San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-27

dents OF a Trip to the Gulf.
GALVESTON, Texas, June "a, 1881.
Editor of DAILY LIGHT.
A Texas editor-I believe my friend
Guthrie of the "Boerne Post"-has
we'll observed that San Antonio by
spending the summer In st. Louis,
Chicago and New York apparently
give the lie direct to the Wanted
cool breezes and balmy climate OF
Southwestern Texas. Those who
have swelted in either of those cities,
as L have known very well that San
Antonians do not 60 there for comfort,
for those cities In summer are as hot
as Hades when compared with San
Antonio or the little suburban viii
lagos that lie among the Northwest
ern hills. The people go to visit
friends combining business with
pleasure, as rule, but there are few
who sacrifice comfort to fashion and go
away simply because it is fashionable
TO do SO in the summer months and
either of these desires our sympathy
as much as our condemnation.
have been away from San Anto-
MO for several days and have spent
che time in Galveston. Do not imag-
inc that have left on pleasure. Bus
mess called me and 1 went. 1 had
read of Galveston of her fine sea view
and her magnificent beach, and ma.
turally imagined that catching the
gulf breeze as starter / should find
1t more cool and invigoratipg. That's
just where was badly fooled. 1t Is
all very well if you can lay in the
shade on the beach doing nothing,
but keep cool or ii you can stand In
Ghe few places where the breeze pass
IS through the city but If, like me,
one has to hustle In the business
parts of the city he will soon fiud
that the persperation is so great and
extensive that he must change his
linen several times a day, and use up
. dozen handkerchiefs in hopping off
the superfluous water evaporation to
dissipate the idea that he has just re-
sEraes from bathing In his ordinary
clothing. complained of this to my
, friead. Red" who has had consider
sSs5le experience in this light little
Island. He smiled and simply sug.
gessed that lager was heating and
Whiskey inflamatory. Now, 1 am
q turally rather an abstem!o Is man
as ali newspaper men are but took
Che hint, and for a whole day confined
myself to milk and soda drinks, re-
fusing all Invitations to taste the cup
that inebriates while it cheers. You
may ask did it improve my condition.
4 cay most emphatically no. and that
the last state OF the beast was worse
rshsu the first. 1 have since aban-
doned the prohibition cure for Excess
slve perspiration, and "smile" again.
The aggravatiDg point in the whole
business IS that the darn ed thermom-
eter would indicate that you are cool,
and yet If it could speak would doubt
less say, what are you kicking at?''
and possibly add to your irritation by
asking whether lit is hot enough for
your" II it did confess that / should
get so mad that would really bust"
the blamed thing into smithereens.
Writing of the thermometer reminds
Ghat there's a merchant here who
suffers in a like manner. He
is very studious and has a
pretty combined thermometer and
barometer which he watches eagerly,
and is guided by 1t. Tuesday was q
hot day, and he was In his store on
Market street, hopping The rivers Of
persplration from his brow, and say.
ing to some bows that he was quite
Frustrated by he heat, and if it in
creased he must go home. Several
friends were there also complaining
The old man retired on business, and
in the meanwhile the boys got the
thermometer under the suns rays
and added little superfluous heal
by q magnifying glass. When the
old man returned, the combination
was in it's usual place, and the boys
were wiping off their Precipitation
and "cussing" the increasing heat
The old man was badly at
fiicted In a similar way, and when
he saw how the THERMOMETERS
hau risen so tremendously, he grasped
his hat, and turning to the head clerb
said, "Tom, can't stand this any
longer and won't risk sunstroke
look after things, and If I'm wei
enough I'll come back after supper
The old man had stood a far greater
heat many times, but illusion settled
him. Thermometer may not lie, ou
attendant circumstances may leat
them to fool people badly. Wher
the thermometer is 10 in the shade
in San Antonio it is far better AND
more comfortable than so in St. Loui.
or Galveston. 1 am no scientist bu
Z think that as a small island the
climate of Galveston is naturally very
humid. The vapor gets boiled some
how and adds to the heat. This may
be wrong, but all l know it il