The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-02
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doctor told you that you didn't know
how to dress, but the chances are that
he would be combining himself strictly
to the truth if he said it.
Most women and some men do not
garb themselves as they should, and
that means. as they should for health
conservation-Of course, it has no ref
erence to initiating VOgue's fashion OF
following the mOdiste's latest dreams.
In northern climates the coming of
cold weather means that Ma gets out
Pas red flannel and likes mother.
down on the lower East Side. "sewS
him up in his winter garments next
to the skin. and he won't be "un-
sewed" 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 Flor
ida The doctors say we here in
Florida should wear the same weight
of underclothing the year through.
and when heavier garments are need
ed for protection against lower tenn
peratures. they should be thicker out
er coats and wraps. Those are con-
veniently put on and off to meet the
more or less sudden changes of tenn
perature and need not be worn when
coming into warm room from the
chilly Out-Of-dOOrS, which naturally is
impossible if the increased thickness
of clothing is next the skin.
There is also danger from wear
| ing heavier undertaking in a south
| ern climate from the fact that such
| garments next the skin cause excess
i've activity of the skin and sweat
glands, stimulating them unduly Then
when the individual stops the exer-
ton or in any way becomes chilled,
the blood which has been drawn to
| the body surface, is driven abnormal
ly to the internal organs. This has
a tendency to reduce to a marked de-
gree the vitality and resistance of the
individual and the body is then less
able to resist the attack of the many
omnipresent disease germs. In other
words, such conditions favor disease
| and the Catching of bodily sick
ness.
Now, if heavier underclothing has
no place in Florida wardrobe, how
about furs? Certainly. fur as a neck
wrap. from a health viewpoint is OBJ
jectiOnable in Florida, and quite as
certainly it contributes nothing but
risk to the woman who wears it in
to her satisfied feeling that with them
she is strictly in accord with the fash
ions. Isn't it pitiful, when the styles
in the north decree furS to be dc
rigeur. for woman's street costume, te
see the Florida woman on a bright
October day sailing down town with
her fur piece" drawn up to her ears
while the thermometer registers VI
among the high sos We've all seer
1t many time, have seen it and Smil
ed
The neck is particularly suscepti
bic to changes of temperatures, ant
care should be taken to protect it from
these changes. In fact, some of tn,
doctors urge that the best way to pro
tect it is not to protect it at all, tina
the neck should not be wrapped. ex
cepting under unusual conditions, a.
in riding and at times when the en-
tire body is clothed more heavily.
But as no amount of reasoning i
likely to prevail against the styles
even if they call for furs, and the con
sequent risking of health, it is we'll t,
call attention to recent discoveries o
vaccines. which properly administer
ed prohibit the catching of colds, in
fluenza, the grip and like throat ant
same principle as vaccination agains
typhoid. by which injection of dea'
cultures of the disease germs pre-
vents the existence of that diseas
in the protected individual in fact
: renders him immune
There is no guess work about it, n
more than about the efficiency Q
smallpox vaccination. or of the ant
typhoid vaccine These diseases ca
be, have been, and are being pre-
vented every day by the employment
of these vaccines, and there is n
more necessity of colds than of thes
diseases They are preventable.
But after all, a sensible way to pre-
vent colds is to dress sensibly An
remember there is much more DANCE
in dressing too heavily. too warml,
than i'll not dressing warmly enough
even in Florida winter.