HOW TO KEEP COOL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 11 December 1886, Page 2

HOW TO KEEP COOL.

Don't work as hard as usual during th e middle of the day it it can be oßcaped. : Don't eat as much as usual. It .isn't necessary, and a little fasting in hot weather always pays. • - Don't drink extremely cold ice-water; It is always better to eat the ice or to let it melt in your mouth-,-Don't have any fires" going on in the house unless absolutely necessary. Use cold foods and do without hot drinks. Don't wear your clothes tight. It pedes the already depressed circulation and is a great source of discomfort. Don't eat any meat or butter if you can do without them. They are heating, and any one is better without them this weather. Don't fail at meals to'give preference to fruits and acids, which are more agreeable now to the stomach, tjhan anything else that cau bo offered. ''. Don't neglect any chance to get out of the city to the country or seaside, even for.half a day. Suoh an excursion will often bridge a person over lan entire heated term.

Don't walk any faster than is neoessary. Strain a point and ride a much as possible, a*-every street oar fare,suoh weather aa this is a great saying of physical wear and tear. Don't drink any strong stimulantß, as the simplest and plainest beverages, such as. lemonade, milk or iced coffee, do more for the tired energies at such a time than the beat brandy. Don't worry and fret. Try and put off the unpleasant things with whioh you" havotodeal until cooler weather, ,and make up yourmind not to got : mad at anything! Don't neglect your feet. Bathe them night and morning, pay more attention than usual to corns and-wear the oldest and roomiest shoes you have. No one can keep cool with tight shoes ou their feet. t Don't miss any opportunity te bathe or go in the water. If nothing else can be done dip the hands in a basin of water, and rub them all over tho person before rising and retiring. Don't wear a stiff hat. Compromise on something light and soft —straw, if pussible-and ventillated above to let out the hvt air. Fiequent shampooing and wetting the top of the head is one-,effec-tlve means of keeping cool.-4fflericßn paper.