New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-17
'OyE B0yDRBD IN the SHADE.


Yesterday, Newly orlSers read with aston
ishment of the terrible visitation of heat
which had fallen upon the West. In St. Louis
on Monday there we're forty five deaths from
sun-strOke; more than one hundred cases OF
prostitution by the heat were treated by the
public medical officers; hundreds OF other
cases--nobody can tell the number-were
taken to private practitioners. These figures
have an arfUl significance. They are Tar
from representing the full measure of the
mortality, for they do not tell of the multi
tude of diseases which are hurried TO
fatal termination by the sultTy atmosphere.
Heat of this character becomes pestilence
We cannot be surprised to hear that the day
was regarded in st. Louis as a day OF ter
"ror; y that business was suspended, over hum
dred horses fell dead, and boats lay crowded at
the leyee unable TO discharge their cargoes
In other parts of the Mississippi Valley also
the sun seems to blaze with tOrrid fierce
ness; the whole population Is frightened and
Respondent; even the brief telegraphc
dispatches which bring MS the figures OF the
thermometers and the morgues, are written In
a tone of lamentation, condensed but tragic.
We cannot remember when we have received
somuch despair at five cents word.
Hitherto, although the mercury has ranged
high in New York, the atmosphere, except for
two or three days, has kept good deal OF
freshness and vitality. We have suffered less
than might have been expected from That
close sitting, oppressive air which usually
aggravates the horrors of severe and
long continued heat. The weather prophets
warned us, however, the other day that
shot wave" was on the way from the
West, and what befell ST. Louis on Monday
may he our fate before the week IS over IL
is we'll to be prepared for the plague. The
physicnns.appointed by the Board OF Health
seem to be doing all they can in the tene-
ment districts, but that is little enough. There
are thousands of dirty, Ill-ventiated and
crowded rooms, in which the thermometer has
nearly reached the death point now and what
will happen there if it goes any higher it Is
not pleasant to imagine Sickness among
children in these rOOkeries seems to be almost
universal. The best way to relieve the poor
little wrctches is TO contribute literally to
some of the benevolent schemes for taking
them out of the poisonous atmosphere, even if
it be only for few hours. A dollar added to
several young lives.
For the ordinary, Woodworking middle-class
citizen the hottest Summer in town may be
made safe and almost cheerful by prudent and
sensible courses. A light, cooling diet, early
hours, and the cultivation of those leisurely
habis in business which only Americans do
not pursue in warm weather, viii put us in
condition to resist the facilitating influence
Of the temperature. A city built like ours in
the midst of tide-waters, with the ocean at its
gates, can never be intOerable to those who
know the secrets Of ITS wide bays and rivers
and it's neighboring surf-beaten shores. There
is no better preparation for a hot DAYS work
than an early morning sail in the harbOr, when
every breath of the pure salt air brings health
and yigor, and the panorama of the waters
and the green hills is so beautiful and 30
cheerful. And one does not want n yacht
for sdch an excursion. A ferrybOat Is
wonderful preparation for breakfast, If
you take il early enough. The trip
to Staten Island and back about z o'clock is a
stimulant for the whole of a midsummer day !;
while he who can embark for Sandy Hook at
g may feel that he has reached the dignity Of
sea voyage. Even stroll along the sea
wall of the Battery is not TO be despised in
the first hours of July and August daylight
II the numerous boats which run to Coney
Island, ROckaway. and other popular resorts
about the bay and harbOr began their trips
an hour or 50 earlier they would afford excellent
vehicles for mouest morning excursions. With
such q beginning as we have described, your
day will be relieved of great deal of fret
fulness, and You may find yourself in the con-
tented mood to make your work rs slow and
easy as your affairs will allow. A light dinner
may be followed by half an hour in the
twilight on the East River and then if you
will rest yourself for while by listening to
light and cheerful music at GilmOre's Garden,
you will be ready for refreshing slumbers.
The injunction against tho baby-carriage has
been argued IN the Court of Common Pleas by an