Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1910 — Wear Cotton or Linen. [ARTICLE]

Wear Cotton or Linen.

Should wool, cotton or linen be worn next to the skin? Wool has Its devotees, who would look on discarding merino or flannel vest or drawers as a risk of life. Medical opinion has radically changed in recent years, Leslie’s Weekly says, and now many, if not most, doctors favor cotton or linen next the skin. Wool absorbs perspimtltio and retains it; it absorbs it with difficulty at first, but surrenders it to the surrounding air with even greater difficulty. Cotton, oh the other hand, asks only an opportunity to dry, which it does as rapidly as possible. The best plan in cold weather is to wear cotton or linen next the akin, with wool outer clothing. The wool excludes moisture and cold, while the cotton absorbs the perspiration quickly and dries even more <jutckly. This it ’does without

chilling the body if the latter has an outer covering of wool. In this climate, where houses and offices are generally overheated In winter and the transition from indoors to outdoors Is attended by a far greater change _lft. temperature than In milder climates, where the houses are not kept as hot as they are in America, it is better to wear cotton or linen underclothes and to rely upon heavy outer garments to resist the cold air.