The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-03
SUMNER.

| At last summer is here, and it hal
seemingly come to stay. The alma
nae makers have persistently anG
emphatically declared that the past
three months were spring; but like
scientific persons in other directions
the makers Of almanacs are liable &c
mistakes. We have bad no spring
that is to say, we have had no three
months of spring, now and then
there was a day suggestive Of the
season, but March, April and May
devoted themselves chiefly to taper
ing off long and severe winter. And
now summer has dropped down
upon us all of a sudden, coming
On time, however dilatory
or forgetful spring may have
bsen. Less than ten days ago
there was severe frost throughout
the northwestern States, and a
painful suggestion of one In different
sections of Utah, but whatever
pranks are played with the Their
mometer during the coming three or
four months will have no c0nnec-
ton with the cold. Sol is king now,
and from this time forth he will zee
that one class of citizens, like Fail
staff, will lard the lean earth as they
walk, and another class, like Sidney
Smith, will long to take off their
flesh and sit and cool in their bones.
This anatomical feat cannot be per-
formed, except by the few skeleton
men who are travelling about as
side shows for the circus or enjoying
themselves in dime museums; the
masses must content them.
selves with other means of
relief; and for them the beet thing
is to adopt clothing, food and habits
adapted to the summer. AS to cloth
Ing, there isn't much trouble; the
animal, man, when the mercury
runs up into the eighties 80 it ia
doing now, naturally clothes him.
self in linen and straw, and imagines
himself light and airy, no matter
what the temperature. AS to food
the matter is different, and most of
the troubles and ills Of summer
come from eating. Frost and cold
spread themselves over 80 much of
the year that the craving for rich
and substantial food which should
be eaten only during cold weather,
extends itself through the summer.
The diet which is very proper
and altogether right in
winter, is a severe burden
a. d tax on the system in summer,
and gives rise to all sorts of stom-
achic ills and bodily infirmities.
Meat in large quantities. rich pastry,
deliberately made dishes, and that
great American staple, the omni-
present pie, ought to be largely dis
pensed with until next October, and
their place taken by fruits and vege-
tables. The diet should be changed
Just as much as the dress, and if this
were done the result would tie found
even more conducive to comfort
and health. It is also important if
we would have good health, that
we take things more easily and com.
fOrtably in the heated. term. You
ought not to drive and hurry and
hustle ia winter, but you may do 60;
in summer, you cannot with any
degree OF safety, hence don't try.
The thermometer is one thing in
this world that you cannot success.
fully fight, and there is no use or
sense in trying it.
Summer being here keep as cool
as possible; don't get in hurry, and
if you can't be comfortable and
healthy, you will approach nearer
to that Happy state than if you defy
the elements and the system.