The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04
HOW 70 KEEP COOL N not WEATHER.

takes advantage Of us ascendency 70
keep whispering IN your ear ali dsF.
-Hou hos Il is Its Just roasting.
4 wonder how hiea the thermometer
REGISTERS oh. dear. oh. dear.
wish I eoald ind cool place And
Il keeps ron tnggfng al y1ur wilted
collar and hopping your melting face
in misery eli day.
The Only way TO treat hot day IS
10 give Il the cold cut appear
not TO see II. OF If ron are forced to
notice Il look ccIdly through and be
youd Il. In order 70 preserve tnis
marble heart. frozen glance. trapped
attitude toward the hot weather-keep
busy. r. II finds you are paying no
attention 20 Il. II viii presently sink
away and leave you in peace.
This Is no fairy story Did not this
writer spend two burning summers
Ia the sizzling but dear little city OF
Fresnog In the top story OF brick
baiidlng tkat never cooled OF nizhE
OF day. I found II possible 10 get so
busy that / never thought Of the Their
mometer nor Of the weather. except
when the ink in the inkwells turned
20 liver ike consistency over night,
and the ieather-bound volumes on the
shelves rolled up their covers and
began 20 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 70 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 civilizs-
/ ton, but they can be rendered palat
! able by judicious fianking 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 Pres
1 byterian in good standing and her
morals were uHexceptionable. so
never could understand this symptom
OF depraved mind. The only way it
became at ali clear was to suppose
that she started the day by thinking
she would have nothing hot TO eat
but by night got so hungry she had
to cook. and -four is always available
and griddle cakes quickly prepared.
! hope | shall not be accused of
being in league with the ice man if
say that ice is not an extravaganza
but an economical agent Many per
sons IN humble circumstances feel
that they must do without ice Thew
count il 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 -
butter has turned to oil. the cucum
bers are wilted from the heat of
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 a 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 a drink of
iced water. but many tired person
finds an appetite with a few sips of
iced water or ICED tea--so a fig for
hygiene, And, laen. clink OF ice
IL pitcher. few bits OF it about the
butter are so refreshing to 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 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 fer some lit
tie time. That seems so simple aud
reasonable | wonder everybody
/ doesn't try it, " are all haunted
by the fear that we should be warmer
afterward than before. but that isn't
true except where a hastv cold bath
Is taken. followed by brisk rubbing.
Shaving 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