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up proper pride in man, woman, or child is a visit to 

 the bath-tub. You cannot be healthy, or pretty, 

 or even good, unless you are clean." Perhaps a better 

 ending would be, "You cannot be your healthiest, 

 prettiest, or best, unless you are clean." Surely the 

 old saying, " Cleanliness is next to godliness/' should 

 always be remembered and unceasingly practiced. 



In his interesting autobiography, Benjamin Frank- 

 lin tells of some fellow-workmen in a London shop 

 who drank much alcoholic liquor, thinking it made 

 them strong. These English workmen were greatly 

 astonished to find that the "Cold-Water American," 

 as they had deridingly dubbed him, because he drank 

 no strong liquor, easily carried printing " forms" that 

 they could manage only with the greatest difficulty. 

 He also relates how he told them that they could get 

 much more strength from eating a penny's worth of 

 bread than from a quart of liquor that cost ten times 

 as much. This great statesman and philosopher 

 taught many useful lessons, but none that were wiser 

 or more practical. Truly, this common, sparkling 

 liquid is one of our strongest and best building allies. 

 As the days and weeks go by, we can, if we will, let 

 our knowledge of its usefulness help to keep us 

 healthy, happy, and wise. 



