Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-23
Cleanliness and Naatness Of Appearance


We hope all tho boys will read Rosella's
article, aud all the girls, too. for there are
good hints in II for all OF you, and for your
parents too. We used 10 hear II said often,
Dirt is healthy bul it is a great mistake TO
suppose any one is healthier with dirty skin
than clean one. Those are generally the
healthest who take the most out door air and
exercise aud among children, they are gener-
ally those WHO play in the dirt but 10 the
exercise ouI Of doors that benefits them, and
not the dirt. The dirt does not injure them
much If it is washed off when they come in.
/ The skin has a very important office to full
6ll and the better it performs it the healthier
we shall be hence We should put no obsla-
cles in lis way. Phisiologists assure us that
there is constant displacement and renewal
Of the particles oI the human system going
on, and much OF the eiete or worn cut matter
is carried off through the skin much of what
we eat, also, is unsuitable or unnecessary to
nourish our bodies, and must be carried off by
the skin, lungs, bowels and kidneys; and in a
healthy person, il is said, the skin carries off
over pound weight every day, in nsensble
perspratiou. Hence you see the skin should
be clean, so that it can pass off easily, for if
the skin cannJt do its duty, the other organs
must do more or the system becomes clogged,
and iu either case disease is liable TO result,
The skin, too, has the power of absorbing
substances in contact with it, and if it be a
coating OF dirt, or dirty shirt, a part of the
dirt is absorbed into the system, and makes
tho blood impure. You see here, too. the
chief reason why the clothing should be ire
quently changed.
RosELLA is right when she says the boys
should put on clean shirt when they go tC
bed. No person, man, woman OF child should
wear an article at night which he or she has
worn during the day. Take off every article,
girls. and throw them over q chair to air dur
ing the night. for they are filed with insensi-
BILE perspiration then wash the whole system,
and put oa fresh cool night dress, and see
how Sweetly you will sleep.
Much Of the the skin diseases, bowel com.
plants colds and ievGrs of childhood, are
doubtless caused by the neglect Of the skin.
We have few words to say, too, about
your persoal appearance. You known II is ev.
cry ones duty to look as we'll as possible, and
Keep clean, and brush your hair as often as il
needs it, and what is far more apt to be for.
gotten, keep your teeth clean. Nothing dsfg-
ures ones face as much as yellow dirty teeth,
nothing is more offensive than the breath that
comes past such teeth, and nothing else causes
teeth to decay so rapidly as neglect to scour
them. You need not use any powder, unless
they are already very bad but buy good
tooth brush, and scour them with clear water
and little hne soap, every night, or better
sull, night and morning. If anything more is
needed than cold water, pound charcoal per.
fectly fne; and use that with bit of CLOTH
Keep your nails clean, too, attend to them ev-
cry day. One of the surest ways to detect a
well bred person at ofce, is TO look at the teeth
and nails. Mas. j. o. BATEHAM of the Ohio
CulLvator.