Evening star., 1932-06-01
Stronger and better sunshine!

Stronger and better sunshine!
Who would have thought that Ma
ture could so improve upon one of her
greatest products?
But the mind Of the scientist fore
saw an increase in ultra violet this
Spring, and the skins of humanity at
test it.
Golfers, gardeners and others, all the
millions who love to be out in the sun
| shine. are getting unusually heavy
doses of the tanning rays.
Many will not realize it, of course,
t, not being particularly interested in
'suntan" or "sunburn" as a thing in
itself, thinking of 1t as merely Incl
dental to sport or other outdoor ac-
tivity.
The few who regard sunshine as a
great medicine, vast pleasure, and as
something which ties them closer to
all Nature more than any other one
thing, perhaps. will specifically note
the increase in the suns strength.
A half hours exposure to the full
rays of the afternoon sun will do more,
in the tanning way. than an hour or
even two hours did last year
Let the scientists explain 1t as they
may, by sun-spots. or whatnot. the
sun lover will rejoice merely at the gilt
tering beneficence, and proceed to alb
sorb his proper share Of it,
He will use due precautions, how
! ever, in view of the increased strength
this season. What will be proper for
one person will not be for another, and,
| just as there is no greater friend than
the sun, SO there is no worse enemy
| to some or to those who do not use
ordinary common sense in regard to 1t.
A peculiar and exceptional interest
in sunshine is the portion of many
human beings, most of whom do not
say much about it. but see to it that
! they get out into it as much as they
can
Many of these are totally uncon-
sci0us of the fact that they use a mild
! sort of self-deception to accomplish
this result. They honestly believe that
| some one outdoor sport Is their sole
reason for being in the great out
doors" The sunshine which they sop
up (much as one does gravy with
bread, in the somewhat uncouth but
eminently satisfying manner Of the
school boarding house table, they re-
gard only as incidental. As a matter
/ OF fact, the sunshine is what they re-
| joice in more than the game, but no
! one could ever convince them of that
Certain persons, however, seem to
know from childhood that sunshine is
the delight of their lives Such per-
| sons need no subterfuge to draw them
olt into it upon every possible occa-
/ sion.
! Great names have been included in
this list. Several world-famous authors
nave written books. in which their
] tributes to the sun shine forth with
/ something of tie glory of the great
orb to which they pay such tribute.
Sun WorShipers. they might be
called if this term cid not discredit
their intelligence. They do not wor-
ship the sun, they do better than that
| they love it.
AS friends CT the sun. they make an
| intelligent effort to study sunshine.
Just as they would any other interest
ing and pleasing phenomenon which
happens their way.
! The fact that the mighty mass Of
flame so many miles distant gives. in
most cases, the precise amount of light
and heat two entirely different things
to keep mankind and other growing
| things in normally good health Is al
ways matter Of wonder to them
A few million miles closer in. and
the sun would burn the world up A
million or so miles farther awav and
We would freeze in endless night.
The relationship of these two celestial
spheres, one of which we know a great
deal. comparatively speaking. and the
other of which we know little, but
nevertheless something. speaks to some
Of a vast and all-pervading intelligence.
To others this curiously sane rela-
| tionship-at least so they would think
of it-means merely that living crea-
| lures have been able to adjust them
selves to conditions as they found
| them.
The sunshine falls upon adherents of
all schools Of thought alike 1t does