The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-14
THE NOURISHING
 SUMMER DRINK
Cooling to the Blood, Satisfying the Thirsf-HOt Weather Sug- gestions for Young and
 Old

Copyright by C. W. McMorran, 19i5)
 Washington. July 14-During the hot summer months much of the discom- forts experienced by young and old, and especially those obliged to be &C., tive, outdoors and indoors, can be les sened by proper regard for what is taken to satisfy the thirst
 The temperature of the body being up to fever pitch" when the ther- mometer scars, calls for something cooling to drink. Most of the suppos- ed cooling drinkabIes are selected with out regard to their component parts, or after effects on the body. The one absorbing desire is simply to satisfy the thirst. This qualification usually is but temporary, and really does not produce any cooling effect whatever. In many eases frequent partaking of these indiscriminately selected eo-cal1- ed cooling drinks proved to be de lusfons and rather tend to increase the craving for more drinkabIes Even plain ice water will not satisfy the thirst, and if too copious1y partaken of. especially if the partaker thereof is obliged to be out in the hot sun, the ice water drunk becomes a seri- oue menace to health, it arrests di- gestion and often leads to sickness at the close of the day. Cold tea and coffee without milk and sugar Is saf-
 
 water.
 Buttermilk, if iced, and quarter tea spoonful of salt be added to each glass, is very pa1atable, and beneficial to the stomach even though it is only clabbard milk Genuine buttermilk is very nutritious, and cooling to the blood. Few think of trying salt in buttermilk and, therefore, say they do not relish it. Salt Is to butter milk as sugar to the cup of tea or coffee A trial of a glass of butter milk, with the additional salt men toned will be the means of adding one more good summer drink for many.
 Lemon juice, put into drinking wa ter, soon produces too much acid in the stomach, if taken frequently and fails to Quench the thirst. In hot coun- tries gingera1e, well iced, with the ad- dition of lemon juice, Is a fair satis-
 fer of thirst-a pleasant safe drink. The Canadian and English ginger beer, absolutely non-alcoholtc is still better. All alcoholic drinks not only add to the heat of the blood, but do not quench or satisfy the thirst. Indul- genee in liquors on a hot day becomes dangerous and makes the partaker, thereof, more susceptible to sun stroke. There are numerous connections for the good old summer time," but the one beverage which can be taken in safety, thirst satisfying, and at the same time nourishing, during the fa- tiguing heat of summer, which can be partalzen of night and morning with assimilating effects on the stomach. or through the day and through the night as often is required to eatis- fly the thirst and which does well and truly satisfy the thirst Is made by one cup of oatmeal, which has been only part boiled, put in a pail of wa ter, together with the water it was steeped in, Or a teaspoonfuI of this a1 a. ter, iced or otherwise, will not only satisfy the thirst on the partaking thereof, with a quarter the quantity of the liquid, but at the same time the body is fed by partaking of this health-giving thirst-quenching and nu- tritious drink. The same quantity of oatmeal can be partaken of without be- ing partially cooked, but with many, it has too much of a. laxative effect if indulged in with great regularity.
 This oatmeal water, can be well iced without harmful effect, and where no ice can be had the addition of the oat- meal certainly makes the drink many times more pa1atable than water with out ice partaken of during the heat of the day. To have this safe and cool ing drink through the night for sick people, or for infants, Is very refresh ing if kept in thern1os jugs, pitchers, or bottles, which have been first cool ed with ice water but it very quickly becomes insipfd long before the night passes. if unprotected. This oatmeal, partly cooked, has very beneficial ef- fects with young children and babies.
 In Switzerland, the mountaineer coachman stops every four hours while driving teams through the heat ed months and gives the horses one cup of baked or roasted flour in each pail of water The water, thus treated, looks like milk, and the horses relish it very much. These Swiss drivers claim that it is not only nourishing for the horses, but leseens the pers- piration of the horses and they are