The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-05-26
FOR WOMEN.
women's Comprehensive Advantages
Ns Of Bathing.
philadelphia Times.

ucTcIy Oc0Ntsy Va AOAsA oAN ~ s~SSS 49,
he beauty OF health and the charm at
aimed by womanly, gentle dispoei~
'ition. Long dtatribes have been writ
en- on how The fashionable girl was
cared for. Most of them display
little knowledge Of the set that is sup
posed to practice the art Of caring for
beauty or else positive Ignorance OF the
art itself. If the fashionable mother
only allowed the beauty sleep, the
ba, aud the rubbing to the daughter
already ssout" she would display very
little care, for thought must be devoted
to daughters appearance from the
she is put in tiny basst-
nette where the blue ribbons tell of her
sex. ,. ra4 u... .,}. .'a
or course there are people with whom
the care-tak Ing process has not begun
50 early, and they are the ones who
just now are Joining beauty glasses, and
doing all that Is imaginable to make
appear well. This Is eight;
indeed, it ia duty. a charming ap-
pearauce is sure letter of Introduction,
and when there Is Joined to this \
quick wit aud kindly spirit, woman
is socialIy-iudeed, spiritually-equip.
ped. A good figure never was attained
without y weli-dtting corset. This
does not mean tight one. but q we'll
made and shapsly one. Black satin IL
considered the smartesf. Have 1t mt
closely about the hips. Let 1t hold up
the bust, and unless you wish your
stays to cut, have the lace tied in the
back aud not brought 10 the front, as 1t
sometimes Is, ..E.
Your complexion: Nothing just
now will do that quite as much good
as the o,d-fashioned remedy-sulphur
aud molassee. Mix 1t until it is the
consistency of custard and then take
teaspoonful for three mornings, and
then stop for three mornings. Keep
this up until your eyes are bright, your
skin is clearer and you feel less heavy.
Then the bath. I speak as one who
knows, for Ihave seen the advantages
of the vapor bath on the sktn-the
firmuess it gives to the flesh, the
sparkle 10 the eyes and the wonderful
appetite, being all counted as secondary
to thu searchers after beauty, and yet
each one is to be longed for. No wo-
man should take vapOr bath without
first asking her physician. But unless
there Is some real trouble OF the blood
or brain, he will not be apt to decline,
In preference to scented waters or vase.
line, be rubbed with alcohol, for that
is one OF the agents that keeps from
catching cold the other is the shower
Beware, though, of beginning with
this cold; let your attendant hold you
by the arm as you stand under 1t, and
then let the spray be graded from very
hot to absolutely cold. You will come
out feeling ten years younger, even i
you are quite twenty.one.
The New York girl at the baths Il
interesting. She is usually quiet ant
very willing to stamp as "bad form
the women who talk great deal o.
are inclined to be fussy. Stretched
out on the marble slab she let's the W
por cover her, then she Is scrubbed
sprayed, goes In for the "fine spray" Il
dried, weighed, rests, has something t.
drink and then Is rubbed. After thi
she is quite likely to 60 to "Del's" t
lunch aud 10 the matinee after. If he
skin il inclined to be dry it Is rubbed
every night with a little olive Oil-no
| much. but the skin should be smooth
, and W hen the glands call for oil theI
it is proper that they should be sup
piled with that which the system doe
not furnish. If her eyes tire and sug
. gest that they burn with unshed tears
, caused maybe by riding or driving Il
, the park, then mademOisellS bsthe
them with water 80 hot that at first sh
. can hardly endure it, but soou the eye
{ are grateful for it, ana lose their re-
, and wretched look. Only the heroine
Q of novels look bewitching with re
!. ly and makes other people feel 81
a And if mademoiselle should find be
n neck and face rough and inclined TO b
J. red, what then: Then she apple
Il with a linen rag, and after few mir
q utes washes off with warm water, tn
n lotion:
II Emulsion Of bitter a'monds...4 ounc
l. Borax.................... gram
n The golden hair of mademoisel
n charms you-aud well it might.
sr warm gold, it is glossy, and you
& sure that the pleated knot in the bat
le is all her own. 1t i5-and that gle
v. never was gained by dye. My frien
m il was elbow grease. The old-fashio
cd recipe, 100 strokes of the brush
the morning, has been daily dui
n and this, magnificent cbeveclure,
ce the result. 1t is curious how, VIII
mankind generally will speak wi
ed pleasure of beautiful black hair, OF dc
rt, brown, with its curves, OF the pa
he faxen blonde, ecstacy is only reach
he aud sdjectives searched foI when
sy perfect gold is discovered. The b
,s- of Venus is described as "golden rou
ry her lucid throst aud shoulders )" Cl
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