Evening star., 1936-07-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Hot weather rules as enunciated re-
Gently by the acting health commits
sioner of the great City of New York
are as follows:
Don't rush and don't worry.
Don't eat heavy foods. hot soups, or
rich pastries. and take only one cooked
meal each "a hours
Don't expose yourself to the sun. Pro-
tect your head by wearing a hat.
Drink quart of milk day.
Relax few minutes each hour.
Battle frequently to keep the pores
open.
Don't get obsessed by the thermom-
eter Keep your mind on your work.
Even If you are addicted to insomnia,
spend at least eight of each "a hours in
bed.
Persons given to drinking alcohol
should strive for moderation in all
things, especially diet and exercise, to
avoid sunstroke.
Eat one or more vegetable salads
every day"
These are good rules, except that the
next to the last one Is rather queerly
phrased. One might as well lump to-
gether tigers, children and puppies, as
alcohol, diet and exercise. Yet the idea
is plain enough.
Every person will approach these rules
from his own personal standpoint, with
his own likes and dislikes
He will find that some of them are
theoretical, others eminently practical,
but just how many any given person will
put in the former classification, and
how many in the latter, will depend en-
tirely upon the person.
Perhaps more people will agree on the
one about bathing than any other.
1t is natural to want to bathe in hot
weather, but most persons do not bother
much about their precious pores. What
they are seeking to remove is the oil
which covers the active skin In hot
weather. There is no doubt in the world
that when this oil and grease are washed
of, the skin is in much better condition
to meet the heat.
The owner of the said skin feels 100
per cent cooler Immediately, which effect
Is not due to the temperature of the
water, but mostly to the removal of the
layer of oil which was blocking not only
the pores. but the entire skin surface.
Basically, 1t Is the pore, of course, but
actually it is the entire surface, which
SO benefits from the little port holes of
the skin being kept open and free.
Don't rush" and don't worry" like
so many good maxims, are easier in
theory than practice.
Unfortunately, worry doesn't reserve
itself just for cool days.
In fact, when everybody is hot and
bothered, there is great deal more like
lihood Of quarrels, pouts, and the like,
than when cooler weather prevails
The health commissioner is right,
then, in calling the attention of the resi-
dents of his huge city, and inferentially
of the residents of all cities, to the plain
necessity for rushing as little as possible,
and worrying at minimum In the heat
Hurry and worry, however, are so in
ground in the daily lives of most city
dwellers, that it will take something more
than a mere admonition to do anything
about them.
The heat, itself, will do most to slow
down the hurrying, choleric city dweller
Excessive heat, therefore, is not wholly
bad. if we do not let it get the best of
us in other ways.
Modern urban folk are generally
agreed on the advisability of eating what
may be called cool meals in hot weather.
Nature takes away the appetite. in
most cases, anyway.