New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-25

which be might fnd himself AND rs lie tbs"
ap,irels unnecessary to be run. We think MessH'
Smart atc Bourcicaut will find their account 10 re-
Eeying their audiences of all apprehension OF H.
Other things being equal, there are few persons
that would not prefer for an evenings Amusement
place where they would feel themselves soso-
utely safe from this particular Inconvenience OF
being burned up. We therefore most cordially DID
these worthy gentlemen Godspsed in their v'ftuou'
epoesyor to save the reQuenters Of their entertain
merits from flames in thi. world, at least
But we have word to say on behalf OF another
element, as the ancient philosophers used most un'
phlusopbically to call the air, as well as tue hre'
We would entreat Of these gentlemen cot to mske
their theater Airproof a. well as Fireproof IS the
manner Of most builders Of such B,oy'cns u.s.
While protecting the bodies of their visitors from
combustion, let u, beg Of them not to poison tue
s.me by the blasts from he'll. into which Thousand
pair Of luees soon convert the purest airs irom
heaven if due care be- not taken to prevent "
Who has not felt stealing over him, AZ the very
siries, moment Of the comedy, perhaps, slumoer-
GUS influence which destroys the maaic OF tho scene
BY the very effort it requires to remain awake 10
This exposition Of sleep" which comes over tue
unwilling spectator is nothing but the nSrcouc
effect of csrbonic gas, in Homeopathic dose
which produces de.th when administered alopath-
ically BY the vehicls Of chafug dish of charcoal.
of delicate ,tions are deferred oiten
from visiting places of public amusement, because
Of the nervous headaches TO which the DAD ar
they have breathed overnight condemns them the
next morning. Inssmuch as single pair OF lungs
DESTROYS tie vitality Of twenty -four cubic feet oil
air. or about hogshead full IN al hour. IL Is
SIMPLE sum in arithmetic how much thousand
PERSONS destroy in the course CT an evening-taXing
no account of the quantity consumed BY tho gas
lights.
We would not be understood to imply that the
ccutrivers Of theaters are famous above al Others
in their ingenuity in shutting out the breath oil
life from their constructions, as if II were some
deadly exhalation. Since men advanced to the
point in civilization Of dwelling ia ceiled houses,
they have seemed to regard them as so many strong
holds erected for the very purpose OF making mat
common enemy keep the greatest possible distance
Ore would suppose that the builders of churches
consider the atmosphere as an invention OF the
Price of the Power of the Air, to be resisted aud
set at defiance b. ali tee Of their science
and their skill. But, il this theory were true, at
lesst the Adversary of Souls hath bis revenge IN
the sopoiific Influences which often descend on
the congregation, to the grief Of the minister and
the scandal of the saints instead of those of pre-
yenient grace Pnyste houses of tho better class
are only rot so bad as public ones because there
L fan mo al
oUance Of the pabutum Of life which architects gen
ersl, thitk it airy to lay in for family use And
scbool. houses are generally worse than any IN the
defiance Of natural laws on VII ch they are built
1t is lot only the church where men go to seek sal
Walton the theater or concert room, whittier they
resort for diversion; but the urthouse, where
they adjust their disputes the country house where
they transact their affairs, the b,d-chambers where
they sleep the parlors in which they spend their
CON estic time-al seem contryed to rob them OF
health AID happiness BY yitlatng the subtle essence
of life.
The ancient physicians bad an odd nomenclature
for certain bcidebtals Of existence-such rs at
ing ard drinking exercise aud rest, sleeping, and
| some oiters-according 10 which they were styled
| non-naturslsr One would think that if there
were afy things that natural it is these little
particulars, and cue or two other tribes, the men-
| ton Of which we pretermit. The Air, however,
which was one of these seems to be still regarded
| rs belonging to the non-natural category, in the
vulgar AID laical sense of the combined term But,
at whatever risk Of being thought wild and eccen
| trio, we venture TO affirm that this is popular
error We are bold to assert that il is not merely
| essential to our animal life In form, but that
it is indispensable that it should be pure, 10 order
| to answer its Wholesome functions in the animal
economy. This deep blue sea of air in which the
earth is bathed, rolling AID surging about it,
Icing the pole or In the torrid zone
is forever purifying itself BY the conditions Of it's
| own existence 1t is only by the folly of man that
it is caught and shut up and poisoned so to be Il
| curse instead of blessing to him. Were it not
that Nature takes better care of us than we do Of
ourselves and i'll insist in forcing air into our ex-
hausied receiver, in spite of every church, every
theater, every scboolroom would be as fatal as the
! Black Hole at Calcutta every Winters day or
night But still, it is unquestonable that many Of
the diseases that shorten or embiter life especially
| tle OIts; are III VIII TIC Ioh MT
VI manufacture for ourselves out Of the pure ele-
ment which the hand of Heaven itself commends
freely 10 our lips.
Now this state of ignorance and of suffering is
no proof Of an imperfect civilization. There can be
need of these evils. They can be, and will be,
removed by that marriage of Scepce to Art from
which spIing. all material civilizations. That We