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Show KEEPING COOL For a few weeks to come Milford citizens may expect to hear the familiar old summer question: "Is it hot enough for you?" While hoping-, of course, that the weather man doesn't go to extremes, as he did last summer, they realize there is no way to escape a certain amount of torrid weahter, but as usual are unprepared to meet it in the most comfortable way. Along- this line the advice of a famous Chicago physician recently broadcast over the radio should be of particular interest. He says the best thirst-quencher is cool water with a small amount of salt dissolved in it, because perspiration lowers the water-lever of the body and produces symptoms of thirst, also carrying away a certain amount of saline solution so-lution from the body tissues. Eat lightly, he advises, and avoid fats and fried foods. Plenty of green vegetables and fruits are recommended, along with salads and ice cream-. But he wains against too much pie and cake. Close the doors and draw the blinds in the house during the day, he says, and that will help to beat the heat. Then at sundown when blinds are raised the temperature in the room should be several degrees cooler than if they had not been drawn. But possibly the best suggestion of all he saves for the last, though for a great many people it will be the hardest to observe. Here it is take it for what it is worth : "Take it easy ! Don't hurry-! And try to forget there are such things as thermometers." n |