The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-11-03
BATHING IN coLo WEATHER
Keeps the In Fine Ordsr-rhs Use oe
sait-Towels and sponxss.

Keeps the skis In Fine Order-rhs Use a.
sait-reweis and sponxss.
1t ID in fact moro necessary to keep
the skin ia fine order over the entire Der.
son in winter than 1t In in summer be-
cause inclination does not prompt any
but trained skins TO demand 1t at this or
q later season Of the year. In summer
the bath tub needs no argument. o
should the sponge bath at any season
Tor the person who respects his own
flesh. The skin is the second or supple
mentary lungs. 1t discusses tho best
choice OF water for additions, the whole
subjects of baths and soaps, and recon-
mends timid bathers how to get on
without tho shock OF q plunge bath.
Except to such radiant beings who
thrive on reaction, IN shock by cold
water is bad. 1t is infamous to drop lit
tie children, screaming, shivering little
wretches, into cold water ITO harden
Them" Their nerves are never har.
dened-only tangled by such perform
ances. Even grown people should use
tepid water in preference to cold, il
comfortable results do not follow the
cold sponging.
Water is n much better conductor Of
heat from the body than air is. When
the air stands at ~ degrees we call it q
warm day, but a bath at II degrees by
the same thermometer is a cold bath for
most persons. BY beginning with q wet
towel bath OF water that causes only q
pleasant consciousness in the skin (say
at w degrees Fahrenheit) tho circulation
may be SO promoted by the vigorous
rubbing and the skin 80 improved in
tone that each day the temperature OF
the water may be lowered, until the
healthy skin becomes the true safeguard
against cold and catarrah.
"A double handful Of common salt
thrown into the bathing water after the
cleaning process has been performed is a
beneficial addition. The saline particles
are very penetrating, and no amount of
rubbing will remove them from the
skin, upon which they exert @ most use-
ful, though a very gentle, stimulating
influence, especially salutary in cases Of
sluggish liver. Not only does this act
locally on the skin, increasing it's secre-
tions, but also quickens the processes of
nutrition i'll oil the tissues Of the body.
a man worn with excessive muscular
labor should take a warm bath, the
calming effects from which resemble
sleep. DR.. Morriss divides invaliids land
well people) into we classes, those who
nave q reserve strength, who thrive on
old baths, and those whose feeble fuuc-
tons should be assisted by warm baths.
Feeble functions are not feeble muscles:
the latter in an indolent person derive
strength from the cold bath, which on
couraSes to exercise after wards and this
makes muscle grow.
Thumbless miUtens OF ordinary Turk
ish toweling are as good IS the moro
costly sponges for the luxury OF the
daily rub bath" A large Turkish
towel wrung out of either tepid or cold
water, will expedite the bathing process.
and by all means provide a goodly sized
towel for the dry rub afterward. Turk.
ish towels that come the size OF crib
sheets are most useful for this, and tho
luxury Of having two linen bath sheeu
i'll daily use is known to tho initiated
few. After either a cold or q warm
plunge hath the immediate covering OF
the whole body in a large wrap of linen
or the soft tufted cotton gives a sensa-
lion OF luxury that some psopls nove,
know.-Cleveland Leader.