St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-25
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in the company of others of their sex,
unhampered by members of the other
sex, Just as men do at their clubs; and,
so far as the gossip, and chat, and wine,
and associations go. you may very prop
erly speak of ladies' Turkish bath as a
Woman'S club.
''By this time our glasses had been
emptied for the second time, and we had
been in the hot room'-the cafe of
feminine club, should call it-half an
hour. That, L learned. was the maxi
mum time for remaining there, and so
we arose from our comfortable chairs
and followed an attendant to small
room some distance away. Mrs. Four
hundred told me to take my instructions
from the attendant, and she said she
would rejoin me after l had been
shampooed. Wondering at the pros
pect of having my long hair sham
pooed when had expressed no such
desire, l allowed the attendant to lead
me into little room, perhaps four feet
by seven. There was marble couch IN
it, and at her direction l stretched my
self out at full length, and for quarter
of an hour was lathered with soap, and
rubbed and scrubbed and pounded as L
had never before been. Then the at
tendant turned shower bath OF tepld
water on me and announced the sham
pooling process was completed. Then
| understood it. 1t was my body that
was to be 'ShampoOed,' not my hair.
ssDuring the ShampOOing
l got into a conversation with the sham
pooer, who was bright, as we'll as a
muscular young woman of perhaps
twenty-five years. She told me between
rubS that about sixty ladies visited the
bath each day. The visitors varied from
two years to seventy years in age.
Mothers often brought their children.
male children under the age of five be-
ing allowed in the hot room with
the ladies. Some of the baths patrons
come once day; the average was twice
a week. The baths were open from
a. m. to p. M, but the favorite hours
were from 10 to IL and from 3 to 6.
Ladies coming late in the afternoon
would very often bring their maids AM
their evening dresses, and have their
hair dreSserS and manicureS meet them
at the baths by appointment. Then
when they left the baths they were in
readiness for the evening reception or
dinner which they were to attend.
s'By the time | had learned all this.
thought Mrs. Fourhundred was ready
for me. and, emerging from the rubbing
room, found her waiting. We were
taken by our respective attendants to a
shower bath in another part of the bath,
and deluged with cold water. There
was no doubt about the water being
cold, but 1t set ones blood tingling, and
that, | suppose. was what was wanted.
''rhere was a big pool of water sunk
in the floor, and the attendant asked me
if I'd like to try the plunge AT firs'
/ didn't understand. but in moment il
| flashed over me that by plunge she
meant pool and, being fairly gooc
| swimmer, L said | would. For once
was ahead of Mrs. Fourhundred, who
cannot swim. She stood and watched
me as | padded around and made the
best display possible of my swimming
accomplishments. After my swim We
! wrapped towels about us and went to
the drying room.' as they call it, where
we sat and chatted for fifteen minutes
or so until our bodies were perfectly
dry.
Returning to our dresslng-rOom en-
veloped in our sheets, we had one of the
pleasanteSt experiences OF the day
Mrs. Fourhundred called an attendant
| said something to her, and presently
| the girl returned with small table. a
| pint bottle of champagne and two OF
those dainty long-stemmed wine glasses
We sat down and gossiped over oul
wine, feeling to the utmOst-at least
| did-that peculiar eyhilaration thai
nothing but a Turkish bath and cham
payne after it can give. After our wine
had disappeared we proceeded to dress
LAS l took my seat in the Office tt
await Mrs. Fourhundred, who was q
| little slower than |, felt like a new
| girl; / can hardly describe the effect the
| bath had had on me. 1t seemed as ii i
| had somehow removed dead weight
and as if l was all elasticity and buoy
| ancy.
when Mrs. Fourbundred joined mt
| in the office she asked if my attendant
had been satisfactory. | said she Ger.
/ tainly had been, and Mrs. Forehundred
| then called the girl and the attendant
gave them quarter apiece. She
afterwards explained to me thai
patrons of the bath usually gave tine
girls 25 cents as tip. thus enabling
| them to double their incomes. All the
regular patrons, she said, had theil
| favorite attendants, and always had
| their respective favorites attend them
when they visit the bath. When they
were ill many of the ladies who visited
/ the bath would send for their favorite
'rubbers' and have them rub them down
at their homes. At Christmas the girls
| generally received presents of SIS OF
more from each lady whom they are &C
| custOmed to attend"
| A maiden had a quarrel with Time,
| But made it up at last;
"Henceforth I'm just eighteen" she said
$50 let's forget the past