The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04
NONAN'S p WORLD.

ii4ilu not 70 let any OF the girls write me
rom breezy mountain peaks or to be re-
Hllhued by the seaside visitors that / am
the only pebble not on the beach There
Is nothing cooling in such information, is
thefeF so l began to divest my bedroom
OF pictures, draperies and rugs. My cur
talns nave been pulled down, too, and the
Japanese whip-lash portieres strung up
" temper the glare but not to hinder
stray hreezelets. l have tiny ice-cooler
up stairs-going up and down for ice wa
Ter Is an effort, and efforts are heating
you know-and ! keep lines, lemons, su-
gar orange flower water raspberry syrup,
ginger ale and settler bottles on an i'm
proVIsed shelf in the upper entresoI. My
loOm mas wee balcony, which catches
Whatever air is about after the morning
| sun, ana L have hung a hammock out
lhete sometimes when / want to be al
most Adamidic, remove my hammock to
the hooks on the door-jambs in my own
pea chamber. Never lie down on
matters for your daily siesta my
dear; after a few trials you will catch the
nj OF the airier couch and sleep with
| degree OF comfort undreamed of. Drink
drink, drink. The lemons and lines are
| good for your blood; the orange flowers
dlstlllation rests the nerves; when you
weary of these favors. try orgeat or clar-
et-cup. You done know how to make
claret-cup? Well my recipe may differ
from yours. Use your biggest glass pitch
| er. Slice an orange rather thick, slice a
| pared apple, throw in three or four slices
OF peeled pineapples, likewise half a box
OF raspberries, few apricots, half a ba-
| mana, sliced; several strips of cucumber
| peel, and almost any old fruit-no that's
slang; and old fruit would spoil the fresh
| fruit. L mean almost any kind of fruit
| Will assist in flaVoring the beverage
| Don't forget a few sprigs of mint; Of
course, being a southerner, you have a
| patch of that herb growing in the shadiest
| and moiStest nook on your demesnes
Don't use sugar. Pour over the foregoing
| ola podrida pint of claret and almost
| as much Polly water-I mean ApoIlnaris
| and cover with folded napkin. The
| fruits will infuse the liquids deliciously
| in few moments; then add a lump of
| ice and drink a health to Olymps. AS
| to diet, for breakfast eat a pineapple
eggs, hominy and milk and toasted soda
| crackers; drink milk or tea. For
| luncheon, indulge yourself so far as you
| desire on boiled tomatoes, water cresses
| fruit salad ana iced tea. For dinner
| avoid soups, unless frozen; eat all the
! fresh fish you want, summer vegetables
| the wing of a spring chicken, and d salad
| with French dressing. Avoid PASTRIES
| buildings and sweets generally; an eXcep-
ton is cold custard, which is nutritious
| and not overheating. Finish your dinner
! with aprtcots, watermelon, grapes, apples
| or peaches. Do not drink black Coffee
| Before going to bed eat a few apples Do
this at any season; the effect is wonderful
upon the general health and the complex
| ion. Do not touch meat during the warm
| spell. If you weary of fresh fruit, try
| baked apples, fried plantaius, stewed
| peaches, pineapple snow and orange mar
malade. II you could behold my complex
ion out here in the dusk you would be
| struck dumb There isn't a fleck or a flaw
| upon it. don't get burned,
because 1 never venture out until
| s O'Clock or Z. Occasionally l ride dozen
! squares of an evening upon my bicycle;
not more, because l abjure all vigorous
| effort l read Thoreaus Winter like
wise Ihomsons ode to that season; /
| avoid intense authors like Ella Wheeler
and Dante Rossetti. 1 talk only the air
| lest perslhage, as you have perceived; and
l do not write letters or sew or practice
which are seriously enervating things
| to DO in warm weather. I bathe in tepid
water upon going to bed; 1 sponge off in
| cold when / rise. 1 move around slowly,
| and l maintain an even temper toward
| the family and especially my wee i'm
| pertinent brother, who is dazed by my
complaisance. Like Job, I remember that
Vexation killeth the foolish man, and
ditto the woman What do / wear? Ss-sh
Is there any one about? No one could
| hear us through those shutters? Well, l
| wear Isle thread socks-they cause a won
| derful lowering of the bodily temperature,
my dear, and low shoes Mamma is shock
! ed and asks me every day not to fall down.
If did l should not aim to go headfore-
most. Then I wear other things. of course
| of sheerest lawn, and few of them at
! time. My dress, as you have seen, is or
| gandie its motif as we say in music Of
the coolest. Green and pink suggest snow
and new grass. 1 abominate red-oh!
| shouldn't have mentioned even the word,
for ] feel my temperature rising in con-
| sequence-and, while that vivid, heating
| hue Is fashionable, I suppose the geese
will don IL. The last thing l want to say
is, If your temperament is too sanguine,
| and you naturally want to reduce ii,
swallow a teaspoonful of genuine Indian
lime-juice in claret glass of Hunjadi
| Janos water, before breakfast l have
| talked myself into a Precipitation, and the
lace about my throat-you will note 1 wear
no three-ply collar and suff Shirts be-
! ginning to wilt as a warning"
She rose from the step and went as far
as the gate. And OH" she exclaimed
II forgot to tell you that if you followed
my lead and live on fruit you won't be
saved anything toward a 9S wheel or a
| fresh frock for my wedding It's bower
full expensive, but I'm comfortable. thank
you, as Jim is properly squaring himself
with me with two fresh hampers a week"
PAGES that kill are numerous. And such
pace is at a rate Of progress. Then
pace that kills is rate of progress that
destroys normal consciousness. do not
know of any particular rate of progress
! which destroys normal consciousness saws
a writer In the New York Press. Most
persons have their unique pace, which is
ever In danger OF becoming killing. Eter-
nal vigilance is the only safeguard against
unbalanclug devotion to the particular
object OF individual life Anybody could
name YOU a dozen or eighteen persons
Miss Hope, who, unknown 10 themselves
are living PAGES that kill. You see, every
body knows eyeryones affairs but his own
/ This makes II amusing and instructive
one OF the commonest kinds Of a pace that
Kills Is Jealousy A Jealous woman, In
common with every other creature who s.
sipates, II she encourages that jealousy
defeats her own object. Take the woman
who by habit Is suspiclously watchful Of
her husband and the women he meets She
fears these other women may usurp her
pace In his admiration. respect affection
etc. And II she Is unwise. as many iea.-
Gus women are, she thinks and says irrl-
tHfing things Fonoefiug fnon he v,npfr