Evening star., 1935-08-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Thus instead of eating the regulation
three meals a day they partake of small
quantities at least six times. For per-
sons afflicted in this manner by hot
weather there is no remedy quite as
good as this, since 1t works, and is just
what is needed to set right the slightly
upset stomach.
Some who are not bothered in this way
may wonder at such remedy, but 1t
is a real one, based on the theory Of
'like cures like"
Some so-called sick headaches are to
be cured, at least for the time being,
by partaking of a glass of milk into
which has been crammed as much
crumbled bread as the glass will hold.
All Of these matters depend upon the
idioSyncracieS of the individual.
The heydey of the human skin was in
the grand period Of Roman history, when
baths took their place in the sun for
after ages to shoot at.
1t is said that many patrician Romans
became SO soft, through their addiction
to baths, that they required rose leaves
to lie on, and even complained of them.
Only the person with sensitive skin
can understand that perhaps the old
Romans were not fools after all.
It is the skin, truly, which forms the
buffer between the internal, or real
man, and the great outer world which
brings TO him all sorts Of sensations.
Hot and cold are the first, last and
the most prevailing sensations to affect
the skin.
They are with us always, but not all
are best equipped to handle them. The
man with the tough skin will have little
sympathy with the person who COM
plains because Of heat, cold or any
other matter.
The term "thin-skinned" is mostly ap-
piled to affairs mental. but it had it's
foundation in lessened resistance to
physical states inimical to the nerve
endings
Whether this comes about through
actual thinner skir or is merely a mat
ter of superior nervous organization is
difficult to say.
The certain thing is that no amount
Of so-called "toughening" of the skin
will have much effect on such skins
and such dispositions.
Cold baths, long held to be indis-
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to make it as soft as warm water.
Nor will exposure to cold air cause
the skin of such individuals to take on
o resistance to it.
The most sensible program for them
is that which involves increasing the
amount of outer covering as the season
grows colder.
In this they will find much company,
especially among the young, the husky
and the athletic. 1t is a curious fact
that those who would be adjudged the
best capable Of standing any amount
of cold often are the very first to shrink
from it, Therefore, on street cars and
busseS in Winter, the observer will see
these fellows the most muffled and
clothed. whereas some little chap will be
sitting in a draft without even an over
coat
However the GOODNESS of Autumn and
the cold of Winter strikes one. the sem
Sible thing is to meet the changing tenn
perature according to ones own expert
ence and capabilities. and not to permit
fashion or other persons to sway ones
best judgment.
He who does not suffer from getting
his feet wet will never be a model for
the person who must be careful in this
respect. Rubbers are uncomfortable. and
often unSightly, but they have their uses.