Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-15
Bathing IL Vicnus.


Mr.. Prentice McIfogd thus writes from Vi
enna After a While | discovered that the
Flen1eso who did Wash themselves, wGsaed
the ns:I7cs sIi oyer at the srass public baths,
aud not in TIC little plot pitchers Of water they
kept III ;hclr bedrooms So went to pubic
bath. did not know what to ask for, bat ]
kne'a German enough for water. Ea1t 10 and
said. "Wrsaor."
They took NY Ineasiag Immediately, CT they
might hsvo seen tha: needed waohiog. dc
care tic ridiculous amount Of WatcG they furu.
lsa o1e leads to dreadful! results. There erc
tWU passages leading into the great five stoii.d
bath bartack-one for uslcs, tho o.hes tor
females. D.: course oak the Ytoag obe, al j
vas showed back By woman with towel. |
Gl51't SEQ That ii made much ditf.rance fer the
4 aturtautj 90 both 5idos Rero females. Niario
showed NE tC my bath room.
Marie wss big, brown, bl,cl eyoG AUSTRIAN
maid, in round short skirts. Sho went ahoad
OF ne Hith az hgniul Of towels. She opened
wy batn focm door. | secut 10. Sue came in
sttcT me. l Vas quite urpreparad for this.
But she wasn't. She seemed used to it, aud
went to Wjlk. She spread sheet oa the bot
tom 0f the bath tab. | didn't knyw Wat il
Was Tor. bat they always do it.
y all events ii takes of the rough edgo of
;he ztc ior ones skin. Then she turned on
hot Vatc! ahd VISITED. | waited also. Out Of
regard tor The prQprictics, | rauoVed ouIy Try
hat, w5u not even .aSa of aIy collar before
alsrle. The water seemed long time ruunus
10. Il generated cloud Of steam which erad-
ua!!y h!jed the small Bathroom, and through
which YipoTsEl ann sphere Marie and I saw
each other dlully. Finally she gave ne al! the
d0t water Vas en;ltcG 10. aud lett
Relieved, l spraog to the door, There ves
40 luck upon it. l huGtcd 10 vain fo. some
Kind OF fastening. | sa, down uneasy. Then
removed my coat and collar. Then Marie burst
IL aga!u With another toucL Then she went
ou'. How was l to battle 10 peaca with that
ceoioutded girl continually intcudug 90 me t?
thou | tried to turn on souc cell 9ater and
coudu't. by this time | had removed many
OF NY garments and barre ,ded the doc: with
M :ckriie. lnstesG Of havi3z sens.b's iruc IS,
by which & ulau could rceu atc bis su fl ~ ci
WAGER, Shase require the uso Of Q wrench to
turn them. The wrctch, suppose, was kent
by the a;tcodsrt oolsiic. | did not knos aoy
GtrOau Tor wrench, and, il | bad, dared not
call Tor ore With tho prospect of the
young lady'a brOging il. So | sat doHa
o1 tho CHAIR, which hld backed ID sgains.
the door as 50 additional S, Gu ,y agai1s AIsric,
and waited ftr tho water to cool. 1t takes hot
water g long time to coo! 10 Austria. Fio2y
got toto the tub. tbok it couId DO, have
been much below boiling temperature. | got
ou: again pretty quickly, blushiug all ever, sua
sympsthlzl1g moro heartily thau ever With
holl"d loh8teTs 1t was al uncomfortable BATH,
| sutf.rtd externally from the water aud inter
naiiy from feur Of that nossible Marie But sho
9c7or came again. She LIFT large pile of linen
fer me.
l examined it. There Vas orc towel a5ou!
as large as 3 napkin, and Two long aprons which
rcached from MY head to my heels The apron
pUZz'e ed me. 4 fraud afterwsrd told N their
use. They are to put oD, the one before, tho
other bch!cd, ob getting Gu: of tho hot bath,
aud you 81: IN them and rng the dell for the
attendant 30 entsr. turn of the hot water, and
lot on the cold.
Mario al this time VAS Wi ing for M bell,
TO come iu aud tusu Oh cold Rgtcr. She n,ver
heard that bell put oD bu. onc of these
aprons, the forward one. 1t fitted zoe pe1-
tcctly. Il would Il. anybody. |: w.s spIeu-
did dress tor hot Toather; s, cosy to put or and
cil; so loose, c)Cl aud oomfor able; s, easy to
slip cut Of. and, if need be, faa yourself with
the skirt.