Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-10-16

For the restoration OF energy after
hard days work there Ia nothing like
a 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-
juvenating to locks.
The skin plays q most important
part in the economy of human health
good looks. According to science 1T
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 1t 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 of
much OF the poisonous wastes of the
body in the form OF water and oil and
rancid odors. The cleansing bath,
| then. is q 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
we'll dressed and is going to have
good time.
For the business woman who car
ries her ONCE 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 bath may be continued for is
or 20 minutes for the long moment In
the water is needed to reduce the
mental stress. For constant sleepless-
ness many doctors consider the warm
bath the best of all treatments.
The daily bath must be taken &C
cording to individual preference, but
it is generally agreed that more bene-
hts are obtained from a warm tub
and q gradual cooling of the water
Il than from a cold plunge. The needle
- spray. with the temperature of the wa
ter first hot and then changing to cold,
has a very tonic effect on the skin, and
gives all the body a refreshed and deli
cious feeling. But the daily bath
II however taken, is an absolute require
ID ment for the woman who needs to
l. appear we'll groomed and whose de
IN sire is to keep herself In a good physi
~ cal condition.
"a Eat slowly at meals and talk Will
in the pleasant people at table. for the
TO stomach takes kindly to little COS
mt siping, doing its work far more sc
renely with pleasant table talk thai
mt without it. If you feel sleepless oil
Sc going to bed try slipping glass o
"a. warm milk, for in all probability tn
,h wakefulness comes from the emptines
n. OF the stomach. The warm milk vii
mt act as a soporific, particularly II 20
HI stop thinking about the worries an
is, do a little deep breathing after 20
lot are in bed.
on All work and no play will make tn
Gu business girl a dull one, so pray Ia
L. out some little part OF the week
ect wages for entertainment Go to tn
theater, accept a weekend invitatic
whenever you can, give little Sunda
afternoon teas and go to them. Anus
rk. ment, remember. is An actual need
s-at heart and mind, but the more OF
. taken in the open air the better.
taste for golf and tennis and the "
to get time for these games ha'
saved more hardworking people, fro
;uit the asylum than you could shake
Der stick at" After any hard ment
application a change off into some
the manual job or other is also We
beneficial, for some work Of the han
ltin seems to be necessary for the emit
bodily health.
A good book is also a great re
INTO and even a foolish book can be re
NJ with benefit to overweight nerves
Dress is never to be despised
any woman who has her living to ca
lin a for becoming and appropriate att
ntiff stimulates woman's pride In
and self, and is all powerful at this tr
'5Ol- SO adding to her looks in dou
iotn way. In fact, even If you fancy 20
ono self actually plain with systema
I'd study of the art OF dress 1t Is In "
~ in power to make yourself invincible b.
I'd to in a business and a social way
ment this means, OF course. that on
nit. clothes and the couture must be
ment propriate to a busy sphere.
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