On the other hand, Glenn, you should wear a hat with a large brim. Direct exposure to the sun's rays will facilitate the growth of cataracts. You probably already need glasses or will in a couple of years. Your eye doc will advise wearing sunglasses that filter out UVA and UVB rays.
If you notice photographs from the 19th century and ear…
On the other hand, Glenn, you should wear a hat with a large brim. Direct exposure to the sun's rays will facilitate the growth of cataracts. You probably already need glasses or will in a couple of years. Your eye doc will advise wearing sunglasses that filter out UVA and UVB rays.
If you notice photographs from the 19th century and early 20th century, you will see that everyone wore long sleeved shirts with the sleeves rolled down and buttoned. The shirts were buttoned at the neck and everyone wore a hat. It wasn't until John Kennedy appeared at the his inauguration without a hat that men stopped wearing hats outdoors. It's a fact that hat sales took a steep dive immediately after that event.
Prior to that time a gentlemen wore hats and tipped them to ladies that they passed on the street. A gentleman always removed his hat in elevators and held it in front of his chest. It was photographs of movie "stars" laying in the sun in Palm Springs that started the suntanning fad. My grandmother always said, "Only field hands were suntanned. A lady prided herself on her unblemished skin/"
Our grandparents or great grandparents knew the damage the sun would do to our eyes and skin and protected themselves from it. It was just the postwar generation that worshipped getting roasted by the sun. A rite of passage in the early summer when I was a teenager was to get a deep sunburn "to start the summer tan." We smeared baby oil tinted with iodine on our skin to create an artificial tan. All it did was baste our skin so that by the time we were 50 our skin looked like a turkey just out of the oven.
But what about people before that? For thousands of years we have been outside all the time and I don't know what the clothing was. No, you don't want to get sunburned, and yes, you can overdo it. But in general, sunshine is very healthy. Also, many people, including me get too little sunshine. I'm trying to change that.
On the other hand, Glenn, you should wear a hat with a large brim. Direct exposure to the sun's rays will facilitate the growth of cataracts. You probably already need glasses or will in a couple of years. Your eye doc will advise wearing sunglasses that filter out UVA and UVB rays.
If you notice photographs from the 19th century and early 20th century, you will see that everyone wore long sleeved shirts with the sleeves rolled down and buttoned. The shirts were buttoned at the neck and everyone wore a hat. It wasn't until John Kennedy appeared at the his inauguration without a hat that men stopped wearing hats outdoors. It's a fact that hat sales took a steep dive immediately after that event.
Prior to that time a gentlemen wore hats and tipped them to ladies that they passed on the street. A gentleman always removed his hat in elevators and held it in front of his chest. It was photographs of movie "stars" laying in the sun in Palm Springs that started the suntanning fad. My grandmother always said, "Only field hands were suntanned. A lady prided herself on her unblemished skin/"
Our grandparents or great grandparents knew the damage the sun would do to our eyes and skin and protected themselves from it. It was just the postwar generation that worshipped getting roasted by the sun. A rite of passage in the early summer when I was a teenager was to get a deep sunburn "to start the summer tan." We smeared baby oil tinted with iodine on our skin to create an artificial tan. All it did was baste our skin so that by the time we were 50 our skin looked like a turkey just out of the oven.
But what about people before that? For thousands of years we have been outside all the time and I don't know what the clothing was. No, you don't want to get sunburned, and yes, you can overdo it. But in general, sunshine is very healthy. Also, many people, including me get too little sunshine. I'm trying to change that.