New-York tribune., 1879-06-02
HOT!


Ii was lucky that the temperature Of yesterday
could be expressed by a single syllable. Semi
wasted people met and gasped III curt coloquy-
" Hot ~" Veryp and so sauntered on, each under
his umbrella If it had been a little warmer, they
would have glared at each other through the mist
of perspration and parted rs they met, IN sizzling
silence. Fortunately it was Sunday, sweet day
of rest and there was no danger of superhuous
ertlon The great sunrays came beating down upon
the brain with sense of weight IN them and q lite
raj suggestion of sunstrokc. The pavement was hot
underfoot az if huge furnaces were blazing below
it. Moreover. the hot wave took everybody by sur
prise Spring had been so fantastic in her humors
that we were shot, as il were into the torrid with
out passing through the temperate. Nature and the
almanac for once were at one. and the first
day of Summer was properly and iiercely .rop-
ical June, leafy and brilliant, is not always
so desperately in earnest.
Evidently We may expect hot Summer. May
was so cool that only extra heat In June and July
can bring up the average What is the best way of
getting through with il I IL can all be summarized
into "a sentence: Keep cool or as cool you can"
We must adapt ourselves to the conditions Of the
season. Fret is bad and fuss may be fatal. 1t is
oourting destruction To go rushing about did
IN January or as we might without damage in Oc-
tober. W ith the thermometer in the nnetieS the
sin of laziness is not mortal, though the oppo-
site sin of unreasonable activity might
prove sO The unhappy men who fall
down sun-stricken in the streets would
probably have escaped If thoy had only kept on
the shady side and checked their PAGES But most
of us are careless in the same way. 1t requires
much excellent Judgment to get safely through a
torrid Summer The golden watchwoTd of the
ninety days to come should be moderation-mod-
Grafton in work as well in eating
and drinking. As far possible, hours
ana habits should be carefully systematized.
Direct exposure TO the sun should be avoided. The
clothing should bo of the lightest Light farina-
| ceous foods and vegetables should constitute the
bulk of our Summer diet. Alcoholic stmulantS are
dangerous Frequent bathing is more than ever
necessary and coolness and health will be greatly
promoted by trips to the seashore There is temp.
ation when the night has been given to tossing
and sleepless unrest, to devote the cool and deli
cious hours OF the morning TO subsidiary slumbers
but there is strength and health and training fol
| the day in early rising. great deal of work car
be done then, though there is also much which can
| not be done, with our present arrangements unit
| later.
And while we are thus caring for ourselves lot III
not forget the poor children. The doctors Will tel
You that in this city they die all through the no
| months In great numbers; the dirty streets or,
| their playground the food which they eat Is no
| fit for them they are crowded TO their death il
| some houses and even In others. In which there q
no excuse of poverty. they are sadly neglected
is pity that this should be the last Summer of 81
many Of them, as inevitably 1t will be. Thanl