The bee., 1883-11-10

THE EXPERIENCE OF A LADY ropu..
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THE EXPERIENCE OF A LADY copu...
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The lady correspondent of the Cinc.u.... ..
Enquirer ha- taken Turkish ba,b .,''' q.
says: Il went straightway to one of ~
several large establishments dur;r,, =, "a
hours when it was sacred to nv o,yn 'l'e
Not man was to be seen about tba ~ \
A woman took my $1.5O in an outer F,sr.e. -,
and let me into the next room, which IaI,
ed like the cabin of Hudson River Sc,
boat. 1t was long and low, with a soft o@l all'
pet on the floor and row of doors a. I'''' a.
sides, opening into little dressina-roo,,.1 1T
was told to go in one of them and djsroi.l
Must / take off everything - I o.J.5
Everything? D, yes, said she bnt ','o. ro,
will find a sheet to wrap yourself in ''1
just then ghOstly figure, wonnd E.
sheet, emerged from room and disarra"i -
ed through another door at the furfber -,
of the cabin. She was a tall, thin wo,,a'
with a blOOdless face, and her blocL '-''l' La.'
hung loose. wouldn't have liked to. ,nal, ''-,
her in a graveyard on a dark night D..
she was completely enveloped and u Iu.
gave me comfort, for / had felt "'''
BLUsHINGLY sQUEAMIsB.
Knight have been seen ten minutes M
ward coming sheeted out of nv room ,eJ
| Sinking toward the entrance of the b,.. ..'
pushed open the door, and had sc.,''-
| seen that / was in q mere ante-room r5a
whisk went the sheet, and was n ..l n.
condition of my grandma Eve beiors y.
| took to aprons. An attendant had gr,bll3
| off the covering
"Here," / said, huddline myself tors,b.-
Il want that
20, none of the ladies ever wear ,uu.
thing was the response in an eypost,I,
| tory tone.
Well, it wouldn't do to kick against tbo
fashion, and I allowed myself to be nnsbe5
| into the bathroom What a siobt rno+ NV
astonished eyes! About one bnpdraJ any my
fifty utterly nude women were in that ba
room, lOunging in willow chairs and sot.,s
walking about, chatting with aconnintnr
| ces, and perspiring like squeezed snon,,n,
\ The temperature was 100, the drv be,t
| pouring in from registers on all sides T
| was awfully ashamed at first, but the Nm.
( concern of a great majority gradually ~.
| assured me, and at length ventured an.
| of the corner in which had taken rehga
The scene would have disenchantpj T
/ VOW, the most ardent admirer of nv ser
There were many cOmely bathers to he
sure, with fine forms and smooth. white
skins, but the revelation of hollow-ehested
maids and labby matrons, of spindle
| shanks and hairy arms, of cOrns and bun.
ions, and of various unShapclineSs. was
something beyond my power or desire Of
/ description. An old walrus of a woman
/ Waddled her red three hundred pounds
around with lank, rib-displaying wearcr
| of eyeglasses. 1 saw several persons whom
l had seen before, and, bless me, how alter
/ ed they looked without clothes One Of
| these was the popular actress of theatri.
cal company, and / knew her by sight, be-
| cause of having seen her half undreSSed on
the stage. Somebody called me by name.
and /, with considerably greater difficulty,
recognized the face of an acquaintance.
Perhaps that assemblage was not fairly
representative, but, taking it as a stand
Brd, not more than one in ten of us is rea'
sOnably good In ineTy, and not one in nifty
,uld do for statuary. The best figure in
j llAC 1Ob WIS bAlcbD VI - hAiO NOuAu hvs
have been less than As years old, and it
was perfection itself in every curve and
proportion but, as a rule, the women Of
25 to 80 excelled in form, the younger ones
being scrawny, and the older ones either
gaunt OF fabby. AS for the cute little
aprons, sashes, and rudimcntary skirts
which 1 had expected to see (and which
have since been told are wOrn though rare
ly, by parties of swell women when they
lire the whole establishment for their ex
elusive selves not a shred was to De seen
The only wearers of anything were tht
dozen attendants, all slender, sprightly
young women. Each had towel wrapped
around her body from waist to hips, an
other over one shoulder and across the
breast to the opposite drmpit and third
wound turban-like around the head. They
looked jaunty and agreeable. 1t was then
task to show bathers how to use the cold
water douches, pools and showers, and "a
scrub them with brushes as they lay Oh
marble tables. / liked the bath well
enough; but am sorry / saw the naked
women, for they rather disenchanted me
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