Arizona republican., 1902-12-14

Being the only guest at this hidden away place, what wonder that the | balmy air, so free from the chilling | fogs of the valley, tempted him to basll in the sunshine for hours after his | bath in the pool. filled to overfiowing ! with the velvety sulphur water spring ! ing out of the crevices of huge noun tain boulders!
 Experiencing in this way delightful | sense of freedom and contentment he | came to spend many an hour on the | brink of the springs with no covering l other than a towel about him.
 Whether fact or fancy it seemed to | him that resuming the garb of civilza- i tion was usually followed by a feeling l of distress and nervous irritability so well known to him as the concomi- | tants attending his illness, and caused by the failure of the eXcretOry organs to effectually rid the system of the poi sonous products of waste. Bent on solving the question, which the inex- orable sphinx had propounded to him so early in life in the guise of disease. to be answered correctly under pain of tdeath, he spent many a lonesome hour endeavoring to solve the riddle, why the signs of recovery, manifesting themselves so plainly when clad in the garb of nature, should vanish on don
 ming the garments which science had proclaimed were for the purpose )f protecting his body against the dangers of exposure. Could science be in error?
 Might his garments be interfering with the activity of the skin, so vital to him
 in his efforts to regain his health? And | if so, would not the springs, effectual as they might be in arousing his skin ! to increased activity, be but of mo- mentary help to him?
 ! One day while experimenting with 1 the garment which he wore next 70 the skin, and which was of wooien | texture, he observed that tiny drops
 of dew would collect upon its surface when exposed to the vapor arising from ! the springs. Unable to pass through or
 even into the wool, the vapor had evil l dently condensed into drops, gathering
 upon the fiiaments of the garment.
 Subjecting a linen towel to the same
 test, it was observed that the vapor found no resistance in it's onward passage into the outer air.
 This little experiment recalled to him the days of his boyhood when following the custom of the time he wore linen shirts of coarse homespun texture next ! to his body even in winter, when wad- ing through the snow up to his waist and when suffering and sickness were strangers to him. A kingdom for the
 happy days of youth and health
 T Not long after he found himself clad
 in undergarments made of coarse linen, and in spite of the grave -prognosis of
 his medical brethren. who had exam ined him during his illness, he re- gained his health completely and re- sumed the practice of his profession locating in Santa Barbara.
 This is, in short the first inception of a business enterprise which today eX-
 tends it's branches and notifications . around the globe, which affords em- ployment to a thousand men and wo- men and which gives comfort and health to millions.
 Tn the practice of his profession, Dr. :. Deimel had a fruitful opportunity of , testing the scope of his personal ex-
 perience in the matter of proper gar ments for tfie skin. At first he did so : tentatively. not being sure whether his own case would permit of general ap- plication, yet such was the unfailing result for good on the part of all who exchanged their hannels for linen un- dergarments, that he could not escape the conviction that the modern method of wearing woolens next to the skin was answerable for host of ailments
 lowering vitality and in many instances shortening life, while linen, the garb of , our fOrefathers, would restore even the most weakened skin to a condition of . robust activity and impart vigor to the , whole system.
 Once, at the bedside of patient suf-
 fering from acute rheumatism. attend
 ed by high fever, his little experiment
 at the hot springs was vividly recalled . to his mind. In examining the patient
 he found the inner surface of the fan , nel shirt covered with tiny drops of
 precipitation like dew on Gideon's fleece.
 Had not his experiment repeated itself in this instance? Had not the vapory exhalations of the pores meeting the , obstructing influence of the wooden
 garment condensed into drops to be brought back into contact with the
 patients fever heated skin? What
 could natures efforts avail, even aided
 by medical science, if the impurities
 thrown upon the skin would meet with sUcn obstruction in their outward pas sage?
 Linen garments, changed afresh
 morning and evening brought recovery
 in the course of a few weeks from an attack, which, according to previous
 experience should have lasted as many months.
 Tn pursuing his studies the doctor
 was often surprised at the many refer
 ences recorded throughout the litera- , ture of ancient and less remote times in favor of linen for underwear. Among the most striking quotations a passage from Shakespeare is worthy of record ''I go woodward for penance." True, and it was enjoined him in Rome for want of linen. Loves La
 Dor Lost, Act V, Scene II. z Could the discomfort of wool next 2 to the body and the sanitary features g of linen be stated more tersely? With the spreading of the linen un- 1 derwear gospel d difficulty presented 1 itself in obtaining a supply of suitable - linen undergarments. The linen cloth - purchased by the yard and made into . garments was woven too close and fine