Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-21
The Duty of Goodness
Copyright, 1915, International News Service.
NELL BRINKLEY.

rooms In the house, and refresh
ingly cool bath in the morning and
another one at night should be as
regular as sunrise and sunset.
1t is an excellent thing to come
home from business in time to get
luxurious bath before dinner, and any
time during the day that you feel
distressed by the heat, or have half
an hour to spare, it is an excellent
idea to take bath if possible. When
in doubt take bath is an important
rule in the game called life.
For children free and frequent
dabbling and splashing and padding
in water is even more important and
health-protecting than in the case of
adults.
Heat, just plain heat, seldom does
any very serious harm to grownups
who are in fair condition, but to chill
dren, with their translucent skins, and
big brains, and delicate nervous sys-
TENS, heat is serious danger. At
times it seems literally to melt them
like an overripe peach, or wilt them
like lettuce leaf
Their one protection is in their pro-
fuse and abundant perspiration, which
keeps them cool.
Give the little ones a bath at least
three times day, and let them splash
and rollick and play frog or fish in
the tub as long as ever they wish.
Last, and by no means least, in
!, the comfort code comes the admoni-
ton, "Be good to yourself in the
matter of food in summertime" For
tunately, there is usually an abund-
ance of wholesome, appetizing foods
to be had at this time of the year
such things as fruits, fresh vegeta-
bles, milk, eggs, butter, ices and ice
cream.
A high place in the summer diet
should be given to ice cream, iced
buildings and frozen custards. Their
combinations of sugar and fat gives
them high nutritive value, and they
are readily digested by a healthy
stomach, especially if eaten slowly,
with plenty of good cake, homemade
cookies or sailed crackers.
Every family should be equipped
with good ice cream freezer, and
should use it at least three times a
week. A couple of nice sandwiches,
large saucer of ice cream Zone pint
and plate of good cookies make
not only an attractive lunch, but a
full meal with fuel value of over a
thousand calories.
OF course, you don't need quite SO
much of the substantial foods, par
ticularly meat and fat, in summer
as in winter, because they do give
little extra heat to the body-which
is very useful in cold weather, but
not needed now-but you can't keep
healthy and in good working .condi-
ton with fair, yes, liberal, amount
of upbuilding food.
Many people feel weak and de-
pressed and grouchy in hot weather
because they try to live on the prin-
ciple that the less we eat the cooler
we keep. Never forget that when
there is real work to do, you must
shovel coal under your boilers to do
it with.
Give yourself the widest leewav
and liberty in matters of fit and
color and weight; fit yourself and
all your family out with plenty of
cool, light-colored, fitting cloth
ing of inexpensive materials that will
wash easily, and then wear just as
little of it at time as the law al
lows.
Fortunately most of the absurd old
conventions about formal dress, and
stiff collars, and black clothes, and
wearing your coat or hat upon all
occasions, at the peril of your life,
have, been done away with, or at least
suspended during hot weather.
On the other hand, everything That
keeps you cool and fresh looking
and pretty, provided it isn't too tight
or too stiff, helps to keep you coI1-
Portable and in good summer-time
mood. .l..