The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-03-11
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IFrOm the Hearth and Home. ]
About Sunshine.

II wish God had never permit
ted man to invent green blinds. "
said a gay nd brilliant woman.
Why. did she say II?
Because she saw, wherever she
went over our fair and suusbiny
land, that green blinds were close.
ly shut npon our comfortable
houses, secluding the suns light.
which we may be sure God sends
down FOR some blessed purpose.
That blessed purpose is to promote
growth. to give strength. 10 i'm
part color, to gid with beauty. to
inspire good thoughts, and to in.
sure light hearts and cheerf. (!
faces.
1t is thoroughly weIliknown ths,
no valuable plant can grow we'll
without being rIpened by the di
rect rays Of the sun; no plant can
bear seed, 40 fruit can ripen with.
out it. 1t is thoroughly well
known that no valuable animal
can grow and perfect itself except
It enjoys the direct rays of the life.
giving sun. The pigs of a friend
OF mine, which were shut under
his barn, and whorbad every thing
favorable except the unlighf, failed
10 grow well; they did not at all
equal those which had the ordina
ry run in the open air. So il is
as We all know, with city-growr
ch ldren; 'hev are pale weakling,
the world over.
The fish Of the Mammoth Cave
are white; their eyes are not open.
OF, because they have never felt
the glorious light; they arc weak
and imperfect-a kind of idiot. il
rish are Liable TO- that wretched
ueAs.
Now, then, can man, can ,ooman
thrive if debarred this life giving
light? Can cur lovely Americans
afford TO shut out this light from
their houses, and grow idiolic in
the dark2 Are not "green blinds"
a curse rather than a comfort?-
We appeal to our fne women who
wish to be strong, who love to be
beautiful, who abhor "Iow spirits"
to consider this matter.
Recent discoveries have shown
that there is conveyed to plants
and animals, by the direct action
OF the suns rays, a subtle current
of iron 1t does not exis. in light.
or but very slightly if at all. but
is a part OF the suns rays. There.
tore we must enjoy these rays, il
we would feel their full effect
This iron it is which is supposed to
give color to plants and animals,
and to impart strength and beauty.
With strength and beauty come
health and good spirits. and dc.
spondency and fear are banished.
Slecpless people, ,-and there are
many in America-shuuld cUurl
the sun. The very worst soporific
is Iaudanum, and the very best
sunshine. Therefore, it is plain
that poor sleepers should pass as
many hours in the day in the
sunshine, and as few as possible in
the shade. Many women are
martyrs, and yet do not know it,
They shut the sunshine out Of their
hearts, they wear wells, they carry
parasols, they do all possible to
keep off the subtlest and yet most
potent influence which is intcudt d
TO give them strength and beauty
and cheerfulness. Is it not time
to change all this, and so get color
and roses in our pale cheeks,
strength in our weak backs,
courage in our timid souls2 The
women Of America are pale and
delicate-they may be blooming
and strong, and the sunlight will
bo q potent influence IN this trans
formation, Will they not try il
for a year or two. and much oblige
thousands Of admirers?