The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

her head while her fingers are neIo IN a
bowl Of cold water at the same time.
If the headache be very severe a hot
sponge is tied to the back of the neck and
another is applied to the forehead. the
sponge Is taken OF and rsheated every ht-
teen minutes until the head is relieved.
l. WHAT COLD WATER WILL DO.
For a tired or nervous headache hot water
Is used. But for q headache from any other
cause cold water is applied. If neuralgia.
the cure: II fever. the cold water.
The Russian beauty also uses cold water
for the complexion. She does not draw the
ordinary cold water from the lancet. but
she takes rain water and has 1t boiled 10
make. It still softer. To a gallon of rain wa
ter she adds a teaspoonful of borax. and this
she has sprayed upon her face.
The spray must be cool and should be con-
tinued five minutes. or as long as the SUP
ply of water can be obtained. ?
A brisk walk IN the rain Is good for the
complexion. because of the soft. warm quail
tiles OF the rain water and SO. also. is a
the brisk kind. but a gentle fall.
The skin is injured by a bath of cod. hard
water. hut the soft water does 1t good. and
II It had a little boracic acid in its depths
and II the water be luke warm then its ef-
fects are very invigoratinE to the skin.
The Russian belle traces her bright color
to the cool or cold water treatment. and
the English belle. will tell you that 1t IS
her walk that makes her color so clear and
bright and her skin so fne and firm.
The American method of softening the
face with cold creams is not liked by the
English. who prefer to harden the skin. But
the English woman, while she looks very
nice at p. IS not so apt to look well at A.
The walks in the open air should be followed
by the healing cold cream, and the cold-wa-
| ter treatment, which is now her fad. must
not take the place of the skin lotions. with
out which no woman can long keep a clear
complexion: one that will stand the ravages
Of that destroyer. Father Time. =
| The Russian, beauty fades young. but she
does not mind this. for. in Russia. as in
Spain, q woman. loses her youth soon and
Is content that II should be SO. She keeps
her domestic charm. but her exterior love
hness is a thing Of the past.
AMERICAN GRANDMOTHERS.
In America. where all women are young,
and even great-grandmothers lead society,
the complexion methods are different. and
the American girl who ducks in cod water
and sprays her complexion with rain water
is certain to take a tonic afterward in the
shape of a massage treatment with a skin
food that VIII ecompense the skin, for. the
oil and moisture which it lost In the bath Of
rain.
Mrs. William As.c.. whose g~reat-srand-
son. James Van Alien. was baptized a
short time ago. possesses a skin that Il,
clear and almost pretty. It Is not the
patneuS. Aaueu XIV" VI tne peach by n
means. but a clear olive. with a touch Of
color. -
One Of the tenets Of the Russian winter
cure is that the patient must drink six
glasses Of water each day. She really need
eat nothing II she win do this, but an
abundance of drink is necessary.
The water must be taken at about. the
temperature in which. 1t comes from the
'aucet. not az cold as ice. nor yet luke
warm, but Of a. medium tone.
The times for drinking the water are be-
fore breakfast. an hour after dinner and an
hour after supper.
Athletes drink . Ereat deal Of water and