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The guestchamber should have equal care with the rooms intended for constant use. Like the other bedrooms, it should have air and sunshine, and should be provided with some means of heating, to dry out the dampness that always accumulates in a room not in constant use. Whoever sleeps in a sunless room, or occupies a bed that has not been thoroughly dried and aired, does so at the risk of health, and often of life.

Guest chambers and unused rooms must be kept dry, aired, and heated to prevent health risks. The passage asserts a direct physical risk to health and life from sleeping in sunless rooms or damp beds.

In building, many make careful provision for their plants and flowers. The greenhouse or window devoted to their use is warm and sunny; for without warmth, air, and sunshine, plants would not live and flourish. If these conditions are necessary to the life of plants, how much more necessary are they for our own health and that of our families and guests!

If warmth, air, and sunshine are necessary for plants, they are even more essential for human health. The text compares the environmental requirements of plants directly to human health needs.

If we would have our homes the abiding place of health and happiness we must place them above the miasma and fog of the lowlands, and give free entrance to heaven's life-giving agencies. Dispense with heavy curtains, open the windows and the blinds, allow no vines, however beautiful, to shade the windows, and permit no trees to stand so near the house as to shut out the sunshine. The sunlight may fade the drapery and the carpets, and tarnish the picture frames; but it will bring a healthy glow to the cheeks of the children.

Homes should be kept free from heavy shading and vegetation that blocks sunlight in order to promote health. The text claims that unobstructed sunlight exposure brings a healthy glow to children.

Those who have the aged to provide for should remember that these especially need warm, comfortable rooms. Vigor declines as years advance, leaving less vitality with which to resist unhealthful influences; hence the greater necessity for the aged to have plenty of sunlight, and fresh, pure air.

The aged require warm, comfortable rooms, plenty of sunlight, and fresh air due to declining vitality. The text links aging and reduced vitality to a decreased ability to resist unhealthful influences, increasing environmental needs.