MUCH LIME IN THE WATER.
Cold Weather Is Responsible for Its
Unusual Hardness.
"Just natural conditions of the river," is the explanation given by the city chemist department for the hardness of the water from the Missouri. "It is lime that makes the water hard, the natural lime rock in the stream. Every time the weather gets cold the water becomes affected. The lime congeals with the water in greater proportions, and it is not as easily dissolved as in warmer weather. So long as the cold spell lasts so long with the water be hard."
Complaints of chapped hands and faces are general. People are blaming it to the hardness of the water.
"Every time I wash in Missouri river water my hands and face feel like nutmeg graters," complained a woman yesterday.
"Did it ever occur to that woman that probably she did not thoroughly dry her face and hands after washing, and that the chap is due to exposure to the cold and winds?" is the retort from the city chemist. "She should apply a lotion of glycerin and rose water after washing. It is a sure preventive for chapped hands and face."
