Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02


an-hour train. 1t was nothing short
of wonderful. Then came seventy
miles and ninety miles. Early this
year mono-r railroad between Man.
chester and Liverpool, England, put
the record up to 40 miles an hour.
We had hardly become accustomed to
this. hardly passed the stage of re-
garding 1t as n freak. when from Ger.
many came the news that on the
Maricnfcld-Z Ossen military road an
electric car made a speed of over 1875
miles an hour. The news came with
the statement that even higher rec.
Ords were expected, an expectation that
was realized few days later in the
highest record yet obtained--13O rs
miles an hour.
OF course 1t is all guesswOrk as to
how many times a man should take
bath and what kind of bath he
the man. his constitution. his temper.
ament, his work. and the climate in
which he lives. The best the doctors
can do. therefore, is to give generali.
cations for the average man." As
there Is no average man." the gener-
alizations, therefore. have small value.
But here we have college professor
who contends that we should leave
off bathing entirely. He frankly con.
fesses that lie conquered the bath
habit" two years ago. pneumonia.
colds. and hundred other ills result
from the foolish habit Of washing the
body" said Professor John Dill Rob.
ertsOn In an address Mt the annual
meeting Of the Chicago Eclectic and
Surgical Society. As the professor Is
doctor one naturally expects him to
supply physiological or scientific rea.
sons for his theory. and In this we are
not disappointed. 1t Is his contention
that heat and moisture are necessary
to the growth Of bacteria on the skin.
As these conditions are supplied by
bathing. It follows that instead Of
stopping the collection Of bacteria
upon the skin bathing actually facili.
tates their growth. Moreover. the hot
bath. says DIR. Robertson. draws the
blood to the skin. the same as alcohol
does, leaving the internal organs with.
out their necessary amount OF nOurlsh.
ment. To support his views the doc.
tor called attention to the fact that
the city gets It's brain and Drawn large.
~ from the country. where the farmer
boy does not take a bath during the
entire winter. He swims. 1t Is true.
In summer. when he gets a chance.
but his skin Is not rubbed with a
rough towel, and hence the natural
scales Of the skin" are not removed.
One does not need to Join DR.. Robert.
sons anti.bath crusade to recognize
the necessity for the exercise Of COM
mon sense. prudence and caution In
taking cold baths or hot baths. That
cold baths under improper conditions
have caused many case Of pneum0.
mia IL simply matter Of medical rec.
ord. But this IL n poor argument
against the bathing habit.
Let us who are poor not envy the
rich. We know not their cares. We
know not their unsa tisfied ambitions.
We know not what bars. though Of
gold, imprison them from the sun.
shine Of human sympathy. We know
not what loneliness haunts the hearts
Of them who live In gilded show cham.
bers. ana have no homes. Distance
lends to riches IN cnchnntmcnt they
do not possess. The man who has
millions is just as unhappy that he
has not more as you IRE. Content.
ment In wealth Is n will-O'.the.wisp
that no man ever yet caught up with
Many fool has put his whole ener
gies into the chase after 1t, following
1t increasingly through boys of selfish
ness ana mires of meannesses. only Il
find Mt last when ne lies down to die
that he long ago had left behind him
all that IL worth while In this world
or to be hoped for In the next. 1t II
only to the man who Ia poor thai
wealth CLOVIS like a steady star In thu
night. The law Of recOmpense alway'
Is in force. 1t Ia only when darkness
shrOuds our world that we can see thu
light Of n million others. Scientist
tell us that II we could approach I
star its glow and glamOr would van
ish and the star itself dissipate int
dust. What we love Is ours. We cai
: own the whole world II we will. Blu
: we can really possess nothing tina
: we apply to our own selfish purposes
Did you not learn In babyhOod tina
the bubble IL brilliant only until 70,
grasp It? The gems In the fine Indy
hair and Mt her throat glitter not To-
her eyes but for the eyes Of Others
, She owns only some stones, never tn
light that sparkles In them. Tha
, priceless treasure is only for the
who love II, and 1t Is scattered broad
cast mt their feet In the countless myri
ads Of morning dewdrops In the sum
mer grass. This Is world of beaut!
not to those who have money to plucl
its roses. hut to those who have soul
to scent the sweet OdOrs. With low
Of the beautiful In man ana In M
! ture no one can be poor; without 1t m
: one can Ike rich. Happiness lies deepe
) than the pocket. The millionaire caI
. make his thousand-acre park In tn
rich valley and, by fiction of tn
! law. call 1t his own, but 1t Is all tn
! front yard of the poor squatter In tn
: rude cabin on the rugged hillside. Tn
\ one who has paid for 1t owns 1t? No