The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-08
Mrs. James JudsOn Says
Women Should See That
Family Has Fresh Air
Advocates Enforcement of
State Housing Law.
BY Mrs. James M. Judson.


In these days when one hears so
much talk about sanitation, hygiene
and public health, the intelligent
housewife naturally is concerned as to
her duty in the matter. The subject
divides itself into two parts. First
the housewives responsibility in her
own home. Second-her responsibility
in the community. She should be very
sure that her responsibilities in her
own home are we'll discharged before
she concerns herself with a larger
field of activity. In ones own house a
number of subjects bear definite rela-
ton to the health of the household.
1t is the housewives duty to see that
in her house there is plentiful supply
of fresh air, renewed several times
daily. An objection is sometimes made
that this will increase the coal bill;
but as matter of fact, fresh vitalized
air is much cheaper to heat than stale
breathed-over atmosphere. 1t has been
said that the reason there is such a
predOminance of tuberculosis in the
country is because all of the bad air
of the country is carefully shut into
the farmers houses, and definite es-
sence of truth is surely found in that
saying. The housewife should see that
her family has first class air tC
breathe.
Use Individual Towel.
In the line of general sanitation, the
housewife should concern herself with
the individual towel question. One can
hardly be too vigorous a crank" on
this subject Every member of the fam
/ lily should have an absolutely individ-
ual towel, and should be so trained
that he or she will never use a family
towel" not because there may be a
dread skin disease or the like commu-
nicated by members Of the family, but
simply as a routine hygiene measure
| Lead pencils, too, come in for their
| share of warning. Every member OF
the family should have his or her own
! lead pencil, and then if lead pencil
must be chewed, it can be chewed IN
sanitary peace. The matter of sweep
| ing directly concerns the family
health. In as far as possible, there
| should be no heavy carpets or rugs
other than can be taken out and clean
ed. The many vacuum cleaners now on
the market recommend themselves to
the intelligent housewife from a by
gienic as we'll as a labor saving point
of view. Houses cleaned with suitable
vacuum CltdueIS " Ill ia q no germ Id
| den dust flying about as will those
swept in the odd dry-sweeping" fash
ion. If there have to be heavy carpets
the careful housewife Will be particu-
lar to sprinkle damp bits of paper or
tea leaves on the floor before attempt
ing any wholesale cleaning.
Should Eat Fruit.
The old adage. tell me what a man
eats and I'll tell you what he is
might be changed TO tell me what a
woman serves her family and I'll tell
| you her degree of intelligence" for tC
a large extent, the food that We eat
determines our physical, mental and
moral condition. Too much stress is
ofttimes laid on the mere eating OF
! meat when other articles of diet may
! be equally harmful A we'll balanced
| ration should contain plenty of fruit
and meat once daily. The manner OF
cooking foods is quite as important as
| the kinds of food. An experiment was
recently made in one county in this
state to determine the kind of bread
| people were eating, A messenger was
sent to twenty places throughout the
| county. some of them farmers kitch
ems, some of them bakeries, some Of
! them city homes. and enc loaf OF
bread was procured from each place
| Upon analysis it was found that only
three of the twenty loaves were prop