The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
LATEST COMPLEXION BATH.

Inns is the first morning order of +l,e
beauty who desires to remain beautifuI
ana who does not? She received +ba
mint from Paris. The beauties of Ea,ie
mad it from Holland, where Queen VIII
nelrnlna introduced it, and she got II
from lady of waiting who had trav-
eIea IN the Dutch East Indies and
asked questions of the wife of a colo
MAJ governor until she discovered +l,a
real reason for the superb complexion
OF the Dutch East Indian women. The
secret was contained, the lady-in-wait-
ing learned, in that cheap and nuch
oerlded fruit, spinster sister of an
orange, the lemon. For their satin
smooth skins, white and pink as that
OF an infant fresh awakened from a
nap, the women of East India gave all
hohor TO the lemon. They battle in
lemonade. But they battle discreetly.
THE lemons are such powerfi,i
trult, said the lady-in- waiting. Five
Of them are quite enough for the lem
onade bath"
queen Wilhelmina commanded that
she write full instructions for the lemon
bath. Here it is as the female courtier
wrote it and as it hangs on an ivory
tablet in the royal bathroom in the
palace of Amsterdam.
Cut five lemons into thin slices, each
the cut up lemons in a large bowl filled
with cool water. Let the lemons soak in
the bowl for half an hour.
Fill the bath tub with tepid water
and pour the bowl of lemonade into it
while the water is running from the
faucet. This viii stir the lemonade
into the water more thoroughly than
you can possibly do by any other meth
cd. Let the lemon slices float about in
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effect of the bath to remove them, for
they still contain half the juice of the
fruit"
Queen Wilhelmina, after trying the
bath, pronounced it excellent, but,
being young woman of original and
progressive character, she introduced
an improvement or her own.
1T is excellent" she asserted, "but it
stings as the wind that blows over the
canal in mid-winter cuts the face. !
shall soften the lemonade with the
midest soap I know"
Having used this amended and i'm
proved lemon bath, Queen Wilhelmina's
complexion bloomed as the roses in the
balance garden bloom IN June. The
complexion, after the hair, is the best
index of the condition of the system.
Persons at court began to eEclaim:
How well her majesty looks! It is as
though she had struck some new spring
of vitality"
Her ladies-in-waiting told her Of the
pleasant gossip. Queen Wilhelmina
laughed. ''It is the lemon bath in the
morning." she said.
For the body yes" said her favorite
lady-in-waiting. But lemons are not
for the skin of the face, your majesty.
They are too stringent"
Their strength must be tempered"
replied the queen of Holland. AS /
reduce the strength of the lemons by
using mild soap with my bath, so l
soften the glass of lemonade with ia
blespoonful of rose water before l use
it in my face bowl.
To Paris quickly the court gossips OF
Holland sent the recipe for the queens
beauty bath In fortnight it was the
rule adopted by the mistress of every
home of the Faubourg de st. German
The charming Duchess de Rochetou-
cauld told an American friend OF 1t. Inc
friend was the bearer Of the good It'd
ings to New York. And the lemon
bath is the latest experiment OF some
of the very smartest women in Amer
lea.
If has two chief virtues. In midsum-
mer If is not only cooling but bracing.
The sour beverage, all who have SUI
fered from July and August heat
know. slakes the thirst more effectual-
" than do sweet drinks. Taken IN
moderate quantities, they are tonic
TO the stomach and cooling 1t, remove
the desire for ice. That acids taken
into the blood thin and cool 1t is an
axiom of medicine. The lemonade tnat
inyigorates the system when taken INTO
IT via the stomach is as effective Wheh
taken through the millions Of pores IN
If
The other merit is that its acid quail
i+v, whitens the skin. Lemon juice re-
pooves tan. It is the most effective roe
of ANNOYING freckles. 1t cleanses the
skin into which dust has been deeply
ground by much motoring.
glasgful taken from the bowl INTO
which the five lemons have been cllseu
and stirred into tepid water American
women have drops of the best tncture
of benzoin into it, If you WISH " uSs
banzoin. but it is a little harsh. Queen
IVi1helnina's recipe is better. Then
hattie the face slowly and gently WIN
the palms of the hands.
Driving is an important part OF every
ha+l, To dry the body use one OF Tue
huge English bath towels touT ydius
long and two yards wide, OF the klhu
which Nav Irwin brought from Eng
land. some persons are always
chilly after a bath that tney want
wrap themselves in something 10 sIop
their shivering," she said. These are
the only towels that you can wear
while YOU are drying yourself | am am |
convinced that they have preventeu |
MANY a case of lumbago and pleurlsy
bv protecting after the bath the paca y |
If q person Of a delicate constitution.
For the face the foot wide square on
used by Lillian Russel' VI
old pieces of much worn musIln' are
better than towels, because softer. Gnu
bandkerchiefs, especially silk ones, are
excellent for the purpose. They are 80
soft that they do not cause IilosS
dreaded foes of beauty. wrinkles: -.
From the bathrooms of some lastIui-
oue beauties towels are wholly apsehl'
Their bath robes are made OF towering,
and they toss them on as soon as tiley
Stem from the bath and wear them ouI
ine the ten minutes Of brisk calsthen-
les that speedily sets the blood; stag
nj from the night of sleep, 10 pounQ-
inc through the veins, and at the salle
time dries the body. Before dressing
tbev take from its crystal bowl thI
huge powder puff. an overgrown specl.
zen of the puff used for the face ana
- into the water.