The Jersey City news., 1906-07-03
HOW TO BATHE
WISELY and WELL
Wet the Feet First and
Don't Stay In Long If
Your Lips Turn Blue
WADE IN SLOWLY
DHARMINGLY QUAINT GRANNY
BONNETs FOR LITTLE GIRLS
PRETTY KERCHIEFs
EASILY MADE

PRETTY AND KERCHIEFS
EASILY MADE
Don't take sea bath when fatigued
n overheated.
Don't bathe when. the flesh feels cold.
Don't go in the water when it ehills
The body.
Don't go in the water directly after
eating.
Don't battle longer than twenty min
ates
Don't exercise violently after leaving
the water.
Don't lie on the sand. Get dressed at
snce.
Sea bathing for woman is beneficial
If taken judiciously, but if not, is often
harmful. according to a physician who
has practicef for years at one OF the
largest seashore resorts in the country
.Too much cannot be said of the eff
racy of salt water bathing for women
he SAYS. ''and l would advocate dip
In the ocean every day for any normally
healthy man, woman or child II IS not
pnly tonic for the skin, but it acts as
bracer for the entire system, and COM
ing out after a good plunge one feels re-
fresbed and invigorated, as is not possi'
Bile with fresh water bathing. In mlia
way il is a stimulant, for the salt IS un-
doubtedly absorbed by the pores OF 1iv
skin. and in that way cleans them, tax
Ing out the acid secretions. These
saline qualities are gradually taken INTO
tho body and tone the blood and nerves.
The first effect of the salt is to stimulate
circulation and increase the activities OF
she internal organs and the desire for
action. In time this feeling is follow
ed by drowsiness, which is very soothing
and restful and if yielded to brings
sleep. When such sensations follow
d;p in the ocean the bather may be GER
tain that salt water is beneficial.
.If. on the contrary, the body chills,
the lips get blue and the flesh feels cold
: the bath slikely to do harm, and should
'1not be 1epeated unless slight indispo-
sition OF the temperature of the water
and atmosphere caused the coldness.
81 should advise woman against go
ing in bathing when fatigued, when over
heated, or directly after eating, for
bath under those conditions will not onfy
be of no value physically, but is likely to
bring ON illness.
"The ideal way to bathe in the ocean
is to get in several hours after meal,
preferably between II and l O'Clock
after breakfast has had plenty of TIME
TO digest and long enough time before
lunch to admit of a rest and short nap,
or it may be postponed until the after
noon between and ) o'clock. Select
spot on which the direct rays of the sun
fall and paddle or swim around lightly
for about Is or 20 minutes. Then get
out. wash the sand off with fresh water
and after mopping the flesh dry put on
some garment and lie or sit down and
rest and sleep, if one feels like it.
81 believe that on entering the water
one should wade in slowly, allowing the
body to gradually get accustomed to the
change in temperature, and if it is too
cold turn back before getting chilled
through. This is directly contrary to the
theory of some physicians and the prac-
tice of many athletes, who believe that
a dive. wetting the head first, is the only
way to avoid chill. In my opinion a
plunge of such a kind, to woman par
ticularly, is shock 70 the entire nervous
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person were in the best of physical con-
dition.
"I think the surest and safest way
Is to wet the feet first. and then the
wrists, cooling the blood in the large ar
teries. and then, the first slight shocks
being over, walking in slowly viii not
nnduly shock the nervous system and
cause shudder.
"A vigorous rubbing with coarse
lowell after leaving the salt bath is an
Dther thing | do not advocate, and that
Is commonly practiced to get warm
Neither do ! believe in washing all over
with fresh water after leaving the ocean
for then some Of the salt is taken from
a.