The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-01
VENTILATION VERY IMPORTANT.
Poor Air Causes Muddled Brains, Head
ache and Faintness.

: person, immaculate in dress and in tn
appointments of their homes who ar
; through ignorance or negligence down
t right filthy, regarding the air the,
7 breathe, both by night and day. This re
e suits in muddled brains, headaches
e faintness--commonly attributed to veal
} heart-and disease.
/ The writer's attention has recently
been drawn to an article in the New
York Christian Advocate, especially deal
ing with the sanitation of churches; the
article is so valuable to the general pub
lie that the writer is condensing thu
same for wider public consideration anc
use.
Some thirty years ago Henry Ward
Beeeher uttered some graphic sentences
upon the subject Of ventilation, which
are as true to-day as when he uttered
them he said; There are two things
that God made the most of in this
world, that men are more afraid OF than
Ianything else, fresh air and cold water.
i have been speaking for more than 80
years, in every conceivable place---halls
and churches, and / have yet to meet one
single place where an audience ought
to be detained for an hour. In most as
sembly rooms the supply OF fresh air is
used up IN fifteen minutes, and az there
lis little re-supply, the air will soon be
breathed over again, twice, three times,
| four times, five times, and in less than
an hour, every man, woman and child
IN this assembly viii have in him some
thing Of every other man, woman, and
child
1t is very rarely that one sees person
OF whom he thinks so well that he would
/ like to eat him up yet this vaporous
| Intimacy with each others interior, il
as unwholesome as it is universal.
Strange to say, the filth of it never
seems to have struck anybody at all.
If you were TO invite friend to your
home and put him in a bed where 80
men had successfully slept, without any
change of sheets, be would justly think
you were a filthy house holder and you
would have right to be ashamed If
you sat him down TO your table and told
him that 10 men had eaten with that
knife, fork and plate nwashed-before
he came in, he would not tolerate them
for moment.
In the matter OF fresh air the archi-
tects have made clean the outside. and
beautifed the building. but within, it is
full OF dead mems breaths. or dead
breaths OF men The average janitor of
our churches, schools. and public halls
has never made study of ventilation,
nor has be received any instructions re.
garding this important matter, so we
must not too severely condemn him.
In the first place the building is not |
suitably constructed. This can be large. /
ly overcome. al slight expense. Every |
church and public gathering place, i'm |
mediately after the audience has dis. |
pcrsed, should be thoroughly aired and 1
the windows left open for several hours,
the article referred 20 SAYS twelve hours |
az least the length largely depending
upon the amount OF breeze stirring, and 4
70 further show, the Importance OF ven.
tilation, the article states: where the
room Is heated by hot air, the inter
change i more rapid, but the church
with forced draught. equal to furnish.
ing is occupants with fresh air in suii
rient amount, probably does not ex
st.
After room has been thoroughly ven
slated. il will heat more quickly. The
-oom should b. tested with a reliable
thermometer placed ii the center o. the
.oom and not az one side The tempera-
ure should not 20 above y degrees or
SLOW s. degrees Audiences suffer far
more from the Oppressive effects Of over
ieated. dry, poisonous air. than from
old air Fm proper ventilation when
he audience Is assembled windows
h0uld - kept uIrn ~ both tor and bot
ON on an sides Of the house Drafts
an b. eliminated By thin
,oard eight or ten inches wide
De- length Of The width 81 the
Tndow and this maY match the wood
FORK II both light and = are desired
lass 81 in = frame may b. substituted
I'D adjusted by hinges and hooks and
see. or q friction catch. The draft viii
bus strike the b1ard 81 rlnss instead
the nearby occupant and pass ~
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rmiata more evenly. Tt = claimed that
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