Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
BATHS AS THEY
SHOULD BE TAKEN.
Dorothy Grey OHers suggestions to
Women ON the hest Way to Keep
the body Clean and Healthy.

So many letters about bathing have
! come to me from readers of this paper
in the past week or two, that have
| decided to devote this talk to baths,
which are almost as great an institu-
ton in these times as they We're long
! ago in decadent Rome. But the Ro-
mans bathed because it was fashion,
able, because they heard the gossip OF
| the day at the baths, because all there
| was perfume and elegance. And so
| they carried bathing to an extreme
that did much to overthrow their
| empire
! To-day Americans battle more than
| any other nation, excepting perhaps
| the Japanese. But we take our bath
| because we wish to keep strong and
well, because We wish to be clean with
that cleanliness that throws off disease.
Therefore / would like everyone who
reads this to realize that it is just as
| important not to battle improperly as
it is to battle at all. What is meat to
one may be poison to another, and
therefore it behooves every woman to
study her own constitution thoroughly
before she goes in for any one special
| KIND of bathing.
For the average person | would sug-
gest cold plunge every morning. The
| tub should be file. with cold water,
| the body be brought to glow with
exercise or rubbing, and quick plunge
| taken into the water. Step out at
! once, and rub the body thoroughly dry
| with a coarse towel. IT, however,
| after a bath of this kind the body
should feel at all chilled, it is a sign
that the proper reaction does not take
| place, and it should be discontinued at
once.
Thin, nervous, or anaemic women
should not take the cold plungs; it is
most effective for persons who are
stout or inclined that way, for it
hardens the muscles and prevents the
too rapid laying on Of flesh.
| A thin or anaemtc person will find
a quick sponge bath, with moderately
| warm water. the most satisfactory.
This bath should be taken every morn
] ing. For those who are troubled with
!! insomnia l would suggest hot bath
, just before retiring, and a quick rub
down with alcohol afterwards. Ner-
vous women, or those troubled with
any female disorder, will find a quick
! sponge down the spine every morning
upon arising most effective means OF
Strengthening.
Of course such bathing doesn't mean
| external cleanliness. One might take
cold sponge or plunge every morning
of the year, and yet not be clean unless
cleansing baths also were taken. Cold
baths are to strengthen the muscles
! and nerves, to create a reaction that
/ shall enable the pores of the skin to
throw off any impure matter.
! Let the woman who would be clean
cleanse her face thoroughly at night
with soap and warm water, and see
that her nails are we'll brushed. Then
enter a tub of warm water scrub the
body thoroughly with soap, rinse off.
and dry. Rubbing the body after
wards with toilet water gives the flesh
a delightful softness and color. In the
morning upon rising, every woman
should use the douche with moderately
warm water, if she would keep herself
free from female troubles. Gotten it
! is advisable to use some antiseptic in
the water). Very often, however, the
aches and pains of early womanhood
have been passed unheeded, and as a
result few women are without those
troubles that are so great a menace to
our sex. Perfect health means no
pain; perfects cleanliness no infiamma-
ton. If we Qave one or the other,
even those troubles that women are
wont to consider the Inheritance of
their sex, we cannot be in perfect ply
steal condition. And to all who wish
! to be in such condition, let me whisper
! word of advice: Look carefully after
your bathing, use The douche as regu-
larly as you take your morning meal,
and take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege-
| table Compound. There isn't a day in
a woman's life on which she couldn't
I take warm bath; and if she finds
herself unable to do so, 1t is because
| she is not well, and needs Mrs. Pink
| hams medicine.
l do wish 1 could impress upon all
| the Importance Of Gas Treatment. So
many write to me asking for advice
| about health and cleanliness. but al
\ ways about the outside of the body.
That the skin ought to be in good con-
| dition every woman understands; but
| she doesn't seem to realize that it takes
| DdJuIH2
cure blackheads and other eraptions
| of the skin. They are the result of the
| internal condition of our bodies, and
would be cured if the organs of our
sex were properly looked after How
can any one expect to have a perfect
| skin, even if she does clean il every
day, if she goes on month after month,
| suffering pains that nature never in
tended for her? Let her get strength
| from Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
| Compound; let her use the vaginal
! douche every day, and her monthly
pains soon will disappear, and with
| them the eruptions on the skin. Let
every woman who would be perfectly
! clean battle intelligently, use the
douche regularly, and keep her organs
free from disease by the use of Mrs.
| Pinknam's Medicine.
| HELEN MARVIN.
| Ejna Watch Renajrinp SnaciaItv