The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-12-26

swec, dream from .ia,ccn to twenty a v,
is there a rermancn, reality ill forty
Eve or tis,y.
We should think IL might he n matte,
of climate, were il not that wr saw. d
the moot common thing. even finer com
rlesions ia france--yes, in the heart o.
Paris, AID especially among the peas.
aniry. who are almost wholly in the
open a'r--,l,an in England.
And what. then. is The mystery o'
fine phys steal health, which i. so much
better understood in the Old World than
II Is IN the New
The first transatlantic secre, Of health
Is n much longer 'ine passed in the air
by all c!a.s', OF the people the second,
the better mode q. heating and VENT.
laiing the rooms in which they live.
Regular daily exercises in The open
air. both US duty aud pleasure, is
something lookc'! upon In very differ
en, light on the the two different sides
Of the Atlantic. On this side Of the
water. II u person II professional
man, or n merchants seen regularly
devoiing certain portion Of the day to
exercise, and the prcser, alton Of his
bodily powers, he is looked upon as a
,alctudinarian--a M invalid. who is o.
bliged 10 take care Of himself, poor soul .
aud bis friends daily meet him with sym
palhizing looks. hoping he feels better.
As for ladies, unless there is some OBJ
.je-t in taking walk, they look upon it
AS the most stupid and unmeaning thing
in the world.
Ga the other side Of the water, per.
son vino should neglect the pleasure Of
breathing the free air for couple Of
hours GailJ, Or should shun the duty Of
exercise, i. suspected Of Sigh, lunacy
and ladies who should prefer continual
ly to devote their leisure TO the solacc
of iuxurian, cushions, rather ihan All
cXhlaraling ride or walk, are thought
a little tcic moH'cc. What, in short, is
looked upon as n virtue there, is only
regarded az II matter of fancy here
Hence, an American generally ohi,crs,
in an air that is only bracing TO an En-
gllshman, and looks blue in Paris. in
weather when the Parsinns sit with the
casemen, windows of their saloons wide
open. Yet it is VI douLtcdly a matter
Of habit, and We Yankees mean
those Of US not forced 10 trough it
with the toughest natural constitutions
i'm il,. x,1ell ptf ,,ap,l.
into the least robust and most suscep,i-
tle physiques in existence.
SO much for the habit Of exercise in
the oren air. Now le; us look at our
mode Of vcn'ila,ing and warming our
dwellings ; for il !, here that the na-
tonal poison is cncendercd, and here
that the glo>tly expression is bceo;,en.
However healthy a''person may bc,hc
can neither look healthy. nor remain in
sound health long, if he is in the haLi,
Of breathing impure air. AS sound
health depends upon pure blood, and
there can be no pure blood in ones
veins if il is not repurilied continually
by the action of the fresh air upon il,
thronSh Ihc agency OF Inc iung'--ihc
whole purpose Of breathing being to
purify and vi'alizc the blood---it follows
that if nation Of people ~,H from
choice. live in badly ventilated rooms,
full Of impure air, the robuss, become
pale and sallow in complexion, though
it may no, largely affect the health of
those who are more or less called into
the open air by their vocations, bn, the
health OF the women, (crgo the consiiiu-
ton 0! the children and all those who
are confined to rooms or Offices heated
in this way, must gradually give way
under the influence of the poisOn.-
Hence the delicacy Of thousands and
tens Of thousands Of the sex IN Arneri.
ca.