New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-31
ADEQUATE VENTILATION
IS A VITAL MATTER
Housekeepers Should Realize That "WIdHower Ar Is as I'LL
portan for the Living and Work Rooms as
for the Sick

tilation must be continuous in a room
which contains one person and one gas
let. for each of them is consuming the
oxygen in 5000 cubic feet Of air an hour.
! II must be continuous in the bedroom In
which eight or nine consecutive hours are
| TO be passed. Cross ventilation should be
provided for in rooms from which odors
or heat might escape into the rest OF the
house: with this exception II VIII be
found easier to ventilate the house II all
communicating doors are left open.
| The most practical outlet for used air
for the entire house which has no VEN
tilating system is found in the skylight
or scutrle The slight raising of the sky
light one-half to one inch will provide
continuous outlet Of used air which will
be of assistance in the ventilation Of the
house as a whole. II the skylight faces
away from the prevailing winds and is
hinged at the top, 1t may be opened
trife and closed only when the wind
comes from an opposite direction and
causes a down draft These scutues are
sometimes difficult to reach; the writer
observed a clever and practical arrange
ment for lifting and lowering q scuttis In
the home Of a Norwegian fisherman.
short and slender leather strap was fas-
tened to the tip Of tough. long. bamboo
fishpoIe; the opposite end Of the strap
was nailed to the under side Of the lowers
edge of the scuttle: when tho scuttle was
closed a slight. steady pressure on the polo
caused II to open, and the tip end Of the
pole was slid between scuttle and frame:
on a warm day the hinged souttle was
forced upward q foot or more. and tho
butt end Of the fshpole caught intp O..
socket attached TO the wall The with
,, drawal of the ishpole closed the scnttle
tight.
The nue Of tho fireplace Is q valuable
outlet for used and impure air, but 4 IL
incapable Of carrying of the bulk Of the
bad air which accumulates near tho cell |
ing In q room lighted by gas or kerosene
flame. The products Of incomplete COM
bustion should be continuously removed
from the sitting room or study by leaving |
the door ajar and slightly opening the
scuttle or q window at the top OF the
house. Such used air should not be con- |
served to heat a sleeping chamber
The distribution OF constant supply !
Of fresh air in the homo is enormously
helped by the discarding Of heavy dust !
collecting draperies and carpets. Let tho
housewife who considers the air In her
bedchambers sufficiently sweet and fresh
enter the same rooms barred for the an
nual housekeeping, with the windows
wide, and sniff. Heavy tapestries and
druggets were invented for the chill, grim,
drafty stone houses Of tho feudai ages
and have no place whatever In the san
itary American home. There are castles
in Germany. am Informed, that never
have been and never will be warm; not
on the warmest Of summer days.
Drafts are 20 be avoided; they are
dangerous because they abstract heat
from the human body very much faster
than our heating apparatus can manu-
facture it. They are most dangerous 10
the children and the older members NJ
tho household. but are menace To all.
one should therefore plan his home ven
tilation so that no person will be exposed
10 a direct draft.