Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

burgh, said she enjoyed the tour ex.
sceedingly for often at home she washed
her hands, with no apparent result. Int
at Pittsburgh she always got a result.
1t is so with all of the ~dirt-colored soan.
Other soaps are highly scented, lust be-
cause the grcases OF them are so vile
ana the change by alkali so unstable
INA 1t Is needful to cover their
odor in this way. The water
from Their use spoils with un-
due rapidity. There is a great tendency
IN the materials to go back to their
original elements. These hydro-car-
bons are among the most stenchy of
products. This decomposed grease has
very much to do with the deposits in
sewers and the vileness of sewer-ras. II
IS not an Indifferent matter of what
kinds of grease soap is made or what
had been its decomposition before it
was used. The genuine old Castillo
soap, made from olive oil, was quite
different from some of our modern mix
lures. Beside this, various materials
are combined with soap, to take the
place OF oil or to give it bulk; powders
OF various kinds are available; so it can
hardly be said that the cleansing power
OF soap is to be measured by the guam
tity used. This becomes a very impor-
tant matter in the interests of cleanli-
ness as we'll as of economy. The per-
lection of laundry work and washing of
all kinds has so much to do with health
that the cleansing capacity of soaps de-
mands the most rigorous Investigations;
all the more because. from being
cleansers in the breaking up which
takes place, they undoubtedly become
factors in the c%ausation of disease. AS
they arc so freely used, we often have
in the wash-room and the drains from
it n prolific source of ill-hcalth in
households. The actions of various
kinds of soaps needs to be studied in
their effect upon flax, cotton, and wooden
goods. 1t is claimed that wool .es-
p%ecially may become intiltrated by the
soap used and the fiber be very unfavor-
ably affected. The soap indus
try has become so extended and
every form of material is so dill
igently gathered therefor that we
can not afford to lose sight of its bear
ings upon public health. In connec-
ton with this, it is also to be remem-
OClCO GluU VIC dCIlOu VI soap DIS u
cleanser is very much modified by the
water used. When water is so hard
that it curdles real soap, to that extent
SO much of the soap is wasted so far as
its detergent properties are concerned.
Hence, the superior economy of soft
water, and not less its value, as making
the soap o cleansing. Water that
has been boiledis increased in its cleans
ing power, if at all hard, besides the eff
feet of heat itself in the process of wash
ing. A soap that makes a good lather
with water proves that either the water
OF the soap is of good quality for wash
ing purposes. 1t is not always so easy
to know their relative goodness unless
by other means the quality of the soap
and the hardness of the water have been
tested. Washing of ourselves and wash
ing of our clothing are so intimately con-
nected with health that it is eminetly
propcrthat we should have fullerinvesti-
cations into the quality Of soaps, so that
those who 90 through the manipula-
tons Of cleansing may lot be deceived,
but may realize from the detergent
used the full benefit which is sought
n. Y. Independent.