The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-22
HOT wEATHER DON,Ts.

Now that the hottest day of the
year" has been recorded, the thermom-
eter seems to have reached the point
at which hot weather dOnts are in
order. There are a whole lot of them
that deserve to be taken out of their
camphor balls each season and aired
for the benefit of sweltering and heed
less humanity. We've all heard them
many time before, but if repetitions
were to be tabooed, the world would
soon become uninteresting. About all
of the really good things have been
said many time before. But they do
not lose pungeney and point because of
that fact.
One of the famous old hot weather
donts that is of especial timeliness
JOS. now is, don't eat too much meat
his may be regarded as superf1uous
in view of the recent boostings the
trust has given the price of meat; still
by skipping a few soda-waters, cigars
and trips to the seashore one might be
able to continue an indulgence in the
usual amount of steaks and outlets if
one were unwarned of the effects of
meat eating. Meats produce heat in the
course of their assimilation, and heat
in hot weather is just what we want
to avoid as much as possible.
Don't hurry, even if you are in an
automobile and have got nowhere to
go in particular. If you are in an auto,
the hurry will tend to create breeze,
which will increase evaporation and
lower the temperature of those in the
vehicle. But if the machine knocks
over a pedestrian, and doesn't kill him.
it will be more than apt to make him
hot in the collar" and therefore UNI
comfortable. And comfort is the thing
to be sought after for all persons and
living things. Don't get excited. Ex-
element makes the heart pump faster
and increased rapidity of circulation of
the blood produces heat, perspiration
and "a rdisagreeably sticky feeling.
Don't forget that little children are
more susceptible to heat than grown
tots to keep clean and prim in starch
ed clothes on hot day. Take off as
many of the clothes as can be spared,
and let the little folks give as near an
imitation of the Igorrote costume at the
Worlds Fair as is consistent with pro-
priety.
Don't watch the thermometer. A
watched pot may never boil, but a
watched thermometer will make the
watcher boil if the atmosphere is hu-
mid and bake if it is dry. Don't worry
over the bills you owe. Let the other
fellow do the worrying. Make up your
mind, coolly, that you will pay just as
soon as you possibly can, and do it.
Don't go where you-can't wear loose
clothing and roll up your sleeves to
the elbow if you feel like it. No per-
son is more miserable than he or she
who feels the sweat rolling down his
or her spine, but dare not make move
to staunch the flow. Don't drink too
much alcohol. This don't, by the way,
is good all the year. But in hot wealth
er it is especially valuable in the OBJ
servance. Don't take politics too seri-
ously. The world will wag along just
as usual no matter who is elected.
And don't kick about the climate.
There is no more delightful climate in
that world than that of Savannah. 1t
may be little warm in the middle of
the day, but it is the rarest of occur
rences when one is made i'll or dies of
the heat in this section. Indeed, those
who suffer discomfort from it are not
many. The nights are almost invari-
ably cool, with a sweet breeze from
the ocean sweeping through the fresh,
green leaves of the beautiful and
health-giving trees. If you feel dis
posed to kick at the heat during the
warm part of the day, wait until the
refreshing evening comes on, then
think of the unfortunates cooped up
in New York, Chicago and Philadel-
phia amid acres of bricks and stones
that are vibrating with the stored-up
heat. The people who are so fortunate
as to live in so delightful city as this
ought to thank providence for the
privilege.
Here is a sample Republican argu-