Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-08

1t is better to be known in the neigh
bOrhoOd as "sOiled curtain people and
have indoor freshness indicated by lace
streamers flapping from yawning win
dOws than to maintain a noXious indoor
climate with curtains as white as snow.
Currents of air not amounting to per-
niciOus drafts are beneficial. Without
some movement of the atmosphere one
remains surrounded by an envelope of
Initiated air containing all the offensive
moisture and harmful effluvia coming
from the body. Thus. in the absence of
any current Ofair. one has the worst
atmosphere right in his immediate re
9i0n, and his environment greatly res
embles that Of IN unfortunate goldfish
floating in the unrenewed water of Il
neglected globe.
Much of the misunderstanding about
house temperatures arises from false
ideas of the origin of certain diseases
among which are colds. Cold. even exccs-
sive cold, and long exposure to cold.
rarely cause diseases that begin with a
chill. The chill is not the result of a
lowering Of the body temperature. On
the contrary. during a chill the tempera-
ture of the body. as shown by the clini-
cal thermometer is usually raised.
AS for catching cold. persons who be
gin to sniffle and cough after exposure
to low temperatures. even during sew
ere winter weather, are generally those
whose resistance has been reduced by
living undr the DEPRESSING influence of
high indoor temperature. Cool air.
that should be a Stimulant to them. be
comes, in their reduced condition. a
shock, and, before they can rally. infec-
ton Lies upon them.
Good weather indoors like gOOd wea-
Their outdoors. must be somewhat vari
ID. The theory that strictly uniform
temperatures are ben, fetal is a false
enc. The exercise given the circulatOry
system by varying temperatures is
hcalthful.
The temperature variations of day
and night. Of summer and winter. are
healthful, and should be initiated in ar
ranging indoor temperatures. The TEN
peraturc of houses in winter should not
be as high as maximum outdoor sum.
mer temperatures. Sleeping rooms
should have a lower temperature at
night tina living rooms in daytime. thus
following the natural outdoor day and
variation.
Severe sickness, or death. from expos.
are to 4 cool. indoor temperature is I'M
known. Sometimes persons who have
weakened their resistance by living in
hot rooms suffer discomfort when a
rational temperature is restored.
On the other hand much i'll health.
with increased susceptibility to fatal
Illness. IS the result of overhratcl liv-
ing apartments. An estimate in dollars
and cents of the penalty paid for the
harful luxury of Ovcrheatcd houses is
not easily made. The loss Of working ef-
ficlency through feeble health must be
enormous.
In establishing a temperature not 10
be exec, ded indoors the comfortable
point should not be taken as the stan
dard. The comfortable point varies with
the individual and has relation to the
accustomed moderate. too
high, or too low.
a person ha~bitually living ina tenn
perature of SO degrees feels chilly at 20
he scarcely finds 60 uncomfortable. The
young and those accustomed to bcipn
much in the open suffer greatly from
hot rooms. Robust men properly fed and
accustomed to an active outdoor life
are not uncomfortable at a house tenn
pcrature of 60. The comfortable point
with them would b. too low for the com
mon living room.
Often q teacher with good sanitary
sense and a conscientious desire to rec
tify matters is hampered by the fact
that children accustomed to a home TEN
perature of 50 degrees or higher find =
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