Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-08-20
Keeping S,ssl.

llenod IN Now YORK where ~
had most intense heat for IoH9 So
has the following for the ladieo: -
The familiar edmonton /" e.
cool goes deep. Il declares go "
mans mental and moral iune4iono ~
opscured BY anger or haste, vhiehoSo|
sudden flaws Of spiritual heat. e -
that only temperate pulse 10 eompo1nr
bio with good thinking and viso aoo1on.
The term hot-headed " implies ~
same limitation and reproach.
But in this rainless, ardent, brilliant
atmosphere Of ours, how are No 70 hoeA
the advice? The solar thermomeoee,
which registers tho heat IN vhieh 8
man actually works and lives and
swelters, registers 40 deg. o. dayu ~
no means the hottest Of The season. =
10 the temperature Of the tropics. vhioh
yet does not induce the habits a -
tropics.
For We are Q Northern race, ana We
can not yet defy our descent Oenturies
long our ancestors dwelt oomSoxoably
in cool, rain-soaked, leafy England: u
they manned their boats on 1ho eNn
shores Of the North 6sa. and ~ thois
10y sails with 2 fierce Joy II vis1GR
winds and hostile skies, = constant Ioos
TO subdue; or, wandering n the daek
forests Of Leesvick, they clothsd, Ghem-
selves With skins and woolens IA
warmth, and fought and vreGtled @ ~
their blosd a-tingle.
Il il any wonder that W, ehildren a
such fathers, droop when the mnruurv
marks 80 deg, in the shade, o. IN
dead. struck BY the heyy javelins II ~
sun? To keep cool . not % Insure
comfort alone; il il often 70 hep
alive.
The first condition Of coolneas y !
proper diet. The Esquimaux, nuneh-
ing his blubber, drinking Oh with a.
light, seems 10 N . revolving animal.
But he is simply obeying nature. She
says to him, I" Assimilate al the car
bon you can, lest you parish OF GOLD.
Here she sets q different feast. With
tho first lsnguors Of spring her salads
and earliest vegetables are ready. ~
the days 60 on, one crowds snpther. ~
proiuse il she; and with the strona
heats OF summer, her acid fruios tnmptS
us to eat. First come shy Strawberries
hiding under sheltering leaves: then
gems Of currants, strung donble aloaa
their stems: pulpy raspberries; alnboR
g0oseberries, bursting with why fuloo;
and while her great rich blackbegxi16
still bend the thorny STALKS, ~ ~
grant grapes cry "pluck mel plu0k
mel"
Cherries, apples, pears, plunss
peaches, shower themselves up0n -.
adding beauty to exccllence, % tempt
us away from butchers stall ana CO.
fectioner's shop. Perhaps only AmeRi.
cans who have lived much ahrood. anil
starved flor the fruit thsy wuntod q
home. can appreciate fully ~ s6ap1n
ton OF this food to our needs. Vs.
tables and fruit from early apsfnf ~
late autumn would save q naAy 4
fever, and keep us cleax- hssde1, 6ary
hearted, ccol- blooded.
II meat be used at Ill during N. \
period, IL should be gpaxinnlE 4
,casaAia aana tsons req uiEe is. - SON.
~ certain 9th era are IA bstEey ii
il. Ali rich cakes, paslris1 ~ - -
fections also supply the obiocli ou6 - II
carbon, clog tho systom. and. =
phrase ID, are "heatinR. =
Itgoes without saying tknt hathinN
is an important means Of c0s1neGSs W
freer the skin, the more liberal ~ ez1
creti0n. But We do MOI 70 xeadiIY -
member that allowing : small s1EuSm r. Il
cold water to run ON the inside 81 60
wrists will lower the temporaturo ~
the body several degrees IN ! bgieGa
space. The great blood-vesssIs thexo
receive the pleasant shock. and diGnse
IL TO the remotest point in the intrieate
network Of veins and nerves.
OF course loose dressing Of the neck
and wrists is essential to c0olneso. Soft 7
ruflles are better than stid linen, vhioh
often binds like . bandage. Undsr-
garments should be made ii one. II
possible, to equalize the covering o. 10
body.
Doubtless we invite those = Aushes
Of hest," which at6 most gxieyous ~
endure, by our own heedleaGnees. We
60 ont when BY good management ~
might stay in. We walk when By con-
trivance we might ride. And 70 move
ct the same pace that We kesp q rid
winter, when the cir il crisp With
oxygen. and motion II daliehk "
do not even cross the streee - -
shady side, thinking Il too muoh
trouble il we have not far 70 90.
But il we have tropical e0nditionn.
We must, to some extent, adcpt hopi-
cal habits or perish in the atesmpt -
adapt our polar instincts 10 our eqnar
torial state. Il il mot laxiness, i r
wisdom, to tighten summer work -
much a. possible. 10 do what musa b
done early or late. but not, when +
can be avoided. ct midday, 70 saantee
where We are prone to rnsh, and -
rest whenever We can. With truH :
bath-tub. an umbrella, . Tan, ard
judgment, life may be made sndurahlo
in the summer solstice, even on No
fortieth parallel Of north latitude, md
in the incorporate zone.
Two brutal fellows, named Ryan and
Goss, pounded each other nearly 70
death yesterday in ravine in West
Virginia. The performance Was called
n nrixe.fiphk. and RYAN. being xnthGr