ual who is neat in his person is neat in
his morals.--H. W. SHAW.

There are two chief factors in good appearance; cleanliness of body and
comeliness of attire. Usually these go together, neatness of attire
indicating a sanitary care of the person, while outward slovenliness
suggests a carelessness for appearance that probably goes deeper than
the clothes covering the body.

We express ourselves first of all in our bodies. The outer condition
of the body is accepted as the symbol of the inner. If it is unlovely,
or repulsive, through sheer neglect or indifference, we conclude that
the mind corresponds with it. As a rule, the conclusion is a just one.
High ideals and strong, clean, wholesome lives and work are
incompatible with low standards of personal cleanliness. A young man
who neglects his bath will neglect his mind; he will quickly
deteriorate in every way. A young woman who ceases to care for her
appearance in minutest detail will soon cease to please. She will fall
little by little until she degenerates into an ambitionless slattern.

It is not to be wondered at that the Talmud places cleanliness next to
godliness. I should place it nearer still, for I believe that absolute
cleanliness _is_ godliness. Cleanliness or purity of soul and body
raises man to the highest estate. Without this he is nothing but a
brute.

There is a very close connection between a fine, strong, clean physique
and a fine, strong, clean character. A man who allows himself to
become careless in regard to the one will, in spite of himself, fall
away in the other.

But self-interest clamors as loudly as esthetic or moral considerations
for the fulfilment of the laws of cleanliness. Every day we see people
receiving "demerits" for failure to live up to them. I can recall
instances of capable stenographers who forfeited their positions
because they did not keep their finger nails clean. An honest,
intelligent man whom I know lost his place in a large publishing firm
because he was careless about shaving and brushing his teeth. The
other day a lady remarked that she went into a store to buy some
ribbons, but when she saw the salesgirl's hands she changed her mind
and made her purchase elsewhere. "Dainty ribbons," she said, "could
not be handled by such soiled fingers without losing some of their
freshness." Of course, it will not be long until that girl's employer
will discover that she is not advancing his business, and