The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-12
Keeping Cool.

The familiar admOnition keep cOor'
goes deep. 1t declares that a man s
mental and moral functions are obscured
bv anger or haste, which are sudden
flaws of spiritual heat. 1t says that only
Il temperate pulse is compatible with
good thinking and wise action. The
term q" hot-headed'' implies the same
limitation and reproach.
But in this rainleSs, ardent, brilliant
atmosphere of ours, how are we to heed
the advice? The solar thermometer,
which registers the heat in which a man
actually works and lives and swelters,
registers 140 degrees on days by no
means the hottest of the season. 1t is
the temperature of the tropics, which
vet does not induce the habits of the
tropics.
For we are a Northern race and we
cannot yet defy our descent. Centuries
long our ancestors dwelt comfortably in
cool, rain-soaked, leafy England; or they
manned their boats on the chill shores
of the North Sea and set their icy sails
with a fierce JOY in winter winds and
hostile skies, as constant foes to subdue;
or, wandering in the dark forests of
LeeSwick, they clothed themselves with
skins and woolenS for warmth and
fought and wrestled to set their blood
a-tingle.
Is it any wonder that we, children of
such fathers, droop when the mercury
marks ninety degrees in the shade, or
fall dead, struck by the fiery javelins of
the sun? To keep cool is not to insure
comfort alone; it is often to keep alive.
The first condition of GOODNESS is a
proper diet. The Esquimaux, MUNICH
ing his blubber, drinking oil with de-
light, seems to us a revolving animal.
But he is simply obeying Nature. She
SAYS to HIM, Z" Assimilate all the carbon
you can, lest you perish of cold" Here
she sets a different feast. With the
first languors of spring her salads and
earliest vegetables are ready. As the
DAYS 90 on, one crowds another, so pro-
fuse is she; and with the strong heats
of summer, her acid fruit tempts us to
eat. First come shy strawberries, hid
ing under sheltering leaves; then gems
of currants, strung double along their
stems; pulpy raspberries; amber goose
berries, bursting with why juice; and
while her rich black berries still bend
the thorny stalks, the fragrant grapes
cry "pluck met pluck men'
Cherries, apples, pears, plums,
peaches. shower themselves upon us.
adding beauty to excellence, to tempt
us away from butchers stall and confec-
Uioner' shop. Perhaps only Americans
who have lived much abroad and starved
for the fruit they wasted at home, can
appreciate fully the adaptation of this
food to our needs. Vegetable and fruit
from early spring to late autumn would
save us many fever, and keep us clear
headed, strong-hearted, cool-blooded.
If meet be used at all during this
period, it should be sparingly. And if
certain constitutions require it as sure
" certain others are far better without
it. All rich cakes, pastries and confec-
tons also supply the Objectionable car
bon, clog the system, and, as the phrase
is, are heating
1t goes without saying that bathing is
an important means of GOODNESS. The
freer the skin, the more liberal the ex-
erection. But we do not so readily re-
member that allowing a small stream of
cold water 10 run on the inside of the
wrists will lower the temperature of the
body severn egrees in a brief space.
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