BEAUTY BATH OF EUROPE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 42, 4 October 1911, Page 7

BEAUTY BATH OF EUROPE.

WHERE WOMEN REGAIN YOUTH

Bad Schinznach is a [ iaco in Switzerland not yet spodcd by tourists, but likely to be ii : all that is said about it is true. T t does not claim to be a fashionable health resort. People go there with the intention of getting the full benefit of the hot sulphur springs, and ;f they take their "euro” seriously there is really very little time for play. One does not go to Schinzach, as one used to go to Maricnbad, and as one goes to-day to Aix-10-Bains, to play at "follow my leader.” There is no Casino, no promenade to show off cue's clothes, no shops where one can advertise one’s wealth as at Trouvillo ; no restaurants where one can vie with one’s neighbour in the art of lavish hospitality; for the Bad itself is restaurant and theatre and hotel combined Everything that can be. desired within reason' is supplied on the premises, from a post and telegraph office to a firstclass orchestra from the Srala Milan, and from saddle-horses and motor cars to a church which stands within the grounds. The same church is used for the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican services, a broad-minded and economical arrangement which might well be adopted in other countries.

The baths of Schinznach are called beauty baths, because their particular virtue is to wash off the old skin in which one goes there. And it is by no means a disagreeable p.-rccss. A hot sulphur spring constanly sprayed on the skin damaged by champagne, lobster, cosmetics, and other necessities of social life, has the effect of gradually making the skin shed itself, and no one is sorry to let it go The Royalties who have stayed at Schinznach, among others, are Carmen Sylva, the world-renowned poetess, and Queen of 'Rbumafna, who drew the inspiration of many of her poems from the country a-oar.d. the Queen Mother Emma of Holland, and the Princess of Wied ; also Madame Adeline Patti, known to all of us as a “Queen of Song.” All those royal ladies came to Schin/mach to throw off their cares of State and fashion, not to take on fresh ones. Schinznach, were its waters not ’O valuable in curing gout, rheumatism, and all ills which are its cousins, would be invaluable as a rest cxire. The country all around is a splendid tonic for worn-out nerves. The winding Aare, which has such a cooling effect on the whole place, the thick pine xvoods, and autumn-tinted shrubs arc a delightful change from the whirl of a busy town life.