The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-15
FaFnSGarden.
mew To LIVE IN SIMMER.


1t IS as yet a point of dispute.
whether cotton stufTs are the best
wear, many approving of light wool.
lens. For women nothing is sweeter
in summer taan linen dress 1t Is
q pity we do not patrorize linen more
for adults dor children cottons for
workingmen worSteds. The heavy
suits Of linen are Weighing them down
in summer. aud clothes of serge are
far preferable to those Of thick wool
len cloth. Very thin silk Is cool
wear. The heavy laden skirts OF
women impede the FREQ action of wo-
men much, and should be simplified
as much as possible for summer. So
also the head gear.
5 Infants, il at all delicate, should
not be allowed to so with bare feet /;
it often produces diarrhoea, aud they
should always wear flannel band
round the stomach. Another inl-
portant matter is the changing OF
night and day linen among the poor
er classes. 1t is a terrible thing to
think that a workingman should lie
down in the shirt in which he has
perspired all day ut his hot work.
Let them acclstom themselves to
good washes every evening before
they sit down to their meals, aud to
changes at night, that they may take
up dry shirt when going to their
hard days work.
Frequent change OF linen Is abSo-
lutely neeesSary-anyhow u night
and day change. Tnis change alone
would help to stay mortality among
childrenTif accompanied with other
healthy measures, such as sponging
the body with little salt and water.
Where tenements are very close, wet
sheets placed against walls will aid
to revlvify the air and absorb bad va
por in rooms. All children's hair
should be cut short boys hair May
be cropped, and girls hair SO ar
ranged by nets or plaits that air passes
freely round the neck.
Light head coverings are essential
in summer, for the head must be
kept cool. The most serviceabIe
dress is that which allows air TO pass
freely around your limbs and stops
neither the evaporation of the body
ner the circulation of the refreshing
atmosphere. In summer you must
breathe freely and lightly you can
not do so with your stomach full OF
undigeed feod, your blood full of
oyerkeaung alcohol, your lungs full
Of vitIafed air, your smell disguised
with nauseozs scents, your SYSTEM
unable to carry out the natural pro-
cess OF digestion. All the sanitary
arrangements in the world will do
no COED, il we eat and drink in such
fashion that we are constantly put
ting on fuel where it is not needed,
and stufIng up our bodily Jraught
as we would that of heating appli-
ance. Our ignorance and our bad
habits spoil the summer, that de-
lightful season OF the year, aud moth
ing else.
Activity, rest and recreation are
weighty matters in influencing our
health in summer. We are not so
well inclined for activity, and yet
nothing will so much assist us as q
healthy employment Of our energies,
without over-exertion. Pity those
who must exert themselves TO the
utmost in this torrid weather, and
feel gratified if you need only mod
erately use your strength.
s Activity keeps the system going, the
blood in healthy circulation, the diges-
tive process free from eostiveness, the
skin openfor evaporation, and prevents
all cloggiDg of the machine. Ifnot
forced 70 work in some way or other
be active anyhow; occupy yeur mind
and exercise your limbs. Stagnation
will bring about lethargy and allow
the atmosphere a greater influence
upon you.
On the other hand, full rest il As
necessary. The exhausted frame
wants more recuperatiOn, the brain
less strain, the system more gentle
treatment. Things look often darker
In hot weather; heat weighs upon
the upper portion of the head, COM
municates itself to the perceptive
faculties, and influences the senses.
Ne see pictures before US and fam
cy we have not the power to combat
J difficulties. 1t is said that more sui
cides are committed in hot than cold
weather. 4 healthy sleeep in this
bot weather is worth great deal TO
try to court it, and never play
with your life and health by wilfully
nSgleeting it.
And what shall we say OF thu pre-
ci0us, and, as yet, little understood
phase OF our life, our recreation i: II
there is one thing more than another
to be encouraged in summer it is rea.
sonable recreation that exercise Le-
tween body and mind which brings
about harmony between both; that
periodical abstaiaing from incessant
labor, which renders Us fresher for
1t that intercourse with beautiful
Mother Earth, which lead. Us To VAL
ne natural aspirations.
Never pass day in summer with
out some calm half hour for quiet
and enjoyment life has only 20
many years, and during their space
We should live, not vegetate. The
time will come when sanitary meas.
ures and means for enjoying higher
phase OF life will be thought of more
G-than laying up things that rust.
V6eann0t here enter upon the
meaning of recreation in 4 wider
sense bat it is not recreation TO
rush out of town and stop at some
place to drink beer and smoke all the
time It is not recreation to push on
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