New-York tribune., 1907-09-20

When We have women architects. and only
then may We expect the proper. the adequate,
ciothes pantries in apartment houses is the con-
tlnuous plant of the honekeeper who racks her
brain in endeavor not 10 have a large part Of
me wearing apparel Of the family hanging on ex-
Almost every v-indow-even to the dining-roon-
mas Its deep "seat''-a -shirtwaist box filled
with cothing-and shirtwaist boxes hat boxes, and
even steamer trunks. are slowed away unoer
Sd,1hceo peds' curtains hung on shelves IN Ile
bedrooms to conceal hooks crowded with more
clothing, while the clothes tree is brought into
IeQuISitlon IN many bedrooms TO hold the paIl-
robes and the outer wraps of the occupant
But. with all the ingenuity for doing away with
unslghtly objects. there is one other apartment
house problem that the homeheeper cannot solve
that OF venulation-and it has been suggested by
NJ. J Bundy, in his article. The Modern Sane
House." in The Builder" that women who
pect some time to build a house take up the study
of ventilation He admits that men rarely think
Of the Importance of ventilation by natural means
and that women will give all heed to closet room
and location. He explains that ventilation means
getting in large amounts Of sunshine and fresh
air and Keeping out damp and wet ana ne spe-
cially depIores the lack Of ventilation in halls
What sunshine does get in merely percolates
he says There is sane, healthful way 10
keep every house thoroughly ventilated without
drafts and it is the feminine head of the new
home who ought study this subject and be an
authority upon il. for is she and her children
who will have the most use Of the interior"
It is in a quaint old house. filed with real
antique furniture, up in Portland. Ne. that Mrs
Lillian NJ. w Stevens. president of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, plans all OF
the work for that body.
The house was built more than a century by
her husbands father for his bride, and modern
effects have been regiously barred out even TO the
exclusion of electricity, which is available Kero-
sene lamps and candles used for lighting
There is a fne old oven built of brick, from
which the good old New England baked beans are
still produced. just as they were a hundred years
ago and in Mrs. Stevens's study is a fireplace 10
hold four-foot log.
Certain fashionable physicians are prescribing
Or15T ayfey yziXa 2
ills. AS Sc many have gout in some form or other,
and as no remedy for the odor OF the medicine
has yet been discovered the question naturally
arises. will these dietists, after nduGing IN three
meals of the odorous fruit day, continue To min
gle with the world at large IN church, in theatres
and at social functions, or VIII they conSdefatey
either keep TO themselves 30 into retirement
To the clergyman who recently begged his con-
gregatior to air their furs and heavy wraps after
the summers Incarceration in moth preventives
before wearing them to church, this cure may not
appeal real fCrClbly
That the wrongdoing in children may nearly al
ways be traced physical origin IL the subject
Of exhaustive article by Professor JACOB -
Thayer in THE Teacher" After much STUDY OF
the question he finds that inspirations TO misdeeds
are far more likely To come fTom ply than
mental cause. go
1t would surprise many mothers" he says. TO
know how much better they could contro! 'hei!
children II when mental dstemper prevails and
nauEhtiness reigns they started 70 look for It's
physical origin and he cites as parallels; PrickIy
heat causes bad temper: aAiousness, tendency 10
spine develops thleying disposition
lie follows this up with comparisons In adults. 70
prove that the rule holds good.
we know he AYERS. that astgmatisn Of the
ewes, extremely aggravated. can and does produce
a neral astIEnatisn in the adult nature that is
astounding" He concludes his article with as
sertaton on the relative values Of FOODS on mental
fty claiming that the babys vital or physical
functions develop grows its mind. and therefore
impure physical mass produces an impure ana
debasinE mentality
In line with this Dr. Alfred ". Zimmerman has
declared that II is not much when they eat nor
how much that IS giving the Americans indlses-
ton, but Il the food mixtures they force into
their stonachs He Is grievcd that diners unite
ample pie He asserts that these combinations
50 dear TO the average Arnerican young person.
form poisonous compound in the stomach and
sickness is quite likely 10 follow" ana ne a0Hlch-
fshes everybody be far sighted as to refaefa-
ber when il comes 10 dessert. Just what he ate
in the early part of dinner
'FPeCule will spinach he says, and then
take for dessert wberries- about as unheaith-
ful a combination a physician can well i'm
aelne. l have known death 10 result from TINS.
II the stomach Is TO be treated win teSIec' W.
must know what X will digest and what II VIII
not Our particular stomach is not the stomach Of
another person 50 that we must STUDY our own
system and not that another II is law. pleas
ant or unpleasant as you choose to take It, that
the simpler the eating the better the digestive
health"
II is really becoming almost impossible to find a
way TO rough IL nowadays. There are so many
Inquiries eyerywherei Time when an ocean
voyage meant a wholesome experience Of tempo
rarv hardships. Now the great liners nave thelf
Turkish baths. their shampooing saloons. thelr
Vienna cafes, their concert halls. eyrnnasiun1s.
restaurants for dining la carte and 1aclIues ior
all kinds Of outdoor amusenenis' and wireless
teIegraphy 10 keep the traveller in touch with the
outside world Railway trains carry all the COM
forts not merely Of home hut Of expensive hotels
Countries bat little while ago delightfully."- saw
age are getting all the inventions Of civilization