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Show I LET THE CHILDREN OUT. Now thai the winter is upon us, let us not forget that fresh air is as i s '-ntial In cold weather as in the warm days of July More people become afflicted with colds by breath ing foul air than by becoming chilled in tho frosty outdoors. Many of our diseases spread rap-Idly rap-Idly in winter and disappear in spring because our homes in the cold days are made incubating plants for the fostering of the germs of those-dis-eases. A child with a cold will not suffer any bad effects, if allowed to breathe the pure air of the street, even though the weather be chilly. Have you heard of "coffin beds0' They are described as beds in rooms where there is no ventilation and the air does not circulate Those who lie down in the stuffy rooms inure' the devitalising forces of the germ ladened air and hasten the day oi physical breakdown. Some parents wonder how the neighbors boy runs out door scantily clad and never is sick, while their own children, carefully housed and clothed, are always ailing. The explanation ex-planation is that the delicate children chil-dren have been made extremely sensitive sensi-tive to changes of weather by being constantly kept from following na ture's promotlngs of outdoor life and they are the hothouse plants that Quickly chill when exposed to the weather. Little ones, unless very weak from birth, should be inured to storms and taught to enjoy the fresh air even In the coldest weather. |