The record-union., 1897-07-13
TO KEEP COOL.
Suggestions Which Are Worth
Taking Note of.

The first Sultry days suggest TO the
practical housekeeper the necessity OF
resorting to various means to reduce
| the heat within doors. The living
rooms should be darkened early in the
morning and kept SO until the air has
become cooled by the sunset. Strict
adherence to this rule will perceptibly
reduce the temperature of a house. Air
| the rooms morning and night, and sed-
| ulously shut out the hot air of mid
day. These directions would be too
commonplace to repeat If they We're
not so often ignored and forgotten.
Careful housekeepers take advantage
in hot weather of the excellent gas
and gasoline stoves, which supply all
| the heat necessary for cooking and for
| laundry work, and do not heat up the
house. The cost of cooking by gas has
been reduced by practical experiments
to so low figure that it has been
proved to be a matter of small moment
if ordinary care is exercised.
The use of cold meats, iced soups
and substantial foods in a chilled state
is a mistake. These dishes are more
digestible when eaten hot. At no sea-
son of the year is there such a strain
upon the strength or are the vital pow
ers so likely to be depressed as dur
ing the heated term. What is needed
is stimulating, delicately favored soups,
| light meats, refreshing fruits and
dainty cold desserts. Cold meats are
more difficult to digest than hot, and
are therefore unfit for summer use
unless they are served in salads with
condiments to assist digestion. Curries
t,a%n -,
curry are not only digestible, but stim-
| ulate the appetite, giving the tone to
! digestion so often wanting in hot
weather. Ice cream and all delicate
desserts that are properly served cold
are digestible, because they are of
| light, digestible material
| 1t is an absurdity to serve a con-
somme cold, because from its nature, a
| consomme should be jelly and not a
| liquid, when cold. A consomme that
remains a liquid is too watery to be of
value as food.
| There is a tendency in summer to
quench thirst by over copious draughts
| of ice water and the various cooling
effervescent drinks. This is a bad
habit, and one that children are apt to
acquire, as well as older people, if they
are allowed to do so. 1t is a matter of
| habit which can be easily overcome.
When the summer food is of the proper
kind, and a sufficient amount of fresh,
| ripe fruit is used, there will be less
desire to quaff ice water in the abund-
| dant quantities with which SO many
Americans accompany their meals.
| The lights of the house are often a
| great source of heat, and they also
! attract night insects. 1t is always a
desirable thing to dispense with power
| full burners and lamps as much as pos
/ sible in summer, and return to the
| small lamp and the primitive but pic
| turesque candle. Nothing gives a more
| beautiful light than a candle. Wax
| candles are now within the reach of
| persons of moderate purses, and are
made so that they do not run, while
| the dainty little night lamps, which
| come in the most fascinating porce-
| lains, are sufficient for any bedroom
| light.
| There are a few other ways in which
| the discomforts of the heated season
| may be reduced, and many others will
! suggest themselves to the intelligent
| housekeeper.-New York Tribune.