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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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water a little cooler I just remove the plug 

 from the bottom, and let in the cooler water 

 from the cistern. This, of course, makes 

 the tub overflow. 1 said "overflow," be- 

 cause the water that comes in from the 

 bottom keeps the contents pure and clean. 



Now I have gone over this in detail in 

 order to convince you how simjjle a matter 

 it is to have at home all the benefits of the 

 up-to-date Turkish bath, where you pay a 

 dollar for a single treatment. 



By the w-ay, if you wish to take a nice 

 shower-bath that will not cost you a cent, 

 and which will not take more than a few- 

 minutes, with nothing at all to pack up 

 and put away, whenever it rains after dark 

 just throw off your nightgown, go out on 

 the lawn, and give yourself a brisk scrub- 

 bing while the raindrops wa«h every thing 

 away. It does not make any difference 

 how hard it rains, for there is nothing but 

 yourself to get wet. You are like the ducks 

 in the puddle — the harder it rains the more 

 they enjoy themselves. All you nee I is a 

 dry towel when you get under shelter. 

 Unless you have things fixed expressly for 

 this sort of work you may get sand or grit 

 on your feet as you start to go back to bed ; 

 but in our Florida home we have beautiful 

 clean white cement walks running right up 

 to the different porches; and when I want 

 to come in, say after wading in the wet 

 grass, I walk over these cement walks until 

 I get to the door-mat, and then in a twinkl- 

 ing my feet are clean enough, especially 

 after being rubbed with a towel, to step into 

 any bed without soiling the sheets in the 

 least. And this reminds me that Terry 

 speaks of taking his cold-water bath in the 

 open air whenever the weather will permit; 

 and I tell you, friends, a sun bath every 

 few days, if not every day, is almost as im- 

 portant as a water bath. "While you are let- 

 ting the sunshine strike every part of your 

 body, do not forget to pound and rub and 

 exercise every muscle all over your frame. 

 It is God's medicine, as cheap and as free 

 as the air you breathe, and the raindrops I 

 have just been talking about. Some peo- 

 ]ile have been astonished because Terry 

 says, "No soa]) — just clean water." Well, 

 at present I like a little soap around my 

 face, eyes, and nostrils. May be that in 

 time I can dispense with even that. Now 

 just one more thing. 



For years past I have been troubled with 

 dizziness or vertigo when stooping over — 

 say to pick strawberries, pull weeds, etc. 

 Well, now look here. I want your full at- 

 tention, every one of you. I have just dis- 

 covered, or think I have, that this vertigo 

 or dizziness is caused by poor circulation 

 induced by a cramping position when one 

 is stooping over; and this stoppage of the 

 circulation is caused principally or entirely 

 by your clothing restricting the bending 

 of the body. A man has to \)\\\\ up the 

 knees of his pants when he stoops over. 

 Now, then, if you were going into your gar- 

 den to pull weeds or pick berries with no- 

 thing on but your nightgown, you could 



work easily and comfortably. You see there 

 is nothing in the way to prevent the body 

 assuming any jiosition required. I hoi)e 

 the time will come when custom will jiermit 

 people, especially elderly people, during hot 

 weather, to wear a nightgown, not only all 

 night but all day long. I think very many 

 of you are jierhaps already sleeping out- 

 doors. Mrs. Root and I are just discussing 

 an outdoor bedroom. Ruber, as I have told 

 you, has a bed on wheels that he pushes 

 outdoors nights, and trundles back during 

 the day. While at Agua Caliente hot 

 springs in Arizona, I told you about sleep- 

 ing outdoors when the thermometer was 

 112, even after dark, with nothing but the 

 twinkling stars for a covering; and Huber 

 declares that no roof is wanted in an out- 

 door sleeping-apartment. You can have a 

 movable awning if you choose; but when 

 the weather permits, even this should be 

 thrown back out of the way so you will be 

 right under the stars. 



Now, dear friends, if this "Home paper is 

 not going back to the ways and customs of 

 the times when God first put us on this 

 earth, it is coming pretty near to it; and I 

 firmly believe that the great Father has 

 been answering my prayers by giving me 

 this message to carry to you his children, 

 as in the language of that beautiful hymn, 

 he has chosen me (even me) 



An ambassador to be 



Of realms beyond the sea. 



May God grant that this message may be 

 the means of giving you the health, happi- 

 ness, and joy that I have found in the past 

 few weeks in practicing it. 



In conclusion let me exhort you not only 

 to listen to what I have been telling you, 

 but to put it in jiractice. Follow the dear 

 Savior's injunction in regard to food and 

 raiment, and you will surely find a wonder- 

 ful truth in our first text. Of course, I 

 suppose that text refers primarily to spirit- 

 ual matters; but I am sure it also includes 

 the things I have been talking about. You 

 will not only have a longer life, but you 

 will have it " more abundantly." And this 

 same nightgown will enable you to save 

 expense. I suppose it is necessary that even 

 we elderly people should follow the fashions 

 to a certain extent ; but we certainly do not 

 need extravagant raiment. 



By the way, I have recently been looking 

 the New Testament through from begin- 

 ning to end in order to determine a little 

 more definitely what the dear Savior ate for 

 food while here on earth, and what sort of 

 raiment he wore. When he fed the multi- 

 tude with loaves and fishes I suppose he ate 

 some of the same himself. At one time he 

 made a little banquet for his disciples; and 

 the only mention made of what they ate is 

 fishes cooked on the coals, and honey and 

 honey-comb. At another time he asked 

 them for some food, and ate in their pres- 

 ence a fish and some honey. At another 

 time his disciples ate uncooked wheat, 

 which they shelled out on the sabbath day. 

 We are not told that he partook of the same; 



