_In_ slight colds the bath may be continued, but in the rare case of an extremely violent one, or affection of the throat, the bather, however much against his will, must perforce give it up for a time. [Illustration: Taking the waters.] _Those_ who habituate themselves to the indulgence of the _Soap-bath_ become, as it were, case-hardened, and can seldom be persuaded to forego their daily pleasure, much less to abandon the habit: by its use the body arrives and remains at its highest state of physical vigour; the power of resisting sudden changes of temperature is greatly increased, and liability to colds correspondingly lessened, while there is an almost absolute freedom from danger of infection and epidemic attacks. The _Soap-bath_ is a source of immense and constant physical gratification; food is keenly enjoyed, the muscles get hard and firm, and the skin soft as satin, while vigorous health and feelings of mental and animal enjoyment are produced attainable perhaps by no other means. Existence becomes what it was intended, and what it certainly ought to be—a positive pleasure: the numerous unpleasantnesses and dyspeptic ailments incidental to a low state of bodily health glide into the past, and their very recollection almost disappears. [Illustration] _ADDENDA._ Since going to press the author’s attention has been drawn—not over-courteously perhaps—by certain manufacturers to the sweeping denunciation in this Sketch of the habitual use of scented soaps; but after a careful examination and trial of various kinds, one alone—known as Pears’ transparent soap—may in his opinion be safely indicated as a pure detergent in every way suitable for _Luxurious Bathing_. _Field & Tuer, Y^e Leadenhalle Presse, London, E.C._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Hundreds of clever young men, who are now living at home and doing nothing, might be earning very tolerable incomes by their pens if they only knew how.”—_The Nineteenth Century._ _Journals and Journalism_: With a Guide for Literary Beginners, BY JOHN OLDCASTLE. _Contents_: Literary Amateurs. Introductions to Editors. Returned with thanks. How to begin. Pounds, Shillings and Pence. The Literary Career: I. The Fair Side. II. The Seamy Side. In an Editor’s Chair. A Miscellaneous Chapter. Literary Copyright. Ten Journalistic Commandments. How to Correct Proofs.