. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . o will examine the contents ofan old feather bed. Few substances are equal to feathers as absorbents ofwaste matter thrown off from the body during sleep. This accumulation of fetid matter, together with thenatural disintegration of the feathers, make the bed moreand more vile as the years go by, until it constantlythrows off poisonous gases, injurious to health. BED COVERINGS The bed coverings should be light and warm. Blan-kets
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . o will examine the contents ofan old feather bed. Few substances are equal to feathers as absorbents ofwaste matter thrown off from the body during sleep. This accumulation of fetid matter, together with thenatural disintegration of the feathers, make the bed moreand more vile as the years go by, until it constantlythrows off poisonous gases, injurious to health. BED COVERINGS The bed coverings should be light and warm. Blan-kets are more practical than heavy quilts and blankets are preferable to heavy ones, as they canbe more easily washed, and the same weight in two lightblankets is warmer and more comfortable than in comfortables are used, they should be placed over theblankets instead of next to the sheet. Blankets or a lighttop mattress should be placed over the mattress as aprotection; by this means the clothing nearest the body,which absorbs the most of the impurities thrown off dur-ing the night, can be frequently washed. SECTION TWOGeneral Housekeeping. dom
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