The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
CLIMATE AND HEALTH
I'd of Health Bulletin.)

Board of Health Bulletin.)
Strange, isn't it, how few of us
alr know how to dress!
", particularly our Florida wom-
Vi Ito follow the fashions, regard
IS Vi dates, prefer styles to com
brt The powers that dictate the
d. ana material of our garb, have
pcraod that the present season shall
eclalizt on fur as trimming, and
GOOD ladies of Florida donned
ir fall costumes in September,
t.rh were decorated with furs from
BE- neck to the shoe tops, because
her sisters and cousins and aunts
] New York were gowned that same
tay The fact that Florida tenn
pralurcs still lowered among the
gh SOS didn't make bit of diff
erenco and the critical males
Ooltd at them, admired them and
Brspircd abundantly for them.
And the men were just as ridcu
|ons They packed away their Palm
Beaches and lost their Panamas for
|he winter, weeks before winter ar
Fiyed and hated themselves for do
|ng il Few of us can endure being
looked at because our clothes are out
bf date, no matter how comfortable
they may be.
Now. the fact is that Florida has
less variation between the extremes
md The averages of summer heat
md winter GOODNESS than any other
tatr in the U. S. of America The
hanges in Florida temperatures and
'ther weather conditions are less
Ibrupt than in northern sections,
articularly in he interior sections
emoyed from the influences of large
odics of water.
Taasc favoring averages foster
ess in preparing for or
adapting our clothing to the
hahgeS that do come. The result is
noticeable increase of grip, influ-
MA colds and similar troubles from
llddle October on And this is es-
ecially true among the very young
nd Inc older members of the COM
unity the two extremes of age in
le population.
Here's some advice from the health
lpar'ment about dressing to meet
i Weather and temperature condl-
onS in Florida: Wear all the year
'pird lieht weight endorsements
zen as are suitable for summer,
ID make changes in the weight ana
Ntut of the outer clothing to meet
Gather variations as they come.
There is danger in clothing the
'dT TOO warmly. just as in wearing
Q little Heavy clothing induces
f>piration and the sudden draft OF
ID air upon the heated body or up
any part of it that is usually
Eered, may drive the blood from
. kin surface and produce con-
stion. The same result may follo"
chilling of the body from
protection.
I2ere is danger also in the ireaA
feminine fashion which bares the
* and chest to the extent ina
lkes a modest man blush, but the
men defend the practice on '",
'ond that they are used to II
ra is danger, too. in the eFenihS
~ gown that is hung from 'He
ne by a dainty strap of hlmE
'terial over each shoulder. anu
.y's conspicuous vacancies %
- hack and front. It is danger
: hut
Florida attracts hundreds anu
ands of winter visitors "n0
70 TO escape the cold of the North
contrast between the weat''t'
Editions they leave and those 'ue'
Z makes them careless of the Ia
and there is dan ger for them.
bright sun in a cloudless SNS
] gentle breeze from the nor'n
81 are a deluding combination III
.rida. The northern man or WON
is keyed up to resist the rigors %
northern winter. An oYereo@'