New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-13
SE4SOy4BLE SUGGESTIONS.

Tho weather in this city and It's cnvlrons for
a few DAYS lust past has been wcllnigh perfect
The sky has been clear. the air pure. the sun
ucht genial the breeze bracng For work or
tor nlco sire for restoration or maintenance Of
I health or for simple delight Of living. climatic
conditions havc been rs favorabc as man could
wish and far more favorable than man could
make were he himself arbitcr of the elements
Those who for the last week or more have been
and for weeks to come will he. trooping back
IN town from mountain and shore and forests
will find Manhattan and it's felow-boroughs
no loss delightful resorts than those they have
inst left Nor will they he surprised nj what
they find This glorious weather Is exactly
what New.Yorl is accustomed 10 enjoy Mt this
season Of the year from mid September until
well on toward Thanksgiving Day.
Yet on tho surface Of II. strange TO say many
aro coming back only to fall Ill. Perhaps with
typhoid. perhaps with malaria, perhaps with
some other aiment And they will charge the
fault Of their disaster against the city. ana
draw COMPARISONS invldious 10 II between
if and the country. when the fact Will he That
either tho hoasted country or they themselves
will be 10 blame. For Just ms some soldiers
bovo come home from Cuba apparently well
and robust only 10 fall III here from malar'ai
uoison taken into their systems in the Santiago
svanns co peoplp will fail III with typhoid or
malaria because Of the germs they have taken
into their systems in the apparently sweet and
healthful places where they have spent the
summer II Is in the closing weeks OF summer
that vegetation begins TO decny. that me
dro,,hs make streams and wells run low and
,hot insidious polsons steal their way into the
blood of tho unwary 10 lie latent for little
while md then 10 become morblnc. when re-
,urn n town brings change Of food and hahltn-
ton and gives them their favoriie opportunity
Many n case Of illness attributed TO croton
water had rs inception In draught from inc
"old oaken bucket" Many sick person who
rails against city streets ms the cause of his Ills
should turn his anathemas against the swamp
from which ne plucked the blazng sumnc.
But II one come back to town untain'cd, his
own carclessncss In resuming city life may On
tail most serious ills The house has been shut
up for weeks or months. In the stngnhnt ar
Of irs closed and darkcned rooms bacteria nav"
multiplied their myriads myrladfold. Ar" you
coming back to breathe that air! Tho water
las cyaporated from the traps, and the wafer
pipes have given sewer-gas free access 10 inc
house Are you coming 10 inhale that Tic
water In the service pipes has stood siAgnaht
all this time. Are you meaning to drink me
very first draugh' Of II that flows through the
faucet? You may do all these things and live
ard keep well But you run serious RISK or
disease and even Of death and II either of these
latter come to you. 1t Will not he the fault OF
the city air and water. but II will be tn" fault OF
yourself in mlsusing the gifts of nature.
Omen the windows wide and let the breezes
blow through the house and sweep out all
poxlous gases and germ-laden dust; and let tho
sunlight shine IN, the greatest destroyer or
morblfic bacteria and the greatest promoter of
Lcalth and life in all the world. Turn every tnp
and let the water run 10 flush all pipes and
6ll all traps Give nature n chance to set things
right Then your city house will be as healhful
| an abodo rs the cottage on the farm or the hotel
| in the mountains or OH the shore. And II You
| ride your wheel wisely and not too fnr or fast,
| avoid The monkey attitude above the handle
| bars adjust your clothing to the climate keep
| n sound digestion and n conscience void OF
offence then you will find this old. noisy,
crowded town one of the finest places 10 live In
| That all the world can bonst.