Show The Cheerful Grouch on Hot Weather Is it hot enough for you somebody some-body asked the Cheerful Grouch She waited long before replying No I should like it to be really hot enough to justify all this kicking Her companion paused mopping the Inside of his hat brim Then you object to my quest in 7 Most emphatically or I mean most calmly wo should not bo emphatic In hot weather Thats the trouble w0 are violent in our denunciation of the mercury and that brings our blood up to tho boiling point Every time we look at the thermometer our pulse beats quicker But how about when your clothes fairly stick to you 7 Dont think about your clothes How about that stuffy feeling when you can scarcely breathe Get to work then take a nap to rest afterwards But how about that awfully limp exhausted feeling Forget it dont talk about it dont encourage it by thinking of it Or If you must throw away all philosophy because be-cause the summer solstice Is or dont remind others of the heat by constant discussion of it Some of us are try ng to go about our business targeting target-ing our troubles In work reading croquet and other harmless diversions diver-sions along comes the unfortunate being > who asks us if it Is hot enough for us ° The warm man stopped mopping his brow But see how tho sun glares down on us i Whats tho good of looking at him 7 He only glares the harder but the warm man edged closer Very well lets play Its moonlight and we are out under tho moon together |