The Washington times., 1895-05-14
SEA BATHS.
Several Simple Rules That Should Be
RigfdlY Adhered To.

Several Simple Rules That Should Be
Rigtdly Adhered To.
There are many little things the novice
may learn beforehand TO her profit and
pleasure about the salt water bathing.
Let her first OF all, be sure that her bath
ing suit is of soft, wide vale, dark blue
English Serge; the waist and knee trousers
made as one garment, having a short tunic
skirt To button on at the belt, and all
trimmed with some braid proven to be OF
fast color. Her stockings will be most
comfortably worn il held above the knees
by elastic bands, just cloSc-fittiug enough
10 keep the stockings straight and not
check circulation, while for ner HAIR The
only real protection is an oiled SILK cap,
bound about the brows by silk scarf.
She who is Lacking in common-sense
and good taste as to wear a corset when
bathing, had better much stop on land, for
with her body so girded the exercise in the
water can only do the greatest harm. A
very stout woman can, If she prefers,
wear a buttoned waist of linen under her
bathing dress, q garment very like a corset
cover, and SO keep her figure in form.
When the temperature Of the water is
between sixty-eight and seventy degrees
and there is surf to battle with, fifteen
minutes is about the time allowance for q
robust woman's bath. She whose lungs are
sound, digestion good and circulation strong
can come down from her bath house, take
q couple OF brisk turns on the beach and
then 90 into the water. If she is wise, on
comiug out she wlll throw bath robe
about her, when crossing the sands and
again inside her bath house drop off her
wei fIanpels to set igOrously rubbing down
her body, from neck To heels, with a couple
OF big Turkish towels.
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prudence by stopping in the water not
longer than five or eight minutes for her
first dip, OF even a shorter interval and there
must never be any haggling ON the brink.
If the bath is going to be taken at all go
right in, walking steadily along till the
water rises to the elbows, then quickly
ducking down till it reaches the neck.
Swim il you can and if you can't move
about. without making violent exertions, as
some persons seem 10 think necessary
Whether OF feeble or robust constitution
come out when most exhila rated, for then
the water has reached the limits OF its bene
ficiaI effects and to linger in over long is to
bring on an unpleasant and debHitating
languor that will last twenty-four hours
and encourage Indigestion.
II after the bath one suffers the least SEN
Tation OF fatigue or drowsiness, know by
those signs to shorten the swim next day
and still II the languor follows take a baUn
only every other day. A woman who is
cOnvalescent should prepare herself for
open air bathing by taking salt baths for
two or three days in her own room. At
first in luke warm water, then a triife
colder, till the exact temperature of the
sea can be comfortably borne. After over
bathing il is wise to take nlouthful OF
brandy, eat dry biscuit or two and put on
q little extra clothing.
A bath on an empty stomach is only to be
recommended for stout-fibred folk and the
average woman who breakfasts between
6 and 8 O'Clock battles to her greatest ad-
vantage at IL, full three hours after
eating.
Extreme youth and age can not stand the
shock OF submeTsion in the open air, and no
child screaming or protesting should ever
be dragged into the water. Coax and per-
suade till the little one goes willingly aud
q dip up and down quite enough for first
experiments.
Once or twice summer IL is a good plan
10 unbind long hair and let it be well
washed and soaked in sea water, rinse il
out afterwa ard in fresh water and the major
part OF the time protect it as far as possible
against frequent salt wettiugg Where
even in spite OF precautions ones hair is
often sea-soalzed, be sure to wash it off in
fresh water, rub little. a very little, pure
sweet oil into the scalp and dry thoroughly
before fire, for only by these means can
il be kept in anything like lady-like con-
dition. r. S. L.