The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
For Hot Weather.
Here S Advice
Salt Lake Physicians Tell Wear Drink and How to
Act in Order to Keep Cool

There is no way to keep cool in hot
weather. That's what hot weather is
weather when you can't keep cool. 50
If some fellow comes along with a
prescription that he claims will keep
you cool when the mercury is fooIing
around between 20 and 100 degrees in
the shade, write him down an ass and
go your way Sensible persons)wiH not
permit themselves to be deIuded into
belief that any formula now known
to man Will reduce the temperature
of all outdoors.
Nevertheless, there are certain rules
of living that viii help make the hot
weather more nearly comfortable Doc
tors generally agree on this, so there
cannot be two ways about it. Salt Lake
physicians were free with advice on
the subject yesterday.
First, there is a matter of clothing
Clothing should be worn in summer
as well as in winter. unless you are
a South Sea Islanders or something
ike that, IN which case good advice to
you would be thrown away, anyhow
So wear reasonable and respectable
amount Of clothing and wear Ii intel
llgently. That means that one pole
should not be covered and the other
left bare, S for instance. bare head
and shoulders and feet covered with
wooden socks and brogans. That's
10 way 10 do at all. Equal
ize things. The whole extent
of your skin is an active organ
and no one portion of it should be Civ
en- all the work. To cover up one por-
ton and leave others exposed means
that you viii not get the best work out
of any portion.
Next to the Skin.
The clothing next to the skin should
be of some absorbent material, such as
light cotton or linen. Cotton is cheap
er than linen and is just about as good.
1t should not be too closely woven nor
should II be too loose. Avoid those
fish-net fabrics that look so COOL
They're not. Select some light weave.
something that you can see through
when you hold il up between you and
the light Get it large enough to hang
loosely and you re all right so far as
that is concerned
Open work stockings look cool. but
they're not, for the same reason that
the fish-net clothing is not colonel
Their has the absorbent qualities of
the closer weaves. However. You can
wear open-work stockings without
much damage TO yourself so long as
the oDen-wOrk does not extend below
the shoe tops When it does. the skin
of the foot is brought into direct con-
tact with the leather Of the shoe and
that is not good. especially in the sum
than leather ones in not weather. be-
cause the canvas allows better
air circulation. Patent and heavy calf
shoes are about the worst. Low cut
shoes are recommended and shoes
should never be tight-fitting.
All the clothing should tit loosely
Wear loose collars, loose belts and
avoid as much as possible duplication
OF clothing about the waist. Much of
the discomfort of women during the
hot weather is caused by the treatment
they give their waists. 1t IS not pre-
sumed that they will change this Gus
tom The fact Is merely mentioned as
interesting. and not in the hope that it
viii get results.
Men should leave off vests if possible.
OF course. the absence of a vest means
the absence Of much-needed pockets
and il is therefore something of a hard
ship to shake the weskit When worn
however, IL should be of light and loose
" woven material. Straw hats are
better than felt ones. not because the
straws are lighter, but because they
are porous and permit the air to cir
culate through the hair or over the
area where the hair was once located.
All cothing should be suspended from
the shoulders. Suspenders do not look
lovely, but they are hygienic and COM
portable If belt is worn 1t should
be so loose as to remove all weight
from the hips and to allow free circul-
alton of air about the waist
Pity the Poor Babies.
Children are the greatest victims of
hot weather foolishness as manifested
I'm dressing. This is especially true of
infants. who cannot help themselves
Well-meaning mothers viii burden an
inoffensive kid with pounds of wooIen
clothing and wonder why IL is sick
and fretfui. Infants, being more ten
der. are easier to roast than grown ner
sons and, through their inability to
fight back, are more frequently roast
ed. The wise mother viii clothe her
infant is lightly as possible during the
not days. The slightest covering con-
sistent with good manners is the appro-
pirate dress. This applies to the
youngest infants as well as to those
who have progressed q Few vear.s .,Inr,o.