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Show Lord Nelson and Soap. "As occasional squalor Is tho worst evil of poverty and labor, so cleanliness cleanli-ness should bo considered tho greatest blessing of luxury and ease," argued Mr. Frank Prlndlo In expatiating on tho moral force of his own business, which is tho importation of soap. "However," ho continued, "thoso In tho scats of tho mighty aro not altogether alto-gether without reproach on this subject. sub-ject. It Is a weU,authontIcated fact, If not gonerally known that tho celebrated celebrat-ed Lord Nelson had not washed his nanos during tho last eight years of his life, and Napoleon shunned a bath as though ho was a cat. "A clergyman onco told mo that ho bollcved tho expression 'cleanliness Is next to godliness' referred to moral cleanliness and that tho fashlonablo dally morning bath was of littlo con-soquonco con-soquonco to health or habits. Wo should, ho said, polish our manners as well as our teeth, malco our tempor as sweet as our breath, and cut off our peccadilloes as well as our nntls." |