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Show THE "COLD" SEASON. H An English Doctor Suggests Allevia- ,' tions for Its Terrors. arB Almost everjbndy ono meets Is afflicted , j with thit trlvlil hut nnnnjlng allment-a fislJB 'cold" 1 his Is one or thu minor troubles liH of life, hut It Is a singularly perverse at- 'H fecllon all the snma, and ohn decidedly tH obtlnatn as rcgirdg its tendencies to SH ward cure IVrhips the "cold In tho JH held' U ono of tho most troublcttomo H forms of tho nllment It Is also the op '''ll prolilum medlclnne. In Hint you aro told :1 by jour adviser Ihat jou must stay ln- H doors In un even temperature It jou with ''H to gel well with fair speed 41H Nohniiy follows this advice, unless In -aH ilcid. It be persons of leisure and nrfln-'iH ence, who can siTnrd to nurses their nf- '-laH nicllon Itllt with running nose nnd ,M watering eyes and a gencrnl sense or ins ZiValaS 1 1 l-c, tin. in in wllh a severe corjla, as ItkkH Is termed. Is reulty nn object of pity and & commiseration Doctors tell us that tho fH cold In the head Is an Infectious trouble. 11H therefore, 1 suppose wo are to regard it -""" as another triumph for the ubiquitous flaaaaaal microbe DoubttesH they nro light, and JH the spread of cold through a household .tjH may 1m jc counted for en the sclentlna H principle of ordlnarj Infection. The meirni 4sasssl of cure nro man). I lielleve, personalty, ,imM In tnklnr an nplito to start with In tha jM sli ipo of flflern or twenty drops of chlor- dH odjne In wnter. repeating the doee In, fav, H four hour. A Hovers peiwder at bed. time (saj ten gnlni) nnd a hot drink by ' B wny of encournelng skin nrllen. Is also H an excellent remedy, provided rt'K of cold "jl nnd chill Is nvoldeel 'the man who moves .H nliout may Hint much relief from sniffling JaH up a littlu menlhol snun now and attain IijYJH whllo mi experience of colds In the head rll a fairly large one, personalb -accords VSJH to cuheb cigarettes a high meaxuro nf LffH mccffn In treatment Of course, jou l must bring the smoko down tho nostrils ifal If It Is to have nnj good effect iH How to prevent colds U another and a nafil far morn important matter The cold on HjH thn chest is often the prcludn to morn aM serious troubles and for neglect nf a H cough we have often to pay very smartly H and dear! Ijter on. Many of us nre fool. jH lh In the matter of undei clothing and JH fnntgenr, forgelling thit warmth of body 'dLfafJJB and dryness or feet are safe guards that jmM nobody can afford In neglect There la cH yet another point which most people over. iJH link In this matter of cold-prevention, daaaaal ami thta H tho matter of food In winter H our diet should Include n larger proper- ctlH lion of fat than In summer, and our own JjH tastes lend us to a menu that Is moro lib H c rul In this respect In the cold season A H great many colds inlhlit bo avoided were H the sjritim hruceit up hy addltonal fat ,&H taken na food We may maku such addt H Hon agreeably enough in inn mursn of H our ordinary diet, put many persona and frjH children esjieclilly, would hn well advised f aH did they employ, after meals, nn emul- .''JjH slnn ot ciKl'llver oil or some nllled prep- 'iJkjH nratlon. I havu been fortifying myself IT&H of late dajs hy taking vlrnl, which Is WfaH pleirnnt to tho taste, and which, na re- "ll garda Ha composition, effers fat In an i p agreeable and easily assimilated form. NH Tho long and short of the story of cold ?ajH prevention is tho fortifying of the bodily fH iltadel. and a generous dietary, with aa JH additional modicum of fat, Is probably yH our safest meins of effecting tills deslr lH able end tendon Chronicle 'Inaaail |