BEAUTY BATH OF EUROPE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1259, 14 October 1911, Page 11

BEAUTY BATH OF EUROPE.

Bad Schinznach is a placo in Switzerland not yet spoiled by tourists, but likely to bo if all that is said about it is true (says a writer in an Australian paperl. It does not claim to bo a fashionabio health resort. People go there with the intention of getting tho full benefit of tho hot sulphur springs, and if thev tako their 'euro" seriously there is really very little- timo for play. Olio docs not go 16 .Schinznach, as ono used to go to Marienbad, and as ono goes to-dav to \ix-les-llains, to plf:y at "follow "mv leader." I hero is no Casino, no promenade to show oft ouo's clothes, no shops where one can advertiso one's wealth as at Trouvillo; no restaurants where one can vio with ono s neighbour in the art of lavish hospitality; for the Bad itself is restaurant nud theatro and hotel combined. Everything that can bo desired within reason is supplied on the premises, from a post and telegraph office to a first-class orchestra from the Scala Milan, and from saddle horses and motor-cars to a church which stands within the grounds. Tho same church is used for the Roman 'Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican services, a broadminded and economical arrangement which might well be adopted in other countries. Tho baths of Schinznach are- called beauty baths, because their particular virtue is to wash off the old skin in which one goes there. And it is by no means a disagreeable process. A hot sulphur spring constantly sprayed on the skin damaged by champagne, lobster, cosmetics, and other necessities of social life, has tho effect of gradually making the skin shed itself, and no ono is sorry to let it go. The Royalties who have staved at Schinznach among others are Carmen Sylva, the world-ronov.-.ied poetess, and Queen of Rumania, who drew tho inspiration for many of her poems from the country around; tho Queen Mother Emma of Holland, and the Princess of Wied: also Madame Adeline Patti, known to all of us as a "Queen of Song." All theso royal ladies came to Schinznach to throw off their cares of State and fashion, not to take on fresh ones. Schinznach, were its wators not so valuable in curing gout, rheumatism, and all ills which arc its cousins and\seeond cousins, would bo invaluable as a'rest cure. The country all' around is a splendid tonic for worn-out nerves. The winding Aare, which has such a cooling effect on the whole place, tho thick pine woods, and autumn-tinted shrubs, arc a delightful change from the whirl of a busy town life.