The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-08
BATHING AID TO HEALTH.
Habits of the English Woman,
 Russian and the American.

Habits of the English Woman, the | Russian and the American. | Philadelphia Times.
 The English woman takes a bath in cold water! But 1t is not like the Rus
 sian bath. where the Russian beauty | plunges headlong into the sea and out again. three times, swiftly. winter and
 summer. The English woman simply
 takes her, cold dip. while the Russian chills her body.
 The Russian woman begins in child
 hood. She Is dipped" at the age of
 Into the icy waters of the river. and from that time on, until her death, or until she is too old and feeble to leave the house, she takes this deadly plunge daily. To her 1t Is not deadly, but de- cidedly invigorating.
 The English woman draws a happy line. She bathes daily in water that Is cold. She does not copy her Amer ican cousin. who turns on the hot wa ter, faucet and waits until the tub is filled with steaming water. On the contrary, she uses the cold water and she fills the tub half full and then plunges in. In and out she dips until she has taken her constitutional and she emerges wonderfully refreshed.
 The American girl. on the other hand takes her bath in very hot water. quite as hot as can be borne, and she remains in 1t until she is thoroughly heated through. Often it is a long process. and the bath leaves her very tired. In- deed 1t Is this feeling of weariness which makes the bath SO much disliked by many American girls.
 The English girl takes her plunge fresh from the faucet. and even in the winter she has not hot water to tenn per this bath. Frequently she adds
 just enough ice to 1t in the summer time to make it little cooler and more refreshing.
 The matter of the cold plunge daily is subject to much debate But if the woman who wants to experiment will draw the water over night and let 1t stand until morning she will find that 1t is. much more agreeable. It will be just about the right warmth--namely. the climate of the room. This will not shock the system.
 Hygiene of the Skin. The English girl declares that her wonderful skin Is due to the vigorous rubbing after the bath, d rubbing so severe that 1t acts almost as massage. and she will tell you how she has been cured of rheuisNtism and many a mil nor i'll in that manner. She will de- scribe the roughness of the towels and will tell you that the American wo-
  tender by taking hot baths.
 Again, the English girl will advise you to get the ar. She herself Is @
 crank upon the subject of open air. She
 does not huddle down into a stage
 when she goes out, nor does she take shelter in an open car. She walks and
 winter or summer, you can see her
 plodding along. Seldom does she car
 ry an umbrella, for her tweed suit is
 hut fnr rain and her HarVicAnhIA Gtim
 felt hat, with its prim feather. is de-
 signed for wetting.
 The result is apparent in a wonderful
 redness of cheek The English skin Is
 perfectly marvellous. It Is clear.
 bright, almost red in color. while Its
 smoothness is so pronounced that you can see it across the room. one nq- tices the velvety texture Of the Eng fish skin at q glance.
 Yet. while the English girl tells you that her beauty Is que to her cold wa ter bathing and her exercise, she will add that it Is also due to the fact that she eats the right kind of food. The English miss eats bread and butter. the latter of the best ktnd and the former made In Q thoroughly hygienio manner.
 An English girl in the bread and but ter stage, will consume half dozen thick slices for her luncheon and will take with them & lot of marmalade
 made of good oranges and she will
 drink either good milk or water with out ice in 1t.
 She has meat only once day, and her breakfast Is mostly porridge of some kind, hominy. oatmeal, mush or some sort of breakfast food She does not taste the great variety of food set | before children of this country. Even the grown-ups do not eat much more. except on state occasions. An | English woman takes her bread and butter and tea for lunch, with possibly | a slice of roast beef. And for dinner she has a well cooked meat pie, or a | Yorkshire pudding, or something equal | ly nourishing. She would not think of
 dining nightly on the clam connections | on the fish courses. or on the wonderful | rich game, or the variety of vegetables
 and the marvellous pastries which are
 the pride of the average American l household.
 The Diet and the Skin. 1 Diet has a great deal to do with com
 plexlon. But in order to eat plain, hearty food one must be strong and we'll Invalids, cranks and dyspeptics are hard to please. The healthy woman | eats anything that Is palatable and
 washes 1t down with a relish. l To become strong In stomach one | must have exercise, and here is where the English girl excels. An English
 teacher of gymnastics. visiting this
 country. asked When do you take 1 your exercise?
 We never exercise" was the reply. But where are your parks, your gymnasiums, your river banks. your | boulevards and your outing spots?" We have none" said the woman
 sadly, "or if we have We never use them. We are too busy half the day