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STRENGTH AXT> HEALTH

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water always; it is soothing, it doesn’t shock tlie most scnsitive system, and it, is ex-tremely beneficial.

lu the seareh for bealtli the first thing is to get the stornach right and in good work-ing order; this the athlete does before be euters upon a period of training.

Xext in importance comes the propcr ex-ercise, and afler that is bathing.

It is not intended that this shall be an essay upon the functions of the human system, but it is just as mdl to know at tlie start why bathing is so important, or even wliy it is neeessary. The skin, with its two and one-half million of sweat tnbes or glands, sheathes and proteets the body, not only from beat and cold, but froin i n jury. These tnbes are nothing morę nor less than a eom-plete system of tiny sewer pipes, \rlucli dis-charge many thonsands of graius of waste every day. Fnderneath the skin are many oil glands, which not only kecp the skin from hecomiug dry and harsh, but whicii