St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
THE CRASH TOWEL.
is as Good for the Health as Il Whole
Gymnasium.

is as Good for the Health as Whole
Gymnasium.
To select a single device by which
Young man who must sit 1t a desk
/ day may improve himself in an
hletic way it is necessary to keep
mind the insidious foe of all ath-
q tic exerciseS-laziness. The device
found in a crash towel This is
3e Judgment of athletes, prize fight
5 and physicians.
big towels, say three by five feet,
ay cost as much as $3.50 or So
oh. Good rough toweling may be
ought for % cents a yard. The ex-
nsive towels are really worth the
E st, but one can make a very good
ginning with two-yard strip OF
cent stuff. To make this begin
y, wait until ready to go to bed.
wing turned down the covers and
de everything ready, strip stark
liked At this time of year, in fire
IS bedroom, the air will make the
lung man shiver, particularly if the
4ndow has been open all day to
zfify the room. No matter Grab
"a towel by the ends, throw it over
& back, and surge it to and fro.
infort? Solid 1t will make the
Fix warm instantly. Keep it go
first over one shoulder and then
other, and then rub the arms to
finger tips with equal speed
I'm attack the legs. In a little
sre time than 1T takes to tell how
tlo it the young man will find his
"a aglow and the blood tingling in
q bis veins. Do not at the first trial
ID it up until tired, but do not let
airs breadth of the skin escape a
IN rubbing Aftcrward, when used
it, rub longer Then jump into
nightshirt and into bed 1t is
en- for granted that every young
= b has a fresh shirt to sleep in at
hit. No man who sleeps in the
hs he has worn all day can live
his natural time In about two
1utes after getting into bed it will
observed that every square inch of
body has become moist, that the
Yel has left every pore persplrlng.
r since the young man was a boy
81 as known that his skin was sim
r h net, that 1t was full of holes,
that these holes were the mouths
finV sewers. The dams in the
@lhths of these sewers have been
e away by the crash towel, and
pent-up sewerage is flowing out.
"a rubbing the limbs the Young
ID has had to StOop over and work
self up and down like the handle
farmhouse pump, and If that did
q exercise and strengthen the mus
81 Df the back and abdomen, moth
will
hen the man who has used a
h towel wakes up in the morning
bay feel better than usual or he
81 not The chances are that no
improvement will be noticed.
is no cause whatever for dis
ointment. Give the crash towel
When morning comes and the
g man must get up, he wishes
as rich so that he wouldn't have
SOrk- However, needs must, and
be gets. Strip, and for once a
bath Wash the face with the
5, slashing the water up about
ars and neck. and then plunge
little towel into the bowl, give it
good wiring, open it out and rub
all the stuff that oozes from the
IS the night before, after the tow
pened them. Shiver? Certainly.
quickly, but not hard, and
roughly clean the skin Take a
ing towel and wipe the skin off
ky, and then grasp the crash
Fel as your best friend and rub as
pur life depended on it. Life does
md on it. If the human machine
last out its full number of years,
ust not be allowed TO get clogged.