The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-05


From tne kanle visit you will return by the half
past three O'Clock train, reach Alexandra IN ten
from Tue Ramle station 70 Has FL Tin the Kuedye's
palace and gardens, which are very beautiful.
AFTER DINNER.
by this time It Will be time 10 dress for dinner
After dinner visit the clyss-Cal6 d'Orent, Cafe du
Club Egyptian. Cafe dEurope, Cafe de France, Cafe
dAthenes-to listen to the music, eat ice cream,
drink lemonade and see Alexandrian society while
ENJOYING nne prospect Of the sea, which is 10 he
had. especially from the Cafe d'Atn nes Afterwards
VISIT the Buursc which Will he open where YOU can
read an European newspapers of any note aud see
ihe principal men Of Alexandria. You may, per-
doors from the Pennstiar ant Oriental Hotel, where
There are prtn,d donna anu several amateurs. You
pay nothing, but call Tor coffee or drink TO be
selected from carte on each table. The singing
anu aching - excellent Comedies and operas are
essayed here, besides bailets. zizina Theatre and
Opera House Is recherche little AFFAIR and would
DO no disgrace u any European Capital.
NIGhT.
Your hrst day In Alexandra has been thus well
spent. Unless you are aboct To proceed TO cairo by
lhs morning Train go, az seven A. ID, after taking
TURIIsH BArH-How III Is TAKEN,
me Turkish bath Is necessity for a troplc climate
IKE Egypt; for you VIII have pegspred sufficiently
Ration oil your epidermis. to keep clear BRAIN and
u sound body. These are to he Obtained at a Turk
In pain. You enter through low door into large
domed room, IN the centre Of which q fountain bub-
6les upward, ringing merry peal with tiny ball OF
brass IN winch peiie: Is enclosed, which shot up
ny the water aud spins 1t round and round with the
deltness or u Chinese jug9ier. The moor Ia OF mar
ble Around the ROOM are raised platforms, which
cocoa colored Arab kiited VITA cIotn viii leal YOU
10 one Of these beds, where you Will unoress; rst Of
vaiuaSes to the master Of he bath for safe Tsep,na
See that Clean cloth laid bed to receive YOU
Clothes. When you have denuded yourself 10 your
drawers see thai cloth Is ready To be wound ABOUT
your BODY, lest your mOdesty be shocked. Your
clothes viii lie folded up cloth and left at the
siue Ol your bed. turban Oi soft linen will then
be folded about your head and white sheet thrown
over your shoulders. iou are now ready ior The
bath. You VIII be led, with tie greatest CANTON
WIN your ieet IN wooden pattens, over the slippery
nafoie hoors, by your cocoa-cOlOred cicerOne
through two or three winding passages to tne Dat
room, vaulted. were irlght.ul laundering eC hoes
ring through The cayernous hal. lhe voice Of a man
IN This vault strikes your tympaaum like the crash
ing echoes OF artillery shots i two Arabs quarrel.
US Is Olien the case, FOR y0athe subject-yOu will
almost be deaIeAed by the noise, but calmly Impose
silence upon them and permit some one TO lead YOU
w your place. TWO or three small chambers open
from this bathroom, the doors OF which YOU Will be
nrst abe TO perceive through the reeSng hot vapor
ana several mel undergoing the several processes f.
tne Daih. Around You are several Europeans lying
stretched ON The warm marble like hogs par boileI
an Engslnun on his face fun length viii hiilOcks OF
lat iesh qulverng to the vigorous manipuatlons OF
The coal-eyed Arab who seems 70 enjoy his work; a
rrenchmln on Ills back at iuli length with happy
SUBMISSION IN his face, looking fur All the world II
ne was IN atrance, whe ms attendant peels 'macca-
fonl nom his abdomen ana caest; In striking con-
trast to the marble fesh OF the European is the
pOilshed ebony SKIN OF u Nublan gentleman VINO mas
leg in the lap Of an Arab, wac appears AS II he
was striving to WASH out the color thak Will not be
washed waite; anu yourself already In tranquility,
appear as you were an int estng subject about
u undergo dissection. You are lett To perspire and
IN ave minutes the perspiration starts from every
pors OF your BODY ike beads.
Having arrived AZ the proper STAGE with every
muscle sOfened aud The rigid Set or the bones sack
ened, an Arab approaches feels you .enderiy oa the
aouOmeI, ana II you a.e ready lie saps his hands
WIN Satisfaction. He takes your hands carefully
and slides his hand up and down 10 the Assure of
a lullaby ana strips tue epidermls OF lts accrelons
from closed pores. The hand is palted lovingly the
knuck es ana olnts oil the fingers are made to crack
gently The other hand and arm undergoes similar
operation; inca your cnest, your sides, each rlD
moving under The firm but gentle pressare then
your abdomen; thea your legs, with, oh sucn a de-
llc0u5 feeling stealing over your worn body. The
feet are caspei pressed rubbed, fingers, little and
great toes being rcsto ell to animation the soles OF
the feet lose their riSidiy and excrescences the
Acnlues tendon becomes as spiiuSy as boys, the
shins and calves lose their rheuiiat; aud chliIet
feeling You are then rolled over. the CON .,os-
ened and lad just 10 cover what your IN lJssty could
not bear to reveal The shoulder bS-.cc handled
deAteroisy, the spine receive attention. pnl all
pam or fatigue y desert u. :sar BODY Your thighs
are restored TO lie, ~: 10 over your whole 5, sen
runs the warm c1r-aat OF life with glad robbin.,
as IN the day. u poyhnod, before cares veXed yodr
bralG a:.s mad work sapped your constitution.
Slom the marble table you are then hlate to ri %
aci follow your attendant TO one of tae Iecesses,
where there is wei Cr warm water, ino which you
viii drop. In rnis well you will stay long cl,oas II
to compete the resusctatng process, until you wll
feel rs perfect ana sound LII body Our Of 1t you VIII
ISSUE as clearly rs babe yet the bath Is not over
YET; FOR your friendly Attendant must soap you all
over with bowl OF sues spread over You with a
UiusH VI puiiH EDTeSs NIIc Ill tUlS SlpOAuC
state you VIII feel yourself lifted above mortality
for you SKIN seems 10 met ut The touch. Copious
aud swift pouring torrents OF tepid water cleanse
you from the last iinite atom OF uir from the least
contact with anything OF uncleanliness; your are
purity Itself. WAl!e robes enyelop your whole Dody
and snowy turban swa hes your head, pallens en-
case your feet, and in this wise you are carefully
led over the polished, slippery floors, from
warm war ,d to 1epia I, roSms S IRON tep:d to s
your bed you at last rest IN tranquil, happy Frame
mentally blessing the man who nrst Invented tne
the attendants towards you over. You have 10 De
kneaded dry, pressed and rolled into shape, II tie
pleasant iatgues OF The bath had somehow rendered
you ulshapey. whatever Iefal humOr5 remained
III your system when you left tae sudarilm the dry
kneading proc Will certainly take them out.
The motion oil the attendants hands over your
body, dHddnte, soothing, harmonious, with the
memory OF the luxury OF the bath, and paraiisalca
state OF existence IN which you WIN find yourself
will soon render you needless and insensDie OF
ternal tnings. But beivre you have gone quite TO
dreamand the ticsling oil the soles, used by the
Application Of stone rasper, Will awaken you only
TO experience fuller tase or the joys OF the ba H.
The last operation, however, Is alarming TO und
people; for the utendant Will bid you SIT up, ana
win deliberately proceed TO try the 50 eng til OF your
ribs aud steEnum, besides experimenting upon your
shoulder blades. But 1t ali part and parcel OF the
oahng process and you viii feel the better for it;
You viii now dress. When about TO dress your
hair the attendant VIII furnish you with comb and
round glass, upon which you Will place the
price OF the bath, two ami a half francs. Tie
attendants Will camor loudly for backsneesh but
pass Oh NeeuIess Oh Tue Cries, you been
specially favored by one OF them.
The natives get their baths for franc, but their
bath CONSISTS IN being merely plunged aud ALTERED
whereas you viii have had the benefit five attend
ants.
EFFECTs.
You win find vast difference IN feeling ana M
peaance when you shall have inhaled the fresh air
outsdc. Tie cerused appearance OF the face which
great fatigue causes VIII be replaced by natural,
healthy boom, the anguld walk by an upright
sturdy carriage ana vigorous strides ana instead of
the a'ds 0aao'7tm which the wearied body would
have sung. You viii feel ready to burst into sonorous
pl aise of the Turkish bath.
THE AMERICAN CONSULATE.
You Will now be in an eupeptic mood, ready to
swallow your breakfast with the best OF men. After
breakfast be sure ana call upon the Consul General
OF the United States, who have no doubt, VIII be
happy to see you. DO not ask stupid qaes Ions aud
show yourself to be an ungracefui saphead--a
greenhOrn. such questions a3 the fol owing you
might leave Out:-"What time docs the mail for
England leavet and the man for France2 ana the
mail Tor BrndisiY What time might II lie when the
train for Cairo will leave and Tor SuezY and Tor
IsnaIlIaP What Is the pos age or letter TO The
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