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see that the bed is kept all right. 

 There are some people who always 

 insist upon the doors of their stables 

 being kept closed when the horses 

 are out. They do so on the score 

 of neatness, but doors thrown wide 

 open — back against the wall — are 

 equally as neat, and better from a 

 hygienic point of view, because the 

 stable can thus be thoroughly aired ; the 

 sun's rays have then a chance of finding 

 their way into the little nooks and 

 corners which are such happy hunting 

 grounds for all forms of bacteria. 

 Light is the enemy of the microbe, 

 and therefore let there be light. 



