The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1874-06-20
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. BATHING.
EFrom tho Science Of Health. I

Hotner singao Of tho. bath as. d
4 venerable institution III III his early
;. day. Anciently it was the first re-
! freshment offered to guest. Now
adays we proffer q warm meal a
glass ofcold water, or some ''hot
1 stuff" The public baths Of Greece
and Rome were many and magnif-
cent. Thsy os,e ~ commons in the
|days of Antoninus, Diocletian, and
|.some other emperors, as liquor
1|shops are in American cities. The
baths in those days, unlike our
shops, were used for cleansing the
outside Of a person, and they were
as popular as they were common;
properly speaking, they were CON-
mon because they were popular.
Pliny states that tho Roman baths
were infinite in number, and, like
our liquor shops, nightly h'equen-
ted" Bathing then, in many in
stances, like drinking now. was
practiced to excess. The Emperor
Commodus, who must have been
very filthy, went in seven times q
day, or nearly half as often a. some
folk visit sample rooms" Rich
Roman women swami in milk-some
Of them in "the milk of fve hun
dred she-asses at, once" Their
taste was decidedly novel, yet much
better than that OF the Duke of
Clarence, that ho-ass, who when
doomed by his brother. Edward
|IV., to die, chose to be drowned in
q butt of malmsey. He was a
strong drinker, and with the ruling
passion strong in death, "had his
fill" at last. With the exception Of
this eccentric duke, and the rich
women Of Rome, people in health
have usually preferred water fer
bathing purposes, and the purer
the better. In Christian nations,
resort to it once a day, even in the
walmest weather, generally suffioes.
Some, however, content themselves
with a weekly or semi-month]y
ablution; Q very few seem to think
that water will poison anything but
the face and extrcmities, and here
and there one will shun it taltogether'
like a mad dog. -.
! Some people are more careful OF
their bodies than Of their clothes.
They will battle semi-annually, but
never brush their outer garments.
It is we'll known that while DR..
johnson had his "cleanshirt5 day"
now and then, he had 50 much
veneration for dirt: on his outer raj
ment os never to disturb it. During
the last-twenty or thirty. years of
his ife,. his bushy wig was 80 sharled.
and filthy as to defy; al inroads ofa
comb. His Jamaica negro, kept
after his wife died, shrank from at
tacking it. He could conquer the
most knotted dpx, or comb out a
horses. tail that had t; not been
oombed out for a twelvemonth, but
the close: te4ture,of the. antiquated;
wig de6ed and, dishaartened him.,
Boswell frankly. admits that. some
ofithe habits Of his literary divinity
were slovenly. II cleanliness is*
next to godliness, DR.. johnson, who
professad the latter, should have
practiced the former. No Christian.
should do less. Some, ho oreyer, fail
here. 10 f. f13,',r remedy this w,eaEaeas,, y,
this evil, perhaps i would be we'll
to weave an item Oh cleanliness into
q church, 3 article Of faith, Indeed,
in warm countries, some religions.
make cleanliness part Of their
creed. The laws q the Jewg'E and.
Mohammedana require the estab-.
lishment Of baths and other paify-
ing agents. Pagans battle in the
Gapges and other Asiatic, streams,
as q religious rite and it would not
hurt some people to do It n'Ameri-
can streams. :, 90 's'ss..- s''' 81
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"Byrum & Drinkwater" was a
sign on store ii North Yarmouth.
Eixty, wears AGO, which used to-