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Show Thero Is no reason to be surprised when tuberculosis comeB n'ong and rnstons down the lid. It nil mankind could live out of doors nil tho time, nnd not loo close-1 close-1 together, tuberculosis would die out In ono or two gcnorntlons. Since this ideal condition enn not be achieved, not own for tho snko of bnftllng humniilty's worBt enemy, the noxt best thing-Is to bring ns much out of tlcora n's possible Into our houses, and especially Into our sleeping sleep-ing rooms There Is nothing which so quickly lowors vitality to the point whore the tubcrclo bacillus can get In Its work ns breathing stale, close, lifeless, impure im-pure nlr during the hours of sleep. Thcro Is nothing which bulids up tho resisting powers of tho body moro quIcRIy than nn abundant supply of fresh ulr, particularly nt night. If sleeping out of doors will euro consumption, ob It has done many a Hmo, surely It will go far toward keeping n healthy porson from getting consumption. It Is not nlwnyB pos-3lblo pos-3lblo for city dwellers to take their icds out of doors, but nt loast thoy can opon windows nnd let out of doors come In. He who sleeps with his, windows closed makes his bed a coffin. Ho Is taking n lazy, cowardly nnd highly unclean wny of committing Bulclde. Hemcmbcr these points. |