Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
Laundry work for Beauty.

Women who are obliged to do their own
washing will rejoice to learn that what Is
considered disagreeable toll is a genuine
maker of beauty. The discovery was made
by Brooklyn woman and the details given
to an anxious world by the Brooklyn Eagle.
This is the way It works:
When you start in to wash-soaking the
clothes-be sure that the water is clear
and soft. Hard water injuries the hands
and does the clothes no good. Let the water
be soft and clear. Filtered water, softened
by borax, would be the best for the hands.
The next best thing is good rain water
with plenty of borax dissolved in the water.
To soak a shirtwaist throw open the win
dows and lift the shirtwaist high in your
hands. This gives the arm and shoulder ex-
ercise. Dip It in the tub. lift II again and
Keep on lifting and dipping until the shirt
waist is wet thoroughly. Then let It lie In
the deep water.
Open the windows before you begin.
Working with closed windows, winter or
summer, is poor plan. A close room in
Jures the lungs and makes the complexion
muddy. Moreover, II is bad for the tissues
women with adipose tissue invariably work
In warm room.
Washerwomen cooks and house workers
OF all kinds are almost always too stout.
They get fat in spite of the exercise they
take. This is because the room in which
they work Is too warm and too close, II
breeds kind of unhealthy fat II thew
would throw open the windows and breathe
deeply they would be great deal better
on Hot air, remember makes YOU stout
and II makes you loggy II makes your
muscles soft and your nerves unsteady. II
gives the skin dull, pudgy look as though
one were made of putty.
Soak your clothes in a cool room with the
WINDOWS open and remember that all your
laundry operations should be conducted in
tne same way. The washerwomen Of
France wash in the open air in a brook.
rubbing their clothes against the stores
The air is clear and good: the water is cool
and SOFT the stones afford inst the r,gbt
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
indeed. She would be independent of beauty
parlors.
"heh she comes to the washing for her
CLONES she must be careful The air must
pc GOOD the soap must be of the best the
water must be soft and she must under
stand the art OF getting all the benefit DOS
sloie' IL she does II right she WIN take
q turkish bath at no expense whatever,
II she does not do it as she should do Il
she will be uncomfortable all the rest ~
the dey.
Dress lightly and entirely in wash fabrics
VICAR no flannel next to the skin. and n
possible dress in two or three garments.
II would be very nice If one could go bare
footed 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 It 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 II.
Let your clothing be OF the kind that can
be taken on as soon as you have finished
your work and put out to air. Better still
wear fresh suit for your laundry work
plain shirtwaist that can be turned in al
the neck and calico skirt This is an
ioeal laundry work uniform. Don't dress up
TOO much. No one is going to see you
washing the clothes In the hot suds
steams the skin and makes the complexion
better. II the sweat stands out in beads
50 much the better. You are getting n
Turkish bath. Never be afraid to sweat
The finest portions OF skin are those that
sweat the most protusely. The plans 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 suds until YOU
are wet with Precipitation.
II is a bad thing to suddenly check the
Precipitation and for this reason It is well
to cool on little, before going out to hang
up the clothes. Jet the system cool grad