Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-14
FRIDAY FEBRUARY
THE HOUSEHOLD.
rHE cR4SH TOWEL
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TO select q single d.yire by which a
young man vho must SIT at d,sk oil iay
may improve himself in ON athletic way it
is necessary 90 keep in mind the iusdious
fJ- Of ell athletic exerci-es-lsziness he
de,ice J.. found in a cra.h towel This is
the Judgment of athletes. prize fighters
and physicians
Big towels .ay three hy five feet. may
cost a. much as - ~ or So each Good
rough ouebug may be bought for - cents
a yard The expensive towels are really
worth the cost but one can make q very
good beginning with a two yard strip Of
- cent stuff To make this beginning,
wait until ready 70 10 10 bed Having
turned down the covers and made every
thing ready strip stark naked At this
/ time Of year ia a freless bedroom, the air
will make the young man SILVER, particu-
/ larly il the window has been open all day
/ 10 purify the room. No matter Grab the
towel by the ends, throw it over the back.
/ and surge it 30 and fro. Comfort Solid.
/ 1t will make the back warm instantly.
/ Keep it going, first over one shoulder and
/ then the other and then rub the arms TO
the iing-r tips with equal speed. Then at
/ tack the legs In little more time than
/ it takes 70 tell how 70 do it the young man
/ will find his skin aglow and the blood ting
/ ling in all his veins DO not at the first
/ trial keep it up until tired, but do not let a
hairs breadth u the skin escape a keen
/ rubbing Afterward when used 10 il. rub
longer. Then jump into the nightshrt and
into bed 1t is taken for granted that
every Young man has fresh shirt TO sleep
in at night No man who sleeps in the
clothes be has worn all day can live out hi-
natural time Ia about two minutes after
getting into bed 1t will be observed that
every square inch of the body has become
moist that the towel has lett every pore
per-piring. Ever since the Young man was
boy he ha, known that his skin was sim
ply net. that il was full Of holes and that
these holes were the mouths Of tiny sewers.
The dams IN the mouths Of these sever
have been torn away by the crash towel
and the pent-up sewerage is flowing out.
In rubbing the limbs the youu. man ha.
had to stoop over and work himself up and
down like the handle Of a farmhouse pump
and II that did not exercise aud strengthen
the muscles Of the back and abdomen
nothing will
When the mau who hs, used a crash tow
Fl wakes mp IN the morning he ma, feel
better than usual or he NAY not The
chances are that no great improvement
will be noticed That Is no cause ~ whatever
for disappointment Give the crash tow,
time When morning comes and the young
man must get up, be wishes he was rich 50
that he wouldn't have 10 work However.
needs must, and out be gets Strip, and
for once try a towel bath Wash the face
with the hands slashing the alter up about
the ears and neck, aud then plunge a soft
little towel into the bowl, give it one good
wiring, open 1t out aud rub of all the stuff
that oOzed from the pores the night before,
after the towel opened them SILVER
Certainly Rub quickly. but not hard. aud
thoroughly clean the skin Take a drying
towel and wipe the skin of quickly. and
then grasp the crash towel as your best
friend and rub as if your life depended ON
1t Life does depend on it. If the human
machine is to last out it, fun number Of
years it must not be allowed to get
cloggei