Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-06-30
AN UNULEAN PEOPLE.
THE GREAT MASS OF HUMANITY
LACKS CLEANLINESS.
Several Useful and Beneficial Ways La
which One Writer Would spend $1,000
600, Providing She Had Them-Careiess
ness of Niee Folks.

600, Providing She M" h""
ness of Niee Folks.
There is no immediate danger OF my
filling a miiiionaires grave, and yet
stranger things have happened. Either
you or may fall heir to a 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 day may bring forth!
Shall tell you few of the things
propose to do with my possible millions
In the first place, shall build bath
houses and 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 nv manner of thinking a sancti- |
fed soul in an uuwholesome body would
be hardly worth the keeping.
| declare unto you, and il / do not
speak the truth come forth and dispute
| me, We who can, that the masses OF lnali'
| kind know less about cleanliness than
animals do. Watch the old cat sitting
in the sun or by the corner of the kitchen
fire washing her face and cleaning her
payvs. She enters into the thing with
complete understanding that cleanliness
makes her Il more welcome tireside com
panion. as vel az healthier cat and
more self respecting member Of society.
A bird delights III its morning bath more
ostentatiously than in its breakfast
have seen horses ut the scashore who rev
eled in a "diu" far more than any human
ever did. A dog viii not enter your pres
epce if there Ia any soil upon his person
which bis owu limited ingenuity can re
move. and the most bcatiiic experience
of a pamuored poodle is its pcriumed
bath and careful shampoo.
Now. take the case 81 humans There
is not "A day Of nay life that business
dealings DO not force me into companion
ship with people who are both unwho.e-
some and rcpulsirc by reason OF lack OF
personal cleanliness. | ride with them
walk by tbcr side, sit next them
I They dress well. their clothes are of eX
g pensive material and carefully mad
; but they bear about with them an aromi
4 of stale cuticle and closed pores. From
! weeks end to weeks end these men ant
x women do no more than dip their hand
c in a little water aud rub off their face
with inadequate wash cloths II TN
: natural smoke Of Chicago settles upol
> such portions Of their anatomy rs ar
u exposed. they dab it off with hard waie
i and cheap soap, or they counteract
T with filthy powder rags. They go 10
n weeks at a time without change OF ~
y derwear to save laundry bills, and the
\ sleep in the same hannels that they wea
:, By day.
Id A good. thorough bath Is as unknow
y 10 them as Gods grace 20 lost soul, an
y for my part / would rather encounter
ar TING with club Nou can dodge clu
III but YOU can't escape an odor Ride 4
y an hour in enc Of our cars, either cabi
horse or steam. could anything be wors
without it was a stock tra-s,; ANA y
all these unwashed and unwhoIeson
nd people pride themselves, and often mo
Ell Justly, Of being good citizens. well ed
'st Gated and circumspect. They would I
;eS sent the idea of being classcd outside 4
es. circle of gentlemen and ladies Tn
IRE never sneeZc IN your presence wltho
W begging pardon. nor commit any brea
of the proplleties without the keeu'
IN anguish Of re,turse for the misdce
a Their crime against society, then, II n
es- an active one. II is merely the result
the n neglected education. Their parei
IN believed in making them obedient,
ION doubt, and polite and wei behave
nat They had them taught to dance and pI
ON the piano and speak French, but II
lie forgot to teach them cleanliness.
ow The poor and uncared for we expect
II take rs we find them. aud by means
ers PRAYER. faith and good works raise tn
or To higher levels But what shall he dc
for the folks vino ought To know enor
on of the laws Of hygiene and beauty
Igo, keep clean, hut who in fact know as
ows tie as the totally ignorant and the "
ID poor? When ! gee my millions. the
sew shall erect 900 bathhouses night her'
WIT Chicago. and shall legislate laws I
tai shall make cleanliness compulsc
Women shall find it more profitable
20 to the bathhuuse than 10 the club,
r men shall find more attraction IN
the physical laundry than ia the sale
his There shall be no possible entree for
lllst careless keeper Of the beautiful body
inda either saloon. street car or public ass
ran blage of any sort lie shall be shun
hos like leper. and when his case is
mer nounced hopeless there shall be II
bag ern Molakai fitted up for his habitat
the that he may trouble the olfactories OF
'zed, sons and daughters of earth no more
ana ever.
the Another thing that ! shall do with
king money will be to prosecute cruel tt
Prob sters by means Of its powerful pote
palm The policeman who stands at the co
make of Lake street and Fifth avenue tell
lie Of that since occupying that post he has
the the little faith he ever had in n
eded. boosted humanity.
an Another thing viii do with my m
y will be TO provide for the patient
co,nnloiuir,or moor