Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-25
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BkuonSfy ghiefyS 0rOdNenor ghllery
young woman with bilious complexion
and malarial disposition and indigesti.
Bile views Of life has gone out like the
hustle, and in her place has come o
vigorous, straight-lim Hebe with o
skin like alabaster and cheeks like the
heart of sea shell, who walks and rides
and rows and runs, plays oil manner Of
gssnes with the abandon OF the beautiful
Hellenic msidens, fences and boxes, but
most Of all she bRthes, not In basin half
full Of tepid water for fear of taking cold,
like an infant in long clothes, but in the
public Turkish baths, like her big
brother, with all the happy zest Of the
eastern maidens, to whom the bath day is
great holiday, and the ceremony itself
= part of their religion.
The most regular frequenters Of the
bath are actresses, for not only is beauty
their most valuable stock in trade, but
health, upon which they understand so
we'll that their fairness depends, is
greatly benefited by the baths, which
supply in effect the exercise they require
and keep in check the superabundsnce of
hesh which their manner of living entails
upon them.
The fieshy women come next in the
category, il We except those who battle
Tor the cure Of certain diseases for which
the baths are delightful remedies. To
feduce flesh any considerable amount
woman Is advised to take bath every
day for rs or 100 days in succession. One
plucky and determined woman kept mp
the process for three months, and lost
30 pounds A heshy woman stays as
long as she can endure it in the heat
often three-quarters Of an hour or whole
hour-is rubbed and scrubbed and pun
meled and pounded until she can't
breathe, and then tucked away in warm
blankets to rest.
Then there are the thin women who go
to get hsshy, and they succeed to Ger.
tain extent, for the flesh solidifies and the
scales register little increase OF weight,
over which they rejoice with joy un.
speakable.
Their modus operandi differs materi.
ally from that of the feshy sisters, and is
much plessanter in sensation though
slower in results. The thin woman ia
sprayed first of all with warm water until
she feels that she is slowing dissolving;
shen wrapped up in big sheet and taken
quickly to the hot room and tucked up
in chair TO swelter, In the meantime
refreshing herself with sips OF boiling hot
minutes and is just beginning to enjoy it
she Is laid ont on couch in still hotter
part Of the room, with O damp towel
spread over hsr face in such way that
II doesn't touch ii, and left to slowly dis
solve for 10 minutes more, 20 minutes in
; all, and then taken away to the scrub.
: bling slab, though she may wish to remain
! In the heat, about which there is for
1 some women mild aud delicious species
of intoxicstion and to others an almost
unbearable sensation Of discomfort.
After the usual scrubbing and rubbing
she ia showefed with cold water, which
abe Hsuslly thinks she cannot bear, but
does, because she can't avoid IL, "a there's
no place to run to, and she hasn't breath
enough to scream, and then she is rubbed
with fragrant oils, II she be very thin and
wishes it, and with alcohol, whether abe
wishes II or not, and Is tucked away ID
the blankets to gossip with her friend, IL
she be accompanied by one,as she usually
Is, or to DIRE r. 1hG o. lone, N ne.
lightful lsnploi,
Then tA..- 49, !hs women Vt. - .s.S
the baths to improve their compiler on,
and thsy are more successful In their
aspirations than any Of the dissatisfied
sisters who seek TO cast the burden Of
their deformities into this modern poo of
Bethsaida. The complexion succumbs to
the treatment, though flesh seems some.
times to be possessed with deprsved in
sliuets, refusing to come when it is
wanted and 90 depart when it is unwel.
come.
A thick skin and dirty face are in SO
many cases synonymous terms according
to the conclusions Of enlightened re.
search that women are almost ashamed
not to have pasaably clear
skin. There is no part OF the
body which is so continually ex-
posed to the dust snd CRIME of the city
streets as the face, aud yet the woman
who carefully bathes her body every day
will often think little dab Of water on
the face Is sufficient. Consequently the
pores of the skin fill with fine dust, which
mixes with the oily emulation Of the skin,
which nothing but soap can eradicate.
end forms an impeuetrabla cement
through which the delicate tinting OF
blood cannot be seen. TIE lady doesn't
like this color, consequently abe white
washes it over with powder day after day,
Rnd frequently neglects to wash the
powder of at night, so that some faces
present skaly kind OF surface like the
ceilings OF old country houses. II re-
quires not one but several baths TO melt
away entirely this cement, but 1t accom-.
plishes it ultimately, and at the same
time purifea the blood, wakes up the
sleepy liver and makes it go to work in its
particular line OF action.
All compilations cannot be made OF
equal beauty and similar tintings by the
baths, but the most beautiful skin will
retain its oeauty longer If thus treated,
and the thickest, most hopeless com.
plexion will look clearer and brighter,
like duh pewter newly polished. IL 4
skin be in very bad condition they will
recommend you to take q bath every day
for little time, aud then, after it il
healthy, keep it so by bathing every
every week, or twice In month. Sotne
one has called "the hands wash RAG
with soul in it, which ought to apply
warm water and soap, with vigorous
rubbing, to tbs skin every night, only the
purest soap being used, and something
like rose water or delicate cocoanut OF
almond oil following it if the skin is very
tender.
Last OF all, there ia the dainty woman
who takes the bath simply for it's perfect
cleanliness, which is, according to hei
premises, next to and very near to godli
ness. With the Turkish women the BATH
Is part Of their religion, and perhspi
the apostles who are inventinH the new
faith of humanity which is to fill the neet
of modern times would do we'll to Include
bathing among the tenets OF their creed
Certain it Is that many a dainty lady VII,
carefully wi.hdraws her perfumed gar
ments from contact With the soilsd cloth
Ing Of the lsboring man she encounter
In car or stage 10 less clean in her bod
than the msn she shuns il he takes ordi
nary care Of himself, for pure cleanliness