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Show WHAT TO USE IN THE BATH Hints on Keeping the Skin Healthy and Beautiful Tho commonest form of tho bath us a beautlfler Is tho bran bath. This particular bath has tho advantage of holng lnoxponsivo and ofllclont at tho snmo tlmo. Tho bran should bo sown Into a neat llttlo squaro sack of cheeso cloth covering, and dropped into tho bath when tho wator Is run In. Tho water must not ho too hot, or tho bran will bo cooked and thus rondored useless, but If warm Is poured pour-ed on it a croamy mass is formod, which will render tho skin dollgutful" ly soft. For those who wish to bo a llttlo moro olaborato there are Bold at all chemists and stores iltt'lo sacks of bran mixed with various perfumod hqrbs, according to taste, such a violets, orris root or sun lower seed. The milk bath Is not unusual and it is claimed that It has no rival In beautifying tho skin. Ono well known beauty In Paris Is understood to ust milk for her bath always, and tho skin of her throat and shoulders la as oreamy a whlto aa tho liquid she Is supposed to bathe them with. Of course, ono would not actually got right Into a milk bath as ono docs with water. Tho milk Is applied on wads of antiseptic cotton nnd the skin is dried with moro of tho cotton. cot-ton. Then, to prevont any stickiness It is rubbed gently with eau d0 cologne. co-logne. French women aro also very partial par-tial to the uso of alcohol In tho bath. It is perfumed In somo way with such scents ns lavender or violet, and thoso who lndulgo In these baths or tho bran ones uso soap only once or twlco a week. Salt water bathing Is probably tho most brnclng and tho best form for tho robust, but In a cllmato such as ours It cannot bo recommended except ex-cept In tho hot months unless tho bather Is very strong. Thoso who nro unfortunate enough to possens very Irrltablo skins will do well to eschew sea baths a'' cither. Turkish baths nro much In fin or with many people, though otln-is particularly ronch women, declare them to bo harmful to tho skin, and consldor that thoso who Indulge frequently fre-quently In these extremes of temper-aturo temper-aturo becomo prematurely old and injuro tho heart and nerves. Thoso who do indulge in them, howovcr, declare de-clare that they glvo a delicious sensation sen-sation of perfect well being and ah-soluto ah-soluto cleanliness, and that ono seems to tako a now lease of llfo with every ev-ery bath. Dellcato people can often only enjoy a cod bath with safety after a previous application of hot nlr or vapor, and In such cases. Turkish Tur-kish and vapor baths aro Invaluable For ordinary bathing purposes most people uso ammonia or borax, which not only softens tho water, but Is Invaluablo for cleansing the skin. It la necessary however, to exercise ex-ercise caution In tbo uso of these two articles, for an over doso in tho bath, Instead of making tho skin soft and supple, will harden It nnd mnko It much too dry. Tho best plan Is to get tho chemist to mako up a proper mlxturo nnd put It Into a marked bottle, so that tho correct quantity for a certain amount of water wa-ter only is used. |