The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-01
HOW TO SPEND SUMNER.
Views of Prominent Citizens on
the Subject.
A COTTAGE BY THE LAKE.
GOOD WORDS FOR BRIGHTON BY
HENRY w. LAWRENCE.
Captain willard Young on the Benu-
ties of Fish Haven-Soda Springs
Remembered-Tent Life in sum-
mer-PracticaI Suggestions By
DR.. Beatty-Neur BY Resorts.

! The heat of the summer months Is
coming on apace. The business man
looks furtively from his pri-- 'ttse
and when he is assured that all temln-
inc daintiness is conspicuous by its alb
sence. he heaves a sigh of relief, pulls
off the offending coat that was erstwhiie
Sc. necessary, and fans himself with his
hat. Then he closes his eyes and Wis
ions of a cool. shady spot, high UP
among the mountains. steals into ms
mind. He hears the swish and ripple
! OF a broad stream that dashes past
him. A cool breeze, laden with the fra
GRANGE of fir, fans his cheek.
!. A big specllled beauty swinls alcns
/ the shore enticingly near him, and his
heart of a fisher leaps with joy when
"A lady to see you. Oh, lid | wake
you?" breaks in upon his reVerreS. lie
resents the imputaUion that he has been
asleep, scowls as he puts on the lately
rejected coat, and opens the door for
his wife, who has been talking with
Mrs. A and Mrs. 3. about their rlans
for the summer and cannot it till
dinner to discuss the same matter with
her liege lord. Through {, ho1f. half
ajar. snatches of the conversation can
be heard. Cottage far
from town-fresh butter and eggs--a
place for the children to play" are
what we hear and we know that the
relative merits of the summer resorts
are being ccnsl,ier Il. We know. tno,
that the middle of this month many
Of the families of this city will be snug
ly ensconced somewhere in the country,
where the breezes are blowing and the
fl1.
of strength may be laid up to meet he
demands of business or society the
coming winter If the busy head of
l. the family cannot spend all the summer
days in the chosen refuge from heat
he will go out for a few days every fort
night. and the GOODNESS and seclusion
will be more heartily appreciated by
him, perhaps, than by the family who
is in full enjoyment of it throughout the
sea son.
How and where to spend the sum-
mer' is a question that has interested
many the past week, and a Herald
representatives called al s. few down
town offices to learn what were the
views of the occupants on this subject.
DR.. BEATTY'S VIEWS.
DR.. T. B. Beatty stopped long enough
in his busy rounds to say that every
one should take an outing of some
kind during the summer if only for a
week. Psychologists and 0lygenistS all
agree that there should be a season of
relaxation, even though brief, and that
the summer is the proper time for it.
1t is a pet theory of mis- that people
afflicted with lung troubles should
spend the heated season as near as
may be to the shores of Great Salt
lake. A few months in a cottage at
the beach or on the island, would re-
juvenate the system. The benefits
would be incalculable The absence of
lake is one of the indications of a lack
of enterprise, or at least a failure to
appreciate the wonderful sanitary priv
eleges of this city and vicinity. He
had sponken to DR.. Marshall of Bos-
ton, concerning his theory that a So
journ at the lake would be of great
benefit to those suffering from lung af-
fliClions, and that physician had pro-
nounced it a capital idea. He was
much impressed by the health-giving
and sustaining properties Of the inland
sea when he visited this city in COM
pany with his medical conferes last
month. Dr. Beatty further remarked
that while the lake bathing, whidI has
all the advantages of sea bathing, is
beneficial to most persons there are
certain constitutions ito which it is in
furious. These should have the benefit
of a season of rest in some mountain
resort or at one of the comfortable
farm houses that are so numerous in
this valley.
AS a place of absolute rest nothing
can he better than a quiet resort among
the mountains. The altitude should be
considered in making the choice, as
some resorts are too high to admit of
any benefit to persons troubled with
nervous ailments. There need be no
trouble about such a choice in this vi
cinity for there are pleasant resorts of
different attitudes and all easily ac-
cessfoie. They are equally beneficial
to persons in need of physical or men
tai rest. but those in need of physical
rest should not eXpend their remain
ing energies in vigorous mountain
climbing and those in need of mental
relaxation should not spend their time
in brain work. People should be guild
ed by their needs and a vacation should
be spent in toning up that portion Of
the system that requires it. Mountain
climbing is fine exercise, 4 good coun-
ter irriuant Tor those of sedentary nab
it's and a means Of further develop
ment of vigorous constitutions. But
the arr should be acquired gradually,
the climber should never exhaust his
strength, and above all, no one should
begin mountain climbing Immediately
after eating. At least two hours
should elapse after a meal before COM
mencirg a jaunt among the hills.
The quiet farm house nesting in the
valley is a pleasant place for recrea-
tion in it's truest sense. There is much
that is restful about the environment
of a farm, and the fresh fruit milk
butter and eggs procurable there form
a heavy item in its favor
When asked what precaution those
VINO through choice or necessity spend
the summer in the city sho1id take to
prevent the injurious effects of heat
and dust, the doctor replied that they
should not remain in the close, dark
ened rooms of their homes all day and
night and imagine they were cool They
should manage to get an abunianc1
of fresh air and sunshine, preferably
in the early morning and evening. They
should take plenty of light exercise,
but avoid violent exertion. Whenever
possible they should take a days ou,-
ing in one of the canyons md an oc-
casional trip to the lake would be as
beneficial as 1t would be enjoyable. A
diet chiefly OF vegetables and fruits is
best for sumner and there shel I'D be
very little food containing albumen,
meats, consumed during that
season. 1t is hardly possible to eat
too much fruit, looking at the matter
from a hygenic standpoint. The the
DRY that fruit may contain the germs
that develop into typaus is absurd.
Care should be taken to see that fruit
is in good condition, just as we should
be careful THAT no decayed vegetable
or tainted meat is taken into the stoin-
ach, but sound, juicy fruits are always
wholesome. Typhoid is conveyed by
excretions from the body of a patient
by means of water where
the drainage is improper, but fruit
could not by any possibility be made
such medium.
m, Reatty is daoidtsd in his ,ni,,;,,,