Show HOW TO COOL HOUSES The Iowa State Register reports that Prof Alexander Graham Bell of Bell teJejjhono < fame says it Is as Inexcusable Inexcus-able for thoueandsjpf people to be prostrated pros-trated or kilcU by the heat as It would be for him to be frozen to death during a blIzzard 1 his theory being that It Is Just as easy to cool a house as Il is to warm It lie says Why should not a refrigerating plant be Installed In tho attic no that the descending de-scending cold air would drive out tho heat jihil cool the house By closing the doorsfind windows of the lower floors and opening those of tho upper Moors to permit per-mit tho hot air to escape u long stride In the direction of relief would bo taken Then it ia explained that Prof Bells house Is opened at a very early hour In the morning and as soon OB filled with fresh cool air that Is to be had at about sunrise the house Is tightly closed on the lower floors and the windows win-dows in the attic on the shady side of the house are opened The result is I the house IB always cool and comfortable I comfort-able Prof Bell bcllaves that science will soon show tho people how to cool even the hottest tenement block He I says H should bo jiosBlblu for man to cool or I dry the Internal lemporaiuro of hln home to any extent The problem Is I similar to cooling a glass of hot water If we In i irodiico at the top of the glass u current of cold water and there IH no avenue of i escape at the bottom of the glass It will uxpel the hot water and take possession On tho other hand If the glass has nn opening at the hoLlom tho current of cold water will pass through and If any water remains In the glass it will be hot water If wa have liquid air or odmpresecd air I Introducing It Into our homes In thenttlc ami keep the I lower iloor closed to prevent the eacapG the cold air we will bo com j fortable I Liquid air at present Is so expensive as Ito I-to be beyond the reach of most people I There IB no reason so far as I am aware I why compressed air should not bo fur nlahed for this purpose The nuostlon Is mado of Immediate Importance by the ap palling death rate of the last few days SVo should make our homes us comforta ble In the summer as In the winter It can be done I It Is not unreasonable to expect that In a few years more compressed air I will do very much of the work that Is f I now being done by steam and electricity elec-tricity It Is liable to move the streetcars street-cars for so far the repairs on electric l plants are most costly Then compressed l com-pressed air Is absolutely safeno cx plosionH no live I wires When that time cornea the compressed nlr can be In I I traduced Into every house and measured p meas-ured and sold as gas now la I A lady 1 gives a banquet on a very hot day Just before the guests arrive she turns J a faucet and In three minutes her drawingrooms are perfectly cool She turns another In the diningroom and the guests put on their wraps to cat dinner In The air Is the life of the I world I I |