Among the dangers which beset travelers in strange hotels and elsewhere
is the really great peril of sleeping in damp sheets. It is hard enough
to secure the proper airing of linen and clothes at home. Unless each
article is unfolded and its position changed until all the moisture has
been driven out of it, it is really not fully dried. As a matter of fact
heavy articles, such as sheets, are scarcely ever thoroughly dry, and
when delicate persons, perhaps fatigued by a journey, seek rest in a bed
made of them, they risk rheumatism and other mischief. In case of doubt
it is better to remove the sheets from the bed and sleep in the blankets
until assured that the linen is thoroughly dry.