The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-04

The article referred TO states that
children should not be herded to-
gether. n Sunday school in small
unventilated rooms-not even in the
name of religion, as each child is "A
miniature furnace and gives off bad
odors from decayed teeth, etc
Suppose some child carries unconsci-
ously vicious germs in his nose OF
throat, could a better arrangement be
devised for the spread OF the infec-
ton?
The article further states that car
pets are not only unsanitary but FL
thy except at the cleaning time, and
church carpets do not come up often
er than once in Is years If they do
then, and they are reeking with dust
and disease germs which cannot be
seen in the dim light.
The carpet hinders the interchange
of air; 1t also mufiles the sound of
the preachers voice, and the music.
Should not the church be a teacher
Of high ideals? Should il not set an
example to the community by proper
sanitation and ventilation?
There is many sleeping attend
ant at church services, who is simply
overcome with the heavy. dull, dead,
poisonous atmosphere. Women and
children usually sit through the SER
vice 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 dur
ing the service. but they sat in I'M
heated meeting houses. The greatest
known cure for catarrh throat and
lung troubles, is fresh air, but it is
too cheap and easy for the average
person to take advantage of, so they
resort to all sorts of expensive nos
trums.
The new version for a cold as given
by physician is this--he says, 'peo-
pie overload the system by over-eat-
ing and by breathing hot, dry foul air.
resulting in improper elimination Of
poisOns in the system When per
son goes into the fresh air. which is
natures tonic. he does not take
cold but this so braces the system
that it enables the various organs to
act naturally, and the refuse is there
thrown Off We're this not so, seri-
GUS Illness would result" The idea
is certainly worth thinking about.
The Burlington Free Press recent
ly contained an official statement
from the Association of Railway Com
missioners, TO the effect that more
deaths are caused by improper ven
tilation of train coaches and waiting
rooms, than by train accidents, and
they recommended at their National
Convention. the doing away with din.
gy dirty, oil lamps, and better venti-
lation, as noxious gases, dust, and
close air were conducive to germ
breeding and disease. This is especi.
ally true OF smoking cars and com.
patments, sleeping and parlor cars.
The subject of proper ventilation
concerns every home, hotel. club
room and dance hall It applies to
the theatre and moving picture
shows: pool halls and business Off.
ces. Legislative halls and commit.
tee rooms are not exempt The air
in many OF these places is usually
doubly poisoned with tobacco fumes.
Scientists tell us that a man can be
SO poisoned and doped by even the
smoke of tobacco. that the brain re-
fuses TO work. This may in part ac.
count for tho long legislative ses.
sions Even the representatives OF
the pfess--in their gatherings. or
smoke talks, occasionally have To
carry out one Of their number who
has succumbed to the poisoned air
and resuscitate him
The writer personally has known
families in all grades Of society who
never raise the window of their sleep
ing rooms. from fall until spring. In
some cases the man of the house
makes the room blue with tobacco
smoke just before retiring The pny.
s!cian know that rccovt les of their
patients are greatly retarded because
people are so afraid OF fresh air-the