Gas-Proof Rooms The first of the Government handbooks on air-raid
precautions lays down a principle which has certainly not been at all appreciated hitherto by the general public. It is that every house and every place of.busioess must have a gas-Protected room, to which the inmates can retire in the event of attack. These rooms should be selected beforehand and suitably equipped. For instance, since the window-glass is liable to be shattered by bomb-explosions even at a considerable distance, some other form of covering must be fastened over the window frame. A basement is recommended, if such exists ; but in any case one is advised to choose a room with small windows not exposed to the prevailing wind. Full particulars are given of how this refuge should be fitted up and used ; and presumably before long we shall be all hard at it adapting our houses. Here is the reality and the horror of war brought down literally to every home. The next stage will be one of architects designing, and builders advertising, special protection in all new houses. * *
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