which are mapped out below. The remainder of these pages will be devoted to 

 sketching in some details; to complete the picture would call for many bulletins. 



OUTLINE OF THE ART OF RIGHT LIVING. 



(I.) 



THE PRACTICE 

 CLEANLINESS IN 



OF 



(II.) INTELLIGENT RULES 

 AND PRACTICE IN 

 REGARD TO DAILY 

 ROUTINE IN 



OUR 



(III.) BECAUSE OF 

 DUTY TO 



the air breathed, 

 the water used, 

 the personal habits, 

 the surroundings. 



food and drink, 



sleep, 



work, 



exercise, 



recreation. 



self, 



home, 



neighbours, 



Empire, 



Race. 



External 

 care of 



Internal 

 care of 



skin, 

 hair, 

 teeth, 

 clothing, 

 lungs, 

 digestive 

 tract. 



A WORD OF CAUTION MAY BE ADVISABLE. 



Do not misunderstand me : the maintenance of health does not depend upon 

 continuous attention to bodily wants or needs; the result would be a population 

 of nervous invalids ; but upon the formation of healthful Tidbits, which, when 

 thoroughly ingrained, can be left to take care of themselves and of the body, 

 while the mind is set free to follow out the course of life whatever this may be. 



(I.) THE PRACTICE OF CLEANLINESS. 



The housewife's life has been described as a perpetual war against dirt. 

 Where does it all come from? 



Much of it is the result of the constant grinding or rubbing of one surface 

 against another ; wagon-wheels grind dust off the surface of yard or road ; boots 

 grind off the surface of their soles as well as of the floors or carpets upon which 

 their wearers walk. The contact of clothes with furniture is the source of more 

 dirt, so is their contact with the skin of their owners. 



ALL BURNING OF WOOD, OIL, COAL, OF OTHER FUELS 



makes dirt; the steam from the vessels on the kitchen stove carries a cloud of 

 greasy, sugary dirt all over the room. The breath and waste matters excreted 

 . by men and animals contribute impurities to the air; all living matter as it passes 

 through countless forms and stages of decay adds its quota of dirt to the atmos- 

 phere. 



MOST DIRT IS, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, INVISIBLE; 



therefore more difficult to control. When it collects on tiny shreds of cotton or 

 wool: when it settles, several layers thick, in an unoccupied room; when it 

 adheres as " mud " to shoes and clothes ; when it smells badly, our attention is 

 attracted, and by its removal we feel some reward for our ceaseless labour in 

 " cleaning " ; but to banish invisible as well as visible dirt from our homes demands 

 knowledge of its sources and forms and a very high standard of duty ; for invisible 

 dirt is by far the more dangerous to our health. 



I do not hesitate to say that were the dirt in the air of our houses visible, 

 there would speedily come about a 



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