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Show BEST SCENTS FOR THE BATH Much Choice Is Possible, and a Woman Wo-man May Use Any Particular Perfume Per-fume Which She May Prefer. The commonest form of the bath as a beautifier is the bran bath. This particular bath has the advantage of being inexpensive and efficient at the same time. The bran should be sewn into a neat little square sack of cheesecloth covering, and dropped into the bath when the water is run in. The water must not be too hot, or the bran will be cooked and thus rendered useless, but if warm water is poured on it a creamy mass is formed, which will render the skin delightfully soft. For those who wish to be a little more elaborate there are sold at chemists and stores little sacks of bran mixed with various perfumed herbs, according accord-ing to taste, such as violets, orris root and sunflower seed. The milk bath is not unusual, and is is claimed that it has no rival in beautifying the skin.1 One well known beauty in Paris is understood to use milk for her bath always, and the skin of her throat and shoulders is as creamy a white, as the liquid she is supposed to bathe them with. Of course, one would not actually get right into a milk bath as one does with water. The milk is applied on wads of antiseptic cotton. Then, to prevent any stickiness, it is rubbed gently with eau de cologne. French women are also very partial to the use of alcohol in the bath. It is perfumed in some way with such scents as lavender or violet, and those who indulge in these baths or the bran ones use soap only once or twice a week. Sea bathing is probably the most bracing and the best form for the rnhnflt hut in n plimato Riiph n nnrs it cannot be recommended except in the hot months, unless the bather is very strong. Those who are unfortunate unfor-tunate enough to possess very irritable irrita-ble skins will do well to eschew sea baths altogether. For ordinary bathing purposes most people use ammonia or borax, which not only softens the water, but is invaluable inval-uable for cleaning the skin. It is necessary, nec-essary, however, to exercise caution in the use of these two articles, for an overdose in the bath, instead of making mak-ing the skin soft and supple, will harden it and make it much too dry. |