Bellefonte, Pa, May 25, 1923.
WHOA!
Isn't it funny,
But everybody knows,
The better the shape,
The fewer the clothes.
The prettier the face,
The more the rouge.
The cheaper the price,
The worse the booze.
The lower the lights,
The greater the fun,
The faster the cops chase,
The harder you rum.
The more you study,
The less you know.
This verse is punk
So let's say “whoa.”
—New York Medley.
THE GOSPEL OF DIRT, CLEANLI-
NESS AND GODLINESS.
By L. A. Miller.
For ages past certain teachers and
preachers have been trying to fix in
the public mind the notion that clean-
liness ranks next to Godliness. How-
ever, for some reason or other, it does
not take well, although taught in the
schools and preached from the pulpit.
It would seem at first glance that no
one could object to it or ever doubt
the truth of the declaration.
Why then, is it not more generally
accepted? Why is more than half the
populace unwashed; and why does the
aphorism not appear among the moth-
ers who decorate the walls of bed-
rooms and bathrooms? Can it be that
it is so at variance with our natural
instinct that it will not blend with our
lives? Some people are cranks on the
subject of bathing. They harp on
their favorite motto and follow the
practice it suggests as though they
did not care to, or never expected to
get any nearer a state of godliness or
cleanliness. They appear to be per-
fectly satisfied with being next to it.
Many of them strive so diligently to
achieve perfection inthe first state,
they soon have need for the second.
As the first does not lead to, and is in
no way connected with the second,
they are as far from it as if they had
never seen a bath-tub. Sticklers for
cleanliness are just as liable to be un-
godly as not. Take the dudes, dan-
dies, mashers, gamblers and exquis-
ites generally. They have bath-tub on
the brain, and are constantly scrub-
bing their poor bodies. They wash
because they sweat, and sweat because
they have washed. In winter they
wash because they do not sweat, and
do not sweat because they wash. In
either case they have made a mistake.
A person may be unclean without
being filthy, yet it is doubtful if even
excessive dirtiness is more harmful
than excessive cleanliness. In one
case the pores of the skin are closed
by dirt and in the other they are gap-
ing open from the relaxing influence
of soap and water. While the closed
pores may perevent the escape of
noxious matter from the system, the
open pores allow the winds to blow al-
most directly upon the vitals. Of the
two the latter is the more detrimental
to health.
When physicians wish to instill a
poison through the skin they first
wash the part thoroughly with soap
and water in order to remove the con-
tents of the pores, and to so relax
them that they cannot shut their mouth
against it. After the application is
made the part is covered with wet
cloths, or oiled silks, for the purpose
of keeping out the natural stimulus of
the skin. Thus the poison is given
every advantage, and it would be sin-
gular indeed if it did not find its way
into the circulation.
All physicians agree that it is not
good policy to expose the body to cur-
rents of cold air immediately after a
bath, or to the air at all. Why? The
pores are empty and open, exposing
the nerve filaments to almost the di-
rect action of the oxygen in the air.
When the nerve in a tooth is exposed
to the air it makes itself felt, as al-
most every person can testify. This
is precisely similar to what happens
when the nerve filaments of the skin
are exposed through the pores, and
they frequently make themselves felt
in the shape of prickly heat, itching
and even neuralgia and muscular
rheumatism, in subjects with a ten-
dency to these diseases.
A person who perspires so freely
as to cleanse the pores of their con-
tents will find more certain protection
from heat by applying oil of tallow
on the skin instead of washing in cold
water to cool off the burning.
Thousands of babies are annually
washed into their graves. The tender,
delicate-skinned little things are
scoured and scrubbed night and morn-
ing, from the crowns of their pulpy
heads to the pink soles of their feet.
Fancy soaps are used, and they are
generally the worst kind, as they con-
tain much besides the elements of pure
soap. The little one is thus exposed
to attacks from all sides. A breath of
fresh air sets it to sneezing or starts
the rash out on it. Having been rob-
bed of the protection provided by na-
ture for its delicate nerves, it becomes
hypersensative, restless and cross,
frets and fumes, does not nourish well,
gets sick and dies. The nurse says
she knew its eyes were too bright, or
it played too much with its toes, or it
crowed too soon, while the parents
console themselves with the words of
the preacher: “The Lord giveth and
the Lord taketh away,” or publish
their sorrow to the world in the famil-
iar lines:
“Dearest Marion thou hast left us
And thy loss we deeply feel,” etc. etc.
Too much bathing did the mischief.
Invalids are frequently kept weak
and debilitated from too much bath-
ing. Because the skin gets dry many
persons, and not a few of them doc-
tors, too, think water is demanded.
The chances are the dryness is the re-
sult of too much water. Friction, or
something that will cause increased
secretion of the natural lubricants is
what is needed. There are times when
the sick need bathing, but it should
only be done by direction of the phy-
sician.
Children should be washed when
there is dirt on them but not bathed
twice a day nor once a day. See the
dirty little chubs who are not washed
more than once a week nor once a
month, if you please. If dirt were
poison they certainly would die, but
being hardier, as_a rule, than scru-
pulously clean children, the inference
is that dirt is not such an ungodly
thing after all. Almost all forms of
disease are due to dead, and, there-
fore, deleterious matter in the system.
This is especially true in all diseases
dependent upon vitiated blood. These
are cured more rapidly and effectually
at hot springs than any where else.
There the main treatment is the inter-
nal bath. The patient drinks any-
where from one to two gallons. of wa-
ter a day, as hot as he can drink it;
the water is rapidly absolved, passes
into the lymphatics and the blood dis-
solves the deleterious matter and car-
ries it out through the emunctories,
especially the skin. In carrying mat-
ter from the inside out, the pores are
acting naturally and no bad results
follow.
Persons rarely experience any bad
effects from going into the cold while
in a state of perspiration, caused by a
drink of hot water, or any other li-
quid.
FARM NOTES.
,—Oats is a cool weather plant and
the earlier they can be planted the
better, just so freezing can be avoid-
ed. Late oats often reaches maturity
during a hot, dry spell which promotes
destruction by rot. :
—Spring house cleaning methods
can be applied to the hog farm by giv-
ing your pigs a good oiling for lice
and dosing them for worms. Where
practicable, move the hog houses and
plow up the hog lots for summer for-
age.
— One of the chief causes of diffi-
cult churning on the farm is churning
at too low a temperature. Other caus-
es are having the churn too full, un-
ripened cream, cows on dry feed and
cows in the advanced stage of lacta-
tion.
—The conversion of corn into lard
by means of the hog is one of the ma-
jor industries of the country. The
67,050,745 hogs slaughtered in 1922
yielded over 9,000,000,000 pounds of
meat and a little over 2,000,000,000
pounds of lard.
—Do not delay the ordering of re-
pair parts for farm machinery to be
used during the summer. Look over
the corn planter, potato planter, fer-
tilizer distributor, grain drill and oth-
er articles where delay in receiving
repair parts will cause loss of valua-
ble time at the last minute.
—Hundreds of dollars in extra re-
turns have been secured by farmers
and market gardeners who use con-
trol methods against losses from the
cabbage root maggot. The control is
very simple. Many use the little tar-
paper disks which are placed about the
young plant when it is placed in the
field. The county agent can advise
where these disks are secured. Corro-
sive sublimate, one part to 1000, is
also a good control measure. Pour
half a cup of the diluted mixture
about each plant within five days after
setting and again in ten days.
—The April crop report indicates
that this year’s yield of winter wheat
will be the smallest since 1918. This
is due in part to reduced acreage and
in part to lower condition, which av-
eraged April 1, 76.2 per cent. of nor-
mal. Later crop reports are likely to
reveal a substantial decrease in the
area seeded to spring wheat. Condi-
tions have not favored preparation
for seeding, either in this country or
in Canada, and a large area cannot be
expected. With a lessening in produc-
tion on this continent in prospect the
price of the 1923 crop should be bet-
ter than that of the 1922 crop, since
heavy.
—At the first call of spring the
mere mention of rhubarb renews for
most of us the old hankering for rhu-
barb sauce and pies—good things that
are to be found on any farmer’s table
in season.
The Bureau of Plant Industry of the
State Department of Agriculture tells
us that rhubarb grows best from roots
divided from the parent stalk. One
old root will furnish ten to fifteen
piece-roots. These piece-roots are
planted preferably in the autumn and
should be kept well covered and
mulched during the winter.
Six to eight plants will be sufficient
for the average family.
Manure heavily and the plants will
respond wonderfully. Set plants
about four feet apart each way.
Combining a delicious acid flavor
with certain medicinal properties, rhu-
barb is especially valuable to diabetic
sufferers.
Plants will yield for many years if
properly cared for and not permitted
to go to seed. However, replanting
every six to eight years is desirable.
The Victoria variety is one of the
best of those that are recommended
for their high yield and quality.
—The fourth annual program for
young farmers will be conducted at
State College, beginning Monday, June
11, and culminating in the farmers’
field day, to be held Thursday, June
14. The aim of this program is to
bring together a large group of young
farmers from all parts of Pennsylva-
nia whose chief interest lies in becom-
ing more efficient in farming. The
program will include instruction in ag-
riculture, give the boys and girls an
opportunity to become acquainted
with noted speakers, and at the same
time give them a pleasant social time
together. All the young farmers of
the State interested in their profession
are invited to attend. However, be-
cause of the limited space, if any limit
is necessary, preference will be given
to members of boys’ and girs’ clubs,
to winners of judging contests and to
students in vocational agricultural
schools or departments. All boys and
girl desiring to make this trip should
get in touch with the county or an ag-
ricultural instructor in their commu-
nity. Girls are required to be accom-
panied by their mother or some other
adult relative. This must be mention-
ed in making an application. It is
during this week that the various suc-
cessful judging teams in the different
counties come together and match
their wits in the competition for the
| champion state judging team in dai-
the stocks to be carried over are not ;
rying, in general live stock, in swine
judging, in poultry judging and in
toes. At this time the state judging
teams are selected to compete against
other State teams in the national boys’
and girls’ judging contest held at var-
ious places in the country.
Early Pasture Not Enough for Dai-
ry Cows.
Early pasture season is, as a rule, a
rather hard season on the dairy cows.
Grass at this time is very tender and
succulent but largely water. It does
stimulate milk production but does not
furnish enough protein, energy and
dry matter to supply the nutrients for
this increased production. As a result
the cow must call on her own reserve
to make up this deficiency. This re-
crop judging including corn and pota- |
sults in a lower production during the
latter part of the lactation period.
Rations that have proved econom-
ical this past winter will prove satis-
factory to supplement pasture for the
first month or six weeks. A grain ra-
‘tion made up of equal parts of corn
‘and cobmeal, oats, wheat bran, gluten
feed and cottonseed meal, will prove
‘to be an economical ration and give
1 good results.
{| Grain should be fed at the rate of
‘one pound of the mixture to each
{three or four pounds of milk produc-
ed, to begin with, and gradually re-
| duced as the grass becomes more
{abundant and mature. After the cows
have been out on the pasture several
weeks or a month, good results can be
expected by feeding some hay and one
pound of the grain mixture for each
six to seven pounds of milk per day.
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