VENTILATION AND APPETITE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 7570, 3 September 1885, Page 4

VENTILATION AND APPETITE.

In a weaving*mill near Manchester, where the ventilation was bad, the proprietor caused a fan to be mounted. The consequence soon became apparent in a curious manner. The operatives, little remarkable for olfactory refinement, instead of thanking their employer for his attention to their comfort and health, made a formal com* plaint that the ventilator had increased their appetite, and therefore entitled them to a corresponding increase of wages. By stopping the fan a part of the day, the ventilation and yoracity of the establishment were brought to a medium standard, and the complaints ceased. The operatives’ wages would but just support them ; any additional demand by their stomachs could only be answered by draughts upon their backs, which were by no means in a condition to answer them. In Edinburgh, a club was provided with a dinner in a well-ventilated apartment, the air being perfumed as it entered, imitating in succession the fragrance of the lavender and the orange flower. During the dinner the members enjoyed themselves as usual, but were not a little surprised at the announcement of the provider that they had drunk three times as much wine as he had usually provided. Elderly gentlemen,, of sober, quiet habits, who usuady confined themselves to a couple of glasses, were nob satisfied with less than half a bottle ; others who took half a bottle now extended their potations to a bottle and a half, In fact, the hotel-keeper’s supply was drunk dry. That gentlemen who indulged in this manner were not aware of it at the time is not wonderful; but that they felt no unpleasant sensations the following morning—which they did not—is certainly curious,—Household Guide.