Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 83

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JULY 15. 1923. “IT'S THE HUMIDITY!” Copyright, 1923, By By W. E. HILL The Chicago Tribune The Overnight Guest In The Suburbs Has Retired Beneath The Mosquito Net With A Dear Little Mosquito. He's Lost The Com- bination. 1f He Closes The Win- dow He Will Keep The Mosquitoes Out, But The Heat Will Stay In And He Won't Care Whether They Come In Or Not 1f There Is Any- thing. Either Fish, Fowl Or Beast, As Heated Looking As An Usher Passing Chicken Salad At A High Noon Wed- ding Reception In Mid-Summer. It's Yet To Be Seen Most American Beauties Wilt Exceedingly Under The Sun's Rays—Not Even 3eing Told That It's The Humidity Makes A Bit Of Difference —But The Chocolate Baby Thrives On A Heat Wave. The So-called Cooling Drink. Which Is Very Far From Cooling To The Housewife Who Has To Con- coct it One Of Those Summer Evenings When The Otherwise Loving Members Of A Family Group Begin To Feel The Effect Of Heat On Nerves Each Member Is Think- ing. "1f I Have To Look At Them Any Longer. I'll Scream. The Younger Generation ls, As Usual. Threatening To Go Away AndLive TheirOwnLives. ‘The Somewhat Stout ! = Gentlemsn In The \ Palm Beach Suit Is Expanding Unto The Heat. His Palm Beach Suit Has Shrunken. His Wife Will Tell Him It's Not The Heat So Much As It Is The Humidity, And That No Doubt Will Con- sole Him. The Very Thin Young Man V);\o Likes The Heat Is A Terrible Person To Have Around When The Thermometer Registers Ninety In The Shade. There le Nothing He Doesn't Think Of—A Good Stiff Game Of Tennis, Or Perhaps, A Nice Long Walk Over The Hills. A Sleeping Car 1s No Place To Spend Even The Smallest Fraction Of A Hot Spell. Pity Then, The Sad Plight Of The Large And Moist Elderly Couple Who Are To Share A Lower From New York To Indianapolis. Each Hot Wave That Bursts Upon The Com- munity Finds Mrs Mabel Brazas Decid- ing That Now Is The Time, Before The Cold Sets In, To Have Her Tonsils Out.