Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-18
THE HEATED TERM AND ITS CON-
COMITANTS. ~

THE HEATED TERM AND ITS CON-
CONTAINS. r.,
Anyone who has observed the mani
TEST isnorance OF The. simplest laws OF
heslthlthat prevails among the popula-
ton OF a city, not 70 mention the crini-
nal recklessness by which the majority
of intelligent people abuse their health,
cannot wonder that with the warm sea
SON we have sickness and disease and
misery and death. They will not won
der at the heartrending tale of mortality
among the 'innocents" which are ma
ternally murdered every week, either
through ignorance or indiscretion.
An example of this ignorance or in
difference to health is given in the re-
port of the physician who attended the
girls suddenly Frustrated the other day
in New York tobacco factory;
The physician in regular attendance
at the factory attributes the sickness 10
the warm weather, immoderate use oil
ice water and eating improper food:
There are three thousand girls employed
in the LOrillard factories, who work
over hours for the purpose OF earning
extra pay, and instead of providing
themselves with regular meals they
lunch on apples and cakes, bringing on
nervous headaches, chills and feyers,
and hysteria. The same thing happens
every summer, and is simply caused by
the girls preierring to spend the Sl2 or
SIS a week they earn IN dress rather
than provide proper food.
This is not an exceptional, nor can 1t
be called an extreme case. Itillustrates
what is going on around US all the time
in individual cases in every community.
Life and health are treated as though
they were secondary considerations.
There is nothing more true than the
proverb that "we never know the value
of health till we lose it."
But it even requires care and the eN-
ercise of an intelligent judgment upon
the part of those who are really anxious
to preserve a good physical condition
during the heated term. The worlds
business must 90 on amid the fiercest
heat, and the human mind and human
hands must be present to direct and ex-
ecute. How to keep well under such
circumstances is a question OF dollars
and cents, as we'll as OF physical com.
fort, which makes TIE subject one ct
prime importance.
In discussing the many temptations
to deleterious indulgence which the
summer season brings with it, the Pitts
burgh Dispatch makes some suggestions,
so sensible and pertinent, that We are
induced to quote largely from it.
GLOW" SAYS the Dispatch, "shall he
keep cool who is compelled to proceed
with his labor as though blasts hot from
Tartarus were the borean zephyrs of
May? There are minds which will at
once luxuriate in visions of brandy
smashes, sherry cobblers, mint iuleps
and the numerous relations of these
Temperance drinks which contain the
much abused but Omnipresent "stick.
These are surely suggestive OF GOODNESS.
They smack of the straw and refrigera-
tor, and their absence calls up the Jolly
figure of GAMBRINUs. II not the smash,
or cobbler, or julep, then the less eN-
pensiye, cool, tone-giving beer. These
are everywhere, and the man who be-
lieves that copious draughts Of
them furnish the cheapest avenue
to GOODNESS will not lack oppor-
tunities to crafty his desire.
But let us say word in cOndemna-
ton of these drinks at the risk of being
thought sacriligious. They are insidi-
Gus devices for summer. They are
pleasant TO the senses as they gurgle
down the throat fresh from the vicinity
of Ice, or, perhaps, drained immediately
from the crevices of a miniature iceberg,
placed in the glass by the master OF
"mixed" drinks, but their cooling effect
is only temporary. Finally they accel-
crate the action of the heart, heat the
blood, and excite the nerves instead OF
calming them. Therefore we shall put
the mark OF the forbidden upon these
beverages. So with strongly seasoned
meats, especially these found on the
! hotel bill of fare under the deli
cate caption of entrees" These
also tend to heat the blood
and make hot humanity hotter. II
meats are eaten at all they should be
cooked with the simplest of seasoning
and dressing, and are best eaten cold.
Ofmeats, fish and fowl are the least IN
furious, and. simply cooked, are the
most generous diet which should be in
dulg,.d by the man who seeks to thor
oughly learn the art of keeping cool.
There need be no Introduction OF vege-
tables as to kind. As to quantity just
as little OF everything as will satisfy the
natural demands of the stomach Is the
proper measure. When Daniel OF old
came forth after season OF vegeta-
Bile diet sleeker and fatter than his
accusers who ate rich dinners OF meats
and wines, it was probably summer
test with vegetables OF healthy growth,
So cooked as not to destroy their gently
nourishing qualities. OF vegetables
which man is accustomed to eat without
the smell of the kitchen having passed
upon them; of ripe berries; OF fruits OF
all kinds, fresh and mature, eaten as
they come from bough or vine, too
much cannot be said in praise. These are
the articles for summer diet, and using
this prescription ones digestion will be
better, one will be less irritable, Que
will be much nearer to the solution OF
the problem of keeping cool.
But what about beverages? With all
Difference 10 the larger experience OF
Murat HalStead and the late Bayard
TAYLOR, we must say that ice water pos
srsses more virtue than any other liquid.
MesSrs. Taylor and Halstead have earn
eStly advocated the use of beer instead
OF ice water, but We are forced to eX-
press a conviction that while these