The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-26
GOOD SENSE AND BEAUTY.
Use of One Leads to Possession OF the
other

People write to me and ask me what ]
consider the best cosmetic. know Moth
ing about them, as i never used one. But
II YOU arc moderately well, the liquid that
will keep your skin in order, That Will
make il healthy, that Will brighten your
eyes and make you feel ten years younger
than you are. is that one on when no
one has taken out a patent, which you
need not get in fancy bottles or jars, but
which you can have by the gallon when
you turn on the faucet in your bath
tub-water. regret TO say that the aver
age woman is not fond Of the bath, and
yet, il is her best friend. She need not do
as her English cousin, take cold one
every morning, for very few American
women can stand this shock. But she
can take q tepid one, and IL she rubs her
self well afterwards and only remains in
81 ten minutes, there is no reason in the
world why she should take cold. The
very hot bath Is suited TO few women,
and these women have TO discover 1t
FOR themselves. When Mrs. Langtry was
In this country, a very ridiculous story
went the rounds, that the beauty OF her
skin was due to the fact that she took
cold bath every morning. This is abso-
lutely untrue. At o o'clock Mrs Langtry
had cup OF tea brought TO her; after
that she got up and took bath so hot
that II turned her as red as a lobster,
and when she came out OF this she went
back to bed and slept for two hours, after
which she had her breakfast. OF course,
Il is not always possible for women TO
stay IN the house. Then, too, with many
women the hot bath is enervating, but the
tepid one may be cited as that which
suits all sorts and conditions. and from
which no evil result viii come. In almost
any other country except this, the get
ting OF a bath is difficult That is, the
rubber or tin bath has to be brought to
ones room, but here, where at least one
bathroom is in every house. there is no
reason why woman should not be. per-
fumed with cleanliness unless she is lazy
and this is quite often the cause Of her
losing her good looks.
once In d while, a woman who really
loves luxury gives herself the milk bath
which the beauties OF the court OF the
Great Louis used to take, and which by
the-bye. does not have drop of milk in It.
Instead, from one of the glass-stoppered
little bottles that stands on ones dres-
sing-case. enough tincture Of benzoin IS
thrown into the water to give IL a milky
look-by- the-bye, this is benZoin, not ben
zine-and, after one has bathed in this,
one comes out feeling not only as fresh
as possible, but with ones skin having a
perfume like that OF myrrh In the days
gone by, when the cultivation of beauty
was a religion, all sorts OF odd baths
were used. and the reigning beauty Bat
in her bath tub with liquid up to her
neck. and reached out her bare arms for
an admirer to kiss. In an old lotel In
Paris, In room where to-day there work
fifty busy needle women, is the bath OF
NinoB de LEnclos, which is so beautf-
fully painted that even trade hasn't driv-
en- II away. Isabeau Of Bavaria had her
bath made of the juice Of strawberries;
but i advise the beauty OF to-day to re-
serve single strawberry TO rub over her
teeth, making them as white as milk. and
causing her breath TO be as sweet as
clover. The lady who induced Henry the
Eighth TO be unfaithful to his wife. Anne
Boleyn. always bathed in pure water.
and the man who wished 20 get n favor
from the king. accompanied him 10 the
favorite's bathroom, carrying with him a
silver cup; then. leaning over the edge of
the tub, he tilled the cup with the water
In which the beauty lay, and drank II
on the queens health. This was only
water Probably IL would have been
more enjoyed II the bath had been Ike
that which was taken by the woman who
ruled the heart of Alexander the First.
OF Russia. She bathed in Malaga wine,
and after she was through. the wine
was rebottled and sold at high prices
"Bab," In Exchange.