The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-09
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Ernest Hart d. @. L, of London
thinks that at the end OF 1000 years |
very few Of as understand tho ele-
mentary principles Of comfort and
health, and then treats what seems |
the not too complicated subject Of
going 20 bed. The management Of
the bedroom and the art Of going 70
bed would seem to DO very simple
matters, as TO which some rational
principles and comfortable and
healthy customs might be expected
10 prevail Let us see If this is so.
Take tho case of the ordinary well
TO do Englishman. He leaves in ths
winter n warm, well lighted and per-
haps sumptuously furnished room
and he ascends through n cold stair
case to a room Of which the temper
ature is not determined and is very
apt to be below 60 degrees In how
few of our homes are the passages
and staircases warmed by a base
ment stove or base burner. II he
Is thoughtful and what is called self
indulgent, be viii have the room
warmed by a coal fire or gas stove.
This is, however, by no means q
universal rule and is frequently re-
served only for the heads of the es-
tablishment or for what are called
delicate people. The room Is rarely
we'll or conveniently lighted, and
the fittings commonly used are oen-
turies behind our modern knowl-
edge. It is only here and thero that
hot and cold water are laid on OF
that the lighting can be without Of.
fort shifted from the dressing table
70 the bed head and controlled from
n convenient place near tho bed The
clothing Is then removed, and the
unhappy person then puts on some
thing which iscalleda a "nightgown.
a sort of linen or cotton sack with
sleeves. which leaves tho lower
limbs and feet moro or less uncover.
ed and at once makes a man On un-
comfortable and ridiculous object.
It is the clothing Of the primeval
savage. If n ridiculous situation IL
needed for n farce, il is commonly
created by n night alarm at which
the sleopers appear in this ridiculous
guise at the bedroom door.
The bed is n ridiculous oontriv.
ance. having tho worst of oil cover.
ings, linen sheets, the foster, moth.
ers of rheumatism and tho worst Of
all material for contact with thu
skin. To oounterbalance its defects
and increase the miseries a heavy
superintendent mass of blankets and
quilts is imposed. and TO prevent any
comfortable or free movement OF
the limbs these are tucked in
around the edges, constituting q
huge set of swaddling clothes such
as only savages now employ even
for children. The fire now is gener
ally allowed to become extinct, Il
ever lighted, and those who have
passed their day in warm rooms Of
ten spend the night in a chamber il
which the temperature is not mucl
; above freezing point and to mitigat'
which a complete reolothing of tn,
body is required. The reasonabl,
practice would require first tina
for the present hideous and ridicn
lous nightgown pyjamas of various
degrees of warmth or thinnesi
should be provided. The presen
, bedstead and bedclothing should b,
altogether discarded, and two ligh
elder downs like the Indian resai o.
the Japanese futon should be worI
of a texture suited to tho occasion
The room should be kept at a tom
perature which never falls below 81
degrees, and in another part of i
should be placed long deck chair
with cushions, tO which, If the sleep
er grows restless, he can easily
, transfer himself and repose mt IN,
angle. That is how to go to be,
nationally, healthily, prepared TO
the emergencies Of the night wheth
or Of sleeplessness or household acci
dent.-Providence Journal.