New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30
THE LADIES' HOURS.
A MORNING IN A RUSSIAN BATH

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',.os st,Incd o,a.s windows admitted The sunlight
| in broad red and purple bars. The place Was N'''
| stIll. . ,.,o. ard
u uas TOO carly for the fashionable Oathere' anu
| in a. corner room ono Of the attendants ""e " y
| ,,,,r uro, n divan as she braided her hair ''to
| a comnact rope and coled " on Vi" op Va
| shapely head What charming picture rue mo-
| ,,d omit, unconsc,ously TOO. Bath auenddh,s d''
| not no,curs They havo not time to strlNo lor vi
| anprccIate artistic effect IN their Sah'S WV
| THIS rtrl wore a tunc exactly Ike the o''o IA
Marc Antony on the otagc declaims over 'ne Oo''
| Of Caesar It chung In limp. crinky ioI's ""''
| n her knees and her shoulders and arms VIZ 0
| =. w., ,o, sprp-Ised 10 sce me damp" she SAD
] ,,, ,ortL smile "You sec Fvc Just TAKEN a
rcrara,orv plunge in cold water. II didn't n" inns
! No stoam for 90 many hours every day "oulu HAM
| me vretchcdly sick
| what time do you set here"
| AT O'Clock in tho morning or vcIi near IT, "
| clean M after the mon. They !ehN" ''e'' 80,
| ON the tables, torn letters AID b'lI' ""PH
| and a lot Of rubbish. Tn" oih'T "h 1881,
| , .,,ar case under hor pillow From nnuI ''',N
| 49,, ~. l,d,c. ho,- YOU. them coming u"
| y,rv .oo, ,ypcct lady he" every moment me
,,, ~ , -calthl lawyer. she ErtS here n CIV IA
,barr twice a week STAYS an hour Ia The up' a., ~
| tho turkish room. comes down coH"Ti VII" O'a""
| and prr,yirlng terribly. spends an"'h"r "'u' u"
49,, ,n,r ,oom COZ, through every stag" OF III" batA
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| treatment, sleeps for Two hours. eats "NN ,"''N =
,,u,ch and , glass oi cIaret, thea spends the rest
| -, 49, afternoon in the saddle. miles and miles De-
! You'd the Park
And Why - " ru,.
.WL,, six months ago sh" was SIch' my
! 900 bounds but with lovely. young i'''' w"
| ,ro = beautiful Ggur~ only l37 pounds bur 'N' h"'
! =, =, ,.- Looks There are some women WHO
| ,Iu,ys nit tablespoonful and LAM o' o""''
ito rrdl,nc when the recipe says Just one
| tables poonfll and 50 spoil ". VT '"c' ''I
| ,.r drums over the number allowed IN
| dose Of medicine Or hke ms N'"'a' -,
Ih two ,.vcrr baths a week, each on' rraly
n,,, 80 t,rc, when one ordinary bath N""k Win
- o,.r,,s, aNcruard would gradually rN'u''
g. ,,d ., rho same ,lme leave the face young 1T
49, ,ha nr>t n,mers' she said, a Hight lahgh''T
sounded on the stairs and trto o. e'rls !" s
indian silks came down the han. W. 80 m
,cr, stars Of tho first magnltnd", The th'ru "''
known artrrSS. . ,.orr
You have a graf many "''V''' ~
patrons ! suppose" - ,
E. Actresses: :" exclaimed tho attendant; "'"' !
shouId ,ay 50! You ~" from uN '"Nh'''"N d" ~ ="
rIck every night some cleaning rr"c">> j ',
rp., y,por and rnasSasn S"frl AMI preserve III" '""
,,,r,,Ilv Oh vc> tnlrcd. "" ha'" %fhN''''
Thou, dian, .ecn 10 minl b"rc Sar''l At hH IN" '''
,rctS>p,nsIs Indeed they rather likc u. fN''p'
A., rrc,rr Whom she Gr>' ranr t. ~. c"'NuH
h mod f., come h,-r and women w"r' 20 ..i''> y"
800 Tho mach talkrd."i EnclisA beauty 'h's ""'''
actually try Ia peep into. her room v. ~. -
rc,rn. 81" l"fr In dI'rnN. ana no" ".'''
, Turkish bath built IN or hon>'
Ililt an hour lat'r 'N"I room was w" III"
rrcr ti.h,.nttiuC drSS discarded and c'oI H"'"
hcct >,, ,,,urrI the bath"r war raN ''r t'' '''",
with his sweeping the floor '"hinl h'r >i' rF'
r,rI,, A sort Of antc.ro"m for d'NInS ana "''-"'
,n,o tho steam room. TIT, va, wrapped In mystery.
a
u,c "a, lamps IN a London ioc. Niirr '''"" INV
sr.o dc,rrascd littlr Az III" d"'a'lN i"ran' '''""
Tho rnop was entirely 4 marhl" with ~" HhS
slabs on both side, like upper and lower h"''hS FROM
grated openings r. liar distance ID" steam p''''
ont Ia kissing volume. ''"a'h '"'"'N ~,
49,, ,ro,, 1,mpl,d 81 ronur.. ny with fr"-h
water nom the open D..h' a. $50 s"'' ''e'
heads projecting on eith" sht"
II was oppresslvcly hot Nor t!sn one" >h'''''
figure stor to tho door ga pIrg fur hir'ih' ana "|"'
Ing It lust llttle drrw IN a mou'hnl "t air.
T,err wcrr a num,rr II pretty girls banning on 'h'r
elbows the damp hatr r''Uglng 10 their n"Nh'h '''">
prcrty arm, and shoulder, as nick as black
Ierrtcs A few Wofully thin women win P""""
faces moaned and complained Of their hearts. s''"'
many Ama,ors representing 600 pounds "l"orl"r"lS
had sclcctcd thc hottest corners 1t looknd ~ II h'E
we're going to be carried To Heaven IN 'I"h' VI
steam They painted pcrsplrrd. GaNpn Owl GRIM"
and bore H. determined To jose som" Ut thcr "c'hy
coverings or die on me spot
Tho comic OPERA singers w~r. angling conn
dcnces on an upper slab. L. fcu 80 wa" p"'""
back and forth her sheep ARA % rIaSS"@ io">
A, first she appeared Ia DO 'u..E 70 herself Out
m looNinC closer ono could r.. a"r referring To
manuscript which she Kept d.y between the linen
folds and then every body-lu. of course everybody
was watching her-knew she was NiWylnG part
Now tho shower baths wcre IN nli play, the plnnG"
filed with splashnc nymph' livery )no was laugh |
ing and gossplng Attendants r.. ABOUT bearing
r,r,hcn bowls of water md ..~ INKS. Scraps II
conversation could DO hear sb no dHshnG Of the
water.
"wcu when he began 20 talk about love" whis- |
pcrrd q vlyarious brunette To IN attentive friend Il
knew wha, was coming. Fought should die!
why. wouldn't marry man HKo nm Tor anythIn;
IN the world
And did he really ASK ~ Test And what
did you sayl"
Nothing. Just cxpIr"l on the epot!' and she
ran off TO the attendant who calling her to be
scrubbed.
No wonder the flesh on N" attendants arms I, |
firm and healthy and the strength IN them something
astonishing In the scrubbng process She Yields her
brush a, vigorously fcncrr does his sword
After tho srrubbiuG ralno tho showers, first very
warm. tcpld almost cold then >l~am like iced |
wafer which prepared the body for the shock Of tho
pluugc The girls dsSrcndrd the steps TO tho plunge
with little terrified EXPLANATIONS, touching the water
with one toe FIRST followed BY sudden determination
with teeth cot hard, aud In they went sw1mming |
plungng. laughing splashlng, coming out at end
warm and rosy only 10 repeat the invlgorating ex.
pertinent again and again, until The attendant in. |
sisted II would DO dangerous Ia remain In longer
The ncedc.bath In . little sllvtr.lIned room was
next In oidor The walls perforated from floor
10 ceiling with minute holes, ard when tho wator
was turned on it gusAsd In needieko points from |