Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-30
ATTHE BATH.
The Delights ofthe Turkish for Society
Ladies.

Papa has forbidden my taking Turk
ish baths." said society belle, wiping
away real tear with her appopponax-
scented handkerchief.
"And a very sensible father he must
be, was the comment of a lady physi-
clan who overheard the remark.
"This Turkish bath craze Is doing more
harm than little, and it is high time
that parental authority, If there is
such thing In these degenerate days,
should step In and prevent our girls
from running their health.
almost every day am besieged by
solicitous mammas, worried about Jo-
sephine's or Angellne's health, and
begging me to positively forbid those
dreadful Turkish baths.'"
"What are the special attractions of
the Turkish baths?"
'Oh, they are various. Some are ad-
dicted to them purely for the physical
delight they afford; others have an idea
that they are good for the complexion
las they are in some cases when mod
erately INDUCED in); others, again
and these compose the majority-take
them because all the nice girls do"
Anxious for personal experience, and
In search of a new sensation, the writer
obtained the necessary directions and
was driven to the fashionable establi b.
ment said to be frequented by the
aforesaid ''nice girls"
1t was about 10 o'clock on a Situr-
day morning, and the buxom nymphs
n q haf Nrhn oh
tremely decollets costumes, had more
work on hand than they could well at
tend to.
Saturday is our busiest day." re-
marked one of them, as the represen-
tative underwent the usual preliminaly y
of shampoo, ''and most of the ladies
come between 10 and /. Sometimes
we have as many as thirty here during
the morning." she added, as the repor-
ter followed her down a marble corri-
dor to the shot room," where half
dozen girls, in voluminous white dra-
perry, were reclining on lounges IN a
temperature of 1862.
One luxurious young woman was
supplied with a box OF marrons glaces
and volume of Browning; another
was deep in novel, while third,
whose back hair reposed in her lap, was
reading to her friend In a low voice.
Two or three were Idly staring at the
ceiling, and all looked supremely con-
tent with themselves and the world
One by one as the prescribed half
hour in the ''hot room" came to an
end, they disappeared. in charge of an
attendant into the adjoining bathrooms
whence issued mufiled sounds of Wig
orous thumpings and poundings, filling
the soul of the novice with awe and
curiosity.
Every now and then a white-clad
figure issuing from the mysterious
chamber, passed the ''hot-sun" on her
way to the dressing closets, there to be
snugly rolled up in blankets and left to
follow their own sweet will, whether
1t led her to the arms of Morpheus or
the mystic Maze5 of Mrs. BrOwning's
fancy, or. as with the writer, to the
yielding up of herself to a delicious
dreamy languor, through which occa-
sionally penetrated the chat from neigh
boring rooms:
Don't you feel perfectly splendid ?"
"Yes, just splendid"
Twill you have some of my Oil?"
won't it make my face shine?"
"Oh, no. You can put powder on
aftsrward."
About three hours is the time allow
ed for st. b." as they are called by
the craft. but when the additional lux
uries Of a manicure and pedicure are
INDUCED in four or five hours are often
spent under the marble arches.
The broughams and victorias of
the devoteeS, some Of whom come
twice or even three times week, usu-
ally begin to arrive between and 10
O'Clock. and are sometimes not ordered
again till 2.
''It's such capital way to kill time"
said girl the other day.
II poor old Father Time was the
only sufferer the T. B. mania might be
allowed to run Its course uDmolested,
but the serious charges brought against
it By leading physicians makes its in
dulgence or suppression question for
consideration.
Opinions on the matter are of course
varied.
"lf they must perspire, said gruff
old doctor, when called In to prescribe
for two pale and languid T. B. devotees
"let 'em do it as a horse does-by
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