St. Tammany farmer., 1906-03-03

necessary to remain in the sunshiu,
whenever you are out of doors, i. g.
in the direct rays of the sun, but il
the sunlight instead. The light of tn,
sun peuetrates even where 1T canno
shine. II you sit in the shade, 70,
should be sure that it is not too dense
and that there is moving affair il
motion, not dead air.
Consumptivesn need sunshine, sunlight
and an abundance offreshair The latte
is essential to health, but the former ar,
positively essential to life. This wa!
never better exemplified than in the
case of the 13 consumptiyes who, q
the suggestion of certain well-meanins
but misguided physicians, entered the
| Mammoth cave in which they were t.
remain day and night. The doctor;
worked on false theory, viz, that tn:
pure air and even temperature (52 de-
grees) would suffice, of themselves, tl
bring bacl; the glow of health. Bu1
alas! Gods great restorative agents
sunshine and sunlight, never pene.
trated those caverns of Egyptian dark.
ness.
Those patient patients patiently sub.
mitted to the decree, accepted the in.
evitable which, in this case, spelled
death. They, the doctors, made a Sc
rious mistake in having all the meals
sent into the cave, instead of en-.
couraging the patients to go out into
the glorious sunshine of kentucky ard
breathe deeply of the sun-magnetized
! air as they climbed the little hill to
the hotel.
The stream of water in the cave has
its outlet, underground, in the Green
river. Between the constant change
Of water, and change of air through
the great opening of the cave, the very
best conditions prevail, save one-tne
shutting out of every ray of sunlight
one of the greatest remedial agents
that the world has ever known. So
pure is the air that the wooden
troughs placed there during the war
of 1872 show no signs of disintegra.
Jon; the air SO bracing that, after
having walked miles in those dark, un-
deTground passages, one feels not the
slightest sense of weariness, but Of ex-
hilaration, instead.
The consumptives proved, to their
own satisfaction. that plant life would
not thrive; for, near the habitatfons
they had erected were evidences O.
their failure in their effort to raise
mushrooms one thing of all
things "preferring darkness to light.
The lesson to be learned from these
experiences is self-evident, viz, that
living tissue, as well as plant life,
must have sunlight in order to thrive.
Can anyone imagine anything more
cherries and more hopeless than to
place one who Is ill in sunless room
Many sick child has pined away be-
cause it was denied Gods sunlight,
which He has SO freely gwen, but
which the kind, loving, faithful, but
blinded mother has shut out in order
to obtain a more comfortable at
mosphere.
Not long ago mother insisted on
keeping sick child in a room where
the sunshine never entered, and where
even the sunlight was not sufficiently
admitted. the room having been dark
ened to keep 1t cool. The little one
died, but the mother would not be-
lieve that she stood between the child
and It's recovery. "A few days late::
another child became i'll. and the moth
er placed it ig the same dark. sunless
room. She was informed that life or
death depended upon the room Of sun
light or the room of darkness. Nat
urally, yet under protest, she removed
the child to the room where sunshine
was Freely admitted. The child in the
sunny room lived The mother was
convinced. but. like many others. NOT
without sacrifice on the altar Of ig-
norance and prejudice.
Utilizing Color.
Many of US remember when away
back in the seventies, the blue-glass
craze swept over the country. Like
every other fad, it had its strong and
its weak points. It was good as FAR
as 1t y ent. but it did not go far enough
lin the right direction. 1t (the blue)
was rot used scientifically, bit indis-
criminately; i. e.. for all manner Of
ailments. 1t was equivalent to using
one kind OF medicine for all kinds Of
diseases.
/ remember seeing an old gentle
man III New Hampshire (1S77) taking
q sun bath under blue glass. asked
him the nature of his disease. He In
formed me it was paralysis. Think Of
It! Treating paralysis by a sun bath
through blue glass. He would have
experienced about as much benefit and
almost as much comfort II he had
been placed in q moderately cold or
cool refrigerator.
Not that would speak disparaging-
" of the treatment; on the contrary.
/ have much faith in chromopathv
(healing with colors], when used in
telligently Blue was not the proper
color to use in that case; blue is cool
ing, soothing. He needed the red
glass treatment Red is vital. the ex-
preston of the sensitive state. the life
giving principle. the blood; the caloric,
or healing force.
The rays of the sun passing through
blue glass would be more appropriate
" .useG il allowed free access to The
sanctum sanctorum of editors and lit.
erary men, and all who need cool
head and deliberate Judgment.
Dr. e. D. Babbitt, In his College Of
Finer Forces" has done much to pro-
mulgate these truths and to thor