Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — Sand Baths. [ARTICLE]

Sand Baths.

The mud baths of Marienbad have slipped over to this country on a summer vacation. They have settled all along the coast, climbed up into the mountains and dropped down to the dales, not forgetting to stop over at the country homes and little by places. What does it all mean? Why, that the foreign idea of getting boauty from dirt has traveled to America, and that the belles of the summer have fastened upon it with their pretty hands and have adopted it as their own. But about sand baths. They come down to the beach every day, and selecting a smooth place on the sand, spread themselves out and take things comfortably. The game is to sit as deep and as flat in the sani as possible without getting down where it is damp. The hotter the sand so much the better. A broad shade hat protects the eyes and nose, and the ch-seks can take care of themselves. These girls wear tan leather gloves . It is advisable not to think at all during this operation, the two hours’ sand bath, because the nerves need a rest and this absolute quiet is called a nerve bath. The hot pure air from the sand drives away colds and pneumonia, and the rest of mind and body gives a muscle bath on the line of relaxation. The only thing to be seen is the boats and the children at play upon an old wrecked craft. The English government in India collects $35,000,000 a year from the sale a! opium.