Coronado Eagle and Journal, Volume XIII, Number 30, 25 November 1924 — (£), 1924, Western Newspaper Union.! SLEEPING PORCHES [ARTICLE]

(£), 1924, Western Newspaper Union.! SLEEPING PORCHES

POINTS ON KEEPING WELL Dr. Frederick R. Green, Editor of “Health.”

SLEEPING outdoors is a present-day fad. Some fads are foolish and temporary. Others are so sensible that they become permanent. Sleeping, in the open air is a fad which ought to become a permanent habit. It is getting back to the habits of our ancestors and getting away from one of the dangers of overcivilization. For long centuries primitive man. whatever rude shelters he built for himself during the day, slept in outdoor air. But modern houses are practically air-tight. Close-fitting windows and doors shut out all air. Hot air, steam and hot-water heating warm our houses aud office buildings Instead of the open fireplaces of our ancestors. The house is made air-tight with storm doors and windows or Is banked up with straw or dry leaves at the first signs of winter. Not only do the Inmates live and work all day In a stove or furnace-heated atmosphere, hut they often sleep all night In a close bedroom. The result is that every winter brings Its regular crop of coughs colds, influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis. There Is no medicine you can buy that will prevent these diseases. The remedy Is free to all. Pure outdoor nlr. and plenty of It ail night, will revive and stimulate the tired,l'ilrpW-ont throat and lungs. Here's where’ the sleeping porch comes In. All right for millionaires, you say, but you can't afford any such luxuries. Not at all. Any porch corner can be turned Into any open-air steeping room. Select a corner screened from the wind aud storm, as sailors would say, on the lee side of the house. Curtains made of canvas, old awnings or tarpaulins will secure privacy and keep out the rain. If you want something more elaborate. It can be glazed Iff with window eashes. mode so that they can be opened and closed easily. An Iron bed, or an army cot is nit that Is needed. If a door opens Into this sleeping porch, so much the better. If not, a door can be cut or a window cut down. Ton can undress in your warm room, step Into your sleeping porch and close the door, sleep all night with plenty of Hfe-glvlng oxygen to breathe, and go back to your warm room In the morning. If a sleeping porch must be on the second floor, « flat roof of a porch or a one-story addition can be used. All nonsense, you say. All right. But try It this winter and see how much you save In lost time from sickness, medicines and doctors' bills, and how much better and stronger you feel In the morning.