Show t i. i Hot Weather er Baths Some Some formulas for herb plunge baths and others of r a sweetening or whitening whiten whiten- l ing sort contain antiseptic principles v and these are most useful for summer When one is so much more exposed to dust w-dust dust and wind than in winter A homey home home- ly IY y recipe calls cans for an ounce of green greenf f r soap which is highly antiseptic and a aquart I quart of oatmeal water this made by boiling the grain in water enough to toa tomake a make this quantity of ot liquid As this bath is proof against germs it Is very convenient to have in the house for f use use in time of ot sickness or when one t has t-has been exposed to jostling crowds as RS would happen on the Fourth of July or on other other- holidays The baths specified for beauty purposes purposes purposes pur- pur poses all contain some principle other than Ethan soap and water water- and it is curious to see how Inventive some women be become become best be- be st come come in using materials material's In the house From EFrom om household ammonia delicious bath waters are sometimes made women putting a very small quantity t t this Into distilled water wate and 90 per percent percent cent alcohol and then a little sweet Materials for tor perfume a home sea bath are also got from the We nearest druggist some of ot the clever bathers using salt alone or or combining carbonate carbonate carbonate carbon carbon- ate of ot soda with the salt f t r Returning to the matter of ot the plunge bath Itself it is js surely underStood understood under under- stood tood by most p persons that it is la in injurious in jurious urious jurious In to 1 take e an all over o bath Just litter After a meal and this holds good for tor fortie t tie Ithe e home tub as well well well-as as with the sea bath Then as to the time one should stay In a 8 tub bath be it cold hot or tepid ten minutes is long enough for tor formost formost most women and half an hour is the fiame same limit of at time for others A spray changing gradually from hot to cold should ton follow ow the baths and this should be succeeded by brisk rubbing If It one feels too poor to put perfume In even the basin bath pour a few drops In Inthe inthe inthe the palms and then rub It directly on the skin while It t Is still warm from the Stubbing i There is a a subtle side to the warm bath known to all women of ot luxurious l habits It leaves a feeling of ot warmth ia a strange el elation of the spirits and when It Is perfumed as well the senses are further charmed A good i lit bit o ot of soap plenty of ot hot water and some some sweet odor with an am adequate supply of ot dainty and suitable lingerie here understood understood here are the real fiers fierI of hot weather So whether grandly randly equipped or very simply the bathroom is a very important chamber chamber cham cham- ber bel of at this season both for the adult r r members of ot the family and for tor the f G.- G. children r |