The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-19
How to VentiIate.

sr the doors and windows are closed,
largely shutting out the purifying in
huences of the fresh air which has so
freely circulated through the house
during the warmer season.
The rude habitations of our pioneer
ancestors, with their capacious open
hreplaces, were superior to our mod
ern palatial dwellings in that there
was always possible an abundant sup
ply OF fresh air. Houses Of the pres
ent day in our civilized land are made
as nearly alright as architectural
skill can secure, and unless provided
with some systematic mechanical
means of ventilatine, the indoor air is
constantly contaminated with breath
poisons and other impurities resulting
from the heating and lighting and
cooking within the house, so as to
be constant menace to the health OF
the inmates.
Probably the best means of provid-
ing the needed supply of fresh air, is
the open fire with a wide-mouth Chin
ney to act as ventilator. The open
crate is likewise the most healthful
means of heating a house. although
so far as fuel alone is concerned, it is
not the most economical. Weighed in
the balance with the saving in health,
however, it may be considered mat
ter of economy.
If other means of heating be en-
ployed, good ventilation can be Sc
cured only by some special arrange
ment for the incoming of fresh air
and the outgoing of foul air. How
CHS may be well accomplished is best
told in the words of a well known au-
thority on the subject: 'The foul air
outlet should be constructed on the
plan of the fireplace-an opening near
the floor connected with the chimney
or an upright ventilating shaft, the
top of which should extend above the
roof like a chimney. The ventilating
shaft should always be located in an
inside wall, and, if possible, should
be placed next to a chimney which is
always warm. The chimney heats
the duct and increases the draft.
THE opening for the outlet of i'm
pure air should be at the bottom of
the room when the house is heated
by furnace or by other means which
warns the fresh air before it is adj
mitted to the rooms. If the fresh air
is admitted cold, the foulair outlet
should be at a higher level. The best
point is perhaps at about four feet
from the floor. This will secure a
thorough admixture of the air. If the
outlet is at the floor the cold fresh
air admitted to the room will pass
out before it has been warmed and
used. while the hot foul air Will ac-
cumuate in the upper part of the
room, and thus the change of air will
be imperfect.
1.-TWO openings must be provided to
secure proper ventilation, one for the
entrance of fresh air, the other for
the exit of foul air. It is in every
heated, at least partially, before ii
enters the room, as this will to a
large degree prevent the formation OF
a cold layer about the floor"
There are too many Esaus who
sch their birthright of health Tor a
mess of pottage, and it is difficult tc
realize how much of the suffering and
! i'll humor of life is due to not having
learned to do without in the matter OF
eating and drinking"
Shut Your Mouth.
Shut your mouth. Breathe through
your nose. Never allow yourself
saws a medical writer, unless positive
ly necessary, to breathe through YOU
mouth. The nose is made to breathe
through. 1t is provided with hairs tt