Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-29
HOW 70 GROW LONGER,
q Taking GurkJ-h Baths Il Can
Be LctampiishGd-HGW They
ar Used
over . Million Ba.ns Givsn Annually
Dusrence Bsiwseu tho Tuykish sud
Russia2 Establishments.

vou'l be sent iatC our precinct. How
lid f. happe1? Too heavy for your slz5?
y5nzense. Under stature tee? On, come
Z. How is /. they rejected you and
PASSED your brother he is even shorter
tasu you aud weighs-welI ten pounds
heavier 81 least, TuIkish baths, We'll
t-strs e new one on me-"
Thus il was thst & member CT "the
tnesl" recently received the intelligence
TIA. 5 friend Of his had been denied
Y.sce on the force. The writer, who had
ageu sn UniltentiOnal listener to the con
ve1sstlOD, after trying for week 10 solve
tie QUESTION unaided, c2lled on Dr.
Charles 7. Ryan, at No. Is Lafayette
g.sCS, 10 whom he pu. the following
.uerF.
"H1w Is It that men who are under
ss snd over weight Csn get On the
q9-os torcl"
nY5u know" he replied, "that tie
police and the IRE department, too, for
r1s, matter, require ill applicants for
positions 10 be Of certain height SDd
WEIGHT. Some sre Of the height neCes-
ss-7 ID appointment, but lack weight
These men Csu increase their weigh! By
certain sttentiJn TO their diet ald By ex =
sr-5.ag certain amount OF care as to
.-a kind snd amount o! manual labor they
peNoIm. Others are 10 10 the standard
% HejglL r. CURED, but oitentimes lAck
rifle et the regulation height,
OF Z tai enough they are per
1srs TOO heavy It is this class
that are benefited By the Turkish bath
To NIKE yCu understand how man OF
the necessary height, bus of too grea.
weight, can be brought tOa condition that
will enable MIN 10 pass the examiners it |
Is not necessary 10 cay aGything except
tlst We do It, What you c7E't see
through, however, is how nuns height
csa b. increased; Is that it? l though
So Well, /. can't be done, that is per
mspealy, but temporarily the Turkish
bs-l csg stretch q man, Es it were, for 50
Inch, or ..-E1aps little more. paci4Iy
is this 30 IL cases where the men Oper-
s.et upon have been used 10 DESK or
u--c1 work. a resul. Of sitting az
desk or bench fer years, So yCu we'll
know, ig 2 stOOp or rounding OF the
shoulders. Besides this, the CartilHgen-
Gus cushions that lie between the verte-
en-. become settled Is i. were, and
msl'5 original Or normal stature is
lsssCnod 30 : marked degree thereby
That exposure to the intense heat Ct 9
Turkish bath, followed By rational Cxer-
else IL the plunge and thorough mau!p-
u.z.!Uu ST the hands OF skilIiul opera
Tor, should strGigatel man up, stimu-
Is-e the cartilage OF thS spinal column
sGd relax the muscles, espeCiGllg Of TIE
rA.Esmit Is, IS only natural. and It is men
Of ne class | have Just named that, m
t.cipHtiDg physical examination Tor po-
s-iODs on the police force have prOh.ed
by the baths TO the end thht you have
- Il OBJ 3
Ire stature =, CURED, they hsVe gone 20 q
Turkish ban snd I!m5cred up SIS i'll
We're, for examination. But for this
Preparation you might Csu it-mauy
Weargrs OF service stripes to-day would
never LAve passed the required exsmiDA-
ton"
"CAn you say az much Tor the Russian
0sths?"
PRIMITIVE RUSSIAN BATH.
THE Russian bath, as you aTe probably
sware, is ; vapor bath and is Intended
more particularly to reach thu mucous
membranes Of our bodies, that is IS Is is
given in this country. The Ras ian bath
proper is net the luxury that the TURKS
make OF it. They are necessity to the
inhabitants of the country snd are given
in & rude wooden building, where tie
necessary vaDoT is secured by throwing
water upon glowing hot pebbles. An
atmosphere OF 40 degrees can easily be
cot in this manner, and after persplripg
freely for time and whipping them
selves win 5m4u twigs the oathers will
20 out and plunge into the ice cold river
or roll in tae snow. II this country,
however, the Russian bath IS ? lsTge
room, kept filed with . continuous dow
OF r.eam aId having within its CoEhnes
very cold plInge. As : rule, it is an ad-
il1ct 10 irst-clGs5 Turkish baths
"There Is not the interest taken 10 the
baths now as formerly, l believer"
"Ol the contrary, there are more
Dsthers to-day han ever before. In 1872
suppose, less Than 5000 baths were
gwen il the city in year. Now l sup
pose the number ls close to 1000 600 ia
Ile same period Of time. We have in
this country shc tlEest ssths in the worloi
and Il is Isle 10 ssy, perhaps, that there
IS more money invested IN Turkish bath
establishments IN America than IN the
whole OF Europe put together. When
FIST introduced here the business wss
opposed On every side. The medical fra
tcrlily, with but few exceptions, de-
n0unced the practice. Persons who knew
the benefits TO be derived theretrom hsd
to sneak in and out of bath, so afraid
were they Of being seen to enter or come
out OF such a place. I remember when l
Csne into this building what cry was
/ raised The property holders in this
street waited on me and offered me &
handsome bonus for my lease. But they
did not understand the matter. They
were certain thst meant to keep dis
reputable plSce, aud when the builders pc
gan TO tear out the front OF the house ana
Inc stained glass windows were put in
place, that settled 1t. They were sure
that intended running grOg shop IN
tront OF my baths. Oh Sammy Willetts,
the Quaker millionaire, who a. that times
lived Just above here, came to gee me 9se
day sxd said he wanted 10 buy me cut.
The neigh5ors could not bear the ides OF
having such q place IS Turkish batH IN
their midst. Why, from the way song S
hau thnu0HE IL