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Show WINNING ESSAY IN ; - I LOTT CONTEST H By 'Alias Margarot F. Tliurman. B The following csBay on "Daily bathing and Bodily Health," written by HS Mlfls Mnrgaret F. Thunnan, was declared tho winner In the contest In tho H Lehl High School. A number of contestants ontored nnd trlod for tho honors. j Tho yearly contest was instituted by tho M. S. Lott, Plumbing and Heat- B Ing establishment for tho purpose of bettering health conditions In Lohi by H Intoretslng pupils in seeking and writing on thf subject. As prizes for H oxcellonco In tho writing a cup wbb presented to- tho school by Mr. Lott upon H which is engraved tho namo of thd winner In the contest each year. Besides H tho individual winnor is presented with a pin suitably engraved. K Miss Thurman is to bo congratulated upon her articlo and Upon her H victory In tho contost. Her articlo is produced below: H DAILY BATHING AND M BODILY HEALTH m The old saying that "cleanliness is B noxt to godliness," must have had Its m origin in tho fooling of moral elevation H which generally accompanies scrupu- B lous bodily purity. BBJ Daily bathing is an important means PPJ of keoping oneself In perfoct bodily PPJ health. Cloanltnoss is Important In BS avoiding Infections, and bathing Is PPJ ndceBsary for clcanllnoss, Porsplr- PPJ atlon leaves a solid material on tho H skin which combined with tho oil from PPJ tho oil-glands and tho dirt from tho PPJ outside tends to closo up the pores PPJ and develop offcnslvo odors. For this PPj roasou daily bathing is nccossary PPj from both a health and n social S standpoint. B Hatha aro generally dlvldod Into PPJ threo classos, dopondiug upou tho PPJ temporatura of the water hot, tepid, PPJ and cold, Each is taken tor a definite PPJ purpose tho hot for relaxation, tho PH tepid fof cleanllnosB and tho cold for PPJ tho tonic offocts. PPJ Tho hot bath used atono is not as PH n rulo advisable, but undor a doctors PPJ direction, it Is tiaod in tho treatment PPJ of certain bodily weaknesses. This PH bath also servos tho purpose of clean- PH llneas moro effectively than do other PH baths, but after it tho bather Is moro PH suscoptlble to exposure to cold. Fol- PH lowing a hot bath tho bathor should PH tako a cold shpwer or a cold plunge; PH posHlbly tho proceduro may bo rocom- PH monded as tho most useful and bonoflclal form 'of tiathlng for tho groat majority of pobplo. Tho topid bath a bath of a torn-pornturo torn-pornturo from 8G degrees to 98 do-grces do-grces proves a most satisfactory form of bathing, because whilo It cloansos tho surtaco, It lias least Internal In-ternal bodily effects, proJudng neither fattguo nor ovor stimulation of tho heart action ns tho hot and cold baths sometlmos dp. Tho cold bath Is used mostly for tho tonic offocts. It is a powerful stimulus to tho norvous systom.innd should bo taken whon tho skin Is warm. Upon rising in the morning Immediately after muscular exorcise, and following a hot bath, It is most bonoflclal and least Hkoly to produce bad after effects. Dangors from tho cold bath arlso through tho shock to tho norvous system and tho loss of heat from tho body. " Tho bathor mny avoid those by using water whoso tomporaturo Is not too low and by limiting tho tlmo spont in tho bath. To stay in a cold bath longor than ono mlnuto is undoslrablo, uavoIn a vory few exceptional cartos; thirty soconds is tho usual tlmo, whilo wltli some pcoplo (on seconds should bo tho maximum. A brisk rubing with a coarsa 'towel should always follow tho cold bath. Peoplo past 'middle ago aro as a rulo not benefited by tho cold, bath; and thoso In dolicata hoalth, especially If incllnod toward rhoumatlsm, aro Hkoly to bo affected Injuriously by IL Tho idea of dally bathing is a grow- lug one. This Is largely duo to tho modorn conveniences we have compared com-pared with those of the people of fifty yenrs ago. Formerly It was necos-sary necos-sary for tho bnthor to go to the well and pump tho water, then carry it to tlio houso and heat it on tho top of n Cook stovo in kolttcs or palls. Tho family wash-tub was then brought Into use apd because of Its amallncss the batbor had Bomo dlinculty In bathing bath-ing his whole body at onco. Then too In thdsmnll houses thoro was some difficulty In' securing the privacy needed for" bathing. Now, in tho modern times thoro aro unnumbered advantages that assist as-sist tho person in dally bathing, ' In ninny homes now, tho water 1b piped Into tho house which Is supplied with stationary tubs with both hot and cold wutor. In tho larger homes thoro Is oftentimes tho convenience of tho showors. Ono enn easily seo that under such conditions, dally bathing bath-ing becomos much moro a matter of habit. The idea of dally bathing is extended by school -equipment. In our modem up-todnto schools, showers show-ers havo boon supplied so that the student coming from tho gymnasium lloor after taking vigorous exorclso, lias tho pleasure of taking a cold showor bo as to prevent chilling' of tho body If exposed to the cold. Be-causo Be-causo of tho wide-spread knowledge of the closo relation which oxlsta bo-tween bo-tween dally bathing and bodily health, our largo, cities havo been suppliod with swlnfmlng pools. Thoso not only rulso tho health standard but afford amusement as woll, Tho world, Is coming moro and m'oro to rocognlzo this closo connection con-nection between dally bathing and bodily hoalth. As has boon stnted, tho Individual bather must or course determine the-' kind of bath most beneficial to ono of his health nnd. vitality. If a dodnlto systom is work-ed work-ed out with the propor kind of bath, dally bathing will go far toward raising rais-ing tho ganoml hoalth of oach individual in-dividual and will thuB bring tho hoalth standard of tho community to a hlghor point. |