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Show MAN, THE VICTIM OF HOUSEKEEPING. "Say, I am an afflicted man and I am about to rebel. ' said a citi zeu to the editor. "My wife and daughter are good housekeepers We hn-vc a home in which they take pride The walls are clean and the furniture is dustless, But do you know I am paying in discontentment discontent-ment a bier price Eoi this dustless house. When we go to bed at night at this time of year, the house is warm, but every door and window must be close, Whv'.' Iieciiu.se mv wife aud my daughter will not allow the cool, tresh air to blow in, as it sometimes carrier the dust that the autos stir up in the street And so I swelter and fume, and, it is possible. 1 talk in m sleep, and even use cuss words as I roll and toss. "Mr Editor, I am a mild mannered man and make a rule not to start rows in our family, but will you say a word in your good paper about the necessity of having plenty of fresh air in the home, and ' justify it on the ground that health is more to be desired than a spotless spot-less house. I am of the opinion my wife and daughter do not know the health-giving qualities the necessity I should add of fresh air." Perhaps t:he editor would not be accepted as an authority on this subject and so lie quotes from a medical man, the following Jn certain sections of our country the setting of the sun is still regarded re-garded as a signal lor shutting up the home Windows are carefully closed, not to be opened again until morning, and night finds the house hermetically sealed against fresh air and health. This is done because millions of people still believe that night air M the carrier of deadly disease This prejudice, however, should be banished from the mind for, since the discevery that the mosquito and not nighl air is the earner of malaria and other tropical diseases, dis-eases, it may be stated with ailtlioritv that we lirnth C-.U ;.. with impunity it we proteel ours. Ives from insects. In reahh outdoor air is much purer in a Riven Location al night than it is during the daj While we sleep the atmosphere U cleansed 1 by the precipitation of dew anu frost. The moistur, ... it .Irons to I the earth carries with it from the air the particles of dust and smoke winch pollute it When there is no wind the atmosphere is also cleared bj gravity, the particles of dirt settling slowly to the earth As fresn air k ;,, es.scnt.al in the bedroom at nighl as during the day, one should understand bedroom ventilation For this there is JUSI one cardinal rule h is. Sleep with windows wide open during all seasons ot the year A small aperture at the top and bottom of the window is not enough, Il an individual requires about 1,000 oubii feel of fresh air everv houi as many authorities maintain, a larg room twenty feet lone bv fifteen feel wide and ten feel high, having a cubic capacity ol jual '.' ,0U f!et ,,a,ns rfficfen1 pure air for one hour's use Hier,lore a large room even when occupied by onlv one person can-no can-no have a healthy atmosphere for more than a eompan.t.veh ,,or, tune, unless tl.ee are some means by which a current of air can be made to pass through it. |