, 1884-02-14

not only from seryitude but from any further
necessity to WELD a ~scrubbing brush or a
broom. Some of the buildings, notably the
New Rector and the Palace, are pretty
wooden structures, neatly furnished But
there Is not the air of cleanliness about any
OF them that there should be.
The routine for taking q bath is about the
same in all OF them. You are supposed,
irst of all, to have a physicians advice about
bathing; but IN the case of any person of
ordinary strength this is not at all necessary.
Local tradition tells you how very powerful
the waters are, and how the first sensation on
entering the tub is a gentle electric thrill,
followed by n general feeling Of elation-
This is bosn. Tho first feeling Is that the
bath-tub Is greasy and needs a good scrub
bling. The sensations are exactly those of
getting into a warm bath in your W
house. II you go to a doctor be will tell you
for IS, to take the water at a temperature OF
9s to 100 degrees, to stay in about ten min
utes, and to drink, say a pint of the water
while bathing. These directions he writes
carefully out IN a printed blank, you give
the blank to your bathing attendant, he files
1t on an iron hook, and Immediately forgets
all about it. II you don't have a doctors di-
roction you soon find these things out for
yourself. You havea comfortable little room
TO undress in, and Immediately behind this is
the room with the tub, In which some ether
fellow bathed ten minutes ago, and for which
two or three are now waiting in the parlor.
But you mustn't mind a little thing like that
There Is a thermometer lying on the edge of
the tub with which you eau ascertain the
temperature Of the water; II 1t Is much over
100 deg. you won't need any Thermometer to
tell you to jump out and let in some cold
water. There Is a small sand-glass running
three minutes, by which you measure the
length of your stay in the tub.
THE vAPoR CLOSET.
After spending your ten minutes or so In
the water, you can. II you wish, or II your
doctor directs, go into what Is called the "va-
por," a close closet into which the steam is
conducted. This Is utterly without v~entila-
ton, is perfectly dark. and you will not want
to stay in it more than the usual two min
utes. You come out, take another douso in
tho tub, and II you have nerve enough get
under the cold shower, which Immediately
makes you feel like a prize fighter. Your at
tendnnt rubs you down with a Turkish towel,
you dress and GO into the parlor to cool of.
There you will meet a dozen or twenty choice
spirits, all hopping their heads with towels,
and describing to each other with great
minuteness the now and interesting
phases Of their different diseases. You will
lind that they represent every disease you ever
heard Of and q good many more, and that
they arc nearly all anxious to tall you about
their cases" II you are like most mortals
you will for q time wish yourself in purga
tory for q littlo recreation. but In a short
time you become used to it and join with til,
others in laughing at the "tender-feet," who,
having just arrived. ara visibly frightened at
the ugly sights. You discover that in the
better lighthouses the tubs are coated with
a surface as hard and smooth as glass, which
cannot possibly contain any germs of dis
case; and you find that nine out of ten of
the lame, halt and blind gathered about you
are being relieved OF their ailments, and that
ono by one they are disappearing, going
home without their crutches.