New Britain herald., 1925-04-14
COMMON SENSE NEEDED TO AVOID COLDS

TO AVOID COLDS
 II perhaps has been generally ob- served that thc miM and hllthrsomc . weather We have been enjoying intcr8prrscd with occasional raw blasts that suggest they come from tho side of an iceberg in the north Atlantic is a prime cause for sniff fling and coughing, lbo concomitantg of that universal aI.Dction of man kind. good colds,"
 In realty th,rr can he no good cold." any more than there cm he a "haI Gl-" when house burns down ~al serious fires being bad" Eut rha colloqUiaIsms which func- tion like baruaclcs upon the English language will necessarily prevail be- cause they require less Of thought than an uncolloquial connotation of words There is no such thing as a good cold" but there are plenty of bad colds"--and to locate them if is only necessary to take a census of ones acquaintanccs. The song of d few years ago, "Evcrybody's Doing It," will apply to niccty.
 Physicians have various opinions as to why unfortunate mankind is more susceptible to colds during so- called "miIl" weather than during grjpringIy cold weather. Some have theories about the atmosphere, the Iumpness thereof and other flnespun reasons. But the explanation that applies more generally than any other is that people never learn that exposure to chilly blasts is more pos sible and more likely when they dress for summer before the summer has arrived To venture outdoors on q mild" day in garments that would be not too many when the thermometer reads SoSr 90 in the shade is q common failing during "spring.ihc." "lamblikc" weather; on q ~onuiuoly cold day nothing like it would b. attempted by even the most adventurous.
 Another prolific creator of sniff fling is the universal New Engl6nd custom of saving coal' when the weather suggests a scmblanco of spring. Ia'er familjas, anxious to keep the coal bills down to the low est cbb, lets the furnace go out, the house is I,mitt"I 10 se' chilly, and then uaturc do~+ its worst. Human b4ngs cannot with comfort and safe ty Ike in houses that rartake of re- frlcorator.. but i, is being attempted r:ght along: and what ia "sayed' in coal bills i~ rtr than ra:1 ont in 5arony.nta,a auI d"tor's bills,
 At no time of tHe y,ar ia if u"c'e- .asy to bo more careful than in tho .ariy spring. when inc weather is intent upon foot.g lis all. In the midst of winter 1T is common to combat tno m,nts by kecpins he home ti1c, burning and to dress III conformity with the demands oI tAe rrieid atmosphere. l. is more dli- frnlt 10 catch a cold under such cir auusfuncrs tnun in tb" carly sprhA when humanity is inclined to rN5l the season with Hgu. raimcnt in i' face of unreliable weather. Onc day il is drjqhtCuly warm; tho ""N day il is "deHgjWDly bracjne;" b" .gy mm, Of ue. in nl"n@nG jo High
 aannorts on warm day do not IT.
 t.m to 'he morv ha@y garment
 when it suddenly turns chiIIi4r; am
 N. suffer in consoqurace,
 Coumin- the great outdoors whlI ilsuGIc.enuy clad is one Of th
 greatest ol cold producers. A0tomo
 ns.tng. q cooling performance on
 hot day becomes a peril dori" Il weather ,l.a. IS not hot unless thcr
 i; q supply ol robes to go with til
 spin.
 Doctors say it is casy to a'o'
 "ca,ehin@ cold' if We use commo
 "nse. This kind Of sense, ho~e'"
 must no. he so very common cor
 ..4cria4 tl. uuy.mman 'Nt"n. inc unvcr.al a1IiHioa.
 Yes, We have hal ours-t"o in
 row-indjca,ing .aat common s~n'
 oa a nrv-pap,r Is juer as oncomme
 IS elsewhere.