Evening star., 1932-09-06

OF wnack1ng typewriter Keys Tor an nour
or So
There can be little question that q
man is unnecessarily keeping himself
uncomfortable by tipping with his coat
on, no matter how light the garment
may be.
The heat generated by the operation
is real enough.
Some years ago experiments were
made along this line by curious
gentleman who placed himself in a
bath tub of cold water, with machine
and manuscript, and then fell to typing
at a good normal rate.
We have forgotten the exact figures,
| but the water was raised in temperature
an astonishing number of degrees, as
We recall the story.
Any one who uses typewriter knows
that the likelihood is that the average
eSsary.
Male typists are particularly addicted
to sheer humping of the keys.
The amount Of force expended by the
zone finger" artist, the conscripted
advocate of the hunt and find" system
is considerably more than is essential,
in most cases.
The force with which the letters are
driven against the rubber roller Is shown
by the short life of such devices, in
many instances.
Letters have been known to fly off
the type bars, so forcibly were they
struck. The pounds OF force per key
are numerous; just how much too great
in any given instance, only student
of such things could say land prob
ably nobody would believe him, If he
said it,.
The drinking of hot drinks on hot
days does offense to the mind, as well
as to the physical being. Americans
are too firmly "sot" in their cold drini;
habits. And there is much to be said
for the tinkle Of ice in a glaSs-yes,
much to be said.
The heat reaction which follows the
impact Of cold is real, of course, but
things have been written about the
heating effect" of drinks with sugar
in them, but the effect of them, in the
large, is cooling. At least they make
that impression on the throat, the
stomach and the mind.
Particularly is their effect on the
latter organ appreciated While the
urgencies of heat are many, and ap-
parent on all the planes of life, there
can be little question that, as a man
feels in his head. SO is he.
If he is hot-headed, inside, actually,
not theoretically, he will feel hot all
over. If he is cool in the head-again.
literally, not flguratively-he will tend
to be cool all over.
There Is paradox here.
Many q man has found that warm
interest in some subject or other helps
to keep his mind off the heat, no matter
| how hot the day may be.
This is a sort of fooling Of ones
| blood stream. but good deception.
nevertheless.
Life lies in the inner places, rather
than in the outer areas.
Men know this when they poke their
wrists under streams Of cold water, ito
cool Off the blood" as they say.
One cooling device touched on by the
experts" may be approved by the lay
man. It is, need it be said, the bath.
Lukewarm water is perhaps best, and
with soap, to remove the coating of
| Oil brought about by the heat. But
water Of any temperature, literally
splaShed on the epdermis is better
| than none at all. The immediate reac-
ton of a cold shower is a glowing,
heated skin, but the secondary reaction
| following, is cool. so curiously adjusted
is this human body.
Every person Is sort of law unto
himself in these matters, SO it will not
do for any one to accept too slavishly
the warm weather hints" commonly
handed out on all sides, nor to be dis
turbed If an expert" self-acclaimed,
asserts that the wearing of certain
types of clothing is inimical. One may
be SO constituted that such clothes are
not heating, in any real sense. The
effect of hot drinks, instead of being
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