The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

have mercy on her poor. missuideo soui | -, va. somethInx to be proud or. sne | even looked severe rebuke at those who | confessed that. for their healths saAe' l thav wore in summer the least amount | of c,othinr that would be consioereo lconyentionalIy correct and m winter the least amount that was suI"oiee " ! protect them from the cold her coun- | tenance expressed that she had ner
 sa''h,s wbether such people were quite | proper or not! | rut think of six bands and six sets
 of strings. hooks and buttons around one poor, suffering womans waist! She was suffering She hadf one ail- ment or another constantly and Tn win for. she said she almost died or the cold. and no wonder! The four petti- coats were then made of heavy ma terjal. and she dragged about with her certainly four times the weight of clothing any woman ought to do. She could have little life in her, little pow CT of physical activity-swathed in wrappings like mummy. An ox could not stand 1t!
 That woman is a martyr to her clothes, and determined ''one. Not even for perfect health's sake would she discard one single petticoat.
 Cool weather is at hand. Gradually CndnRe yOuT tnfn tV thick according to the temperature. but don't jump into furs and heavy fanncls at the first kiss of jack frost. Jack is a merry old fellow, and he will treat you kindly if you meet him half way and do not scare at him. Inure your body to the cooler air so far as 1t can be done without mourning chill. Brisk physical exercise in a cheerful spirit and in the open air Is a sover- IL t~lx for working of cold after 1t has caught one
 There Is really something almost like superstition in the way we pile upon ourselves such a monstrous weight of clothing in cold weather. It is really possible, If one possesses a determined will, to season the whole body till 1t can bear cold almost as we'll as the face does. It was only because We had to let the face out in order to see and to breathe that we have not mummied 1t too up in wrappings. A lady whom know resolved that she would con- trol her bodily sensations to the ex- tent of wearing indoors in winter light garments with loose, flowing sleeves Her occupation demanded the free use of her wrists.
 Actresses must in winter wear fre- quently short sleeves and low necked soWno On tHe StH8e. I0L actresses 0O not suffer more from cold or take cold oftener than other women do. The particular lady I speak of really &C., customed the skin of her arms to the air till they felt the cold no more thsn her face did. Of course such extreme measures are not to be recommended to all women, yet this case shows what the human body is capable of.
 Woman's clothing in winter Is i'll dis tributed, On the upper part of the body where the least artificial warmth Is naturally required. fashion piles cart load of fur and cloth, especially about the throat, causing 1t to become delicate and sensitive to weather changes, while the feet are many a time left almost bare. You may see on city streets in the coldest weather women walking about with their lower extremities clad in oxford ties and lace lfsle stockings. The distribution should be exactly the other way. With the feet and lower portion of the legs warmly clothed, the rest of the body need not carry a dead weight of cloth ing. Fur caps and heavy woolen head coverings should not be used except in the coldest weather. They cause the hair to fall out
 MARY GOULD LITTLE.