Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-20
ONE WAY TO KEEP COOL.
Work Hard and You Won't Think Of the
Weather.

Work Hard and You Won't Think of the
Weather.
IT WAS A REMARK THAT IS WORTH
Il bordering over that was made by distin-
guished Washingtonian to a writer for The
STAR the other day. he said that the summer
when he had felt the heat the least was the one
he had spent in Washington, when he had
worked harder than he had ever done before or
has ever done since.
Here, then, is a new receipt for keeping COOL
work hard. But how is that? As a general
thing the world thinks it is coolest when it is
loafing, lying in hammocks, reclining on
porches and all that sort of thing. Well, it is.
according to the gentleman quoted, all a mis-
take. He says that a thoroughly busy man
Interested In his work forgets all about the
temperature and as he does not know that he
Is warm, he Is consequently to all intents and
purposes cool.
THE COOLEST DRINK.
The old topper always insists that the coolest
drink is whisky. 1t stimulates him and makes
him able to Withstand the heat, So he saws.
And on the same principle he drinks it in cold
weather to keep warm, in wet weather to pre-
vent his catching cold. in dry weather to
quench his thirst. When he is sick he drinks il
to get well, when he is well he drinks it to pre-
vent his getting sick. There are, nevertheless,
plenty OF people who are not old topers who
think that modest little horn of good whisky
is a good thing to take in hot weather. Live
and let i've" The drinking of whisky may be
injurious at all times, but it is hardly fair to
come down too heavily on your neighbor who
isn't a tectOtaller.
But the theory that the best way to keep cool
in summer Is to work hard has one great ad-
vantage in its favor. Nearly everybody can
give it a trial. OF course it does not apply go
Uhn he oil l.;
hands as 1t does to business and professional
men, whose toll is of the brain. It may be q
self-deception and the PHYSICIANS thermome-
ter would probably show that the temper
allure OF man who is unconscious of
being disagreeably warm is Just as high
as that Of the lazy fellow who roams about,
wiping his brow and necessarily complaining
OF the heat, but that does not in any way alter
the fact that the toiler is more comfortable
than the loafer. Aboard ship it is said that
when an emergency arises all the sea-sick peo-
pie forget all about it and are as well as can be
desired. 1t Is q variety OF mind cure. Forget
about your sickness and you are not sick any
more. Forget that you are warm and you are
not warm.
Washington really is not hot place for a
large, populous city. When you feel the heat
you can easily escape from it by going down
the river, or by lying in the shade and tanning
yourself, but you waste q great deal of time
when you make business of keeping cool, and
Ia we Gnu you 10 not succeed a. well as II you
had ignored the matter entirely.
NOT MANY CASES OF PRosTRATIoN,
1t is a singular fact that cases of prostration
from the heat are much more numerous further
north than they are with rs. Here they are
extremely unusual, and when they do occur i,
Is nearly always because Of some great impru-
dence. There are a thousand alleged prevent
ives for sunstroke, and if a man attempted to
take all the things that are recommended tc
him he would certainly be i'll from indigestion,
In these matters it is very much better to
follow your own inclination and take the bey.
erage that you like best. If it is soda water
YOU can congratulate yourself
Probably the readers of The SrAR ara M,
aware that Washington enjoys the proud dis
inction Of being one of the best soda water cite,
in the country. You must 60 away from home
to find out what sort of place you hail from
and those who remain here all the time and
enjoy the delicious effervescent drinks tina,
come bubbling from Tufts fountain do mo-
know the reputation that those drinks hay.
outside Of the District OF Columbia. II WAS mo-
long since the writer picked up . New Yorl
paper and read in it that the best place of ii
Tor soda water was Washington.