The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

186 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.GET WHAT'S COMING TO TOU.There's twenty-four hours' worthof fresh air due you every day, andif you don't get it, the changes arethat you are to blame. Of course,there are the close, stuffy, vile-smelling"movies," and the churches butlittle better. You are not altogetherresponsible for the poison youbreathe there. There may be someexcuse for the "movies." Theyhave to be closed and darkened, butchurch ventilation—well, someonesaid, "the devil only knows" aboutthat. Even when a minister poursout his very life itself before adrowsy congregation, is it any wonderthat he doesn't get results ?But it is not always up to the"movies" or the churches, not by anymeans. There is your own house,the very room in which you are nowsitting. If you have a single windowopen six inches, don't read anotherword of this article. Itdoesn't concern you. But if youhaven't any windows open, thechances are ten to one that you areafraid of that "cold draft." No,of course you are not a draft crank.We didn't say you were. But, bythe way, did you ever notice howthat genus, of the set-you-know,just not "our kind"—the "draftcrank," has his inning from aboutthe middle of October to the middleof April? Then that hoary ignoramusgives way to that delightfulnymph we court on the verandas, inthe shade, or out in the summersleeping porch, whose maiden nameis Delightful Breeze, fairest daughterof Fresh Air.But we must get back to the house,and, in most cases, the stove heatedhouse in winter. There is wherewe heat the same old air over andOTer again, and breathe it over andover again, until the wonder is thatthe stuff doesn't wear threadbare.What are we going to do aboutit? Easy enough. In the firstplace, we'll raise the window.That's settled. 'No, we will not geta "cold draft," either. That is avulgar phrase, never used except bythe unlettered. What will we do?WINDOW VENTILATOR.Aslanting piece of glass ( or a board ) placed ina window frame diverts incoming fresh air upwardinto the room without causing objectionable"drafts."We'll set a piece of glass, about afoot high and as long as the windowis wide, in a slanting position acrossthis opening, as shown in the picture.Then those life-giving incomingzephyrs will be slanted upwardand diffused with some ofthose vile emanations from excretinglungs, to say nothing of decayingteeth, offensive mouths, neglectedlaundry or forgotten bath.In the accompanying cut you seesuch a glass placed on two slantingcleats, with the lower part of thesash above the top edge of the glass.and no draft. That is the best andcheapest window ventilator we havefound. When placed as shown, itis as easily removed as a book fromthe table. Try it. Tf you think