New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
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M, I, TALKS
FRESH AIR FOR sLEEpERs. OLD AND
YOUNG.

YOUNG
1t Is dificult 10 tell how many Ills of flesh are
due to unwholesome sleeping apartments Science
tells us that every person requires at least eight
hundred cubic feet Of air in his slice ing room
and that there should be the means OF renewing
this air at the rate OF cubic foot a minute Per
sons who sleep In hall bedrooms In fashionable
boarding houses able 10 secure far more air
than the jewellers In city fla touse usually nnds al
lowed to him. single toOm with ten-foot
ceiling, according to this estimate should be at
least ten by eight feet in size, with abundant
means for renewing the air. In order to DO n whole
some sleeping room for an adult. Children need
almost as much fresh air grown people do
The room In which two individuals sleep should
be at least ten feet by sixteen. II tho ceiling In
feet high and supply Of two cubic feet Of fresh
air should be admitted every minute Even where
a room of this size is heated by hot air and the
furnace is properly supplied with cold air there
is often enough ventilation: a fireplace offers #
In abundance One Of the objections TO steam and
not water Is That room heated IN this way re-
qures a system OF special ventilation, which Is
seIooin furnished III a room III heated by stove
there should be a constant supply Of fresh air
from some source and there should be water boil
ing constantly to renew the moisture in the air
which soon becomes unwholesomely dry from stove
heat.
1t is generally considered that a room with an
eastern or southern exposure Il whole
some sleeping-room than with western out
look "A hoTth room IL 10 be summed. There should
be no dwelling houses built with north
sibie to avoid IT, Ii Is possible Ia the country but
In the city north rooms are a necessity Do not
occupy them as living rooms: use them for dining
rooms or recepton-rooms that are occupied chiefly
by gaslisht. They are unwholesome for living or
sleeping apartments Let the shine into all
sleeping rooms, but especially into the children's
room.
No baby will thrive In the winter unless II can
play In the sunshine OF breathe fresh air. Many
children In heated houses surrounded with all
luXuries pine for want OF pure air and sunshine
because OF a mistaken idea that d house must be
heated to summer temperature for children and
that cold air is dangerous.
Do not allow draug hts, but admit pure fresh air
to the sleeping room OF the youngest baby. Let
him bask and toss about often warm rug
spread in strong sunlight.
Physicians advise people not to sleep turned tow
ard the wall II the bed is set against II. DO
a bet In this position II there Is any other place for
IT, A great many people believe that the head OF
the bed should be placed toward the north. This
should the bed be placed that a strong light
The old fas hioned bed-tester, which modern taste
has reviv2. is not only picturesque but useful I'm
shielding the eyes OF the sleeper from the morning
light and the head from draughte. 1t should not
smother the bed, but simply drape IL. With this
protection abundance OF air can be admitted to n
sleeping room without danger of draughts Such
a protection around Infants crib Is useful II
properly arranged. There are many ways I'm which
one campers with health in ones sleeping r
rangements-n none more often than In ventilation
but with all the improvements In this direction too
many sleeping -rooms are still insufhcienty sup
piled with fresh air.