The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-10

freshness unequalIed by anything else
I and the sensation after a milk bath Is
| extremely agreeable and eShilarating.
Next to milk. the most gratifying
! benuty bath is tepid 90 to 10 degrees
Fahrenheit) rain water. It renders the
t skin clear. odorless. soft, smooth and
! transparent, and preserves health. youth
| and beauty.
| y cold bath is an excellent invisorator
/. and nerve bracer, but is unsutted TO the
! feminine constitution, and neither
/ cleanses the skin to any extent nor bene-
( fits it otherwise. It should never be
used, even by very robust woman, ex-
/ cept by permission Of her physician. and
must be avoided entirely by one who is
the least bit delicate.
Sea bathing is an unrtva1led tonic for
the general system. and. by increasing
tho activity of tho circulation, improves
the color, but eventually will coarsen
| the skin. This is verified by the fact
! that those who live near the sea may
possess excellent color. but rarely have
fine or transparent skins.
Hot baths are weakening and should
be taken only at rare intervals. More
over. hot water used on the face fire.
quently will make the complexion yellow
and the flesh ttabby.
Water, alone, however, whether it be cold
or the proper temperature Uepid), is not
sufficient for absolute cleanliness or to
acquire beauty or rotain it. and even
the dainty .dari!ngs OF wealth and fash
ion who daily dip in milk use other &C.
cessorieS.
There are delicate soaps and soap pow
CIerS and wonderfully exquisite toilet wa
tiers that Miss or Nine. Beauty uses now
adays without stint; there are tiny tab
let's each one costing, its weight IN gold
but transforming simple bath into a
foamy, fragrant luxury, that leaves the
whole body deliciously perr,,med for
hours. and there's a toilet bS1ein that
changes common water into a very fra
grant imitation of and substitute for
milk.
All these preparations OF myriad kinds
and makes and degrees OF excellence, and
the profusicl of delicate creams and
powders that bide with the seclusion of
the bathroom. make the twentieth cen
tUrv bellies bath fully equal. If not SUI
perior, in an aesthetic sense. TO the lux
urious and voluptuous customs OF the
ancients.
Not many decades ago the bathroom
vas the last thought of and least con-
sidered part OF house; but its impor-
lance is freely Acknowledged these days
and in the matter Of expenditure on
high-c1ass residence it ranks Wen WITH
any other apartment
In several of the veritao!e palaces that
have been erected for certain milton
aires the bathrooms have cost from TOUR
to twenty thousand dollars each
Luxury. however, is not essential to
cleanliness, and the girl who tolls tor 50
or SC a. week can keep herself just as de-
lctously clean with the conveniences that
are found in even the cheapest nat, as
ce1 tha daughter of a millionaire.
sba NAV not afford milk or even its
s,hstitute toilet benzoin, but she can
Mace a small flannel bag filled with or
binary oatmeal or bran in the water and
Obtain very satisfactory results, and as
long as she does not STINT herself in the
r,artar OF pure CASTLE soap, she can at
,aas+ be attractively clean and can have
v-aahed with dew Neither cleanliness
nor beauty, however, wlll long survive
the use of cheap. perfumed soaps, in
which the high doors are designed to
cover the smell of the rancid fats en-
ployed in their manufacture.
It IS surprising to note on the street in
the cars and IN the stores the number of
women who are literally dirty Dark rings
enctrcle the necks of welI-dressed women,
,,nwashed hair has left it's mark on their
ears. and their complexion are dlngy be-
cause the closed pores are full of dirt
It is said that 1.-The progress of nations
in civilization may be accurately meas
ured by the amount of soap they use. and
in this industrial. commercial age, when
smoke and dust and CRIME hover every
where, bes1nirching the rich and the
poor. the good and the bad fndiscrimi-
nately, frequent bathing and much soap
are essential, not only to be simply
clean, but to acquire and retain tho
fresh, smooth complexion Of the well
oroomed woman.-New York Herald.