Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-24
Letter From, New York.
Nrw YoRK, Sept. 20, 1879

| FRIEND Nc SlAsfkhi
When lett home promised to
give through your paper n short
sketch Of my experience,
Aner my Illness, conyalesccnee was
40 slow or rather was not at all, that
after about ten days walking with a
cane, | took tho advice OF my family
physieian and started for the great
city to try the effect Of the Turkish
baths.
arrived home about noon ycster-
day, somewhat the worse for the
wear, but got rested during the alter
noon. Last evening was my first in
PRODUCTION to the aforesaid luxury. l
came TO the Dyglcnic hotel, No. 10
Laieht street, as had known Of this
institution through n, L. Wood of
Soulh Woodstock, who was here for
several years, and and also a. w.
Fisher of Woodstock, who has been
connected with the concern tor the
past three or four years, and is at
present treasurer.
Some OF your readers may never
have known by actual experience the
minu,im of the process OF taking q
Turkish bath, but l can give them a
very tolerable notion thereof by rclat-
ing my entertainment OF last evening.
About 8 o'clock Mr.. Fisher intro
duced me to "Mkc,' who is n veteran
in the business. BY Mixes advice |
removed all that was superfluous in
the way of clothing. With a sheet
wrapped around my "sylph like" form
| was led into room No. 2, where
were several reclining chairs also
covered with sheets. | made the &C.
uuaintance of one and had very
warm reception. Just the tempera-
ture of that chair cover l may never
know. Well l reclined. remem.
bered that in open air water boils at
about PIP degrees, and was meditat-
ing on how much better this room
might be, being so shut up, when
Mike fitted by ard said the room was
not quite up to heat, as it was but 100
degrees. ] could scarcely breathe,
yet | took courage, for l reasoned
how much easier this would he than
I it would Le to he cooking in the open
ali where the temperature would be
so much greater.
TO moisten, to perspire, to sweat
all your readers know the meaning of
these terms but there is point be.
} yond all these which humans seem ca
pable of enduring even in this life.
NV time has been short, but for pres
ent use l have named il'frying." So
I fried until Mike introduced me into
/ room No. 3, which he said was lit.
tie above 1870 degrees. This room
we had to pass through in order to
reach the bath room proper. We
passed through, and Mike wasn't
many laps ahead when we reached
the bath room door. think my
spectre fitted through that furnace
with more than usual sprightliness.
Room No. 4 is the real luxury.
H ere comes the process CT spraying
with hot water, warm water, cool wa
ter and cold water, interspersed with
music FROM Mike on coarse, medium
and fine sponges, with soap suds &C.
compartment, followed by at least
three grades-coarse, coarse fine and
fine ,owelling, A good nights SLEEP
and a good breakfast gave the courage
to take the cars for Central Park.
passed the forenoon in the museum
and got home in season to do justice
to good dinner. This afternoon
another bath. If there should be any
, material change in the process | will
keep record.
Very truly yours,
ORLANDO w. SHERwIN.