The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04


inz cool 4 is0t altogether q
question Of how high the mercury
climbs. nor how large and shaded
your house Is. nor q how large OF
small you are yourself
All osher things being equal. Il ls
the person Who doesn't fuss that ae-
suallY keeps his temperature lower.
besides preserving the appearance Of
cool serenity. wbicb Is no snail mat
ter
How cool you lock, Is greeting
very pleasing 20 feminine ears. g.
peciaiiy during the warm summer
months. Don't fuss and you'll look
cool Look cool and youu come very
near 20 feeling cool And for the rest
well Il ls matter between your
self and the ice man-
Il used to be thought that a large.
neshy person must be warm and I'M
comfortable during the hot weather.
while q slender body wouldn't feel the
heat Ali stuff and nonsense. know
two women who live in the same
house One weighs something ike sse
while the other taxes the scales at
about 10 The big woman freezes
all winter while the little one rev.
els in cold weather and actually re
quires very much less artificial heat
70 keep her body warm. when sum-
mer comes conditions are reversed.
The stout woman thTives when the
suns rays are most ardent, and then
the slender woman willis. could men
ton dozens OF similar eases. showing
that the influence OF heat and cold on
different persons Is a matter OF some
thing besides adipose tissue.
Maybe It is a matter OF tempera-
ment Whatever il Is. ones mental
attitude toward a warm day viii have
much TO do with getting through that
day comfortably. whether It be spent
in the house. on the street. in the of
hce or in travelling on the cars.
But first there are some natural
conditions 70 be considered. II the
doors and windows be left open all
day long with the notion that one
must have fresh air. there win be
fresh air in plenty. but after the early
morning hours il will be hot. drying
and burning. and the whole house viii
be Ike an oven. On the contrary. II
the house be closed and darkened
early In she morning the hot air win
be shut out. and to one coming in
from the sunshine that house will
seem like an oasis in the desert This
Is not a theory. but well tested fact
In Arizona and other hot places one
closes the windows and blinds all over
the house before sunrise. The win
dows have been open all night, the
air is cooled and this is the only way
10 keep that bit OF cool comfort.
II. however. one lives In a little
house exposed to the glare of the hot
san. or in the top story OF a building.
Il is perhaps better TO let the hot air
circulate through the house rather
than TO suffocate with the heat. But
there seems no good reason in Cali
sornia why even the humblest cabin
should be exposed to the suns hot
glare all day. Trees grow with so lit
tie care. and a hop vine VIII furnish
n screen against the suns rays in
single season. And even hot air blow
ing through green vines seems cooler.
because the eyes are rested by that
refreshing color.
For the same reason a shaded room
seems cooler. even though the tenn
peratnre be as high as In an adjoining
room with shades pulled TO the top.
This shows that keeping cool is a
matter OF something besides the Their
mometer II depends somewhat on
keeping harmony within ones self.
A color which rests the eve contrib
utes to that harmony. White Is not
only cooler 20 wear than any color.
but L looks cool A woman in thin
white frock is nearly always greeted
with How cool you look. and the be-
holder actually feels more comfortable
20 be near her. while he would turn
with shudder from n woman gowned
in red under a July sun.
Bus even a dsinty. thin. white frock
becomes hollow mockery II Il har-
hor Yards and yards OF stlffy starched
muslin beneath It's folds. Think what
delusions ne women were when our
almy. soft. white null gowns were
supported by three or four stifls
starched Wamsu.ta muslin under
skirts You may laugh al that. my
little sister. out il is only very few
years since we all were guilty Of that
oifense AGAINST harmony and dog
days--and you may be few Years
hence. But I hope not The light
weight silk skirts. aud the lace
trimmed. f9amy looking creations Of
soft. white cambria Of the day. while
they mar seem like extraragances are
really phiianthropiSts 20 their wear
ers engaged Ii the art Of feeling and
looking cool ard 50 q contributing
10 warm weather harmony
-xceps for 4 map or Tor period
Of complete relaxation. the corset
less fxare IS rarely as comfortable
As the one wearing an open mesh.
thin. summer corset Every woman
knows that she vas 4 good deal
warmer on those davs When she
lounged annnnd en- akshahilie than
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