The record-union., 1897-08-08

and should be instantly followed by
brisk rubbing with friction towels, in
order to put the skin in glow.
| The best authorities seem to agree
| that all the advantages that come from
a sea bath can be secured in from five
to eight minutes. It is also desirable
to keep up brisk exercise in sea bathing
in order to gain the greatest benefit
| from it.
All these rules apply with double
/ force to a bath at home, which lacks
the tonic effect of salt water. a great
many persons always add a cup of rock
salt dissolved in a little warm water
to their daily bath. It tends to prevent
chill A little perfumed alcohol is
also used for the same reason a bag
of bran or orris root, soaked in the
water, gives to the bather the faint
fresh fragrance of violets, though it
has no special hygienic value.
| Each year people grow to appreciate
more fully the value of fruit, and eat
| it not as a luxury but as stable ar
! ticle of food. Fruits are nourishing, re-
| freshing, appetizing, and purifying, and
consequently have an effect upon the
health and the complexion. Yet there
are differences. Grapes and apples are
| highly nutritious. Grapes usually agree
with the most delicate persons, for they
are so easily digested. Nothing is cas-
| ier to digest than a baked apple taken
either with or without cream Oranges,
| lemons and lines are of great value as
a means of improving the complexion,
and fhpU ccTe-aio 11XT GOOD if ken
| before breakfast Ripe peaches are
easy of digestion and are fattening.
Nothing is better to enrich the blood
than straw berries, which contain a
! larger percentage of iron than any other
fruit. Fruit with firm flesh, like apples,
cherries, or plums, should be thorough
| ly masticated; otherwise they are diff
cult 10 digest The skin of raw fruit
should never be eaten, and before eat
| ing grapes or any small fruit care
should be taken to remove all impuri-
ties by washing. Stale fruit and unripe
| fruit should never be eaten, and very
acid fruit should not be taken with far
| inaceous foods unless the person has
vigorous digestion.
| There is a new kind of veil and a new
way to wear it. 1t is a very effective
addition to ones toilet, even if it is
| bit warm and sitting for the very hot
est days of summer. The veil is worn
over a medium-sized street hat of lilac
straw, trimmed with green velvet, white
/ flowers and lilac aigrettes. The white
veil is caught in the middle of one edge
and caught to the crown of the hat. The
veil is then brought down in folds under
the chin and drawn around to the back
| in such a manner that it envelOps the
entire face, hair, and hat. This must
| of course, be very gracefully accom-
plished or the effect will be particularly
unbecoming.
| Wash the dishclothsi Careless house
keepers have no idea of the death and
| destruction that turks in an old dish
cloth Amy old thing will do for dish
cloth in the opinion of far too many
and when it gets too black to use any
longer a new rag is substituted and the
old one thrown on the ash heap to rot
The dishcloth will sour in half an hour
these blistering days if it is not washed
with soap and rinSed and hung in the
sun to dry. All the washing will not
sweeten it unless it is put where it will
dry. 1t is simply awful to sit down to
a table where the dishes smell sour but
you often do, in nice houses, too, where
you would expect to find everything i'm
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