The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-09

our HOUSES TOO WARM,
Pernfcfous Habit of OverhcntiuE n
Prolific Cause of Colds.

inlfhdeIphta Times
mo proper tonrenature OF our living
rooms is n disputed question at this se,.
son and one that every housewife. must
consider The Americans, as n pcnnje arr
probably no worse or more unhealthy Than
other nations, but we are by no means
Tree from blcmshes, and now and then
wc have our attention called TO some of
our national faults by "A sharp.eysd. quick
wauted foreigner. One of the late eri,i.
cisins IL on the American habit OF over
heating our houses 1t is an undisputcd
fact that IN the Northern sections of tho
country, at lcStst. Wa habituslIly keen orr
livlng rooms and halls OF public assem-
Ny ~ We'll at too high "A ivmperatute,
Inc habit is a bad one and Is not only
costly but unhealthy,
a thoughttul physician who hes com
bltteu ms pernlUious system all his lie
attributes one-half The colds aud throat
ueoN.r9 thai prevail 10 this cause alone.
rooms having iempera iure of much
above 20 degrees arc necessarily enpr.,
valiuE to the system ana IA wtS,leonc !
hody ~ more apt to alocumb TO disease
than strong, healthy one. Ii is no won
der thdt 80 many OF our women are siotlv
and low-spirted, confined as they arc a AZ
after day aud week after week IN such
houses, COINS ont OF doors only when 1t
Is absolutely necessary.
We constantly ma "Icrdcr" people who
Keep their fNlns rooms at u temperature
of 20 degrees during thu wlntcr. and who
VIII assert that the cir IL chilly If 1t 10
cooler, The Cause OF this foolish habi u,
not fur 10 seek. hluSl American women.
even those of more Than av'snage means.
nro accustomed to pass "A part OF their
Time IN the kitchen, whore culinary me-
cessities put a Wholesome temperature
quite our or tho question, When they
have finished their tasks IN this depart
mont, our tired and nvcrhea ted house
wives turn to the other rooms. to lind
them cold. They are cold only by COM
parson, but It would he difficult TO MAKE
one believe 1t, The consequence Is, the
Register Is opened or the frc stirred up.
untll the sitting room il warm tho
Kitchen, and tho habit % ovcrheatnG.
coming down from the days of hugo wood
plies and roaring chimney places. pro-
tectS Itself into tho age of double win
dows, steam heating apparatus and red
hot coal stoves.
II IL astonishing TO what degrees We are
creatures of habit IN this respect. and how
rapidly we become habituated 10 "a much
higher temperature than ts necessary or
beneficial 20 MS. was recently at n house
whore the housewife coRsta9tly wore n
light shawl over her shoulders. at tho
same time keeping the temperature OF her
living room up 10 nearly so degrees: and
yet she declared thHt she suffered from
cold She wyiH thin and pale and dyspeptlc
nnd was always dociortnE for a cold
what CHE needed was cold shower halih
every day and daily exercise In the open
air, She could then have dispcnsed with
her wraps. ana coula have been comfort
.lnlS III " ioNfi ltnli'tl lNA.lfs
1t is wen to remember That colds" arc
gs often caught by going suddenly from
a cold to an ovcrh aated atmosrhere--as
from a street cur On a cold. wlutrY day
into a, room NJ 80 degrees AS from heat
ed room ltto the cold. The loss pcrcepti-
BILE the chunge, the greater the security,
A little thought and experimenting WIZ
ork a reform IN many households. 10 the
Increased comfort and health OF It's IN.
mates AM 10 .ihe advantage of the coal
bin and the @oodpile. In thesc dayg OF
dcnr fuel and cheap Thermometers tho
latter should loo INDUCED IN until VIC have
reduced ;he Temperature OF our oycrheat-
ed apartments, public and private, 10 a
noInt fayoralllo 10 economy and henlth.
Va thermometer should be IN every SIT,
ting room. and II should not be pef1nitten
to indicRto a temperature of more thnn
10 degrees This IL warm enough Tor
health, and perhaps n lower Temperature
would be siill better, Or. Kane durng
his Arctic cSplora tions. said that MS lI- ~
we're more comfortable ~h"n inc raa,,n
was nj 81 or CO degrees than when u was
warmer and that Is the Temperatures rec
commended fer hospital wards.