The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-01

idealsY Should il not set an example To
the community by proper sanitation and
ventilationY
There is many sleeping attendant
at church services, who is simply over
come with the heavy, dull, dead, poi
sonous atmosphere. Women and chill
dren usually sit through the service in a
warmed room with their heavy wraps
on, and when passing into the cold air
with no additional wraps often take
cold"
The Puritans wore their coats during
the service, but they sat in unheated
meeting houses. The greatest known
cure for catarrh, throat and lung trou'
bles, is fresh air, but il is too cheap and
easy for the average person to take ad'
vantage of, 50 they resort to all sorts
of expensive nestrums.
| The new version for cold as given by
4 physician is this--he says, 'people
overload the system by overeating and
by breathing hot, dry foul air, result
| ing in improper elimination of poisons
in the system" When person goes
into the fresh air, which is natures ton
ic, he does not "take cold" but this so
bioAtS bht oNsttHl ~ LhI
various organs to act naturally, and the
refuse is there thrown off. Were this
not so, serious illness would result. The
idea is certainly worth thinking about.
The Burlington Free Press recently
contained an official statement from the
association of railway commissioners, to
the effect that more deaths are caused
by improper ventilation of train coach
es and waiting rooms, than by train ac-
cidents, and they accommodated their
national convention, the doing away
with dingy, dirty, oil lamps, and better
ventilation, as noxious gases, dust, and
close air were conducive to germ breed
ing and disease. This is especially true
Of smoking ears and compartments,
sleeping and parlor cars.
The subject Of proper ventilation con-
Germs every home, hotel, clubroom and
dance hall 1t applies to the theatre
and moving picture shows; pool halls |
and business offices. Legislative halls
and committee rooms are not exempt |
The air in many of the places is usually
doubly poisoned with tobacco fumes.
Scientists tell us that man can be
so poisoned and doped by even the
smoke of tobacco that the brain refuses
to work. This may in part account for
the long legislative sessions. Even the
of the press in their
or smoke talks occasional
ly have to carry out one of their mem
bers, who has succumbed to the poison
ed air, and resuscitate him. The writer
personally has known families in all
grades of society who never raise the
window OF their sleeping rooms, from
fall until spring In some cases the
man of the house makes the room blue
with tobacco smoke just before retir-
ng. The physician knows that recov-
cries of their patients are generally
retarded because people are so afraid
If fresh air-the greatest and cheapest
'ure-all known.
lrritability in the schoolroom may I
,ften be traced TO the effects of poison
ID air. Pupils become dull, listless,
leepy, obstinate and cross, headaches
ire common, and the occasional visitor
nay carry away a headache in short
pace of time from the old type of ,
chool house.
Colds and throat troubles are COM
non. Let us seek the cause then let one
nd all unite in the campaign OF edu-
alton for fresh air and high ideals
better health, happier people and more
fficient service will result throughout
II the varied avenues of activity.
Annette Parmelee.
Enosburg Falls, Vt, Nov. p, 1914.