Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
CATCHING COLD is EASY
Can BE DOdEed with Equal Facility
by Common Sense Pre-
cautions.

About the middle Of each winter most
people go around sneezing and coughing
with a cold that hangs on for weeks and
makes them miserable and disguised with
themselves and life in general Now, if
1 had only done thus and So" says your
sneezing and complaining cold catcher, Il
could have avoided this cold"
This is the time to avoid colds. Begin
now.
Get your paraphernalia ready to prevent
an attack of the enemy and to rout the
| first sneeze, even before the tickle
nounces its coming
The two most enticing invitations to a
cold are malnutrition and overfatigue. One
of these, combined with wet weather. cold
winds and mental depression, will act as a
! regular welcome sign to a cold
I put mental depression in because the
person who is exceedingly low in his or
| her mind does not breathe properly; at
| least, not for the time being Proper
breathing, deep breathing, a diaphra gmatic
| breathing, will ward of depression and
! colds Make a habit Of this first of all.
| When you fes yourself becoming chilled,
start right in to breathe from the depths
! OF your lungs, breathing slowly retaining
the air and then exhaling slowly again.
Be sure that the air is fresh. BY keeping
this up for some time the circulation is
restored and a glow Of warmth will begin
| to permeate the chilled body.
For women one OF the most important
things TO remember both for their health
and for their looks sake is to keep the
feet warm. Cold and damp feet are the
cause of a great many Of our pallid COM
plexions and rubicund noses. Don't let
| vanity interfere with health in regard to
| the foot covering. Wear wooden stockings
or a heavy combination Of Isle or silk and
Isle. Some women simply cannot wear
heavy stockings Their feet are either too
tender or the sensation of wool is ex-
tremely unpleasant For those who must
have very thin stockings there is an anklet
which slips on over the foot and is worn
under the stocking, and is so made as to
keep the ankles warm. These anklets are
especially good for people who suffer from
rheumatism Stockings should be changed
every day in winter, Just as In summer.
II Is exceedingly bad to put on a stocking
that is still damp from the Precipitation Of
the day before. Shoes also should be dried
before wearing.
As to shoes. there is a choice. Some
women simply cannot wear heavy shoes.
| They seem to tire them out. But high
shoes are absolutely important IN winter.
Spats are very well as a makeshift be-
tween seasons. but there is too often II
space between the spat and the low shoe
or pump which permits slush, wind and
wet TO reach the stocking. Don't lose your
rubbersl
A person whose feet are always cold
should make a stiff fight against this affiic-
ton. For cold feet, physically as we'll as
/ In the slang parlance, make towards of a
healthy person and invite coughs and other
Ills.
Sometimes, in a roundabout way, indiges-
ton is the cause OF cold feet When re-
tarded digestion disturbs the circulation
the feet become cold and the nose usually
shines. Then is the time when the IN
wary person sitting in a draughty res
taurant catches unto himself a cold, which
will be his close companion for many
weeks.
Women with cold feet will do well. after
| the morning bath, TO take one OF the hair
mitts moisten II with alcohol and rub the
feet. particularly the soles Of the feet, and
up the leg with brisk movements. Always
rub upward
Next m Importance TO keeping the feet
warm, fer women at least, is the wearing
OF suhciently warm petticoats. The fash
ion may demand clinging style in skirts,
hut It is better TO be a little less fashion
able and little more healthy.
As soon as the cold weather sets in we
: shut oar windows and continue 10 breathe
E ana breathe over again the same atmos-
8 pheHs for hours az a time. After a while
everybody becomes duh and drowsy. Then
some one has the brilliant thOught that the
! air must be bad General rush for open
D ing windows. Large draught. Everybody
G catches cold and vows never to open the
3 windows again. The constant breathing
% OF vitiated air depletes the system and
e makes II moro liable 20 become chilled al
e ths FIRST draught. To prevent a cold. beglr
! IN the mild weather TO accustom yourself
3 20 fresh air. Get your lungs into the habit
| Of bTeGthinE nothing but pure air 50 that