Evening star., 1922-03-05

It's not their fault if most people,
particularly women, are not hard
boiled" The law of dual effect is all
that prevents it. for the process which
creates a real hard boiled egg" has
just the opposite effect upon the hu-
man family-it produces tender
foot"
The daily or frequent boiling proc
ess to which many people subject
their bodies in the form Of hot or
warm baths constitutes one of our
most luxurious and harmful habits.
1t is q typical American luxury. and,
like so many Of or luxuries that go
hand in hand with the advance of
what we please to call civilization, is
fast sapping our vitality and lowering
our general stamina.
Don't Be a "Tenderfoot.,
Don't do a thing just because it is
the easiest way-because the alterna-
tive is hard. If we continue to avoid
those things in life that seem hard
tainly are doing our utmost to become
a "tenderfoot." The spineless person,
or half-witted individual, usually
takes the easiest way, because it re-
quires will power and backbone to do
otherwise. Any one can slip into a
easiest thing in the world. and for
the moment one of the most COM
Portable. To do SO requires no will
power whatever; in fact, there seems
to be a kind of insidious influence
that draws us toward hot or warm
water. Therefore il must not be good
for us. else it would not be SO inv1t-
ing. SO comfortable, SO easy. To the
real man or woman the work or game
which is easy and requires little phys
ical stamina and will power there
is no appeal. In business, college.
We should not be satisfied with that
which Is easy of accomplishment.
Yet. when it comes to that all-im-
portant and regular habit OF bathing
the body the average person becomes
a weakling, a tenderfoot in avoiding
bathing that not only requires no Will
power or backbone. but that which
actually diminishes the one and weak
ems the other. II you have purpose
in life don't be "tenderfoot."
Inside or Outsider
Is It more vital to keep clean and
wholesome the inside or outside of
they fulfill every body requirement
and maintain their self-respect, such
as it is. II they keep apparently clean
the outer covering-just the skin.
CAT times We are quite conscious OF
the fact that some people do not even
and scrub with hot water. soap and a
heavy hand; put on clean, costly
clothes and strut to work. to the
theater or elsewhere, under the great
delusion that they are clean. They
are not clean, except on the surface
of the skin, and even that is stag
nant. The majority of people are not
clean within. for the reason that the
blood. organs and cellular structure
Of the entire body are more or less
clogged with waste material. morbid
matter and body poisons-the accumu-
lations of years. resulting from wrong
feeding. physical etagnation. hot
water bathing. faulty elimination and
general wrong living and thinking
Blissfully unconscious of this state
Of the inner man, they feel they have
satisfied themselves. their friends and
the health department by scrubbing
the label on the bottle. while leaving
it's contents to waste and decay. The
conditions within many human bodies
are similar to those found in the
home-all that is visible and which
the public may see is clean and or
derly, but the kitchen. pantry. closets
and cellar would not bear inspection.
Keep clean within. through right liv-
ing and thinking. and less effort will
be required on the surface.
The Skins Big Job.
The pores of the skin have a really
big job. They are expected TO elimi-
nate about one-fourth OF the entire
waste and poisons from the whole
cellular structure of the body-the
result of combustion in the tissues for
the production Of heat and energy and
the general workings Of the human
machine. The kidneys, lungs. tonsils.
adenoids and mucous membranes Of
lno Nd
remainder, the kidneys taking care
of the larger part. 1t is a well known
fact that when the pores are. entirely
closed with paint. tar. or other sub
stance death soon follows. The pores
must breathe. vibrate and work Wig
orously if the body IS to be in health.
1t was intended by nature that the
body should be exposed to sun and air
and water of natural temperature.
but civilization has clothed us SO
thoroughly that sun and a.; seldom
touch the body directly-only little
, filtering through our heavy clothing
when we happen to be in the omen,
which is not often. With the MA
jority Of people only heated water
touches the body. to drain it of its
consequently limited store of vitality.
Therefore. with sun. air and water
of natural temperature denied the
body. these positive and life giving
forces are shut out. with the result
that the pores become stagnant.
atrophied and function to very lin
tied extent. This failure of the pores
to completely perform their function
breaks up the team work of the organs
and forces the kidneys, lungs. tonsls,
etc, to an unsuccessful effort to elimi-
nate poisors and waste which they were
not built to handle. This creates dis
ease not only of these organs. but
lays the entire body open to attack.
Therefore, with the kidneys. lungs
and tonsils. as well as the mucous
membranes of head and throat. over
worked. congestion follows in proper
ton to the stoppage of the function
ing of the pores
Hot Baths Cause Of Disease.
Under the great law of dual effect.
or Of action and reaction. which un-
derlies the whole of creation-the ebb
and flow of life. the swaying to and
fro of positive and negative forces
there are two effects: First, a tenn
porary effect. which is but momen-
tary; then reaction sets in. and there
is a directly opposite but permanent
and lasting effect. This law is eX-
pressed very definitely in the effect
Of hot, warm or tepid water upon the
body. While apparently beneficial IN
its first and momentary effects, IT pro
duces, as reaction sets in. directly
opposite but permanent and harmful
result in a negative way. Weaken
ing reaction sets in soon after one
leaves a hot bath: circulation becomes
stagnant; the pores are left open.
which permits the chilling of the
blood and congestion throughout the
capillary system: the pores are not
pulsating or working: vitality is at
a low ebb. while heart, lungs and
vital organs generally are loafing on