Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-13
H0T-WEATHER HINTS
some SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW
TokEep COOL, HEALTHFul,
AND CHEERFUL.
Or. Parker's views About Bathing and
Eating Rev. DIR. Cooper Opposes
Ice Drinks aud Alcohol


10 a very meagre extent. Asecondary co"-
sideration. though really of mucn greater
Importance, was how 10 keep ones system
IN healthful state.
After the refreshing shower OF Wednes;
day afternoon, which purihed ire ar anu
caused the mercury 70 plunge downw9ru'
the atmosphere was much more hSreonoae'
and from the standpoint OF DooiN com
fort the etav-at-home class had no cause 70
envy the thousands who are willing away
the summer hours in the mountains, az the
sprinrs. or by the sandy seashore. III mas
been ahundautly cool, and Nght-welght
blankets have been found useiul 10 the
sleeper. -.
warmer. and il is feared another torrld
wave is approaching. though IT VIII per
hans not be 40 intense as that OF rev
davs AGO. With view TO giving our
readers some good advice to be followeu
in the heated period representative Oh
the Disp0ici, yesterday sought rom pIstct.-
cal gentlemen some hints Tor hot weather.
how to keep cool. healthiul. and cheeriui'
DE-. ". w. Parker's Views.
"I shall speak only Of bathing ana eat.
Ing replied Or. W. W. f9rker Wheh Illet
or Main street and asked for his views
bearing on these topics. gave you last
w.. y he continued "a letter on the
.Vsine If n smile and hence need not
speak Of 'cheeriulness' and hrst OF
~ was at the Point ten days ago and wit-
messed the bad effects OF excessive bathing
en- nurnberlcss cases. People. Young ana
Old. unaccustomcd to water. would remain
In from one % two hours, and would come
ont With pale lips and chattering teeth and
saw il was "splcndid.' The blood having
been driven from the skin, and expec'aily
from the cxtremities. could so nowhere else
but TO the stomach, lungs, ana braih' ai
highly vascular organs. and hence ioiloWed
lassitude, sleepiness, and great iatlsue-
anu also the Juleps, good but dangerous
remedy sometimes. ,.;.,,,, ,
NJ $50 o'clock ! found that they were
willing and Of their own accord generally
came out of the water IN hiteen 70 twenty
minutes. while at the midday bath. where
there were fifty or a hundred girls and
bows. they would remain IN one TO Two
hours. This Of course was due 70 the
crowd and the excitement. remember thet
some wears ago some people IN boston gOi
II into their heads that If bathing was gOod
the more of il the better, so Win soap anu
towel 1T home they scrubbed themselves
three times day, TO find In short tfne
that their skins became ms dry az parcn-
ment. OIL is an important thing IN az
machinery. man not excepted. 10 speak
in general think from five 10 ten minutes
H long enough for most people to remain
il the water, especially Tor those hoV az
custoned to bathing. Use ls second
nature" Man may become aquatic almost
ID very hot climates"
TINT Ioh BATHING.
Speaking of the time for bathing. DR..
Parker said: The best time - evident
IL before breakfast. Then the stomach
Is empty. the blood generally well
distributed Owe: the body. For al
hour or two after eating large guam
titles of blood are necessary 10 carry on
stomach digestion. and the eNtremiues are
consequently badly supplied with blood
and are soon chilled by the water, and the
bran and lungs as well as the stomach aro
In danger of too much blood as bad rs too
little. and often to elderly people far more
dangerous. Tho good effects OF proper
bathing In hot wather is very manifest. IL
rar1ies of tho excessive heat of the body
In a few minutes. The smith dips his red
hot iron in the water for moment and IL
is cooled so il Is not necessary that the
man with his temperature at 90 or 30 should
stav in the water an hour 10 get cool
i find that a bath Of ten or fifteen minutes
is followed by a most vigorous reaction, IN
which all the organs are toned up ana
stimulated feel like taking walk, and
especially il hunger rapidly induced. II
bathe at / must breakfast at Z. Can't
wait till y. nv ordinary breakfast hour.
The lethagy induced by sleep-the move
ments of the heart and lungs being
slower than when awake-is al once dlssi-
mated and the nervous system shocked
Nv this sudden assault upon her ten thou
sand sensitive branches, sends. the
blood flying 10 every organ OF the body.
Friction with o coarse towel IL very I'M
pOrtant in fastening tins reaction and
making il permanent. Persons who ind
IL impossible with this help to regain q
comfortable warmth should not take cold
bath OF all. especially If advanced IN life or
OF weak lungs"
EATING.
81 have said so much about bathing"
continued the Doctor, that have
little space left for eating and would
prefer 10 put IL in a separate article,
especially as long ones are not often read.
intended TO call your readers attention
10 the admirable address OF DIR. Iandrum
on the Fourth. fear its length deferred
many from reading 1t. by the way, ms
brief summary Of the blessings of the
Sabbath day" / shall preserve. But to the
subject.
In Richmond many families for rea-
Sons not necessary to mention, find II
most convenient 10 dine at 3 u. Nj.
II is generally before thew rise from din
ner. This Is by far, as rule the heartlest
meal. i read Sir James Johnson's book
thirty wears ago, when II was very good
authority ON this subject. Long obserya-
ton makes IL good now. He taught that
between meals there should be six hours
that il required about three hours TO d.
eest n meal and the stomach should have
three hours rest. IL Is true the heart and
lungs never rest, but they are not subject to
daily congestion like the stomach; indeed
1t would be fatal 10 them. Alter three
hours OF hard work the stomach needs
rest. How much do our Richmond friends
give il. Not moment. Most people take
tea at 7 or 7:S0 end part of the dinner IL
still in the stomach. Some articles OF food
ore not digested in less than four hours.
IL has been nv rule for forty years not TO
take my tea til 9 or 10 o'clock at night.
ONLY EAT WHEN HUNGRY.
"No nan in heath should eat till he is
hungry. There will not be one man hun
gry tonight at o'clock IN this city who
ate his dinner az 4. and vet thousands viii
force INTO their stomachs meal that IS
positively not asked for by the stomach
and that Will certainly do harm to that
organ and the system generally. There Is
no sense or reason IN this custom. j have
talked 20 hundreds OF people here on this
subject and have vet TO hear one sensible
idea IN it's defence, but the :" bell rings and
/ go down and take a couple OF glasses of
Gold tea or milk and two slices of bread.
really dent want It," This is the universal
confession. Ii YOU will wait till 9 or 10
p. NJ you will relish this light meal
and may retire at IL or IL without
discomfort or danger. Thousands and
tons of thousands die annually IN this
country from oyereating-as many, IN my
opinion. as die from whiskey. 1t NAV not
always be directly, but lust as certainly
indirectly. The sins against the body VIII
as certainly find YOU out" as sins against
the soul. Men should not not eat between
meals The child may eat every four hours
OF the day. am now speaking of people
IN health. Some dyspeptics should take
little food every three hours.
MEAT.
"ln bot weather we need no meat. OF next
bnone. Ny little boy said to me once
! must eat meat because | want to be
strong / replied, DO you want TO be
stronger thar the horse? He lives on corn
meal and hay
Lot parents help their children TO avery
small piece of meat once q day, and econo-
NV and health will follow. l am very sure
that the average American eats upoe times