Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
BEAUTY IN THE LAUNDRY.
Open Windows Wide-How to Guard
Against Taking Cold When
Hanging Up Clothes.

WOrk Is good TOR the c0mpieXlOn. Anu
New York girl hearing the report, has |
put it to practical test. She is doing !
her own washing. And, thus far in her i
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 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 it in the wrong
way
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 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
windows and lift the shirtwaist high in
your hands. This gives the arm and
| shoulder exercise. Dip it in the tub, lift
| it. dip it again, and keep on lifting and
, dipping until the shirtwaist is wet thor
| oughly. 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
| Injuries the lungs and makes the COM
plexion muddy. Moreover, it is bad for
the tissues. Women with adipose It's
sue invariably work in warm room.
Washerwomen, cooks and housework-
ers of all kinds are almost always too
stout. They get fat in spite of che ex-
ercise they take. This is because the
room in which they work is too warm
and too close. 1t breeds kind of I'M
| healthy fat. If they would throw open
the windows and breathe deeply they
would be great deal better Off. Hot air,
remember, makes you stout and it makes
you loggy. 1t makes your muscles soft
and your nerves unsteady. 1t 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
| COIluuSlCu liC oomC va HC w doi-
erwomen Of France wash in the open air
in brook, rubbing their clothes against
! the stones. The air is clear and good |;
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 off, The girl who
can do her laundry work daily under
1 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 all
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 10 ex-
2 pense whatever; if she does not do il
as she should do it she will be uncom
( Portable all the rest of the day.
2 Dress lightly and entirely in wash fab
: RIGS. Wear no flannel next to the skin
( and if possible dress in two or three
garments 1t would be very nice if one
9 could go barefoot but there are very few
: who can do this. Besides barefootednes:
e tends to widen the foot and break dow1
f the arch of the instep. Therefore it i:
, best to wear the shoes one is accustomed
e to wearing.
4 The temperature of the room should b.
;, cool, and there should be a draugh
e blowing through it.
1 Let your clothing be of the kind tina
. can be taken Off as soon as you hav'
Il fin ich o6 to oil
: Better still wear fresh suit for you
y laundry work, a plain shirtwaist tina
n can be turned in at the neck and
r calico skirt. This is an ideal laundr.
q work uniform. Don't dress up too much
y No one is going to see you
v Washing the clothes in the hot sud
o steams the skin and makes the complex
d itn better. If the sweat stands out il
d beads. SO much the better. You are get
ting Turkish bath. Never be afraid t
= sweat. The finest portions of the ski
b are those that sweat the most profusely
: The palms of the hand. in spite of tn
k hard work they do, are soft the ches
d upon which the perspiration breaks on
r in beads is fine and smooth. Sweat al
}, you can: 1t is good for you Paddle i
d the suds until you are wet with perspir
n alton.
n 1t is bad thing to suddenly chez
l. the perspiration. and for this reason
20 is well TO cool off little before goin
e out to hang up the clothes Drink glas
!, of spring water, wash the hands in col
70 water. Cool off little by little, takin
e 20 minutes for it. Then go out and han
II up the clothes
IL If you cool off too suddenly you wi
IS check the perspiration and the cold wi
n close the pores and clog them. This wi
t. give you a touch of rheumatism whic
= can only be cured by steaming the pore
n open again. If you find your back lam
" from suddenly going out in the cold al
y you will have to apply hot cloths to ope