St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-16

IdCc lJdSJ week l. NIOlC SOlnGNllDS ABOUT a
friend from Cuba and her admirable meth
DDS of
KEEPING TOLERABLY COOL
here in New Y ork. Beverages are an i'm
portant thing in her treatment. But they
are not alcoholic, bless you. She calls a
Degress and asks me what cooling drink ]
will have-tamarind water, cocoanut water
OF juice Of lines. She recommends tama-
rind water as the most wholesome and cool
ing, but when she adds there are plenty of
green cocoanuts fresh from Cuba, and kept
cool in the ice-boX, l am eager to drink
cOcoanut water. The duenna brings me a
glassful. 1t looks like water from a
pitcher that has had milk in it, but oh, how
delicious it is! How soft and rich and
sweet. Estella sips her tamarind water in
the other window, caroling at the same
time a Spanish drinking song that 1 cannot
understand, but which makes my very veins
tingle with pleasure.
Later, as we sprawl there in the window,
l have glass of the tamarind water. 1t,
too, is delicious. How well these tropical
folks understand how to keep cool and
comfortable in hot weather! These drinks.
she tells me, not only keep them cool, but
regulate the system so that they are healthy
and the blood is thinned and kept in good
condition. Why do we not learn the lesson
they teach? True, we can not all Of us get,
or all of us afford, green cocoanut milk; but
tamarinds are cheap, lines are plent--,
lemons will do as well, and the making Of
them is so simple no one needs to be told
how. The only question is whether you
like them sweet or acid, and that's mere
question of how much sugar you put in
Pretty soon
THE LUNCHEON BELL
i -. A.
l passed down stairs through the house l
noticed that every door and window was
open. and that everything was arranged for
cOolness. The hall floors were marble: the
bedroom floors were of hard wood. The
upholstered rockers, chairs and sofas had
been put away in the garret until winter
and in all the rooms these articles were all
of cool rattan. IN the dning-room stood a
table that l would like to have had photo
graphed. In the center rose mound of
vegetation, small palm, some coleus
plants and some cObwebby, hair-leaved
ferns. with few blossoms above the green.
y great bowl of oranges and grapes. a dish
of oyster omelette, a few thn-sliced sand
wchcs of potted grouse, and white bread in
another plate, kept the fruit company. The
colored man who stood behind Estella
with a fan-mOre for style than
of a light Spanish wine from pretty stone
fiagon. / could not help noticing how cool
ing the luncheon was designed to be- In
an American house l would have had beef
steak. greasy chops, or perhaps ham and
sausagcs.
IN the afternoon we enjoyed nap TO-
gether, dressed as we had been. on the
roof, she in Il hammock and l i'll her cot.
The canvass awning was drawn almost
completely over the roof, and the coolness
and bTeeZinesS there surprised me- The
little palms rustled Soothingly. the flowers
lent their perfume to the air, and the songs
OF the birds in the park came family on the
breeze. AT half-past o'clock we drove
through the park and upon the road, be-
ing permitted to take the place of
THE JELLY-LIKE DUENNA.
At dusk the father and brother came I'D
from down town, clad in suits of summer
twilled goods like thin duck, and all sat
down to a regular course dinner-another
meal especially designed TO meet the re-
auirements of the thermometer. First there
was Il thin, clear consomme soup. then
boiled fish, then roast chicken and lettuce
said. and after that ice cream, fruit. Neuf-
chatel cheese and small cups of coffee. Be-
fore the coffee and all through the meal a
light brand of claret was drank, every one
thinning his portion with seltzer water. In
the evening the gentlemen proposed cards,
and EStella entertained us then and after
ward with Spanish songs, some of which so
affected her father that he clapped his
hands, hummed the refrain or closed his
eyes and rocked to and fro as the magical
music rose and fell on the air.
At night, when diSrobed behind screen
on the roof l acknowledged to myself that
had never spent a pleasanter day. l was a
little disturbed at having to undress in the
opsn air, and could not help thinking that
perhaps there might be
SOMEBODY WITH A SPY-GLASs
somewhere around bat was not too fool
ish--only Il little So and undressing as