Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-27


For the restoration Of energy after a
hard days work there is nothing like
q warm bath and a rest for ten min
utes or more in a darkened room You
may think you are too tired for the
bath, but you are wrong. 1t is just
what you need, the tub so soothing to
nerves, SO cleansing to the skin and re-
juYenating to looks.
The skin plays a most important
part in the economy Of human health
good looks. According to science il
has a remarkable history, this wonder
full covering of the body with the in
Vulnerable ducts and underlying
glands From it, we are told, all the
senses are derived, and it is now
the seat of several important bodily
functions, while it seems to play some
very mysterious part in the moral
life 1t performs the duties OF kid
news and lungs, warns us when we are
too cold or too warm, and casts off
much Of the poisonous wastes of the
body in the form of water and oil and
rancid odors. The cleansing bath,
then, is a necessity for health and
looks, and our need of the watery ele-
ment does not seem strange to scien-
lists who argue that all animal
forms, including the progenitors of
man, once lived In the sea. Whether
they did or not, the woman used to
the daily bath knows that she looks
better after one, just as she knows
that life has more snap when she is
well dressed and is going to have a
good time.
For the business woman who car
ries her Office troubles home with her
the prolonged bath at bedtime will
be found an excellent sedative, al
though it occasionally happens that
one must get used to late Tubing.
The water should be of the tempera-
ture of the body or higher, as 1t Is
pleasant, with the room comfortably
warm. The bathmeybe continued for 15
or 20 minutes, for the long moment IN
the water is needed to reduce the
mental stress. Fer constant sleepless-
ness many doctors consider the warm
bath the best Of all treatments.
The daily bath must be taken ac-
cording to individual preference, but
it is generally agreed that more bene-
fits are obtained from warm tub
and gradual cooling Of the water
than from cold plunge. The needle
spray, with the temperature of the wa
ter first hot and then changing to cold,
has very tonic effect on the skin, and
gives all the body refreshed and deli
cious feeling. But the daily bath,
however taken, is an absolute require
ment for the woman who needs to
appear we'll groomed and whose de-
sire is to keep herself In a good physi-
cal condition.
Eat slowly at meals and talk with |
the pleasant people at table, for the
stomach takes kindly to little Cos
siping, doing its work far more Sc
renely with pleasant table talk than |
without it. If you feel sleepless on |
going to bed try slipping glass Of |
warm milk, for in all probability the |
comes from the emptiness
of the stomach. The warm milk will |
act as soporific, particularly If you
stop thinking about the worries and
do a little deep breathing after you
are in bed.
All work and no play will make the
business girl dull one, SO pray lay
out some little part of the weeks
wages for entertainment. Go to the
theaier, accept a weekend invitation
whenever you can, give little Sunday
afternoon teas and go to them. Amuse-
ment, remember, is an actual need Of
heart and mind, but the more Of Ii
taken in the open air the better. A I
taste for golf and tennis and the wit
to get time for these games have
saved more hardworking people from
The asylum than you could shake
stick at" After any hard mental
application change off into some lit
The manual job or other is also very I
beneficial, for some work Of the hands
seems to be necessary for the entire
bodily health.
A good book is also a great rest
and even foolish book can be read
with benefit to overweight nerves.
Dress is never to be despised by
any woman who has her living to earn,
'or becoming and appropriate attire
stimulates woman's pride in her
self, and is all powerful at this time,
10 adding to her looks in double
way. In fact, even if you fancy your
ielf actually plain with a systematic
study of the art Of dress it is in your
lower to make yourself invincible both
n a business and social way-bAt
his means, of course, that Office
clothes and the couture must be ap.
Dropriate to a busy sphere.
The Newest Collar. f
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