Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

tend to say; but certain ii 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 he adapted to the
foot. In children the feet are as we'll
shaped as the hands. and the motor
of the toes rs free and easy rs that Of
the fingers; yet few persons In adj
vanced life are able to make any use
OF their toes; they are generally
squeezed all of heap by narrow
shoes. and often laid one over another
In such manner MS to be rendered in
capable If 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. 1t 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 it may be
better to exceed rather than be def
Client In clothing. Habit or custom
merits great attention. II persons have
been accustomed to warm clothing
there will be hazard I'm sudden changes
Of every kind. Persons Of delicate con-
situations. whose powers are weak and
circulation poor, are apt to have the
perspiration 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.
encd and, indeed, hardened, by being
gradually habituated to air and exer-
else, they ought rather to exceed than
be deficient In the quantity Of cloth.
ing. Such addition to the clothing
ought to be made To II in cold and
damp weather as to protect the body
against the sudden and severe impress
sions OF either.
Permeability of air Is an important
factor in clothing. Permeability favors
conduction and, prima facie. lessons
heat-conserving capacity. But contact
"f mir with the skin induces more thor
ough oxidation Of the blood and better
elimination OF poisonous refuse: hence,
Ii increases heat production and indi-
rectly diminisheS heat loss. III the
sole object Of nutrition were the pro-
duction Of heat and the chief object III
al. IN
ject of best materials for clothing
would be much simplitied. 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
ing apparel had never overtaken the
race. Like other extreme views, 1t
Is an overstatement of the case.
/ LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
II might be well TO arrange COM
| the clothes question. IL man would
wear less heavy things. and women
| more sensible outfits. we all might
| live To a greater age and be more com
| Portable en- route To our ultimate Dies
| tination.
A hat So tight that Il makes a red
| line on the forehead prevents proper
| circulation of blood through the scalp.
| Air. sunshine and moisture are nee.
| e>sary Ia the cultivation Of iuxuriant
hair.
| Although cheerfu'ne>s of disposition
| is very much matter of inburn ten,
permanent. II Is also capable az helm.
trained and cultivated Ike any o,ae
| habit