, 1869-07-31

nr1t manufactures being estabIehed at Massetloa
Ma7sellcs, u fact, WAS che cradle Of at. cum
merce and soap The people were esthetlc1 com!
uefcIal and clean. The raw materials were pro-
duced IN abundance, and the soap-botlcrs were
honest. They had not get learned the Civilized
aste of ndnlterntion. They Wele faithful to the
origin and traditions Of soap, and they knew NO
frauds either In hard soft soap. But At Inst soda
gave out, and there was crIsls In soap. Then the
genius Of science lnie1vened and sasei soan
to MarsefHea hY the Invention Of artificial
soap. 1t was period Of uanAformat1ou; but the
MaEseillaisc were progressive and industrious
They brought new fatty matters to the rescne, and
Genins and honesty .tiumphed, and to-da-. By
astdly following the preeepss md haots Of their
anchestorz, they manufacture 1s o0o 0co Of pounds
Of soap per year, and are happy. OF this amount,
france uees liz, 9o3,0 600 OF pounds, and barely
keeps clean hs that Pa1is il rt7a' to Mn1ztil!es;
but Pa1is IL not IN harmony With her Bstes. Paris
Cheats, and sda1teratca her toilet so1ps Paris Il
2 fraud, md seeks fortune by disteputahie meaus-
aItrsciles on the other baud, Is poor but honest;
and II her soup does not make her Wetlthy,
It ratcs her respectable and 8
great deal cleaner. John Bull first
commenced the manufacture Of soap, md by the
came token tsst commenced being clean n the
sc'9u OF good Queen Anne, although "the art"
did not receive any decided Impulse until Leblance
extracted soda from salt, and CheFreul found out
the nature OF oils and fats. and made tauow
candlea O1 the prosrcss Of "tne ART" IN this
county, the writer unfortunately has little or
nothing to SAY be{ond the assertion that much
rcMains 10 be done before all the kinds OF soap
found IN the trade reach the desired standard OF
superiority. We do not doubt It. Une d8y's
lodging lu any drBt-c9aea hotel will convince the
Inoat hardened Ekeptic that between brick and u
cake froap, the former Ii TO be preferred Ia the
tneSc pAtte1s Of cleanliness aud convenience In
tElug.
Having t1nced the history OF soap, our Professor
gives Es history Of Chemistry. the phenomena OF
combinations, the doctrines Of a1lDlties and CO.
he>ions; then the nomenclature then chapter Oh
equ,yalcnts. With all their various lars and deter
Mutations; then chapter on chemical Ecactlons
pruluseiy Illustrated with symbols ond general
fpImula, which would distract any tolcrnby good
housewife or we1lregu.ated soapbolles aud candle
uakrr; then chapter on special characteristics OF
different e1as6es Of bodteh. including mctanoidz.
relaa, aclds Oxides by dratea, and scorca Of other
lfcs and ntca We have not Jet fairly arrived At
soap, tor the Professor launches out bollly among
the faw materials, md gives us history Of lime,
patasb POTASSIUM, soda, both natural aud art.clal
| With all its alcs md idcs. NO soap yet He
| pIunccg the reader neIt into 1lkalluetJ,
I With anJ quantity Of Galllc methods and
| then, by way OF variety, no gives
Us somc general observations on 1aty 5ubf auccs.
and then some immeda.e principles Of fatty
,.o,,ges and no m through fifty ac!ds p1ed OILS
| cnncrrta oI,s animal tteascs. wa1ca resins tur-
| nent1uta. 7oIatt1e olla and methods Of Building
soanrraetor,cs until, at last, soap !s reached.
| Having got through With soap, our Professor
4 WINDS up IN an appendix which gives Jou m al.
| most cndle5a table Of weights and measures, aud
COLUMN after column Of specific gravity tables.
IT Is lair to presume that potblug more remains
| IN be sa,d about soap, The treatise IA ph5sicals
| rrbnns,iye 10th sspouaceopy1F antf personally.
| There IL no doubt of that 1t Ii SO exhaustive
| mat We doubt VERY much whether Mira Brown, nj,
,c. reading TIC book. copld 70 to work deliberate.
! " and mike soap. But that Is Mrr Drosn's mis-
fortune, not the Professors fault, lie tells her
som+whe,e In the .ouart foot or mora OF sapoua-
r..ons rea,ilno ,ctvceu the lids how to make SOM
| yrha bore me natlpnce and hcr ft5s reachea tht
| anan rortrd nut In sc,,ntur1a. she will undouDt
| rtIr md It.
But We are surprised that the Professor while
| telling 60 much about eoan, should lave oulatet
| an7 brunch Of hls subject, He confines h,usel
IN me hnyslea1 aspects OF soap and never reacneI
| 10 its higher p!aaee lie sceml 10 utterly ignors
tho fact that soap riays an Important rart In NOR
a]s md IN tie social and financial economy. Ill
pro1e,s on the ground when he should soar to til
bc,chtA He regards soap from the vulgar basis O
notash and soda nd fattf uasters aud pere
stons To think TIM, soap lcs at the basis Of t1ut
religion. 1t1aa great Christian clement. O trut
cIy,tzer. the distinctive po!pi between ba.batlsu
and culture, eoap lead. 70 cleanliness. CleaDu
ness ls the basis Of good health. w'thnnt soot
health TUE religion becomes ndulteFated win dye
pepsja, backaGhrr headache, dlsofdefed I've!
surllness Of disposition, nnesenneA OF tempe
End profanity Of speech. 1t 1s the promo1et
morals, the ally Of the church, the sine qua 'on
religion. The scal saints arc the clean sainte
Dirty men DeGcr attain to ah!n'ng heights OF COCO
ncss- A man can neFer nanch himseh out lnt
the ocean OF Eodltness witnoas gfeasne ms "a5 ~
with soap. rus Is tae morn npesL W aons' ~"
hare no aouot lne H1ss''na11 e1usS eo... "sS a..
more Eat1i5lng fesuts e.s.s ato.prs s.s a.t
Which Eatleo 1lpn tno tnna =. on' s,,,. W.
ol soap lol caca Hac. Auu Aen" o0au - ~. ~
blhe, apo ese3 n'a,o0at. ~, ~, 'a ns . rata, n
eaosht oa oa. os''au >@A "''1 0011 'Ae "'
"aso" onAa aAo Nnot@
Bat eoap aso nas soclA1 PaAse, espes.1u5 so'
soap, which cur PROFESSOR also lsnoses' eoi' 49,
Is the nrst ingredient o. happiness aau naPp
ness Ia Indispensable 70 tne ~eutpeloz o. soe'e
Undcr the magical innaeheee Of so's soap ~
| blurhtDR maiden yields nef nSna nnu nea'
for life to the young man OF her choice eolt soa
Il pnctnous, dshoJ and indispensable. IL me-