South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-04
Daily Cold Bath
Is Not Cleansing
Il Takes Warm Water to
Remove Waste from
Pores Of Skin.

There are a lOl OL people VINO prize /
themselves on being well bathed be- |
cause they jump into a tub of cold /
water every morning AS a matter OF |
fact it is quite possible to take a cold |
hath 965 DAYS in the year ard yet miss |
entirely the real purpose Of the daily |
bath.
right in its way for those 10 whom il Is
suited. that is, the young and vigorous
who react perfectly. For those 1t is
invigorating and stimulating AS
cleansing process it is hardly enough,
because getting clean does not merely
mean letting water pass over the body
or into the body. Bathing both exc
ternallv and internally is necessary
and must make sure that the millions
of tiny pores, by means of which the
skin does its work for the physical
economy and renders elimination per-
feet. are kept clear of waste prod
ucts and in good working condition.
The skin is one of the most important
of the sCavengers of the system, but
one cannot expect it to perform its
work properly if its myTiadS of tiny
holes through which il gives off waste
matter are blocked. This waste mat
ter is largely given off IN the perspira-
ton. which is coming through II all
or not If this perspiratiOn is checked
the waste products are driven back
into the sytem and reabSOrbed with
the result that the other organs of
elimination are asked 20 do double
duty; and the double duty cannot be
demanded of any organ without a
heavy bill having to be paid sometime.
To keep the skin in perfect working
condition an occasional bath that
really washes is called for. This bath
should take the form OF plenty of good
warm water, some good mild soap,
small brush, and above all a good
rough towel for the final rub is more
important than the soap and water
wash. The skin is renewing itself all
the time, with the result that il is al
ways giving off minute scales. 1t is
these that block the pores. You can
stand IN a good light and use a clean
dry flesh brush and prove this. Use
the brush vigorously on the skin for
few moments and watch the dry par
ticlese of dead skin fly off. a swift
plunge into cold water and rub with
a soft towel will not remove these
scales. If one were so placed that il
was impossible 10 obtain a bath it
would he possible TO keep the skin for
some time in "A healthy condition by
vigoroUs-Nsry rubbing, so far as all the
purposes of health demanded.
~ AAANA Ntt1AAAN pei AOA III AAAt lullNAAOiA
of breathing. it is as necessary to ex-
hale as inhale, although one seems 10
enjoy inhaling more than exhaling. We
rather take for granted that we should
eXhale after we inhale, but the one is
as vitality important as the other. In
ordr TO live we must pump pure air
/ into our lungs, but we must also pump
breathe, and we seldom know that we
are breathing. When we inhalea breath
of ordinary air, we draw into our
| lungs mixture of about the following
composition: Oxygen, 20.99 parts out
of 100; nitrogen, 1903 parts out Of
100; carbon dioXide, .O3 parts out OF
100; Watery Vapor, ammonia: other
substances and gases. Later we exhale
this air. In the meantime, il has
undergone certain noticeable changes
so that when we eXhale it its compost
| ton is nearly as follows: Oxygen.
1908 parts out of 100; nitrogen,
| 1857 parts out OF 100: carbon diox-
ide. ASS parts out Of 100; waterv apor,
ammonia, other substances and gases.
We observe at once the changes that
| have taken place i'm oxygen, nitrogen
and carbon diONide. About five parts
parts per 100 have been lost by the
oxygen; there has been a slight gain
OF nitrogen, the amount of carbon di-
oxide has increased from .O3 TO 43S
|
now in a condition close to saturation
The loss in oxygen can be easily eX-
planned. il has been absorbed and is
busily at work purifying and preserv-
ing the body. The great gain in car
| bon dioXide is easily explained, nature
expelled IL as a poison from the sys-
tenn. That is why il is necessary to
eXhale as 10 inhale.
DIR. aHrvey w. Wiley promulgated a
few hot weather dos and dont's."
Here they are:
Eat everything, but moderately.
Abstain from alcohol and tobacco.
Drink plenty Of cold water, but do
not gulp IT,
Never drink with meals. but i'm
mediately after.
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Abstain from sweet soda fountain
drinks. unless the syrup is used spar
ingly in them.
IF YOU eat moderately and refrain
| from drugs, do not be afraid of sun
stroke."-By Charles G. Percival. in
Grand Rapids Herald.