Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-08
NOT SO BAD TODAY
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becauae of labor conditions, is an I'M
portant reason for persons this summer
acting as their own iccmen, wherever
possible.
And for that Won can thank the storms
that cavorted up nnd down the nearby
country II you were like lots OF Others
Won took a bia delight in those storms,
because outside of the promise of better
things they held out they were. appeal
no hcauiifu from n distance of course
rnr sTonm'B BEAUTY.
Down-,utlntry and acruss the nver
the lightning played and danced hke
glceful Titnnp Grent streaks OF SAL
from yellow light tore across the sky, zig
zaopIng hirid wounds m tho thick clouds.
behind them effulgenoes Of other light
aupeared caused by lightning Tar fehlnd
tbe cloud formations that bid them, hut
revealing their presence by spreading
shared flares Far away, You could
hear the roll of thunder not tho drum
fire. splitting, crnckling, terrible o. The
storm close by, but tho sullen, oIninous
bng-tIrnum booming Of the storm Hii"s
away. Sure, Il was all very pretty, very
fascinating very thrilling to wntoh IN me
dark Of The porch cspcc'niiy Wheh tne
very real and very only she or the m
cxprcggibiy dear he was there N watch,
too.
80. YOU see that even Il this is a ,taid,
old. conservative daily nrwgpepor, chron-
icling tho fay'a events as n clock chron-
lclcs the minutes, it's still grf chunk of
romance and aorne of the Joys of youth
hidden away m its breast pocket
And that'll bc about all Of the Bertha
NJ Clay stuff So, let's talk about what
tho storms didn't do
In the first they didn't visit Wilmington
| 70 any greater extent than N provide
| n spankinv breeze for good number of
/ hours, 10 lct you sleep, and " rain m
| spots IN different parts ~ the city after
| midnight W course, you didn't soe any
results this morning because the parched
| face ~ tho earth soaked lp every lagt
| bit of rain and moisture IN lig time liut
| none the less II mined
IrureTRrhr. PLANTS PrTJ. THRorCH
II doesn't nccd an Imagination bke
! .Tnles Yernes for one ~ understand that
| this wrek of heat has played bob with
| Wilmingtons industries, which are, and
/ have been, and will continue Tor long
| time in full blast, because of the prcss nf
war work
Tho zhpyards have felt the tremendous
heat possibly more than my other nf the
| industries There men have tn face great
artificial heat ns we'll as the natural hen'
of tho sun, md tho weather NJ aoonor
starts IN 10 warm up before the workers
feel II
But nj Pusey md Jones and Harlan's
the difficulty has been largely eliminated
| hy the exercise Of good common sense
The Yards vast war work must 90 on,
and tho men are keen 70 keep u gong
90 keen inderd Tint lots of thern wanted
10 work when working was virtually a
physical impossibllity
Both plants, that - rive+ers, etc, who
work in the broiling outdoor SUN or 1T
forges start in N 4 a. N and plnt ~
noon. which means that the Job goes on
lust Is of old. only ii is done IN the very
coolest part If he days twcntv-fOur
hours Other departments not 50 working,
knocked off pretty generally Yesterday AZ
noon.
The Electric Hose and Rubber Co. fel,
the heat Yesterday and there was httlo
doing IN the plant after noon. save BY the
office force The department has been
! working from q. m. 10 2.l5 during the
hot wave As soon as II Is over things VIII
get back to normal.
The Bancroft plant has likewise been
affected, but has been able To get IN bout
~ per cent Of IT'S time. II IS like almost
all other local concerns, loaded with war
work
All Of the plants say that complete
shut down il well-ngh impossible, be-
cause Of government lobs which simply
must be got done. But the human
equation IS being thoroughly considered
I everywhere bv reducing hours as mucf
as possible or shifting them around 50 a.
| TO avoid work in the heat Of the afternoon
apples ASD EGGs.
TTor, -. t.t.r, baat cfprfaG pua az whIci
Is true and the other-weIl, let b'
kind and say doubtful. There belnl
two stories, YOU have three Zlesses as z
which IS which.
i dispatch in the morning papers say
apples are cooking on the trees dowl
in Virginia. actually baking IN the heat o
I the sun, which AT the point IN question
( is said TO have gone 10 l20 degrees. ms
5 incidentally. comes from he state whIci
: gave birth 70 one G.. Washington VIII,
4 couldn't tell lie even 70 dodge a hcNln
I over that famous cherry tree.
Next,
r out on Monroe street-yes. We thlni
l il was Monroe street, our Informant said
Yesterday somebody said il vas hot enougi
to cook eggs without ire. NOBODY
eered the idea because there WASH any,
doubt about things being hot But some
lug part of il. - an egg Was .pTocure,L
. opened up and put down on a hot con
crete pavement. Lo and behold. /
cooked For fact It did; 1t Just curiec
up as If it were in 4 frying pan aud IN
/; short time was done Don't tell The fooc
=, administration about the waste, but no
) body ate H.
While were on the matter Of eggs
: which has to do with eats, iet ; say
something about food these hot days
First he careful not 20 oyereat Sec
: ond. keep away from much hot food
; Third, use as little meat as possible; IN
; stead, use eggs, milk. Lat salads anI
easily dlgested vegetables. Don't gorg
, ice water. Don gorge ice cream; ea
+; il SLOWLY Keep off losding up on ''sof
, drinks iust as YOU wogld keep Of
. LEADING No on alcohol 4 little sol
stuff wont ID any harm, but TOO mucf
4 will
, Here : What a man who ought ~ know
= hettcr ate last evening about $50 Will
The Thermometer at l00 Plenteous lamb
stew hot goody helping Of lima beans
!, also hot. Sliced tomatoes, cheese, IN
; pear. hot coffee two bottles Of cold beer
0 Then he sat hack, sweating like leak,
5 reservoir. red-iaced. gasping, and sal'