Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1889 — The May to Keep Cool. [ARTICLE]

The May to Keep Cool.

“Doctor, give me a suggestion as to the best way to stand this hot weather.” “Well,” replied a prominent physician, “there are a few simple things to remember. I’ll tell you how I do it. In the first place I get plenty of sleep. I do this by eating a light supper, without coffee and with very little fluid of any sort, and but a mouthful of beefsteak. My day’s work ends with the day, and after sunset I just sit around without my coat and vest. About 9 o’clock I slip quietly into my bathroom and soak myself ten or fifteen minutes in a bathtub of cold water. Without drying myself I draw on my sleeping garment and go to bed. My temperature has been reduced, and my pulse has slowed up. This condition is preserved by the evaporation which goes on for half an hour or more, during; which Igo to sleep. Try it. Now, for the day time, I eat a moderate breakfast, with but little hot coffee or tea. I avoid the butter and anything else! very greasy. I eat my fill of bread, toast, tomatoes, cold milk, etc., with a small piece of lean, rare steak. Ido not smoke, nor drink anything alcoholic. I occasionally take a glass of some aerated water, like vichy or seltzer. I wear light clothes and but few' of them, and I am not ashamed to carry an umbrella. The result is that I suffer as little from the heat as is possible during this sultry weather.”—Louisville Post.