The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-09
SIMPLE RULES FOR SEA BATHS.
They Will Prevent Ill Effects From
Ocean Bathing.

ocean Bathlng.
There are many little things the novice
may learn beforehand to her profit and
pleasure about the saltwater 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 trous-
ers 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 if held above her knees
by elastic bands just close-ftting enough
to keep the stockings straight and not
check circulation, while for her hair the
only real protection is an oiled silk cap
bound about the brows by a silk scarf, says
the Boston Globe.
She who is so lacking in common sense and
good taste as to wear corset when bath
ing, had much better 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
buttoned waist of linen under her bathing
dress, garment very like a corset cover,
and so keep her figure in form.
When the temperature of the water is
between 6S degrees and 20 degrees, and
there is surf to battle with, fifteen minutes
is about the time allowance for robust
woman's bath. She whose lungs are sound,
digestion good and circulation strong can
come down from her bath-house, take a
couple of brisk turns on the beach and
then go into the water. If she is wise, on
coming out, she will throw bath robe
about her, when crossing the sands, and
again inside her bath-house, drop off her
wet tannels set to vigorously rubbing
down her body, from neck to heels, with a
couple of big Turkish towels.
weaker woman must observe greater
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longer than five or eight minutes for her
first dip, or 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 If you can, and if you can't, move
about, without making violent exertions,
as some persons seem to think it neces-
sary;
Whether of feeble or robust constitution
come out when most exhilarated, for then
the water has reached the limits of its
beneficial effects, and to finger in overlong
! is to bring on an unpleasant and debilitat-
ing languor that will last twenty -four
| hours and encourage indigestion. If after
the bath one suffers the least sensation OF
fatigue or drowsiness, know by those signs
to shorten the swim next day, and still il
languor follows, take bath 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 lukewarm water
then trifie colder, till the exact tempera-
! ture of the sea can be comfortably borne
After overbathing it is wise to take a
| mouthful of brandy eat a dry biscuit OF
two and put on a little extra clothing.
A bath on an empty stomach is only tc
be recommended for stout-ibered folk
| and the average woman who breakfasts be-
| tween and O'clock bathes to her greatest
advantage at. IL, a full three hours after
eating. Extreme youth and age cannot
stand the shock of submersion in the oper
air, and no child screaming or protesting
should ever be dragged into the water
! Coax and persuade till the little one goe.
willingly, and dip up and down is quite
enough for first experiments.
Once or twice summer it is good plar
to unbind long hair, and let it be wei
| washed and soaked in sea water; rinse i
out afterward in freshs water, and tn,
major part of the time protect it as far a.
possible against frequent salt wettings
| Where, even in spite of precautions, one
hair is often seasoaked, be sure to wash i
off in fresh water, rub little-very little
pure sweet oil into the scalp, and DIR,
thoroughly before fire, for only by thes
means can it be kept in anything like lady
like condition.