Evening star., 1935-01-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

name for nothing, but q great many
persons act upon the theory that 1t Is
o sort Of joke. being called a cold.
No, the cold" gets its name because
1t is perfectly good designation.
Usually some feeling Of coldness ac-
companies its outset, but often this is
so mild in nature, and SO far ahead of
the more annoying symptoms, that 1t
Is unheeded.
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The wise cold fighter is attuned to
feelings Of inner coldness.
He realizes that this is distinct
from a normal chill caused by expo
sure. or lowered room temperature.
He knows, from past experience,
that the congestion which accounts
for his coldness may be broken up by
the immediate application of heat, If
1t is immediate enough.
This is where the practical part Of
the whole thing comes in, the per-
sonal part of it. Just as the motorist
must. upon reading about the traffic
fatalities, lay down his paper and say
to himself. well, must be more care
full" so the person who feels the
slight chilling which may precede
cold by as much as "a hours must
say unto himself, well, must warm
up"
There are several methods, but one
Of the very best is to put on more
clothing.
This is so simple that many over
look 1t, especially in these times when
the nudist cult Is In the air. For
every simon-pure nudist there are
thousands of Semi-nudiSts, as some
one has called them 1--WE believe it was
ourself).
Thousands Of persons in civilization
wear insufficient clothing. such is
fashion and one thing or another.
That gentleman who lamented pub
licly that when folks were home lis
tening to the radio they were not out
on the streets wearing out good shoes,
and, therefore, they ought to give up
their music boxes and turn out on the
streets en- masse to help his clients,
the shoe manufacturers, well, he
should turn his attention to the in
sufficient clothing worn by the aver
age person nowadays, especially in
warmly heated apartments and homes.
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Just little more clothing, in the
form of warm underwear, or a sweater,
will make all the difference between
catching cold and not catching, it,
upon occasion. Not always, Of course.
If fighting cold were no more diff
flcult than that, we would all bundle
up like Santa Clauses.
But If a warm sweater Is donned
Immediately one feels that sensa-
ton Of inner cold, 1t will do wonders
upon occasion. Let the other men,
bers of the family laugh, If they want
to. The point is that this symptom
of cold is inner, not outer, as much
as 1t sometimes feels the latter to
the victim.
The application Of more clothing
Immediately tends to warm the sys-
TEN. by preventing the escape Of inner
heat. and this reacts at once on the
department Of the interior.
/ A second method is to sleep warm.
If you are what used to be called
q fresh-air flend. forget it for the
nonce, which means the night. Pile on
the covers, and take an old-fashioned
sweat. Fortunately. that Is a good
word again. much more sensible and
seemly that perspiration, which so
many otherwise educated persons
want to pronounce as if spelled pres
piration."
Adjuncts to this process, while pop
, ular, are not needed, II one will put
on enough blankets. The heat is
the thing, and when one stops to
realize the temperature of the blood,
which never sinks but fraction of
a degree, at any time, and never rises
more than 6 degrees even in the most
severe disease, one will see that no
hot lemonade or toddy is needed.
All this is sort of heat cure for
a common cold. And the best part
Of 1t is that 1t often works.