The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-27
Turkish Hammsms.

The Turks arc generally heahhy an.i
free from many sc thr malNii-< r"ru-
mon "a Other cuuuiTI.-- Us T-T.la,
gut, rheumatism. Neuralgia, anil At
f.ctions Il ths liver aud ksdn"ys and q
the cUtAnsspus surface arr quite uuCum
mon. Consumption i l~- knuWu. AMI
u even more dreaded than th@ pkSs~.
and J. considered - InfrcfEsus hat a.
clothing worn by IN. deCca-d &. burned
Aside from the Advantage q -" .ti-
male, the Cl-anlsns-s If tls F-~spls,
through the universal employ msns o.
Turkish bathing. : ~ .mall factor IN
securing immunity from di--s- Ih~
hammains IN t-cnstautiuppl~. aS vel ~
throughout the empire. arr open AZ
dawn. and, ~ the habit Il -arly n~ia:
prevails, they Ar ihrrng,-l les thss~'
who seek their ~insigurAtlng l-nrhts
The bath before brrIkfts' -f-und 81 L.
the most >alutary and Strengthening
II j., ia fact, the bet possible prrpArA-
ton for the dutic- II tEr day. however
ariuou,. By this means cleanliness.
comfort and cput,utmru, arr secured.
and the duration If life greatly vn-
HANGED. The small Cr>t place, thsN
luxurious necessity within the mach f
every citizen.
Mohammcd made ahluiion = part II
religion hi, followers, therefore. i~ri j.
incumbent upon them to ruduw bathing
establishment, for the good Il ,hy pub
lie. A. these institution, are chaUia-
Die, n" fixed price i, demanded. and Il;
l. lcft to the option II IN. halheT to CON
tribute what he choose, "a the current
expenses. Although these baths >.vm
Ia have existed from time immcmurial
in the East. their introduction int" this
country marks little nor, THAI a single
decade.
The iine,; bath, II the Orient. though
more costly, are les cffr,tiy, than th,
best American structure. There l.
much relating Ia the administration a,
well a. the construction ui baths which
the Orient might wisely learn If the o.
cident.
Cleanlinc~, and health are thu pm
mary objects sought in all bathing. and
those who have submitted Ia immersion,
fumigatinn, Stcaming. or yIportlipn
have only la employ Turkish baths To
find not only tina, they can battle no"
agrceably, more comfortably, " IL
fcctivcly, more luNuriou>ly, hut that
hitherto they were not clean that they
belonged la "thc great uuwa,hcd.
This recalls with new force what wI~
said Of Turkish bathing 10y that di,,in-
guishcd American, Edwin Forrest. who
declared, with almost tragic emphasis,
The man who has not taken a Turk
ish bath has never risen Ia the moral
dignity Of being personally clean
The greatest offenders against clean
illness and intelligence are those who
pretend Ia give Turkish baths ia q sort
Of sentry box, sometimes ~cNciudiu" and
sometimes includin" the head. ONLY
those without brains can escape c'rc"rll
congestion. Ii may be- cuuncia,ri that
an atmosphere unfit for the head i uniit
for the body. The skin, a. well a. the
lungs, has it. part To perform IN the
function Of elimination a. We'll A. rc~pi-
ration; and in these boxes the cffctc "lc-
mcntS evolved from the surface are r.
tanned in contact with the body. aud A.
they al not escape they are rcIbSurhci,
rendering benefit ~ impossible IL in
jury i inevitable. 10 call this Turkish
bathing i no less a libel upon the Turks
than Il reflection upon the good sense of
those whose indiscrction permits them
to he deceived and injured. -SdnitUiaH.