The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

At this time of the year watch out that you don't contract cold It's advised by medical and lSSmen to avoid colds The advice is good but very often unsuspece ingly and unknowngy cold is contracted and its then ever general information good and bad about colds IS circulated orally and n print So might as well JOln in the popular topic of the day. hour and mln0te-co0S
 Once the cold has arrived and has been designated hy your friends and the party afflicted has acknowledged the fact you treat it in many ways You are kind to it. you give the consideration of every known remedy hand cd to you by friend foe and doctor or you com pete ignore it. Usually in either of these cases the cold lasts the same length of time,
 A cold n the head in the larynx, pharynx bronchial lane lungs and all those places where the germ loves to finger usually sneakS up you and all precautions go for nothing day arrives and orange juice vitAmlnS sunlight and avoidance of crowds m theaerS restaorSntS notwithstanding, you've got cold and it's the worst ever and much worse and quite dlnerent rom your osSt friends who also has succumbed to the popular seSsonal aiment
 About this time you decide that the apple or two day formula that you adopted in the early Fall months bad and despite the fact that the bushe basket of apples is now empty call to the doctor uC~Ie", and you are just an od-fashioned muSardplaster guy after all
 pleasantness and is destined to make an obnoxlo0S looking creature for week at the least 1t has drVen you to purchase ooNes oI usSaes . Se l a @ e % ro S redder and your throat rough as nutmeg grater' has intererred with your reading of the daily news ana stopped you midway in "I Chose Freedom. Instead of freedom, you chose a cold in all it's worst aspects.
 The cold has not only made you awfuIy sick, it has also put you in the devil of mood You and the whole family suddenly realize just what mean cuss you are how unreasonable and insulting. The you talk and act is something terrible It shouldn't happen to dog the way you address yourself anyone that comes within foot of you.
 And at the same time you have lively imaginatiCn about the way you are being treated Just awful No one believes you sick you are You are really very bad way but has discovered the fact and if the family the doctor aren't careful you're going out in the night like light That's how sick you are, if only some idiot in the house realized it.
 The days during cold such as you have are long, urid and lOahsome You hate broth pOached eggs and milk, and WHAT in the world are they doing to the coffee, Talk about bitter doses Why the coffee tastes if it had been brewing the stove for week. The nights You roasted to death and you know the doctor should be summoned along about 2 "A. M Comes the dawn and sunrise and the early rsers stirring you almost disappointed you still among those present.
 That's what a cold does to you. And that's not say ing what it does to those who have to suffer, m spirit your ailments right through to the last seeze and cough When the day arrives that you longer feel the urge to cough and you sneezed only all day you begin to feel little let down that you perking up morn nr comes when you gaze without disgust two poached eggs, a dish of cereal, orange juice and coffee
 At this iuncture you decide to look at the back bers of the newspapers the accumulated magazines and what's doing with Mr. Kravchenko and the freedom he chose how the western in your favOrte magazine IS coming along. Part of the day is peasureaby spent m this fashion and part of in looking over the get well cards and answering few The family seem pretty good folks after all And the dog comes in wagging hls tail
 The doctor too, or less normal, and isn't surprised you still among the living. He is even will ing to say you were pretty sick man, and rate vile tasting tonic several times day. which you start to 6rag about the visitors start to come to call Yes admit had pretty bad time of 1t. You should looked after that cold at the start 1t one heck of cold But you'll know better next time, and when it's question of apples doctor you'll choose doctor