID Al. ha dnna nnlRh to mitigate the evils of heels on hard paVements.
 Prince Killed by Polish.
 Some of the brown polishes used on summer footwear are poisonous, espe- cially when applied to thin leather. DnE John of Austria died from such po'*Sn percolating through thin shoes. Iimes without hummer physicians everywhere have been called upon to treat cases or font poisonings from the wearing of red stockings
 'Garters as worn by both men and veins of the leg above or below the knee thev hinder the return of the blood to the heart and lungs, and at times this congestion is such as to congeal 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 stockings uses the SuSpcIutu Ear ltl hoIlSAh6 AANAa NNN waist
 The ordinary suspender. on the face of things, should be quite harmless, but IL isn't. If the braces are marrow and or inferior rubber they often induce de- formties in the back and shoulders or the young They may prevent free ex- pansion of the chest, and If ones back is weak they tend to bring about spinal curvatures. You may get a suggestion of the hampering effect of suspenders in general by attempting some active out of-door exertions; you have to throw yohr suspenders off your shoulders for the
 ..Comnression of the waist, too. is bad; the worst example of it is found In the woman's corset, however, ana nor Tn the bplt of the tennis player. Everybody IS familiar with the crumpling of the float ing ribs which may result from tight cor sets, but not so many know that tumors' and even cancers, result from the lrlc, tion of stays with the skin. Several cases of fatal stabbings from corset steels are known to the medical profes- sion; the pleuraI cavity has been pune tured in suchN casesy causing speedy death.
 Collars and Hats as Bad.
 Even the stiff hat has hard reputa- ton; by compressing the nlood vessels sS,s blood supply is cut off and baldness Is
 ITO a man working at a desk a high collar about stopped shoulders. If the man in sists upon sitting up straight at his work he has to look down at the pen or book at such an angle as to strain his eyes; If he stoops over his spinal col umn may be bent permanently out of shape In any case, too, the collar inter feras with the supply of blood to the bran.
 .lhe ordinary shirt cuff is one of the ms. murderous of all mans apparel Our knew something when they Knitted the yarn wristers of nifty years ago. A pair of them was worth more than an overcoat pulled on over starched cuffs The wrist Is the most susceptible part of the body to cold. and the far ing cuff invites every blast of winter. chilling the blood in the body in few minutes. The cuff is a good thing in hot weather. but a menace to health in win
 'The glove in cold weather, too, is a vicious interferer in the circulatory sys- tenn / mans fingers will freeze in glove twice as quick as they will uncov- cred. all because the pressure prevents For warmth a kid mitten' tieece-lined, is the only sensible band covering.
 What is the one article of dress that ,an re recommended?' he repeated. "I really don't know-the collar button, per haps!"