Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-26
DISEASE AND DIRT.
Death in a FouI Dish h-CIoth-Dsnger from
filthy >oap-Timely advice.

Westminster Review
Judging from all past experience, q
visit from the cholera sCOurge is only u
question of time
II through adverse storms delay oc
ours In an attack from all invading army
every hour should be utilized by taking
such 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 dish cloth \ foul dish cloth has
wrapped up in it the germs of more kinds
of malignant diseases than all other
things in household \ foul dish cloth
is perfect hot bed that breeds cholera,
scarlet fe cr. typhoid fever, diphtheria.
etc 4 di cloth which a housekeeper
would br ashamed to bring into her par,
lor to show 10 visitors is not fit for use
and should he burned as soon as this arti
Gle is read |. for one would not be will,
ing to eat food prepared in utensils wiped
with il or TO eat from plates on which it
had been used II is customary for
housekecpcrs to apologize for dirty.
foul smelling dish cloth BY throwing the
blame ON Their hired help This is doing
IA great in Justice
" hen a girl S'arts TO wash dishes she
is supposed to have a clean dish rag,
clean dish pan clean hands clean water,
piece Of soap and lot Of soiled dishes
if the soap does it, work properly, then
at the end of the operation, the dishes
should bc clean, and her hands her dish
pau and her dish ra- should be clean: the
dirt should be- in tAe water Just as when
q woman is done sCrubOlng a dirty floor
the dirt should bc in the water, and
clean house cloth and clean SCrubbing.
brush should he the result. provided that
the soap which he Uses has been made
from pure. sweet materials
A girl cannot scrub properly with
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 it is an un
doubted fact that when dish rag gets of
feusive, or a sponge or Il wash rag loses
lis sweet, clean appearance and smell, it
is on account Of the soap which is used
1t is AN unfortunate deluson on the part
of the general public that any kind of
fat will answer for making soap. This
is a decided error it is Just as important
that the Il she, from which we eat should
be washed with soap made from pure.
sweet clean materials a> it is important
that the butter which We eat should be
made from pure. sweet clean cream
HOuSckeepcrs usually attempt TO over.
come this result of the soap they use
making the dish rag filthy by scalding
or boiling the dish rsg. but this is only
make Shift-u~c soap which is made
from pure material and your dish cloth
will then not need either Scalding or boil
ing. and once \ 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 and
sweet