Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-11-03
IN THE LAUNDRY.
Open Windows Wide-How to Guard
Against Taking Cold When
Hanging Up Clothes.

work is good for the complexion. And a
New York girl. hearing the report. has
put 1t to a practical test. She is doing
her OWL washing. And, thus far in her
experiment, she Is able to report much
success, says q writer in the Brooklyn
Eagle.
Just for fear all the women may start
in to do their own washing, SO as to
have u nice skin. and for fear they may
start in wrong. 1t is we'll to tell how the
work shoGld 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 nc 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
1t. dip 1t 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 a 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 a warm room.
WasherwOmen, cooks and housework-
ers 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. 1t breeds a kind of I'M
healthy fat. If they would throw open
the windows and breathe deeply they
would be a great deal better off. Hot air,
remember, makes you stout and 1t makes
| you loggy. 1t makes YOU muscles soft
and your nerves unsteady. 1t gives the
skin a 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 the same way. The wash
erwomen of France wash in the open air
In q 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
q 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 a Turkish bath at no ex-
pense whatever; If she does not do it
as she should do it she will be uncom-
Portable all the rest Of the day.
Dress lightly and entirely in wash fab
RIGS. Wear no flannel next to the skin,
and II possible dress in two or three
garments. 1t would be very nice II one
could go barefoot, but there are very few
who can do this. Besides barefootedness
tends to widen the foot and break down
she arch of the instep. Therefore it is
pest to wear the shoes one is accustomed
ITO wearing.
The temperature of the room should be
cool, and there should be a draught
blowing through it.
Washing the clothes in the hot suds
steams the skin and makes the complex
tin better. II the sweat stands out in
beads, so much the better. You are get
ting a Turkish bath. Never be afraid 20
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 perspiration breaks out
in beads Is fine and smooth. Sweat all
you can. 1t is good for you. Paddle in
the suds until you are wet with perspir-
a'lon
It a bad thing to suddenly check
he perspiration, and for this reason it
Is we'll to cool off a little before going
but to hang up the clothes. Drink a glass
of spring water. wash the hands in cold
water. Cool of little by little, taking
20 minutes for it. Then go out and hang
up the clothes.
II you cool off too suddenly you will
check the perspiration and the cold will
close the pores and clog them. This will
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