Show I VV V V VV V V VV V 1 THE GIRL G IRL YOU Y O U W t J I L J i c KATHERINE Wit B BY t N E i l t r s OME E q Ct t l H i S r B J T I LIKE LIK E TO BE SE v L J 3 MORTON M ORrO N f f BAT BATHING 11 J t L M IN G t I OUt in California a arich rich spinster has bas built bulIt herself h a house In the middle of the house Is I a large apartment designed for bathing purposes It is a sumptuous ous oils bathroom and the th house is built around it just as Swiss cheese chees is built bunt around a hole in the middle This Cal spinster is a crank in the mat V ter of cleanliness and the walls of her V bathroom are hung about with clean Ing scrubbing and bathing instruments Instruments Instruments ments including almost everything that has been invented along this line The place really looks like the show showroom showroom room of department store But to me mc it V is one one of ot the most fascinating I places so particularly attractive are the different kinds of baths which the In These baths con consist consist consist of various ingredients which are put water wlter and change it either Into an aromatic or invigorating bath or what we we just call a plain beauty bath You can can take your choice choi e and out of the largs Jars select the source or emollient which will change chance the wa water iter tel ter into a semblance of sea bath or pure milk V I The milk bath stands in a jar by It Itself itself Itself self It is not made of milk but of ot marshmallow flowers flower pound hyssop hysop herb V pound and an and 1 bran flour t ou V four pounds poun s V VV VAll All AJl these ma V are thoroughly mixed V together and then put Into muslin bags which are ate thrown in the water and diffuse a milky substance e The fhe bag is used to rub the body with and of course Is thrown away after it has been used once one The quantity of materials mat rials given en above should make enough for ten dir dif if ferent baths bat s I a very ver warm day da you rou would not the milk but would prefer a camphorated bath which Is more more thore t cool ing to the skin and more stimulating In its after effects This is made of two ounces ounces of tincture of camphor one ounce ounce of tincture of benzoin and four f ur ounces of cologne Just enough is V used In the water to give grive It a milky look kok l ok None of these baths is intended for of water unless the person has at her hor command a larl enough income to disregard such trifles as expendi V ture Just enough water should be used to make malte the Ingredients sufficient ly diluted to be pleasant Dleasant to the skin hot water wat r V of course brings out both the perfume and the beneficial qualities of the herbs better than the cold water but bU whether one indulges s in hot or cold water bathing rests entire ly upon the individual and the way he or she reacts after cold or heat rhe The hot bath is vastly superior as a acl cleansing cl an agent and both hot and told old stimulate thet circulation of the blood to about the same degree when the temperature is moderate The effect of the cold bath however is to increase the circulation at a greater expense e pense cf ef vital energy Where th there re is a predis predisposition predisposition predisposition position to skin diseases the cold bath increases the tendency to them and usually aggravate any an form of eczema e zerna For all skin troubles a warm bath with the softest f e of or cloths lot s is i advisable v ble In Incase case of very acute eczema light bath ing with antiseptic or oil over the af is preferable to water In the warm bath It is a tonic of itself and one of the simplest and most natural ones Sarah Bernhardt who Is such a phe phenomenal phenomenal phenomenal V woman so far as looks and health go that I have always to come comeback comeback comeback back to her is a n great groat believer in the hot hoc bath as a restorative She has as been accustomed V for f so many years to plunge into a piping hot bath before undergoing i the strain of an evening performance alter after a hard days lays work that she hardly considers it as bIng b ing sufficiently important to mention to her press agent Being a woman past 60 who retains all the vitality of a girl of 25 2 her methods of conserving her I 1 V 4 p ht V Vp p I II I 4 V b bI I ir rz fr rf 4 F FL L A t 4 4 4 c t r I t J 34 r I c 5 I p pp V p i iV V I 4 V VI I 4 d p I V V I I I Iv V V v Y I r 4 p j I i S 4 if i 3 f 4 of 54 4 T 4 E i i I s sp p v i if f Sc i p L s jj 4 r fv t f s S J i lf k s p t PS L V VV 4 54 qs t V q h c I l I tr i 4 k t S cr tl 4 4 1 4 S V 5 S P S 2 r M I I S Sc v c 4 4 5 5 S 5 3 0 f S 5 S S i iI r 0 I f S S S ii 5 f 1 S 5 S 45 SS S VS S SS SS p 1 S Towel Exercise forthe for the Back Encouraging Near Curly Hair S The J strength are worth considering She sh always ys takes tak s two tivo hot bath baths a d y and says they rest resther her more than tho the nap in which she does not indulge except on very ver rare occasions occasion If every saleswoman would just take time enough for a quick warm w rm bath t th be before before before fore dinner she would find fwd a wonderful relief from the oppressive fatigue l m many hours standing beside that 1 en er appetite would Mould be stimulated and even evena en ena a few fe minutes Immersion in hot water w t r seems to rest the V nerves more than th anything else excepting sound steep sleep There has always been V considerable talk as to what is the most beneficial time for bathing whether at night or orin orIn orin in the morning A ho hot hath bath is such sucha a stimulant that many canno sleep V after it although with some it has just It VIt is ls how however however hOwever ever absolutely necessary that the skIn should be thoroughly cleansed cle from all Impurities before the nights rest To Tome Tome Tome me therefore the time for a quick bath bathis is 15 immediately before dinner or supper After all it is simply a matter of habit and In a ai little while we can become ac accustomed accustomed accustomed to V having dinner fifteen or orti ti twenty enty minutes later l ter And we will V be amply repaid for the delay by coming to it refreshed invigorated and clean cleanA A hot bath is wonderful as V a corrective corrective corrective tive V or a restorative V fora for a morbid con condition condition condition of mind Perhaps Incipient mel melancholia melancholia melancholia could not be cured by frequent but I firmly believe that most of our states of mental depression and brain exhaustion due so largely to brain fatigue could be overcome ov to a great degree d ree it If we enough for tor more warm baths V V VV VV VV V V V I have the good fortune to know a avery avery avery very celebrated cel poetess it B you y u probably all know her by name so I wont give giveaway giveaway away a her identity because I want to tell teli you OU that the says she he composes her hei most beautiful poems while reveling in the delights of hot water ater and ind nd soap My Pegasus seems see s only able to fly When I am physically ph leany fully relaxed and andas andas andas as I am of a frightfully nervous tem tern temperament I seem seeni only able to relax whim when hen bathing so 50 really come to me In the bath tub so she says v 5 J V VA A Swedish professor has evolved elved e a system of bathing and drying which according to his theory will produce a perfect figure and correct corr ct any bodily bodUy defects d or deficiencies one orie may possess It is evident from his book that bath bathtubs bathtubs bathtubs tubs are among the luxuries of his land He is quite contented to bathe in a a bath bathtub bathtub tub t b that to our emancipated eyes eres looks loo s like a big dishpan It I is portable and the one he has o of rubber is even col collapsible collapsible collapsible and of course being a man of system he has evolved a whole line Une of motion by which he ho cleans and rinses every verr part of his body methodically and quickly without upsetting the tub Itis after he goes out of the tub how however however however ever that the good work of drying and exercising begins The movements are V executed first with the towel and then with the bare hands They consist of or orthe the following exercises First To increase ase V the circulation of the body VV V V V Stand upright having wrapped the right hand firmly in one Of end of the towel and holding the th other end with tho the other oth r hand Rub from the pit of the stomach upward to tho the neck I Dont make a downward movement but start In again ag in from below and rub up i Second Exercise for strengthening the waist muscles V Stand with legs apart and bend the th body back having in the hand two small towels Start with the hands at atthe atthe atthe the collar bones and rub down the chest chestand chesta chestand and a stomach and V the fore parts of f the th hips Now bend the body forward and rub do down n the legs as far as possible V drawing dra wing In the stomach Stand erect again with hands and towels placed on the back as high up as ns you can reach rub down toward the feet by bending the body forward This is both a strengthening and a stimulating exer exercise exercise exercise cise It should be done quietly while V deep de p breaths of pure air all dont make jerky motions but glide slowly over oer the surface of the body Third Rubbing the back Hold the ends of the towels in either hand hana and cross It over the back one hand coming to the height of the dere and the other at the waist line lineD Draw D iw the towel zigzag ug and down Fourth Drying the arms V sides and feet VV S Extend the right arm grasping the towel in the left hand rub up from the th tips Ups of the fingers finger to the shoulders and then across the th chest Rub the under part of the t e arm in the same e way wa from the tips of the fingers to the armpits then vigorously down the sides of the body Dry the left arm in the same way Stand with hold I to some firm object raise r the right knee and rest reat the right foot f ot on on the left knee Take the towel and rub the foot V vigor vigorously vigorously vigorously being careful to dry thoroughly in between the toes This exercise which is a of the regular bending exercise can be done d n e without holding on on to anything nn while keeping k perfectly balanced balan ced By this S time the body should S be thor thoroughly thoroughly dry dr A A few drops of oil alcohol alc hol or cologne are poured Into tle palm of ol the hand h nd d and the same motions are arc gone over ovet quickly while rubbing the thi S Soil oil or unguent the skin The l he face must always be dried at once when coming out of the bath bathS and also the hair hall should it have become I wet so sc that water will not drip over the body Where hair is inclined to be curly and an i ionly only wants to be encouraged to form in to little ringlets immediately after the th bath and with the help of f the comb c mb these ringlets can be trained If they are not willing to curl of o themselves I sometimes the following solution will wll willaid I aid uld them to do so SOLUTION TO KEEP HAIR CURLED Take of gum arable ar bic 1 ounce ounce good moist sugar th ounce pure hot water 14 pint Dissolve When this solution solutionis 1 is cold add fluid ounces bi chloride of oC V m and 6 G grains each The last two should be bi dissolved in the alcohol before admix ture Lastly add enough water to make mak 0 tile the whole measure measure 1 pint Perfume Pen urn with Cologne or 01 lavender water VS Copyright Cop right T C McClure |