Word: wetting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very cold dry snow, the waxing surface should be extremely smooth; while on wet snow it should be comparatively rough, as a smooth surface will "suck" on wet snow causing very slow running...
...whole, the conditions are not encouraging for a good skiing week end. Pinkham Notch and Wildcat Trails: 10" of heavy wet snow, covered with hard crust. Need more snow: Mt. Mansfield: Stew, Vt.; four to six inches of snow with a few bare spots on the practice slopes. Up to 36" of snow on Mountain Tow rd. Nose Dive slide is patched with icy surfaces. Suicide to try this. Lesser trails better than Nose Dive but still bad: Mt. Cardigan; Alexandria N. H.; six and one half inches of old snow on practice slopes, '12" on Duke's trail. Main...
...always a good thing to carry a piece of paraffin along on a tour, as the snow texture is liable to change unexpectedly at any time; thus if you have waxed for dry snow (mix and very smooth surface) and you run into wet snow, by rubbing a rough coating of paraffin over the other wax it will enable the skis to glide freely...
...wet spring snow (having melted over a considerable period of time): Ostbye "Klister...
...could devote only one minute to each drug, telling the arthritic how and when to use it." According to Northwestern's Mayers, the ludicrous abundance of ethical, proprietary or quack liniments also sold in drugstores to arthritics "is of no greater therapeutic value than would be a hot, wet towel to the afflicted joint." In contrast, conscientious doctors have some three dozen different drugs, four liniments to treat one of the three most stubborn, chronic U. S. diseases...