THE USE OF SOAP
Recent paragraphs on baths make ont wonder when and how Englishmen first acquired the reputation for being fond of them, says the "Manchester Guardian." The . English traveller, abroad did not always worry about washing facilities. "The piece of soap you gave me," wrote. Shelley's- friend,-. ,T.„ J. Hogg; in 1825 to Jane Williams* "has lasted very well hitherto, as I oi>ly use soap for my hands; but it begins, to look so thin that I must buy another piece and only use that orice aweek as a cordial."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 20
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92THE USE OF SOAP Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 20
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