The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-28
THE wHEELMAN's sToMAoH.
What he Should and Should Not Put
in 1t in Hot Weather.

What He Should and Should Not Put
In It in Hot Weather.
Sweet drinks of any kind, drinks with
alcohol in them, and ice water are not
cooling in their ultimate effects. ANY
thing with sugar in it or sweet syrups is
heating. Acid drinks, especially those
made from natural fruit Juice, are cool
ing. If any alcoholic drink is wanted
the best is mildly acid wine, diluted and
cooled, but not too cold. One way to start
out cool with the days ride is to drink n
quantity Of hot water some time before
breakfast and to wait for the reaction
from 1t. The reaction from hot drinks
ana hot baths is cooling just as the reac-
tion from iced drinks and cold baths is
warming.
Everybody knows how in the winter a
cold shower or cold plunge, with a rub
down to hasten the reaction, brings a glow
and feeling of warmth which lasts for
some time. In the same way hot shower
or hot bath, not prolonged too much. in
It's reaction brings feeling of coolness.
A contrast between the temperature of
the bath and the temperature of the air
always brings a sensation of heat or cold.
accordingly as the bath or the air is the
cooler. So, drinking very hot water in
the morning by its reaction brings about
cool feeling. This is aside from the
other advantages of drinking hot water.
As far as possible during the summer,
cold drinks should not be taken with
meals. Cold drinks taken with food on
hot days ride stop the action of the
stomach for while, and then bring
about an feeling of warmth
The cold water first causes the blood YES
sells of the stomach to contract, and then
with the reaction of the blood vessels be-
come dilated and then there is an uncOm-
Portable sense of oppression and heat
which leads to the drinking of more ice
water, and to renewed oppression and
heat. The best way to get the amount of
water necessary for the system is to take
it hot before breakfast on an empty stom-
aCh, then to drink nothing more during
the day. All the cooling effects of per-
SEPARATION can be enjoyed by drinking
enough water to keep the skin moist, and
supply the natural evaporation while rid
ing. The evaporation, if the pores are
not filled with hot water, will keep the
skin cool.
With this way of getting the necessary
fluids into the system there should be a
light diet composed largely of vegetables
and fruit. Salads, berries, and raw fruit
forms, fish, lean bacon, and lean light
meats will make cheap and comfortable
diet. This diet may be favored through
motives Of economy as well as reasons of
comfort and health. Simple things like
omelets, broiled bacon in stripes as long
as ones hand, Strawberries, salads, and
the like are better for the health and for
the rider Heavy and fatty soups have
no place in the summertime diet They
make meal by themselves Such things
as clam chowder are good to eat and are
sustaining, but they should not be follow
ed by heavy dinner. 1t is more than
the system can stand on hot day when
il is pretty well occupied in taking care
of itself Thin, clear soups are good with
a reasonable interval between them and
the next course and the absence of bread
and butter with the soup.
The observance of these simple sugges-
tions does not call for great self-denial
and it is repaid by an enormous increase
in comfort on the part of the rider Let
any man who is accustomed to allaying
his thirst by copious draughts ice water
and various artificial waters with sweet
syrups try the effect of drinking hot
water in the morning before breakfast as
much as he can comfortably take, and not
drink anything else during the days ride.
LII MAY DG lldIu lOE INC IISb bWO VI GllICc
DAYS, but he will find how it reduces his
discomfort in hot weather If he cannot
drink enough water in the morning to last
him until his ride is over let him drink
more water at night just before going to
bed. The human organism is much like a
piece of machinery, requiring care, and If
a wheelman occasionally would regard his
physical functions in that light he would
get a good deal more enjoyment out of
them and out of life than most of his fell
lows no do.
King Leopold has especially ordered
the adoption of the wheel in the Belgian
army.
The winner of the recent 36O-mile
French road race lost ten pounds in riding
the event.
The postmen of Peterhof, Russia, are
provided with cycles on which to make
their rounds distributing the letters.
A ten-days personally conducted" cycle
tour from London to Paris only costs the
remarkably low figure OF $50.
Thirty-six applications for licenses to
ride under N. G.. A. rules were received in
one day last week.
Cycling is not favored by college ath-
letes either in America or abroad. why
this should be so no one seems to know.
The Maryland Bicycle Club has awar-
ded the contract for the improvements
and new front on the club house for Sl5,-
600 The club intends to pnt in front
of coral and granite bricks, and decora-
ated terra Gotta trimmings. Pompenan
brick will also be used for the basement
and some of the courses. The rapidly in
creasing membership necesSitated these
improvements, and the club building will
be twice its present size, front of AZ feet.
nv sOfeet. in depth. The entrance to the
bTilding will be a porch, covered by a
balcony. The members of the club con-
template the erection of roof garden.
London Wheeling condemns the action
of the National Cycling Union which led
to Zimmerman's quitting England. 1t
saws: I'VE should like to know by what
authority the licensing committee took
this step, as it is. in our view, opposed 10
all principle of right and fair dealing, and
we do not think that such a step as this
was contemplated by the council when
they passed the licensing scheme. Either
he Is an amateur or he is not an amateur.
If he is not an amateur he should not have
license granted TO him, no matter what
the cutlery may be about spelling sport.
IF he is an amateur, then the union have
no more right to dictate to him what ma
chine he shall ride than they have what
food he should eat or what hat he should
" ear Even if the union has any right to
exercise such power, it is obviously I'M
possible for a racing man in the short
space of a week to get machine exactly
suited to him, and one upon which ne can