3-077-631 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Sunlight Soap, 1890. 'WHY DOES A woman's health so often break down at an early age? Put a man at a washing-tub; let him get heated with the hot suds until every pore is opened; then let him stand over the filthy steam that comes from scalding and boiling clothes, and his health certainly would break down before long. And yet this terrible ordeal is exactly what A WOMAN has to go through on washing days; and besides, while overheated at the hot work, she has to risk her life by going out into the open air to hang up the clothes. These facts...readily explain why so many women LOOK OLD While yet young in years; and Physicians and Boards of Health cannot draw attention too strongly to the injurious effects of the usual way of washing, with its necessary steam, and scalding or boiling...SUNLIGHT SOAP...makes the White Pieces Whiter, Coloured Pieces Brighter, and Flannels Softer...GUARANTEE. The wonderful lathering and cleansing properties of SUNLIGHT SOAP are solely due to the purity and excellence of the materials...ALL DEALERS ARE AUTHORISED TO RETURN PURCHASE - MONEY TO ANYONE FINDING CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT. £1000 will be paid to anyone finding SUNLIGHT SOAP adulterated or to contain any injurious Chemicals'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.