Evening star., 1936-09-07
-sketched in WASHINGTON Shops.

a teaspoonful in your tub to do its
pleasant task of leviving Jaded nerves
and soothing away tension after a hec-
tic day. We, however, find this pine oil
excellent in the morning in the cold
bath. It seems to pep you right up.
And it may be followed to good ad-
vantage with pine spirit body tonic,
sprayed on literally from a plunger-
top bottle.
This is grand for cool mornings to
wake up your skin and make it tingle.
It is also good to use after athletic
activities to relieve fatigue and pre-
vent muscular soreness. Men like
this one. Another use to which we
put it is just to create a pleasing
odor in the bath room. Press down
the plunger a couple of times and
the whole room smells sweet. It's
quick and easy!
CTILL another kind of bath oil Is
called a pine and olive oil. The
procedure is a little different with
this. You anoint yourself with it. as
they did in Bible times, massaging
well into any sore or aching spots,
then step into a warm tub, but be
sure not to use any soap with it, as
they do not mix at all. Some Of the
oil adheres to the skin, leaving 1t soft.
This pine oil is fine after q long hike;
but we like it any time.
Pine essences imported from Switz-
erland are very good and there are
Russian pine oils, too. Some Of these
have such large following that peo-
pie buy them in IS sizes so as to have
a plenty on hand. The pine spirits
that we mentioned comes from the
Vienna woods, where the pines are
also noted for their pungent odor.
England contributes an extra size
pine bath soap in an attractive box.
but it is yellow instead of green, which
is rather a pity if you always see
green when you think of pine. This,
however, has nothing to do with the
good qualities Of the soap.
"Porky Pine" is one of those clever
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days. It's a green soap pig in a bag
tied up with green cord and little
pine tree stamped on it, all for Is
cents. It is a neat little trick that
will appeal to those with young ideas
any age!
RUT wait, we've saved this till the
~ last. It's pine perfume, the aris-
tocrat of them all. And what dainty
little gift bottles these are. In fact
we found them in q gift shop, and
couldn't leave without having one our
selves. This perfume is made from
Southern pine needles and each Of the
four styles of little glass bottles has
the tiniest spray of pine with wee
cone tied around the stopper. They
are the most adorable shapes, as
shown above, and so reasonably priced
too. Each one comes in its own green
box. You will have to see them, And
you will want to keep them in mind
for birthday remembrances. One OF
these will make Just that little added
something" to accompany your
greeting card.
In the same shop we found minia-
ture pine needle sleeping pillow, the
size of post card. You wouldn't be-
lieve how much strong pine odor Is
imprisoned in that small package. II
will bring the sandman in q hurry
and they say it is good for sinus suf-
ferers too. Just tuck 1t inside your
pillow case and try it. Or If you
want to send one away, they come
already boxed for mailing. All you
have to do is to write the address and
stick on the stamp.
For information concerning items
| mentioned in this column call Ma
tional 5000, Extension 395, between
| 10 and IL am.