Don't Bathe Too Much

"Bat hing and the use of soap," say Prof. Oheckly, "is 40 per cent more inJurious to the human race than any oxkv forir. of gtimulation to which people are ladicted. If I should bathe a man. In 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 unwiüing 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 o' 'leep and meals is necessary o physical well-being." "What are the objections to the use 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 directly aids all the other organs of tñe body, tamng up w.c work of each in turn. when for any reason they become unable to perform their functons. The skin assists sll the organj of secretion and excretion in the entire system, and lor that réason great attention 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 peopU 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 adberes to the body, dust and dirt, being earthy and material, are much better br'ushert uff than washed off, and soap doea not id in the process.