| Show HAVE BIG HEALTH ADVANTAGE abundance of fresh air and sunlight do much to cheek check ravages of tuberculosis DANGER IN CLOSED WINDOWS national tuberculosis association which sponsors the annual sale of red cross christmas seals reports deaths death each year from the disease people who live in the smaller towns and on farms have a great health advantage over tile the city dwellers in that they have ever tin nn abundant supply of fresh air and sunlight these two gifts of nature so lavishly bestowed are not always appreciated to their fullest extent they are two of 0 tile the strongest weapons against the menace of tuberculosis or consumption as it Is s sometimes called but consumption Is not unknown in the rural districts the death rate Is sometimes as great in these sections as in the more crowded localities chiefly because of carelessness or Jn indifference difference tu to laws of heath health few indeed are the farm houses or the homes in the smaller cities and that cannot have tin an outdoor bleeding bleeping ble porch on the contrad contrary Y we often find that thai tile the windows of steeping sleeping rooms in the home are shut in the mistaken belief that night air js is harmful this p aves the way tor for disease especially tuberculosis which generally at the lungs white plague e kills a year the white plague claimed lives last year in the united states more lore than americans are suffering front from it today these figures tire ore compiled from reports of experts all oer the country and sent to the national tuberculosis association the leading agency in the country to combat this disease this organization Is for tile the red cross christmas aval sale from which its financial icart rt Is ell chiddy efly derived As medical science has proved consumption Is both preventable and curable the suffering caused by this disease Is largely unnecessary most tuberculosis bercu losis viCt victims lins are between the ages of eighteen and forty live five causes half billion loss annually these are the years when deop people are most active the years of their thear greatest production the snuffing anul aing out of these lives just alieu they are ara at the height of 0 their usefulness means an annual loss to the country of nearly half a billion dollars fresh air la is the cheapest of medicines outdoor sleeping porches are not oaly for the ille sick they help well folks to keep well and the country dweller can have this aid to healthy savl g at far less inconvenience than hes city neighbor you can help directly by seeing that you and your family are living under the hobt moa healthful conditions possible |
