Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-22
BEAUTY IN THE LAUNDRY.
Open Windows Wide-How to Guard Against Taking Cold When
 Hanging Up Clothes.

S0meDo0y naS uiscOVeTeu that launaIy work is good for the complexion. And a New York girl, hearing the report, has put 1t to practical test. She is doing her own washing. And, thus far in her experiment, she is able to report much success, says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle
 Just for fear all the women may start in to do their own washing, so as to have a nice skin, and for fear they may start in wrong, it is well to tell how the work should be done. Washing, no mat ter how beneficial, is hard work and it would be a pity to do 1t in the wrong way
 When you start in to wash soaking the clothes-be sure that the water is clear and soft. Hard water injures the hands and does the clothes no good. Let the water be soft and clear. Filtered water, softened by borax, would be best for the hands. The next best thing is good rain water with plenty of borax dissolved in the water.
 TX To soak shirtwaist, throw open the windows and lift the shirtwaist high in your hands. This gives the arm and shoulder exercise. Dip it in the tub, lift 1t. dip it again, and keep on lifting and dipping until the shirtwaist is wet thor oughly. Then let 1t lie in the deep water.
 Open the windows before you begin. 
 Working with closed windows, winter or summer, is poor plan. A close room injures the lungs and makes the com plexion muddy. Moreover, it is bad for the tissues. Women with adipose tis- sue invariably work in warm room.
 Washerwomen, cooks and housework- CTS of all kinds are almost always too stout. They get fat in spite of the ex- ercise they take. This is because the room in which they work is too warm and too close. It breeds kind of un- healthy fat. If they would throw open the windows and breathe deeply they would be great deal better of. Hot air, remember, makes you stout and it makes you loggy. It makes your muscles soft and your nerves unsteady. It gives the skin dull, pudgy look, as though one were made of putty.
 Soak your clothes in cool room with the windows open and remember that all your laundry operations should be conducted in the same way. The wash erwomen of France wash in the open air in brook, rubbing their clothes against the stones. The air is clear and good i; the water is cool and soft; the stones af. ford just the right amount of friction and there Is always the brook in which one can wade and cool of. The girl who can do her laundry work daily under such circumstances would be blest in- deed. She would be independent of beauty parlors.
 When she comes to the washing of her clothes she must be careful The air must be good. the soap must be of the best. the water must be soft and she must understand the art of getting all the benefit possible If she does it right she will take Turkish bath at no ex- pense whatever; if she does not do il as she should do it she will be uncom. fortable all the rest of the day.
 Dress lightly and entirely in wash fab rics. Wear no flannel next to the skin and if possible dress in two or three garments. It would be very nice if one could go barefoot. but there are very few who can do this. Besides barefootedness tends to widen the foot and break down the arch of the instep Therefore 1t is best to wear the shoes one is,accustomed to wearing.
 The temperature of the room should be cool. and there should be a draught blowing through 1t.
 Let your clothing be of the kind that can be taken of as soon as you have finished your work, and put out to air Better still. wear a fresh suit for your laundry work, plain shirtwaist that can be turned in at the neck. and a calico skirt. This is an ideal laundry work uniform. Don't dress up too much No one is going to see you.
 Washing the clothes in the hot studs steams the skin and makes the complex iitn better. If the sweat stands out in beads, so much the better. You are get. ting Turkish bath. Never be afraid to sweat. The finest portions of the skin are those that sweat the most profusely The palms of the hand. in spite of the hard work they do. are soft the chest upon which the precipitation breaks out in beads is fine and smooth. Sweat all you can. It Is good for you. Paddle In the studs until you are wet with perspir. ation.
 It Is a bad thing to suddenly cheek the precipitation. and for this reason il is we'll to cool of little before going out to hang up the clothes. Drink glass of spring water. wash the hands fir cold water. Cool of little by little. taking 20 minutes for it. Then go out and hang up the clothes.
 If you cool of too suddenly you wlll check the precipitation and the cold will close the pores and clog them. This will give you a touch of rheumatism. which can only be cured by steaming the pore; open again. If you find your back lame from suddenly going out in the cold air you will have to apply hot cloths to open the closed pores. In this way. and in this way only. will you restore your back to limberness again
 Hanging up clothes Is glorious exer. else. Put your laundry in q basket. Balance the basket upon your head. and start of. Hold your chin up: let your