The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30
Clothes and Underclothes

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doctor told yoa nat yon dldn
know how to dress but the chanc- !
es are that he would be con.:ning
strictly to the truth II he
said it.
Most women and some men do
not garb themselves as they
and that means, as they
should for health conservatioll---of
course, it has no reference to imi-
tating Vogue's fashions or follow
ing the modesto latest dreams
In northern climates the COM
ing of cold weather means that
Ma gets out PAS red fiannels and
likes mother, down on the Fast
Side, "sews him up" in his winter
garments next to the skin, and he
won't be "unsewed" until the
grass shows green in the park
next spring. However necessary
such winter garb may or may not
be, in the North, the semi-annual
change has no place in Florida.
The doctors say we here in Florida
should wear the same weight OF
underclothing the year through,
ana when heavier garments are
needed for protection against low
err temperatures, they should be
thicker outer coats and wraps.
These are conveniently put on and
off to meet the more or less sud
den changes Of temperature and
need not be worn when coming IN
to a warm room from the chilly
out-of-doors, which naturally is
impossible if the increased thick
ness of clothing is next to the
skin.
There is also danger from
wearing heavier underclothing in
southern climate from the fact
that such garments next the skin
cause excessive activity of the
skin and sweat glands, stimulat.
ling them unduly. Then when the
individual stops the exertion or in
any way becomes chilled, the
blood which has been drawn tC
the body surface, is driven abnor
mally to the internal organs. This
has a tendency to reduce to
marked degree the vitality and
resistance of the individual anc
the body is then less able to resist
the attack of many omipresent dis
case germs. In other words, sucf
conditions favor disease and The
catching" of bodily sickness,
Now, as heavy underclothins
has no place in a Florida ward
robe, how about furs2 Certain
ly, fur as thick as a neck wrap
from a health viewpoint is objec
tionable in Florida, and quite al
certainly it contributes nothing
but risk to the woman who wears
it in this climate, however mucl
it may add to her satisfied feeling
that with them she is strictly il
accord with the fashions, Isn't i
pitiful, when the "styles" in tn
I North decree furs to be de rigour
| for woman s street costume, to Sc
the Florida woman on a bright DC
tober day sailing down town witt
her fur "piece" drawn up to he
ears, while the thermometer regis
ters up among the high SOS
We've all seen it many a time
have seen it and smiled.
The neck is particularly susccI
tible to changes Of temperature
and care should be taken to Pre-
tect it from these changes, !
fact, some of the doctors urge TIA
the bestmsvay to protect it is no
tsa ct it at all, that the nee
not be wrapped, exceptin
under unusual conditions, as i
riding and at times when the o.
tire body is clothed more heav
ly.
But as no amount Of reason
ing is likely to prevail against tn
styles, even if they call for fun
and the consequent risking G
health, it is well to call attcntio
to recent discoveries Of vaccine
which properly administered pre-