The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-15
WEARING OF FURS
IS NOT ADVISABLE
Physicians Say the Passing Of
the Fur Bearing Animals
Is a Blessing.
BY DR.. j. c. Bay,es in New York Amen

By DR.. j. c. Bayles in New York Amen
can.
A great many good and loVable wom-
en- are made unhappy and discontented
by the fact that such furs as they adj
mtrc II would like to possess are be-
Sond their means. Furs look so conf
Portable on cold days or nights, they,
are so decorative and conceal SO many,
the desire of their possession is per-.
fectly natural, especially on the part
of those who have never had II ext
perience of wearing them. This feeling.
however, is largely the result OF ienor-'
ance and inexperience. Women EN-
dered unhappy from this cause may
perhaps find comfort in the fact that a.
great many who own costly fur gar-I
mentS, and may wear them whenever
they like, can scarcely be induced to
wear them at all. They have learned
from experience that they are uncom-
Portable and dangerous. However use
full they may be farther north, they are
nearly as useless in New York as snow
shoes and toboggans.
For perhaps 10 days and nights of an
average New York winter fur garments
are comfortable for outdoor wear. They,
should, however. be taken off immedi-'
ately on entering n house, store, church
or theater, and this is rarely done. IL
not done, they quickly induce sensible
perspiration. On going out again into.
the street Il sense of chill is experienced
and n cold or something worse may Dc
expected. 1t is for this reason, and.
they cannot safely be discarded, that,
sensible rich women wear furs very,
little, IL at all.
Probably no habit of dress is more
vicious than that OF wearing fur aboutI
the neck. If used only as prudence
would dictate it might not be so bad;'
but n obserNant person Will notice.
that the fur-wearing habit Is INDUCED,
In season II out of sea5on. and that
on days and in places so warm that.
the buttoned overcoat is i~ntolerable,,
half the women he meets have their
throats bound up in some sort of fur,
There is a reason for this. The wear.
ers know that If they leave on their
:urs when comfort demands 1t. they
will go home with stiff necks or sore
throats, or both. The enfeebled muscles
and organs are so tender that even the
warm south winds of spring are too
i rough for them: hence furs assumed
In November must usually be worn
through April, and sometimes until
midway, until they are distressing
and anything but ornamental. Time
vas when men and boys deemed the
muller and tippet Indispensable In cold
weather, and wore them to their own
undoing. We have found that We are
Threats, bronchial colds, and like all
ments are the penalties of swathing
our throats in warm w~rappings. No
doubt women would have learned this
as quickly were it not that furs 80
powerfully appeal to their Unborn love
Of luxury.
: From the point of view of h public
health it is perhaps not to be regretted
that the supply Of beautiful and desir-
! able furs is being rapidly exhausted
and that they are becoming too costly;
Tor general use.
Warm wooden fabrics are incompar-
ably better, and they are constantly
Improving. A woman may be we'll
dressed, ever in %mid-winter, without
furs, and nee emancipated from the
habit she will never again willingly re-
eume It.