Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14

quickly, and If it is a sunny morning rolls
herself in a kimona and lies for few mo-
ments where the sun can pour upon her.
In winter she takes exercises for five min
utes in place of the sun bath. When she
comes home at night, before going to dim
ner. she invariably changes her gown. bath
ing her face. neck, chest and arms with
oatmeal water, which she finds extremely
soothing. Then just before retiring she
takes a warm mot a hoD bath for fifteen
minutes, and retires to sleep the sleep of
the just-and the well-cleansed.
The girl who feels as If she were going
to faint in very hot water should avoid
hot baths. should the girl who has at
lacks Of vertigo, the girl who takes cold
easily and the very thin girl. The body
is peculiarly susceptible to chill after
hot bath, hence the danger of colds even
in midsummer, and hot water is always
reducer, which the very thin girl does not
need.
Because your best friend is a devotee of
the cold bath. do not imagine that IL may
be just the thing for you. II after trying
1t a number of mornings, you still find
that your finger nails are a bit blue your
teeth chatterfng and that no glow spreads
over your flesh, no matter how vigorously
you rub. then be sure that the cold bath
Is not for you, and go back to the soothing
warm or tepid bath.
If. in hot weather. the bath Is followed
by peculiar itching sensation all over
the body, but particularly down the back
bone and over the lower extremities, do
not increase this affliction by persistent
rubbing. You are suffering from what ply
sicians call bath pruritus which may be
traced to various causes. First, drop the
rubbing entirely and pat the skin dry
with old soft towels and dust with a tai
cum powder. Look well to your soap.
Perhaps you using a brand whose
best quality lies in It's dainty. Powered
paper wrapper. If, after all these pre-
cautions. the after effect of your bath is
still unpleasant. consult your physician.
You may be able to trace the trouble to
over-heated blood, sluggish liver or bad
digestion.
If you are extremely nervous, avoid the
cold baths and every night before retiring
take a warm bath, which will soothe the
tired nerves. Do not take a very hot
bath at night. 1t is almost as stimulating
as the cold bath, and will keep you awake.
If your skin Is oily in summer add a
few drops of toilet ammonia to your warm
bath, or a dash of benzoin. If salt water
baths agree with you, do not mourn be-
cause you cannot take a daily dip in the
surf. Buy a sack of sea salt from your
druggist add a few tablespoonfuls to your
warm tepid bath and you will find it
extremely invigorating. If you take this
sea bath at home as strong as the direc-
lions the bags advise, always sponge
off your body with clear water, just as
you do in your little bathing house at the
shore.
So much for the girl who summers in
town and has every tub advantage common
to modern housebuilding and plumbing.
Now for her less fortunate sister at noun
tain and seaside resort. That sounds odd.
does it not? But viewed from the stand
point of the daily bath, the real summer
girl has her own troubles. The public bath
room, at almost any hotel. is a place to be
avoided. The summer girl who has a tin
foot tub, or better still one OF the col
lapsible rubber tubs, which her English
cousin carries into the heart of India or
Australia, is safest. 1t takes up little room
room. and insures her daily sponge She
should also carry her own Turkish towels
and send them out with her other laundry.
Girls who are summering near clear but
quiet pools should view the delights of still
water bathing with suspicion. Malaria
turks In those clear. Nmpid waters. Bath
ing in a small lake which has an outlet
and is fed by running streams, or in a purl-
ing brook is much safer. daily morning
plunge in one of these mountain streams
and lakes is invigorating.
Surf bathing is invigorating II 1t Is fol-
lowed by a glow and a reaction, but If the
girl comes from the water with teeth chat