Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

that each fat has Its sleeping porch
attachment Here. when bedtime
comes. the members OF the family viii
foregather in numbers from one 90
Qufshed. The chief trouble about
sleeping porches. according to their
users. is that the sleeper arises with
the lark. matter how tired he
may be.
Il. am just getting my best sleep"
said one sleeping-porchist. plainttveiy,
when things commence TO tighten mp
and rooster with a voice like. tho
escape valve OF a locomotive begins
an intimate conversation with another
rooster a half a mile away.
Then the mflkman comes. j wouldn't
like. to say positively. but ! firmly be-
lieve that our milkman carries spe-
cial supply OF hardware to drop down
our areaway.
utes more sleep. The sun slants into
my eyes and a large family OF flies
come right over and start to have a
picnic on me.
because If / stay there ten minutes
longer I will go out and Kill the cook
when she calls me for breakfast"
So It may be that porch sleepers are
not altogether successful in being COM
Portable.
A number Of sad-eyed persons whose
whole philosophy of life hangs on the
theory that the other fellow feeis
try to escape from the heat by calling
attention to the fine material for his
purposes which the polar bears. the
shaggy grizzlies ana the neaVHy
named lions afford.
Nearly all of the bears seem to suner
in tropical temperatures The po,ar
bears and the big Kadiaks from Alaska
spend most of their time in splashinE
around in their pools. The small
. brown bears who are lucky enough Co
own a cave. while their neighbors must
sleep in a wooden box. remain CURED
up among the cool rocks like num-
Der of discontented puppies.
The lion seems to suffer parucu airy
from the heat. although he comes from
a climate which is supposed TO make nun
immune to hot weather he SPENDS Ms
days in glowering out OF his cage Inc
polar bears idea of a cool time when ne
is out Of water is to stand IN nus Gaze
swinging his head from left TO right AZ
though to stir up a breeze. he mas never
stirred up breeze yet, but that doesn
hinder. him from making a renewed eHort
each day to accomplish his end
OF course. Sunday Schools arrange PIC
MICS that send shoals OF youngsters to the
riverside resorts. To the ordinary spec
tator the average excursion, with lts
mounds of food. blaring bands. games or
a dozen sorts and contests. including ,he
inevitable fat mems race, hardly makes
a warm appeal when considered as re-
freshing, cooling place. But the children
like IT. Apparently the more they run
around and the more they eat the NOR
they are convinced that the best way to
handle the heat question Is 10 DEFY u
altogether.
Former Speaker Cannon always fought
the heat in his own fashion. When Con-
gress stayed here in summer. tempera-
lures began to rise and collars cores
pondingly to wilt, the Speaker of the
ayI
then 60 forth to slap, maltreat, bite. kick
and otherwise abuse the heat. He is re-
puted to have had less respect for a July
afternoon than anybody who ever visited
, the capital
This is not the case with Speaker
Clark. He feels hot weather and he
doesn't care who knows 1T. Presiding
over the House on a warm summer after
} noon, the Speaker will pull up one sleeve
and. then the other. mop his neck, and
flush up until his face looks like a har-
vest moon.
The Speaker doesn't worry much about
the hot weather; that is, he has no rules
to use. He just ''sweats.''
While men i'm public life and private
citizens are engaged I'm the task of evolv-
, Ing means by which to make heat less
oppressive, the restaurant keeper who
! must cater to their wants, "sprains his
, mind as he seeks something new to
eat
From the man who Is managing an cs-
tablishment that costs you money every
time you look at the waiter to the pro-
prietor of the lunchroom where you can
, buy enough food to I'LL YOU to overflow
{ ing for a quarter every body is hunting
a hot-weather dish. Lettuce and toms-
toes, worked into marvellous sandwiches
served I'm every conceivable way: things
to drink that range from the f1ower-like
, mint julep to weirdly prepared iced tea
are set forth for the delectation of jaded
: appetites.
There are some hardy spirits who defy
{ hot weather and take any kind OF ex-
ercise in July. Senators Bristow of Kan
Q sas and Cunmins Of Iowa are among
Y these. Frequently they can be found on
3 a blazing hot afternoon toying with the
: gentle golf ball on some nearby links
: According to report, Senator Bristow &
s game is improved by hot weather.