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Show I" tHOW TO KEEP I WELL IN WINTER I Sickness Qught Not to Be More w I Common Than in Warmer i - I Season I I There is no necessity for the I ' Wast amount of illness during i rthe winter. It, is true that in I . .this season the wear and tear I'f.' - upon the body is greater than I'''' tin summer but this only means 1 '- that greater care is necessary i't -'""" keep 'n0 body hi d condi- $., tion. The two most important It'. - requisites to winter health are jproper food supply, and fresh 8 , - 'air. I A proper food supply is the j body's first defence against dis- I " ease; It is the first essential to j - , 'winter health. To.keep the I ' ' ' " ibody warm during .the winter. j - ' lit is necessary to eat more food i ' 'than in summer," But care I ' ' should be taken not to overeat. I v 'x- ' . . Most persons in winter cat more 1" than they can digest and use. I 7 Our foods should be prepared so as to be easily digested. Rich I "foocte and fried foods over work I r f .the organs of digestion and in I- "' A ,tne en( furnisn e body but y',J'. '"ll little food. Two ounces of flour I,;- hn the form of hard toast will K give the stomach half the work -H' and the body twice the nourish- fT , 'ment that is given by the same ' '- '' I'k. amount of flour 'made up into . , ' ' Aw Jhot cakes. 1 ' v, ." The abuse of the stomach and l ,, Athe late hours incident to the ill v -holidays are responsible for j 'much winter disease. Statistics j , jBhow that there is more sickness J during the first twenty days of 'January than at any other time 'of the year. During this period following the holidays there are . .7" -more deaths from pneumonia . than usual, and epidemics of iw- . ' colds and grippe are far more 4-yrit .' - prevalent. During the holiday fc.. season many persons whose dis- '' - ease-resisting power is low lay the groundwork for ill' JiealtJ ''i' the remainder of th'a winter. ""-- . The second essential tq winter health is fresh air. During the ". rui ".u winter we need even more fresh air than during the summer; most of us get much less. Pneu- 4 . monia, colds, sore throat and all ,Vj other disease of the air passages - ' ' 7l J are almost unknown except dur- r . - ing the winter, when, people get ',$ ' too little fresh air. During the .,rV -" day there should be some venti- '' ' ' - .!? , lation in our offices and houses. ' -' ' During the night there should ' ' - ")e a na'f-sasn. open ing to the . j jv ' out-doors. Dr. Daniels. a , '" |