The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28

that you would look much more slender
il you wore it loose enough 20 allow FREQ
circulation? Very tight ciOtling accentu-
ates size; il never diminishes H. Then
you say your gown is made of the highest
material So il Is, but II is lined through
outswith heavy silk, / notice, and Is boned,
no doubt, at every seam. You are no eN-
ception of the average woman in your way
of dressing. If you had on the garments
1 mentioned next TO your body. light
weight corset, laced loosely. over that one
thin muslin or silk petticOat and a plain
woven corset cover, and then an unlined
muslin or silk dress, you wouldn't be in
such rage with the weather department.
Undertaking should not b, starched FOR
summer wear. slender women have tie
advantage in this matter of dress. They
look their best I'm a stylish shirt waist and
a duck or linen skirt, but they. too, make
themselves miserable by wearing high
stiff, tight collars that catch them under
the ears instead of knottiug a piece of
ribbon loosely about the neck. But I've
said enough about dress considering my
sex, and now word as to Diet"
81 rarely eat anything hot in the sum
mer and drink quantities of cooling
drinks" volunteered The stout woman.
you mean cold drinks that are heat
ing" retorted the physician. "Diet is a
very important thing in summer. and
without giving so much thought 10 IL as
things, You women are great believers
in salads which is the right principle If
you'd only order the right salads. Crisp
lettuce, romaine, chicory, fresh tomatoes
are the salads that you should eat, but
you prefer chicken or lobster or shrimp,
with some rich dressing. Your diet should
consist of as little of the heat-producing
foods as it is possible to get along on.
Farinacsous foods and new breads should
be avoided; milk with vichy, eggs cooked
in every way, such vegetables as spinach
asparagus, kale, onions, and stewed Gnot
fried egg plant should be partalken of
freely, and perfectly ripe and fresh fruit
is almost an absolute necessity in this
climate. Heat is deblitating and wearing
on the nerves, and therefore especially
trying to woman. She should be careful
to eat nourishing food. Cod roast beef
cold lamb, cold soups are excellent Fish
one of the best nerve foods known and
not in the least heating, but pork and veal
are like so much poison in the stomach
in hot weather.
Woman makes her greatest mistake in
consuming quantities of iced drinks in
summer. Investigation has proved to me
that nine-tenths of the soda water foun-
tains are kept up by the patronage of
women. The soda fountain drinks contain
too much critic acid, under different al
Turing names, TO be good for the average
human stomach The most healthful
drink in summer is water, boiled with
enough oatmeal or linseed to make 1t pala-
table, and iced; the most thirst-quenching
drinks are iced tea or iced coffee and
probably the most nourishing is iced choc-
olate. Lemonade is a good summer drink
for those who can take 1t, but 1t knocks
a naturally acid stomach completely out
Fruit punches are harmless and refresh
ing. All stimulants should be most care
fully avoided Even the uShtest wine. has
a iaatr f.e f,v, ,tt4s,,
stitution in summer and on mans, too
as far as that goes but he braces up with
another drink.
A woman should sleep a great deal in
summer. Heat is exhausiing. and she can
not afford TO lose sleep and keep irregular
hours as she can when IL is cold The mat
tress ana pillows should be hard. and if
one finds the bed 100 hot 10 is a good plan
TO sleep on wire cot with a quilt thrown
over II or to spread sheet on the Carpet
and try sleeping there Draughts should
be carefully avoided. Exercise should also
be avoided ia extremely hot weather and
certainly in the heat of the day. A woman
should attend q her household or social
duties in the early morning or late after
noon. Southern women really suffer less
from the heat than tie women of this eli
mate though they have a great deal hot
ter weather and moro of It. They never do
anything from noon until about in The af-
ternoon except rest. They dine from to
4, and after dinner you can't find a woman
in Southern home out Of bed. Whether
they sleep or not they undress and lie
down in a darkened room. A noon rest Is
a good thing for this climate in such
weather as we are having now.
Women should avoid excitement and
emotion as well as exercise. BY that ] do
not mean that she should remain idle In
fact, there is nothing like some congenial
employment to make one forget heat One
can readily think herself into a profuse
perspiration or into feeling that she is be-
ing consumed by Slow, dry heat One of
the most heating processes known TO man
is thinking about and reading against the
state Of the eather. We should learn to
accept cooly the things that we cannot
help, even if it be a red-hOt scorching day
Il takes a certain amount of philosophy to
take hot day eoolly, but women can ac-
quire that philosophy. If woman would
only eat, sleep, drink and dress right, and
not worry about the weather or anything
else she could keep herself feeling and look
ing as cool as breeze from summers be-
ginning to its end" concluded the doctor.
Il for one shall try your method Of keep
ing cool" said the stout woman, pushing
back her rum cake untouched.
You We made an excellent beginning, -"
he answered, nodding toward the cake.
Sweets should be avoided above all things.
mean pastry and pies and cakes and such
things. Take your sugar in a little plain
ice cream or some water ice and mind
you don't allow yourself to become rufaeJ
about anything"