St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-22


AS the seasons change the wise house
mother will vary the plans OF family
living. Try to get along on hot days with
as little eXertion as possible. All energy,
whether muscular or mental, increases
the temperature of the blood. Every
summer there are few days when st.
Paul women should give brain, body
ana digestive apparatus as much rest as
possible; if this is conscientiously done,
ordinary summer weather will be en-
joyable.
1t is not enough to stop work wheD
the outside temperature gets higher
than the bOdy-the woman who feels the
heat must stop worrying. fusSing and
eating. A very little food will nourlsh
the body. Square meals of hot soup.
greasy dishes, fat meats, rich desserts
and stimulating drinks are not only un-
necessary, but positively injurious. Not
only the quantity, but he quality OF
food must be changed to suitthe season.
Nell Nelson in the New York Recorder
has this excellent chapter Oh this sub
ject:
Just what a summer diet should con-
sist of depends entirely on the condition
of the individual. Fresh, ripe fruits and
vegetables should nourlSh and agree
with every system not impaired by dis
ease or old age. These are seaSonable
foods. If they were not needed at this
particular time of year. they would not
be so plentiful. Fruit will never make
any one sick if it is ripe. 1t is the dish
of spoiled vegetables. the sour apple,
green peach and decaying banana and
the plate of bad berries that cause
stomach trouble and intestinal intiam
nation. often fatal in results ana always
distressing.
Good fruits and crisp vegetables are
the very best of summer foods: any
other kind is worse than unwholeSome
lit is injurious.
The ways of success are always inter-
eSting. An uptown woman doctor, who
is able TO do all immense amount OF
work ten months in the year, gives the
following information:
while firm believer in the value OF
a mixed diet. l am strong advocate OF
a change Of food during the summer,
as positive as the change OF temperature.
When the weather is very hot our table
is served with cold dishes almost eX-
clusively. For breakfast " e have fresh,
juicy fruit in abundance, bread and
butter. coffee. half milk, and one other
disIl-an omelette, with jelly, herbs,
asparagus tips, caulltloWer or tomatoes,
a broiled fish. sott-bOiled eggs. one
chop, or a few shreds of bacon cut thin
enough and cooked we'll enough to re-
Semble chips when served. Such old
standbys as oatmeal, hash, griddle
cakes and corn bread we reserve for
cold weather. For lunch we have chop
mutton or lamb-a boiled fish or a
light stew and one vegetable.
Only one chop is served. If
the. dish is a fish, the por-
ton to each individual is small, but
we are rather inclined TO be generous
with SQUASH, spinach, turnips, cauli-
flower or salad. Stewed or preserved
fruit with swee. waters and iced tea.
finishes the meal. No butter, no hot
bread and 10 potatoes. We have
great many cold dinners in hot weather,
and especially for Sunday. Last Sunday
was q pretty close day, and we dined on
beef extract, cold asparagus. cold
roast beef. beets with melted butter,
salad of lettuce and tomatoeS.ice cream,
cake and dates.
Lemonade is my favorite drink. l
want if cold. but don't want ice in 1t.
I am a light drinker. l use fruit to
uuench any unreasonable thirst. An
orange. few cherries, a couple OF red
plums, slice of melon, or, best OF all,
an apple, satisfies my craving for drink.
"Keep the body thoroughly clean;
dress in loose, light clothing; keep out
of the sun at all times, and indoors, II
nossible, an hour before and after noon
day; occupy the mind, but engage III as
little muscular work as possible; try not
nd !In than
the system requires for nourshment;
nav the closest attention to the stomach,
and if that organ is all right you Will
not be overpoWered by the hottest
weather"
Another brilliant young physician ad-
yises at least two plunge baths day.
Ordinarily she takes three, and when
the heat is depressing and her duties
increase she has four, which enable her
to do work that she could not perform
otherwise. These baths," she says,
"need not consume over five minutes;
the idea is to cool the surface OF the
body. For this purpose tepid water
should be used. 1t will be found that
this practice, aside from keeping the
skin i'll a healthy condition, will lessen
the desire for cooling drink. !he effect
is both refreshing and lnYlgoratlng.
OF course, l recommend TINS only Tor
intensely hot days; and would impress
upon you the great Importance OF a
hastv dip. To remain in the water
over minute or longer than is neces-
sarv TO sponge the body is to weaken
instead of refresh it. Hot waterls Is bad ;
so is cold for the purpose desired.
These tepid baths will keep the little
folks comfortable.
IA fter cleanliness comes clothing.
Body garments of wool should be worn
all the wear. For summer wear there
are light, almost gOSSamer-like fabrics.
Wool has a spiral or twisted thread
which keeps a space between the gar
ment it composes and the body; this
space favors the easy evaporation of in
sensibleperspiration."
This doctor is opposed to ice in foods
for the reason that she has no way Of
knowing whether it came from tainted
or pure body of water. She advise:
boiling the drinking water and coolins
it in water bottles, covered and kept il
the ice box. She also says that ice cream
is cooling. wholesome and refreshing
but adds, "beWare OF the colorlng mat
ter"
A Thirty-fourth street doctor-anC
this one man-says keep clean; wea
light colors and light fabrics; dom
drink drop of alcoholic beverages
don't overload the stomach; keep tht
digestive organs free; go without foo(
rather than eat spoiled vegetables O
tainted meats; give the body, the brail
and the stomach all the rest you can
keep indoors between II q. m. and D
H., and, above all things, don't worr.
ana don't let your temper get away, fo
an infuriated or angry woman is con
siderably hotter and more liable to b.
sunstruck if she goes out than stoke
or locomotive engineer.
"Black hats, black dresses and coats