The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-10
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 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
a thorough wash of the hands use
warm water, and before soaping them
steep them wei 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
GLOWING procedure is beneficial: I'M
nerse the feet in foot bath OF colo
water enough to cover the ankles. BE-
gin, according as the reaction OF the
Individual is weaker or stronger, with
~
grees and Sc degrees Fahrenheit, anu
use colder water gradually IN the
course of weeks to 6S degrees and only
exceptionally to lower temperature. ID
all cases the cold foot bath, lasting
only a few seconds, must be followed
by quickly warming the feet. This can
be done in a few minutes by returning
to the warm bed; it Is not necessary
TO rub them; the more quickly the bed
is regained the easier 1t will be to pear
the cold foot bath. Only when the tenn
perature is too low will 1t take more
than ten minutes before they get wen
warned.
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 rev
minutes. A few moments only should
be given to douching the body. This
should be followed by vigorous ruD'
bling with a coarse towel.
Never sit down to breakfast without
going out into the open air for wniie.
A brisk walk taken half an hour be-
fore breakfast in the early morning
air. especially when accompanied oy
deem breathing, is wonderful health
promoter. The expansion Of the lungs,
ouickening Of the circulation and oxy'
eenation of the blood give one keen
annette for breakfast, and the man
who can eat good breakfast with rel
ish has something to sustain him IN
bis work and is more fit to cope with
d,ffirulties than the unfed man, the
man who breaks his fast with nothing
more substantial than roll and COT
fee. Aerate and redistribute your
blood by means Of walk before break
fast, then you will be able to eat ant
digest that meal without trouble. Sucf
| a nreparation for the days work Il
invaluable.
good general massage, with resist
I've exercises twice week Will prove
great benefit in making one stronn.
and vigorous.
1 Sports in moderation improve os
physical condition, but they may prov
disastrous IT reason be not exercised
and they are INDUCED In to excess
The advantages of the varioas kinds o
snort in hardening the body are tina
with them can be combined the yer.
important agencies Of fresh air ant
sunshine. No better example of wha
training knd resolute purpose can Il
toward hardening the body can b
fcund than in the history of Theodor
. Rnoseyelt. His advice to the Ameri
. can boy is as applicable to the Ameri
c,n man. "He must work hard an
NAV hard. He must be clean-m.nde'
cIoan-liyed. In life as Il
. : football game the principle to follo'
ia. Hit the line hard; don't foul an
dnn,t shfrk, but hit the line hard.
lIEARN HOW TO LIVE.