186 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.GET WHAT'S COMING TO TOU.<strong>The</strong>re's twenty-four hours' worth<strong>of</strong> fresh air due you every day, andif you don't get it, the changes areth<strong>at</strong> 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 youbre<strong>at</strong>he there. <strong>The</strong>re may be someexcuse for the "movies." <strong>The</strong>yhave to be closed and darkened, butchurch ventil<strong>at</strong>ion—well, someonesaid, "the devil only knows" aboutth<strong>at</strong>. Even when a minister poursout his very life itself before adrowsy congreg<strong>at</strong>ion, is it any wonderth<strong>at</strong> he doesn't get results ?But it is not always up to the"movies" or the churches, not by anymeans. <strong>The</strong>re is your own house,the very room in which you are nowsitting. If you have a single windowopen six inches, don't read anotherword <strong>of</strong> this article. Itdoesn't concern you. But if youhaven't any windows open, thechances are ten to one th<strong>at</strong> you areafraid <strong>of</strong> th<strong>at</strong> "cold draft." No,<strong>of</strong> course you are not a draft crank.We didn't say you were. But, bythe way, did you ever notice howth<strong>at</strong> genus, <strong>of</strong> the set-you-know,just not "our kind"—the "draftcrank," has his inning from aboutthe middle <strong>of</strong> October to the middle<strong>of</strong> April? <strong>The</strong>n th<strong>at</strong> hoary ignoramusgives way to th<strong>at</strong> delightfulnymph we court on the verandas, inthe shade, or out in the summersleeping porch, whose maiden nameis Delightful Breeze, fairest daughter<strong>of</strong> Fresh Air.But we must get back to the house,and, in most cases, the stove he<strong>at</strong>edhouse in winter. <strong>The</strong>re is wherewe he<strong>at</strong> the same old air over andOTer again, and bre<strong>at</strong>he it over andover again, until the wonder is th<strong>at</strong>the stuff doesn't wear threadbare.Wh<strong>at</strong> are we going to do aboutit? Easy enough. In the firstplace, we'll raise the window.Th<strong>at</strong>'s settled. 'No, we will not geta "cold draft," either. Th<strong>at</strong> is avulgar phrase, never used except bythe unlettered. Wh<strong>at</strong> will we do?WINDOW VENTILATOR.Aslanting piece <strong>of</strong> glass ( or a board ) placed ina window frame diverts incoming fresh air upwardinto the room without causing objectionable"drafts."We'll set a piece <strong>of</strong> glass, about afoot high and as long as the windowis wide, in a slanting position acrossthis opening, as shown in the picture.<strong>The</strong>n those life-giving incomingzephyrs will be slanted upwardand diffused with some <strong>of</strong>those vile eman<strong>at</strong>ions from excretinglungs, to say nothing <strong>of</strong> decayingteeth, <strong>of</strong>fensive mouths, neglectedlaundry or forgotten b<strong>at</strong>h.In the accompanying cut you seesuch a glass placed on two slantingcle<strong>at</strong>s, with the lower part <strong>of</strong> thesash above the top edge <strong>of</strong> the glass.and no draft. Th<strong>at</strong> is the best andcheapest window ventil<strong>at</strong>or we havefound. When placed as shown, itis as easily removed as a book fromthe table. Try it. Tf you think
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