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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 7

NEW WINDOWS Admit Ultra-Violet Rays AIDS TO HEALTH You may imagine that when you are j sitting by a window with the sunlight streaming in you are deriving almost as much benefit as out of doors. But ; this is a delusion, as modern discovery j has proved. The glass cuts off the vital, ultra-violet rays. But now we have a new window glass which admits these rays, and thereby a most ' valuable asset to health in the heme is secured. It is necessary to remember (says a writer in “Home and Gardens”) that these ultra-violet rays, which have a most important effect on our wellbeing, are not transmitted only by direct sunlight. They come to us from any patch of blue sky. When, therefore, the sun is not actually shining into our rooms, yet there is blue j in the sky, we are equally deriving the benefit of the ultra-violet rays. It seems obvious that this new glass ; will supplant ordinary window glass j in every place where health is pro- | perly considered. The value of sunlight is now being more and more recognised. Windows play an essential part in the scheme of any room. In recent times the value of light has been well appreciated, and windows have been made larger, so that rooms i are flooded with light. This is all to the good. And now this new discovery gives us the added oenefit which is conveyed by ultra-violet rays. The nursery is, perhaps, the room where this benefit has its most urgent application. In an existing house this advantage can be secured, with little trouble and at no great expense, by taking out the panes of ordinary glass and replacing them by others of the new glass. In our living-rooms there is equal opportunity for using the new glass, and especially in that form of room popularly called the “sun-room,” which can be made such an attractive feature of a house. Here, at any time of the year, but especially in the winter, we can sit in a comfortable warmth and at the same time enjoy abundant light energised by the ultraviolet rays. Experiments conducted in curative institutions have proved that children and grown-ups suffering from various complaints have made a very remark- ! able recovery in sun-rooms so glazed; | but prevention is always better than i cure, and the wide adoption of the new ! glass would result in a material advance in general well-being. Save all odds and ends of toilet I soap of every description and let them | dry. When enough has accumulated, | grate them in small pieces and put through the food chopper, using the medium chopper. To one cupful of this granulated soap add 1 cupfuls of fine oatmeal or cornmeal, and put through the food chopper again until reduced to a coarse meal. This may be facilitated by rubbing between the hands to loosen the particles. Pass through a coarse sieve and add loz , olive oil to each 2£ cupfuls of the soap • mixture. Blend thoroughly Tiid keep in a covered jar. This is invaluable ! f'■'* cleansing very soiled hands and keeping them soft and smooth.