The state herald., 1912-09-27


For the restoration Of energy after
hard days work there is nothing like
q warm bath and = 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 looks.
The. skin plays a most important
part In the economy of human health
good looks. According to science 1T
has remarkable history, this wonder
full covering Of the body with the in
Vulnerable ducts and underlying
glands. From 1t, we are told. all the
senses are derived, and 1t is now
the seat Of several important bodily
functions. while 1t 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 necessity for health and
looks, and our need of the watery ele-
ment does not seem strange to scien-
fists 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 1t 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 15
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 ac-
cording to individual preference. but
It is generally agreed that more bene-
fits are obtained from n warm tub
and n gradual cooling OF the water
than from a 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 n refreshed and deli.
cious feeling. But the daily bath,
however taken. is an absolute require
ment for the woman who needs to
appear well groomed and whose de-
sire is to keep herself in good physi-
fal condition.
Eat slowly at meals and talk with
the pleasant people at table, for the
stomach takes kindly TO little gos-
siping, doing its work far more Sc
renely with pleasant table talk than
without It. II you feel sleepless on
going to bed try slipping n glass OF
warm milk. for in all probability the
gakefulness Genes from the emptiness
OF the stomach. The warm milk will
act as a soporific. particularly II you
stop thinking about the Worries and
DO little deep breathing after you
IRE In bed.
All work and no play will make the
business girl dun one, 30 pray lay
out some little part OF the weeks
wages for entertainment Go to the
thoater. accept weekend invitation
whenever you can. give little Sunday
afternoon teas and 80 10 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
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 n
stick at" After any hard mental
application n change on into some 1T
the manual job or other Ia also very
beneficial. for some work OF tho hands
soeoms TO be necessary for tho entire
bodily health.
A good book Is also great rest,
and even n foolish book can bo read
with benefit to oyorwrought nerves.
Dress In never 10 be dospiGcd by
any woman who has her living TO earn.
for becoming and appropriate attire
stimulates womanA pride In her
self. and Ia all powerful at this time.
NO adding TO her looks In double
way. In fact. even n you fancy your.
self actually plain with a Systematic
study OF tho art OF dress Il 10 In your
power TO mako yourself inyinoiblo both
In a business and a social way-but
this moanH Of course, that ONCE
clothes and tho couture muat bo ap-
propriato TO busy sphere.