Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-06-29
FRESH AIR AND VENTILATION.
Some Directions Relating to Bed Room.
and Clothinu.


Living Church,: First, and very inn
portant: Keep your bed and bedroom
warm and dry during the day. An open
window and a cold room will make the
ped damp and cold. and will give its un-
fortunate occupant a severe cold at least
n not worse. A damp bed is a veritable
keepers having he eandaeT 81 the Man ned heaaSey;
OF fresh air. leave the bedroom window
open during the day, filling 1t with cold
air when none is needed. and then
close the window for the night. when
the room is occupied and fresh air is
needed In Any one can see
how contrary to COMMON sense such
procedure is.
The custom of some h~ousekeepers to
keep the spare room" closed at all
times and then opening it only or
warming it just before putting a guest
into. is. to put it mildly. very thought
less. Cold objects. bedding included.
when exposed to a sudde heat. con.
dense the moisture in the air. and con.
s%equently such beds are always damn
and cold, and are the most unhealthy
and should be avoided ever by guests.
Better go to an UP to date hotel or walk
home any numuer of miles, than to
sleep in such a bed.
Second: All Your clothing worn in
the daytime, footwear included. open
out II hang over chairs, or on hooks
near the stove or register to dry and
air during the night. If you neglect
this Simple sanitary measure, your
clothing will feel damp and cold In the
morning, because ii still contains the
evaporations from YOU 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 and bad odors.
Third: Your bed and room warm and
dry. have plenty of light weight bed
ding. Then 3ust before retiring. close
the door and open a window from the
bottom. When more thar 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
will not strike you directly. Protected
In your dry, warm bed-as cozy as 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
you healing and strength. When aris-
ing In the morning. close the window
MUMMY dAAO loS neat come into n ROOM
Then dressed In your aired and dry day
clothing. o will feel clean, fresh and
vigorous.
Fourth: Keep your living rooms well
ventilated In daytime. If no other pro-
vision is made for ventilation, get one
OF those attachments to a stove pipe
Or u which take cold air from the
door. Foul air being heavier than
warm. naturally sinks to or near the
door. and by the above mentioned ap-
paratus escapes to the fiue. How many
sitting rooms OF v e well to 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 Inc gargle the throat
with fresh cold water. This will cure
catarrh without the aid Of medicine,
md will relieve most colds.