THE SAND BATH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14223, 20 November 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE SAND BATH.

A PARIS FAD. The very latest fad of the smart Parisienne is the sand bath, which she finds invigorating and beautifying. . A few bushels of fine sea sand is brought to her room and slightly warmed before being spread out on a wide sheet.. An energetic maid rubs her body all over with 6and paper, turning her attention particularly to knees and elbows, which easily become roughened. After this process soft rich cream is massaged into the skin. x Then the bather stands in the middle of the sheet, and taking up handfuls of the sand she rubs it over her body till she is glowing with the friction. Then she reclines at full length on the sheet, the ends of which are folded over her, and rests several moments before , rolling over and over so as to become completely immersed in the sand. -...■-

Following this comes the hardest process of the sand bath. It is "called, the blow bath, and corresponds somewhat to the shower of a Turkish bath. From a sort of fan-shaped blower sand is whirled out briskly so as to strike the body as forcibly as the : bather can stand it. The effect is said to be wonderfully stimulating, and the sting is not unlike that produced by electricity. The sand brushes off the body easily and simply. The feeling of cleanliness and freshness following the bath is declared to excel the after effects of • any water baf-