G.B.S. AND WASHING.

Evening Star, Issue 14637, 5 August 1911, Page 2

G.B.S. AND WASHING.

At liu* amiuiil meeting <>i the Coal Smob Abatement Society, London, Kir \V. 15. Iticbmond, E.A., alluded to the increase c! sunshine, i-onsequcnt to a great oncm. upon the .srippn-ssion of the smoke nuisance. He epr.br'oi the objections th* society held to' the Act- of Parliament, which prohibit ?d "black" smoke only, and said that the agitation -would be continued, with a view to the deletion of the offending word. In proposing a resolution on the. subject, Mr (>. Bernard Shaw said he had not, really -washed himself, excepting his hands "and face, almost gince the time somebody efte did it for him. It was true he had got into the habit o£ taking a cold dip. but that was not washing. He did it as a stimulant, and he sometimes thought of taking whisky instead. When he fame to London he wa» firuck with the fact that almost everybody wore gluve.= . Where he. came from only a few wore them as a tribute to their superiority. Uut in Loudon he soon found i: necessary to wear gloves. He continued :—"As tor our faces, look at them. There is only one woman here who to my knowledge has washed her face withiu the pact two hours! And now it -wants v.aehing again. The secrets of health and cleanliness are a clean atmosphere and clean clothes. Then you will live as you do in the country, where you never -wash au all, except as a sort cf social ceremony to prove that you are well brought up."