Tropic Nights
p. 45 · Read in the full issue
Towards Cooler Tropic Nights
average Tropic dweller mops his way through the humid day and manages to keep fairly comfortable with the aid of numer ous showers and electric fans, and at the day’s end is rewarded with a cold pint of the best on his club verandah. But the nights are the big problem.
Small gnats, insects and mos quitoes force the use of a mosquito net, which becomes an uncomfort able hot house during the night.
One enterprising wife in Lae, New Guinea, however, has part-solved the problem of air-conditioned night wear for her husband by making him a night-shirt along the lines of those worn by grandfather. At first he was not taken with the idea at all, but after finding out the complete comfort, freedom and cool ness obtained from this type of gar ment he will wear no other—P.R.