Evening star., 1903-07-02
BE COOL ON HOT DAYS
EAT FRUIT, REST AND KEEP YOUR
= TEMPER.
Take Frugal Meals, Avoid Iced DRINKS
-Partake Of Cereals-Don't
Worry.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
How to keep cool on hot day without
carving about a refrigerant plant Is
problem Of practical importance. When
sydney Smith was in India he expressed
the desire to take of his flesh and sit in |
his bones as a means of keeping cool. Thls
,s not convenient at present. 1t is the hot
day that causes the man or woman interest
ed in the anti-fat cure to think seriously
Of that extra 100 pounds OF pannicuius aoi-
pous distributed in q layer two inches tnlck
over the body.
When it is 90 degrees in the shade one IS
forcfbly reminded that he has 2,50OoOo
sweat pores all pouring, and nearly twenty
miles of sweat channels in a state OF over
flow.
One of the first essentials to keeping cooi
physically is to be calm. A calm, tranquit
mind equalizes the physiological FORCES VI
the body and evenly distributes the Dlooo'
It is surprising how wenderfuiiy uhcoIn
Portable a little anger on hot day Will
make one feel.
There is rush of blood to the head ana
one physiologically becomes hot under tne
collar" which makes 1t easy to say hoe
things Anger, worry excitement are an
incompatible with a hot day. Let your
sweetness of disposition be known unto all
men is beautiful motto to practlce Whea
store or listening to a Fourth OF july ora
ton.
rushing for the train, the street car, the
rah S,,ch exertion excites a copious flow
of perspiration: then you sit in Wlnoo"
to get COOL Sitting in draught while per
spring and with garments moist with per
spiration is prolific cause OF COLDS, oroh-
chitis pneumonia and rheumatism.
Violent exercise on hot day Is exceed
ingly dangerous. Eighty per cent OF the
heat of the body is produced In the mus
cles, hence immoderate exercise may Gauss
| the temperature to rise several degrees.
Such use Of the muscles produces Tree per-
spration, the fatigue calls for rest ana re-
| Taxation. and. this being usually taken SIT
ting on the ground or in draughts. SICK
| ness often follows 1t is wise rule not 10
| .,put on airs when perspiring. .
| Avoid Physical Exertion.
| The fact that such large portion Of body
| heat is produced in the muscles Is a physio-
! logical reason why great physical exertfon
| should be avoided during the heat of the
| day The best and most natural time Tor
| physical outdoor work on hot day Is dur
ing the early morning hours and in the
| evening In order to be cool 1t Is highly
important that particular attention be given
| to the diet, inasmuch as 80 per cent OF the
| energy of food is converted into heat. Inc
oxidation and burning of food gives rise to
heat In cold weather there Is an immense
radiation of heat from the seventeen square
feet of skin of the average Individual.
| hence the Importance Of abundance OF 1000
material of heat-producfng quality But IN
| summer with the surrounding temperature
| approaching that of the body. less fuel Is
required, and Of a quality intended not so
much for heat In maintaining the vital fires
as to produce energy. The quality or the
food should be regulated from day to day
according to the temperature indications
In a recognition of this principle lies to a
large extent the secret of being comfortable
on hot days.
The man who sits down to breakfast on q
hot morning and eats freely of ham and
eggs, fried potatoes, hot biscuit or per.
; chance griddle cakes, and washes tt do~r
| with one or more cups of strong hot coffee
alternating with ice water, Is not beginning
: | the day with the prospect OF being cool
Long before the noon hour he is a verftablt
| eonfagratioa., With electric fans eperaint
all around him. he Is neither cool comfort
able nor amiable Such a breakfast pro
> duces an Unsuitable thirst that Is not as
suaged by ice water. beer or iced teas
. These even seem to be converted into com
bustible materials and intensity the heat
> A flesh diet is Incompatible with no
day. Flesh foods are not only heat produc
. ing. but the poisonous wastes retained II
: | their tissue are exciting and irritating t
: heart and nerve centers. Meats, and espe
Z cially when highly seasoned. create an IN
tense thirst and the excessive drinking o
: cool. ;
: Diet Should Be Light.
!. When the day is hot the diet should b
6 light. Fruits, cereals and nuts, the latte
z eaten sparingly, constitute by far the bes
diet for hot weather. The fact that fruit
. | are so abundant during the hot season is
" strong indication that they were tntende
: to form a part of mans diet during tn
& Dog Star period. The popular notion tina
Z fruits are unwhoesome during hot weathe
x is absolutely unscientific. and due to falls
= ideas Overripe fruit should not be cate
= at any time, and fruit that is picked gree
! for the early market Is unfit for food. Onl
+ the sun and the process of ripening ca
= bring out the flavor and the quality of tt
|. fruit. If care is exercised in selecting riI
fruit, always remembering that fruit
& | perishable, and If it is properly combine
L ! there is no occasion for it's causing the lea
\ | digestive disturbance.
= Strawberries are the first Of the fires
Z fruits to appear tn the market ana 70 gre
e. the eye at the table. There is a sayin
= Doubtless God could have made bett
Y berry than the strawberry, but He new &
2 did" An English writer has said. TT
strawberry is an unalloyed and unimpair'
| mouthful of deliciousness; 1t has neith
| rfnd nor stem to mar the perfect pleasu
OF the palate, and it is SO healthful tn
- you can eat till you are tired. An 1de
II hot weather breakfast would be a dish
strawberries a dish of one of the hume
GUS cereal faxed foods. together wi
toast or bread and butter. Strawberri
e. are richer than most fruits in potash al
at lime salts. and especially soda salts, t
In gether with some iron, and so are recoi
= | mended for gout and rheumatism.
The acid of the strawberry and the aci
e. OF other fruits are cooling and refr1gere
ng and have a most wholesome acuon up
he all the eliminative organs Unless
=. tastes are seriously perverted there Is dt
el Ing the hot weather a natural craving
40 the system for the acids and mineral ga
he Of fruits The value to be derived frt
pe fr,,its is often counteracted by the qua
p. | tity of sugar and cream used with the
Ut n any harm comes from eating fruit 1t
n due to this combination and not to
fruit.
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at Irishman's Ground for Suit.