The Washington times., 1922-06-04
BY DIR. HUTCHINSO ON
(Wtdely Quoted Popular Writer Medical Topcs)
1--WE Have Traditional Dread OF SunStoke But Careful Examination
Blood of Sanstroke Cases Dscloscs There No Such Thing;
Gemsr9k = Rundown Systems Account for Trouble i'm Hot
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bath every three or four hours
during hot spells wherever a bath
tub. a shower or a swimming pool
is accessible.
Many office suites, business es.
tablishments and schools now In
clude a bathroom as part of their
regular equipment on account of
it's cooling effects In summer and
resting and restoring effects all
the rest OF the year.
OUT.OF.DOOR LIFE.
Next in importance comes plan
ming to take fullest possible ad-
vantage Of the freedom Of all out.
doors granted by the genial sum-
mes warmth.
No finer and surer way Of low.
ering your resistance against the
heat could we'll be devised than the
ancient. traditional but now, thank
heaven. nearly abandoned, method
Of shutting ourselves up In stuffy..
darkened rooms, with shutters and
windows tight closed against the
heat.
You may close the shutters and
pull down the shades for your mid
day siesta, good for everybody. Of
all ages, In the swelter sieges Of
July and August, but leave the
windows wide open.
Arrange to spend as much a.
possible Of your time in the happy
open air. II you are lucky enough
to have a good. roomy, southern
porch. screen It in tightly with
wire or even cotton-mesh, barring
out flies and mosquitoes, hang up
roller screens of mating or cur
tains against the morning and mid
day sun.
Fit 1t up with tables, little work
stands and wicker chairs and pro-
ceed to make it your living room
and dining room for the summer.
Nothing gives one such q delight
ful. fresbening start for the day an
breakfast in the open air on a cool,
shady porch. Where possible, .
little porch with northern or west
ern aspect for breakfast and morn
ing room use is a great advantage.
BUILD A PORCH.
II you haven't got a porch.
build one! A dozen or two of
old boards. a few lengths of
scantling. with . little in.
genuity and "handy-man-wtth-a-
hatchet" skill can make a COM
Portable little porch. with can
vas, mating, awning, or building
paper roof where three or four
persons can. enjoy themselves and
the air at breakfast and in the
long cool Of the summer eve
nings.
Last. but not least, in addi-
ton to screening every window
good quality cotton mosquito-bar
will last one season perfectly
for every opening but doors. and
II very little trouble to tack
on-proclaim a war Of extermina-
ton against flies and mosquitoes.
Their lives are In your hands
IL you have the energy and the
nerve to take them. II not, your
lives are In their hands.
We are entirely to blame for
them, both because they can
breed only in dirt piles or water
puddles Of our own making!
Clear away or prevent all sorts
Of dirt heaps and garbage piles
within 200 yards OF your house.
and see hat manure heaps are
hauled off at least every ten
days before f1ies' eggs laid in
them have time to hatch, and
you can almost write finis and
take Off your fly screens.
Mosquitoes can be given an
equally short shrift, for they
breed only in cisterns, water,
barrels, lily ponds, puddles and
even such tiny pools" Of rain
water rs may be caught in tin
cans, bottles or broken crockery.
They are like the famous old
Mississippi steamboats, which
drew so little water that they
could almost steam cross-coun-
try in a heavy fall Of dew!