, 1885-05-27
DISEASE n R
Death in = Foul Di.h-cioth-Dansfr from
r1thy soap-Timeiy Advice.
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r1thy soap-Timaiy Advice.
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Judging from all past experience. a
visit from the cholera scourgo Ia only a
question o ftime
II through adverse storms a DELAY oc
ours In M attack from an invading army
every hour should be utilized by taking
inch measures rs will aid In repulsing the
enemy.
Aided by favorable winds, we have
gained an extension Of time before The
great plague makes its onslaught. In
every kitchen there Is one thing which
should have attention from this time on.
One source Of disease which should at.
tract the attention Of every physician.
every nurse, and every man and woman
who cares for the preservation of health.
Is the dlsh-cloth. A foul dish cloth has
wrapped up in it the germs Of more kinds
Of malignant diseases han all other
things in a household. A foul dish cloth
IA a perfect hot bed that breeds cholera.
scarlet 70. or. typhoid fever. ~diphtheria,
oics A dish cioih which a housekeeper
would be ashamed to bring into her par
Tor to show TO visitors. is NOT Mt for use.
and should oe burned as soon as this arti-
Gle Is read. i. for one, would not DO will
ing 10 cat food prepared In utensils wiped
with 1t or to eat from plates on which II
had been used. IL Is customary for
housekeepers TO apologize for a dirty.
foul smelling dish-cloth by throwing the
blame on their hired help This is doing
\ great injustice.
When atgirl starts to wash dishes she
Is supposed to have a clean dish rag. a
clean dish-pan. clean hauds. clean water.
n piece of soap and a lot Of soiled dishes;
II the soap does its work properly. then
at the end Of the operation, the dishes
should be clean, and her hands. her dish.
pm and her dish rag should be clean; the
dirt should be in the water, just as when
\ woman is done ~scrubbing a dirty floor,
the dirt should be In the water, and a
clean house cloth and a clean scrubbing-
brush should be the result, provided that
tho soap which ho uses has been made
from pure, sweet materials.
A girl cannot scrub properly with a
miserable apology for a scrubbing- brush;
neither can she keep her dish-cloth sweet
unless her mistress furnishes her with
soap which will do this. for 1t is an un
doubted fact that when a disli-rag gets of
fcnsive. Or q sponge or a wash rag loses
its sweet. clean appearance and smell. it
is on account Of the soap which is used.
II is an unfortunate delusion on the part
Of the general public that "any kind of
fat will answer for making soap. This
is n decided error; II is just as important
that the dishes from which we eat should
be washed with soup made from pure,
sweet. clean materials. Us it is important
that the butter which we eat should be
made from pure. sweet. clean cream.
Housekeepers usually attempt TO over
come this result of the soap they use
making the dish rag filthy by scalding
or boiling the dish.rag. but this is only a
make.shift-use a soap which is made
from pure material. and your dish cloth
viii then not need either scalding or boil.
ing. and nee a week have the dish rag
brought in the parlor. and If not sweet.
change the soap you are using, and keep
this practice up until you come across a
soap that will keep the dish rag clean aud
sweet.