Evening star., 1933-05-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

man still wears a collar too tight for
him. Despite the plea for the loose
collar, and the movement toward lower
collars, the average wearer prefers a
moderately high and tight one. Such
collar looks better and feels better
except in Summer.
Then collar becomes a nuisance, and
were it not for custom, which Is as pow
erful here as elsewhere, this tight white
band would be discarded for the dura-
ton of the heat.
* X
The so-called Adams apple, one may
feel convinced, Is what keeps white COL
lars tight around millions of manly
necks all Summer long.
The average Adams apple is not a
thing of beauty. In fat people 1t is
better covered, and does not bob up and
down so during conversation, at least
to the gazing eye.
This queer organ demands something
to cover it up, Winter and Summer.
and commonly gets it. in the form of
one of the popular shapes OF white
collar
No, the addiction Of the average male
American for this same neckband is
not due to any particular desire on his
part to indicate to the world that he is
a white collar man."
Even when he wears a shirt Of a
colored material he usually provides
himself with a collar to match. One
distinguished Government official of the
Republican regime never wore anything
but highly colored shirts with highly
colored collars to match, and his en-
sembles became him nightly, on ac-
count Of his high coloring.
X
Summer would never be quite as hot
as it is If people would mind their own
business more, but they are forever
wanting to drag one out to a show on
a warm evening, to forget about the
heat" they say, when all the time the
unnecessary movement Is very likely to
be the one thing necessary to make one
remember it.
There is increased public noise in
Summer, and persons sitting out ought
to remember that many tired men and
women, who have worked all day, need
sleep. Little children, too, often are
disturbed by Summer night noises of
the man-made variety. Often a slight
moderation in tone would permit all
to enjoy themselves.
The very heat Of Summer is q COM
pensation to many. Owing to the in
creased perspiration a general increase
in health results to many persons, who,
as uncomfortable as the higher tenn
peratures make them feel, nevertheless
receive an added store of everyday
health as the result thereof.
Perhaps the increased use of liquids
helps, too, since it Is commonly held
that the average person drinks far too
little water in day. Whether this is
a legitimate belief or not Is question;
there are some who are inclined to feel
that the system calls for its own fluids,
and If it does not call for them, it does
not need them.
Many go on the theory that a GER
tain mathematical number of glasses
of water should be poured down the
throat every "a hours, whether one
wants the water or not. There may be
some benefit to such a program. espe-
cially in certain cases of chronic disease.
Such methods of cure, or rather aid.
ought to be easier to take" in hot
weather. Indeed. the demand for a
plentiful supply of liquids increases with
the temperature.
There Is one Washingtonian who
swears that the moment the thermo-
meter registers 80 degrees he feels an
irresistible longing for iced tea, and at
no other time of the year, nor even at
/ degree lower.