The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

llfe's stormy pathway. Free circula-
ton OF air about their little bodies
won't hurt them. 1t keeps them we'll
and makes them hardy. Common hu-
mainly demands that the inoffensive
mites of humanity be given a better
SHOW than they ordinarily get in hot
weather. Wrap three of four wooden
blankets about yourself one of these
afternoons and see how it goes before
you begin to bake your offspring
Battle once day but do not
make it with cold water. That doesn't
90 much good. Cold water simply
shuts up the pores and prevents the
discharge of the matter that should be
expelled Take your bath in tepid
water, which frees the pores, and fol-
low it by a cold douche. This will give
you a splendid reaction and make life
seem worth living. But a cold bath
is better than none. Correct dress for
summer does not call for any terres-
trial covering for the body
Be Careful in Eating.
Good sense should be exercised in
eating during the hot months For
that matter. one should use good sense
IN eating all the Eme but particular
care is necessary to the best results
during the hot weather.. There is no
hard and fast rule, but rather a need
Tor caution and discrimination. As a
general thing, the red meats-such as
oeef, mutton and veal-shouId be used
Sparlngly because they are a trif1e hard
to digest in summer. They are not
heating" as some believe As a mat
ter of fact the good old potato is more
OF heat producer than a beefsteak.
because it is a starchy food. Another
point against meats I'm summer is the
possibility of a faint of ptomaine
Now, don't jump on the butcher lust
because you have learned this 1t NAV
be your fault. 1t doesn't take meat long
10 go bad in hot weather. A few hours
outside the refrigerator right in yOIIr
own house may do the business
The starchy foods. like potatoes and
fruits, change to sugars after eating if
all goes we'll If all does not go well.
you'll know it pretty quick because
you II get an idea that you have swal-
loWed horse shoe. This means that
fermentation is going on inside of YOU.
and that's very bad. Perhaps you al
ready know how il feels. If not. you're
just that much better off, so don't ex-
pertinent.
Everything should be well cooked
and well masticated. which means ii
should be cheWed lots. This process of
transformation from starch to sugar
begins in the mouth. If the mouth is
allowed to slough its work, the rest of
the machinery viii protest. Indeed. a
general strike is a probability under
these conditions.
Fruits are better for you when they
are cooked They won't taste so good.
put the cooking produces a Sugary
condition that saves your body a great
deal of work and every bit of work
saved is an ultimate comfort in hot
weather. Eat plenty of fruit raw dur
ing the summer if you feel that way
That's your business and your doctors.
He'H prosper more than you as a re-
suit of IL.
Avoid too much indulgence in ca1lta-
loupe, watermelon, cucumberS, and the
like and be sure to masticate them
thoroughly. They're hard enough to
handle under any conditions, so help
your poor old body all you can. Be
careful about salads. Most of them
have oil dressings. This oil forms a
little sac about every particle of the
food in the rtomach. If there is one
thing more than another that makes
the stomach mad, it's oil As a matter
of fact. the stomach simply refuses to
tackle these globules of oil. and their
contents which the stomach would
gladly handle under ordinary conditions
and which the stomach alone can
handle. \are sent along without receiv-
ing proper treatment That means
more misery for you. This sort of
thing is nuts for the stomach, but il
works positive hardship on the rest
of the digestive organs and it's no
wonder they kick You'd kick your
self, under the circumstances. Indeed,
it's you that does kick eventually If
you keep UP this sort of conduct
All the ordinary vegetables are good
summer food when properly cooked.
With cereals. like bread and tho Yari-
Gus breakfast foods. they should be the
chief diet i'm hot weather Beware of
cornmeal, whether in mush or pone
Be sure it's thoroughly cooked and
don't eat too mucy of il.
Don't get alarmed now. and. imagine
dire results If you eat anything at all.
Eat little of all the things you like.
but be right about ii and don't load
your poor old stomach down with vast
quantities of some of the ingredients
against which you have this day been
specifically warned
One thing you should cut out ahso-
iuteiy. That's iced tea, which is moth