# Back when men wore suits all the time, how did they handle the summer heat?

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#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-when-men-wore-suits-all-the-time-how-did-they-handle-the-summer-heat/1002926/31 "2024-06-16T09:46:10Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> a rudimentary cooling system into the White House using a lot of ice from the Potomac in a cellar like an icehouse

How did this work? I mean to say, there ain’t no ice in the Potomac in August so wouldn’t the ice from February have long since melted by the summer? I 've never really understood the concept of ice houses–in the summertime, ice melts.

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