Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-12
Colds and Draught Fears Are Two Dry
Air Ailments.

Air Ailments.
| The disease we call cold has a
misleading name, for it Is the man
who is most in the cold, and whose
body knows what cold Is, who Is least
apt to take cold.
So the golden rule for those who
would avoid colds is: Get acquainted
with cold. To get acquainted with
cold, sleep in cold room; take a cold
bath every morning; stay outdoors as
much as possible: don't bundle up;
wear moderately heavy clothing. .,
Inasmuch as colds are catching,
there are other rules relative to colds
that bear on our relations with otner
people. Keep away from people Win
colds as much as you can, ana es-
pecially avoid people VINO nave recelit-
" had pneumonia. Keep away from
crowds. especially crowds gathered in
hot. badly ventilated places, such as
closed street cars, crowded little halls,
theatres and the like.
Fresh Air Best Medicine.
Beware of dry heat. If you live in
a fat or in a house heated by steam
or bv hot air II Is absolutely neces-
sary for the well being of the mem
hers of the household that some pre-
caution he taken to obviate the dry
ness of the air that is inevitable with
the ordinary heating system now IN
Colds. influenza and general lack OF
vitality are fostered by lack or hu-
nnidity in the air of living and steep
ing rooms. ...a;as
Normal humidity can be maintained
by putting open vessels containing
water over radiators or registers, anu
by thoroughly airing the house seseiai
Zines a dav. 4 hygrometer will en-
able you to see that the mummy 80
kent I'D to about 90.
Fresh air being the best OF al
medicines. folks should learn how to
take It. There's only one proper way,
and that Is by deep breathing, ana
deep breathing means breathing that
way- all the time, not merely once or
twice a day when you happen 10
think of it. ,.a
THE ideal deep breath is the kind
ron get once in a while When you
yawn, and should give you mueh the
same sense of pleasure that such a.
breath does. ,,o-,,,
ventilated room and be IN conditloll
IN resist cold contagion. You're
ca "a
% than in one with the mercury at
On In the winter time the Temporal
ture of the sleeping room should
never be allowed to go above oV.
Forty or so is better than 60.
Tn bedroom with but one WIN
dow raise the window slightly at
the bottom and lower is correspond
,np1v at the top. IF there are more
than one window raise enc and lower
another at the top. When windows
are on but one side of the room
transon1 should be opened or a door
eft ajar to help the circulation or
air when the wind Is not blowing IL
rectly on the windows.
Draught for a Disease.
pe,ne,,,ber that even in the coolest
waa Their. to secure perfect ventilation
there must be a constant movement
of mir through the room. inefe
should at least be draught enough 10
make marked impression on one
side of wetted finger. In not
weather the wind should be allowed
TO blow through the room 1reely,
The fear of draughts is a soti Oh
d;saase Now, draught is merely a
ct roam of fresh air flowing through
fo,,i ai,---a current of live air moving
across air that is stagnant and dean.
Vet there are folks who fear THIS
fresh air as they do snakes. An m
nocent, beneficent stream OF pure ar
is To them as blast from the mouth
of the internal itself
| WHY? Chiefly because such people
have Injured their bodies to hot and
noisoned air. Thus when blast OF
cold pure air strikes body thus de-
vitalized it cannot adjust itself to the
change in time to resist the cold.
Naturally such people fear draughts
land the fear in time becomes q sor'
of obsession with them, for folks
cant go about this world in norma
ashion without meeting any curren'
Iof fresh air. Ultimately the draugh
iorank gets so he can feel imaginary
idraughts and catch genuine cold
from them. ,.I J.
The cure of the draught disease Il
fresh air-not little fresh air, but
liot of it. For draughts in general ar
dangerous in inverse ratio to thei
size. A little draught In hot room
{ dangerous to anybody. whereas
he room is ventilated with copion
supplies of fresh air the danger l
diminished. For the speciflc TO
| l1raughts is a large supply OF the stul