The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-28

the whole giving the impression of a de.
Iehse against an armed mob. Instead of
an enemy 1t is the friendly sun that is
/ shut out, and human life suffers in con
/ sequence. The heather japanese build
lar more sensibly than your average
/ CHRISTIAN. The open corridors around
their houses are partially sheltered by
/ the broad, overhanging caves of their
/ tiled roofs, and for closing these CORR
/ dors IN whole or part against scorching
| sun or driving storm they have shutters
movable at will to any part of the
/ structure, and hangings of mats. These
are reasonable provisions for the ext.
/ gencles of their climate. For at least
nine months Of the year. in the latitude
OF any part of New England, the sun
should be considered most welcome
visitor in every home, and its presence
should be studiously courted. If we
have anything in the living rooms of the
house liable to injury from its effects the
| sooner such articles are abolished the
better. If in rare cases of illness the
| light of day must be excluded, let it be
| done by some temporary Continuance
! which may be dispensed with along with
nurse and doctor, and as cheerfully.
OF course, temporary screens are at
times needed for windows in order to
secure a certain amount of privacy, al
though much of this seclusion is the re-
suit of questionable change in the
habits of living; but let these consist Of
one simple set Of rolling shades of some
color pleasant to the eye, and let the
material be as transparent as is consist
ent with their intended use. For pro-
lection against the fierce heat of the few
tropical days of cur climate, Italian
awnings to exposed windows are a good
continuance to exclude the sun while al
lowing free passage to the air. These
tom which prevails with some house
keepers of closing doors in the early
morning of not day in order to secure
GOODNESS is most pernicious. The at
mosphere thus obtained has the chill and
impurity of the cellar, and is not fit for
human life. There are minor possible
advantages of blinds, but they rarely
equal the disadvantages. Anyone who
has been called out of a warm bed on
stormy night to secure refractory
specimen from slamming would testify
against them vigorously at the time. If
people must live in doors, the nearer
their habitations approach the character
of greenhouses the better.
The old-fashioned rooted piazza is fast
giving place, except in houses for sum-
mer use only, to the uncovered terrace.
This latter can be sheltered by Italian
awnings from the rays of the MONDAY
sun or from the evenings dews, or it can
be provided with light wooden frame
work to support a canvas that can
be rolled back, like the awning over a
city shop front. On the score of eX-
pense these useful devices are much
more economical than the universal
blinds. The first cost of the latter, with
the additional OUTLAWS, for periodical
painting and repairing, will far exceed
that of their substitutes. 1t seems
rather absurd for a sensible people to
spend so much money in making and
glazing windows only to spend great
deal more in devices for obstructing
them. To the thoughtful observer it APP
pears that the women of America are be-
coming every year less fitted physically
for their place and duties in the world.
Men in their attention to the laws of
health are anything but what they
should be, but women are lamentably
wanting in healthful vigor. -RuraL Neao
Yorker.