Identifier: secretsof00jameindiansrich (find matches)
Title: The Indians' secrets of health : or, What the white race may learn from the Indian
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Foreign influences Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene
Publisher: Pasadena, Calif. : Radiant Life Press
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ind should blow orthe sun shine, and as for any ill effect that eitherchildren or grown-ups suffer from the wet, I have yetto see it. Why ? The reasons are clear. In thefirst place, they have no fear of the rain. It is not con-stantly instilled into their minds from childhood thatthey mustnt get wet, or theyll take cold, and girlsare not taught to expect functional disarrangementif they get their feet wet. This has something to dowith it, for the effect of the mind upon the body is farmore potent than we yet know. In the second place, they move about with naturalactivity in the rain as at other times. This keeps theblood circulating and prevents any lowering of thetemperature of the body. In the third place, their general out-of-door lifegives them such a robustness that if there is any taxupon the system it is fully ready to meet it. But I am asked, Would you advocate white peo-ple, especially girls and women, getting wet? Thinkof their skirts bedraggled in the rain, and how these 95
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I IN THE RAIN AND THE DIRT wet skirts cling to the ankles and make their wearersuncomfortable. I have thought a great deal about this, and am notprepared to say that with our present costume I wouldadvocate womens going out much in the rain. ButI do say that once in a while they can put on shortskirts and stout shoes and such old clothes as cannotbe injured by getting wet, and then resolutely andboldly sally forth into the rain, and the harder it comesdown the better, if it be warm weather. Then letthem learn to enjoy the pattering of the rain uponcheeks and ears. Let them hold out their hands andfeel the soft and gentle caresses of the high-born,noble rain. Let them watch the drops as they spatteron the leaves and trickle down the stems, gatheringvolume and speed as they reach the bole and fall tothe ground, there to give life and nourishment to thewhole plant. Everything in Nature loves to be out inthe rain. How fresh and bright the trees look after ashower! How the rocks are cleans

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