The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-05-29

"White clothes are the only Safe
| things to wear during the hot summer
season. says Weather Observer Dunn.
Ever since | came to this town TO
live l have been maryeling At the hot,
Stuffy, utterly absurd fashion in which
New York men of all classes array
themselves during the dog day period.
This summer. however, l notice that
the sensible white duck suit of the
tropics is beginning to make it's way.
l rejoice Let the good work go on
is it, then, true that the men OF
New York are so vain:' asked Gu
ban gentleman, on a visit to New York
the other day. BLACK clothing in this
furnace heat. Why, if a man during
| the hot season in Cuba, in Mexico, or
in any of the countries of Central or
| South America, We're to appear upon
the streets in midday attired in cos
| tune of that sort he would be lmme-
| diately taken in hand by his friends.
| They would question his sanity.
| Il think | shall be doing an actual
| charity while | am here this summer
| hy endeavoring to make proselytes for
the white duck suit. You notice the
| suit l have on. l had it made in Ha-
vana for the equivalent of seven
American dollars. Pretty fair, is it
not? Well this suit is made Of fine,
| light, cross grained. strong linen duck,
and, though l am told that this is the
hottest day Of the year thus far, will
venture to say that l am the coolest
man in New York at the present mo-
ment This is not due to the fact that
l was born and reared in tropical
climate, for | have always felt the heat
| conSiderab bly, more than my people or
| dinarily do. and the heat here just now
Is, l must admit, rather intense. 1t IS
| due. however, to the fact that | am
| dressed for the weather. Every child
! knows that anything white in the line
of textures dispels heat, whether it be
a white canvas tent or white coat.
| On the contrary black is 4 very mag
net to attract heat, and when piece
of black cloth has once absorbed the
! heat. which it does very rapidly, and
in almost incredible quantities, it holds
| it for a remarkably long time. The
heat once absorbed by piece of black
cloth passes away, proportionately, as
! slowly as the heat from piece OF steel
! taken from the forge and allowed to
| cool by the action of the air. without
| being placed in water. This duck suit
| attracts only a minimum quantity OF
heat, and what little it does absorb is
| quickly east Off
| In substantiating this statement
! Farmer" Dunn made a curious ex-
| pertinent. He took two perfectly reg
| istering thermometers and placed them
! side by side in the sun in one of the
| windows, or port holes. of his eyre.
In something over minute both Their
mometers. from a temperature of 50
degrees. which they registered in the
| comparative coOlHcSS Of Mr. Dunn'S
room before being placed under the
rays of the sun, indicated a tempera-
ture of 96 degrees. Mr.. Dunn then
shipped from tie black cover which
he throws over his camera in focusing
the lens a small piece of cloth lie
bound this over the bulb of one Of the
thermometers, and around the bulb of
| the other thermometer he tied piece
! of ordinary white cotton. Then he
! again placed the thermometers in the
sun. Inside of three minutes the Their
mometer covered with the piece of
| black cloth showed a temperature of
1O7 degrees. while the thermometer
with the bit Of white cotton over its
| bulb remained stationary at the tenn
perature 1t had previously exhibited,
| 96 degrees.
This experiment." continued Mr..
| Dunn Shows that black is 4 vastly
| more effective abSorber and retainer
! of heat than white or any other color.
On extremely hot days an experiment
| such as | have just made Will show
| difference between the black and white
| bound thermometers of from 20 to 40
degrees. and when both Thermometers
are placed in the shade the heat Of the
one covered with the black cloth will
subslde much less rapidly lhan the
heat Of that covered with the white
cloth The thickness Of the cloth
! makes hardly any appreciate differ
ence III the experiment. which any one
! may try and test to his own satisfac-
/ ton. Therefore, if you dress two men
. in duck suits Of exactly the same
weight and texture. only one of them
dyed black. the man in the black dyed
/ duck suit will be from 20 degrees to 40
/ degrees hotter under the rays of the
sun than the man dressed in the white
! duck suir.'-New York Journal
A dispatch to the London Times from
LariSsa saws the impression is general
among the Turkish troops that there
il wibe more fighting.