The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04
HOW TO KEEP COOL N hot WEATHER.

takes advantage Of its ascendency 70
keep whispering In your ear al asF,
How hot Il IS. It's just roasting
Il wonder how hiea the Thermometer
registers oh. dear. oh. dear.
wish / coaid End cool place And
Il keeps ron fngging az y0ur wilted
collar and hopping your melting face
IN misery eli day.
The only way 10 treat hot day Is
10 gfve Il the cold cut appear
uos 10 see il. OF II yon are forced to
notice {, look coldly through and be
yond L. In order 10 preserve this
marble heart. frozen glance. trapped
attitude toward the hot weather-keeD
busy. II II finds you are paying no
attention 70 Il. II viii presently sink
away and leave you in peace
This Is no fairy story Did not this
writer spend two burning summers
in the sizzling but dear little city OF
Fresno In the top story OF brick
building that never cooled OF night
OF day. found Il possible 10 get so
busy that I never thought Of the Their
mometer nor OF the weather. except
when the ink in the inkwells turned
20 a liver like consistency over night.
and the ieather-bound volumes on the
shelves rolled up their covers and
began 10 rustic. or when the bitumen
on the street began to move along in
waves under my feet and made me
seasick
There are compensations even for
warm days One of them is iced tea
I add Il 10 the list OF things one may
do" to help along the art Of keep
ing cool Iced watermelons help.
So does sherbet And. by the way,
beloved. the things one eats or sees
on the table TO eat have much to do
with helping to keep one cool. Steam
ing not messes of rich food are an
| offense to the palate and to the stom-
ach on hot day. A few simple hot
dishes seem nAedful to our civiliza-
ton. but they can be rendered palat
able by judicious thanking of cool
vegetables salads, pitchers OF iced milk
or tea and plenty of fresh fruit.
once knew an otherwise good wo-
| man who nearly always celebrated a
particularly hot day By having hot
! cakes for supper. She was a Pres
| byterian in good standing and her
morals were uHexceptionable. so
! never could understand this symptom
OF a depraved mind The only way 1t
became az all clear was to suppose
/ that she started the day by thinking
| she would have nothing hot 10 eat
but by night got so hungry she had
TO cook. and -four is always available
and griddle cakes quickly prepared
I hope I shall not be accused of
being in league with the ice man If
I say that ice is not an extravaganza
but an economical agent Many per
sons IN humble circumstances feel
that they must do without ice They
count IL a luxury Yet there are but
three months in the year when ice
Is really needed. and ten cents worth
OF ice every other day makes such
marvellous difference in the actual
comfort of a small family and does
so much toward keeping food in good
condition that il becomes almost as
necessary as fuel.
Many a faded man or delicate wo-
man turns from a table whereon Ia
butter has turned to oil. the cucun
| bers are wilted from the heat of a
steaming kitchen and the drinking
water is tepid and nauseating. A ten
/ cent lump of Ice wrapped in several
newspapers and placed on an invert-
ed pan in a small tub makes cool
nest In the dining-room closet where
| the butter. fruit. milk. salad. etc.
may be kept fresh and firm-until the
moment for serving has come.
know it is not considered -hygien
ic" to begin dinner with drink of
iced water. but MANY a tired person
| finds an appetite with a few sips of
iced water or ICED tea-so fig for
hygiene. And, laen. clink OF ice
| IL a pitcher. few bits Of 1t about the
butter are so refreshing 10 eve and
ear and faded senses generally that
the ice is also promoter of harmony
and health
Happily. our nights are never so
warm that sleeping is anything bus
! refreshing. nor do we have to resort
TO sprinkling the sheets with cold wa
ter before we can sleep. There comes
an occasional night though when our
selves and our rooms seem uncom-
fortably warm at the hour Of retiring.
Il was a Fresno man who told me
he simply treats himself. under those
| circumstances. as we treat a warm
melon when we have no ice. He gets
into the bath tub. turns on the water
and STAYS there quietly for some lit
| tie time. That seems so simple and
| reasonable l wonder everybody
doesn't try Ii. W. are all haunted
by the fear that We should be warmer
aftsrward than before. but that isn't
true except where a hastv cold bath
is taken. followed by brisk rubbing
STAYING quietly In the water for about
FIVE or ten minutes reduces the tenn
perature and before one has time for
any reaction he is dreaming of swim
ming in the surf or Of climbing Mr..
SHASTA