The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-14
THE SCIENCE or KEEPING coo

THE SCIENCE OF KEEPING COOL
 Are blondes cooler than brunettes or do they just look coolerS ! wouldn't know about that, but I don't believe blonds are any cooler than brunettes.
 Thanks to the clothing we wear our bodies live In what is practically Q tropical climate, an atmosphere of nearly 60 degrees Y. Everywhere blonds and brunets wear about the same amount of clothing, but to a casual observer blondes seem less ad- dicted to wearing things than are brunettes.
 When the air Is warm and moist (it Is not the h. but the h., as you may have heard befoke) the surface blood Vessels relax or dllate and the skin is flushed with blood-the body trying to cool itself. There is Q fall of about 10 millineters as a result of the relaxation of the miles of tiny arterioles and the overfilling of the capillary spaces in the skin. The nearer the atmospheric temperature approaches the co degrees '. In which the clothed body lives, the less heat can the body give of by conduction and the more must the cooling of the body depend on evAp. oration of sweat from the surface not 90 much the sweat you can see and feel as the insensible sweat
 The surface flushing tends to make one feel more or less somno- lent. Everybody hes experienced the Soporlflc influence of warmth Ap. piled to the skan---as In hot baths, hot mustard foot baths, toastlng the feet before Q fire. The let.d0wn in blood pressure contribute toward Q feeling of depression and disinclina. ton to work or play, physical and mental fiaccidity, excavation.
 This Is all largely due to ones dc. llberate election to live In Q tropical climate. In other words, most of us are quite without instinct or sense of bodily comfort. After all, the blondes have 1t. Tn this respect they may be beautiful but not dumb. We who put on unnecessary clothing Just because it is the fash. lon, the custom or the season for wearing it, are the dimwits. Espe. cially when we carry this silly habit to the verge of death from heat ex" haustion or even the demoralisatton of ell our ambitions and efforts In work or play or study or business.
 This is not Q plea for nudism. It Is merely an argument In favor of more nudity. Especially nudity for males, be they blond or brunei. The women, as already indicated, have enough sense, intuition or instinct to get out of the tropical climate created by clothes. The men will take some teaching.
 Why should any man wear Q tight collar, even Q soft collar, when with 6 little self-assertion he can just as well be comfortable in Q sport" or collarless and perhaps sleeveless or short-sleeved shirtp
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Fatty Tumor or Cyst
 Lump on back of shoulder inches wide, physician says 1t is accmula. ton of fat. Have tried baking treat. ments, rubbing with oil, no results (M. H.)
 Answer--lf it is c fatty turnor or 6 sebaceous cyst, the only perma- nent cure Is excislon, which the physician can do under local anes- thetic in his offlce without detain. ing you more than an hour or so.
 Galleries
 Please tell me the caloric content of 1 pound of salmon, 1 pound of halibut, one pound of beefsteak, 1 pint of tomato juice. 1 (proprietary fountain beverage) (Mrs. J. A. W.)
 Answer-Salmon Oe0 calories per pound, halibut 600, beefsteak aver ages 730 calories per pound, tomato juice l20 calorieS in the pint, the glass of sweetened carbonated liquid yields about 60 calories. Bulletin %, Agriculture Department, which any one may purchase by sending tetn cents for e copy to Government Printing Ofice. Washington, D. 0, gives the chemical composition and caloric values 0 American food Sna- terials-it is the source of most such information.