The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-12

upon the condition that | would employ
the man. The rubber continued to go on
sprees and, finally, two weeks ago, | told
Mr. Conkling would have to let the man
GO, since which time Mr.. Conkling has not
taken a Turkish bath, as he says he will
allow no one else to rub him, | was very
sorry, because Mr.. Conkling had gone to a
great deal Of trouble to take baths. He
rented apartments in a house next door 10
my place and had door cut through the
communicating wall, so that he could walk
from his room into the bath whenever 1t
suited his convenience Then there were n
great many gentlemen who used to come
here simply to see the Senator battle, as 1t
was quite a sight to SEQ the graceful and
daring manner in which AIR, Conkllng used
to make a plunge. He was almost as grace
full as II duck IN the water As soon as the
rubber manages to get sober intend TO take
him back and suppose Mr.. Conkling will
begin TO take baths again.
about as animated and exciting a scene
as can be witnessed anywhere Is presented
in the average Turkish bath houses of a
| Saturday night. or mora properly speaking
of a Sunday morning, when you will see the
place filled with bowling swels, club men,
actors, gamblers, puglllsts and men about
town in general. These mon are nearly all
New York boods and they have been
imbibing too freely and go to the bath to
have the liquor boiled out Of them Some of
the number are those who have to attend
church the following day and possibly con
duct Sunday school class. II is the custom
of this class Of individuals to remain in the
bath all night. A man will enter the place
wrigg!mg drunk, and by the time no rs
ready to be placed i'll his bunk he Is almost
disgustingly sober. He Is also free
from the headache that is usually
Of ba conditions
after spree At times the place re-
sembles a bedam. Possibly party of low
comedians will indulge III song and dance,
whose voices will be drowned by the pro-
family of some pugihst who is Dragging
that he can knock out John l.. Sullivan,
while some gambler is loudly narrating to
his companions the story OF MS nights win
nngs, and a drunken dude will be obstreper4
ously telling his elaborate wardrobe and of
his latest purchases in canes, and some
cracked-voiced idiot who imagineS himself
an orator is trying to make speech.
Finally they all are put through the pro
cess of SOLDERING up and by the time they
get out of the plunge they feel like sleeping.
Just about the time that there is an air
of peacefulness prevailing in the place an
intoxicated 'hayseed,' who is on his first
visit to Gotham and has been out seeing the
sights, accompanied by guide who is
place. He will invariably announce in u
loud tone of voice that he is all wool and
yard wide, or that he is wild and woody
and hard to curry u......
Possibly he may be some Congressman
from the rural districts who has visited
New York for the first time, and he will
cry out that he is no green one, that he has
been to mill afore.'
Then some one occupying one of the
hunks will cry out, Let that fellow gnaw
on towel
"'Put him outl turn the hose ON him
Cor voice from another bunk will ask,
What's your name? or, WEIR you fromF
or, When did you get inc
1.-The intoxicated new conner, nine times out
of ten will proceed to answer all these
questions and take exceptions to all the
remarks and wind up by announcing that
he can whip any man in the house. By this
time he is stripped and put in the hot air
department, and about the last that is heard
of him is his remark: Gee wis, I'm boiling.
by this time all the hunks are occupied
and no one else is allowed to enter. Every
thing remains quiet except for continuous
chorus of snoring until about or O'clock.
Then commences what is known among
those in charge of Turkish lighthouses as
the married mems hour. They have been
out all night and they come to the bath
houses TO prepare to straighten themselves
to their irate wives. They summon a mes
senger boy aud dispatch a note addressed
to their respective homes and directed t.
their better halves. The notes usually
state that they have been taking Turkish
baths and feeling SO weak they had re
manned at the bathhouse all night, and re-
questing that their heavy overcoats be sent
to them SO that they will not catch cold on
their way home.
These gentlemen usually leave home
with light overcoats 50 that when they send
home a request to have a. heavy overcoat
sent to them they have no difficulty in
working on the credulity of their wives