The north Mississippi herald., 1920-05-28
HARDENING THE BODY.

Beginning with personal cleanliness
the whole body should be bathed daily
with cool or tepid water, and then
rubbed thoroughly dry with a rough
towel The least one can do with
any attention to cleanliness or health
is to sponge the face, chest and back
with water and dry rub the rest of
the body at least once every day. For
thorough wash of the hands use
warm water, and before soaping them
steep them we'll in the water for
minute or two, rubbing them while,
then use soap and nail brush. End
by holding the hands under a tap OF
cold water and give them shower
bath--it is refreshing and strengthen
ing to the fingers; or dip them into
cold water and rub them briskly.
The first thing in the morning the
ollowing procedure is beneficial: I'M
nerse the feet In a foot bath of cold
water enough to cover the ankles. Be
gin. according as the reaction OF the
Individual is weaker or stronger, with
water at II degrees, or even at 81 de-
grees and Sc degrees Fahrenheit, ana
use colder water gradually IN the
course of weeks to 6S degrees and only
exceptionally to lower temperature. In
all cases the cold foot bath, lasting
ouly few seconds, must be followed
by quickly warming the feet. This can
be done in few minutes by returning
to the warm bed; it is not necessary
to rub them; the more quickly the BED
is regained the easier it will be to bear
Ethe cold foot bath Only when the tenn
perafure is too low will it take more
than ten minutes before they get well
warmed.
TO harden the skin of the whole body
I recommend the following procedure
FIRST wash or spray the body with cold
water-or the temperature recon-
mended for foot bath. The throat,
chest and back of the neck especially
should be treated. Such an ablution
with foot bath will take only a few
minutes. A few moments only should
be given to douching the body. This
should be followed by vigorous rub
| binG with q coarse tower.
Never sit down to breakfast without
going out into the open air for While.
brisk walk taken half an hour be-
fore breakfast in the early morning
a5Ir especially when accompanied by
deep breathing, is wonderful health
promoter. The expansion of the lungs,
ouickening of the circulation and oXy-
genation of the blood give one keen
annette for breakfast, and the man
who can eat good breakfast with rel
ish bos something to sustain him in
his work and is more fit to cope with
difficulties than the unfed man, the
man who breaks his fast with nothing
more substantial than roll and cof-
fee. Aerate and redstribute your
blood by means of a walk before break
fast. then you will be able to eat and
digest that meal without trouble. Such
preparation for the days work is
invaluable.
A good general massage, with resist
I've exercises twice week will prove
great benefit in making one strong
and vigorous
Sports in moderation improve our
physical condition, but they may prove
disastrous II reason be nos exercised
and they Are INDUCED in 10 excess,
The advantages of the variols kinds of
sport in hardening the body are that
with them can be combined the very
i,nportant agencies of fresh air and
Sunshine. No better example of what
training and a resolute purpose can 10
toward hardening the body can be
found than in the history of Theodore
Roosevelt. His advice to the Ameri-
can boy is as applicable to the Ameri-
c;,n man. "He must work hard and
MAY hard. He must be clean-m:nded
md clean-lived. In life as In
football game the principle to follow
IS: Hit the line hard; don't foul and
don't shirk, but hit the line hard
IEARN HOW TO LIVE.