The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
WAYS TOAVOID WINTER COLDS
LITTLE PRECAUTIONS ALL WOMEN
SHOULD TAKE.
One Ii to Eat Regularly. Another 70 Take
Something Hot Before Going Into the
Cold Air-Queen Alexandra's Rules
-Autdoor Exerctse n n Foe OF Colds.

Gold Air--Queen Alexandra's Rules
Outdoor Exercise asa Foe OF Coids'
How to keep from catching cold is the
most perplexing Of all winter problems.
said Fifth avenue beauty doctor. 'heaily
q woman should not take cold In the winter
any more than in the summer. but actually
she does and colds destroy beauty for the
time being.
at was only q little while ago that the
Kneippists told people that they would never
catch cold II they would only tougher them
selves. Here are some OF the remedies OF
the Kneippists: Drink cold water; battle
in cold water; eat liquid food; 60 in natural
state as much as possible; let your body
breathe.
Walking In the grass was their most
famous cure and 1t was common slght
to see ladies walking in the grass in Central
Park in the morning, In their bare ieet'
trying TO take in health and nerve force
through the pores In the soles Of their feet
Nervous people, and people who caught
cold easily, were specially advised to walk
barefooted in the grass every morning
before breakfast.
If you 20 to the French cures to-day
you will see this same custom. Pretty
young women and homely old ones are out
early in the morning. barefooted, and walk
ing in the grass. They choose lawns with
the deepest growth, 30 that the ankles
as well as the soles of the feet may benefit
But, somehow, walking in the grass
barefooted before breakfast does not always
keep people from taking cold.
yet to avoid taking cold is not at all diff
fcult, IL you will only get out Of the habit
of taking cold. The habit Of cate hing
cold grows upon one. One cold leads to
another until the colds become chronic.
There are ways to keep from taking cold
in winter, and here they are. Follow them
and you will never have cold:
Begin by getting rid Of your present
cold.
Eat regularly. Colds seldom come II
the stomach is properly filed.
Don't 90 out into the cold air on an
empty stomach. II you are invited out to
dinner, take a cracker and a sip Of wine
before you 20. II wine drinking Is against
your principles then take q swallow OF hot
milk or even Of hot water.
Never worry. Worry prevents diges-
ton and gives one cold. II worry assails
you, throw 1t of, for 1t viii surely breed
cold.
Don't overload your stomach. And II
you feel chilly. take dose Of calomel'
This Is the advice Of a physician who says
that colds can be warded off in this way.
There Is a great professional beauty
in England who keeps her looks all winter
by doing certain things.
First, she sleeps in very hot room.
This is contrary to custom. But she says
that hot room we'll aired, with the windows
open and the heat pouring in, Is the best
for comfortable sleep.
Colds come in the night. when the body
Is little fitted to resist the attacks Of cold,
Sleep In a warm room. with plenty Of covers
the way to keep from taking cold. Don't
sleep cold.
If you feel that you have taken cold,
60 on LIQUID food. Queen Alexandra for
twenty-five years has made 1t a practice
to 60 on liquid food at least one day week.
She gives her stomach a rest.
'She Vi ed to be q victim to coug CHS. One
winter her physician. a specialist from
Berlin, took her in hand and gave her these
rules, which were faithfully followed out:
Liquid food one day week and nothing
raw eggs, broths and all kinds OF sweet
wines Crackers were also allowed.
when she went out she was bundled up
to keep out the cold. She was advised to
put on all the clothing she needed.
Then there was another rule, and this
was to wear no fiannels in the house in
winter. Keep the rooms at summer heat,
which Is just under 10 degrees, and you
will need no fannels. 1t Is as warm in
your boudoir in winter as. 1t is in summer
Therefore, you need no fannels.
But, when you 60 out, be sure to bundle
up we'll. That Is the way to do Keep
the body at an even temperature all the
year arou
-As to bathing in the winter time, cut II
baths In Cd fashioned times they had
few bathtubs, and there " ere fewer colds.
Women get up in the morning on zero
day and plunge into tub OF cold water
They are weakened by their long nights
is asleep-and, then on an empty stomach,
they plunge into the water, lowering their
vitality still more.
Battle enough for all practical pur-.
poses, but do not go cray o.. on the subject
= Catching cold is largely matter Of
common sense. One New York woman
takes a light sweet wine when she feels
chill coming on. Baltimore lbS ~ oea ssuis
cold. And before going out into the cold
air she takes q teaspoonful OF brandy, or
of whiskey, or any other stimu liant she has
handy. II keeps her from catching cold.
women who do not take stimulants
can sip hot milk or hot water. There is
a woman who takes a cup Of old-fashioned
catnip tea. ,,,
The English women ward of chills
with q cup of good tea. and never would
they think Of venturing out upon a very
cold day without a cup to start the cirou-
lation. On coming In they drink tea again.
@Whatever the beverage may be, don't
neglect to take something, just to take
of the chill and start the blood to circulat-
ing Even coffee Is better than nothing
1T is generally supposed that wet feet
give one a cold. On the contrary, they
are not injurious. You can walk half a
day with wet shoes and catch no cold
But. Of course, you must remove them
as soon as you stop exercising.
sOne day last winter Washington woman
came down with a severe cold In her head.
She was 80 hoarse she could not speak.
Consulting beauty doctor she learned
how to cure her cold.
81 am to stand in line with Mrs. Roose-
welt tomorrow evening, said she; what
In the world can do to get back my good
looks?'
THE beauty doctor advised her to wiring
a pair Of stockings out Of ice water. Now,
said he, put on two pairs OF heavy Toollen