The Jersey City news., 1906-03-05
WHY COLDS ARE
CONTRACTED
Severe Weather Is Not Real
" Responsible for Them
But Just Ones Own Care
lessness
CUSTOM OF PIONEERING HAIR
SOME DRESS HINTS FOR SPRING.
wARDRoBEs LECTURE ON
ADULTERATED FOOD = HOW
FRENCHWoMEN SUCCEED.

ADULTERATED FOOD = HOW
FRENcHwoMEN SUCCEED.
Contrary to the prevalent opinion that
.olds and coughs are due entirely to the
leverity Of the climate, or to some uneS-
gected change in the weather, they really
rise. in very many cases, from pure
sarelessness and want of thought
Colds are not inevitable but could Of
ZEN be avoided if people would only use
heir IDEAS of common sense and be srea-
,onable.
The custom of muffling the neck very
losely with furs or similar protection is
extremely dangerous. If thoughtlessly
eft off severe cold Is sure, 4 light
wrapping, sufficient to exclude cold w.nd,
While permitting ventilation, gives the
best protection.
For instance, if one sits in a heated
room while paying visit, or during the
,ervices at church, without removing any
pf the many wraps which have been
aonned for the cold atmosphere out OF
Doors. the result is almost sure to be
aevere cold, contracted by the sudden
change from the heated room to the cold
lr.
Sleeping in badly ventilated rooms,
wearing at night the underclothing which
Is worn through the day, late hours, loss
pf sleep, greasy food, and irvegularity Of
meals. all tend to weaken the system to
such an extent as to render it quite in
capable of resisting the changes in the
weather or any exposure DO disease
While we all advocate cold and we'll
ventilated sleeping apartments, we at the
same time. must condemn the cold room
for dressing in the morning. 1t is most
unhealthy, and a delicate person might
receive such a shock as to result in fatal
Injury.
When at all possible one should have
warm dressing-room close at hand, but
If the home is not so luxurious the fam
ily sitting-room could be utilized for this
purpose. only very short time being re-
auired by each person. a dressing-gown
and pair of warm bedroom slippers
should be put on as quickly as possible,
and the clothes could be carried to the
sitting-room, where half the toilet could
be performed in very few minutes.
The custom of powdering the hair
dates back as far as the sixteenth CEN
tury. and was first introduced by the
nuns in French converts. Those who
had occasion to leave the cloisters for
any reason, were won't to powder their
hair, 50 as to make it appear gray and
give them a venerable look
The fashionable DANES were so struck
With the novel effect of white powder
on dark hair that they soon appropriated
the device as one of the arts of the
worldly toilet.
Out of this grew the use of tints in the
hair. The Roman women often used
blue powder. and later, in 1850. Empress
Eugenia set the fashion Of using gold
powder.
Rome. under the empire, and Greece,
during the time of Pericles. We're seized
with mania for golden hair. The
bellies and fops of the day devised sew
eral methods whereby black locks might
be changed to golden yellow. but bleach
ing did not always succeed.
Consequently. quite trade was estab-
lished with the fair-haired tribes beyond
the Alps, who sold their locks to Latin
merchants. TO be worn on the heads of
Roman dandies.
In these days everything is a trousseau
The bride orders ons for her wedding,
the baby is furnished with one; the wo-
man in Europe buys her holiday trous-
seau to bring home, and the girl who is
preparing for summer buys her summer
trousseau. It means a pretty outfit of
new garments. wherever and however
used. and by whom.
In the new things. recently observed
in bridal trousseau, there were some
which will prove of interest to the wo-i
man who is getting up her spring outfit
cae was a gown Of pavement grey velIHI
vet. made prircess. 1t was cut without
break from neck to train. and was
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