Rules for the Bath.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2066, 8 January 1898, Page 2

Rules for the Bath.

The London ‘Star’ lays down the following rules for the bath : Bathing after a nap is injurious. If the temperature of the bath water is either- above or below the normal, the face and edges of the hair should be thoroughly moistened with the water before the piunge is made. One should never stay in a bath tub more than ton minutes, nor in a shower bath over two. In a plunge bath one may safely stay twenty minutes, as the exercise prevents bad effects.

A return from a dusty trip or a ride in the wind should be followed by a hot rather than a cold bath. The escaping steam induces perspiration, and the hot water washes out the fine dust.

If one is contemplating the necessity of exposure to sun or wind, a cold water bath is better than a warm one, as it toughens the skin and makes it firmer in its resistance to unfavourable conditions.

The strained juice of three lemons, if put in the bath water, will give one a delicious sense of cleanliness,. The aoid removes all stoppage of the pores caused by the accumulation of saline substances. The bather who has had recommended to her cold water baths and who oannot overcome her repugnance to them may be sure that this shrinking is the warning of a delicate constitution that the treatment is too drastic.