Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-04
HOT NVEArmEtiCAEns.
BY CHRISTINE rERHuxE HERHGcK

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When the thermometer stands at zero,
or below It, when the pipes freeze, and
protect doors and windows with weather
strips as best one may, the blizzard mar
ages to ind au entrance, there are few
people who do not sigh tor the mldeG days
and think and speak longingly OF the sum
mer months, when coal and gas bills are
reduced to minimum ana the plumbers
hours of money getting are curtailed
But TO the mistress OF nome the trials Of
housekeeping are no less numerous ana
wearing in hot weather than i'm cold
weather, although possibly somewhatless
aggressive IN tueir dIsagreeableness. II
there 10 no snow to be cleaned from the
deWaiks. the accumulatIOns of dusj
are nearly as unpleasant, and have the
bad quality OF making their way into the
house during the necessary opening Of
doors and windows, while the snow was
at least, clean. The dirt tracked over
floors and carpets is quUe as offensive as
were the wet and muddy footprints against
which war was waged all winter. The
plague of flies also demands perpetual
vigilance If one would not be over
wheimed with them, while the minor an
nOyauces of mosquitoes, wasps and June
bugs do their part in making up the sum
of discomfort.
In the kitchen, too, work is no lighter
than IN the trigd season. 1t is question
| that is difficult to answer, whether the
! agony of finding on sunday morning that
| the freezing Of the hot water pipes in an
! inaccessible spot Will make the Mondays
| washing run on into the middle OF the
week il not edualed by the discovery thai
! the melting OF the ice in the refrigerator
| during a hot wave has caused the hope
ta1 a "A pf nd
| whether the pleasure OF being delivered
| from frozen blasts that sweep under the
| Kitchen door is not counter balanced by
| the turrid heat OF the stove on july
morning, when cake or pastry making is
| in progress?
Weighing the comparative dement's OF
! the seasons, IL Is hard to say which would
kick the beam. Eacn seems worse while
in existence, but the dscOmforts OF hot
weather are perhaps less expensive and
more readily subdUed than are those Of
winter. Even the strictest care is Occa-
| siunally inadequate to preserve apart
| ments tOlera5ly warm, and il is some
! times equally impossible to prevent burst
| ing pipes and IA consequent water famine.
! In summer, on the contrary, with care
and torethougbt, there is no need OF any
such active sources Of distress, while the
! lesser Ills can to a great extent De amelio-
rated. Constant attention may be re-
warded by results that, although uuuO-
Jiceabie to the casual observer, would
vet be painfully apparent were they neg
! lected.
The chief warm weather enemy to
! hOusekeepers peace OF mind and body is
indisputably the fly. Many eXpedents
have been devised for getting rad of this
! pest, but none OF them prove entirely sue
cessul. The method that acts to a charm
in one case seems TO be wholly useless in
another. There has been great deal said
| against those ussy women who consume
| their own strength and the patience Of
| others in the fruiticss eudeaVOr to fight
the buzzing nuisances, but when one CON
siders the damage the little wretches
| manage TO achieve even IN short time
| the wonder arises that people bear the in
! Fiction W tn any degree OF meekness. The
! entomolOGIst W no breaches the benefits
| conferred by these natural ottal 9atherers
il heard with small complaisance by the
woman whose curtains, mirrors and turnI-
tuve are Dtspecked, her food coatam-
mated and her temper injured by the
ravages of these same scaYengers. AL
! though no perfect mode has ever been in
vented by which the fly can be thoroughly
disposed OF, there are vet a few general
| rules by which some relief from its pre-
sence may he obtained. The early morn.
| ing is the time ia which TO begin the bat
and vigorous onslaught made upon the
! invaders they Will most OF them Yield to
| be driven INFO he open AIR. The best
weapon OF attack is a ly brush made Of
! strips of stout brown paper attached to
/ the enc Of stick long enough go enable
the wielder thereof TO dlelodge The
| lurking pests from corners and out-ot-the-
| way hooks where they have hidden them
selves. They display great iugsuultr in
| the choice Of cOYcrt-, and often require
! repeated brushings before they consent To
| be Oustcd. W hen the majority have been
! elected shut the blinds, put the wire
screens into all the windows save one,
and make couple more rounds OF the
room in the taal Mort to drive outthe last
lingerers. When this opening is closed
| and the last hope oil escape shut or, there
Is generally sml opportunity 10 work
/ destruction by means OF skilliully aimed
/ blows Of a damp towel, acting on the old
/ DOnnybrOOk Fair principle, "MbereYer
! you zee head hit!' The day BEGUN by
/ such heroic measures is apt 10 be spent in
| comparative comfort IT care il taken to
! keep the door and wiudOW screens in
! place and the room not too light.
Another and perhaps more eilectual man
ner OF dealing with this bad subject is by
! means Of the ordinary insect powder. II
! the last thing at night the air OF room is
thoroughly hlled with THIS by the use ofthe
| little blow guns which come for the pur-
| pose, aud the apartment is then left shut
up closely until morning, the floor will be
found strewed with heaps OF dead or torpid
dies, VINO can be brushed up and rec. I'VE
final quietus in the stove. THIS plan
} serves cNcellently ia q kitchen or any
room possessing a hard floor, but 10 is, Of
course, out Of the question in a bedroom,
and it's pursuance anywhere necessItates
a thorough sweeping OF the floor and q
wiping OF OF all furniture, ornaments,
! etc. unless they have been carefully