The Portland daily press., 1891-07-21
THE HON &.
SATISFYING THIRST IN sIJMAu,R

5AIloI lANb lAllNol IN SUMMER.
Those who are engaged in active exercise
during the warm weather must of necessity
drink more water than is needed In cold
weather to make up the loss of fluids by the
increased perspiration. This is entirely
overdone, however, by many Woodworking
people. Drink after drink of cold water is
taken into the stomach at frequent intervals
until 1t is wonder that this organ is able to
even partially perform its functions.
Every drink Of cold water taken into the
stomach during the process of digestion
checks for while either partially or wholly
the process, and deranges the functions of
W. tle stoulach: II Is undoubtedly true that
the food which farmers eat in the summer
IS not so well aSsimilated and made available
Tor the use OF the body as that taken in win
ter, because Of this dilution of the digestive
iluidS and the shock of cold drinks upon the
stomach. This is specially unfortunate, be-
cause farmers need at this time of the year,
to carry on their severe labors, the strength
and vtg0r which can only come from we'll di-
! geSted food. Even those who declare that
they must drink cold water when they feel
thirsty ought to know that thirst can be sat
iSted with 0ne-third of the drink usually
taken If it be taken in the right way. Let
the following experiment be tried: At a
| time when one feels as If he could drink two
or more glasses of water in quick succession,
and still perhaps feel hardly satisfied take
a single glass and slowly sip it. This re-
quires some resolution to drink in this way
when one is warm and very thirsty, but the
| result is worth the effort. Water can be
drank so slowly that 1t will be almost i'm
| possible to drain single glass, while that
which has been taken will have been warmed
| to some extent.
No one has right to lnjure his digestive
organs 10y excessive drinking of Ice water,
to the use of which Ill health and many SER
ious diseases are due. while even cold water
should be used cautiously when one is great
y, heated. 1t is unnecessary to admit that
lukewarm water Is an ab0mination to a
thirsty man, but oatmeal porridge quite thin
is very palatable, nutritious and satisfying,
even when lukewarm. Ones stomach will
stand great deal of unkind treatment with
out Immediate complaints, though it remem-
DerS all unkindness, but 1t will not endure
TO serve as hydrant during four or five
months Of the year. Moreover, in winter
many go to the opposite extreme and do not
drink enough to supply the necessary fluids
OF the system. The subject is one that is so
closely related to health as to merit more
thought than is commonly given to it.
WOMEN THEN AND NOW.
Miss Charlotte Yonge has been looking
back over forty years, and telling her read
ers what changes she has seen wrought in
WV RoSAeAOh VA OuA 6hlos SpCdhluS Va buO
earlier period. "In those days." she writes,
young ladies could not walk on the streets
unattended, could not go in hanson, did
not travel alone In railway, nor, indeed.
were third-claSs carriages used by anyone
above the rank of laborer. AS to univer-
sity training, hospital nursing, public speak
ing, these were all as much out of reach as
commanding ship. The Sunday school,
Clothing clubs. and cottage visiting we're, in
those past days, almost the only forms of
dealing with the poor open to ladies, and
everyone fought for her own hand, and had
to form her own system, INFESTED except by
remote, often unknown, results. Now every
thing is organized, great networks of assc-
Citations cross each other, and the work in
each department, although voluntary, is di-
rected, stimulated, and tried by periodical
inspection; There are societies binding eff
forts together and guiding them, manuals
for workers, reports required. Altogether,
interests are more extended, life is not so en-
tlrely dependent on home, even with the
quietest. The post becomes the opening into
many worlds beyond our immediate sur
roundings, and there Is general expansion
OF life. Freedom of locom0tiOn and rapidity
OF communication have made an enormous
difference in all our lives, but it has come so
insensibly that we hardly realize it. 1t has
rendered our women and girls far more in
ness, and likewise for amusements for which
our ancestresseS never dreamt, or would
have looked on with horror as unfeminine
Many further developments are now open to
those whose first youth is past, for which
they may well be thankful, and to which
they can devote time and trained knowledge,
in the official work of such societies, in nurs-
ing. Inspection of refugees, night schools and
even public speaking in wOmen's societies,
besides choir training and the like" The
same tonic has also been discussed in
American magazine. the Arena, by the Rev.
DR.. Savage. He, like the authOress of the
"Heir of Redclyffe," takes an optimistic
view of modern life, and declares that ''the
common schoolgirl Is better off now than was
Queen Elizabeth, who used to breakfast off
piece of boiled beef liz palace, where they
was no carpets, no books, no coal, no plano,
nothing of the common comfort OF the oruln-
airy home." "It any creature on earth" he
says further, "has reason for fearful thank
fulness, it is the modern woman; she Is the
queen of herself and of all the world"
HOW TO COOL A CELLAR.
A great mistake is sometimes made in
Ventilating cellars and milk houses The OBJ
ject Of ventilation is to keep the cellar cool
and dry. but this object often fails of being
accomplished by a common mistake, and in
stead the cellar is made both warm and
damp. A cool place should never be venti-
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the air within, or at least as cool as that, or
a very little warmer The warmer the air
the more moisture it holds in suspension.
Necessarily, the cooler the air the more this
moisture is condemned and precipitated.
When a cool cellar is aired ON a warm day,
the entering air being In motion appears
cool. but as 1t fills the cellar the cooler air
with which it becomes mixed chills it, the
moisture is condensed, and dew Is deposited
on the cold walls, and may often be seen
running down them In streams. Then the
cellar is damp and soon becomes moldy. To
avoid this the windows should only be
opened at night, and late, the last thing be-
fore retiring. There is no need to fear that
the night air Is unhealthful; it is just as
pure as the air Of midday, and is really.drier
The cool air enters the apartment during the
night and circulates through 1t. The win
dows should be closed before sunrise in the
morning, and kept closed and shaded through
the day. If the air of the cellar is damp it
may be thoroughly dried by placing in 1t
peck of fresh lime in an open box. A peck
of lime will absorb about seven pounds or
more than three quarts of water. and In this
way cellar or milk room may soon be dried,
even in the hottest weather.
WAYS OF COOKING BANANAS