The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-06-29
EDTToR'S CHAT.
A Few Thoughts Suggested by Inquiries
and Remarks of the G. G..
HOW TO KEEP COOL.

ana remarks OF the y. u
HOW TO KEEP COOL.
30, my I'm so hot said a C. c. schoolgirl, as
she up the steps, sprang across the threshold,
and threw herself down. limp and damp, in a re-
clining chair.
She had been running half the way from school.
with her hat tipped back and her curis cln ling TO
her neck and her hangs hanging down over her
forehead, and the 80 degrees In the shade.
o. course she was hot just melting with fervent
heat; but, of course, she WAS doing everything TO
make herself more uncomfortable, and the tenn
perature of her temper was going clicketyclick
with The temperature of her body.
Now hot weather we must have. 1t is neees-
ssry to make the watermeIons grow and the black
berries ripen, TO make tubers on The potato roots
and head on the cabbage. And OF course we must
all make the best Of what is best.
How, then, we keep cool? Particularly,
how a schoolgirl keep cool?
Well. we can all keep cool by eating light food
spsringly Too much meat makes too much
blood and too much blood means too much fire in
the human furnace Eat little meat in hot
weather. and eat il sparingly.
Eat fresh fruits and vegetables and drink cool
ing drinks but not too cool. Beware of ices and
ice water; they chill the stomach and impair
digestion. and encourage CONGESTION, and play the
mischief generally with the internal economy.
These cause pains and ersmps-and the doctor.
One of Tie worst faults of the Americans, in the
health line, is drinking ice water and eating ice
cream. lee water creates thirst, and If you begin
TO drink it you never get enough. Do not begin
Vegetables and fruits Natures Summer food.
Ifyou get them, let them constitute your main
diet. Only see to it that they fresh. Partly
decomposed fruits and vegetables poison.
Never buy them if they "a little off" because
they are cheap. Buy the best. and your
drug bill.
Battle frequently. tepid- water bath just be-
fore retiring will make you sleep sound and
sweet a a baby. In hot weather the pores of the
skin throw off the impurities Of The body very fast
If the surface of the skin is not relieved of the
sticky exudations the pores OF the skin become
Theoretically sealed, and so follows "iesh-worms,"
patches and other signs of an ill-kept body.
quick sponge BATH morning and evening. is
better than full bath. To remain too long in the
water is weakening Should salt be added TO a
FULL bath Il will be found grateful and strengthen
ing.
As for schoolgirls, If they would walk lei
surely comb their hair back, and when in the house
sit down in straight backed chair and relax their
bodies naturally asd avoid CALCULATIONS and re-
marks about the weather, they would soon fad
themselves comfortably of ia spite Of the weather.
THE FACE BATH.
A c. c. wants to know how TO get rid Of black
heads on the face. Now there many reasons for
these. but the chief causes constipation and
neglect OF bathing. A noted physician when called
upon for cure by young lady noted for her
neglect of cleanliness advised a daily bath aud the
vigorous rubbing Of The skin with rough touel.
OF value OF face bathing noted authority says:
There are many girls who retire at night thor
ouRhly tired, and forgetting therefore to wash
their faces just before seeking their pillows for the
.nuch-needed siumber. This Is a great mistake
both on account Of health and beauty. Not only
does particle of dust on the face have time TO
create havoc before morning. but II cosmetics have
been used. 1t is disastrous neglect; the poisOIis
chemicals eat into the skin and destroy it's
smoothness IS well as whiteness and have clear
entrance through the pores into the system. BY
using plentiful supply of warm water on The
face before resting, much damage 10 the skin Is
saved and much good toward its preservation Is 40
oomplished.
ROMAN AND SAXON DAYs
The names OF the days OF the week are from the
Roman and the Saxon. The name of the first day
of the week Dies Soils with the Romans Early
Christians called it The Lords Day" Our name
Sunday, comes from the Ssxons. who called the
day Summarizing, the day devoted to the worship
Of the sun.
Monday was Monan-daeg with the Saxons; Dies
Lunae with the Romans. The Teue-daeg OF old
Saxon times-Tgesday OF to-day-was Dies Martis,
the day of Mars. the god according the
Roman mode of reckoning aud rules of
claiure. The fourth day Of the week was Woden's-
daeg Of the SAxons. In plain English. it the
day OF Odin the warlii<e god Of most of the north
ern races. and the nearest in character 10 the
Roman war god Mars. With the Romans il was
Dies Murenrii, Mereury's day. Tine fifth day of
the week, the Thor's-daeg of the Scandinavian
nations, also known by a name which signi-
fed the Thunderes's day among the Romans. it
being their Dies Joyis. Jove and Thor were both
thunder gods.
Friday, which the Romans dedicated TO Venus
and called Dies Veners, received the name it now
bears account of IL being the old day set apart
upon which TO worship Friga. n NEUROLOGICAL
character which corresponds almost exactly 30 the
Roman Venus The SaXons called Friday Frgen-
daeg The last day of the week took the name it
now bears from the Roman Dies Saiurni and the
Saxon appeIlasive of seater-daeg from mythical
dieties which very closely approach each other in
character.