New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-15
From c5Frespoastent Of 3e 1,oad4H star
Tfse Mysteries, Hiserfes and Delights OF g
Turkish Path.

alighted at the door Of tie head bathing estab-
ahmeTt pi Grand CAIRO. 1 .,,s
Behold me- now n The yestfbtlle If d rerri-e F34f-
etT' Hfrnmun Two tail Nhridian slaves assist me to
di4robe and in the place Of my multiplied garments,
attre me IN piece f loose cloth f,tftored sf ahC14
the hips, Thus denTded am mounted OH pniI or
wooden clogs or patterns, about ten inches in Height
an then supported either sida while make wa
over the CLASSY marble floor to bathing s8F6oH Y,+
ber one. Here am stretched rr5n aTIank eoyer4a
BY white cloth and recIire at an angie Of forty.ve
The room Is then filed with 7apor, and in about ten
ainntea am pe4epiring profGse}y through every pore
TOW faint, the Tap6f ia turned off, few buckets of
tep@a water thrown over me a cap Of coffee ia s
rnhisferea, aud few wflifs at ch6eqae. Tam re-
loon number two.
here, aittng on the side Of q marble reservoir Of
not Water am drenehe1 with buckets Of tire scsIdinr
h4l'd am then laid down and scrubbed from bea
70 loot "th wfoen gloves and sort Of fgIfers earth
Ihen dfenched again. am next s1bGnitted to the
operation oi peetings process which removes all ae
curnuiation Of dirt and scurf upon the surface which
IN fact, seems to take Off another skin. The peeEne
over. am drenched again. The next stage ia that OF
ltnIce.stonng-apped to the inside of the hands,
the soes OF the feet and the heels until all horny
and hard parts nbbed down to delicate sotness
40" comes season Of comparative leisure and re-
pose While am my back, the operator is cut
ing my finger and toenails and carefully extracting
| unsightly or inconvenient.
am next made to sit up, and in my sitting posture
am shaved-the hairs carefully pulled out Of my
nostEiIs-1ny ears are picked-my hair ia crt--r11y
Whlakers and Inonstache trimmed and nv head is
at last declared to be finished. To these processes
succeeds that Of shampooning: namely moulding the
flesh, cracking the joints and Ioosening every nteep
1nent in every socket throughout the frame Then, =
latherng all over with peculiar kind Of agreeable
emol!Ient soap and then another dsenching The
time is now to be introduced into bathing saloon
number three The atmosphere Of this is, after the
temperature of the last, gratefully COOL and here am
permitted to imInerse myself in large cistern of mod
erately cold water. Oh! how refreshing and restor
ing after the sweatings. rubbngs scrubbings, scaId
lngs, puillngs, pnchlngs, kneadngs, crackngs hair
t"eaklng belatherings, and pumicestonings of Nos.
l anos2. +.
am reluctant to quit my present quarters but am
commanded to get out. l. do so, and my tender and
new-botn-lntantlikeskn Gas susceptible as the, sur
lace OF skinned eel) is gently wi ped down, and
enveioped in shee-then, mounted once more on my
lofty patten, and supported at first am led back
to the robing saloon, where laid upon a mattress on
the floor, with my head raised bya pillow and with
quit over me- am presented with cup of coffee and
Persian knlian. Isp and puff and dose, and dose,
and pu1f and sip; and am Of opinion that, after all
nave undergone, my present bliss has been cheaply
purchased. am reused from my reverie by polite
inquiry if will be second time shampooned to which
answer Certainly not" In half-an-hour or there
abouts, rise and dress, and leave the hummuu And
now 1t Is l feel the benefit of my BATH I seem to
have gone back to the days of my childhood Nv
body Is lighter and more elastic than feather. Ny
spirits are exuherant I am conscious of breathing
the circumambent air through millions OF pores I'm
ready to shake hands with the donkey and earess the
boy. The external world never looked so beautiful.
The future never cheering. I am ready to do any
body in the universe good turn. So ends my Turk
sh bath.