The Mountain Cure

When we reel "used up" af;er a lon period of hard work, we recover tone most quickly by seeking some quiet tnountain resort a few thousand feet e.bove the sea. In the Alps suitable spots are found from 4,000 to 7,000 feet Below the one the midday heat maj toe too great; above the other the temperature is too low for comfort. In such a place the air from the first has au exhilaratlng effect, and after inhaling it for a few days vi"r returns nd life becomes an enjoymeut. The reason has been found out by experiment. The first experiment was about the middle of the present century. A Swiss clergyman had been struck by the marked difference between the children from the mountains and those of certain schools of Berne and Zurich ♦The former were sturdy and ruddy, the Jatter weakly and anaemic. He arranged for some of the weak ones - organizing a "children's country holllay" on a protracted scale - to live at Beatenberg. This is a mountain village on the north side of the Lake ol Thun, nearly 4,000 feet high. In a few ïnonths the children had greatly improved in health. It was discoverec years ago by Paul Bert that the blood Of animáis living at high altitudes absorbed more oxygen than that of