The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-01
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The Fist Day of Summer.

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the season Of long days and shoft nights
People who can leave town will soon b
leaving 10 auest Of shade And cooler air
The emoa OfdS,s however, hageno othe.
prospect than to remain al our posts ant
make ourselves Just as comfortable as W,
can in the city. we mdss depend Oh
umbrellas and awnings and leo water 10
aportiDn otthe comforts that the peoplC
T, epjoywho Iasesto The mountains. Ant
I now that the art Of living in cities Is bet
ter understood than 1t used to be o great
I deal Of comfort can be enjoyed despite
Of dusty streets and hot walls and pave
mentS. The. street hose has done mucl
ltor nearly every locality in tho city
Regular street sprlnkllng would 0
course do great deal more
but even this would NOT cnablC
{ rs to dispense with q liberal use Of tht
hose. Let US therefore be thankful fol
the facilities atour command for keeping
cool and use them freely, Barring the
heat Of the afternoons onthe streets, there
b very little to complain Of in the city in
tho summer time in that wSy. People
J can and do keep their houses as cool In
town as in the country by simply keep
ing their shutters closed during the day
This simple care makes q dwelling com,
Portable most Of the time from June unit
October. OF course there arc night
when no air is stirring when the heat tell
on Us in the city, but so 1t does in the
Country, in all localities not pretty. high
up. Leaving out ihis occasional draw.
back we have many compensauons to re
concile US to odriAtG To begin with
sthere e no time nthey eyear when thspeo-
/, pie live lowell as they do during thesum.
msf, commencing;w with this month. The
frst fruits Of garden and held are brought
20 US in profusion. The stalls Of the early
market arc well laden with all the vege'
tables, Saying nothing Of spring lamb and
spring chickens. Then there are the ber.
ries, especially that one superIative berry
of which Christopher North said that
doubtless the Almighty might have
made q finer fruit, but he never did," The
creature comforts Of lie are SO largely
mixed up with our diet that we cannot
ignore them. Those who fee to the
country often pine for the market house.
Stale vegetables pail upon the taste ol
many people, however high their perch
upon the mountsins. People who have al
good markets as the people Of Wheeling
and. who can keep as cool as they can mosl
Of the time during the summer, arc not,
generally speaking, subjects Of commisera
tion. e'Sb F='Hta ,slooG -.
The evenings in The city are very dc.
lIghuul for the most part during Summer
Its emineItly the social season Of tht
year. Instead Of balls and parties nov
and then, as inwinter, we have, like The
tropical people, our "evGning sittings," or
: in other words, our front door leYees
Thesreets are alive with: people taking
the air from dark until late bed time. The
sidewalks are devoted TO chairs and
promenades, and knots and groups olpeo
pie, friends and neighbors, are to, be seen
here and there at various doorways tax
iug as much solid enjoyment as II they
: were at sfsncy hotel where 1t costs severa
dollars per day, Happiness Is SO much I
matter Of mental condition that 1t may b.
said to be largely independent ot every
thing beyond ordinary surroundings. A
some writer on hygiene has remarked
Hpeople who have clean conscience
and clean bodies are generally hap,
py and healthy ct home" As re
CARDS cleanliness Of person, It Is nj
doubt an essential element Of both healIl
(. and happiness at all seasons Of the year
but especially in thesummer time. Peo
pie have no excuse in a city so well sup
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the last ten years far more attention hG
been paid tothe matter Of frequent, bath
ing in summer, and the people are CORES
pOndipgly improved in health and com,
forL-Wi,h Sleanly premise. clesply pcr
sors. and wholesome dlet, 4 has bee,
found that The health OF cities can be re.
smStkably preserved during tbe bo