The Osceola times., 1888-02-04
SLEEPING APARTMENTS.
why They should Receive the Undivided
Attention of Housekeepers

Attention of Housekeepers
Some great writer has remarked: at
must not be forgotten that we spend a
considerable portion of our lives in the
bed chamber. and, therefore, its
healthfulness can not fail to have a
very i'm portant bearing upon our phys
ical well-being." Every body indeed,
who is actuated bya due regard for
health and real comfort. will consider
an equal degree OF attention necessary
In giving attention to the size, situa-
ton, temperature and cleanliness OF
the apartment he occupies during the
hours Of repose, as Of the parlor, draw
ing-room or any other apartment; and
vet how very often do we find families
crowded at night into obscure and con-
fined chambers, of dimensions scarcely
more ample than those Of an old-fash-
ioned closet, while perhaps, in the ma
jority of instances, the best rooms in
the whole house are set apart for the
sole purpose Of ostentatious display.
Now it is very important That the
largest and most elevated ROOM or
rooms, upon the second floor of the
dwelling, be appropriated for the pur-
poses Of sleeping, and that the same
| be properly ventilated during the day
time and during all seasons Of theyear
There arc few houses the rooms OF
which are so situated as TO render good
ventilation Impossible, and the influ-
! ence Of this practice upon the health OF
| inmates is too important to permit be-
ing neglected from any Slight cause.
A bed-chamber should be divested OF
all unnecessary furniture, and unless
of considerable size, should never con-
tain more than one bed. There can
not be 9 more pernicious custom than
| that pursued by some, indeed by many
families, of having their children sleep
in small apartments, with two and
| sometimes three beds crowded into the
same room. 1t is scarcely necessary
to observe that cleanliness, in the most
extensive signification of the term, is.
| if possible, even more necessary with
! reference to the bed-chamber than
with almost any other apartment in the
whole house. The practice OF sleeping
in a room which is occupied during tho
day time is extremely unwise. Perfect
cleanliness and sufficient free yentila.
ton cannot. under such circumstances.
be preserved, especially during cold
weather; hence the atmosphere be-
comes constantly more ritiatcd, and
altogether un 1T for respiration. While
too great a degree of caution can not
be observed to'avoid sleepingin damp
rooms, beds or clothing, the tempera-
ture of the bed-chamber, II possible.
should never be increased, under tho
ordinary circumstances of health, by
artificial means As this apartment il
to be reserved solely for sleep, fire is
never necessary, excepting, possibly,
during extreme cold weather. aud.
even then. the temperature ought not
to exceed fifty degrees.
A sleeping apartment in which a
heavy fire has been keptfor several hours
prior to retiring, may to some persons,
at first thought, offer great comfort.
But, right here, great danger is very
liable to occur since by heating tho
room to such an extent rs has been re-
ferred TO the system becomes greatly
enervated, creating an increased sus-
ccptibilhy to the influence Of the cold
air, and thus the way is opened to the
attack of some Of the most serious dis
eases, especially the throatand1ungs
Happys indeed. should those persons
esteem themselves whose mesGs forbid
taain. ulyen coin, tl.s ferm.Q luxury!
Y a person ACCUSTOMED Il dnarcss in y
ROOM without q iire, and ~ seek rcpose
in a cold bed, will not experience tie
1eastinconvenience. eyen, in the sever
est of winter weather. The ratural
heat of the body will very speedily rem
der a person, under such cirr urnstanccs,
even more comfortable than he or
she will -bo who sleeps in heated
apartment, Us experience has amply
verified, But this is not all The constis
tuition OF the one accustomed to sleeping
in aroom which is not artiiicially heat
ed will be repdered more robust and
strong, and far less susceptible to tho
influence of artificial yicissitudos, than
that person WHO is not SO accustomed
to sleep. Good Housekeeping. "a