Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11
KEEP WARM IN WINTER
Don't Get Notion That by Being I'm
comfortably Cold You Can
Harden the Body.

Keep yourself warm in the winter
Ion get the notion that by being nm.
comfortably cold about half the time ,,.;u
harden your body and make Won stron,,
er. 1t will do nothing of the kind 81,
hands and cold feet and chilly booi,
bone will deplete your vitality moro ror,
idly than nutritious food and all sorts -
physical culture and hygienic rules co,,
possibly build it up.
Keep yourself warm. We do not moan
that you should swaddle your bodv ~
heavy clothing and shut yourseIf Z, ~
close, hot, unYentilated room M and nd ma IN
step outdoors IN cold weather. We don't
mean that at ALL 04
we DO mean, however, that you sbouId
Keep your house comfortably war;, IN
the time and well ventilated. Not Owe
heated, but use thermometer and To-,
your rooms somewhere between 81 AMI
~. III you can manage it keen tho ba1r
warm, too, the same Temperature as III tls
room. Many cold is taken by coin,
from warm room into a cold boI7
Having the house only about half warn,
shivering around through the mornina,
hours, sitting by little fire roasting yon7
face while the chills are running m o"i
down your spine, this may save fuel. bnt
what you save in fuel will doubtless no
spent in doctor bills. &c
While in the house wear light WEIGHT
but warm clothing. If the house is
heated properly you will not need heavv
clothing at all. But when you 90 OUT
doors put ON heavier clothing. Put on
sufficient clothing to protect Yourself
from the cold Exercise and deep breath
ing while outdoors will do much to keen
the body warm, but do not depend ton
much on this. Rapid walking and deem
breathing will not protect you from tax
ing cold if you wear low shoes. decollete
dress or low-cut vest, and expose the
body to the cold.
Wear low shoes in the house If Won
want to, or a dCc0llete dress or q Iow-cut
vest. that is if the house is warm enough
TO permit you to do it with comfort. But
when you go outdoors put on high shoes
and be sure they are heavy enough In
Keep out the cold. If you must 20 ont
in decOllete dress or low-cut vest he sure
70 provide some extra covering for the
chest and shoulders and wear a warm
wrap or coat.
Now we don't mean by this that you
should coddIe yourself, until your body
VIII lose all resistance TO cold. Take
a cold bath in the corning ii you are
vigorous enough to stand it, Or take q
rough towel rub in cold room. EXPOS
ing the whole body to cold at the same
time you are exercising will not do any
harm, but will strengthen the resisting
l,,NNSAS VI the bUuH. like Il Walk every
day, twice a. day is better. Walk rapid
~ and breathe deeply. Drink in the cold
air; 1t will warm and reyi.alize your
body.
But don't thiuk that sitting in a cold
room or wearing so little clothing that
when You step outdoors your teeth chat
ter and your toes freeze don't get it into
your mind that this is going to make
you 81 ong and healthy. 1t is far more
liable 10 give you bronchitis or pneu-
monla Warm rooms with pure air, light
clothing in the house, sufficient clothing
outdoors to protect the body from cold.
at night an open window and plenty Of
warm bedclOthes-these are the things
that Will do much to keep the body strong
and well in the winter time Needless
exposure to the cold for the sake of
hardening the body is foolish A half
warm body requires more food, puts a
greater work on the digestive organs
saps the vitality and keeps one on the
ragged edge of depletion. But a body
well clothed and warmed will in the win
ter time put on extra flesh. gather greater
vitality, ard be filed with vigor and life
and energy.
Keep yourself warm in the winter time
Eat nOurishing food. Take a bath, warm
or cold. once day. Keep the rooms well
ventilated, day and night. Take a walk
III the crisp, cold air every day, or
good, brisk run is better yet, breathing
through the nose. Don't get the notion
that to be chilly and cold will strengthen
the resisting power of your body, for it
will not; it will simply keep your vitality
at the lowest ebb.-E. F. in Medical
Talk.