Evening star., 1924-11-02
'HOLDS NIGHT AIR
Avs-
: !: !: s. SERVES AS TONIC
tuberculosis Association
/ Urges Sleeping in the Open
! During the Winter.

I Sleep in the open air this Win
( te: for the night air is, contrary to
: old fashioned ideas, more invigorat-
ling than day air and 1t also acts
Gas q tonic
: The foregoing is the slogan of a
scity- wide campaign of education now
sunder way in the District this month,
sundor the auspices Of the Washington
sTuberculosis Association, while other
.brauches of the national organization
Iare conducting similar drives through
seut the country. The association is
distributing many thousands of copies
3of a four-page folder telling why
Gone should sleep in the open air.
.with the cooperation of the public
xschools. community centers, civic
tclubs and department stores.
! Dr. Wiley Exprcsses His Views.
Or. Harvey W. Wiley, authority on
i.ood health. declares among the sins
sof r;viIiHa ticn "is the invention of
trhe house" II there were no houses
:thcre would be no tuberculosis. he
s2sSertS. Hut tuberculosis i. not the
fu7ly disease for which housing is
.r-=p"usi.. e-thn interference with
!the praper supply of fresh air re-
sdures the vitality of the body to
ssuch an extent that not only tuoer-
.rulosis germs. but the germs of other
.more readily take hold, DR.. Wiley
explains. Continuing, DR.. Wiley
says:
We can cheat civilization OF its VIC
stjrs hy turning the house inside out
SIt is rot the house itself. but the i'm
snurv air that is to blame. There is
sscarcely any house that does not have a
frcvrh, even in the crowded cities No
'hetrer service could be given the chill
FL H. 60, Sl,- Sl,a@ =
,or more of these porches as a sleeping
,roein. So Tar as country life is con-
.csrned. there is always a yard around
tthe house where n sleeping tent can be
st.ref't d. Chi'dren should he taught to
sic. u out Of doors. In the crowded city.
.fhe 80 ping porch: in the isolated
shousAs. th" ward or the porch. anywhere
ssxcept indoors will fill the bill Always
qin th' summer time protection from
s1noscuitoeS aud insects should be pro-
svided.
Advice to Mothers-
: The devoted mother hesitates to put
ther CHILD on a porch where the snow
will fall upon it's bed. She forgets that
snow Is an excellent covering. and no
body IS going to freeze to death il well
covered with snow The child who
;awakens in the morning and has to
throw the snow Off Of his rubber cover
let gets u0 nvigorated. stimulated and
fit for all the duties of the day. Where
Az the same child, If he sleeps in bed
room, even IL the windows are opened.
feels far less refreshed after his nights
nap than the one in the open There is
no poison in the open night air
IF Nc do not breathe fresh night
air. we have to breathe canned air in
which there may be many poisonous
particles. Let the mother forget the
tradition which leads her to wrap
her child up for sleep in q closed
room, and realize how much better
II is for the child to sleep out Of
doors.
Prejudice. tradition and ignorance
are the three disgraces that supply
the greatest quantity Of adenoid tis-
sue, the largest number of diseased
tonsils and the most numerous Of
cases of nasal Inflammation and
catarrh."