Show making the desert cool an ingenious method which a thoughtful wife invented to keep her good man cool Is described in travel she sent down from town aa a quantity of canvas or burlap which was to be strung strong an on wires along the windward side of the veranda the poor panting man was to take his seat there lightly arrayed and spray water on the screen with a hose bose the resulting evaporation would temper the breeze to a fair degree of comfort the burlap and liose hose combination it seems plays a prominent part in california desert household economy |