FRESH AIR

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 48, 27 February 1922, Page 2

FRESH AIR

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—l am becoming gay—perhaps that is a sign of old age. A few nights ago I went to one of our popular iwtion picture theatres, reserved stalls. Thp programme was a fairly good one, "but lack of ventilation was very noticeable, and the air became so heated and impure, that its suffocating effect spoiled, what wouH. have otherwise been- an enjoyable evening. Again I went to the Grand Ojisra House, reserved stalls. In my ignorance, I thought the ventialatiora would be perfect. Sad to relate, the atmosphere became even more impure and poisonous than that of the picture theatre. Do you think, Sir, that the authorities hi these places of entertainment become so.iised to breathing poisonous carbonic acid gas that they are unable to distinguish .between it and the pure, fresh air that is so necessary if we would be healthy?

In thesel days of efficiency, when nearly everything is tested—the milk is tested, the heat, or rather' absence of heat, in shops tested, the quality of the gas is tested (perhaps)—what a glorious opportunity for someone to introduce an instrument for testing the purity of the atmosphere we have to breathe at our theatres and music halls.—l am, etc., VENTILATE. ' 25th February.