The Washington times., 1918-07-08


cOrng to religion hundred thousand more according
to science.
It is curious that in those five thousand those hun
bred Thousand years. has not yet had thoroughly driven
into his conservative skull the Importance Of PLENTY OF
FRESH AIR
Burton, in his "Anatomy of Melancholy" (page 17S
Vol IL quotes our most important possessions:
'The principal things for the of water fire.
iron salt meat wheat honey milk oil, wine clothing good
to the godly to the sinners turned to evil"
This early writer living and working three hundred years
ago. did include air in the important things for
mans We who live today and think ourselves wise
just ignorant those of the oden times who built their
houses without windows.
Every year babies killed. smothered to death because
their mothers wrap up their heads to keep them from the
fresh air that they actually need
Every year in this country alone more than two hun
dred thousand human beings die of consumption These
deaths partly due to poor supply Of food but due In
much greater degree to poor supply Of FRESH AIR.
We live in the air and air. fishes live in the water
The air to Us far important than the water to the sh
For fish viii live much longer without water than any
human being without air.
starvation is matter Of days without solids, hours
without liquids, but of minutes without air."
Children are killed in their homes because foolish parents
Workers murdered by foul air in the factories and the
public schools many child called 'dull is simply suffering
from the breathing of impure all:
Not one of Us would think for moment Of drinking
filthy Whitewater from sewer dirty pond-but all
Of Us almost every day of our lives take in impure air in
quantities.
Phtisis and nearly all complaints of the lungs come
from breathing bad air.
We allow ourselves to be shut up where the air
has been rendered unfit for through being inhaled by
other human beings.
THE BREATH OF HUMAN BEING CONTAINS
FIVE PER CENT OF CARBoNIC ACID. That breath Is
charged with deadly poison and is incapable Of sustaining
life Yet children in schools and in factories grown people
in theates and meeting rooms are constantly breathing an
Many child is killed by bad air the school to which
he sent that he be prepared for the work ahead Of him
Lewis W. Leeds in his Treatise on Ventilation" says:
Consumption is almost entirely the result Of breathing
impure air. We forced to conclusion that about 40
per cent Of all deaths that constantly occurring due to
the influence of foul air.
We breathe first that the blood passing through the
lungs may extract from the air the vital force necessary
me the oxygen and the mysterious electric power with
We breathe seconday in order to clean the body and
the bOodthe impurities being carried of in the air we
exhale it.
This air that we drive out from our lungs contains not
only carbonic acid but actual poisonous organic matter
The breath discharged from the lungs poisonous to the
who has breathed it is to another The human
being that sleeps closely confined in ventilated bed
room is simply poisoning himself every night Of his e
Through the of impure air lungs become weak
ened and absorb nsucieny such bad air is pro-
Vided for Us.
The rule that applies to fishes living IN impure water
applies to human beings breathing impure air.
At the bottom Of muddy ponds live the sluggish fish
the catfish the suckers The fish tSat lives in
impure water sluggish dull and inferior The hghclass
fish, the trout the salmon found where the pure water
runs swiftly.
The human being that lives in impure air is necessarily
slnggish and dull
The great problem of today from the point of view of
health is to supply fresh air abundanty and everywhere
The inventor who shall find to keep the air pure
In schools factories theaters and churches will be great
benefacor to the wordf the world has intelligence enough
to appreciate his idea.
To stop the breathing of foul air would practically
TO wipe out consumption and that would the lives Of
millions Of human beings annually.
YOU, the individual who reads this need not wait for
to protect your lungs Protect them yourself
against foul air. and protect the lungs of your children Sleep
with open window nights Use your influence with those
around you to promote the fresh air idea
Don't be acsthsh Give your lungs chsnca