THE MIRROR How To Enjoy Your Shower The Value of Frequent Bathing. Many Splendid Arguments. The ~ Why and How of the Shower. Ex- Plaining the Heaith-Building Ad- vantages of the Shower Bathing Habit, The civilization and culture of a country, says F. Harlow, in 'Physical Culture Magazine, may be judged to a considerable degree by the amount of bathing its inhabitants do. And not only are civilization and culture advanced by water externally applied to the human machine, but also health, efficiency, courage, morality and a number of other virtues. When the Russo-Japanese war began, it was a foregone conclusion who would win: Japan, whose people, although under- sized from overcrowding, yet have made a fad of bathing for centuries, rather than Russia, where, as one of her own savants, Professor Peterson of Petrograd, once stated before a sociological gathering, the average, citizen gets only three baths in his entire career--one just after he is born, one just before he is married, and one just after he dies. They don't happen often enough to form a habit, you see. The truth has been thoroughly es- tablished here in America that the human frame is the better for being washed once a day. The next ques- tions are, what is the best method of applying the water, and should it be hot or cold? For ages mankind knew of no better method than to get right down and wallow in the purifying ele- ment; but a century or so ago certain sybarites discovered that a delightful sensation could be experienced by suspending a pivoted bucket in air with a cord attacked to one side of it, and then pulling the cord oneself or having a servant do it, so that the water sloshed down over one's head and person. The idea was looked upon as rather freakish, but even at that it might have become more popular had it not mesSed up one's bathroom so frightfully. The only place where it could decently be done was out-of- doors. The first real shower-bath, where water was automatically sprayed upon the body, was erected by Dr. Duval, a French military physician, in a bar- rack at Marseilles in 1857. Shower bathing (or rain-bathing, as it used to be called) did not become generally known until within the last 30 years. Today, in public and industrial bath houses, in many hotel rooms and other places it has completely displaced the tub. industrial concerns for their employ- ees, is the same reason why you should prefer to use it in a well-kept hotel or social club or even in 2 friend's home or in your own home; namely, that it is the most cleanly, in fact, the only absolutely sanitary method of bathing. When you use 4 tub in the best of hotels or clubs you do not know what disease the last per- son who used the tub may have had; nor can you be certain that servants have thoroughly scalded and disinfect- ed the tub since that occasion. Even supposing your predecessor was in perfect health--you refuse to use a public comb or toothbrush: why should you uSe a public tub if you can avoid it? And even in your own home tub, after the first minute or so of scrub- bing, the water is more or less dirty, soapy and filled with excreta which have been washed off your skin; whereas, when you stand under a shower, every drop of water that strikes you is absolutely fresh and clean; it rolls over your body just once, accumulates its share of draff and is whisked away forever. There can be no cleaner method of bathing. Furthermore, as Dr. Simon Baruch remarks, "The shower provokes ther- mic and mechanical stimulation of the nerves, blood vessels and muscles, which produces refreshment far ex- ceeding tub baths." A shower bath is a cheaper article to put into a building than a tub and takes up much less room; it also re- quires less care, as it helps to clean itself. If you want both kinds, the shower may be erected over. the tub, as is so often done. When you are travelling take a "hand spray" with you. They are comparatively inex- pensive and make you independent of those hotels and boarding houses which do not have showers. AS a matter of fact, the hand spray has one advantage over the built-in shower in that you can apply the water to any portion of the body desired, and do not have to wear a rubber cap on your head if you don't want to get your hair wet. There has been much talk first and last as to the temperature of the wat- er that should be used in the bath. This depends to a certain extent upon - the person who is taking the bath, and the occasion upon which it is taken. It is the generally accepted' practice nowadays to take a bath upon rising in the morning; and it is con- ceded that for the morning bath some- thing in the nature of a stimulant is desirable. During the latter part of the night the blood flows more and more Gluggishly, and one gets up feeling more or less dull and disin- clined to exert oneself. A stimulating bath is quite as important as morning exercises in quickening the circula- tion of the blood and speeding up the bodily machinery. For this purpose a cold bath or a_ very hot bath is necesSary, A tepid or warm bath has no punch at all, but on the contrary, warm water (92 to 98, about the same as body heat) is enervating and leaves you more sluggish than before. By cold water I mean water at a temperature of 40 to 65. I doubt if any of you ever get water out of your pipes as cold as 40, unless there hap- pens to be a stretch of pipe in your vicinity lying pretty close to the sur- face, so that surface cold can affect it in winter. If the pipes are buried deeply enough the water will seldom go below 50, and that is cold enough to give as much of a thrill as most of you could desire. "Hot water" is taken to mean water at from 110 to 115. The Japanese bathe in water 120 to 130, but anyone but a Jap would think he was being boiled alive at such temperatures. There is no denying the fact that there is a certain kick to one of these hot baths, if it is not prolonged be- yond two minutes. Some people get almost or quite as much stimulation from them as from cold water, I, for one, do not; it takes the sting of cold water to put real ginger into the bath. Mr. C. H. Walker Organist and Choir Leader St. John's United Church Teacher of Voice Culture Piano, Piano Theory, Pipe Organ Classes Begin Sept. 1 For Appointment Phone 2092F & 2 & ~ The only advantage we see in being two-faced is that you can lather one BIG SHOE PURCHASE 600 pairs of Pumps and Oxfords, snappy styles-- patent, tan, satin -- all the newest two-tone fancy pattercns-- These shoes areregular $5.00 and $6.00 values. Many cus- tomers are buying two and three pairs at a time. PAFF'S Shoe Store 43 Downie St. ---- Old Stairs Covered Refinishing Otd Floors | French Doors and every kind of Wood : Repairing. 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