The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20
Luncheon-Bread. eggs. ffr1t.

Dinner-Soup vegetables, little
meat Chicken or lamb, or broiled or
boiled fish.
On this selection one is able to work
best and keep in best condition during
the summer. The general suggestion to
"eat less in summer is followed with
advantage by every one, especially
those past middle life and those with
a tendency to corpulency. These people
are in much better health when they
abstain from hot soups, fat and meat
and take but little animal food of any
kind. Looked at from the point of view
of hygiene, the present huge price of
meat is really of beneficial effect, as it
restricts the great use of it, and other
forms of food are substituted with good
result in the summer. To view the beef
trust as a philanthropy would not be
impossible, if results and not motives
are under consideration.
The total quantity of food consumed
can with beneficial results be reduced
one-Sixth, or even one-fourth, during
the heated term. This condition usu-
ally regulates itself, as the appetite is
not so sharp in summer; the more linn
tied amount of exercise usually in
dulged in accounts for this. 1t is a mis-
take to give up exercise in the summer.
II 10 Il IlECSSSelIy Vi Iedil0,
and should be taken in the open air;
only the quantity and intensity should
be restricted.
The good housekeeper will expend ad-
ditional care and thought on the man
ner of serving dishes and the dainty
appearance of all table accessories dur
ing the heated term, which, also, the
term of caprfcious appetites. Variety
should be supplied in every article.
even the cereal of breakfast Fortu-
nately, the market is full of many prep
arations in this line, all about the same
in nourishing value, but different in
taste. 1t is hardly necessary to re-
peat that great care should be taken
that fruits are in good condition, as
unripe or oyerripe fruit of any descrip-
ton is most dangerous.
Motives of economy as well as re-
finement are satisfied by keeping a
serupulousiy clean refrigerator or ice
chest. One article that has been al
lowed to remain in the ice chest after
it has lost its freshness will soon COM
municate the contamination to every
thing else in the box. Milk should al
ways be kept covered, as it attracts
and absorbs impurities very readily.
Many articles affect each other harm
fully. and discrimination should be OBJ
served in keeping such things in sep
rate compartments. The milk and but
ter can be kept together. but meats
should be kept by themselves.
The tendency to battle more in sum-
mer than in winter is instructive, and
of course, should be INDUCED; but
baths should not be taken soon after a
meal nor when one is overheated from
eNertion. The face should not be bath
ed while it is hot, as the sudden shock
is apt to result in permanent red
ness of the skin. Hard water should
be softened by the addition of ammonia
or boraX.
Some recent circulars of the board OF
health in Philadelphia condemn the
use of stimulants in any form durina
the heated term. as they leave the sys-
tenn an easy prey to heat exhaustion
and fevers. Even the lighter alcoholic
beverages can better be omitted, and
a glass of cold milk or lemonade should
be substituted for the usual BEER