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Show mniniiininminiiiiiuiMiimuiminiiiiiiiimiiiimiiminiiiin inmmn m , , , 1mmm Wealth ana Beauty I By I I inn 1 " nB- SOPHIA BR UN SON n-i , , , . uilllilHll11"" r pOCGER OF SUNBURN Th' writer sounded a note of !!L sometime ago in refer- to the foolish sun-tan fad, WC(6 t preent seems to be a sort T he sion with so many people, liallv yung grownups. t ntering a fashionable hotel .ntlv this remark was over-re over-re -is that girl white or mu- ,r she was evidently a Cau-1 Cau-1 1 who had exposed herself so Ca5'-ttently to the midday rays of Pfltnl that the color of her skin 0 ' dark shade of yellowish ,aS Her hair had been blond, bTthe sun had burned it so un-iv un-iv it presented a variagated Sance of chromatic shades This girl was seekmS t0 be Jutiful and stylish Her misdi- ,ed efforts had only succeeded destroying the small claims to auty that she originally pos- oted Doctor Says: . . . A noted doctor says: A thorny thor-ny tanned skin will never, get complexion. The only way such a woman ever gets a fine complexion complex-ion is by purchase. Tanned skins are somewhat prone to develop skin cancer." A great deal has been written, in the last year or two on the advantages advan-tages of sunlight in preventing and curing rickets; but remember that rickets is a diease of childhood. child-hood. The senile process, the process pro-cess of growing old, is abetted by sunlight, at least in plants. Maybe May-be these tanned men and women are inviting old age. Sunlight is especially good for children, as the rays promote growth, particularly of bone. 'It is also good for adults but not constant exposure to the summer midday sun. The sunshine of winter is very helpful but since it is rather scarce at that season in northern climates nature stores up a reserve of its products in the system in the summer, that helps carry one thronp-h thp winter : !k to prize winning conditions. I woman ever tanned her skin ; a mahogany brown and later "came known for a peachbloom , Rickets is much more common in northern than in southern climates. cli-mates. This is because the sunshine sun-shine in the South has a great deal to do with the prevention of dis ease. It helps the development in the body of the child of minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus and other needed substances which cause healthy growth of bones and tissues. For a well man to expose himself him-self to the direct sunlight to an extent in summer, does him' no good. In some respects it harms him. Common, sense should be applied ap-plied to the question of exposure to sunlight as to everything else. Unfortunately, , all valuable thing are abuseed by extremists, and on account of the harm that it wrought, it often falls into disfavor. dis-favor. The use and not the abuse of sunlight is productive of much good. |