The Omaha guide., 1934-09-08
FAIR y WARMER
By Paul Jay

Maybe your dispositions just a BIZ
edgy, the serenity Of your temper a
trtiIe rufned these days. Seems ID
me everyone from the baby up isn't
Just himself and We all blame 1t on
the weather. This is natural how
ever when you feel you just can't en-
dure. the heat another minute try To
remember Abraham Lincoln's snying.
This too viii pass" There isn't any
question about ID. Cooler days are
coming. l can hear you saying. Yves,
but when2"
Next winter I'm sure your be long
ing for Just a little Of the warmth
that were complaining " bitterly fbout
right now.
If we. could only realize it we'd know
that old Mother Nature is trying to
be most wonderfully good u all IL us.
h is giving ALI Of us a chance to ex-
perience the reat curathso vauie "
sunshine. III admit she's giving US
some pretty arge doses of it but may
be there's a good many OF US who need
it- Its a renrarrsable fact that with
the execution Of heat prostration there
il very little rknes in the county.
Next w1ntls when we're fighing
colds Wen think Of the baimy days
when the children ran about in sun
suits, we men folks felt at perfect lib
erty to go anywhere We liked without
coats and when hundreds slept at night
with only tho sky above them for a
covering.
Is really lovely weather If we'd just
think so. There's no coal to buy. We
don't have tn worry about little Jim
mics heavy winter overcoat or the
need Of getting galoshes for the children.
We can al~be comfortable if we search
out a cool, shady nook and endeavor
to forget about the way the weather
man has been treating Us.
He is one individual who ought to
rejoice in these torrid temperatures for
his Eepot which Ordinarily was limited to
three or four lir1es has now become
front page material, ranking in i'm
portanc5 with the most absorbing top
les Of the day. Every evening we can
scarcely wal for the paper to learn
what is to be our fate for the next
twenty-four hours.
Out our way folks have taken to
their easements, not because of lorna
does but rather in the hope of escaping
from the neat that prevails above
ground. We've all become cave dwell
ers. The women folks sew and knit
and play bridge where they formerly
washed and frdned. The p,tler day
my wife was invited to a luncheon and
when the hostess said, Come on down
in the ~bysemeny,7 she thought she
was being invited to help with the
family washing but instead she found
the laundry transformed into a most
delightfully."- cool and inviting dining
room.
Out where society dwells more than
lone social fanction il taking place IN
the depths Of the family castle, where
the young people make merry while
the older members OF the family lounge
in the vicinity Of an electric fan and try
to imagine they are tracking across the
icy wastes with yrd. y the way, they've
lost the trail Of the Greas Explorer.
hen we're all bemoaning our fate would
Mt it be well to decide whether we're
not just about a. vel Of here, where
there is a possibility Of keeping cool
as to be where we nigh noe be able to
get warm enough to save our ives?
Think about il. 1t may reduce your
tempature a dsgre or two.
While were all counting our many
blessing let Us just remember one can
forget or at least overlook. In these
de we yer stop to think what a debt
Of gratitude we owe to the old Mise
ouri. o, yes j know it's muddy and
slow. Maybe it isn't as picturesque as
the streams you folks have seen other
| places but just the same it's wonderful
~ dependable. 1t has never failed US.
In sunshine and ia STERN it has kept
rclin' aong providing us with an adsqu
ate water supply. III weather like this
one shudders to think what it would
mean IL tina source Of supply =aied Us.
There's one Case Of folks that are
just awfully provoked with this wea-
tker. Who are they? The burglars.
Their racket's just all gone haywire.
The time was when most folks quoted
down and by two o'cock at least most
Of the world was wrapped in slun5er-
Now folks, are awake half the night.
searching for a cool spot. True-win-
dsws are left open but that's no help
1t simply means that someone nearby
is trying to sleep and woe betide the
one who wakes the sleeper. Lying on
the lawn, thte floors, curled up on
porch swings, On cots under the trees
the great huBan FANNY is actuated
BY but one desireEnamely that Of Sc
curing an hour OF two Of deep, UNI
troubled sleep.