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Somebody has discovered that laundry work Is good
for the complexion. And a beautiful New York girl,
hearing of the discovery, has put It to a practical
test. Fhe Is doing her own washing. And thus far
In her experiment she is able to report much success. Her
work over the tubs Is doing her a world of good, from a
complexion standpoint.
This young woman, whose name (a Ethel Bosley, Is
not doing the business half way. She Is .giving It a trior
comprehensive, and practical test:
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the laundry process and Is working at It as conscientiously
and aa carefully, as faithfully and as steadily, as If ahe
were compelled to do It She, la the prettleat girl In her
Bet, by the way, and the most popular.
Suggested by Countess or Princess.
Where the fad originated, and how Miss Boaley got her
atart, no one knows. Perhaps u was suggested by the
laundry run by the counters of Essex, the laundry In which
ao many society women are interested. Perhaps it came
from one of IiJy Henry Somerret'a practical Ideas, the
Ideas she lias advanced and by the following of which,
young and pntty girls are made more Independent, more
useful, more capable of facing the world, and more beau
tiful. Perhaps It came from the practical laundry started
at Sandringham, where the princess of Wales, who is the
most original woman in the world, set the example of
running a ttne starchery and where the prettiest starched
work In England Is done. No one knows exactly how It
popped Into her pretty head. Hut one day an acquaint
ance spied Mis BoBley washing and then the secret was
out.
Miss Bosley washes clothes every day. She dries them
In the afternoon. She hangs them out In the wind and
she brings them In and Irons them. That makes a line of
complete laundry work. By doing It she gets exercise and
her complexion Is ' treated."
Better than Paddling in Brook.
" I soak the clothes for the cold water exercise. It is
splendid for the lungs. By leaning over the tubs, and run
ning the clothes through the cold water, you get the best
muscle treatment In the world. Not for anything would I
give up thia part of the work. It is better than wading
through a brook. You dabble your hands In the cold water
and you cool the system and start the blood to circulating.
." When It comes to washing the clothas."ays Miss
Bosley, " then your complexion gets the benefit. Rubbing
thent in the hot water brings out the perspiration. You
take, a bath that Is as good as a Turkish bath. The steam
comes up out of the tub and opens your skin. You feel In
a glow all over. Your cuticle fairly drips with perspira
tion. It Is sphndld exercise for you. Nothing could be
better? If society women In general understood the bene
J1U of working over a tub of steaming clothes there would
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be more washing done in one's room, and In one's own pri
vate kitchen, than there is now. Laundries would fail or
go out of ImslncKS and every woman would wear her own
shirtwaist done by l.erself.
Hanging Out Cives Fine Complexion.
"Hanging om the clothes Is fine exercise. Here you
get the benefit of good fresh air. Hang out your own
clothes if you want a fine skin, Is what I teU my friends.
" 1 wash my clothes regularly every day. I get ateam
treatment for my face. I get exercise for my arms, I get
deep breathing when 1 take the clothes out In the open air.
and I get fine arm gymnastics when I put them up to dry
on the line, 'lake it all In all. there Is no better fiesh air
process than that of washing your own clothes dally."
Just for fear all the women may start In to do their
own washing, so as to have a nice skin, and for fear they
may all start In wrong. It Is as well to tell how the work
should be done. Washing, no matter how beneficial, is
hard work, and would be a pity to do It in the wrong way.
When you start in to wash soaking the cluthrs be
sure that the water Is char and Kcift. Hard water injures
the hands and do. s th- clothes no good. Let the water
be soft and dear. Filtered water softened by borax would
le the best for the hands. Tin next best thing Is good
rain water with plenty of borax dissolved in the water.
Work with the Windows Open.
To soak a shirtwaist, throw open the windows and lift
the shirtwaist high In your hands. Tins gives arm and
shoulder exercise. Dip it in the tub, lift it, dip It again,
and keep on lifting and dipping until the shirtwaist Is wet
thoroughly. Then b t It lie In the deep water.
Open the windows before you begin. Working with
closed windows. winter or summer, is a poor plan. A
close room Injures the lungs and makes the complexion
muddy. Moreover It Is bad for the tlssu. s. Women with
adipose tissue Invariably work in a warm room.
Washerwomen, cooks, and houseworkers of all kinds
'ere almost always too stout. They get fat In spite of the
exercise they take. This is because the room in which
they wotk Is too warm and too close. It breeds a kind of
unhealthy fat. If they would throw open the windows
and breathe deeply they would be a great deal better off.
Hot air, reinembe-, makes you stout and it makes you
logy. It makes your muscles soft and your nerves un
steady. It gives the skin a dull, pudgy look, as if one
were made of putty.
Dress in Light Wash Fabrics.
When she comes to the washing of clothes she must bo
careful. The air must be good; the soap must be the best;
the water must be soft and she must understand the art of
getting all the benefit possible. If she does It right she
will take a Turkish bath at no expense whatever; if she
does not do It as she should do It, she will be uncomforta
ble all the rest of the day.
Dress lightly and entirely in wash fabrics. Wear no
flannel next to tne skin. and. if possible, dress in two or
three garments. It would be nice if one could go barefoot,
but there are few who can do this. Besides, barcfootedness
tends to widen the foot and break down the arch of the In
step.' Therefore it Is best to wear the shoes one Is accus
tomed to wearing.
The temperature of the room should be cool and there
should be a draft blowing through it. Why not set the
tun out In the back yard? Or. if this is Impossible, take it
on the roof. A roof garden laundry would be a novelty,
and one well worth watching.
Let your clothing be of the kind that can be taken off
as soon as you have finished your work and put out In the
air. Better still, wear a fresh suit for your laundry work,
a plain shirtwaist that can be turned In at the neck, an I
a calico skirt. This is an ideal laundry uniform. Don't
dn ss up too much. No one is going to see you.
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Makes Jieautiful Rounded Arms.
Laundry girls have round, beautiful arms. Their flesh
is pink and they have the tint of health. There Is nothing
in the world that equals the beneficial effects of steam and
hot water upon the sTUn. Kvery pore is kept open and ti
skin stays pink and pretty.
There is a beauty parlor in London where they treat
the skin with soap. The sonp w hich Is of the best, of cours.
and which has been properly tested until it is known to be
good for toilet purpos-s, is made into a heavy lather and
rubbed on the Tace. It Is rubbed and rubbed with the fin
ger tips, and always In a circular motion. Pretty soon it
becomes dry. It has entered the skin and has dried In
Next comes the steaming process, aftir which the soip
lis all washed out of the skin. It is said to be good for the
IcuUcle.
If there Is anything at all In the sonp treatment then th
girl who runs her own laundry has the best of It. She can
treat her face every day and can test the result as she goes
along. Hut don't, of course, rub laundry soap Into your
skin. Let the hot suds steam It. That will be enough.
The more steaming the belter, ani the hotter the suds In
which you work the more steam there will be. You pay .1
lr. a beauty parlor to have your face steamed. In laundry
work you net it steamed, for nothing at all. And there is
exercise and perspiration thrown In.
Rubbing Benefits the Back.
The motion with arms Is Irnportnnt, namely the rubbing
of the goods upon the washboard. This exercises the mus
cles of the back and arms and gives you plenty to do. Doc
tors say that washerwomen seldom have trouble with the
back and kidneys. Their exercise is such that they keep In
good condition. Don't l afraid to lean over the tub and
rub the clothes. It is the best thing In all the wide world
for you. It ke your muscles active and wakes up your
nerves Into doing their work properly.
laundry wotk has Its b. neflcial effect upon the system
oil along the line.
Wringing out the clothes is frood for the arms ar.d
neck. It develops the bust. Itubblng (lie clothes upon a
washlHiard reduces the l.ips and strengthens the back. The
muscular exertion of putting the clothes to soak brings out
the biceps and makes the throat full and round. Washing
the clothes in the hot suds steams the skin and makes
the complexion better.
Coot Off Before Going Out.
It Is a bad thing to check the perspiration suddenly,
and for this reason it i well to cool off a little before going
out to hang up the clothes. Let the nystem cool gradually.
Prink a glass of Wat. r. wash the hands in cold water. Cool
off little by little, taking twenty minutes for It. Then go
out and hang up the clothes.
If you cool off too suddenly you will check the perspira
tion and the cold will dose the pores and clog intra Thia
will give you a touch of rheumatism which can only be
cured by steaming the pores open again.
Hanging up the clothes is glorious exercise. Put your
laundry In a basket I'alaiice the b isket upon your head
and start off Hold your c hin up: M yur h'a'l bt' e,'c,:
br.athe through your r.ostrils and let ycur stride be long
and steady Now. if ever. Is the time to try deep breathing.
Walking with a basket of clothes upon the head will
give you body poise.
It will teach you how to carry your chin.
It will afford you an opportunity for deep breathing.
And It will give you outdoor exercise.
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