Year: 1874

There is great deal of needless suffer-
ing every year while the hot days Of mid
summer last. People will violate the
plainest and simplest laws of health.
Those of us who are obliged to remain in
town during these heated terms are apt to
charge our ills to the supposed unhealth-
fulness of city life and the want of salubri-
Gus country breeZes. We are not pre-
pared to say that person who remains in
the city and conducts himself in a rational
way is any worse off than the summer
pleaSure-seekers at any of the fashionable
watering-pIaces. But the majority do not
live In a rational way. The well-to-do
merchant or broker drinks ice-water at
breakfast, and by the time he gets down
town he is hankering for the refrigerator
or Office water. cooler. Perhaps before
lunch time he will meet a friend and with
him take bIandy-smash or mint-julep.
When lunch time comes, if he drinks
wine or beer, he wants them ice-cold.
Ifhe drinks water he wants lump OF Ice
in each goblet. He will barely have
reached his office before he will want an
O;her lce-cold drink. And all this time he
feels as if he were ready to melt, nOtwith-
standing the cooling drinks, and his
thirst is never satisfied. He goes up town
with his hat in his hand, perspiring more
than ever, and the sight of the thermOme-
tiers that hang outside the druggists doors
almost makes him go mad. In the case of
the laboring man matters are, if possible,
still worse. He also has begun by drink
ing ice-cOld water in the morning. and his
craving for that agreeable but deluSive
beverage is never over. Being cOmpara-
lively cheap one, he can indulge his appe-
tite for it to any extent. Now, in
default of the doctors, we have a
word of advice for both rich and
poor. There is no necessity for all this
perspiration and consequent vexatiOn.
Danish ice from the breakfast-table. Drink
as much fresh CrOton as you like, or even
as much a. you can before breakfast, and
let this be followed by light repast, in
cluding not more than one small cup of
coffee. After this the SUMS rays can be
endured without discomfort until twelve
or one O'Clock. Then a moderate lunch
with one or two glasses of wine or beer
will last until the days work is over. At
the evening meal-pure water, beer or red
wine diluted with water can be taken Gd
Libitum. But during all this time ice
should he kept out of sight. The wine,
beer or water may be moderately cooled





cold in summer. 1t might be a blessing to
the city at large if the price of ice were
twice as exorbitant as it is. That CON-
modify is a great benefit, but it should be
devoted only to its Legitimate uses. such
as preserving meats and vegetables. 1t is
customary in the hotels and restaurants to
set goblet of ice-water before a customer
as soon as he takes his seat at the table. as
If ice were the real staff of life A goblet
OF water with lump of ice in it placed be.
fore a person who sits down to order his
breakfast ought to be rejected as promptly
as if it were a glass of tepid dish-water
The ''ice-cOId" drinks advertised at tht
various places of refreshment during the
hot season constitute as great danger as
the rum-shOps themselves, and a wOman's
crusade against this evil would receive Sc
cret support from all sensible persons. Let
the sweltering tOilers of the city swear of
from the use of ice-cold drinks and they
will prosper better than the giddy crowd:
at Saratoga, Long Branch and Cape May
! -Netu York World.