Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1921-11-09
FRANCE WILL
TRY HYGIENE
Fresh All, loo Water a,d Bath
Make Their Formal Debut
IN Requisite.
OLD CUSTOMS AARO u FREAK
New university city VIII Gxeseimsot
In Effort 70 o~sresms ~ tn
6itisnai AvsrsIsn . Angie 3ax-
~ Principles u HeaieA.

Paria.-lt viii doubtless require
numerous decades 10 csnvincs Frcnch-
men thst Anglo -9axsns vhs sleso 1t
Night with open windows. drink Ice
water many times . aAy and In
sist Oh rooms and living apartments
with baths are not Z tribe queer. For
countless generations the French pso-
PIE nave 'kno<n" 'insfinettsly that t.
drink water undilutsd with wine u
highly dangerous. that open windows
after nightfaii let In damp, cold air
which breeds pulmonary trouble. rhev-
matisn and many Of the Ills that the
human race 10 heir to: that to itpbibe
ice water and iced eoneoctisns upsets
the stomach.
But there are signs today that
France Is changing. One 0f the great
est signs Of late has been the revolu-
donary and radical pronounceanents
Of such an authority on hygiene az the
celebrated Professor Garsl Of the
Paris Academy OF Medic1ne. who A
now advising his fellow eorntrymen
10 forget the aged traditions. The
professor points 10 Americans and
Rrtishers to uphold his radical"
contention that one may drink ws,er
In plenty, eat ice cream. breathe
plenty Of fresh afr right around the
clock and. In fact, do all the things
In France that Angio-S Saxon foreigners
do In their own countries
Great Initial Victory.
II viii take longer. In the opinion Of
Frances new school OF fresh air ny
gene," TO wean the French away from
closing all the windows and shutters
with the first damp Il evening and
keeping them closed until the sun
comes up again. However. the CREATES.
initial victory comes with the plans
which have been Jointly adopted by the
French parliament and the City Of
Paris for the new ~uAiverpity city" Il
distinctly hygienic institution 10 be
built near Mcn,scuris para, within the
c.tr limits. French schools up 10 new
have not been noted Ter facilities Of
hygie0e. The new .unl~ersdty e1tys
WIN cunsSse ~ hUunup 4Asuo aesgamD
high. with lawns and gardens laid BE-
tween and in the very center Of the
architectural group win b q large
building containing shower baths.
swimming pools, 4 gymnasium. music
auditorium and library. Students At
presen, cooped and crowded In the
AGED. upsaniisry student quarter -
the lef. hank cf ths 2sine VIII have
In the university city" all the fscili.
ties for living. studying and sleeping
In all the fresh air that the high
Moatsour.s region and modern by
gien.c principles can g.ve them. They
will ~ encouraged to slesp With open
windows facing spacicNs places per.
funei With flowers and plants
Under Prctsst.
The priH for student lodgings In
this modern city Of learning viii hs
ahou, $40 a year, Although u general
director will he appointed. his Auther>
,,y, Il " announced, viii ne limited
Student, will no, be treated as T-n-
sic.aries. nor cio's,ered monks Hut
whether the students ~ill he allowed
nv the horuefolk 10 bring their uniwer-
s.ty fr~sh air training into the old
homestead is yet to b. SEEN II 10
more probable that father and mother
will let 500 or daughter carry on fr~sh
air tactics under protest. while th<
elders lack thek bedroom wtndswA
clamp the shutters light and sleep as
their fathers and 1randfathers. moth.
ers and erandmothers have been Doing
for centuries