Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1904 — SOMETHING NEW IN BATHS. [ARTICLE]

SOMETHING NEW IN BATHS.

Use of Pepper Recommended te Pro* mote Perspiration. Salt baths are common, but a pepper bath Is something new to most people, says the Los Angeles Times. Such a bath is recommended to patients of the Los Angeles Institute of Suggestive Therapeutics as a healthful stimulant and to promote perspiration. It la simple and can be taken by any one at home. Here are the directions, aa furnished the Times by Dr. F. W. Rayburn: “We, in our practice, lay much stress upon keeping all the avenues of elimination in perfect working order. In order that the skin may do Its full share, the pores must be kept open and free from all effete matter. Now, the ordinary scrub does not do this; one must perspire freely. Many of my patients object, and for many and various reasons, but I have found that they unanimously agree as to Its efficacy after a few trials. It stimulates and helps to equalize the circulation, also. “Upon retiring, fill your tub with water aa hot aa can comfortably be borne; after the waiter has been turned off put in a teacupful of sea salt and a tablespoonful of cayenne pepper. Fold a coM wet towel about the forehead and remain In the tnb about ten minutes. After getting Into bed drink a glassful of lemonade, hot or cold, as preferred. In the morning you will fully realise the need of your morning scrub, followed by a cold sponge, In which you have dissolved sea salt After a brisk rob with a rough towel, you will feel new life, vitality and vigor tingling through every vein ami artery. I know whereof I speak; I take It twice a week myself; oft oner would not be advisable.” Good humor la one of the best articles of dress on* can wear In society. —Thackeray.