The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28
WOMAN IN HOT WEATHER.
THINGS TO EAT, DRINK, WEAR. AND
ESPECIALLY LET ALONE.

Worry to BE AvOided-VaIue of the
Afternoon Nap shown in the south.
From the New York Sun.
Woman frets and fumes about hot wealth
er more than man. This is because she
| doesn't know how to conform TO the sum
mer temperature. 1t is possible for her to
keep perfectly comfortable when the mer-
curry is playing tag with the hundred
notch If she'll only take the trouble to do
so. OF course, it entails some self sacri-
flee; everything that brings a sense of sat
isfaction in life does. There are dozens
of things that she can do to add to her
comfort, and just as many which will de-
tract from it. If she dresses properly,
eats and drinks the right things, and main
tains her mental equilibrium, there is no
reason why she shouldn't keep as cool as
the proverbial cucumber even when the
weather is hottest. There are women
who always look and feel comfortable on
the most prostrating days; they are the
ones who have learned how to keep cool.
A doctor gave two women some good adj
vice on this subject the other day-good
not only for themselves but also for all
womankind. He CHANGED to meet them
In a fashionable restaurant, and the or
ders. that they gave set his tongue going,
but not until after one of them, stout
woman exclaimed
How hate hot weather, doctor! 1t sim
ply puts an end to me and am the most
miserable creature in existence from the
time the first hot spell sets in until the first
crisp days of autumn come. Can't you
give me remedy for torrid waves?"
''Yese, give us your recipe for keeping
"a 10
woman. You say you never suffer from
the heat, and yet you work in the city all
summer taking your vacation in winter"
i know how to conform to summer
weather." answered the physician, "and
any one can learn how to do that To
keep cool one must know how to maintain
absolute health in hot weather When /
sat down here l couldn't help hearing
you give your order TO the waiter. You
ordered two gin rickeyss'
Yes, you know lime juice is so cool
ing" interrupted the stout woman.
The doctor smiled and continued: And
you ordered a lobster salad with mayon.
naise dressing, some French fried pota-
toes and rum cakes, with small cups of
coffee as finishing course. Such lunch
con for day like this, when the mercury
is fairly sizzling in the tube! You both
deserve to be roasted alive No wonder
you are languid and upset physically
However, you needn't feel lonesome. Nine
out of ten women have false ideas about
diet in summer they do not know how to
clothe themselves properly, how to battle
and how TO conduct themselves general
ly. You do not even know the effect or
heat on the body, do your"
No" admitted both in a breath
But I'm sure l know ali about diet
and bathing and proper dress for hot
weather" added the stout woman. "My
husband says rickeys are very cooling and
| ordered lobster salad in preference to
not milk and the rum cakes-weu we are
both so fond of them that we could eat
them 1865 days in the year, couldn't we?''
addressing her friend. LAS for bathine.
| take two cold plunges every day and a
sponge bath just before getting into bed.
and I wear gowns made Of the thinnest
material I'd wear shirt waists a great
deal, but I'm too stout and short wasted
Now have you anything TO say?''
Il haven't said anything yet," answered
the doctor. You asked me how woman
can be comfortable in hot weather and
shall tell you. Mind YOU I'm not speaking
of any particular woman but lust any
old woman or middle-aged one, or young
one, either, for that matter. First OF all
let me assure you that the sweat glands
were by nature intended to perform a
function other than to throw off impure
ties and waste; they were intended to cool
the body and to keep it at a normal tenn
he was not intended to wear clothes The
human race has gone on piling on more
and more clothing, which is always grow
ing more complicated, il seems to me- AMI
the result is that we are dependent upon
certain amount to keep US in a health
full condition"
elf / only didn't perspire so much" in
terrupted the stout woman, tanning her
self vigorously.
IF you only didn't perspire," replied
the doctor, you would literally die Of
heat. You ride a wheel and you know
what II is 10 come In drenched with perspi-
re tlon. Haven't you noticed how much
cooler you feel after it has dried than YOU
10 after trying to cool off by means of a
colo bath? PeTspiration evaporates Fnore
rapidly than water, and hence gives US a
more rapid degree of GOODNESS. the parts
of the body exposed to the air cool first.
ana if we wear clothing loose enough ana
light enough our bodies will dry rap',lly.
Before l tell you how a woman should
dress in order to keep cool 1 shall tell YOU
how she should battle. On getting M in
the morning she should take a plunge in
tepio water and follow this with a cold
shower, and should do the same IN TIE
late afternoon or before retiring. To
jump into cold tub shocks the system
anG frequently closes up the pores of the
skin. This prevents or retards perspira-
ton and one feels consumed by an inter-
nal fire. 1t is an excellent thing to rub
or sponge the body with lotion of half
alcohol and half water after a bath. for
this is cooling and stimulating"
Now how should We dress2" asked the
thin woman eagerly.
"As lightly and as loosely as possible
was the reply ITO begin with, every wo-
man should sleep In pajamas in hot wealth
er They render one less liable to cold
Clothing has made our bodies so suscenH-
BILE to change of temperature that we
catch cold IL we loss off the bedclotbes
as a restless sleeper is apt to do an in
tensely warm weather. Some people an
prove Of wearing wool next to the skin.
do not, and the Cuban and Southern doc
tors who have been discussing how our
soldiers should dress to maintain cornforr
and health in the South and in Cuba do
ciared against wooden underwear. True
is absorbs the perspiration, but on Tho
other hand, Ia prevents evaporation. rem.
dering il impossible for the skin TO become
cool by It's own function. For slender
women / advocate the wearing Of a Thin
nainsook or lawn ehemise. with very loose
drawers next TO the skin, and for SION,
ones, a gauze vest Of fine cotton usie
thread or silk When possible woman