Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-10
AIRING SLEEPING ROOMS.
How and why They should Be veH
tiIated.

There is nothing more essential
health than fresh air and sunshine, NOT
only in outdoor exercise, but in the
home. Especially must the living and
sleeping rooms have sunlight and ven
tilation. Many cases Of inactive skins
and scalp troubles and poor complex
ions are due to sleeping in badly ven
tilated rooms, saysf the New York
Press. 1t should be understood gem
orally that one of the missions of the
sun is to deodorize and purify. There
is vitality in sunlight.
The sun is the great enemy of dis
ease germs. Let the sun have a chance
to do it's work in the sleeping rooms.
A prejudice in favor of having ones
homework done early in the day should
not beguile the mistress into having
her beds made up before they are aired
thoroughly. The care of the beds and
bedding bears most directly on the
health. At the convenience of the maid
or some member of the family the bed
IiothCS al c tOooCei Ol1 tllC OC0s eAhNA LIZ
making takes place Immediately.
This is wrong. Every article of cloth
ing should be removed from the bed,
piece by piece, as soon as the occupant
leaves it and placed where the fresh
air from the open windows may cir
culate through the fabric. The mat
tress should be exposed to light. and,
If there are two, the top one should be
thrown back and the other permitted
to cool and air.
In chambers having western expo
sure the beds frequently should be left
unmade until the afternoon in order
that the clothing may have the full
| benefit of the sun. No false notion of
| tidiness should be permitted to defeat
| the higher purpose of keeping the home
pure and healthful.
Poisoned air is inhaled all night long
when the windows have been opened
and the room aired in the morning for
| few moments and closed then until
| the next day. The odors from the diff
| ferent departments of the house are
not confined to the lower part of the
house, but reach the sleeping rooms as
| well. This is the kind of air thousands
of intelligent. educated persons breathe
in the cold months. Even on the cold
| est days the window should be down
at the top and up at the bottom, if only
few inches. This will give good ven
tilation, the impure air going out al
| the top and the pure air coming in al
the bottom.
| How to Make Celery Sandwiches.
Celery sandwiches are very good
when the celery is mixed with apple.
For one cupful of minced celery use
one tablespoonful of finely minced ap-
| pie Moisten with m6yonnaise dress
ing and spread between slices of but
tered bread. If you have cold cooked
chicken or even veal or lamb, you can
make it into delicious sandwiches by
mixing it with little cream, salt, pep.
per and prepared mustard. A little graf
| ed cheese, two tablespoonfuls to one
half cupful of the cold meat, is an ad-
dition. For each sandwich use one leaf
of lettuce, moistened with fresh dress
ing. Dates and English walnuts in
equal quantities finely chopped and
moistened with good thick cream make
filling for sweet sandwiches that is
not to be despised. Spread between
dainty rounds of buttered bread and
put an English walnut meat on top OF
| each sandwich.