THE CLEANLINESS OF WOOLLEN CLOTHES 



or of corsets or of well-worn shoes often leave much to be desired. Remember that 

 soapsuds and boiling water are one of our best purifiers, worth gallons of much- 

 vaunted " disinfectants." Remember also the invaluable purifying agents for non- 

 washable things provided for us free by Nature; I refer to the sun and the wind. 



THE OBJECTIONABLE ODOUR 



of soiled, long-worn garments is unfortunately familiar. A glance at our stockings 

 as we remove them at night gives visible explanation of one cause for this. The 

 white, powdery substance adhering to the inner side of the stockings consists of dead 

 skin, rubbed off the surface of the legs by friction; the same thing happens hourly 

 all over the body. If it is left undisturbed it soon decays, as does all dead matter; 

 and unpleasant is the result to sensitive nostrils ! Though that is of small import- 

 ance compared with results to general health. 



Much more could be written on this subject, but it is necessary to pass on to a 

 consideration of what is meant by 



(b.) INTERNAL CLEANLINESS. 



Brief reference must here again be made to the quality of the air we draw into 

 our lungs. Where this is impure or actually unwholesome, there can be no robust 

 health. Anaemia is one of the commonest results of the constant breathing of stale, 

 bad air, and certainly, where there is a persistent tendency to " catch cold," attention 

 should be directed to the character of the atmosphere where the sufferer spends most 

 of his or her time. The 



LOWERED VITALITY 



associated with habitual breathing of a poor quality of air predisposes to depres- 

 sion, drunkenness, susceptibility to infection of all kinds, debility, languor, and 

 other miseries. Convincing proof of this fact is afforded by the splendid gain 

 to delicate children of 



OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS. 



Well fed and well wrapped up, they are out-of-doors in all weathers, and 

 colds and infections cease as if by magic. 



There is one form of internal cleanliness, however, which must be dealt with 

 at greater length for it concerns most materially the standard of efficiency we 

 attain in life: I mean 



RIGHT CARE OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. 



Any unhealthy condition of the nose and throat as well as of the teeth 

 results in digestive disturbances. For this, among other reasons, it is so important 

 to attend to " adenoids " in children, and to seek medical advice in cases of 

 chronic colds or sore throats, as well as when attacked by some acute form of 

 these troubles. It stands to reason that when constant unwholesome discharge 

 is passing into the stomach there must be interference with the normal process 

 of digestion, while the discharge itself is partially absorbed and slowly poisons 

 .:he system. 



Another fruitful source of indigestion has received attention in more than 

 one previous bulletin viz., eating food at irregular hours, or food uusuited to 

 the consumer, or food in itself unwholesome. In each case imperfect digestion 

 leads to the formation of unhealthy residues, difficult for the body to dispose of. 

 Internal uncleanliness follows, usually combined with what a wise and experienced 

 woman physician has described as 



"THE CHIEF PHYSICAL SIN OF WOMEN," 



namely, constipation. What does this imply? Many things; but one of the mosi 

 serious is the retention in the intestines of decomposing matter, the products of 



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