The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

a torment, linen is q blessing. sui
another thing in its favor is the fact
that 1t is adapted to all climatic cen
ditions-from coolest Russia to hottest
Africa. Here we have an indisputable
corroborative testimony from these
climatic extremes; a noted writer (Mr.
|. Hapgood) claims that very few
Russians wear anything but linen I'M
derwear mex to the body, and foreign
ers who have been accustomed to the
wearing of flannels are forced to aban-
don them in Russia" On the other
hand, our w%ell-known and much-loved
Ira D. Sankey, when in Cairo. Egypt,
wrote to a friend: II find linen mesh
underwear the most delightful and sat
isfactory for this climate"
You can change your heavy wooden
underwear to linen mesh in midwinter
and need have no fear of catching
cold"
The sooner a child is put into linen
mesh un~derclothing, the better for Its
health and comfort. Much Of the rest
l~essness for which children are blamed,
is the fault of the itchy, uncomfort-
able and absolutely unhygienic under
clothing which they are forced to wear.
All authorities on matters of hygiene
fully agree that the absorption as we'll
as the elimination of moisture takes
place proportionately quicker with lin
en- than with wool, silk or cotton;
therefore the concensus of opinion is in
favor of linen.
Let me give you the opinion of two
old-timers: Hippocrates, the father OF
medicine, said: Pure linen should be
worn next to the skin" Apuleius, an
old Roman author: Wool, the secre-
ton of a sluggish body, was deemed to
be profane attire even in the times OF
Orpheus and P~ythagoras; but fax, that
cleanest production of the field, is used
for the inner clothing of man."
If our family physician objects to
Lne use of linen as underwear POSSIBLY
he has not given the subject much seri-
GUS thought), call his attention to the
decision rendered by eminent M. DIS,
three of whom I take pleasure in quot
ing:
II feel that l W an apology to ev-
cry man., woman and child in my prac-
tice, upon whom | was instrumental in
placing wooden underwear, whether in
health or disease."-Dr. L. d. Judd, to
the Chronological association of New
York City.
For Is years I have been fighting
th1 hott1a nf Imam oooincf nyoru Lind
of prejudice and opposition. | have
induced people of more than 80 years
of age to make the change from fan
mel (wooD to linen, and never yet saw
any of the results sc dreaded. 1t may
be safely taken for granted that any.
one who has honestly tried linen un-
derwear will keep to it for the rest OF
his days."-Dr. ]. L. Milton, senior sur.
geon, st. Johns hospital, London, Eng.
land.
Il am not arguing from theory, but
from practice-practice in the case OF
myself, my child, my brother, my
friends and my patients. l have put
some 70 patients in linen mesh under.
wear, and in not one single instance
have | had cause to regret it or had a
word of complaint from a patient. They
invariably declare they would not re.
turn to wool for anything. They wear
fewer wraps, lighter clothes and, what
is more, they cease to have colds
have changed the underwear of chill.
dren seven, eight and nine years old
and of men above so, on our coolest
winter days, and SO far without bad
effect."-Dr. C. P. Amber, Asheville
N. c., to medical society.
Thus it will be seen that the medical
men of to-day, the up-to-date medical
men, are abandoning the wooden theory
as they have abandoned blue mass,
calomel and other vile drugs. Even
tually the universal verdict will be fol-
linen mesh underwear.