A Plea For Pure Air

Have architect and bunder no re gard for the essential newds of a fan lor ing, or an intellectual people ? Huv the proprjetori of our larga Italia an( pUc'M of amusement no ene ofoo.upai non for tbc wfio throng them Havo the great and all powerful people theraselrei ueithor prids nor Rtrengtl euougb to iiMHt upon their righU in the matter of the air thej are juitlj entiilcc toT Such wern the quories in onr wrnd, a few htenmg to a populur d.einïr t one of the Urge halls in Chicago Were it an uncoiniuon case, tli evil utightbe rmdied b_v aniingtbe people agamt a people against a place rrekiug whBa petiferou effluence, but it ii, mout uufortuoatelj for the peoplo, the rul and not the exception. The temperatura wittiin wao lufficieotlj higb before the human flood came pouriug throughi tb wide dours, and eacb iuo■ient roie bigler through the iafiueuce of at leaat' fimr acore brilüaut jeti of ga, and the full two tbounand human boingi preieot. Long ere the leoturu wat ïmlf uoncluded, orercuati and fun becnm oppreBnivo, and inany were reniored stkí before its clone, faoei bcanie red, and eye looked congcited, and a visible percpiration bedewed the forehescl of many, reapiration geaioed more hurried, while the orertaxed aud Uboriniï heart wai putting forth deiperate e flor tul Yet who, üf the tsmi aiaemblage, real ized tbut danger and death lurked iu the atuiosphere aud that with erorj brth thejr were poiKouing the very fuuntain of lifn ? A dry, husky cough, gtarting up in front, behind, on the right, and on the left, now one, thep inany, all bore the arae testiiiiony, aod Reemed like the d.'npsiring cry of outraged nature for re lief! We looked about n for gome mean of escape, yet none appeared. - The wiudow were genernHy closed, a ïf in fear tbat with tho pure and freahening air from without shoutd enter uinnstem and demons. A few tuiull iiperturea aboT and below in the wall Kemed t be doing duty sb escnie valvei for the fouluHgí within, but ït wero a roockery to ay thüt they were sufficient for proper ventilación. Tliink of it, reader. That lrge hall, with tu red hot stovei, its iuny biaxiue Immer, and itB thoisanda of human beingB, al) vitiatiog tilo air. aud with very inadequate mean? of purifiestion, the life without al most oompLetely nhut off, be coinés little olse 'bun a pent home f All about ou ei t mvn who, inooütinëntiy, periwpn, are poisouid tlfeinselvs witli tobasen, and the fiuims therefrom xn de cidodiy perceptible ; more or vs of 80tj.vp disöase, iu its pcotoan for uu in i ftami'i! uDou the ;iaiiritv itf tbave nes ! 1 W - I cut ; the'.r exbulntions oftemS yowt founea and attock your life, yet. ynn s!t ettlmly j oíif tliough sufferiug. Piide kt'eps you from boldiy leariug, ■ y-ou would fle from a estilenc, and wren ttío orowtd. departa, yu1,! leave with tliein, and th?n possiblj ar.' paid f-or jwur outr(e upon nature by suddenly ffixlinsf" tlít ai. incipiu' br nK-hitW; .ir gmue othur tliro ailrneoí, yi beaow a fix:d fue(, or m üevfrH colii in the head or upou the iinifs i Míe p iialty ftr jour stteiupt to ruu counter u, 1 w of life !. Yet wb'tt oan we do 7 ChwriMm, ebotlhiiiHKi, public h:ill, ;in'i ln');s oí ftmttetn rit r gcnernlTy tb tbo wmcc '.'oitta, nd w( iniíct starve fr munt:: fíityand deprire ourselveg of artnleii .-.-tetW}iij or eUe mbiitit to tbij oj ; upoo our human nture, althougb it muv be with rutber in ill gruoe. iMennr. Architecti aud Builden, while w humbly acknowledge the great advanee jou har alreadjr mad upou tbe ''ifood oíd time," wbeo it might hará been deemed all right to be poiuoued and gmoihered by human ozhalations, do, pray. connider wbat. rían is made of, and in your oareful plañe and beautifui figures give ua who lore good tliingi, a ehaiicx to enjoy them without the ri.ik whicb iiow attend theiu. Gira us tbe opp.irtiiuity of breathing pure air witbin do rs, ifliilfi r are having our hrarls utirred up and ur niiiiils strengthend. Gire un iliiM miú fttture generatious will cali you bleised! ufe fprMpB tp&