Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-26
BEAUTY IN THIS BATH.
New Works Luxurious Women AS Described
for English Readers
London Figaro

Inc luxurious habits of New York
women are Stlll on the increase. The
maid has ceased to be sufficient attend
9nce, her time being more or less absorb
ed 10y the toilet ana cougu4te matters,
50 the present plan Is To en- sge the ser
Woes OF y woman Who goes out by the
day or hour, aUc whose cards read Lad
les Toilets. She has entire charge of the
persons of her customers ana it Is her
duty To see that they are sept beautiful.
Once or twice week Shs ruOS, combs,
brushes, Clips ana cleans their haIr, un
derthklng TO keep IL soft, sleek and thick.
She InanlcurtS the nails aud uses and res
dmmends such uuguenfs as are warrant
ed 10 keep the hands soft and white. SNe
is pedIcure a. well, and keeps Der Gus
omers feet in AS perfect oUnGtjnu Z s THEFT
hands. She has u thousand different
devices for h~au .ytyiug rh- face, and
undertakes t. wArd 1T wrinEtss by her
rubblpgS and sm0ilients, she trains
eyebrows III the way they should
GO, removes superfIous hair,
induces eyelashes to thickeu
and lengthel, keeps the skiu
smooth, fresh end fair, aud declares she
can make the lips keep their bloom with
ont the use of rouge. Sac looks after the
figure, to-, having a system called the
Swedish movement by which she tightens
up tascid muscles, rounds thin throats
| aud lean arms, aud removes auy of tn,
! d1shguremeuts of outline that have result
| ed from tight !acing and the abnormal
! tendency of fish of any one part of tn,
| body. She reduces flesh and undertakes
| TO develop symmetry.
The principle occupation, however, OF
this person, and the one relished by her
employers, Is the massage bath. The
| tub Is filled with warm water, quite
hot As can be comfortably bore, and into
| this is thrown a bath bay consisting of 4
| little sack of cheese cloth, closely filed
| with amend meal, powdered orris root
and grated soap. The water turus soft
and milky at the contents of the bag
| dissolve, and the skin is rubbed With the
Gag, which makes a smoih, violet perfum
| ed lather and lOaves the trsh as soft as
childs. The bather is rubbed dry and
rolled in u big sheet of Turkish towing
and Their every iEch of the body il care
| fully rubbed, kneaded and pinched witt
| hands moistened IN violet water, which
| impregngtes the kun with faint, flower
| like perfume. This takes the place OF
SASISiSS III SISdb lhSdsuTt, huu NOueD
who are tO" iHdolent or too busy 10 walk
| or practice in tbs gymnasium fad this
| keeps the skin in equally good condition
| and is a more pleasant L. ethod of setting
| the blood to circulating.
Another fancy of the & d0iuty womeu
Ia TO sleep III silk. They have long
! abjured any other wear for uGderclot hes
and now they are being shown in the
shops that cater to all the new whims OF
| the sex, sets of silk sheets aud pllloS
| cases in all colOrs. With these go the
beautiful East Indian blankets, woven
entirely of raw silk, and down spreads
covered with surah or satin. These sheets
and pillow cases are hem stitched with a
crest or monogram embroidered in one
corner, some Of them have a delicate vine
embroidered along the edge. or A broad
band of Aranu worF. They are all of
deirc ate coinr5 and white and black
Mr., GeOr, loud, who has d passion for
vIOlets, had several silken bed furnishings
of pale lilac, with wreaths of Parma
violetS embroidered around them. The
HInGu blanket is deeper purple, and the
violet colored dc wn sp cad is perfumed
with sachets OF violet powder.