Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-20

WINS homage and admiration from every
body alike, and you don't find such attri-
butes in body unacquainted with soap
and water, or something closely allied to
it.
1t is now considered good form to be
healthy, and if you want to fret woman
beyond endurance just tell her she looks
tagged out" You'll get piece of mind
that isn't tagged in the least. The very
first step toward bodily beauty and perfect
health is into the bathtub. If you don't
believe it. call in your family physician and
question him as to the first requisite, and
he will tell You that pure water applied
outside and ill., pure air and exercise, with
freedom from worry, will accomplish Won
ders in the way of identifying WORKOUT
woman, without cent of outlay for drugs
or medicines of any description.
How shall one battle? That is a vital
question, and one that can be answered only
by your family physician in some instances
or by actual experiment to obtain the best
results. If you are afflicted with organic
troubles OF any character, don't expert
ment with anything until you have con-
suited with your medical counsellor and
learned from him what may or may not be
attempted. But if you are normally
healthy you will be able to determine the
matter for yourself Generally speaking,
the warm tub bath is best for the normal
constitution. Some people feel the better
for taking this in the morning, others find
that it suits their purpose better to take it
in the evening, just before retiring. The
time will have to be determined by the in
dividual.
Very few constitutions can stand red
hot bath, because it is weakening, but
about once a week it might be INDUCED in
with beneficial effect. Soft water is best
for bathing, If it can be obtained. If not,
boil the water you do use and run it into
the tub to cool Boiling softens hard water.
hI1f will r,nly hn- oTlI
water into it from the hydrant. If your
skin is oily use little ammonia in the
bath. But If your skin is inclined to be
dry and easily roughened never use am
monia for any purpose, it is harsh i'll
its effect, and will make your body itch
and prickle unpleasantly.
Borax is the best drug you can use for
softening bath water. Use plain, good
soap of some standard manufacture, and
never permit a love for bargains to induce
you to buy cheap soap. which is oftener
than not made from fats of diseased ami
mails. Be sure your wash cloths are clean,
and keep them SO by rnsing them after the
bath and hanging in the air; have clean
towels and a care that your bath tub is
perfectly clean before you put any water
in it, Those are the rules for a simple
bath. for the purpose of keeping the body
clean and wholesome.
If you are child of luxury you may
use lavender water or other perfumed in
gradients and instead of plain soap you
may use shavings of CASTLE soap mixed
with bran in cheese-cloth bag which will
hold quart or more. This will take the
place Of the wash cloth and soap. and, of
course. it must be emptied and filed afresh
every time it is used. If you can be quite
prodigal. you may use almond meal, a pint
to table spoonful of shaved soap. Or
oatmeal, barley meal or cornmeal can be
substituted.
Friction of the Skin.
If you have good soft linen towels and
any strength in your arms, stick to good
soap and clean water and rub yourself
down WELL and you needn't bother with the
meal, as it's chief duty is to sandpaper off
the dead scarf skin which is loosened ev-
cry day and needs to be removed by fric-
ton. Friction, after the bath, is quite nee
essary to liven up the surface Of the skin
and If you are not able to produce glow
with the towel alone, then you might tum-
BILE quart of corn or oatmeal, or bran, or
barley into the tub, loose, and rub yourself
with it, as the effect produced is pleasant.
The flesh brush Is too harsh for a wo-
mans skin, and often produces an aggra-
waiting irritation. Not many women can
stand the shock of cold shower bath. If
you can take it slightly warmed, rinse your
body after the bath that way. If you don't
like the shower bath at all, dash basin
or two of warm water over yourself to
take off the soapy water, and then rub
down with the towel, which should be
coarse enough to take hold well, but not
harsh.
Some wo.aen cannot stand tub bath at
all, and there are apostles of beauty who
say that NJ woman should ever take a tub
bath. OF course disposition and tempera-
ment must settle that question, and 1 pre-
sumo it does rot make a great deal of diff
ference how the cleansing is accomplished
so long it is accomplished. 1t is like go
ing to heaven-"The ways they are many
and wide, and seldom are two ways the
same;" but after alPs said and DONE I'VE
meet at one gate when alls over,,,' on the
common ground that it is sanitary and
civiliZing.
might be injurious to the health Of even
a strongly constituted person. People of
active habits like to take plunge into a
cold bath on rising, and there is no doubt
that a cold plunge bath strengthens and
smoothes the skin. making it firmer and
the flesh more solid, but the same result
may be obtained in an easier way. No
matter which end of the day you appro-
pirate for your bath, at the other end take
towel rub.
The Use of Salt.
For this purpose coarse buck towel of
generous proportions is best Get bowl
of clean cold water, and put into it wine
glassful of common salt. Dip the towel
in this and wiring it slightly, then rub
yourself from head to foot, excepting the
face; rub till you Jingle and glow. You
need dip the towel but twice or three times.
Let the dampness dry on your person, while
you go through vigorous five minutes
physical exercise and when you get your
clothes on you will feel like new person.
If you are inclined to think that a bath
of that kind is time wasted, leave the towel
in a close-shut room for an hour and notice
it's odor when you come back. In twelve
hours Tina the body throws off vast
amount of effete matter, which must clog
the pores Of the skin and go back into the
circulation unless removed in some man
moi ha iS a
ing and deodorizing.
In CleOpatra'S daY. and even later. baths