Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-29

cnce. Inc Interior OF tne Dam mousse
is by far the. most interesting, and
exhilarating OF all the variety of
pastimes incident tothis "Baden Ba-
den" of America. You are first in
troduced into the Office where you
purchase your bath ticket, either sin
gle or for a course. The superin-
tendent shows you into the bath par
lor, where YOU find score or more
Of cranks awaiting their turn i'll the
bath tub, reposing on chairs, and So
fas with the temperature ofthc room
above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, while
the thermometer is hugging zero on
the outside. The first thing you do
after entering the bath parlor is to
find thcrubber, your doctor pre-
scribed foryon, hand him the doc
tors directions and the ticket you
purchased in the Office, then he puts
your name on his register, asks you
10 retire to the parlor and await
your turu, BY this time you have
gotten up full steam and begin to re-
alizc the effects Of the water already,
butbefore you get through waiting
for your turn wou will wish your
s.lf in purgatory for a change Your
turn comes at last, after you imagine
that you have been waiting for a
fife time you enter the bath house
proper, and are shown into No. 2 by
your attendant. After undressing
you plunge into the tub, aud there
remain from 6 TO 10 minutes. After
your time has expired in the bath, if
so directed by your doctor, you will
go into the vapor, a closet into which
the steam is conducted. This is en-
tirely without ventilation, and you
will be sure not to remain longer
than the three minutes allowed you,
After coming out of the vapor, you
take another duck in the tub and if
you wish cold shower bath You can
have it. Your attendant then rubs
you down with a Turkish towel,
and after you dress you then return
to the parlor TO thaw out. Here are a
score or more of choice spirits suffer-
with all the ills ever heard of, reek-
ing, steaming, pouring forth the per-
spiration in torrents, mopping their
heads and faces with towels, and de-
scribing to each other with great mi
nuteness the new and interesting
phases of their different diseases,
The scenes and narratives which are
continually indulged in are very ell
eouraging and interesting to the
new conner. One crank comes half
exhausted out of the bath and vapor
saying "If hell is any hotter than
this, the Lord deliver us from it. l
have been here for three months and
/ don't feel any better than when /
first came," and another complains of
his doctor, and another Of his baths,
and maintains that the waters are
better else where, and so on, until the
"tender-foop just newly arrived is
frightened at the horrible. sights he
sees and discouraging tales he hea"S.
After you have taken the secog2
or third bath, and have overcome
your nervousness you begin to expe-
rience strange exhilarating thrill as
if a succession of slight electric
shocks, which is followed by an ac-
celeration Of the pulse. There is a
stimulation and exhilaration of all
the vital energies. The whole cap
Hilary and circulatory system is
aroused to new activity. Conges-
ton is overcome, healthy secretions
are promoted, diseased tissues are
rapidly eliminated, perverted nerv-
GUS action is connected, the quality