Hints To Bathers

The Roya) Humane Society of England hii9 issued the following seasonable adviee to bathers: "Avoid bathing within tWo bours after t me&l, oi wlii-n exhansted by fatigue or from any other oansfi, or vvlien liie body is c-ooling aiter perspiration, and avoid bathiti ;■ altogether in the open lir if, after ' a, short time in the water, theve is a sense of ohillineos, vvith numbness of the hands and feet, but bathe when tin; body is warm, provided no time is lost in getting hito the water. Avoid chiliingthe body by sitting or standing nndrsbsed on the banks or in boats, after having been in the water, or remaining too long in the water, but V'f.T'i the water immediately there is the shghtest feeling of chillinesa. ïhe vigovous and strong may bathe early in the niorning on an empty stomach, but tbe yonng and those who are weak had better bathe two or three hours after'a, meal; the best time for such is from two to three hours after breakfast. Thoso who are subject to attacks of giddiness or faintness, and who suffer from paipitation andother sense of discomfort at the heart, should not bathe without tirst consuiting their medical aoviser." After bathing, a vigorons use oí' the towel is very bcneficial, and should be followed when necessary by moderate exeroiss til! a gentle roactirn sets in. The old notion about the danger of pluning into tsolú water when the body is heated has long ago been expioi'.ed. In faet, it is now clearly established that the coldei the water the hotter should be the bather. Faver patients, it is well known, never take oold, even if wholiy inamersed for brief intervals in ice-watcr. If the hoclv is not already in a vigorons glow, balhing is sure to do more harm thar good. - tixchange.. - THe total tnilowtnent of th public schools of the United States is reported to he .S.UOO.OUO, and it is eslhnateo that the average dtily attendancö is 4.6W.W0.