St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-30

towering at first; it was like blast
from furnace and we could hear the
heat kissing through the large pipes
lining the hall on one side. Five min
uteS were sufficient to dry the hail
thoroughly, and we went back to oul
rooms to rest for an hour. Then ap
petite asserted itself; we were DIES
perately hungry. AS these baths are
generally attached to a firSt-claSs hotel,
it Is easy 10 order anything from a sand
witch to IS luncheon. The usual de-
maud is for sandwiches, salads or Gro
quotes, With either coffee, lemonade,
milk punch or porter.
LOlling upon eider-dOwn divanS, fOI
the time, at least, quite free from care,
inyigOrated and freShened by our bath,
it was delicious to trifle with our salads
and draw iced drink lazily through a
straw.
If a woman. however, goes to Rus
sian bath to decrease her aggressive
adipose, let her cruelty her appetite aud
remain hungry. When she has walked
about in the air for an hour or SO she
can with safety eat chop, and after
two hours more drink a glass of clarei
or cup of tea.
This system of eating lean meat with
out any accompanying liquids, with eX-
erciSeS and a Russian bath once or
twice week, will reduce stout person
promptly; but, alas. hunger is strong
and women are weak, and salads with
ale or wine are gOod-and the scale still
falls at 100 as relentlessly sGever.
Actresses rely greatly orr The soften
ing, preserving power of 'tiese baths to
coGntaract the injurious effects of the
cosmetics which tney arc required to
use.
SOmestimes you see young woman
enter quietly and seat herself near you.
You don't pay much attention to her
at first, perhaps, until, glancing to-
wards her, it suddenly daWnS upon you
that you are sitting elbow to elbow with
the actress who m loved you to tears or
laughter but the evening before. Prob
ably in another ten minutes you are
chatting with her, for cOnyentiOnality
has no footing here, no intrOductiOnS
are necessary, no references exchanged
this is bath etiquette"
When we had rested a sufficient time
the attendant appeared with a huge
alcohol bottle. She first sprinkled the
body until the place Smelled like a dis
tillery, and then followed the massage
treatment. We were rubbed, slapped.
pounded to an alarming extent, until
the blood was lively, the face delicately
flushed and the skin as smooth as a
piece of velvet.
The time passed with astonishing
SwiftneSS as we lay there happy and
supine. After O'Clock in the after
noon the baths are open to the lords of
creation, and remain to them until
O'Clock the next morning.
Alas! it was time to dress. We eyed
our gowns, which hung limp upon their
nails, diSapprOvingly; our simple linen
sheets fondly.
prohibits linen sheet gracefully draped
as proper costume for a promenade on
Broadway.
But not one of the dozen things which
make up the costume of the period could
be deSpiSed. The everyday, perpleXing
cares returned to the memory as we
dressed. From one room came the
plant:
Il have to go to horrid intelligence
office and get servant this afternoon.
PrOvokingw
Il have to match that embroidery for
Nelly. Oh, those hot ShopSr'
From another: "And L must go down
to the pOStOffice and cash a money Or
der this brOiling hot day. l wouldn't
mind if could wear this Sheet"
Nor l. Oh, why must poor women
wear bustles, kid gloves and tight
dresses? The ancients had a good deal
more sense. L wish l had been an an
Gent
We echoed the wish with a sy mpa-
thetic grOan.