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elled home, or the filthy theatre, never in- 

 telligently cleaned at all most likely, in which 

 he whiled away an evening just to get in 

 touch with the spirit of the town. These, 

 and not the fresh air at his window, gave him 

 the real inspirers of his cold. 



Keep the body vigorous by good food and 

 water, by plenty of work and play, but don't 

 overdo either. Adopt the old Chinese pro- 

 verb "Do nothing too much. " Get the fresh- 

 air habit. Open the windows in the bedroom 

 and in all rooms. Keep down the dust. 

 Get every possible hour out-of-doors. Keep 

 the skin clean and the body as lightly clothed 

 as is comfortable. Woollen underwear does 

 not prevent colds. A proper toilet of the 

 mouth is not to be neglected. Finally, like 

 a good citizen, join the forces now engaged 

 in securing cleaner air in all assembly places, 

 in cars, shops, hotels, stores, theatres, courts, 

 churches, as well as at home. Frown upon 

 the folks who sneeze and cough and spit in 

 fashion worse than brutish. Then if you do 

 get colds now and then, as you will, for 

 sanitary decency is not to be won in a 



