Evening star., 1928-04-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

/ One should not stay too long In the
sun In the beginning of each season,
| and he should take especial care to
shade his eyes and the back of his neck.
Sunlight Is not particularly beneficial
to the eyes. When the physician ad-
| ministers his doses of sun rays he makes
| the patient wear goggles.
The spine comes very near to the
| surface In the human neck, and this
spot, commonly called the nape, should
| receive protection during Spring and
| Summer through the wearing of some
sort of hat that will cover 1t. What Is
usually called sport hat" made of
white linen, with brim all around, Is
declared to be the best sort for the aver
age person.
| Failure to cover the head often re-
suits in an oppressed feeling. When
this sense of oppression Is felt one
| should get out of the sun for time.
+ Nature has set up a balance of light
and shade for our instruction. After
| the sunlight comes the dark. We are
have shade, too.
One who loves the sunshine and loses
no opportunity to be in 1t may be for
given for wondering II the artificial
rays really adequately take the place of
the genuine article.
Just as there we're found to be certain
| obscure ''vitamins" In foodstufIS, with
out which food was not as beneficial to
human beings as the untreated article,
so there may be certain qualities in SUM-
| light from the sun itself which do not
exist in the rays via the electric light
socket.
Ha Int t1Na Fa~ kaw
ton of exposure required in real sun
shine is more in harmony with the leis-
urely nature Of man. Our labor-Saving
devices. our quick cuts TO fame, fortune
and health, are inspiring and breath
taking, but 1t may be questioned whether
they possess everything given to our
ancestors by the more leisurely methods
of past ages.
Our dartings to and fro In the path
of automobiles, for instance, can scarce
ly be of benefit TO the nervous system.
A man. as an animal. any more than a
dog. was not made by Nature to calcu-
late speeds from 80 to 10 miles an hour.
We do 1t today only with great diff
Guilty, and simply by the use of brain
tissue. rather than through any par
ticular coordination of eye and leg
muscles. If we see huge truck lum-
bCinlk UoWn tllb SLIGSb ut 0V IIillES an
hour, our experience with other huge
trucks in the past and our unconscious
memory Of accidents as reported in the
papers cause us to double up our legs
and unlimber them again in triple
quick time-jlst in time to allow us to
escape from the wheels of the iugger-
| naut and its hog of driver.
Similarly. although praising the arti-
fetal sunshine" which gives q man a
Florida tan at home, one may feel that
the real sunshine of the open air, IL one
can get enough of It, is likely to be
more beneficial to the average human
being The difficulty. of course. comes
in getting enough of 1t. Most persons
have neither the time nor the patience
to lie or 10 hours in the sunshine.
| first on one side and then on the other.
1t Is just here that the artificial
| sunlight" shines. The most useful
purpose of the artificial lamps" said
DR.. c. W. Saleeby, eminent London
| physician, "of whatever kind, Is to
guide our footsteps back to the light of
| day" So take your choice. remember
ing always that 1t Is the light, not the
| heat. that counts.