Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

inviting, make it bright with air and sunshine.
Remove your heavy curtains, open the windows,
throw back the blinds, and enjoy the rich sunlight,
even if it be at the expense of the colors of your
carpets.
Some houses are furnished expensively, more
to gratify pride than for the comfort, convenience,
or health of the family. The best rooms are kept
closed and dark, lest the light might injure the rich
furniture, fade the carpets, or tarnish the picture
frames. When visitors are permitted to be seated in
these precious rooms, they are in danger of taking
cold because of the damp atmosphere pervading
them. Parlor bedrooms are kept closed for the same
reasons. Sleeping-rooms should be large, and so
arranged as to have a free circulation of air day and
night. Those who have slept in an ill-ventilated
room awake feeling feverish and exhausted. This is
because the vital air was excluded, and the whole
system suffers in consequence.
Whoever occupies beds which have not been
freely exposed to the air and sunlight, does so at
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