, 1888-05-10
TURKISH BATHS AND eEAuTX3
rho Art of Dancing All Night and God
inr Home Fresh In the Morning.

rho Art of Dancing All Night and God
ing Home Fresh In the Morning.
Ladies In New York are getting morS
and more into the way of resorting to tha
Turkish bath rs a means of r"Htoring
color to the cheeks and brightness to the
eyes after night OF dissipation. know
O girl whose complexion Is of the clearoDtl
but who has left the ballroom many q
time as early as o'clock, 80 fearful Il
she of injuring her greatest charm. gh0
heard of the Turkish bath, and therefore
risked dancing until D and after the othsI
morning. From the ballroom she went
directly to the bathing establishment,
feeling as II the entire world saw her In
famed eyes and sunken cheeks. From
the office she was conducted to a box Of .
room about as large as n section In .
sleeping car. When my friend had re-
moved her garments she was led into an
iron walled room, where the mir was 90
hot that the perspiration started at onoe
from every pore. She was told to sit
down-therc were severSl chairs for the
purpose--and to wait until called for.
The heat was surprisingly great, but after
moment 1t produced that lauguid feel
ing that Is perfectly delicious to tired
body. The attendant returned shortly
and bound n wet towel about tho new
customers head. 1t began to steam
almost Immediately. Five minutes OF
this and it became uncomfortable, ten
torture, fifteen frightful and the last five
of tho twenty minutes were simply i'm.
measurable suffering. Then strong,
motherly looking woman came in. Sho
had on n loose gown that had no sleeves
and fell only to the knees.
"llow long must | stay bcrein ex.
claimed the suffering customer.
The attendant ran her hand along tho
dear girls back and limbs and said
"fou seem to have sweated pretty
well; guess you can come along now"
They went into room adjoining. II
was nearly as hot as the first There was
q table In IL on which the parbollsd girl
was requested to lie down. Then the stal.
wart attendant went ut her in hammer
and tongs style. She rubbed and scrubbed
and lathered her for several minutes, and
scraped her with u brush, and l,neaded
her flesh until 1t seemed as II her very
bones must have felt the cleansing effect
OF the operation. The attendant was
pulling and blowing from the cxertion
when she told the customer TO sit l,p, and
went to hose that lay innoccntly coiled
up at one end of tho room. Without more
than ''sit still now, please" sire began
to play cooling stream Of water on the
lathered and glowing girl. The word
cooling is used advisedly, for as 1t played
It rapidly grew chilly, and presently the
dear girl was spluttcring n helpless plea
for a change. The contrast with the in.
tense heat she had endured was tremen.
dous. The attendant dropped the hose
when she thought best, but before the
poor innocent customer could rejoice at
the relief she was being pounded with the
icy cold blows OF shower bath II was
agony itself, and 1t seemed az il every inch
of her glstening cuticlc were being over
laid with pricling icicles. But this, too,
had It's end, and the novice WIS all but
crying with weariness and torture when
the attendant led her into another room
and began TO dry her. When the water
had been entirely removed from her body,
she was wrapped in u blanket and taken
TO her room.
'How long viii you Sleep" asked tbA
attendant.
"Why. l don't want TO sleep Mt nll ;" re-
piled the customer II want TO 20 home"
But she was told she would have TO lie
there while any way. and that she would
surely fall asleep, SO she would better say
when she wanted to get up She named
her hour and was tucked up In her bunk,
She was still perspiring, and in two
minutes was sound asleep. She was
awakened promptly, and her eyes feeling
heavy and her body weary, was told tc
get into u tank OF water sunk In the ilooi
OF still another room, into which she had
been led. The water was chilly and sh,
was glad 20 get out OF IL hastily. 1t was
the last torture She was rubbed with
alcohol to prevent her from taking cold
end then permitted to dress. When the
dear girl got home 1t was just her tim,
for breakfast. She slipped into the hous,
unobserved and promptly appeared in tn,
dining roorn feeling as bright and vigor
ous rs II slo had had full nights sleep
and Letrcy!cg not lilo olightest siln of hel