The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-20

blinds" And we couldn't help feeling
that there was a woman who would make
a success of "summering in town."
There Is no more blessed relief TO one
whose head and eyes are aching with the
outside glare and heat than to come into
a house from which the sun has been
carefully shut out. And the housewife
who makes study of the adjustment
OF windows and blinds during the season
OF dust and glare has won half the battle
of keeping comfortable.
II one has hose the wetting down OF
the street before the house, or in place OF
that the liberal bathing of the front door
steps with pailfuls of water, is as sure and
simple provision against heat as it is
scientific. And apropos OF this, gem
erous basin OF water set in each OF the
rooms indoors will do wonders toward
cooling the air.
This woman who sets to work to make
home habitable In spite OF the heat will
stickle, il necessary, for two or three
things that her husband may insinuate
that his mother never asked for. And II
we are not mistaken she gets them.
One is an oil or gas -faHge-not
tingy one capable of holding a single
kettle or fiat iron, but useful affair ON
which one can cook as complete a meal
as the usual family needs. And the
second Unfortunately in these
times more often regarded as a necessity
is daily supply OF ice. And carrying
this last idea out TO its full value the
woman who knows what will give a
charm to the hottest days, INDUCES in n
"freezer' and glorifes the dinner in the
children's eyes by finishing touch of ice
cream.
BY arranging her work so that the
greater part of il can be done early in the
forenoon the student of comfort and
health for herself and her home can find
time for bathing and mapping during that
part OF the day when Nature seems at
fever heat. And whatever sewing the
housewife has sighted for the sake OF
this daily siesta is gain rather than
loss. The rest and relaxation from con-
slant work make up the only real "vaca-
tion" that this woman who stays at home
can secure for herself, and it is none too
expensive luxury for her to afford.
A little foresight resulting in a fruit
and salad diet, helped out by a generous
patronage OF the neighboring bakery, will
help greatly in answering that tri-diurnal
enigma that housekeepers dread-"what
shall get to eat?"
variable breeze with it-with windows and
doors thrown open to the air the whole
house seems TO breathe in freshness and
comfort. The family may be gathered
on the piazza or step outside-there is
nothing pleasanter than these hours OF
rest enjoyed in common after the sepa-
rate duties Of the day; and it is wise
mother who gives the children an extra
hour OF outdoor air instead OF sending
them off early to toss and tumble in hot
beds.
Once in a while-perhaps on one of the
children's birthdays--this right kind of
woman is old fashioned enough to plan
and execute a family picnic. 1t isn't
much more work to pack dinner into
basket than it is to serve 1t on the table
and il has far more zest. The man OF
the house meets his family down town
after office hours and a car will take them
out of town to some improvised picnic
ground where they can eat their lunch on
q river bank or in the woods. There is
nothing elaborate about the occasion, but
someway there Is n certain indescribable
quality in 1t as IL flavor OF sun
set-if we may put it that way
had got into the sandwiches And
altogether, though when the father of the
family left the office it was with a dis
gruntled feeling that this tearing of with
a meal instead OF going home to it is like
Christian people was humbug, by the
time the first stars come out he is in a
very different frame of mind.
1t may be that these hints as to the
solving of the hot weather problem will
explain to you how this woman who
stays at home from necessity learns to
thrive never the less and doesn't "dread
the summer. " We are not sure but that
she comes out after It is over with fully as