Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — How to Keep the Feet Warm. [ARTICLE]

How to Keep the Feet Warm.

A life insurance company, whose advice under the circumstances may lie taken as sincere, tells its clients t at the golden rule in cold weather is to keep the extremities warm. The first and most important rule for the carrying out of this idea is never to by tightly shod. Boots or shoes that fit closely prevent the free circulation of the blood by pressure; but when, on the contrary, they do not embrace the foot too firmly, the space left between the shoe and the stocking has a good supply of warm air. The socond rule is never to sit/in damp sho.s. It is often supposed that unless shoes are positively wet it is uuneces-' sary to change them while the feet are at rest. This is a great fallacy, for wh n the least dampness is absorbed into the sole in its evaporation it absorbs the heat from toe foot, and thus perspiration is dangerously checked. This can easily be proved by trying he experiment of neglecting the luie. The feet will be found cold and damp after a few minutes, although on taking off the shoe and examining it, It wiil appear to be quite dry.