The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-28

Dea tn during the tAlicoie Ages. -
! liness be next to goodness, we soreiy
I neeGT sanctlfication We need new
evangelist to preach the sanitary gospel
! and to incucate the value of the ounce
: Of prevention.
| Both children and adults ought to learn
! such elementary facts as that d leak Ii
| a waterppe is not so dangerous as
| flaw in the house drain: that Shiny
| wooden wash-tuos are not suitable Tor
kitchen where food is prepared; that
| damn. dark or dirty cellar is a resting
| place for germs: that sewer gas IS
| created in foul house drains. as well as
+! in sewers; that hidden pipes are always
| to be suspected, and that the hest piumo-
| ing requires periodic inspection and test
| ing.
| PEOPLE MUST LEARN.
| People must also learn to appreciate
! the money value of sanitary safety. anu
! not spend lavshly on furniture and deco
| rations, grudging any outlay for health
! They should distrust the cheap
I plumber who is usually an ignoramus or
| fraud. Better be sure than sorry
| is a wise maxim: and fresh air and good
| drainage are better investment thln
| drugs or doctors bills
| Through such means and by such
| methods we may anticipate the time
| when scurvy will be as rare as 1eprosy:
when an epidemic Of typhus or typhoid
l 1890
! adulterer will be given as short thrift
as a western horse-thief. City stress
| will then be shaded and flushed with salt
l water, if obtainable: double-decker tene-
| ments will be forbidden by law; vendors
of cheap candy will be driven from school
doors, and fresh fruit sold instead. Every
| tenement will have fire-proof stairs, and.
| in winter warmed halls: when
"scamper' building falls and causes loss
| of life. the contractor will go to prison.
| Finally, when a Waring davotes his
trained skill to improving public health
f., he will be paid as much as the sheriff
| or police Justice. and not turned down
! at the next election or forced to exc
out his meagre salary by the bounty of
his friends.
] 1t is we'll for US to realize. with Maurice
| iompson. that money is not happiness,
| nor is financial success the whole o. life
| A very little observation shows that our
/! existence here gathers such enjoyment as
| it is capable of realizing from sources not
| comfortable by the purchasing power Of
| money The laws of health. for example.
| are more important than the secrets of
| trade, in the race for a true goal of human
| success. OF what avail would millions
| of money have been to Keats when he
! began to die at twenty? The fawless
| health of Gladstone at eighty made his
| voice a nations trumpet-hlast. Bis
| marcks sound nerve centres were more
! to Germany than the gold at all the
| banks. A sound body. with a sound char
| acter imbuing it, will command success
| when a nations Overlooking treasury may
! be wasted in vain against the tide of
| calamity. In a word. success comes of
| health: not mere physical equilibrium, but
i that higher health which insures content
| ment. based upon justice. charity. and
! righteous reward for life, is the sine qua
non. A healthy soul in pure physique
will find its way to such success as may
| we'll be envied.
PURIFYING A CELLAR
1t not infrequently happens that in
summer the closing Of a cellar for 4 con-
siderable time is rendered necessary by
absence of the family or other causes
During this time everything in it, except
| the metal and glass, is completely COW
cred with mould fungi,and the air smells
moudy to the last degree. Wood and
leather especially suffer from this mould
ing Such condition is unhealthy in
the extreme First. the cellar is damp
sufficient alone to induce low diseases in
the inmates of the upper stories: second.
the fungus is likely to produce spinal
meningitis, if its spores find their way
into the system
| For the dampneSs attention should Mt
once be given to the drainage to make
it perfect. Then. plenty of fresh air.
and especially, all the sunshine possible.
| shouu be aclilittsa to cry out the place,
For the fungus a strong whitewash. made
in small quantities at time, out of stona
lime fresh from the kiln, or as fresh .
possible, should be put on while it is
still hot from the action of the water.
II this form whitewash is an active fungi
eide, and will kill all the spores of all
the moulds it touches 1t should not
De used. however. until the cellar has
| had a chance to dry fairly we'll.
seems almost Needless
yet it must be said, that no food that
has remained unsealed in the cellar should
| be used. Even cans of fruit jelly, &c.
should be carefully washed before being
opened, for fear that some OF these dan
serous little bodies might become mixed
with the contents Of the vessels
TIGHT I.ACING
Follows the regular outcroppine of +he
| plea for dress reform. While it uicht
[ not be easy to give a succinct definition
| OF the new woman she NAV he
described as one who has been enamel
| pated from the bonds of tradition. and
has been permitted to find the place OF
usefulness in the world that she is capa-
| BILE Of filing; and there is not wanting
evidence that she has profiteeb by the
opportunities thus afforded. Tn one
respect, however, she has, as yet failed
to exhibit her Independence and her
| strength, and that is in her continued
and almost abject submission to the dc
tates CT fashion, regardless of hySicnic
] considerations. For instance, can any
thing be more conceivably dangerous that
the trailing skirts with which women
have so largely, of late, swept filthy
streets, raising clouds of bacter.a-laden
dust, and carrying into their homes the
agents of disease and death? Further,
in spite of all denunciation that has been
heaped upon the non-hygtenic practice,
and Notwithstanding the admonition Of
competent authorities, the large body Of
women persist in the use Of the corset
and Of unduly constructing and otherwise
irrational forms of clothing. It is true,
a strong commencement has set In, and
shorter and properly supported skirts. as
we'll as other reforms In the wearing