Evening star., 1916-08-21
TO AVERT DANGER
OF SUNsTR0KE

If YOU dress SenSloly anu aSe Sei
sibly you will run little risk of sun
stroke or heat prostration. But, OF
! course, you must know what SEN
sibly' signifies in these cases. some
| occupations make sensible action al
, most impossible in very hot "eather'
| but there is no reason why any "om-
an at home should suffer i'll effects
| from the heat
Perhaps diet is the most important
subject to consider.
| The food eaten should be OF sort
| that digests easily, without putting
and therefore also on the heart. 1t
| should. nevertheless. be of sort SUI
ficiently nourishing to keep up inc
| strength. 1t seems to be proven that
cold weather, but there are many in
| dividuals who feel the heat much more
| quickly if they fail to eat nourishing
food and sufficient food The whole
| point is to choose food of a simple
i nature-and not to overeat
Breakfast Of fruit uncooked or a
light variety of cooked cereal. with
cream and milk-or coffee if one is
| for the day Fruit, a soft boiled egg
and two thin slices of toast is another
| substantial but light breakfast Fried
| food of any sort. hot cakes. heavy
| mullins. meat or potato should all be
avoided for breakfast in warm weather.
| And coffee and tea should not be drunk
in excess. Cocoa, too. is too heavy for
warm mornings.
| For luncheon. the simpler the meal
| the better salad of vegetables.
| which are fresh. thoroughly cleaned
and ripe. is good. with bread and but
ter. II you have a reliable milk
! source. a glass of milk with bread
and butter is sufficient for very warm
day. A teaspoonful of lime juice or
a little vichy may be added to the milk
if it is found indigestible. Fruit that
| is perfectly fresh and ripe without
forms another light but satisfying
! lunch. The whole point is to eat
enough, but to choose light, plain
foods. Croauettes. sauces and rich
lobster salad or deviled crabs and elab-
crate desserts, should all be left for
cooler days.
If the two first meals are as simple
| moderately Observation-Disclosures it.
too. must be simple. A clear soup, hot
or chilled. broiled or roasted meat, one
of the summer vegetable with pota
lettuce dressed with French dressing.
and simple dessert make up q sensi-
BILE warm day dinner. The dessert
may be fruit, raw or cooked, If surely
b
water ice sherbet eaten slowly. or
some simple gelatin dessert. The din
ner should be very daintily served in
warm weather, If possible on a veranda
with as little thought of the discom-
forts of the heat as possible. Omit
extra courses, rich entrees, veal, pork
or ham, canapes other complicated
appetizers, and all heavy desserts from
the summer dinner.
Next to food comes the matter of ex-
ercise.
to avoid it. be undertaken in the hot
sun and in the middle of the day If
it is necessary to walk in the middle of
the day, choose the shady side of the
street. if there is one, walk slowly, and
carry a parasol or umbrella to shield
the body from the sun.
But don't give up all exercise just
because the weather is warm. Walk
in the early morning, IL that is con-
venient, or in the evening, when there
is no sun. For anybody used to exer
else soon misses it, even If it is given
up for the sake of keeping cool. And
we should make effort to keep our
lives as normal as possible in warm
weather.
Now. about dress. The fewer clothes
we wear the more comfortable We seem
to be. There are exponents of wooden
clothes, even in summer. But for most
of cotton underwear is the coolest
thing to wear, unless. indeed it be the
knitted silk underwear. A combination
of this silk or of thin cotton. cotton
or silk stockings, the necessary stays, a
washable petticoat and camisole and a
one-piece frock of cotton, with open
neck and short sleeves, with white Or
tan canvas shoes, constitutes a very
comfortable and cool costume even on a
warm day.
out of doors. in the shade. no hat is
needed. but in the sun a hat and parasol
should both be used. And II you do be-
come unbearably hot and you have no
duties that prevent you from doing so.
take a cool bath don nghtgown and
lie down in a shaded room until you feel
less uncomfortable.
Baths, by the way. are an important
part of the process of keeping cool and
healthy in hot weather. There should be
a spongng with cool water after the daily
bath, or cool shower. The cold plunge,
which is beneficial to some persons, is
weakening to others, and should not be
taken in hot weather by those not used
to il. But a cool shower or sponge is
almost always soothing and cooling.
Bathe regularly. eat carefully. don't
over exert yourself in the sun. choose the
shady side of the street, sleep as much
possible. wear comfortable clothes and
not too many OF them and you will prob
ably escape all the real discomforts of the
heat. And drink lots of cool, not iced.
water. II. however. you feel suddenly
weak and dizzy on a very hot day, lie
down immedia tely in a shaded room IS
cool as you can get 1t Drink some cool
water and let somebody bathe your
wrists and arms and face with cool water.
If nobody is al hand to help you. lie with
a cloth wrung out of cold water folded
over the eyes. When you feel better, take
a cool sppnge bath and go to bed to
get over the effects of too much heat.
Any symptoms more pronounced than
a little faintness. weakness or dizziness
because Of the heat should call for the
immediate attention of a doctor. In the
meantime. the person feeling them should
be made to lie down and should be
sponged off with cool water. An ice bag
should be placed at the head. and. II there
| is great exhaustion. a little hot milk
| might be given to the patient. But a
| physician should be sent for Immediately,
| and even over the phone he may be able
| TO give trst-aid advice.