The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-22

fresh air, pure water, unadulterated
food, and sanitary surroundings are
Christian responsibilities, there has
been organized in England society
called "The Church Sanitary Associa-
ton" The aim Of the society is to in
terest clergy and laymen in an effort
to teach the laws of health by means
of sermons and by the wide circulation
Of papers by eminent sanitarians. The
many persons who remember the un-
sanitary condition of many churches
where the ventilation is poor, the
draughts certain, and the sunlight al
ways absent, will wonder, says the
Evening Post, if it would not be well
for the work of similar societies to be-
gin in the church and work outward;
to provide n room where umbrellas
and rubbers and rain-cloaks may be
left in bad weather; comfortable seats,
kneeling-benches that will make it un-
necessary to kneel on a cold floor, and
n method of heating that will provide
an equable temperature.
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DR.. Charles A. Church, of Passaic,
n. j., thus writes concerning the care
of baby at baby's very earliest period
on earth: A new born infant should
be carefully protected against chill. 1t
is accustomed to q temperature of 9S4
degrees, Never felt one less warm.
While if the temperature Of the lying
in chamber reaches IS degrees or S0de-
Ntrill hn al
present. Therefore, the infant needs
protection, even in the warmest room.
Then it should not be washed imme-
diately; give it a rest first. Oil thor
oughly, but quickly, being careful to
reach every crevice Of the skin; then
wrap it in warm blanket and place it
either beside the mother or in some
equally warm position, and leave it so
for few hours and see how perfectly
comfortable it will be and also how
clean. Let it rest and let the tired
mother rest. When convenient wash
it very carefully, but quickly, in tepid
water, little bit cooler than the air
about it, so that when the air strikes it
it will seem warmer than the water
in which it is bathed. Wash it with
your soft hand, and gently.
Do not scrub it with q coarse,
horny hand and with strong,
coarse soap. Use no soap at all. The
so-called dirt upon the newborn child's
skin is strong alkali, which, if mixed
with good oil, forms the most delicate
soap possible to obtain. The ordinary
or even the finest soaps Of the shops are
too strong. They will irritate the skin
and make it smart. | have seen an
infant cry for long time and kick and
writhe in agony after brisk rubbing
with some strong washing soaps, ap-
piled by callous hand or q heavy wash
cloth, and few days later have seen it
peel from head to foot as if it were re-
covering from scarlatina. What caused
this? The washing process was too
rough for the soft tender skin, and the
soap too strong, it blistered and made
it look as it had been parboiled. If
reasonable care and cleanliness are eX-
ercised, it need not be touched with
soap for weeks. Just try the other way
for once, and see if your mother heart
is not made glad at the sight of your
child resting and sleeping so comfort.
ably-provided you do not give it collie
or make it uncomfortable by stuffiing
it.
Clean out that cellar. Get out all
the summers vegetable and refuse.
Sweeten it and fumigate it and vent
ilate it thoroughly. Equinoctial
dampness means malaria otherwise.
There is no more fertile breeder of dis
ease than the neglected cellar. See to
it, dear reader, that your own cellar is
what it should be.
According to Professor Berthelot, of
Paris, the epicure of the future is to
dine upon artificial meat, artificial
flour and artificial vegetables; drink
artificial wines and liquors, and round
off his repast with an artificial tobacco
beside which the natural tobacco of the
present will seem poor indeed. Wheat
fields and corn fields are to disappear