The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
RADIANT HEAT Is HYGIENIC AND
 COMFORTARIE

A DuSlneSS girl in the cold northwest stood 1t IS long as she could and then delivered to me this stinging rebuke:
 If you sat in this office for eight hours day, with various windows open from
 the top, ventilators at bottom, transoms open over the doors Well, moving air is all right for blacksmith shop, with
 nice fire going Close at hand but good Lord man there Is a place for everything" The young woman had just expressed the opinion that belonged in q blacksmith's shop. and I calculate (naturally I'd say guess and generally l say reckon) there are plenty of oc- casions when and plenty of unoffending folk who wish me in a warmer place than black smith shop
 At that this cold hot business girl said something when she referred to the comfort ing warmth of the forge. Radiant heat given off by live coals, incandescent elements, the flame of any fire, is like the heat of the sun 1t warns your body and 1t warns any surface it strikes, even though the air temperature in the room be too low for comfort for a sitting or resting individual.
 There's more than just cheer in an open fire place with d wood, gas, coal fire or incandesc- ent electric heating equipment in 1t. Such heat is actually warmer than the heat from radia- tor or hot air furnace or any kind of enclosed stove. Radiant heat warns your body, the furniture walls floors. without overheating the air in the room. All other kinds of heat have to cook the air or at least warm it up to an unhygienic degree before they can make resting occupants feel warm enough
 So 1t Is good hygiene, well as good living and good cheer to have some kind of open fire in the living room. Even an oil gas stove that has radiont elements which glow when heated is desirable if a wood or coal burning fireplace is not available
 Of course any such heater. except electric, must have proper connection with the fue or chimney to carry the products of combustion out of the house. There Is menace to health in any kind of fuel-burning stove or heater in house if there is no pipe to carry the com bustion products out of the house; there is menace to life itself in any portable oil or gas heater that Is used to heat up small room. such as d bath room or bed room, where there Is no open window ventilation. It is n fOolhardy thing to 50 to bed at night in q small room heated by an oil gas stove without hue connection, unless window in the room is left open all night If it Is extremely screen, a screen made of ordinary unbleached muslin. This will give enough ventilation to prevent asphyxiation of the sleeper in the night in case the stove goes wrong and gives off large amount of carbon monoxide. It is a foolhardy thing to take bath in small bath room with an oil or gas heater going and no window open for ventilation.
 Radiant heat does not dry out the air so ex- cessivey as steam heat, hot water vajor or air furnace.
 Radiant heat from whatever source is a good thing. Turn 1t on for good health.
 Ihc Wine and Blood DelusiOn
 have been told that good grape wine Is good for ones blood. When Is the best time to drink 1t? (S. Al
 Answer--You are misinformed. The fresh grape juice is a good wholesome food, but it loses more or less of it's nutritive value for the bloor other tissues when 1t is fermented
 Hold the Breath for Hiccough
 Why docs holding ones breath put end to attack of hiccOughs? (Mrs II. A. D.)
 Answer-Because 1t surcharges the blood with carbon dioxide. which is the most power iul stimuant to the respiratory center. An other method, involving the same principle is often successful in prolonged and exhausting attack of hiccough--admnistratio of carbon dioxide gas by inhalation.
 Goats Flesh Is Good Meat
 In one of your talks about goats milk you said goats meat is sold in the market under the name of lamb or mutton. I thought mutton was shccp's meat. (E. J.
 Answer-A man who raises goats says con- siderable of the meat Is sold as mutton" It is quite good meat in every respect
 Snow Water
 I expect tO stay for q part of the winter where I'll have Co melt snow for drinking wa ter. I nave Ben Told. (M. q. B.
 Answer-1he melted GnOw makes W hole some drinking water Fs any other.
 Cold Sore
 Please discuss in S0ur column CD what 6.t ci cold sore, t2) what is the remedy, (3)
 'rr a preventative and if sO what? CT. l.. M.l
 .,hGwer-Cause and hence prevention un- known. Freshly made (not stock) zinc oxide saIve is q good remedy