Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-07

basketry and art work not included
in the winter curriculum. SO fast mas
the summer education idea spread that
the large colleges Of the country now
have almost as large summer matrlc-
ulation as in the winter. When the
colleges happen to be in large cities,
such as New York and Chicago. to the
students the city factor seems to be
rather an advantage than disadvan-
tage.
The home in the city nowadays gen.
orally possesses at least two small
electric fans.
Humidity in Air Has and an automo-
Debilitating Effect. boat, and these
features go far toward making sum-
mer tolerab1e. Everybody knows that
it is the humidity in the air that has
the facilitating effect, and the only
way to combat humidity is to keep the
air in circulation. and thereby con-
stantly evaporating. Not only does the
air humidity affect US, but the humid
ity given off by the body on hot
still day forms a sort of blanket over
US and makes it difficult even TO pre-
tend to be energetic. Thus 1t has been
noted by many people that on par
ticularly sultry day. it is just as hot
If not hotter sitting still than 1T ls
moving about. This is because the air
pressure in moving about disturbs the
blanket of humidity surrounding the
body. so with fans constantly disturb
ing the atmosphere, room may be
kept at as comfortable a temperature
in New York as in Newport.
This humidity theory was tried out
some Years ago on monkeys in the
tropics to determine the exact cause
of sunstroke. In the first experiment
monkey was completely exposed to
the sun and died in half an hour. Next.
the body of a monkey was exposed to
the sun, but his head was well Gov
cred, and the monkey again died i'll
half an hour. The monkeys body was
put in long box in which fans kept
a current of cool dry air in circulation.
but his head was exposed to the d1-
rect rays of the sun. Under these cir
cumstances the monkey lived for an
indefinite period.
experiments was that in the first and
second instances the humidity of the
monkeys body, and not the sun, hau
stified him. For this reason it is de-
summer day is weakening because 1T
increases the humidity of the body. but
on the other hand, a slow, moderate
walk should prove very beneficial.
The problem Of keeping cool in sum
per. whether in metropolis or forest,
is serious
Problem of Keeping one ana snou a,
Cool in the Summer. deal more at
tention than 1t does. 1t has just been
within the past few years that cooling
annaratus has been Installed in hos
pitfalls and factories. and the suggestion
of cooling system as we'll as heat
ing system in the average house Is still
rejected as absurd. Yet II people car
afford to pay for coal and gasoline
they can certainly buy ammonia. and
especially where there are young chill
dren anc babies it should be made q
| criminal offense not to install cooling
APPARATUS of some kind. II only small
fan, just the same az IL in winter PEG
pie would be censured II they attempt
ed to bring up a family in a house
that contained no heating provisions.
In the matter of food the city !.
especially well supplied in the summer
The farmers ship their best product.
to the large cities. where there is {
constant and certain market for them
and a municipal health department see.
| to 1t that the city's milk is clean ant
| fresh.
| SO, after all, a great deal may b.
said in favor of the city in summer
For the poor, who are compelled tt
stay whether they want to or not, there
are the municipal bathing pools ant
! quite recently in some cities the hos
pital launch, which takes the ailine
children Of poor parents for trips OF
the rivers and coasts. There are the
amusement parks to offer diversion
the roof gardens for dancing and thu
soda fountain for refreshment. Occa
sionally there are some very good parl
concerts, as for instance, the famou!
| concerts of Willow Grove heard BY
residents of Philadelphia. While thu
city cannot compare with the freedom
of camp life or the scenery of oul
| coasts, nor with the cool, fragrant
| stretches of the farm and open coun
| try il has It's compensations.