The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
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Ihcro are many ptAbplc WHO would re.
gard any advice as to how to be COM
Portable in warm weather a. altogether
linapplicable to themselves. The men
who work. for instance. in the glare and
lleat of furnaces and handle molten
metal, or those whose occupation com-
pels them to use much physical excr-
ton in the hot sun or elsewhere, are
no, prepared to appreciate anything like
putting fine points on the art at keep
ing cool. They wossld b inclined 10
treat as ironical all instruction ~ to the
advantages OF light diet and the alb
staining from vigorous exercise. The
cook in the kitchen is nat prepared to
accept theoretical views ON the subject;
neither il the ironer Of clothes. There
are doubtless practicable methods which
even these people can probably follow
AMI find comfort in. but the considers
| lion of their cases is rather adiscOurag-
inc occupation. and will he omitted for
| the present.
There is u very large class of people
WHO IRE not compelled vigorously to
exer: themselves in warm wesaher. or
10 >ubicc. themselves To the i6fimenee of
furnace or other fires. Their Mcupa-
tons may he more or less sc,iantary. or
they may have none 1T all. These peep
pie usually manifest u desire to keep
| cool. Their actions Indicate that they
| dislike heat, and there is no reason to
| doubt their sincerity. But tie fact is
that the individuals who appear to be
| the most interested in keeping cool are
the very ones vino Systematically pur-
sue courses which are calculated to de-
feat their object. Tacre 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
choosin" desirable spots on, Of doors
| with reference to the condition of the
atmosphere. But otherwise there is no
| lodging the facts of the thermometer.
There is IN utimatum ut Il certain
! point which must be accepted, unless.
of course, some such extraordinary plan
is adopted Is 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
| /. is wonderful what range of temper
| ature the exercise of good sense in this
| respect represents. The man who
| works himself up into a violent perspra-
ton by energetically and clumsily fan
ning himself-and there are many such
49, is an illustration of the general misdi-
| OIL inI, ic tn, 1a tal
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. Ho
finds temporary relief in fgurativcly
| swallowing fire in capsules of ice. and
iabors under the fond hallGcnation that
the ice must be seasoned with fire to be
good for anything. Great numbers of
| people who go to watering places hab-
ilually make steamboats, out of them
| selves in this way. Striyers after COM
| fort are also in the habit OF indul0ing
freely in the palatable solids. and de-
feating themselves. The person who
eais 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 q great deal in this idea of
surrender. Considerations of personal
appearance other than cleanliness, and
Il reasonable regard for mOdesty, should
he sacrificed. The man vino begins TO
worry about his collar is lost He
should abjure standing ones, and let
.hc others take !he consequences. As
to wearing them. or certain other ar
tic.eS. ut all. he must ne 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 10 approach.
Morality is = great enemy to caloric.
il is better than IN 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 u perpetual breeze.
Availability, the utter absence of animos-
ity. are but parts of the cooling intlu-
ences of morality. Anger and irritation
are almost synonyms for warmth. En-
citement is but kind of blaZ.. 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 us far rs practicable. - 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.