The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-16
SATIN BATHS
 l. FOR BEAUTY
AN OLD IDEA REVIVED BY THE
 SHEATH SKIRT FASHION.
Vigorous Treatment of the skin Result ang in the slender Figure Now Modish--A Rose Leaf Conn
 plexiOn Also secured.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
 The satin bath is the most popular now and also the most expensive. But it could be taken at home at little exs pense. Its merits are that it reduces the weight and makes the skin like satin.
 The idea of the satin bath is as old as the hills" said the owner of an es- tablishment which gives satin baths. ''The beauties of the Nile have taken them since before Moses was found in the bulrushes. But it fs only within a few years that the prescription has reached the Western world.
 ''We give them in regular order. one day one kind of bath, the next day an- other, until the patient has been through the course. Then we begin and give them all over again.
 The results are highly satisfying. The patient goes away pleased, pink and smiling. And in a few days her friends begin to arrive, all asking Tor the same treatment.
 Our materials are inexpensive. We use very finely powdered pumic stone and fine sandpaper, plenty of very rough brown bath towels and quanties of brushes of all kinds. These are to smooth the skin. We also iron it.
 Most women these days are bother ed with rough elbows. The trouble is that the elbows are exposed and they become hard and shapeless. For these there is nothing but fine sandpaper.
 we sandpaper the elbows until they are smooth. They may be red after the process. but we massage them with cocoa butter and we cover them with silk to keep them soft until the skin has had time to recover. If well treat ed the elbows will never become hard again.
 For a tired out skin and soft mus cells we have a punic stone bath. The patient takes a soft complexion brush which has been soaked in warm water over night until 1t is very pliable, and with this she SCOUTS her skin. It takes of the dead complexion and wakes up the muscles.
 we also give the English beauty baths which were much used in. the Princess of Wales set some fifteen years ago. They are simply massage baths. but the massage Is given with rough towels They are of the brown sort and they are rough dried and left | to hang in the sun to become tough and thoroughly seasoned. With one of these towels q woman messages her skin until she is as bright as a peach in sunny weather ! SA9 I6SlS me luflBOTtltOn OI tEOdt~ ment for hours afterward.
 ''The wire brushes are for the nerves There are women whose nerves are so irritable that 1t is almost impossible to
 keep them in shape. The wire brush 1 dipped in soap to make a father will l rest the nerves. There is something so | invtgorating about the wire that the | victim of nerves forget that she felt | nervous, and so her nerves are cured. "The satin beauty baths are taken by i women of much social activity when l they have an ordeal before them. A woman who knows that she must stand
 for hours at a reception will take sa- | tin bath and come back in two hours | feeling as trim as possible. Her mus
 cies will be firm and her skin will be rosy. Perhaps also she will take a | violet bath. which is very stimulating | to the nerves.
 ''The violet bath is more and more l in demand among society people. We l put ten drops of ammonia in tub of l boiling hot water. Then we stir in a teNspoonful of powdered borax and to
 this we add nearly a cup of home made
 violet perfume. This gives the famous
 violet bath which society women are | taking. Its mixture Is usually kept | secret, but is simple when you know 1t.
 "If the patient asks for violet and
 milk bath we add little benzoIn to l the water which makes 1t sweeter. sof- l ter and milkier. We also have a plain milk bath, which is liked by most pa- | tients.
 We take a little flour and water and 1 mix 1t together in a paste to which we l keep adding cold water until there is | half pint of the mixture. To this we add some rose perfume until 1t smells very sweet We stir this slowly into a tub of hot water. adding twenty drops of l benzoin and stirring until the water | cools sufficiently to permit the patient to take a bath. The skin is very fine | after this bath. which is followed by
 a massage with cream milk. Satin baths clear the skin and give the complexion chance to glow. The women whose face Is sallow will be
 surprised at results if she will take
 hot satin bath. using a stiff complex | ion brush and a very heavy soap lather. | We make a soap jelly out of shaved
 soap, and when it is stiff we perfume 1t heavily. A tablespoonful of this per- ] fimed jelly in a tub of water will | give a scented bath which one win
 remember all day.
 The beginning of the popularity of l the satin bath was the sheath skirt. When this skirt came in style women realized that they must be slender.
 The woman who is in earnest can
 lose seven pounds a week with these baths and in her own home too. But she must follow a certain regimen.