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see without a free circulation of air day and nigbt, in an occupied room, it 

 soon becomes foul and unfit to breathe. A lamp will not burn in the presence 

 of too much of this carbonic acid gas. If I breathe gently into the holes of 

 the burner of a lighted lamp, the flame dies down. And thus the flame of 

 life in our bodies dies down when we breathe the same air over several times. 



Some of us want pure air in the daytime, but just as soon as the sun goes 

 down, we are afraid of it, and close all the windows. There is nothing in 

 night air to make us afraid of it. It is usually cooler, so perhaps we need 

 more clothing during the night hours. Then, winter and summer, let's throw 

 our windows wide open at night so we can be refreshed by the pure air. 



We are starving our bodies of water. The whole system needs water to 

 carry on its work. The- average person needs at least eight or ten glasses of 

 water a day. Do we drink that much? Lack of water causes constipation, 

 and this disease is the root of many others, including appendicitis, most 

 probably. A large quantity of water is carried from the system through the 

 kidneys and through the skin, and this must be replaced. Water is the one 

 medicine I recommend to you, unreservedly. It is God's pure medicine. Let's 

 take it instead of the patent medicines, which are often man's impure frauds. 

 Our bodies call for water inside and outside. The skin is covered with oil 

 glands and sweat glands. It is estimated that we have 2,.500,000 of the latter. 

 If these become clogged, they cannot carry on their work of removing waste 

 from the body. They can become clogged by their own secretions, with dead 

 skin, with the oil from the body, or with dust. It is a very easy matter, 

 however, to keep these pores open, simply by bathing, frequently and regu- 

 larly. Not only are the pores of the skin filled by these excretions, but the 

 pores of our clothes also. So this makes the frequent airing of. our clothes 

 imperative. Those we wear in the day must be aired at night, and those we 

 wear during the night should be aired in the day. We should give our bodies 

 a chance to air ; the pores need to breathe, so to speak, and it is criminal to 

 keep them wrapped in the same garments day and night. In the summer 

 especially, our underclothes must be changed frequently. This does mean 

 hard work. A week's washing and ironing these hot July days is no easy 

 thing. But these dead cells and poisons must be taken out of our clothing, 

 if we are to have bodies strong and capable of resisting disease. 



While speaking of clothing, I want to make a plea for rational clothing. 

 The real purpose of clothes is for protection. It is all right to follow fashion 

 so long as it does no harm, but when it tells us to wear things which are 

 injurious, we must say no firmly. Some women are blind enough to follow, 

 no matter if it says bind the feet, bind the waist, heat the head with artificial 

 hair, wear heavy skirts which pull on the hips and drag in the dust. We do 

 not want to be conspicuous because we do not conform to fashion, but we 

 must have minds of our own and say, "Thus far and no farther." 



Foods and digestion play an important part in health. A good digestion is 

 something to be proud of, but -don't work it to death just because it is good. 

 The first important process of digestion begins in the mouth, with the diges- 

 tion of the starches ; therefore, we must masticate thoroughly so that the 

 saliva will be well mixed with the food. Since the mouth plays such an 

 important part in our health, careful attention should be given the teeth. If 

 the child's teeth are well cared for by a good dentist until he is sixteen or 

 eighteen years old, it is probable that he will have good teeth all his life. 

 Food is necessary for growth, repair, and energy ; therefore the elements com- 

 posing the body must be found in the food. Most foods are formed from some 

 of the thirteen fundamental elements, and all must undergo chemical change 

 in the body before being utilized by it. Protein foods include meats, milk, 

 cheese, eggs, peas, beans, etc. Its chief office is to build and repair tissues. 

 Proteins furnish energy, but at greater cost than carbohydrates and fats. 



Carbohydrates are found chiefly in vegetables, fruits, cereals, and sugars. 

 They maintain heat and furnish energy. Each starch grain is surrounded by 



