The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-09-13
Summer Philosophy.

| cuTm6r IHuoSOpny.
There are many people who would re-
| gard any advice as to how to be COM
| Portable IN warm weather as altogether
inapplicable to themselves. The men
who work, for instance, in the glare and
| heat of furnaces and handle molten
metal, or those whose occupation COM
pels them to use much physical exer-
| ton in the hot sun or elsewhere, are
not prepared to appreciate anything like
putting fine points on the art of keep
| ing cool. They would be inclined to
treat as ironical all instruction as to the
advantages of light diet and the alb
| staining from vigorous exercise. The
cook in the kitchen is not prepared to
accept theoretical views on the subject;
| neither is the ironer of clothes. There
are doubtless practicable methods which
even these people can protitably follow
and find comfort in, but the considera-
| tion of their cases is rather discourag-
| ing occupation, and will be omitted for
the present.
There is very large class of people
who are not compelled vigorously to
| exert themselves in warm weather, or
TO subject themselves to the influence of
| furnace or other fires. Their occupa-
tions may be more or less sedentary, or
| they may have none at all. These peo-
| pie usually manifest desire to keep
cool. Their actions indicate that they
dislike heat, and there is no reason to
doubt their sincerity. But the fact is
that the individuals who appear to be
the most interested in keeping cool are
the very ones who systematically pur-
sue courses which are calculated to de-
feat their object. There are certain
principles relating to the opening and
| closing of shutters and windows known
to good housewives, the carrying out of
which has an important influence upon
the temperature within doors. and there
is room for the exercise of wisdom in
choosing desirable spots out of doors
with reference to the condition of 5he
| atmosphere. But otherwise there is no
lodging the facts of the thermometer.
There is an ultimatum at a certain
point which must be accepted, unless,
of course, some such extraordinary plan
is adopted as seeking cellars or ice
houses, or making use of cooling ma
chimes.
When the ultimatum as to outward
conditions is reached the only source of
| further relief comes from within the
understanding of the individual. But
it is wonderful what range of temper
ature the exercise of good sense in this
| respect represents. The man who
works himself up into violent perspira-
ton by energetically and clumsily fan
ming himself-and there are many such
lis an illustration of the general misdi-
rection of effort which is to be avoided.
The most reliable rule to follow in the
premises is rather to refrain from doing
things to keep comfortable than to do
them. One great resource of the bar
barian worker after comfort in warm
weather is to drink all sorts of things
especially something which has alco-
| hol in it in one shape or another. He
finds temporary relief in figuratively
swallowing fire in capsules of ice, and
labors under the fond hallucination that
| the Ice IuuSt be seasoned with fire To he
good for anything. Great numbers of
people who 60 to watering places hab-
| itually make steamboats, out of them
selves in this way. Strivers after COM
fort are also in the habit of indulging
freely in the palatable solids, and de-
feating themselves. The person who
eats hearty breakfast in warm weather
is simply firing up for the day. Modera-
ton is the great thing. The Quakers,
it is said, are always cool. A fatal pol
| icy is one which keeps the state of the
weather constantly in the mind. No
one can keep cool who is always fussing
about the heat There should be per-
feet surrender, and then all the allevia-
ton that comes is clear gain. Worry is
but one of the forms of heat, and the
fact is definitely established in the COR
relation of forces.
There is a great deal in this idea of
surrender Considerations of personal
appearance other than cleanliness, and
a reasonable regard for modesty, should
be sacrificed. The man who begins to
worry about his collar is lost. He
| should abjure standing ones, and let
the others take the consequences. As
to wearing them, or certain other ar
ticles, at all, he must be governed by
his environment With respect to fe-
male apparel we are not qualified to
speak. There are some mysteries too
deep even for philosophy to approach.
Morality is great enemy to caloric.-
1t is better than an ice chest. The idea
of sin has long been connected with that
OF intense heat, and there is no telling
that the foundations of the biblical ideas
IN this regard are not laid In depths of
science yet to be understood. A clear
conscience is like perpetual breeze.
Amiability, the utter absence of animos-
ity, are but parts of the cooling influ.
ences of morality. Anger and irritation
are almost synonyms for warmth. Ex-
citement is but kind of blaze The
connection between the physical and
metaphysical forms of heat is closer
than most people suppose. An exhaus-
tive enumeration of the elements which
contribute toward comfort in warm
weather should include all the virtues,
with the possible exception of industry,
and moderate amount of that is prob
ably needed. Those who feel discour.
aged in regard to taking the whole pre-.
scription will find it profitable to adopt
it as far as practicable. = st. Louis
GLobe-Denaocrat
a Frank Country Landlord.
"Did you make much money here