The north Mississippi herald., 1920-06-11
SUNSHINE.

~ 1here Is no better meOlc1ne, no
Agreater purifier no better friend to
Ilgood health, cleanliness and long life
Fhan sunshine. Sunshine costs moth
ing, Is refreshing, invigorating, life-gtv-
Ing to both sick and well. People
somehow have got the idea that moth
fing Is valuable that does not cost some
thing, and are apt to value all bless
lngs by the money value they pre-
lAsent. 1t is as we'll always to bear in
mind that the three greatest blessings
humanity receives-sunlight pure air
- water-are all free to all they are
! erywhere and can be had without
Ihsney and without price. If you
would enjoy good health, see that you
Ihaye pure air to breathe all the time,
THAT vap receive the direct benefit of
SFneh { Whine an hour or two every
day<ot - that you quench your thirst
with nothing but pure water. Houses
should be so built that every room oc-
cupied for living or sleeping purposes
shall receive the full benefit Of direct
sunlight al some time of the day. The
sleeping rooms should be large and
roomy, ard, if possible, an eastern ex-
posture to receive the benefit of the
morning sun. Too many shade trees
| too close to the house are IN injury
rather than a benefit, and should be
removed If they prevent free access of
the sunlight to all the rooms. Let in
the sunshine that is struggling with
,ir,c nd OF
do its blessed work of publication
Very Intimate relations exist be
/ tween the sun and digestion. Diges-
1 ton and assimilation become weak and
| imperfect If the man or animal Is not
/ freely exposed to the direct rays of
I the sun. No plant or animal can di-
| gest in ehe dark. Plant potato in
| your cellar. If there is a little light
! that potato will sprout and try to
/ grow. But surround it with the best
manure, water 1t, do the best for il.
only you shall keep it in the dark, it
7 cannot digest and grow. Se:e how
! slender and pale 1t is. Now open a
window in another part of the cellar,
and notice how the poor, hungry thing
will stretch that way. Or give the
stalk little twist, and see how it will
! lie down. 1t can't raise itself again.
! No matter how much food and drink
/ you give it. 1t can't digest. The proc
! ess of digestion, the great function of
| assimilation, can't go on without sun
shine. Did you ever notice that grain
| growing under trees is not so large
and does not fill as we'll as that grow
ing In the open where there IS plenty
of sunshinef
|. THE white light of the sun is 8 moe
p6werfLl" fntuU1tory- zSehr ryr yne
Egrowth Of all forms of microscopic
life. Somehow the actinic rays Of
white light, the same that cause the
change in the silver salts in photog-
raphy, are able to initiate alterations
in the chemical constituents of MI
crobes that eventually lead to their
complete destruction. The improve
ment in health among the poor Of our
large cities, as the result of letting
the light into the tenements, shows
how much good the great solar scav-
enger can accomplish even under un-
favorable circumstances.
Lack Of sunshine tends to mental
depression 1t is astonishing how our
mental condition Is improved how We
feel more inclined to work and take
>utdoOr exercise, on sunny days. SO
great an authority as Dr. Arnold Lo-
rand, physician to the baths, Carlsbad,
Austria. says: LET US be grateful for
every ray Of sunshine, and take advan-
tage of it. Some lader avoid the sun,
but It would be wiser to seek it and,
K r~oeSihle, to expose cur whole bodies
to fts rays. Let US remove all the
curtains from the rooms in which we
sleep or sit, especially from our work
room. In the train let US sit on the
sunny side and not drew the curtain,
unless we are reading: in short, let us
seek the sunshine wherever 1t shines.
We shall soon observe h0w much bet
ter we feel after q long sOjOurn IN the
sun. There Is no denying that. as q
rule. those who spend much time In the
sun look better and healthier than
those who live in dark rooms or Of
fees" Particularly in old age Is sun
shine precious, and instinct tells old
people that the sun is good for Them,
and they eagerly watch for 1t to shine.
LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
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