The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-08-10
Health From Mature
BY Risbf Tboasbf and Risbr Lf0ins


matters OF health. Sunshine In the
house--and In ones heart and soul.
Is an unfaded carpet OF more impor-
tance than good health? Surely not.
therefore rcll up the window shades
roll them up TO the very top. Roll
up the shades OF every window OF
every room, and let the whole house
be flooded with sunlight. There Is
no disinfectant made by man, that
can compare with the suns rays In
effectiveness.
A sun-bath Is most patent factor
In the cure Of any disease. After
ones skin becomes accustomed to the
direct rays OF the sun, one may lie In
the sunshine for hours at time
with great benefit, but at first the
exposure should be OF only few min
utes' duration at one time. These
short periods, however, may he re-
peated several times day. The best
results are obtained by exposing the
bare skin OF the whole body Except
the head) to the direct rays Of the
sun. Consequently, cot placed in
the bay window OF an upper chamber
is an ideal place for sun -bath-pro-
vi1ed that the air In the chamber Is
absolutely fresh and pure.
To sit on the porch In the sun is
very beneficial also. even II one must
be SO warmly wrapped up as to make
it difficult for the suns rays TO pene-
trate to the skin
To lie on the grass in the sun Is
better still, on the grass with only
blanket between the invalid and the
healing powers OF mother earth.
The patients head should not be
exposed to the direct rays OF the sun
In any case, and sun bath should
be followed by cool sponge bath
when possible See 'bathing
The object Of this department.
however, is just as much to keep peo.
pie from being III, as 1t is to enable
them to regain lost health. Sun
shine is the first requisite, In either
case, however, so pull up the cur.
tains-not only In the invalid's room,
but all over the house--so that the
atmosphere of every room may be
purified and vitalized.
Sunshine in the heart Is another
great health bringer-and while sun
shine In the house is great help In
getting the sunshine into ones heart
striving for both Is necessary II
the best results are to be attained.
Mental effort and uDselish thought,
and contact with the direct rays OF
the sun are all of equal importance.
To get the sunshine into one s
heart, the first thing to set about
doing, is the making OF sunshine for
Others. DO not wait for others. or
for circumstances" TO bring II TO
you-no one ever gets enough that
way to be OF very much use. Just
go to work and manufacture IL your
self, taking the tools, (people and
circumstances) nearest at hand to
begin with. 1t is not easy work
but there is One above to give you
strength and understanding. DO
not let the first trial and its possible
seeming failure discourage you.
keep everlastingly at it," and for
every time you seen to slip back one
step, climb up two-or three. You
can do 1t. Strength comes from
struggle, and from wise and constant
use-of muscle--of brain-of both.
Failures are but stepping stones
TO success later on. Fresh air is a
second requisite IN matters OF health.
Get out OF doors as much as you can,
and have the freshest, purest air
within the walls OF your home that
1t Is possible for you TO get. Open
the windows at the top as well as at
the bottom. Set the window shades
down few inches from the top SO
that the air may enter freely--and
without making the curtain flap "
And see that there Is a circulation
OF air through and across every room
I'm the house at all times.
Many people think that they are
very fond OF fresh air, and yet they
have no conception OF what air in a
house really ought 10 be.
Think this over seriously-and sec
2 II the air In your home is always as
fresh and pure as It might be. 1t Is
disgrace to a twentieth century
civilization that the air IN our dwell.
ings. and places OF public gatherings,
and In the street cars, Is not fresh
and pure rs the air out of doors. II
should not be necessary 10 go out OF
doors to get fresh air.
Get your blood to circulating. 10
not keep your house too warn, and
do not wear wool next to the skin
and you will not feel the need OF a
bothouse atmosphere all the time
To sit In the chimney corner and
toast ones toes makes ono sensitive
to the least breath OF cool air AND
anyway. feeling a little cold once..ir
while does no one harm unles.
ones system Is overloaded witt
grease and starch and sugsr-aur
ones lungs are starved for the pur,
air that is necessary to purify one'i
blood-or else ones mental condition