The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-22
FRESH AIR AND VENTILATION.
Some Directions Relating TO Bed Room,
and Clothing.

Living Church: First, and very Inn
portant: Keep your bed and bedroom
warm and dry during the day. An open
window and n cold room will make the
bed damp and cold. and Will give it's un-
fortunate occupant severe cold at leaS.
u not worse. damp bed Is n verItabls
brooding place OF bacteria. Many house
keepers having heard OF the necessity
Of fresh air. leave the bedroom window
open during the day. filling II with cold
air when none Is needed, and then
close the window for the night. when
the room is occupied and fresh air il
needed I'm abundance. Any one can see
how contrary To common sense such
procedure In.
The custom Of some housekeepers &c
keep the spare room" closed at al
times and then opening II cLly or
warming II just before putting "A guest
Into. Is. TO put II mildly. very thought
less. Cold objects. bedding included,
when exposed To sudden heat, con-
dense the moisture In the air. and con-
sequently such beds are always damp
and cold. and are the most unhealthy
and should be avoided even by guests.
Better go TO an up To date hotel or walk
home any number OF miles, than 10
sleep In such bed.
Second: All your clothing worn in
The daytime. footwear included. open
out and hang over chairs or on hooks
near the stove or register TO dry and
air during the night. IL you neglect
this simple sanitary measure. your
clothing viii feel damp and cold Ia the
morning. because IL still contains the
corporations from your body during
the previous day. and after a while
your clothing will have an unpleasant
odor for these corporations. Drying and
airing your footwear during the night
will keep your feet from sweating. cold
ness aud bad odors.
Third: Your bed and room warm and
dry. have plenty OF light weight bed
ding. Then just before retiring. close
the door and open a window from the
bottom. When more than one person
sleeps In a room. the window must be
raised higher. This will give an abund-
ance OF fresh air while you sleep. Place
the bed SO that the fresh air current
VIII not strike you directly. Protected
In your dry. warm bed-as coy an "A
bug In a rug-the air, cold, pure and
fresh. freighted with oxygen, a very
elixir OF life. will quiet your nerves.
will rest you. will soothe you, and give
Ing Ga the morning. close the window
quickly and let heat come into the room
Then dressed In your aired and dry day
clothing, you Will feel clean. fresh and
vigorous.
Fourth Keep your living rooms well
ventilated la daytime. II no other pro-
vision In made for ventilation. get one
or those attachments to a stove pipe
or fiue which take cold air from the
floor. Foul air being heavier than
warm. naturally sinks TO or near the
floor. and by the above mentioned ap-
paratus escapes To the fiue. How many
sitting rooms OF even well 20 do people
have a very offensive odor from lack OF
ventilation
Fifth: Our northern wells contain
the most excellent mineral waters.
Morning and evening cleanse your
nasal passages and gargle the throat
with fresh cold water. This will cure
satArrh without the aid OF medicine,
and will relieve most colds.