The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
HOW TO LIVE IN SUMNER.
some:Judicious Advice from an Authority

approving Of light woolens. For women,
nothing is sweeter in summer than
linen dress it is pity we do not pat
ronize linens more for adults; Tor
children, cottons for workingmen,
worsteds. The heavy suits OF men are
weighing them down in summer, ana
clothes of serge are far preferable TO
those of thick wooden cloth. Very thin
silk is cool wear. The heavily laden
skirts of women impede the free action
of movement much, and should be SIM
plifed as much as possible for summer.
| So also the headgear.
Infants, if at all delicate, should not
be allowed to go with bare feet; it often
produces diarrhea, and they sboult
always wear hannel band round the
stomach. Another important matter is
the changing of night and day linen
among the poorer classes. It is terrible
to think that workingman should lie
down in the shirt in which he has per-
spired all day at his hot work. Let men
accustom themselves to good washes
every evening before they sit down to
their meals, and to changes at night,
that they may take up dry shirt whom
going to their hard days work.
| iIGQutbU tllhlSOS VI IJlASh ~ oDoO
lutelv ecessary-anyhow, a night and
day change. This change alone would
help to stay mortality among children,
if accompanied with other healthy
measures, such as sponging the body
with q little salt and water. Where
tenements are very close wet sheets
placed against walls will aid to revivify
the air and absorb be- vapor il rooms.
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boys hair may be cropped, and girls
hair so arranged 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 serviceable dress is
that which allows air to pass freely
around your limbs and stops neither the
evaporation Of the body nor the circula-
ton of the refreshing atmosphere. In
summer you must breathe freely and
lightly; you cannot 90 so with your
stomach full of undigested food, your
blood full of overheated alcohol, your
lungs full of vitiated air, your smell
disguised with n&useous scents, your
system unable to carry out the natural
process OF digestion. All the sanitary
arrangements in the world will do no
good if we eat and drink in such
, fashion that we are constantly putting
{ on fuel where it is not needed, and stuff
ing up our bodily draught, as we would
that Of heating appliance. Our ig-
norance and our bad habits spoil the
, summer, that delightful season of the
r year--nothing else.
: Activity, rest and recreation are
, weighty matters in influencing our
. health in summer. We are not so we'll
D inclined for activity, and yet nothing
Y will so much assist US Us healthy en-
: ployment of our energies, without over
f exertion. Pity those who must exert
/ themselves to the utmost in this horrid
{ weather, and feel gratifed if you need
@ only moderately use your strength.
o Activity keeps the system going, the
). blood in healthy circulation, the di. est
e i've process fee from costiveness, the
+ skin open for evaporation, and prevents
q all clogging of the machine. Ii not
d forced to work in some way or other
e be active anyhow; occupy your mind
G and exercise your limbs. Stagnation
e Will bring about lethargy and allow the
Is atmosphere greater influence upon
IS you.
o On the other hand, full rest is as
necessary. Tho exhausted frame wants
more recuperation, the brain less strain
the system more gentle treatment
ae Things look often darker in ho
:. weather; heat weighs upon the uppel
e portion OF the head. communicating it
Is self to the peTceptive powers, and in
) fuences the senses. We see pictures
IS before us, and fancy we have not tn,
IS power to combat difficulties. 1t is sale
that more suicides are committed il
lie hot than cold weather. A health,
of sleep in this hot season is worth
!" great deal to us; Try to court it, an'
it never play with your life and health b.
le willfully neglecting it.
8, And what shall we say of that precious
in and, as yet, so little understood phas
We of life, our recreation? If there is on
le thing mere than another to be encou
es ragged in summer, it is reasonable recrt
Sc alton that exercise between body an
at mind which brings about harmon
We between both that periodical abstain
be ing from incessant labor which render
Id us fresher for il that intercourse wit
to beautiful Mother Earth which leads I
i'd to value natural aspirations.
l., Never pass day In summer withou
70 some calm half-hour for quiet and enjo,
II, ment life has only so many years, an
h. during their space we should live, M
ry yegetate. The time will come Whe
he sanitary measures and means for enjo,
al ing a higher phase of life will be though
be OF more than laying up things that rus
he We cannot here enter upon the meal
d, ing of recreation in q wider sense bl
is it is not recreation TO rush out of tow
and stop at some place to drink be,
and smoke all the time ; it is not recr
alton to push on in crowds for excit
* ment out of doors it is not recreatiC
nd 10 overhead yourself and feel mo
he fatigued the day after than the di
ne before. For recreation you want leisuI
Id moderate movement, happy thought
hy kindly company, some pleasant tai
me cheerful music, refreshing food al
ac- drink, and, above all, a thankful hes
DO that you are able to enjoy these tn
oi no one could say That such recreati
nd would be against the highest religio
hg rules of living. Food, drink, dwelliu
re, clothing, activity, rest and recreatiC
ihd all are modified by the social circu
'ss- stances under which we are living
oi- Food and Health.
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ry, M. J. 3. Humbry of New Hope, '
Led graduate of the Staunton institute
on, the blind, was born blind, but has bt