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Show WINNING ESSAY - I IN LOTT CONTEST I Uv Miss Margaret F. Thurmnn. H Tho following ratmy on "Dally llnthlnj and Uodlly Ilra.lt'i," written by M illss Mnrgnrd F, Thurmnn, who declared tho winner In tho contest In tho l.ohl High School. A number r t ccntcotnnts entered and tried for the honors. The yearly contest was Instituted Vy M, S. Lolt, Plumbing and Heat- H !ng establishment for tho purprso of bettering health conditions In Lchl bV H interesting pupils In Booking and writing on t'10 subject. As prizes fpr H excellence In tho writing . cup was presented to tho school by Mr. Lott H upon v hlcli Ir engraved the nnmo of tho winner In tho contest each year. H Itosldcs tho individual winner is presented with 11 pin suitably engraved, ' Miss Thurmun Is to bo congratulated upon her article nnd or on her H victory In tho contest. Her arttclo is produced below: H 'll.Vll.Y HATIIINO AM) IIOI1II.Y HEALTH 1 Tho old saying that "cleanliness Is' next to goodllncss", must havo had Its origin In tho feeling of moral clo- vatlon which generally accompanies FcrupulouB bodily purity. I Dully bathing is nn importnntl means of keeping oneself In perfect 1 bodily health Cleanliness Is Important Import-ant In avoiding Infections, nnd bath-Inn bath-Inn Is necessary for clcnnllnoss. Por-riplrntlon Por-riplrntlon leaves a anlld matorlal on tho sklu which combined with the olt from the oll-glnnds hnd the dirt from tho outBldo tends to clopo up tho pores and dovelop offcnslvo odors. Fur this reason ctdlly bathing Is, necessary from both n health and a social strndpolnt. llnths nro generally divided Into thrco clnsscs, depending upon tho tcmrcratr.re of tho water hot, tepid, and cold. Each is tnlson for a definite , turposc tho hot for relaxation, tho ' tophi for cleanliness and tho cold for tho tonic offoctB. ' Tho hot bath used alone Is not ns n rulo ndtlneable, but undor a doctors direction, It Is used In tho tror.tnicnt ' of certain bodily wcnkncsHcn, This lath alno serves tho purposo of clcnn- llness morb orfcctlvely than do other Lpths, but after It tho bather Is moro susccptlblo to cxpocuro to cojd. Fol- lowing n hot bath tho bather should tako a cold shower tr n coll pHingo; ' 1 OBslhly U10 procedure may bo ro-' ro-' ciimmendcd ns tho most useful ana beneficial form of bathing for tho great majority of people, Tho topld bath u bath of a torn-, perature, from 85 degrees to 98 do-grees do-grees proves n most satisfactory form of bathing, because whllo It cleanios the surface, It'haij least in-tornnl in-tornnl Uodlly effects, producing neither fntlguo nor over stimulation of the heart action as the hot and cold baths sometimes do. Tho cold bnlh Is used mostly for tho tonic effects. It Is n powerful stimulus to tho nervous system, and should bo taken when tho skin Is warm. Upon rising in tho morning Immediately after muscular exorcise, nnd following a hot bath, It l most beneficial and least likely to produco bad after effects. Dangers from tho cold bath arise through tho shock to I tho nervous system and tho loss of heat from the body. Tho bather may ivloil theso by using water whoso lompcraturo Is not too low und by r1! limiting tho time spent In tho bath, " To stay In u cold bath longer than ono mlnuto is undesirable, savo In a very fow exceptional cases; thirty B Rcconds Is tho usual tlmo while with H Homo peoplo ten seconds should be the mnxlmum. A brisk rubbing with H a cparse towel should always follow H the cold bath. People past middle H age are ns a rulo not benefited by B tho cold bath; and thoso In delicate H hoalth, especially If Inclined toward, B rhvumatlsm, are likely In b; affected B Injuriously by It. H Tho idea of daily bathing is a grow- j Ing ono. Thlrf Is largely duo to the modern conveniences wo huvo com- H pared with thoso of the people of fifty H yours ago. Formerly it was ncces- H sary for tho bnther to go to tho well H and pump tho water, then curry It to 'H the houso nnd' heal it on tho top of n B cook stovo In kettles or palls. The H family wnsh-tub "as then brought Into uso nnd because of Its sm'ullneHS B tho bather had1 some difficulty In bathing his whole body at once. Then too In tho small liouRca there was Rome difficulty In securing tho prtv- ncy needed for bathing, Now, n the modern times thoro 'arc unnumbered advantages that as- ,H 'sIrI tho person In dally bathing. In B many homes now, tho wntcr Is piped Into the houso v.hlcli It, supplied with H stuttonan tubs with both hot and cold wi.tcr. ' In the larger homes there Is oftentimes tho covenlenco H of tho showers. Ono can easily sec H that under such conditions dally hr.thlng becomes much more h matter H of habit. Tlio idea of dally bathlBg H is oxtendod by school egulpinent In H our modern up-to-date -schools, show- fl er havo teen supplied so that the H students coming from the gymnasium, floor after taking rigorous exercises, H fins the pleasure of taking' u cold N p H shower no ns to prevent chilling of H tho body If exposed to tho cold. Ho- . cause of the wide-spread knuwlerigu IH of tho close relation which exists be- H twoon dally bathing and bodily f H health, our largo cities have been sup- 'H piled with swimming pool. Theso H not only ralso the health standard H but afford amusement aa well. H The world is coming more ami H moro to rocognlxo this close con- H nectlon lAitwvon dally bathing and H 'bodily hoalth, An has been stated, H tho Individual bather must of course M determine the kind of bath most M Ibenoflclnl 'to ono of his health and M vitality. If a deflnlto systeii) Is work- 1 ,ed out with tho proper kind of bath, H dally bathing will go far towards rals- 1 Ing tho gonoral health of each In- H dividual and will thus bring the hoajth vstandard of the community to a higher point. M |