The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-24

| counsel OF Or. Angel. When the bather leaves
| he IL put through tho shampooing process IN
the most thorough and efficient manner. lnsead 81
the coarse mltten employed m Inc East however,
brushes OF VARIOUS degrees oil hardness according
to the wish OF the Daiher are used, aud tue eye s
therefore 70 great extent spared the humiliation Of
regarding with nOrror-strlcken gaze the proven I'M
| purity OF the BODY After SDainpooing the Dather
either passes under douche bath, OF eitner cold or
\ mkewarm water. or boldly Dlunges INTO swimming
bath OF cool wafer Tnen Instead OF being dried by
towes ne is conducted INFO room Alea with cool
| air, but wen scared nom drafts, ana ia This he
Is encouraged 10 pace 10 and FRO, unt the skin has
DRIED tself by the natural PROCESS OF evaporation.
| lie ~ last IS allowed 10 dress himself ana alter
bTio spell o. rcpOse goes on MS way rejoicing with
| q skin thoroughly cieansed and eAhllarated
spirts ane peculiar ehesriui9ess induced
feature and is the one irrelutuabe argument that
proves the soundness OF the principles upon wrch
heated baths are defended. lhc great dread OF all
noUtlate5 m the bath IS naturally taking cold but
lhlS Is sDGularly baseess one so FAR from BRING
( ing colds IL cures them. It should be stated
that Or. Ange has bttcd up separate baths Tor
gentlemen aad LADIES. and that hls establishment IL
open All through the day ana night lie mas also
very perfect electric baths, ana and nreresG-
ing means OF recruiting health, which nc mas dubDsd
the soiarGn on sun bath. The soiarlum Is Simply
a glas room nc the top OF the house furnished with
chairs ana lounges, where the patlcnt, stripped 10
the SKIN, but WIN the head carefully protected, eI-
tnaL there IS some mysterious connection between
vigorous health and the enicyment Of abundance OF
sunshine; indeed it Is now pretty wen proved ihat
the suns are directly charged with IRON, oxygen
ana electricity. The Hon. Peter Bismarck 6Weeny
DR. MILLER
Is also constructing very handsome and perfect
bath IN T%enty-seyenth street. which Wal be
opened during the present mouth. IL Is governed
by the same principles ana furnished with the
appliances rs the one just described.
TIE LAfGHr STREET TURKISH BATH
Is The Oldest IN the city aud IS conveniently situated
down town. 10 Is scarcely elegant in It's appoint
ments as those that have been erected SINCE bur in
all essential features it - equally efioaclous In one
OF the best points, however, among Its rivals
abundance Of light in the heated chamber
IfHt iI
Quoted on sound physiological basis By
a physician OF some reputation, and TO all
who i've down town 1t IS great boon.
There Is also o Turkish bath at the swimming
school 10 the corner Or
rGIRIIETH STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE.
THIS bath appeals 10 lower class OF bathers tha n
those ALREADY mentioned. It's rates are lower, and
sa6staSSa al advanggys saSa lii bginssSs WITH fcsa
ofts more arisocratc rivals, it Is decidedly inferior
IN comfort. The chamber OF heated air Is moi iur
nished with chars, but Is SORT Of platform OF
bathers recllne at full length ana as soon as they
have been thrown INTO proiuse perspivatlon plunge
into q circular BASIN OF water, or stand under
shower batn ana proceed direct TO their dressing
rooms.
IN BROOKLYN
there are also a couple OF Turkish baths, one OF
Which, AZ already stated, Is the oldest In The conn
try. They are bo.h OF very superior kind, and
ENJOY lair share of patronage.
such Is the Turkish bath rs we already possess IL.
1t needs but little boldness to hazard prediction,
however, that ere long II VIII be one Of the nost
~ 1t Is indescripably pleasing; and Americans,
whose keen pursuit OF every material comfort Is
almost proyerbial WIN soon katronize It with
loeraiity that VIII insure Its acciimAtfzation.
Indeed IL Is already accimatzed beyond all fear
OF It's being lost TO us.
IL would be unfair to close this article without
some mention OF the
RUSSIAN BATH,
which has had longer naturalized growth among
Us, which has great many institutions devoted TO
It's rites aud which Is claimed by its friends to be
equal in al respects, and superior in many, TO the
h4rTnl m N >rfh d. CIV
OF dry air. The Russian bath Is a heated bath, III
which the temperature is raised 10y the medium OF
specs they are much alike. They both employ tho
shGmpoolng process, and they both seek to throw
the skin INTO profuse perspiration, thus opening It's
pores and sweeping away Accommodations OF dust
and the natural excretons OF the body. There are
az least dozen good Russian baths In New YORK.
a. specimen the barn In
GlBsoS's BUILDING,
over Wnllack's theatre, may be described. Its ap-
Passing through beautiful circular portal one en-
lera a caspeted paEior provided with number OF
Batner passes through the shampoong room, up a
little hight OF stairs into the outer of the BATH
and thence, without waiting, into the inner room.
This Is > good-sl2eQ apartment with side benches,
! upon which the hathers can be manipulated by the
shanpooer Il tney desire IT, The atmosphere Is thick
with steam, So .ick that one can with difficulty SEQ
| nom one side or the room TO the other. After the
skin has been sufficiently excited the bather comes
out into the outer room the centre Of which consists
Of good-sized swimming bath. single plunge, o
few stroxes through the water, and the bather
emerses TO again pass through the careful hands
OF the sh6mp0osr the outer ve5Libule and,
IN usual course, dress himself This bath Is under
the medical supervision OF Dr. Edwards, for long
time associated with the progress OF eclectic medt
cine. 1t has great number OF regular bathers, and
Is said TO pay handsome profit
AS to the comparative merits OF the Turkish and
the Russian bath AZ would OF course be out OF place
TO say anything. The frlenss or the latter however.
claim that moist 3ir is by no means injurious 10 the
ungs-s, III feet, healthier than dry air. One thing
only Is certainshat either bath cleanses the body IN
y far more enscfiye and thorough manner than the
ordinary colo or warm bath ca0 ever be tortured
Into accomplishing.