Year: 1875

Be Not Too Hasty In Paying Tribute 10


DressEakers and their Fashions this


spring.


The necessity for caution in donning
spring clothing will be very great this
year. Coming out of a winter, the
severest that we have had for twenty
years, the first impulse of young and old
will be to throw off the garments that
have done such constant service during
the dreary months that have passed.
Milliners and dressmakers have long ago
completed arrangements for improving
the appearance of their customers. They
are soimDatient, because of the obstinacy
of the winter, that when it finally re-
lakes its icy grip, they can hardly be
blamed for doing everything in their
power to cause quick sale of the stock
in hand. The clothiers will be influenced
by similar motives. Like the milliners
and dressmakers, they, too, have gone
heavily into the work OF preparation for
brisk spring trade, and if they do not
succeed in realizing handsome profits,
it will not be throu h any lack Of effort
on their part. The pressure brought to
bear upon all who have money to spend
for new outfits will be SO strong that it
may result in endangering the lives of
thousands of persons, unless they are
well advised before hand. Those who
have suffered and are still suffering from
throat and lung affections will scarcely
need to be told of the folly of throwing
off heavy shoes, and flannel undercloth-
ing, after experiencing a few days Of the
oppressively warm weather which usually
marks the beginning of spring; for it
may be presumed that they have learned
wisdom. But the case is altogether diff
ferent with those who have had the luck
to preserve good health throughout.
Unless they are forewarned, they may
be expected to disencumber themselves
of overcoats, heavy underclothing, and
heavy shoes as soon as they begin to
feel in the least oppressed by the weight
of them.


It is never wise to make changes of this
character, no matter how moderate q win
termay have precededa spring. Tho body
should be accustomed to the altered condi-
tions by q gradual process. Numerous
deaths occur every year from diseases
contracted through lack of prudence in
the matter of clothing. This year, for the
reasons which we have already mention
ed, there is more need than ever to pro-
ceed gradually with the duty of con-
forming to the necessities of the seasons,
and it is to be hoped that this truth may
not be lost sight of. OF little less i'm
portance is the subject of house ventila
ton. According to the judgment of
great many otherwise wel-informed per-
sons, there is nothing so good for health
in spring as "plenty of fine fresh cir. "
As a consequence of this foolish belief,
the windows are thrown up at the front
and rear of the house. The pheasant "
current of air thus produced is particu
larly " enjoyed" by ladies, until they
contract what they call their spring
colds, and then the very opposite ex-
treme is reached. The airing. pro-
cess ceases, and the house is kept SO
tightly closed that an ordinarily healthy
person finds it difficult to breathe in it.
There are others who let the fires go out
the first warm day that comes, and do
not build them again until fairly driven
to it by continuance of "chilly even
ings." The house should be well aired,
but the temperature should not be re-
duced so as to endanger health. The
gradual process should be as strictly OBJ
served as in reference topersonal clothing.
These two points may not come within
the ordinary range of newspaper discus
sion, but as they affect the comfort and
h ealth of thousands, we cannot deem
them unworthy of notice.