The Washington times., 1937-01-19

anu Iuey were very WACAeu dAl
bad, wicked witches with ca
witches there were.
It's all quite different now. The
modern witches are very good,
and they have a lovely new kind
of a bubbling caldron too. They
call it a bath tub, and the witches
are really not witches either, but
just clever little girls who know
the mysteries of a beautiful bub-
BILE foam bath.
The foam bath, my children, is
really something new, although
the same theory has been used
for years in some of the famous
German spas, so we will tell you
the way the are doing it here.
It is supposed to be the answer
to the prayer of all the fats and
overweights as we'll as those who
would be rejuvenated and made
beautiful, and they are installed
in the fashionable beauty salons
for this purpose.
Some of them are called milk
baths, and others bubble or foam
baths, so we will try to describe
the foam bath, as it is interesting.
FIRST PART
The first part of the procedure
is to be met by the smart, white
uniformed attendant Cor witch)
and taken to little dressing room
where you will find a closet for
all your clothes and belongings.
Then you will put on a fresh
white coat and paper slippers and
20 in to be weighed. There is a
check made by the, woman ply
sician to be sure one is in good
health, and then the next step is
into the tub.
They run a little water at first,
as they tell one it must be a very
hot bath, and so after potion of
this and that is put in the water
it begins to foam. The bottom OF
the tub is covered with floor OF
wooden Stats, and between each
slat is a tube which is perforated,
and these tubes are concentrated
into one cord which is then at
tached to an electric fixture.
There is a comfortable rubber
sponge pillow for the shoulders
and a smaller one of the same
softness for the head.
When you are stretched out and
comfortably placed the witch
turns on more hot voter, as She
says one can stand it nicely If it
is done gradually. When the
water is scarcely high enough to
cover your body they say that will
be enough, but in a few moments
the tub begins to be filled with a
thick heavy white foam that COW
erS one like a hot blanket.
MERRY TATTOO
During the operation you will
be conscious of something beating
merry little tattoo up and down
your spine and all over the whole
body. 1t is a weird performance,
and then the operator tells you it's
the oxygen being forced through
the tubes and exploding the little
particles of the "this and that"
which constitute the foam BATH
AS the foam pillows up to the
top of the tub, you realize you are
warmer than you have been IN
years, or even in your life, and
they say "of course, we expect you
to perspire profusely."
You are glad your head is still
above the foam, because it is ab-
solutely airproof, but, as soon as
you become acclimated to your
quarters and the mountain OF
foam you are supporting, you feel
relaxed and at ease, and by the
time the operator decides to take
YOU out, you are quite at home in
the thing, which we still think OF
as a caldron.
The next thing is a light coat OF
LIQUID cream on the back and arms
and then you are wrapped up In a
sheet and blankets to rest for a
while before you are given the
massage.
One may have a rather vigorous
massage if there is any desire to
lose weight, but these baths are
stimulating for those who are De,
low weight, too. The oxygenlzed
foam is really a Stimulant' ano
they say it will add new life ana
vigor to the skin and to the clrcu-
lation, too.
While in the tub one feels a
freshness about the foam as II
comes closer to the face. IL IS
not a perfume, but a clean, nVle
Grating aroma that is restful'
After the massage one is sup
posed to rest a while, but you VIII
feel so refreshed and full OF lie
YOU can't wait to be up and out.
It is indeed a luxurious and et1ec-
tive way to reduce and be stlmu-
lated all in the same process.