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Show Land of Perfumes Backward When It Comes to Bathing Hy 1 alvrvwal rvW. PA It IS. Feb. i. For aWter, 8oap ami I'ountry'" This t t h slogan sdopted by the Tou Tins' Club of France, w hich has initiated a nationwide cruenl against personal uniieanllncss. France, the world s fashion center and home of mi finet and most delicate perfumes, has long been backward in the matter of soap and baths. - oap Is a rare product tn the province, prov-ince, and is hard to obtain even In some of the modern hotels of Parts. Iiatht.ibs are hardly known In the counirv and only the very wealthy have them in Paris The Touring Club of France has begun be-gun an earnest and extensive crusade to Introduce bathtubs and make mors general the use of soap en4 water. Posters snd signs will be put np all over France. An appeal will be made to the people to fight uncleanllneas not only on the ground that It Is detrimental det-rimental to physical wellbelng but to the moral and spiritual welfare of the Individual and of the nation. "Iet us creat. If necessary, a new political party to wage this campairn." declares a member of the touring club. "Iet us can it a Party of Hygiene. lct our cry be: 'For 'Water, Soap and Country |