The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
pJTRE AIR NECESSARY.

ed even III Inc opeH SouiIAy, put tue
dust atoms carried by house air ex-
coed very many times the number
found out of doors.
Pure air is even more essential to
life than food or drink. for without
the oxygen obtained from it to pro-
mote combustion, food in the body
would be useless.
house at best is much like a
hoy with many divisions; an inclos-
IRE for purposes of shelter, safety
and refinement. Of necessity what
eyer portion of its space is not filled
with other things will be filled with
! air. and whether this be clean or
so,rl depends wholly upon method
and care in ventilation.
Outdoor air is subject to the &C
tjon of winds. rain and sunshine,
which cleanse it. House air lacks
these purifying agencies, hence some
sDecial means must be employed to
keep it wholesome. In the construc-
iion of the house plans should be
made for an abundant and continu-
Gus supply of properly tempered fresh
air. and for a constant withdrawal
of the polluted air at all times.
In summer, when windows and
doors are left open, house will be
well ventilated by natural means.
As the colder season approaches and
we seek shelter behind closed doors
the problem arises of an adequate
supply of pure air.
I'm occupied rooms, the need Of
change is constant The supply OF
air within doors for each individual
is less than in the open and is con-
stantly being vitiated by the various
processes connected with household
life-as the fire for heating, the lamp
Or gas for lighting, and. as well, by
he breath Of the occupants.
se suffer from cold if the air
a4ain doors is not heated. We
suffer, too, if the air is not pure; but.
sin.e the effect is not so immediate
y pronounced, we often overlook it.
-selen Campbell most pertinently
srites: THE need for air is as
definite as the need Of food. and the
result of foul air as certain as that
of foul food. This we know IN a GER
tain dim way, as we know the dis
lance CT the fixed stars: but We do
not ao. upon it. 1t would be hard
to find a better instance of our ut
,erly disconnected march of progress
than the calm way in which We send
ahead little skirmish lines of educa-
this, believing that,
admitting the other. and all the
while living in the dark ages.
1--WE have progressed from the
filth and brutality of the savage in
many ways, but in some ways not at
all. Our eating habits, for instance.
are tolerably refined, but our breath
ing habits! We are content to
breathe air that the savage would
scorn to stay in: air insufficient in
quantity. irregular in supply and
mixed with all manner of artificial
mpurities-mingled, moreover, in
charming catholicity-all of us ser
enely partaking of one another's
breath with courteous disregard OF
its manifold circulation through our
defled and outraged lungs. New
Haven Register. Liz
HOW TO TREAT THE AGED.
We do not know anything that re-
quires more tact and more tender
ness than the treatment of old oeo-
Pile by those who are younger than
Treat them as those |
whose day is past, and those from
whom nothing may be expected in
the way of labor, and you touch |
them where they are peculiarly ten
der and sensitive. Treat them as |
though you expected full work of
them. and make no allowance for
the infirmities OF age, and you wind
them up again.
1t is worth the trial to minister to
those who have borne the burden
and heat of the day. and. who have
sown for others to reap. Show
kind and thoughtful regard for their
ceilings; give them something to do
that they can do; be respectful, def
reverential even, and you
will reap rich harvest Of hope in
hearts in which, perhaps, it was al
most dead, and of gratitude. and af-
lection for yourself; the more so As
The old are beginning to distrust
heir own powers and sometimes to
ask themselves the question if their
lay OF usefulness is not past.-Wom-
ms Life.
FOR HUNTING HONORS
When Vera Bloodgood, the eldest
laughter of Hildreth Bloudgood Of