Bathing And Why We Should Bathe

Among all the appliances for liealth and comfort to mankind we think we may Sately say there is nothing so well-knowu so useful, and witlial so comfortin?, aiul yet so little practiced, so carelessly ná thoughtleasly neglected, as judicious batling. The skin of the huiuau body, irom head to foot, is a network of pores One cannot put a finger on a single place without covering several hundred little openinn, which ougiit always to be kept iree and clear of obatiuctions. As evidence of the truth of this stuteiueut we need only cali to mimi the great drops of sweat so often seen gathering on one's face and other parta of the body In warm weathcr - especially during time of over-excrüon. lliose pores are tlie openiugs iuto minute tubes or channels, which lead through unseen meanderiuijs into the sanctum of lite within. The dust which comes into contact wlth animáis covured with hair is mosily kepi out, and the perspiration conducted away trom the pores of the skin by those hairs; henee bathing is notso essential with ttaem as with mankind, whose bodies are practically denufled of such protection. The glutinous mass perspiration, dust and filth, which gathers on the surface of tiie body naturally coyers and clogs the pores and often enters them and poisons the system. To remove that filth, frequent ablutions and occasional emersión in water are exceedlngly desirable, and usually indispensable to health and comfort, consequently every family should have a convenient bath- and a full bath too- of soine kind, not only for general neatuess at wrsnn „, aesnauie tb every Individual oí taste and culture, but as araeans of preserving health, and in many cases, especially under the advice of a good physidan, as tlie safest, pleasantest and one of the mosl powerful and efficiënt means of cumbating disease. Directed by good judgment and wiae counsel, a bath is a valuable auxitiary to other remedies, and it can bc usod whon internal remedies cannot. In the long catalogue of dlseases to wliich flesli is heir, scarcely one can be named in the treatnient of which a bath is úseles. To those biest with good health, a bath, as a oommon sense appliance, Lives thrift and growth to healthy functions, a brlghtnesc and dclightful gerenity, a clearness of iniiul and buoyancy of spirit. It is certainly a blessing to both mind and body. For the mental worker, it is a nerve tonio. A thorough inmersión in water of proper temperature will calm and give strenjrth and tone to his whole tyatem. The indoor laborcr who gpfs but a. scanty supply of fresh air, needs a bath to obtain those invigoratingelements so comnion in the open air. The outdoor laborer - especially the farmer- who works with Jieroic ener"-y all day long, unavoidably gathers on the entire surface of his body a complete prison-wall of dust and thickening, giunmy perspiration; and wlien his day'a work is done, he needs tlien more than any otlier thing, not only a wash, but a good, luscious, fuli bath to Ik Mm tor a clean bed and a refreshing Bleep. Finally, every one needs a bath at times and every human habiiation shouKl contain something for a complete Immersion in water, and since convenient and efficiënt portable baths at comparativelv ow figures are now extensivuly advertised for sale, there is little excuse for any one to be without this priceless benelit