The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20
Her Day OF.

Two functions" are dear to the heart
Of the boarding school girl on her day
od'-the Turkish bath and the opera ma
tinee. 1t is hard to say which she enjoys
most. One uptown finishing school has
weekly bath parties, chaperoned b. gov
erness or 4 servant. and as many as TWEEN
ty fair students journey down town to-
gether to be steamed and pummeled and
otherwise exhiiarated and beautlhed. Inc
bath takes UP the better part of the
morning as these bathers want all the
extra Invitations in the way OF needle
showers and massage, shampoolng, halr-
dressing, and manicuring- The prlncl-
pal feature of these bath parties. how
ever, is the conversation. Turkish bath
attendants are as a class conversation
caIlous, but they admit that the girls
from the finishing schools are amusing.
They range in age from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-one, and there simply isat sub
iect, from smallpox to cotillions. or
person. from the Empress of Russia. to
Edna May, that they do not discuss
with an assurance that argues entire Ia
miliarity with each subject. Mere mat
tiers of physical grace and beauty are
tossed off as trifes light as air. Weight
is ever burning topic in the hot room,
but TO hear these boarding school sylphs
discuss avoirdupois is amusing to tha,
rubbers accustomed to waddling ladieS
Of fifty, who expect massage and hot air
to disspate pounds OF flesh accumulated
by exercising" in cushioned carriages.
Half a dozen OF these chattering sprites
were baking in the hot room together the
other morning. says the New York Com
nSercial Advertiser" They looked any
thing but coquettish, wrapped in sheets,
lying off in steamer chairs. their tousled
hair piled on top of their heads and
their faces red and hot.
IF l only could lose five pounds" walled
one.
stand under the cold shower for TWEEN
ty minutes every time you como down
here big fat woman told me that.
Don't you remember her-fast week she
wore a pink sheet and took 1t into the
plunge with her, and Bessie thought 1t
was q Jalloon. Well. she said the cold
shower was thinning"
I'm sure she ought to know. She was
a sight, poor thing. Have oyou been
weighed? l always get weighed before and
after"
Goodness. That's the way the jockeys
do They stay in the Turkish bath all
night before they ride race to get them
selves down to the proper weight"
Kathleen Smith,
We'll, | think 1 ought to know some
thing about jockeys. My brother owns
two racing stables in Kentucky"
We'll. il / could gain ten pounds I'd be
happy. Nine. Chose said some nice things
about my figure the other day when | had
my dress fitted, but she was mean enough
to add that If I went on growing taller
I'd soon be bean pole. / don't like the
prospect"
Drink water" said an oracle from the
depths of a steamerchair. Five glasses
OF water every morning and every night
You'll gain a pouna a week. :
"I'n be more apt to die OF dropsy, l
think"
Seems to me read that the Prince of
Wales drank water to make himself slen-
der" announced girl with glasses.
$50 his fine waistcoats Will fit." giggled
another damseI, and then all the other
girls giggled and the attendants in the
misty Russian room adjoining looked in
to see what all the fun was about
IT wish we would meet scme Of the