Evening star., 1936-05-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

There is no doubt that basking in the
sunshine becomes q pleasant obsession
with some persons.
There is physical and mental elation
to be found in such bathing" Be sure
to get both.
Not every one is so constituted as to
find them.
That is where the trouble comes In.
This trouble" often takes the form
Of genuine and painful burn, as thou
sands Of people have found out for their
trouble
Fashion may dictate a tanned skin,
but there remain many men and women
who should not sun bathe to any extent.
except with the greatest caution.
Those who benefit from the exposure
will be able to tell easily enough. not
only by the fact that their skin tans
easily, but also by the way they feel.
1t Is much the same here as with cool
or cold water.
Most people nowadays know that the
cold plunge" of a quarter of a century
ago Is not advised, and that even the
cool shower is not to be taken recklessly.
A cold bath should give a reaction of
feeling of warmth and a pinkish color
to the skin. and lacking these is not to
be recommended.
Many persons forget that the reac-
ton to sun bathing is equally necessary.
1t will not do just to lie in the sun and
get broiled unnecessarily. If the proper
reactions do not develop. one should join
the innumerable people who, through
necessity or habit, remain in the shade.
Mental elation is one of the finest re-
actions. Even sun lamp, run from the
electric socket, will give you this-how
much more. then, from the real thing?
Reddening of the skin Is a physical
manifestation of erythema, or sunburn.
1t Is the result most often noticed.
If too severe, too much in one dose, it
becomes very painful, and in some cases
positively dangerous.
Skin reddening Is the most noticeable
reaction, but really the finest one is the
sense of intellectual elation which comes
through proper sunbathing.
Just how this comes about would re-
quire scientist to explain. 1t has to do
with the sympathetic nervous system,
the close relationship of the skin in
cluding all its layers, and the rest of the
human organism, and with the myste-
rious relationship between the blood and
the electrical forces of the universe
Whether the blood stream is alkaline
or acid in reaction depends in the last
analysis on the potential of its hydrogen
ions. It's comparative acidity or aka
Unity is measured by electrical units of
great complexity.
The benefits of sunbathing, when
properly performed depend upon the
reaction of the whole human organism
to the pressure" if we may so call it,
put by certain rays upon the epidermis.
Those who look at their tan" and think
this all are .peering only skin deep. The
good results 60 vastly deeper. The pig
mentation, which finally gives the bather
protection from further burn and pain,
is believed to do the major work in
reaching the blood cells, and "filtering
and fibering" them, as an old poet put
1t. The rhapsodies of what the sun
does to the whole man, as sung by Whit
man. have been proved to be more or less
scientific.
That good title. "In Tune With the
Infinite turns out to be more than just
words. If you pigment (tanD well, 1t
means that the sun rays are going deep,
and doing their .stuff' in mysterious
ways where eyesigft cannot follow, ex