The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-19
WAYS TO AVOID WINTER COLDS.


problems" said Fifth avenue beau
ty doctor. Really 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.
1T was only little while ago that
the Kneippists told people that they
would never catch cold if they would
only tougher themselves. Here are
some of the remedies of the Kneip-
pists: Drink cold water, bathe in
cold water, eat liquid food, go in a
natural state as much as possible,
let your body breathe.
Walking in the grass was their
most famous cure, and it was COM
mon sight to see ladies walking in
the grass in Central Park in the
morning, in their bare feet, 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 adj
vised to walk barefooted in the grass
every morning before breakfast.
If you 60 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 walking in the grass.
They choose lawns with the deepest
growth, SO that the ankles as we'll 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 difficult, if you will only get
out of the habit of taking cold. The
habit of catching cold grows upon
one. One cold leads to another until
the colds become chronic.
There are ways to keep from TAX
ing cold in winter, and here they are
Follow them and you will never have
a cold:
Begin by getting rid of your pres
ent cold.
EAT regularly. Colds seldom
come if the stomach is properly filled.
Don't go out into the cold air on
an empty stomach. If you are invit-
ed out to dinner, take cracker and
sip of wine before you go. If wine
drinking is against your principles,
then take swallow of hot milk or
even of hot water.
"Never worry. Worry prevents
digestion and gives one a cold. If
worry assails you, throw it off, for it
will surely breed a cold.
Don't overload your stomach.
And if you feel chilly, take a dose
of calomel. This is the advice of
physician who says that colds can
be warded off in this way.
beauty in Engian6a- i4e-terps irrr
looks all winter by doing certain
things.
First, she sleeps in a very hot
room. This is contrary to custom.
But she says that hot room well
aired, with the windows open and the
heat pouring in, is the best for COM
Portable sleep.
'Colds come in the night, when the
body is little fitted to resist the at
tacks of cold. Sleep in warm room,
with plenty of covers over you and
the windows open. That is the way
to keep from taking cold. Don't
sleep cold.
''If you feel that you have taken
cold, go on liquid food. Queen Alex
andra for twenty-five years has made
it practice to go on liquid food at
least one day a week. She gives her
stomach rest.
"She used to be victim to coughs.
One winter her physician, specialist
from Berlin, took her in hand and
gave her these rules, which were
faithfully followed OUT
Liquid food one day week, and
nothing else. The food consisted of
consomme, raw eggs, broths and all
kinds of sweet wines Crackers were
also allowed.
"When she went out she was bum
died 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 hannels IN the
house in winter. Keep the rooms at
summer heat, which is just under 70
degrees, and you will need no fan
nels. It is as warm in your boudoir
in winter as it is in summer. There
fore. you need no flannels.
"But, when you go out, be sure
to bundle up we'll. That is the way
to do. Keep the body at an even
temperature all the year around.
"As to bathing in winter time, cut
it out. Don't go crazy on the sub
ject of baths. In old fashioned times
they had few bathtubs, and there
were fewer colds.
Women get up in the morning
on a zero day and plunge into tub
of cold water. They are weakened
by their long nights fast-for one
does not take food when one is asleep
and, then on an empty stomach,
they plunge into the water, lowering
their vitality still more.
"Bathe enough for all practical
purposes, but do not go crazy on the
subject of cold water baths. Keep
the body warm and comfortable.
Catching cold is largely matter
of common sense. One New York
woman takes light sweet wine when
she feels chill coming on. A Balti-
more beauty goes in for little whis-
key when she feels cold. And before
going out into the cold air she takes
teaspoonful of brandy, or of whis-
kew, or any other stimulant she has