The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04
HOW TO KEEP COOL II not HuIIER.

takes advantage Of is ascendsncy to
I keen whispering In yo1r ear all dsr.
-Hou hot IL is Its Just roasting
II wonder how high the Thermometer
rexfs.erx oh, dear. oh. dear. l
zish | eoald md cool place. And
Il keeps ron tngging AZ yu1r wilted
collar and hopping your melting face
in misery ell day.
The Only way TO treat . hot day is
10 gre Il the -coId cut appear
not 10 see IL Or If yoa are forced TO
notice Il look coIdly through and be
yond t. In order 70 preserve tnts
marble heart. frozen glance. trapped
attitude toward the hot weafher-keep
busy. r. II finds you are paying no
attention TO II. 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
/ Fresno2 In the top story OF 9 brick
building that never cooled of night
on day. I found II possible 10 get so
busy that never thought Of the Their
momefer nor of the weather. except
when the ink In the inkwells turned
! 70 liver like consistency over night.
and the ieather-bound volumes on the
shelves rolled up their covers and
began to rustic. or when the bitumen
on the street began to move along in
waves under my feet and made me
seasick.
There are compensatiens even for
warm days One of them is iced tea
add II TO the list OF things one may
do to help along the art of keep
ing cool Iced watermelons help.
So does sherbef. 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 a hot day A few simple hot
dishes seem nAedful to our civiiiza-
ton. but they can be rendered palat-
able by judicious tianking 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 unexceptionable. so
never could understand this symptom
OF depraved mind. The only way 1t
became at all 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.
I hope | shall not be accused of
being in league with the ice man IL
say that ice is not an extravaganza
but an economical agent Many per
sons IN humble circumstances feel
that they must do without ice Thev
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 small family and does
so much toward keeping food in good
| condition that it becomes almost as
1 necessary as fuel.
Many a iaded man or delicate wo-
man turns from a table whereon -
| butter has turned to oil. the cucum
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 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 few sips OF
iced water or ICED tea-so fig for
| hygiene, And, iaen. clink OF ice
IL pitcher. few bits OF 1t about the
butter are so refreshing TO eye 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 bps
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-
fortahly warm at the hour Of retiring.
/ II 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 for some lit
tie time. That seems so simple and
reasonable wonder everybody
doesn't try it. " are all haunted
hv the fear that we should be warmer
sftsrward than before but that isn't
true except where 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