Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
AVOID CATCHING COLD
NO NEED OF sNEEzING IF ONE
ONLY TAKES CARE.
Simple Precautions That Will Aid ANY
One in Passing Through
Cold Weather.

| From the New York Sun.
| A famous English doctor once wrote in the
Lancet, "A chilly man is a sick man." II
| that is true the percentage of invaiids in
| the American public is somewhat appalling.
A New York doctor, when asked about his
| English confrere's statement, laughed, but
gave his Endorsement.
''Of course, that doesn't mean that every
man who feels cold is seriously ILL.," he
said; "but, as a matter Of fact, only very
exceptional exposure is sufficient excuse
for a well mans suffering from cold in any
climate to which he is accustomed. If or
binary exposure in this climate can make q
person uncomfortably cold, there is some
thing wrong with that persons physical
condition or clothing.
Temperature Not Important.
Taking cold isn't matter Of tempera-
ture 1t is question Of physical condition.
Fatigue causes more colds than all the
draughts that blow. A draught isn't going
to harm a man whose nerves and circula-
ton are in perfect tone. A man goes home
tagged and jaded at the end of the day
He goes to an evening function, in dress
clothes, takes liberties with his stona oh
or nerves. He is chilly, takes cold-and
sWears 1t was all a matter of temperature
or draught. If his blood was pure his
nerves steady and his digestion good, the
temperature wouldn't have affected him.
quite aside from the problem Of what
We call colds, the ordinary sensations of
cold seldom have an external cause. Their
cause is internal. The men and women VINO
go shiverlng along our streets in winter
weather ought not to be cold unless they
nave some disease that explains their chilli
ness. They think they can remedy matters
by ping on heavy clothing. 1t can't be
done that way Naturally warm clothing
Will help to offset a low Temperature but
1t will not make a man warm il there is,
as ls usually the case, some internal rea-
son why he is cold.
Il believe that fully three-forrths IF o,,r
people wear too many heavy clothes in cold
weather. They feel cold and the only thing
they think of doing Is to put on another
thickness of flannel. Warm clothing is all
right, but heavy clothing isn't and the
ciose-fitting fiannels that are so universally
worn are an abomination. They keep the
skin from breathing and the moment the
skin gets out of breath the owner of the
skin will be cold, even if he wears flannel
and fur foot thick.
Circulation and Digestion.
ut seems queer to me that people will
never learn and put in practice the simple
rules that VIII insure them comfort in cold
weather. Putting aside invalids, We'll take
the man who considers himself perfectly
well. but who gets blue and shivers on
SOiNs
He must find the cause and remove it. If
possible. If not. he must offset it as far
as he can by simple and rational means
Imperfect digestion may have impover-
ished his blood. Then he must forswear
sastronomic indulgence and eat plain food
that Will make pure blood. The first plunge
INTO wintry air, out of a warm house. will
always make the pores gasp. and drive the
blood from the surface to the inner fort
resses in the big Veins and arteries and
around the vital parts OF the body; but, if
the circulation is good. the reaction will
follow almost Immediately, and the blood
will flow back to the surface with a rush,
producing fine tingling glow.
In order to bring about this happy con-
dition man must take care of his body
and encourage his circulation. Pure air
wholesome food. plenty Of exercise fire.
quent bathing and ventilation of the skin
and avoidance of sweltering clothes will
put the average man where he can defy
any winter weather this climate can fur
nish If his nose and fingers do get cold
temporarily in extreme cases they will
warm up quickly and general prolonged
chilliness will be unknown to him.