The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-05

dentist and sensible clothes in our
precious column. Today we wish to
stress the Importance of cleanli-
ness, which is just as essential to
good health as anything else.
Discipline isn't easy when it's
self imposed, but that is what 1t
viii! take to keep you healthy. cour-
ageous and attractive. Stick to a
rigid calendar of cleanliness
an all-over scrub every day OF the
month. a shampoo once week.
meticulous attention to hands and
nails at all times, tooth brushing
at least twice a day. The fact that
you are buster than ever. that you
are taking more courses and per-
haps working outside Of school
hours does not excuse Slovenly
looks or dirt.
Plan in Advance
Planning ahead and having the
right equipment make the doing
easier-good toothbrushes, at least
two so that you can use them al
ternately. pleasant tasting, effic-
lent dentrifice, a complexion brush.
clean waShcloths and towels,
fragrant. free Gathering soaps and
other accessories to make bathing
a pleasure. good hairbrush and
comb, a nail brush and hand lotion
or cream are essentials.
Ration your time if necessary.
Ten minutes is sufficient for that
all-over scrubbing, if that is all the
time you have for it. First. be sure
that all your materials are at hand
to save extra steps in the bath
room. Have fresh undertakings or
mighty in the bathroom. Planning
ahead will save rushing about after
the bath. While water is running
in the tub with bath oil, salts or
bubble bath added to make it more
reStful and skin soothing, tie a rib
bon around your hair to hold little
curls away from the water and re-
lieve yourself Of the worry of
muSsed-up couture. Use cleansing
cream on your face. Thus far the
routine shouldn't take more than
2 minutes-and the tub should be
ready.
NthJ lIlUO Vic JltD anu lOt
minutes more. This means re-
Taxing mind as we'll as body. Think
only of pleasant things. OF the
sorority dance you are looking for
ward to, your soldier boys next
leave, of the sheer JOY Of warm
water and fragrance rising on the
steam. -----------.-- -.-----------------------
The next minutes can be de-
voted to a brisk scrubbing of the
body. with special attention given
to a brush scrub of elbows and that
pump bump" at the back Of the
heeis.. Use a fast-lathering, super
fatted soap that will really cleanse
the skin Of all soil.
Now for a busting
Four whole m inut es are left.
Stepping out of the tub. rubbing
the body dry with towel that's
waiting close at hand to make the
circulation really active and to re-
move flakes Of dry, dead skin, then
spraying all over with cooling, re-
freshing toilet water to make you
feel truly feminine and lovely and
busting on bath powder to help
your underclothes slip on easily
will consume another 2 of them.
That leaves the final for donning
underclotheS, m X / ng certain
stocking seams are straight and
slip straps smooth.
II bed and not date is in the
offing. slip into your mighty and
spend that extra minutes for an
extra-special brus h ing Of your
teeth or cleansing the nails and
working the cuticle cream around
them.
A half hour weekly should be set
aside for a manicure and hand
treatment. an hour or more If you
need 1t for shampooing your hair.
An hour, one or two nights week.
should be given TO washing hose
and lingerie, going over the ward
robe and doing necessary pressing.
Even though your main purpose is
to be in fighting trim you'll want
TO be feminine and attractive. Do
not overlook the little things like
putting understanding sachets
among your clean underclothes or
pinning them to the hangers OF
your favorite blouses and dresses.