Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-07
KEEPING COOL IN SUMMER

versalist friends claim IL only q myth
And so on. ana so on
Why yssl. He has to admit that
the mercury 10 just az high today; in
those good old times men did not
set such store by thermometers. nor
measure humidity so accurately as
nth Of June was O sizzler, ana no mis-
take!
And of course n IL some hot today.
too. In q real hot country. like India,
or in any town OF Cuba, for instance.
people would not rashly battle against
such deadly heat; but would let 1t
have its way, dropping all active avo-
cations during the middle OF the day,
taking that time for q restful siesta
and waking up In the late afternoon,
refreshed and strengthened, TO take
up work with new zest. after the wilt
ing midday heat had passed over.
They would have dressed for its
coming, also. Taking hint from the
wisdom Of the birds and the beasts,
they would have donned the thinnest
and coolest OF summer garb. Men,
women and children would appear In
summer white. They would shed the
heavy hat, cast on the binding neck
scarf. the imprisoning starched COL
lar, the weighty shoes which blister
the feet. the mid-winter underwear.
Not 30 The Oldest InhabitantI Well,
yes; it's purity hot, he admits. But
from some mistaken notion he clings
to the f1annels which kept him cosy
during January's billiards; he is in
clined to rheumatic. you know. and
might take coIdI
He has kept his rooms at a tenn
perature of so or Whereabouts, during
the Fall, Winter and Spring. by pill
ing coal into the furnace. Many a
night, when the wind was bowling,
the snow drifting, ice making faster
than you could think about It. he has
blessed the man who invented the
| steam heater; and he has piled on
blankets, all the time rejoicing that
he lives in a snug house, and recalling
for the benefit of members Of the
| household, the attic room In which
he used to sleep when a boy, where. on
q snowy night the white feathers
would drift in through the lealy roof
That was in Winter. Does he take
an opposite course when July eomes1
Does he arrange to cool the house by
the same system used to warm II,
having iced air forced through the
radiators, as the hot steam used to
come during winter?
: Does he throw wide all the windows,
) stop grumbling and buy electric fans,
) shed his garments as do the animals
, and birds, eat lighter food. although
enough of it to provide plenty OF nour-
= ishment at the time that the body is
apt to have lowest vitality during the
whiting heat?
4 Does he apply his intelligence 60 his
system of daily Iiving-following again
the customs OF the races Injured to
conditions in hot countries, taking ad-
Of Juicy fruits, cooling vegetables,
| easily diReSted grain foods?
i There 10 more than mere accident
to the dark races love for the water
y melon, the light cheap, easily pro-
n cured oanana-one Of which Is said
= to have in 1t as much nourishment as
a pound of beefsteak-the Juicy pear
= or plum. or peach.
: BY intuition they realize that such
. watery fruits have in them all the
, cooling properties which the system
needs during the hot season: also that
= 1t is much better to eat more juicy
J, fruit and drink less ice water. which
: | chiIls the stomach and may start no
D end Of disorders IN that much abused
q organ.
Then as to dress. Happily, after
e much criticism, there have been per-
e sons brave enough to put aside the
= starched collar, the heavy clothing, the
T killing undertakings. chung to because
n they were the vogue back in Colonial
T times.
I Cool. breezy cotton has replaced the
v midwinter woolens, collars have beer
y rolled over, sleeves Topped or IN wo-
mems costumes; men have dared tc
adopt the "shirt-waist' rig. the thir
: collared style OF get-up. That there
. are a few women and men who go Il
= extremes in summer garbing does mo-
Il detract from the common sense Of
: the average styles in vogue.
= IL fs a strange fact that q person
e who willingly pays eighty eents OF
q a dollar for a box of candy which
r perisheth," grumbles at adding dime
# or a quarter more to the price Of thir
a undertakings cool, silky hose, light
n weight garments, the wearing Of which
. | would entirely revoiutionize his opin'
: ion of summer; make him superior Il
r the tortures of heat and humidity.
It He will spend much more In cole
= drinks, ice cream sodas and the like
t will swallow patent nostrums adver'
: tised to keep him cool, when really
h the help he needs should come from
It the haberdasher and the laundryman
o When the price of an electric fan, fol
s at least one room Of the house. would
n bring him untold comfort; when avn
IS ings, porch and window and dooi
t screens, a piazza, no matter how prtm'
tive, screened in. a hammock, ana
4. few other hot weather comforts, would
r, leave him strong IN body and minC
= to meet the caloric and to snap hi
= fingers at old General Humidity.
= Much drinking of chilled liquids ex
It cept at meals is a mistake. They onl,
IL serve to make one realize that thu
10 human body has seven million pores
e through which persptration oozes II
a only one fills the system with liquids
}. to make it oozel Intelligent self-con.
: troll is necessary in this respect, 4
It one would obey the Injunction, -KeeI
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