The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-06-23
FRESH AIR AND VENTILATION.
Some Directions Relating to Bed Room,
and Ciothinu.

Living Church,: First, and very i'm
portant: Keep your bed and bedroom
warm and dry during the day. An open
window n Il cold room will make the
bed damp and cold, and will give its un-
fortunate occupant a severe cold at least
If no; worse. "A damp bed is a veritable
brooding place of bacteria. Many house
keepers having heard of the necessity
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 abundance. Any one can see
how contrary to common sense such
procedure is.
The custom of some ho~usekeepers to
keep the spare room closed at all
times and then opening 1t only or
warming 1t just before putting a guest
into. is. to put it mildly, very thought
less. Cold objects, bedding included,
when exposed to II sudden heat, cons
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 ever by guests.
ipNANSA 81 " VI bp w AsiAS llplelO W Walk
home any number of miles, than to
sleep in such IL bed.
Second: All you 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. If YOU neglect
this simple sanitary measure, YOUR
clothing will feel damp and cold in the
morning, because ii still contains the
corporations from you body during
the previous day. and after a while
%our clothing will have an unpleasant
udor for these corporations. Drying and
airing your footwear during the night
viii keep your feet from sweating, cold
ness and had 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 II window from the
bottom. When more than one person
sleeps in Il room. the window must be
raised higher. This will give an abund-
ance Of fresh air While you sleep. Place
TIE bed SO that the fresh air current
will not strike you directly. Protected
in your dry, warm bed-as coy 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 arts
ing in the morning, close the window
quickly and let heat come into the room
Then dressed in vol aired and dry day
clothing. you will feel clean, fresh AID
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 nue 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 ar-
paratus escapes to the hue. How many
sitting rooms of ever well to do people
have a very offensive odor from lack Of
venti!ation!
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
.atarrh without the aid of medicine,
and will relieve most colds