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...possible poolhole is a concession by the commission that it will allow pools and small redwood "spas" to be heated "for therapeutic purposes." In the future, heated pools may have to be called natatoriums, while their owners brandish doctors' certificates attesting that they are polio victims. Other Californians may have to join pool pools...
...most fashionable spas in France now offer thalassotherapy, a kilo-cutting regimen that combines diet, exercise and extensive-sea water massage. Furthermore, Gallic dieting is far from dull. Michel Guerard, the famed chef who helped popularize the low-calorie cuisine minceur, lures patrons to his spa at Eugénie-les-Bains with a gourmet diet (1,000 calories a day) that eliminates fats and starches without losing flavor...
...Visits to the famous spas of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Israel, Italy and Spain, designed for sufferers from arthritis, rheumatism, gastric disorders and respiratory ailments...
...attorneys are concerned about deceptive labeling and advertising of the water inside the bottle. To well-traveled Americans, bottled water evokes exotic, health-giving European spas. In the U.S., however, only 1% of bottled water is imported-and, of course, now subject to the 10% surtax. Only half of the bottled water sold in the U.S. comes from underground springs. The rest is tap water that has been purified and elaborately filtered. But ads for the finished product often make it sound as if it had gurgled fresh from the ground in some sylvan mountain glen. Says one FTC attorney...
...nostalgic relic-one of the old red shiny rounded numbers which looks like a Packard's back fender. The man and the wife who run it are friendly beyond normal courtesy and will happily make you almost any kind of American sandwich. I like the Varsity Spa and Spas like it the way some people like movies from the forties featuring men in zoot suits and pointed shoes. Freaks and Derelicts served, liquor and bratwurst...