The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
BEAUTY HINTS
By DORIS DOsCHER

You know how annoying it is when you get caught in jam due to con gestion of traffic, especially during the snowy or slushy weather. Con gestion is always disagreeable be- cause it is the exact opposite of free com which is glorious.
 Now there are other congestions that bring disagreeable results in their trail beside congestion of traf- fic You can have the same state of affairs in your own body, and it is the one thing I wish you to avoid during the cold season.
 Congestion is caused by sitting in cramped positions or wearing tight clothes or shoes that allow the body no freedom of movement, and diff ferent organs become congested if there is not freedom for their activi- ties. For instance. congestion of the lungs is the punishment when you have not learned to breathe properly, and if you have not learned to eat properly the digestive apparatus be- comes congested.
 Cold feet and cold hands simply mean congestion due to the lack of proper exercise and so you see al- most every ill that troubles us dur ing the winter is due to congestion in some form or other. The only way to overcome 1t is to allow free dom of the body in every respect
 There is nothing that will make you so warm as throwing back your shoulders and taking several deep h,.t fa af thiS method to increase the heat of your own body. Instead when you have been to the theatre or any other place where it has been warm as soon as you strike the oold air out side you crouch down in your coat and even duck your head. This con gests the body and interferes with the free activity of the lungs. Try the opposite method and see if you cannot go from now until spring without catching cold.
 If you learned to overcome that lethargy of movement at your tasks during the day that gives the body no opportunity for circulation yod would soon find that your health would greatly improve because there would be no chance for congestion.
 There is nothing in the world that will soon remedy a case of indiges- tion, gastritis, sick headache in fact many ills that you think are chronic with you, as increasing the circulation of the digestive organs with a brisk rub down with coarse towel.
 Cold hands and feet are one of the most disagreeable afflietions of the cold season. They are both cura- ble by general exercises and special ones that send the blood to the ankles and wrists. Indeed, many a sleepless night can be traced to cold feet. It is well to bathe them in cold water and briskly rub the soles of the feet with coarse towel be- fore retiring. This takes the blood from the head and you will find that slumber can be induced more quickly this way than by resorting to sleping powders which are abso- lutely injurious to your health.
 Congestion at any point in the body is bound to show on the face in tight drawn, compressed lips. sal low skin and a dull eye, and I am sure none of you care to sacrifice your good looks in this way red, swollen nose, as we'll as the com pressed lip and dull eyes, give the face far from an attractive appear arce. If you value your good looks you will have to reach the funda- mental cause which is congestion in the body and overcome 1t by good circulation.