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Show PAINFUL CHILBLAINS Cold nnd dampness work havoc with sonsltivo feet, therefore, thoy should bo kept from moisture aud penetrating cold. Thoy should not bo permitted to become wot with ruin or Blush for the latter will lro-duco lro-duco n nourishing crop of chilblains more quickly than any Indiscretion. Every precaution should bo taken to keep tho feot wnrm nnd dry. In nor solos counteract tho effects ot dumpness and are nvallablo In varying vary-ing grades of thickness nnd every slzo. Cork solos nro excellent and nppcar in vurious stylos of walking boots, When theso nro not worn, n Bhou with n substantial solo, not of paperweight, glvo tho feot tho necessary nec-essary protoetion. Whilo cloth top shoes nro fashionable thoy do not ktop tho dampness out and tho heat In ns leather does, A change of hosiery nnd shoes should bo mndo the first posslblo mo ment utter thoy have become cither damp or wet. This Is nil essential. Rubbors are very trying and for this reason I suggest tho wearing of gnn-duls gnn-duls and cloth galtors iustoad ot rubbors rub-bors which envelop tho feet. Tho natural perspiration of feot has no chauco of being absorbed and conso quuntly the moisture renders tho feet sonsltivo to chilblains. Another frequent causo of chilblains chil-blains is a sluggish circulation to which persons ot sedentary habits nro prono. Cola feot and cold limbs result nnd, of courso it Is but a short stop to tho trouble. Walking dully for half nn hour or longer In good weather Is advised ns a menus of stimulating tho circulation nnd ns n means of entouraglng deep breathing. breath-ing. --..vivnainxt |