Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
p Comfortable Rooms.


The idea that becoming hardened to
cold is beneficial to the human body or
goou Ior the soul, is thoroughly exploded
Our pest physicians now advise that suf.
hcent clothing to keep the body warm
snoulu be worn. IT two flannel shirts arc
not enough, put on three. II one pair OF
nose VIII not protect the feet sufficiently,
put on another pair. 1t is well understood
among farmers that if they would have
thMr cows give the greatest quantity OF
ly, the animalsmust be kept warm. Other.
wise the body uses up what would go 10 the
production of milk or fat in maintaining
its own temperature. Just SO with. the
human body. The force employcd in
Keeping the body at 0S degrees, unless as.
sisted by food and clothing and artificial
neat, will consume the energies of the sys.
TEN, leaving little power TO be exertcd in
any other way. So as Il matter OF econo
my, 1t pays to keep warm 1ft
Another idea that the character is ben
eehted by the endurance of unnecessary
harusnlp, Is erroneous. II one cannot
nave lood enough they may increase their
virtue py patience under privation, or by
uncomplalning submission to inevitable
suloTlng But we all pronounce that man
u 1901 VINO thinks to starve himself into
virtue when abundance of food is provided
10 satlsiy his hunger, or from false idea
OF pride refuses TO dress with taste and
comfort when he has ample means for do.
ing 3d. The fact is, The more perfectly
our physical wants are supplied the more
iorce and energy and cheeriulness we can
orlng to the performance of our daily
tasks. ,... =. -.
comfortable rooms, sufficient food and
proper clothing are essentials. and by no
false idea of the excellence of stoical phi
losophy, to be lightly esteemed Itiswell
understood by those who have tested II
by carefuland repeated experiment that
comfort and economy alike require the
keeping up of fire in the household all
nlgnt. Then there is one room where the
family may be assembled in the morning,
and escape the inevitable chius they must
suner from shiverirg over new lighted
nre. There is also a saving of kindling
WOOD and the fuss Of building fresh fire,
beside the increased heat necessary to
overcome the cold ofthe furniture and walls
oil the apartment. We by no means rec
ommend warm sleeping rooms On the
contrary, our experience is that rooms
without nres, but open to sun and air all
DAY and used only at night, afford the
most healthful and refreshing sleep. But
tor the sake of the little ones and of the
advanced in life let there be one room
where the fire never goes out, and to
which, on these shivery winter mornings,
they may go from a warm bed, and find
the temperature all that the body requires.
NO light degree of resolution is required
TO spring from warm bed, dress ones
self in the cold and descend to room at
the freezing point, perhaps several degrees
below it, and all the time feel sunny and
warm and jolly in ones heart, when the
fingers are numb and the feet like Jumps
Of ice, and the cold making goose-flesh
and playing hide and seek up and down
ones spine. laUs.a
We housekeep@s know how long IL
takes TO start things on these cold winter
mornings, and If you have ever tried it,
my rural friend, just make the experiment
at the cost OF an armful of oak wood or
scuttleful of coal, and see how much bet
ter oi frosty morning things will go off
how. your good temper will diffuse cheer
and brightness over the family circle, how
quickly the breakfast will arrange itself,
and how OF a sudden summer win seem
to spring from the arms of December
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