Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
HINTS FOR HOT WEATHER.
Dress and Drink During the Warm ses-
son-Bewars OF Iced Water,

son-Bewsrs Of Iced Water.
Cleanliness is next to godli-
ness, and in this hot weather, when you
are overcome mentally and physically,
the very best thing to bring you back to
normal status Is cold water plenty of it,
fresh linen and continuous care for the
externals, as well as the internalities A
dirty face and an unshaven beard are to
me like soiled collar, or rumpled shirt
front, or unpublished shoes. Start right in
the morning, close right at night, and half
the battle is won. 1t is difficult for many
to determine just what to wear in such q
constantly shifting temperature as we
have here, but it seems to me that the
change in clothing should be your outer
apparel rather than your underware.
If, for instance a cold rain comes up, a
thicker suit of clothing should be put on. II
dog-day overtakes you, gossamer Is the
only wear. l have for many years found
flannel or serge the most comfortable and
healthful apparel.
Frequent changes of underwear are de-
sirable. have for years found that silk
is the warmest for winter and gauze for
summer. Many of you suffer with your
feet in this weather. The hot pavements
blister them. Well, that is your own
fault. l wear In summer exactly as / do
in winter, not quite SO heavy, cork-soled
shoes. The consequence is that the rain
never penetrates nor does the heat affect
my feet. Perfect comfort and GOODNESS
are attained by the wearing of cork-soled
shoes. 1t is a mistake, also, to go in days
like these with the fashionable high-cut
vest Your waistcoat is your warmest
garment. 1t hugs you closer than a
brother. Lay it off and you catch cold in
your stomach or bowels, and then, If you
are built as / am, hades begins and heaven
is a long way off. A vest for such weather
as this should have three buttons only,
and be very low cut, exposing well-laun-
dered, well-built shirt, which not only
looks well, but is cool, inviting TO the eye
and comfortable to the body
Always carry an umbrella. If it rains
there you are, don't you know, and If the
sun comes down and you are idiOtic
enough to be out in it, protect what head
you have with intervening shade. How
many sunstrokes have been saved in my
particular case by the intervention of my
parachute friend it would be difficult to
determine. Drinking is matter of habit
Some drink tea, some coffee, some water
some lemonade, some beer, some claret,
some whisky and champagne. l am
always surprised when l see q man
fill his stomach the first thing in the
morning with glass of iced water. The
ordinary stomach is tired anyhow, and
when yawring, listless, it wakes with the
rest of the system, it feels like stretching
and resting, folding its hands for a little
more sleep and a little, more slumber, just
the same as the rest of us feel
What, then, must be its surprise to have
thrust into it, through no agency of it's
own, it the unwilling receptacle, torrent
of its deadliest enemy, iced water. Hav-
ing swallowed glass of iced water the
ordinary iGiot thrusts into the same stom-
ach his oatmeal, his berries, his beef steak
and potatoes and his hot roll, and wonders
that he feels heavy.
What ought to be taken?
Well, If you must do anything sip a
tumbler of boiling water. The languid
stomach is then surprised by a friendly
shoulder at it's wheel The hot water
soon makes friends with the gastric juice,
and by the time you are ready to thrust
the meal, and the steak and the rest of 1t
into yourself, the stomach stands like a
base ball catcher on the field with hands
outstretched ready for the coming.-Joe
Howard in Boston Globe.