The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-03-25
AN UNCLEAN PEOPLE.
THE GREAT MASS or HUMANITY
LACKS CLEANLINESS.

Several Useful and HeheHcini ways IN
which one writer youid spend $1,000
600, Providing She iiad Them Careless
ness Of Nloe Folks.
There is no IL Mediate danger Of my
filing milliouaire's grave and yet
stranger things have happened. Either
you or / may fall heh to a colossal for
time. / don't lose sleep over tine pros
pect myself, nor need You, my dear, but
In this world of ups and downs who can
tell what day may bring forthY
Shall ] tell you few of the things
propose to do with my possible millions;
In the first place, | shall build bath
houses aud stock them with soap, per
fumes and towels for humanity at large.
Next to saving the soul comes the care
Of the body, and most people are fully
as needless of the one as the other. In
deed to my manner Of thinking u sancti-
fied soul in an unwholesome body would
be hardly worth the keeping.
l declare unto you, and if l do not
speak the truth come forth and dispute
me, We who can, that the masses Of man
kind know less about cleanliness than
in the sun or by the corner Of the kitchen
fire washing her face and cleaning her
paws. She enters into the thing with a
complete understanding that cleanliness
makes her a more welcome freside com
panion. as web as a healthier cat aud
more self respecting member of society.
A bird delights I'm its morning bath more
ostentatiously than in its breakfast. !
have seen horses at the seashore who rev.
eled in dip far more than any human
ever did. A dog will not enter your pres
ence if there is any soil upon his person
which his own limited ingenuity can re
move, and the most beatihc experience
of a pampered poodle is its perfumed
bath and careful shampoo.
Now, take the case Of humans. There
is not a day Of my life that business
dealings do not force me into companion
ship with people who are both unwhole-
some and repulsive by reason of lack Of
personal cleanliness. | ride with them,
/ walk by their side, | sit next them.
They dress well, their clothes are of eX-
pensive material and carefully made,
but they bear about with them an aroma
of stale cuticle and closed pores. From
weeks end to weeks end these men and
women do no more than dip their hands
in d little water and rub off their faces
with inadequate wash cloths. If the
natural smoke Of Chicago settles upon
such portions of their anatomy as are
exposed, they dab it Off with hard water
and cheap soap, or they counteract it
with filthy powder rags. They go for
weeks at a time without a change Of un-
derwear to save laundry bills and they
sleep in the same iannels that they wear
by day.
A good, thorough bath is as unknown
to them as Gods grace to lost soul, and
for my part | would rather encounter a
thug with aclub. You can dodge a club,
but you can't escape an odor. Ride for
an hour in one of our cars, either cable
horse or steam; could anything be worse,
without it was stock transit! And yet
all these unwashed and unwholesone
people pride themselves, and often most
Justly, of being good citizens, well edu.
Gated and circumspect. They would re-
sent the idea Of being classed outside the
circle Of gentlemen and ladies'" They
never sneeze III your presence without
begging pardon, nor commit any breacl
Of the proprieties without the keenest
anguish of remorse for the misdeed
Their crime against society, then, is moi
al active one. II is merely the result o
a neglected education Their parents
believed in making them obedient, II,
doubt, and polite and well behaved
They had them taught to dance and play
the piano and speak French, but the!
forgot to teach them cleanliness.
The poor and uncared for we expect t,
take as we find them, and by means o
prayer, faith and good works raise then
to higher levels But what shall be don
for the folks who ought to know enougl
of the laws of hygiene and beauty t,
keep clean, but who in fact know as lit
tie rs the totally ignorant and the yerl
poor: When l get my millions, then
shall erect 900 lighthouses right here il
Chicago, and l shall legislute laws tina
shall make cleanliness compulsory
Women shall find itmore profitable t
go to the bathhouse than to the club, an
men shall find more attraction IN tn
physical laundry than in the salool
Ahtlt elAtlA hN lA' lP''ih hAN 'llAAN' A't tAl
careless keeper Of the beautiful body int
either saloon, street car or public asseu
blage of any sort. He shall be shunne
like a leper, and when his case is prC
nounced hopeless there shall be a moo
ern Molakai fitted up for his habitatioI
that he may trouble the olfactories Of Ii
sons and daughters Of earth no more TO
ever.
Another thing that l shall do with m
money will be to prosecute cruel team
sters by means of its powerful potenc,
The policeman who stands at the corn,
Of Lake street and Fifth avenue tells Il
that since occupying that post he has 10
the little faith he ever had in man
boasted humanity.
Another thing will do with my mon,
will be to provide for the patient, II
complaining poor.
When Iget my money, shall establi
homes for the poor, not charity halls II
houses of correction, but sweet, pu
homes, where happiness and plenty shi
join hands, and peace and rest shall sil
together like mated birds.-"Amber'
Chicago Herald,