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Show I I - "... . s For wear under .a fur coat, this springlike drew of light weight black wool crap is suggested. The edging and hand-kerchief hand-kerchief are of multicolored crepe) da china, underlined with a definite whits) bias. The black fait hat is trimmed with a whit orchid. Build Up Child's Resistance To Colds by Individual Need By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I have come to believe that hardening is a good thing against colds. But, although it was long before I was converted to cold baths and cold air, I have not gone rabid on the subject, as most converts do. , When should a child bs bathed, and how can he be toned up with cool water, closing porss and stimulating stimu-lating circulation, so that ordinary drafts and exposure will pass him by unhurt? Well, in winter, I think the cold morning plunge too heroic for most children. While it is trus that aome tough-flbered youngsters may glory in the cold shower after leaving the warm cosinsss of bed, it ia a shock to most Yet if morning bathing ia ths custom in the family, it ie unwise also to get out of a hot bath, hastily don clothes when about half dried, and, after a hasty breakfast go out Into cold, frosty air. It invites trouble. And if the Handkerchiefs are private things. Let each child have his own. "Never lend a handkerchief or borrow one." Teach him this. Keep him away from neighbors with colds and keep the neighbors away from your colds. The first stagea of common cold mean bed, until he is well over the worst Admonish the children not to sit with heavy sweaters on unless the schoolroom is too cool for comfort com-fort Hard coughing, fsver, flushed face or headache any of these or all-mean all-mean more than common cold. Get medical advice. Pneumonia waits for no man. There are nine kinds, all dangerous. Play safs. Ths word Is, "Don't ovsrcoddls, but don't ever expose." cnua is none too robust or la depleted de-pleted temporarily from aome cause, the exposed parts of the body, and perhaps all of the body, no matter how warmly wrapped, get chilled. Be Prepared The very best time for the warm bath is bed time. The best time for the cooling (not cold) shower or rmse, ie after the morning sponge. The water ahould be cooled gradually grad-ually so as not to causs shock. And ths body should be rubbed briskly afterward with a rough and very absorbent towel. If this leaves the child cold and shivery, then dispense with the morning plunge altogether, and scrub him at night After the evening bath, don't raise windows at pnee, but later when poree have closed. If the bead haa been washsd, stther during the day or night be sure that cold air doea not blow on him until an hour or two has passed. Colds are strange things. Sines we do not know how they are caused, or how they are cured, the best we can do ia to use all the common sense precaution we can. The child who chills easily and won't get warm for a long time after being out in the weather, or who will not glow comfortably after a cooling rinse, must not be forced to heroic exposure. He may be- come hardened, but it takes time. Things U Avoid His rinse after -a bath must never be too cold, and at first only a shade less warm than the bath water. Air at night ahould be gauged to his comfort . If hs chills even under the warmest warm-est blankets, the air of his room should be considered carefully. It must not be so cold that be cannot rest or aleep deeply or soundly. |