Show HAVE BA VE BIG HEALTH ADVANTAGE Abundance of Fresh Air and 1 Sunlight Do Much to Check Ravages of Tuberculosis t J DANGER IN CLOSED WINDOWS National Tuberculosis Association Which Sponsors the Annual Sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals Reports Deaths Each Year From the Disease People who wain live In the towns townsand and on farms n hovea gr great ar health advantage ad nel ama vantage e over o the cite It In that hat they have l eve evean an un abundant supply of fresh IIII air and sunlight ht These two wo gifts Itts of nature n so M lavishly lavish lavish- I. I ly bestowed are ure not always appreciated ed cd to their fullest extent They are two of or the strongest t weapons against the menace of tuberculosis or consumption eon con as it Is s called d. d But consumption Is not nOI unknown Inthe Inthe in inthe the rural districts The death rate rute is sometimes us as great leat in these sections as asIn In lu the more snore crowded localities chien chiefly because lecause of carelessness or Indifference t t. to laws Jaws of health I Few Indeed ore are the farm houses or the homes in the smaller cities cities' ami and Hinges CS that cannot have hl an outdoor a bleeping porch On the contrary we I often otten lind find that the windows of sleepIng sleepIng sleep- sleep Ing lag rooms In lu the home are shut tl tight h in the mistaken mi belief helle that night air airIs airIs Is harmful This his paves the way for disease especially especially especially espe espe- tuberculosis which generally attacks attacks at ut- tacks the lungs langs W White ite Plague Kills a Year The white plague claimed lives last year in the United States More than Americans sire rire suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering from It tolla today These tig figures rr s fore e compiled complied from reports a of c experts all ull over o the country and sent to the National Tuberculosis Association the leading agency In the country to to combat com com- Jot hat this disease This ol organization is sponsor pon or for tOl the Red Cross Gross Christmas Seal sale sule from which Its financial support sup sup- port pert is chiefly derived As medical science has proved pro con conn consumption Is both preventable lc and curable cura cum curable ble the suffering caused by br this disease dis dis- disease ease Is largely unnecessary Most fost tuberculosis tuberculosis tu tu- victims are fire h between the ages of ot el eighteen and forty arty Causes Half Billion Loss Annually These are the years cals when people are most active the years ears of or their greatest production The out o of these lives Just witch the they are at atthe atthe atthe the height of or their usefulness means an no annual loss to the tho country of or nearly near near- ly half a billion dollars Fresh air all Is the cheapest of or medicines medi metH- cotes cines Outdoor sleeping porches are not O only I ly for the sick They The help well folks foll to keep well and the country dweller can have hae this aid aill to healthy living at ut farr far less inconvenience than his city elty neighbor You can help directly h. h by seeing that you Jou and your family are ale living under underlie the lie most roost healthful condi conditions lions |