The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-15

/ lie ISSOulldU.
Good soap should be made from
alkali--though, of course, all soaps are
alkalinc---not adultcrated with rosin or
other unnecessary additions, not mcdi-
Gated with anything. not annoyingly
perfumcd or colorcd. pcrflmcd or
colored toilet soap, such as one always
finds in the chill spare bedroom when
unlucky enough to be caught over
night at Uncle Hiram's. is a haunting
experience. Ever have it?
A frequent question in the CORE
spondence coming to this department
Isl: What kind of soap is good for
shampooing the hair and how often
should the shampoo be taken?' The
answer is, any plain soap you prefer
and shampoo as often as necessary to
keep the scalp clean--and that you
must judge for yourself There are
several standard soaps made by reput-
good. But, whatever the name of the
soap, il only cleans, and never heals
disease. There is one person born
every minute who believes that certain
odors. colors or assertions about soap
render it effective in the treatment OF
disease. Soap cures only one skin
disease-dirt.
nile al
dirt, but also the natural oil of scalp
and skin which keeps the skin ana
hair soft and silky and clean. There
fore, after a soap and water shampoo
some oil should always be rubbed into
the scalp to replace that removed. ana
after Il soap and water bath. if the
skin is dry and hard, some oily sub
stance should be applied. Especially
is this true of the hands of women
who use strong alkalies or crude soaps
in Homework. Women whose hands
are injured by the alkalics of cleaning
powders and soaps should wear heavy
rubber gloves for such work. They
should keen a cake of cocoa butter and
apply n little to tho hands after hand
ling irritating substances.
Plain soap is one of the best agents
we have for keeping the teeth and
mouth clean, if prejudice against its
use can be suppressed. 1t is suffl-
GENTLY antiseptic. alkaline, harmless,
economical, and leaves the mouth
clean.
Soap minus the buncombe is in one
sense Il great blessing and in another
great injury to the Skin. 1t is a
timc-savcr. Its excessive use, how
ever, causes irritation of the skin,
roughness. chappng, eczema and very
often form of itching without Wis
iblc cause, especially the so-called
pruritis many individuals experience
after a bath.
Coffee. Wholesome Beverage.
was advised by IA friend to dscon-
tinuc drinking coffee while nursing my
baby, because it will affect my heart
and the babys also. | don't want to
do ANYTHING harmful to the baby. Will
Won please recommend wholesome
coffee substitute? CMrs. D. +. s.
ANSWER--If you were accustomed
to the moderate use of coffee as bev-
cragc before the birth of the baby
there is no reason why you should
discontinue it now. 1t VIII neither
harm you nor the baby. 4 nursing
mother should not deny herself any
wholesome item of her ordinary bill
of fare.
Never Use Carbol,c.
Kindly state what proportion OF car
bolic acid should be used in water &c
bathe a wound. also what strength OF
carbolc is best in salve to apply tc
wounds. CA. G. s.
ANSWER.-Ncvcr use carbolic acid
about n wound. 1t is too poisonous
likely to produce gangrcne-and al
WAYS delays the healing process un-
necessarily. Rather swab the wount
once with tincture of iodine, then pro
tect it with clean gauze or linen anC
a bandaee. For salve if you must use
salvc Git is better always to avoid it
executing to prevent the sticking o
drcssings) use sterile petrolatum II
collapsiblc tubes. The tube preserve!
the petrolatum unContaminated until i
is expressed upon the gauZe or wound