The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-31
AN UNCLEAN PEOPLE.
TIE GREAT MASS OF HUMANITY
LACKS CLEANLINESS.

filing a miliionaire's grave, and yet
stranger things have happened. Either
YOU or | may fall heir to Il colossal for
tune. don't lose sleep over the pros
pect myself. nor need you, my dear, but
in this world of ups and downs who can
tell what a day may bring forth!
Shall l tell You a few of the things ]
propose to do with my possible millions?
In the first place, l shall build bath
houses and stock them with soap. per-
fumes and towels for humanity at large.
Next Il 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 a sancti-
Fed soul in an ~unwholesome body would
he 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
animals do. Watch the old cat sitting
i'll the sun or by the corner of the kitchen
fire washing her face n cleaning her
paws. She enters into the thing with a
complete understanding that cleanliness
makes her a more welcome fireside conf
RAMON. as well as a healthier cat and a
more self respecting member of society.
4 bird delights i'll it's morning bath more
ostentatiously than in its breakfast. !
have seen horses at the seashore who rev.
eled in a 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 a re-
move, and the most beatifc experience
Of q 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 Ct
personal cleanliness. / ride with them,
| walk by their side, l 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 a 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 counteraet il
with filthy powder rag They 60 for
weeks at a time without a change of I'M
derwear to save laundry bills, and they
sleep in the same fannels that they wear
by day.
a good, thorough bath Is as unknown
to them as Gods grace TO a lost soul, ana
for my part | would rather encounter a
thug with "a club. You can dodge a club,
but you can escape an odor. Ride for
an hour in one of our cars, either cable,
horse or steam: could anything be worse.
without it was a stock transit: And yet
all these unwashed and unwholesome
people pride themselves. and often most
Justly. OF being geod citizens. well edu-
Gated and circnmspect. They would re-
sent the ice Of being classed outside the
circle Of gentlemen and ladies'" They
never sneeZe in your presence without
begging pardon. nor commit any breach
of the prophecies without the keenest
anguish of relnorse for the misdeed.
Their crime against society, then. is not
a.. active one. 1t Is merely the result Oh
a neglected education. Their parents
believed III making them obedient, nc
doubt, and polite and well behaved.
They had them taught to dance and play
the piano and speak French, but they
forgot to teach them cleanliness.
The poor and uncared for We expect &c
take as we find them, and by means Of
prayer. faith and good works raise then
to higher levels. But what shall be done
for the folks who ought to know enough
of the laws of hygiene and beauty tc
keep clean, but who in fact know as lit.
tie as the totally ignorant and the yer,
poor: When | get my millions, then
shall erect LOCO lighthouses right here ii
Chicago, an. I shall legislate laws that
shall make cleanliness compulsory
Women shall find it more profitable II
go to the bathhouse than to the club, ant
men shall end more attraction in ths
physical laundry than in the saloon
There shall be no possible entree for tht
careless keeper of the beautiful body into
either saloon. street car or public assem-
blage of any sort. He shall be Stunned
like a leper, and when his case is pro
nounced hopeless there shall be a mod
ern Molakai fitted up for his habitation
that he may trouble the olfactories of tht
sons and daughters of earth no more for
eyer.
Another thing that | shall do with my
money will be to prosecute cruel team
sters by means Of its powerful potency
The policeman who stands at the cornel
of Lake street aud Fifth avenue tells III
that since occupying that post he has los
the little faith he ever had in man
boosted humanity.
Another thingI will do with my none,
will be to provide for the patient. III
complaining poor.
When get my money, shall ESTABLISH
homes for the poor. not charity halls no
houses of correction, but sweet. pur,
homes, where happiness and plenty shall
join hands, and peace and rest shall sin.
together like mated birds.-"Amber' il