Don't Bathe Too Much

"Bathing and the use of soap," says Prof. Checkly, "is 40 per cent more inJurioua te the human race'than any otkv forir. of stimulation to which people are iddicted. If I should bathe a man, 1d proportion, as much as he drank, I'd kill him in one-half the time. This is called the age of hurry and feverish excitement; critics complain that people are unwilling to take time for anything. As a matter of fact, hours of precious time are worse than wasted daily in the bathroom. If men would preserve their health, there are three things they must do: First, leave soap alone; second, get the skin loose from the tissues of the body; third, get rid of the idea that regularity in the matter of sleep and meals is nooessary to physical well-being." "What are the objections to the US3 of soap?" asked a reporter to whom the professor's original views were a revelation. "There are vital objections," was the reply. "The skin, it is acknowledged, bears a most important relation to the body. First, it acts as a protective agent, covering the sensitive tissues of the flesh. Second, it acts as th? agent of the mind, conveying all sensations of heat, cold, friction, and the like. Third, it directiy aids all the other organs of the body, taking up the work of each in turn. when for any reason they become unable to perform their functions. The skin assists all the organs secretion and excretion in the entire system, and for that reason great at'tention should be paid to keeping it in a healthy condition. Although realizing its important functions people instead of protecting this wonderful covering of theirs, try by every means in their power to destroy it. Soap does not cleanse the skin. When the skin is dirty it is unhealthy. and the organs within the body can never be cleansed by all the soaps in the world. The only stains, blots, etc., on the surface of the skin that people need to get rid of can not be removed by soap. Some other chemical ointment or fluid has to be resorted to to oblitérate them. As far as regards the dust and dirt which naturally adheres to the body, dust and dirt, belng earthy and material, are much better brushed off than washed off, and soap does not aid in the process.