Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-08

glasses. and it makes that which is
sweet seem sour; but, since there is
plenty of fresh air and if one is alive
one can walk, then why should indi-
gestion come? Did you ever think
what a great people We are? Such a
little while ago and we did not exist.
Then there came the Spaniard and the
Englishman, the Frenchman and the
Italian, the German and the Dutch
man. and to-day, the general mixture
has resulted in the American, who, be-
ing new, has the bouyancy of a boy,
but is given often, too often, to count
ing the past as of no worth. believe
in the present, but the past is a great
book to read. 1t tells so plainly of
THE MISTAKES or OTHERS
and it says so clearly Beware" But
who ever learned by the mistakes of
others? You and l and everybody else
longs TO find out for ourselves. Some
times we draw back when our finger
tips are burned. Sometimes we don't
And when we are not warned i'm time of
the folly Of many things when the
scorched finger tips are not enough
what a wonderful old age of renen+-
ance is before us. An old age of re-
pentance is not beautiful Have you
ever seen an old lady with white hair.
whose cheeks We're as rosy as her
granddaughter's? She is far mora
beautiful than the younger woman
and she represents the old age which
Is still represented by hope. II is n
wonderful state of affairs when ono 10
seyenty-tive and opens ones ewes eocb
morning with the deligbfful evnect-
ancy-and yet, there are men and W.
men who achieve just such an old 400
IL IS gotten by living a healthy life.
by living life that is henlthy-men.
Tally morally and physically.
Inc dlrtiest nations in The world ora
the most immoral. Then tend ~ Sbo
meanest vices and they have tba roro
rowest ideas. Wa n ones skin Is alIo,r-
ed 10 dry up, when only ones face 10
acquainted with publication OF wafer
what can be expected Of hs bciv2 Don't
you think 1t is an insuh. NOT only n
yourself but to your Maker. TO disra-
gard the laws Of cleanliness If oftsn
seems to me that, instead of being so
upplsh about our privilege TO vote 9bou-
the fac, that all men are equal-9nd thav
are no,-that we should ge- uD and bur-
ran for RI popularity OF be bath tub.
never had any belief in hose Old saints
WHO sa upon on pillars md never wash
ed themselves. | cant believe that
thanksgivings or prayers OF any kind
are welcome in the sight Of God when
they are uttered by lips that might be
clean, but are not. Ii seems 10 me that
GODS IDEA IN MAKING MAN
in His own image was 10 incuIca,e in
man the necessity-nO. the rspect-
due to Him in keeping that image clean.
An unclean body is an insult TO its
Maker. II may be taken as a truth that
a nation VIGOROUSLY dirty is one where
vice is rampant, virtue unknown. truth
not valued, honesty not appreciated. and
anarchy prevalent. If !, is dreadful 10
think of a man as not approaching the
value Of water, now much worse is it
20 think of a woman YOU cannot say
she is sweet She is exquisite. She
is dainty! She is delightful I can
imagine that a man may b come so de-
morsliZcd that he would forget the duty
he owed his body; but a woman-well,
when a woman has reached that c0ndi-
ton, death should be the sentence pro-
nOunced upon her And not only death.
but a quick death. am NOT interested
in the business Of any plumber, but
This apOtheOsis of the bath tub was
caused by seeing an Italian woman,
She sings, ! am told, like a lark. She
cOnYerses. I am told with the ability Of
a cultured woman but she would be
more attractive to me if she were less
well acquainted with music and more
intimately with soap. Even now, when
she is young, hsr skin looks like parch-
ment. What will she be when she is
I'D? If she only points q moral and
adorns a tale she will not have lived in
vain. but
THE MORAL SHE MUST POINT TO
is this: BE clean, be clean, De always
and ever clean" And the tale which
she adorns? Well, it is this poor story.
j is true it doesn't amount to much, but
if il will only suggest TO somebody Who
is in doubt how much may be gained
by the use of water and soap, then, in
deed. l will not have lived in vain.
All the denominations Of desoations
90 together-anar6hy and dirt. Vice
md dirt. Ugliness and dirt While
nothing beautiful can exist without per-
feet neatness- Cleanliness beauties
Pat which. before 70 was clean. lacked
beauty. Cleanliness and health 20
hand-in-hand, and personally, I don't
believe goodness can exist without
cleanliness. Il is much easier 10 be god
~ when you are clean than when Won
are dirty. And if we reach p0.n. in
the history of the world when we fall
down ad worship craven images, let one
of the im3 ges be a bah tub, topped by
a cake Of soap, and draped In a Turkish
towel. You are inclined to scon az the
religion Of cleanlinessi Try e. Then
YOU will scoff no long r. but will give
TO it the reverence 10 claims. and say as
your creed. Eternal cleanliness is the
price of liberty Of conscience and Ot
SOUL And so agree with Bah.
SATISFIED WITH EXISTENCE.
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