The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-20
TuE cIEANIINEss OBsEssION

l when an idea more or less dominates a per
 sons actions yet the person knows the iuea +, .s | false or unreasonably exaggerated, we Say tne nerson is obsessed by the idea, or mas an op o
 session. If the person fails to recogh,ze .,s .ne
 falsity of the idea and goes to absurd lenstLs ns
 with it. we call it phobla. Such persons ate
 not necessarily insane but perhaps Tn the DOT
 derland, a bit eccentric If the idea IS unrea- tA
 sonable or unnatural, yet the person lnsis.s | it is true and commits singular deeds unoer tne urge of the idea, that constitutes franK lhsahi'S
 with delusions hallucinations.
 l Now as I see it, everybody is kinda crazy l about cleanliness except myself. Neariy evely hodv considers it necessary to brush his teeth lin order to keep them clean. IT perchance queer bird turns up who seldom or never | brushes his teeth, just about the time get to chattine with him he suddenly goes into a sheer and lets me know he has bath tun' maybe a collection of them and deems 1t de | rigueur for gentlemen, sah, to walo" III tlie | tub at least every Saturday night.
 | If I could conscientiously do so, I'd come | out cleanly for law ordinance prohlpiting the installation of bath tubs except in hospitals
 sanitariums or the homes of helpless lnvanas
 I'd dcker with the national thing associat!on and the exclusive plumbers guild for supsioy i to enable me to promote the more extensase
 use of shower stalls in homes, and statute inhicting a heavy fine on hotels poaroiIs
 houses and tourist camps found maintaining | A common tub. But can't accept such re- tainer. YOU know because I believe it doesn't make a particle of difference whether you nave
 your own private bath or use any old Dath I which is not engaged at the moment' ana nKe-
 wise I believe any old tub receptacle you
 choose or are compelled to bathe in is quite as
 sanitary as the grandest shower ever built. | All body washing is wholly a matter of per-
 sonal comfort and not at all a matter of hy- giene health.
 Hand washing is very different matter. For nation that makes so much noise about
 it's body washing these United States use Tar less soap and water than should be used for the protection of health.
 | Instead of issuing sweet homilies on the joys
 of the morning bawth and exquisite ciealnli- ness our public health authorities should bestlr j themselves to clean up some of the frlghtfully l dirty restaurants, lunch stands and similar | places where food is sold to be consumed on the premises but no proper means of washing the hands are provided for patrons. Graft IS lthe reason why municipalities issue licenses to these places without requiring the installation
 of suitable lavatory facilities
 | The cleanliness obsession strikes in some times and gives the victim the internal bath habit. This make the unhappy wretch resort
 to an enema, injection, bowel wash or colon irrigation daily as means of keeping well, or on occasions as the main treatment of what ever illness befalls. Charlatans who market the impedimenta for internal baths' ,or the service in colon rilling stations assure them that this sort of cleanliness is synonymous with health They call it natures way-though 1t is hard to conceive any interference that is more unnatural