The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
USE WATERANDDONTFRET
GIVE UP MIXED DRINKS AND HOLD
YOUR TEMPER.

to take q hot spell coolly. The heat Of lass
week made tho average woman fret and the
everyday man fume. In fact, everybody
In the city seemed to DO In o stow.
Four mon met at their club uptown on one Of
those scorching afternoons, They drank cool
Ing drinks. swore at Farmer Dunn and his
stock story about high pressure and low presS-
ure, and then drank some moro. Every alp
was punctuatod with rod-hot explosives, and
when a atth man Joined the party. looking as
cool as the proverbial cucumber, he added fuel
to their fame.
How III the deuce do you manage to keep SO
cool when the mercury Is sizzling In tho tube
doctorf' asked a fat fellow who was putting
and painting and pcrspiring.
"Yes. give us your recipe" urged o tall.
thin, pale chap, who said he was burning up
inside.
For tho sake Of suffering humanity. do" put
in others.
I'VE are all completely knocked out by the
intense heat" continued the stout man. A
we can do to keep life In us ia to patronize the
bar at brief intervals. l never felt so languid
in my life and I'm completely upset physically
and so are those other chaps"
''Of course you are,' answered the doctor,
taking of his thin, loose silk coat and calmly
seating himself in q big willow chair. And 80
are over half the men, women, and children In
this big city. 1t Is because they do not know
how to maintain absolute health during the hot
weather. They do not oven know tho effect Of
heat upon the body, why they feel laDguid. why
they feol faint and give up. They have false
ideas about diet and are ignorant as to how to
clotho themselves properly, how to battle, and
how to conduct themselves generally. In short,
the majority OF people do not know how to con-
form to summer weather"
THAT sounds interesting interrupted tho
third man. by Jove. maybe you can help US
to get at a remedy for torrid waves"
'Your fortune Is mado II you can. exclaimed
the fat man, ordering his seventh whiskey
| rickey within two hours.
The question OF how to maintain absolute
rs a broad one. and l warn you that the answer
must cover a good deal Of ground. unquestion'
late the action OF the skin, particularly the
sweat glands, and in that action to bring about
Nature intended that the sweat glande should
perform u function, outside OF that OF eliminnt-
Ws to eooi The be body and keep it at a ecrtain
normal temperature by tho evaporation or per-
SEPARATION on the skin When the Creator or
adopting clothing, We have 80 changed our
method OF living from what was originally IN
a s0e SaTtai IN amount sG %nHo Of our clothing q ftels' to o'R ReeP ms I IN a
healthtul condition. Think a minute of the Of.
E South Ih Sea ' ioiand q mas and nan many Dn o oH@s 1 native iHS
races who before the advent Of the white mans
civilization, Sunday school, bad ~whiskey, and
the esotistical insistence upon tho adoption Of
clothing were unquestionnbly tho finest speci-
mems Of physical MANHOOD in the world.
accustomed to the correct elimination of tho
broken-down tissues Of the body and the nat
changes IN it's action and these tribes are rapid
~ dying of lnng affections. On the other hand,
sn1y a" fh ,so Xir Gt Ss T Sis i %sERto 81 yt'lo II nGs m @aniGs;
such hot waves as We arc having now. We
sleep, and If we f~oolishly cling to the old-fash.
aso"nd our nsSfs. %.has IS the fssaiti bad
why do we ,perspircl" questioned an apo
ple !stn nnsaIss i Ell X. moPEPing y his ns face lion :.
for us to think of the effect which rapid evap-
s srabor,t %Prod n y , on ary i inS5' S.te re SsRBse siT,
has wisely provided this condition OF the body
spire, and il the skin is exposed 10 tho atmos-
wear clothing naturally p%erspirs much more
stance-which Is exposed o the air, will become
cooled much moro quickly than the skin that
"UsnaIly the e.. early stages Of heat GGrG,s sss;I,n
ing enough of the watery consistency to spare
any for cooperating purposes.
I'm all Of my experience l have never even
heard Of a negro being suns,rucki .Negrocs
perspire very freely and wear few clothes and
very loose ones At t, that 4. Their mn.n fnrefa nHict
enables them to stand the heat better than do
the whites Heat stroke Is practically a draw,
ter element. A secondary effect Is upon the
nerve centres, prod9eins shock or the impress
sion known as Sunstroke.
why do we who are not exposed to tho sun
grow 20 lanRuid In hot weather.
almost sshS be Called " nS xmsrie sns a GSS.Ss' and %dis Snr
climate Is largely responsible for that tired
feeling which comes to us in the spring. An.
up the muscular system in hot weather, and
1 ppss:o DE By IN The nS Senl. % sys' feali y P PeSuire isss d Of
the heat producing foods. and the system Is al
most In a state OF lethargy from lack OF stimu.
Gold has a stimulating effect on the nerve
%centros., and we require less fluid In winter, he-
When a person feols faint and gives up, owing
70 extreme heat, IT Is 9 sure sign of one OF two
the ordinary physical condition, or 1t Is q pro-
monitory symptom of heat stroke; A person
slant work, or one who Keeps the steam gauge
OF hta nervous system up e the two hundred
One cannot be strictly orthodox and be
10 maintain absolute health we must take much
thought Of what we shall eat and drink and
how we shall be clothed. Diet IL one OF tho
most important things, and should consist Of as
little OF the heat-prodnclng foods as It Is posi-.
BILE to get along on. Farinaceous foods, such as
oatmeal. potatoes. rice, cornbread.in fact. all
now b~reads-and such things should DO avoided.
Fruit when perfectly ripe, but not the Least bit
ovorripe, is absolutely necessary In this eli.
It u almost certain death. brtp cling on a violent
and often fatal dysentcry. Milk. eggs cooked
In every way, such vegetables as spinach, kale.
asparagus, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and SO on,
and, pork should DO shunncd as so much poison.
whtle fish IL most excellent. being one Of the
best nerve foods known.
One OF, tho greatest troubles with Americans
Is that they insist upon consuming quantities
Of iced drinks in hot weather, The heAlthiest
beverage IL water which has been boiled with
lust enough oatmeal In It to leave 1t palatable.
II Is delicious when very cold. and keeps the
stomach In excellent condition. besides being
quite nourishing. In drinking milk It Is web
make ono bilious. The most refreshing and by
far the most sau styling drink is Iced tea or ioed
coffee, and both are very good for one. The
different soda fountain drinks contain TOO much
citric acid under different slluring names, and
after a person has taken six or eight small