The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
The Neighbor Of GodIIness.


r.,,,d hea,th a;,d almost esetvhndv dc.
Ss;res IA make Z siAasii,o nersni,si ithnres-
s;or mon cthere and sjynost evervhodv
desires ~ have the mental and nhvsicsl
Faculties At their hest and the virtue ali
that virtne can he'
III course there ia NO one snecific mo
el;ri, n Efe WHOSE sin6Je draucIif can
effect ali this But there Is specific that
cal, helm us long Way' toward such an
and and ran vi all odds Unit M n the
Condition to make the most of ourselves
and that is tile old neiehbor Of Qodliness--
cleanliness. sai8 e,g4a 800 bss
IYleanliness has from time immemorial
been recounized as NOT a luxury sitnnIv-2
Int a teressitv Of mank indsas we'll. and
the ancient races made such wonderful
and MAGNIFICENT provision for it that its
verv rims .astound us while we mt mn
two or three clapboar,ied shanties in our
great cities forthe use Of the populace. and
Consider ourselves. when ali is said-if we
ID NOT hu;ld and sculntttre so walI-vet
much The superior peoi,le.
8 Perhaps we are as cleanly as any other
people. and more SO than some: bat there
Is room for the exercise of vet a great
deal more care Of our bodies. and it
will never he undertaken "a matter ~
habit nv the masses till It has been car.
RED through a. a matter of conscience by
the Individual. And those individuals
who have wealth and state are the ones
with whom the responsibility rests. since
II Is they that the populace initiate as far
"A they are able. Thus it becomesthe,n to
make az much Of A circumstance of clean.
illness as thew do Of beauty eouipage and
Injury in general. 2N
Cleanliness. in state of civilization is
4 luxurv 40 we'll az a necessity. il not
one of The things TO be picked nh IA the
street or The fields. as soon as we ronpre.
oate In cities. water cpasns tn he FREQ az
air Nome effort has to he made then. if
not before. to attain cleanliness. Those
vino have the means TO he easilv clean are
certainlv ALWAYS IN better circumstances
than those to whom much water. anv
tepid water. any privacy and apnaratns
for bathing are Difficult of attainment:
ar that IN wav. cIeaniiness is. or should
he one of the MEASURES of social standing
But ali do NOT think of This. or else
| hold Themselves clean enough without
much effort. They mean to be clean but
to-morrow-to.da y thew have somethinu
more important to attend to: and. 40. like
I the man in the Blithedaie Romance. -
thew rinse the front of their faces and con.
slider their toilettes made; thew know they
must repeat the operation tomorrow. and
| 10. morrow thew will take more pains: if.
| indeed. they are not of those who. wher,
thev think thew have the operation to re.
| neat ad tnfinltnm. are ready TO sit down in
DESPAIR and not dosksat ali.
There is a great deal of cleanliness sac.
rificed to misunderstood convenience.
| 1t should really be the most convenient to
be clean, to have one's skin healthy. ones
pores open. and ones blood circulating.
| But one is chilly-one must make haste
to the fire and be more comfortable. or
one must get ones breakfast and be off to
business. because that paws. But one
would possibly know nothing about chill.
illness If one took the brisk bath and the
Quick rub. and set the blood to spinninp
warm ana red and one will find that
business ceases to pay when all the ducts
are clogged, the skin is salIow, tie hair
! is fallen, and the overtaxed organs that
are obliged to do the work of the neg
lected skin give way and break down
into complication Of all sorts of diseases
that put an end to business altogether.
that the ten minutes bath every morning
could have prevented.
For it need not be ten minutes, indeed,
if it is done every day; there will be moth
ing that needs serious scrubbing in such
case, and the rapid passing of the wet
sponge, and the quick strong use of the
coarse towels afterward, will take hardly
so much time as that.
Again, in the mere matter of good
looks, who is there that does not prefer the
society of the clean person who is plain to
that Of the unclean person who is other