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


small yon are yourself
All other things being equal. il l.
the persou who doesn't fuss that &C
suaIlY keeps his temperature lover.
besides preserving the appearance Of
cool serenity. wbich Is no snail mat
ter
How cool you lock. Is greeting
very pleasing 70 feminine ears. -
peciaily during the warm summer
months. Don't fuss and you'll look
cool. Look cool and you'u come very
near to feeling cool And for the rest
well il is a matter between your
self and the ice men-
Il used 70 be thought that a large.
feshy person must be warm and IN
comfortable during the hot weather.
while a slender body wouldn't feel the
heat All stuff and nonsense. I know
two women who live in the same
house One weighs something Ike ise
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
20 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 cases. 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-
meni Whatever II is. ones mental
attitude toward a warm day will have
much 10 do with getting through that
day comfortably. whether it be spent
in the house. on the street. In the of
fee or in travelling on the cars.
But FIRST there are some natural
conditions 20 be considered. II the
doors and windows be left open all
day long with the notion that one
must have fresh air. there viii 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
sun. or in the top story Of 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
fornia 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
a 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 q shaded room
seems cooler. even though the tenn
perature 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 eye contrib
utes to that harmony. White is not
only cooler 70 wear than any color.
but & looks cool A woman in a thin
white froek Is nearly always greeted
with How cool you look. and the be-
holder actually feels more comfortable
TO be near her. while he would turn
with shudder from a woman gowned
in red under July sun.
But even a dainty, thin. white frock
becomes q hollow mockery II Il har-
hor yards and yards OF stlffy starched
muslin beneath It's folds Think what
deiusions We women were when our
shiny. soft. white null gowns were
supported by three or four stifgly
starched Wamsusta muslin under
skirts You may laugh al that. my
little sister. out Il is only very few
years since we all we're guilty Of that
oifense against harmony and dos
days--and you may be few years
hence. But / hope net The Hight
weight silk skirts. and the lace
trimmed. f9amy looking creations Of
soft. white cambria OF the day. while
they may seem ike extraragances are
really phiianshropists % their wear
ers engaged In the art az feeling and
looking cool and SO ef contributing
10 warm weather harmony
xceps for i map or for ; period
81 complete relaxation. the corset
less hEnre Is rarely As comfortable
as the one wearing Al oQen.mesh.
thin. summer corset Every woman
knows that she vas q good deal
warmer on those DAYS when she
lounged around en- dishnhiiia thsn
when she kept herself fairly trim.
But keeping trim does not necessafi.
n mean sti4 linen collars or ribbons
swathlng the neck even unto the
ears. OF tiEht isathsr belts choking