Evening star., 1936-10-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

to sleep, although he described himself
as being dripping wet.
The next morning he felt fine, never
better In his life, he said, and resumed
the chase where he had left of.
How many today could even sleep
under such circumstances? And, if they
could, there is little doubt that they
would suffer for 1t afterward.
There are, of course, many who are not
visited with respiratory diseases every
time they are a bit reckless.
But there are many who are, and 1t is
these persons who ought to remember
the possibility of unwholesome conse-
quences when they permit themselves to
cool of in any other way than via the
towel and cool water route.
These persons, easily susceptible, and
who know it. ought to keep the fact in
mind all the time, and not be tempted to
do things which would place them in
positions where they must cool of via
moving air. For them this process is
dangerous. even in Summer, but espe-
cially SO in Fall and Winter.
They will have to keep in mind, then,
many things which more hardy persons
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be the long walk at vigorous pace which
does not end at home. At home there
will be a shower and clean linen, but
elsewhere nothing at ALL except the
necessity Of permitting Nature to dry
one by means Of evaporation.
Such persons always must keep well
in mind that this natural process, like
SO many natural processes, is intended
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animals of the second or third or fourth
degree, into which latter three classes
fall so many moderns.
The temptation to take long walks is
especially prevalent in Autumn, when the
air is crisp and falling leaves give a new
note to concrete streets and sidewalks.
One feels like stepping out then. Such
exercise is especially good for those un-
athletic persons who, in most languages,
are called sedentary. whose blood vessels
to the head have been so developed that
exercise often gives then a headache.
Walking is particularly good for such
persons, since it may be made as gentle
or as vigorous as one desires.
In beginning the Autumn walk one
may feel chilly, but after few blocks at
meoluInly gOOO pace Cne DlOOO DeglnS
to circulate faster, breathing Is increased
and the pores Of the skin begin to open.
AS long as the exercise is kept up, the
heat is kept up, and the skin does not get
a chance to cool of, but the moment one
stops, the reverse process is put into
effect. The heart and breathing slow
down, the heat on the skin begins to
diminish. The walker is cooling off He is
now at the danger point. He should don
coat, but not coat which he has taken
off at some point in the walk when he
got too hot" If he begins with a coat
on he should end with it on. Often one
will feel cold at the beginning without a
topcoat or overcoat in the Autumn or
Winter, but the walker is not hot at that
point his skin is dry and he will not
suffer from being cold when he is dry.
When he walks he will begin to warm up,
and is all right as long as he continues
to keep going.
The hardy old gentleman who took
the long walk"-and caught a cold
knows what he is talking about! Let
us keep him well in mind and hope that
he returns to walk our streets again
soon. He will have to step lively, though.