Show Avoiding Cold Easier Than Tha Trying to Cure It St Statisticians have tried to reckon up ip the cost of the common cold coldo to o the American people but the totals have lave run into such sueh huge figures they have lave had to give it up As a matter of f fact there is no such thing any anymore anymore more as the common cold It appears that there are now al almost almost almost al- al most as many kinds of colds as there are re people to have them In fact each ach person can almost boast of having hav- hav lag ing ng a special cold of ot his own a cold made to order to fit his peculiar per per- You may by persistent fighting get gel getie the ie upper hand of ot your own cold but butlen then len somebody else comes along and kIsses you when you are not looking and then you are inoculated for another anther an an- other ther period with a wholly new brand rand of cold About the only comprehensive adice advice ad- ad vice ice that can be given about colds Isto Isto is iso to o avoid catching them If It people generally realized how serious the common cold really is is they would take ake the subject seriously as it should be e taken A cold may take eUe effect t in a great variety of ways It may seem to be located in the nose or the head or orle orthe orthe the le throat and so on But as a matter of fact a cold affects the enire entire en en- tire ire system If permitted to develop a cold causes the tissues to be braken broken bro bro- ken down and when this occurs it requires time to make a cure just asIt as asit It requires time to cure up any other sore ore The only way to avoid suffering from om colds therefore is to prevent them hem from tram getting a hold on you This requIres that just the moment you feel cel you ou are catching cold you will do something about it You cant can't call caU on ona ona a doctor to treat every cold and vet yet I perhaps In the end this w would b be a wise course for you never know what serious erious consequences may result if a old cold is once nce allowed to get a good grip on y u. u Generally the doctor doctors is s called on when the harm has been done one and it Is too late for preventive measures A good sweat will often head off oft offa a cold cold but but even this is a dangerous proceeding as pneumonia or something some some- thing else may set in Hence we should all be on our out guard against the common cold called co-called and we should not treat it lightly If you find ind a cold is getting hold of you Itis Itis it is safe to go on a light diet such as milk toast and go goto to bed There are arc arco areso areso so o many sunny things that will wIlI cure cur a cold old that thai we would not take the re- re y of advising any mr r cure Your friends will make plenty lenty of suggestions as to what to do When Then a cold hangs on it is a case for forthe forthe the le doctor |