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Airing Rooms

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
April
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

It s a grcat mlítako tliat the wliole i) oté, partlcularly , sleeping rooma umi il e dining rooms, receives little ventilutii g and parlfying the air, when t can be ¦ ii lie witli so little tiouble and 110 expense. A pitcher of eold water placed on a t ilile or bureau will absorb all the gases with which the room is tilled from the n Bplratlon of those eating or sleephijr in the. apartiiii'üt. Very few reali.u how Important guch puritication is tor the Ik ath of the fiimlly, or, Indeed, uniler- 1 1 1 n I or realize t lint there can bc any inipurity In the rooms, yet ld a few hoon a IJitciier of cold water - the colder the moie effective - will make the air of the room pare, but the water will be entirely i.ntit lor use. In bedrooms a pail or pitcher of water sliould be ahvays kopt, and changed oltcii ii any one stays iu the room durinj; the ay, ccrtainlv fre when the nmatcs retire. Such water"lioiild never be drank, bul either u covered pitcher or flass botilc with a stopper should be u-cd tor liiil.inir watof, mul always be kept closely covered. Impure water causes mon llokBeM then even impure air, and fot that reason, belore using water from ;i pump or reservoir lor drinkiuj; or cookiiig, one sbould pump or draw out BDOUKb tu clear tlic pipes liefore usiug it, particularly in the mornlng, nfter the water lus heen sliiiulini; In tho pipes all niifht.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News