Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-28
Outside Point of VIEW

Cut a slot in the DOR and have the
postman use it, is the advice Of the
postoffice department. And some doc
tor adds, don put any covering over
the slot on the inside or outside" We
are accustomed to point out that the
yellow race does things ba ckwards. in
variably. Gets the cart before the
horse. but if ever a nation worked a
reform at the wrong end. we certainly
are doing it. We are establishing
tuberculosis hospitals all over the
country. but cutting no slots in the
doors. Here and there are open air
sleeping rooms. perhaps five in towns
of a population of 5000. but while some
one OF the family may get the good Of
such fresh pure air for eight hours out
of the twenty-four, the other twelve
are spent breathing air that many times
has been breathed before. There prob
: ably is not in Iowa today a school
house. a church. an opera house. a rail-
road depot. or a railroad car that is
properly ventilated. But few private
residences. store buildings or offices are
fit to live in after Nov. 1 each year. this
fitness referring to the air breathed in
such places. Storm windows. storm
doors. double floors and almost air
tight rooms now are common on and in
every we'll built house. And all of these
! modern conveniences are the cause of
) tuberculosis. Even the latest improved
blacksmith shops are now ceiled or
. plastered. such men building such
; shops forgetting that with the old style
of shops without heat. doors open even
on the coolest days. the blacksmith
working in his shirt sleeves. and who
can give the name of any blacksmith
working in the old style shop that died
of consumption. And such b~lacksnirhs
seldom take old Who ever heard
of such hlacksmiths dying of pneu-
lnonia? The trouble commences with
our dislike 10 wear clothes suitable to
The climate We live in. Our women
and children will not wear clothes that
keep them comfortable when the ther-
morneter goes below sixty degrees. SO
we put on the storm windows and doors
and fire up the urnac and develop
thousands of cases of tuberculosis.
There are thousands of women in Iowa
at this hour wearing the same clothes
thai they wore last August this while
doing the homework. Such women
when going out put on suitable VAR
clothes. but oon get into some over
heated street car. stop for hours in an
o~ver-heated. non-ventilated store room.
visit "a n house that is almost air
tight. and do not even take off their
things" Our automobiles are the
case Of much trouble as We'll as pleas
ure. but the present form of being open
TO the weather is almost providential.
Al present any one riding in an auto
mobile in Iowa in November or Deem
Der nas 70 dress for it, However, We
probably will soon have on the market
heated and alright automobiles.
Why men don't go to church" has
been the subject OF many a newspaper
article. And its a fact that lack of
ventilation in our modern churches is
a valid excuse for not going. AS a rule.
the audience oons of every church
should have every door and window
open at least half an hour. morning.
noon. and night. before services. And
While the people are in the room
breathing over and over again the air
that has entered the lungs of the dis
eased as Well as those in health. d sys-
TEN Of warm pure air should be fore
ed ali over the building. This applies
TO fall and winter. In spring and
summer the janitor opens windows and
doors TO get rid of the "musty" smell.
All have noticed the terribly i'm pure
air in a passenger coach, that is we no.
tice it when We first enter q car. In a
little While We Yell just as loud as any
others TO the passenger. shut the
door" We've got used to it. So it is
in u churches. opera houses, depots,
school houses. court houses. and store
buildings. One great mistake OF all is
10 in2 pine that col5 ojr is p,,ror than