Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-08-05
How to
Live
IS
Common Sense Comments on
Health, Happiness and
Longevity
BY GEORGE r. BUTLER.
A. Nj. nj. D.
CLOTHING.

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warmly clad Is far safer than TO be too
thinly clad.
Clothing ought TO be suited to the
climate. Custom has u great influence
In the matter OF dress but no custom
can ever change the nature OF things
so far as to render the same clothing
ut for Inhabitants OF Greenland and
also those OF Panama.
In youth, while the blood rs hot and
the perspiration free. It is less neces-
sary 10 cover the body with a great
quantity OF clothes; but In the middle
and decline OF life the clothing should
be increased. The clothing ought
likewise to be suited to the period OF
the year. Clothing may be warm
enough for summer which is by no
means sufficient for winter. The great
est caution however. is necessary in
making these changes. We ought
neither 10 put off our winter clothes
too soon nor TO wear our summer ones
too long. 1t would likewise be prudent
not TO make the change all at once,
but to do 1t gradually. Many bad
colds are due to imprudence in
changing clothes.
Clothes often become hurtful 10 the
wearer by their being made Subservi-
ent to the purposes OF pride and van
ity. Even the human shape Is often
attempted TO be mended by dress All
attempts OF this nature are highly per-
nicious Clothing should be loose
about the trunk and the feet should
not suffer by pressure. How a small
foot not OF natures making came TO
be considered genteel l will not pre-
tend TO say but certain it is that this
notion has made many persons lame.
Corns are universal and this painful
excrescence is seldom occasioned but
! by tight shoes Corns are not only
very troublesome. but, by rendering
people unable TO walk, they may like
wise be considered as the remote cause
OF other diseases. The size and figure
OF the shoe ought to be adapted to the
foot In children the feet are AZ we'll
shaped as the hands, and the motion
OF the toes as free and easy as that of
the fingers yet few persons in ad-
vanced life are able to make any use
! ~ their toes; they are generally
squeezed all OF heap by narrow
! shoes. and often laid one over another
In such manner as to be rendered in
capable of motion. Nor is the high
heel less hurtful than the narrow toe
A lady may seem taller for walking on
her tiptoes. but she will never walk
well in this manner. Ii strains her
joints, distorts her limbs. makes her
stoop and utterly destroys all her ease
and gracefulness OF motion.
After the age OF thirty-five Ii may bs
better to exceed rather than be def
cient in clothing. Habit or custom
merits great attention. If persons have
been accustomed 10 warm clothing
there will be hazard In sudden changes
or every kind. Persons OF delicate con-
Stltutions whose powers are weak and
circulation poor, are apt To have the
perSpiratlon checked by very slight
causes. This also happens to invalids.
whose complaints are thereby much in
creased. Until the constitution, there
fore. has been permanently strength
ened and, indeed, hardened, by being
else, they ought rather 10 exceed than
be deficient in the quantity of cloth
ing. Such addition TO the clothing
ought 10 be made to II in cold and
damp weather as 10 protect the body
against, the sudden and severe impress
sions Of either
Permeability Of air is an important
in oil fa
conduction and, prima facie, lessons
heat-conserving capacity. But contact
OF air with the skin induces more thor
Ough oxidation OF the blood and better
elimination of poisonous refuse; hence,
Nit increases heat production and indl-
rectly diminishes heat loss. II the
sole object OF nutrition were the pro-
ductlon OF heat and the chief object Of
clothing to prevent heat loss, the sub
iect of best materials for clothing
would he much simplltied. But this is
not the case.
Some author has spoken of the Ia
tai invention Of clothes" implying
that the human race would be better
on il the habit aud fashion of wear
ing apparel had never Overiaken the
race. Like other extreme views ii
Is an Overstatement of the case.
LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
II might be well 10 arrange a COM
promise between men and women on
the clothes question. If man would
wear less heavy things. and women
more sensible outfits. We all might
! live TO greater age and be more com
! Portable en- route to our ultimate des-
I tinati0n.
A hat 50 tight that II makes red
I line on the forehead prevents proper
circulation of blood through the scalp.
! Air. sunshine and moisture are nee
c~Sury to the cultivation of luxurlant
/ hair.
Although chcerfuneSS of disposition
/ is very mucl matter Of Unborn tenn
I permanent. IL Is also capable of being
/ GAINED and cultivated like any other
nabit.