Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-05

little ones that night was made for sleep,
not for innumerable drinks and even
bits to eat; II they could sleep every
night at least nine long unbroken hours,
YOU will find them IN the morning cheer.
iul, bright, hopeful and good-tcmpcred
know one woman whose children are
all glad to let mother sleep in the morn.
ing, Tor she Is so much easier to live
with through the day. Mothers. II YOU
would keep the Word of Wisdom, sleep
nine hours night, and open your win.
dows TO breathe fresh air: you will need
small doctoring in your families, and
would bear your burdens with glad
hearts.
orr HUSBANDS AND FATHERS.
Have got anything to say to them
Yes. one thing. Let us have fresh air
to breathe. We 20 to meeting to hear
you preach, and after you have a few
hundreds OF us shut up in a stove-heated
room, you carefully close all the win
dows and leave us TO breathe poison over
and over again until we return home
sick and with most dismal headache.
] heard wise physician say the other
day that he was asked why he did not
attend his meetings. He replied he
should, when houses were built in
which he could sit for two hours with.
out ieoparding his life and health. II
the air In our close houses could only
be colored when Il becomes poison,
what mass of color would float
about And bedroomsi Let the colds,
catarrh, and various diseases OF the
winter testify to the need Of fresh
air in bedrooms. And one inch OF
lift for a window, let me tell you, will no,
supply enough air for one human being,
let alone six or eight. Be generous
with that which God gives so freely
And when we have caught poison from
foul air, let us call II poison, not colds.
COLDS AND cArARRH.
This certain physician OF my acquaint-
ance is most peculiar man, and his
greatest peculiarly is that he dares to
tell the truth. He saw me buying some
heavy winter underclothing the other
day, and laughingly said that was lay
ing plans to give him plenty of work
His family, he said. never wore heavy
clothing, but he was always delighted
to see other people put on heaps OF
woolens, il made business for him. lie
did not care 10 doctor his own family,
he said sarcastically. but of course
others-well, knew his business. did
not buy the woolens, A gentleman
who stood near was speaking about
cold; the doctor remarked that one Of
our leading men sent for him some time
ago who was very III indeed with a
heavy cough and cold" When the
doctor was asked what should be done,
he offered to cure the invalid in
forty-eight hours. ooh, yes" said the
invalid, you will feed me on opium. :"
mo, | wont" answered the doctor, 81
wont give you anything. You must
fast and pray for foTty-eight hours, and
as you are In the country and get fresh
air, you will get well Immediately"
The man took the advice, and was
completely cured in the time specified.
The gentleman by my side listened
TO that story, and then said unbeliev-
ingly "Well doctor, what would you do
for me; have the catarrh exceedingly
bad. What can do to cure itl' The
doctor laughed cynically, and answered,
81 know Of only two things that Will
cure catarrh, and those two things are
death and fresh air. People are about
as afraid Of one as the other"
Address
Mrs. FRANCES NJ. RICHARDS,
Care DEsERRT News,
salt Lake City, Utah.