rest were-jn the-pitrfixing .the Sayilrftnever lenew. jiow easy it
plumbing, or some.tfijpg'j qlrj'r. was 'to climb altree-before. Old
Bear ptfshed put of tjie cage ana1 r. urry' didn't say a word He
calmly walked over'to our camp,' just sniffed around and then the
about a mile away. . way he lit into our berries and
"We were just squatting down cookies was a crime. Well, sir,
to dinner luncheon, I mean e beSa" t0 sniff around and
when that bear stuck .his head then he stood on ms mnd legs at
wnen tnat Dear stuck -nis neaa the QQt of Truepennv's tree and
through the bushes. Truepenny I don't know whether Truepenny
was facing him and saw him first. was scared or not, but I was shiv-
Merrymotfth and I didn't see him ering so my tree trembled dpwn
right .away, but we saw True- to its roots,
penny and, say! his face looked N
like a picture in a funny paper. . What happened next? You'll
Then he yelled, and in about ten find out tomorrow if you come to
seconds'each of us was up a tree, the Story Club.
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BATHE OR 'BEWARE OR YOUR MANY INVISIBLE
' ' ENEMIES
An Important Article by Dr. Leonard Keene Hirshberg
- B. A. M. D.
. ,
The'hygenic purpose of a bath,
is cleanliness. Incidentally a bath
may be tonic, sedative, refreshing
or therapeutic: For a healthy
person, cleanliness is its real ob
jective. An important problem of mod
ern hygiene is tb remove the im
pression -that seemingly clean
skin'is after airhygienically clean
skin. Ashes, mud, dust, cinders,
coal, paint, varnish and garden
soil1 ire-of ten dirt in a sanitary
sense.
Even the nursing infant would
go unharmed from sterilized
filth. But this offensive tell-tale
smut when under the finger-nails,
and on one's linens, is the red
light oHnformation. It indicates
that a. deadly and invisible foe
flourishes there
There are many bedizened
denizens of the fashionable world
whose shiny hands , nlanicured
nails, enameled cheeks and scent
ed skins, gloss over, but) do 'not
destroy the deadly disease germ
buried in the riot of cosmetics.
Normal individuals bathe regu
larly every morning. This is as
it should be. During the rest of
the day these 'same persons as
sume that thevabsence of the vis
ible signs of dust and filth is ex
cuse enough to neglect a 'hand-and-face
bath. Just as many seem
to think that washing one's
hands beyond the point of seem
ing cleanliness, is a waste of time,
soap and water.
'Observe the solvenly habits of
some women in the kitchen, and
ponder over their actions of seiz-