Red Flannel.

Southland Times, Issue 8056, 10 July 1885, Page 4

Red Flannel.

P »otwii^^ thVfaet ty adta of tfy «re oommonly used in vdy^ a9^ is the y ienoal Igw^snoe on the subject, that it iB riextthe sldaljypreteerictf y fei underolothinfl shops, even in, some of t the ? £ most fashlo^lei vied 7 flanrieTyes^anji drawers are sold with the 7 gie»teit compla. y eency ai^being^'iTfflfy: gq^ir «4^ r 60 ??^ ■ttehdea by tiw ftcnlly,! ofc'ariMW^v g s^mevejty^e^iVi sho^ We see^doseneof ehest-ptißteeeott'tt^ Myed with^ A-Z this poisonous^Uiffi inispite - of the ffcc£t*»t' j Jo long ago at 1876 DfßichaidsOn published * case of disease resulting, from the wearing of such a'comfortef^ together with a strong, iftjnsure ot the usit 'of the aniline dyes. There a-'Z k a aort of red flannel possesses •ome mysteriwM^^ curative^properties superior tb any other ctidur; As ; example of this oopnlar error, I remember; being YJtry much ibaok A%j a b^hl^educated gentleman^ who was suffering from a severe cblcUori the chest, infbrmihg me'that bis mdther had told him to put a thick fed flannel xeittheiSkini, and that ft tbe vflUXOel .'W«re; not v*e<l it -wotilA Ao tina Z" no goocL- Ihaveiotico3l ? alflo that among tbe poorer dasses rwl is decidedly the favourite Colour fof children's clothes ; and I fancy I am about right in stating that of patients applying for relief '-at 1 children's hospitals, nine out Of ten will'be foririd to be wearing Some article of clothing- coloured red,