Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-27
PURE AIR WITHOUT DRAUGHrs.
Discomfort is Not Necessarily Conducive
TO Good Health.

DA8COuAOGt - NON NSCSt&8rtIy SOu00ClN0
to Good Health.
A. n. ouint ID. d. In the Csnsre~stionaiist
Some time since good friend requested me
to admonish church sections TO secure pure air
without draughts. why2 Tho distressed sex-
ton might well appropriate the language OF the
Jewish king TO whom his heather royal brother
had sent a man TO be cured Of leprosy.
Not but that sections capable men. A
satisfactory church sexton must have the iudc-
ment Of q great merchant. the industry OF q
newspaper editor. the skill OF an artist. the
decisiveness OF q commanding general; that Is.
he must have qualities which would secure
wealth and fame in any department Of life.
And 10 all this must be added the Christian
meekness which will keep alternating his
cheeks 10 all the smiters in the congregation
No; do not worry the sexton. He cannot give
yon what you now ask Tho meeting house was
not built that way.
Besides, l do not want 20 encourage pure
AIR cranks Pure air has killed moro people in
our churches than impure. beyond comparison-
The crank wants windows open Just where the
wind viii blow upon some delicate woman or
VIII place person OF teader lungs in a strong
current lie thinks that cold AR and pure an
are synonymous. Impure air meaning air
weakened by breathing, Ia innocent compared
with the dealings of this crank. dread giving
MIN any encouragement For instance, put
lin on the school committee or make him
superintendent OF schools I'VE must have
pure arr" i speak from observation when
reeaii orders 10 open every window and door
at recess and flush the room with air little
above zero. Then the windows are closed and
ue schooi 10 replaced. whom Omnipotence has
provided no way OF carrying the temperature
up again 70 degrees IN sixty seconds. Or tie
pure-alr teacher is 30 saturated with this doc
Iine that she opens tho windows directly back
OF the children, usually down from the top 80
that cold air will strike their head, ana the
back Of their necks
need not remind many Q parent OF the die
enses and death which have resulted from this
system. i once informed n TEACHER crazy ON
this method that IL she persisted would se-
cure an order removing her desk from the
blank wall and placing il in 'front.' of one OF the
windows, where the draught would strike the
back OF her head first She reformed No
window should eye- be opened in a school room
IN cool weather, unless board is fitted 70 the
open place and the air forced 20 come in be-
tween the two sashes. But any school house
that requires even this method is unit for use
could mention perfectly easy aud inexpen-
sive methods Of introducing pure air safely into
school rooms in cool weather whether the
| room be warmed by steam pipes or an old
isshioned box stove, and every committeeman
who Is ut for his place knows IL US well as do
But this one thing is certan-the window bar
barism OF pure air is deadly
Inc worst pure-air crank 10 q woman in q
railway car, who persists IN opening the
"AAAoW NJ sue. Inc air. whether
| pure. smoky or cindery, OF course does not
strike her, but the people on the seat next be-
hind her. To your discomfort she knowingly
| remains in bland Inconsistencies She knows
perfectly well that she is a nuisance, but she
| wants pure air! Even IL the air be indeed
pure this process has carried many n victim
INTO eternity have seen an excellent ROM
edy tried. Hold up before you a thick and
large newspaper close 10 the back of her seat
and with the edge against the wall OF the car
4 his Is, OF course. apd
by 1udiclous adaptation of the newspaper TO
| the divine beneyolence embodied IN the law OF
| incidence aud reflection. the air, with ali It's
| cold or smoke. ID thrown back upon the face
and neck of its rightful proprietor.
Another effective method IL to obtain n scat
directly in front OF the crank and throw vour
| WINDOW up TO Its full extent The homRo-
pathic doctrine of like cures like is then GEN
orally successful But do not recommend
| these methods. am afraid they are not Quito
| christian. Change your seat, il possible and
| let the woman alone. But advise every Young
man, before he IL committed 10 the Young
| woman who ATTRACTS him, to see what she will
do IN railway c,c. Ii she opens the window
| to the discomfort OF others or IL she robs
other people OF needed seats for the sake OF
her packages, she Is selfish and dishonest and
| Is not ut 10 be good mans wife.
j remember student OF rather deiicats
| health, who used 10 throw his windows wide
open every morning, walk three or four miles,
| come back aud build his fire and SIT down. He
oid AZ for pure AIR. used TO warn him OF the
| result, but without effect. Ho died eariy of
| pure air. A few days ago saw a woman throw
| open car window, SO that sudden rush Of
air fell directly upon a sleeping babe who was
warmly perspiring The Precipitation was soon
| entirely checked When that babe had crAmp
| or pneumonia or something 4 wonder IL the
| foolish mother knew what caused it.
| Dut Henry Ward Beechcr, at the end OF Q
very long and tiresome exhortation by a woman
In prayer meeting, lifted his head and said:
/ hrat n a
| womans speaking in meeting" So in spite Of
| the cranks, believe in pure air. But out-of-
door air Is not necessarily pure. Warm air NAV
| De pure. Asawhoie, draughts are worse thar Inn
| pure ar. i have slept out o. doors where We
had all the air there was, but it was malariaL
On the other hand, Florence Nightingale when
| asked II night AIR was healthful. properly an
| swered that Il was all the air We had AZ night
Surgeons used to say that wounded men. in
| moderate weather, recovered quickest when
| merely under an awning open on all Sides The
4 best ventilation i ever knew was that of
biyouac in great field. There were no
| draughts. And yet men would sometimes CON-
plain Ia the morning that they had taken cold
| from some careless mans leaving the bars
| down In the fence. Lately found WONDER
! fully pure air on Dakota prairIcs, where our
men are uncomplainingly doing work which
| would astonish some OF our eastern men. Ii
is good place to build meeting houses. SO,
| also, found pure air on the hurricane deck Of
\ Lake Superior steamer a week or two ago.
| But what can be done IN churches? As thev
| are now constructed know OF no better rule
| than to have them most thoroughly ventilated
/ by opening all doors and windows Friday or
| SATURDAY. acd Sunday morning, II the weather
| Will permit, and again between any two SER
vices But room zoo cold Is worse than inn
pure air. So are draughts. congregation
can endure, without per:eptible notice, the
| deterioration OF air in q room of good height
used only an hour and quarter. provided the
AIR was thoroughly fresh and good at the coui-
mencement OF the service. The principal
cause of difficulty is the neglect OF thorough
sweep OF air through the house as late as is
possible before giving proper heat. A musty
| church VIII convict a sexton. Money can Sc
cure perfect ventilation, but we prefer TO spend
our money in architectural fripperies In thss
case don't blame the sexton
The First Customer.