Evening star., 1941-10-25

NAsssS tie down to COM
M plete disagree
SssBEs$ ment over the
Mr. McLemore. cause and the
cure of this pesky malady.
Those who feel that colds can be
avoided by wrapping up in every
thing but the dogs blanket will tilt
with those who advocate light
clothing. Those who think the cold
germs use only drafts for transport
tation will duel with those who
maintain that wide-open windows
and the presence of a junior blizzard
in the room are the only sure pre-
ventives. in another corner, with
no holds barred, the cold shower
devotees will come to grips with
those who hold that q soaking hot
tub guarantees immunity from
tickling in the nose and a cough.
1t is not rare to find a house di-
vided against itself on the subject
Of the prevention of colds. In my
own home two schools of thought
are in violent conflict throughout
the winter. My childhood physi-
clan implanted in me a fear Of
drafts. An open window in the
house next door prompts me to turn
up my collar, and if had my own
way about it even the keyholes in
my home would be plugged once
Jack Frost made his appearance.
The one who shares the house
with me is a Worshiper of fresh air.
The physician who served her in her
youth must have served his intern
ship in Point Barrow, Alaska, be-
cause she likes to have the curtains
stand out after the manner of magic
carpets, and the rooms swept by a
gale in which a glider could soar.
There have been times in my home
when I would swear that I heard the
oil heater begging for a little more
cover.
BuC the arguments which rage
about cold prevention are nothing
when compared to the disputes that
arise over the cure of cold. Here
the battle lines are as sharply
drawn as they are on the Russian
front. have seen men so sick with
a cold that they could scarcely drag
themselves about, double up their
fists and threaten to pop on the
nose a friend who challenged the
cure they were following.
There are more schools Of cold
cure than there are animals in a
circus. AT the moment the hot
drink-of-some-sort school has the
most members.
This originally was good school
because in the beginning the drink
recommended was a bottled-in-b bond
potion that made the swallowing a
pleasure. But a few years back
lemon juice was adopted as the
base, and a man would be hard
pressed to find a more nappetizing
drink than a slug of lemon Juice
laced with hot water from the wash
basin faucet. Especially when it
has three or four seeds float ating on
top, and III defy any one to prove
that he ever had a drink Of hot
lemonade at home that didn't have
seeds in it.
The salt water gargle and inhale
school has tremendous following.
These believers will go to the mat
with you if you question the efficacy
of gargling boiling hot salt water
until your mouth tastes like the
Dead Sea at low tide. or shifting
same up your nose until you have
gone down for the third time the
same as a man drowning in the Pa
ciflc. When you first take this up
it is wise to engage the services of
a life guard skilled in artificial res
piration. And be sure to have him
bring with him barrel which he
can put you over
The nose drop school is not with
out its hackers Members of the
nose drop school (Which also in
cludes those citizens who inhale
from little metal containers insist
that If cold victim shifts enough
sharp, acrid odors ne will eventually
be cured. They fail to explain, how
ever, that possible price of the
cure is having to go through the
rest of life with an expression on
the face remindfui of bloodhound
hot on the trail of a fugitive.
A cure that is gaining wide popu-
larity is the get-to-bed-and-stay
there one. When you follow this
cure you crawl between the covers
with the first sneeze and refuse to
come out until loving hands have
prepared for you every dish you dote
on and given you complete hand and
foot waiting-on for five or six days.
This treatment has the advantage
Of being a vacation without any
great cost.
Kerchoo!
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