Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-24
PEOPLE DID NOT BaTas
WHEN The seNseIcsn,
OF WATER WAS l,ss., s1ftc1s


Customs Of Royal Per.o..
l.spu'''se to the Modem "a. ~ 4
Ams.r .%s r lack e A.'A,ss s ~,
Until about the year lf,so -
IN france and most other sas oafIsa
Europe practiced the art :, ounisis d
dark and dirty shops they .bs.s,fy ID
cut hair and applied cpns,. su and lld
opened tumors and pevformsss slaase,
operations ,s, still more difficult ~ surgical
GUS. Iney were despised q ~ Danger
every one was despised who N.Y. ,Ssoo'sr u
ga application Of his kuowIs', WIZ : practL
form q q trade regularly fo,cse 70 tie
ciasS ohey were much liked 81 -. Asa
people, VINO applied to then rs Is conanon
nary medical advice, but a. v,,, =. ~ ord.
more refined, and conseo,,sr,, .esy became
acting In respect to nearnasa more e.
necessary to separate the a., = bscams
and beard from the treatmen. .s I. u the hair
not only because the assocjatio, ulsease,
professions was often repncnaa. " The two
put There was great danger y y itseii
mission Of diseases. = the tranS
Louis XIII first ordered Il.
~ .he Two professions, directing KIM
oarDers should confine themseIys.su sl To
mar ana beard and operations ~, . The
thereto, but the shavers and Elemental s,ea
ters appealing to parliament ~ ,.a'r cut
dragged on Tor nearly forty YEAR . .ua1'ef
not definitely decided until fhe IS anu was
edlct by Louis XIV in 1873 4. 'ssu 8 o. 40
writer remarks, this was nons - eneh
being absolutely necessary ~, ~ soon, i
should be trade whose businsss 10y \ tnere
be to care for the general neafnss ! should y
public. easless q the
AT this epoch the Partisan. 81.
more the Inhabitants Of t5e oths ~ much
France, had almost lost ~ c,.les Of
cleansing the face and hands with w., o.
W say no'n'ng OF other parts Of the bodv
BATHING IN PARIS
IN the Dark Ages it had not bean .u,.
SO pad, there remaining in GauI somss dul'e
OF the Roman custom of batbina Inn.
gradually disappeared, owing "a ~ "aeu
sltlon OF the monks and the cIero, 'ppS
ecclesiastical work published il ~ 1-co AZ y
clares that the use Of the bath IL only ~ e
regarded as a necessity, never IS II 49, y
30 ilthy were the monks Of the F,ftasay
century that they put to flight the bssn.a'
at their gates il the wind happened = M
from the direction of the monastarv w. NV
of the same epoch and later were NJ, t .sas
provided for, as we learn from tho 800 s'ef
ence OF a noble lady who, being TENN
rary inmate OF convent, and having 4.
manded a foot bath, was refused h. II.
superior, the luxury being unbeard -
within those walls. In default 81 Nh,
appliances she made use of an old trunI
with no other result than to produce osn
eral intimidation of the sacred edfice
In l292 there were twenty-six nubls
baths i'll Paris, then small CITY tn,
were arranged for steam or hot water
person being able to take one or both knd,
as he desired. They were expensive for thu
period, complete bath costing four francs
which restricted their use to persons Il
easy circumstances. They were not onena
tiii daylight, the streets not being safe be-
fore that hour. To prevent promiscuityit
was ordered that the men should 20 in the
morning and the women in the evening.
but the rule does not seem to have been
well observed, since, in the course OF fine
they acquired bad reputation and fell
into disuse. When they were heated in
the morning the fact was announced after
the manner of the period-by criers who
made the round of the city. Bathtubs
were common in private houses at the
same epoch, made usually in the form Of
half hogshead, the use of metals for the
| purpose being unknown.
WHEN BATHING STOPPED.
| Wash basins were also familiar objects
in the palaces of kings and in the castles
of the nobility. Charles V of France had
twenty-four of the latter, all solid gold, be-
sides others of silver. As among the Ro-
mans, it was customary to battle before
meals, and to offer the luxury Of bath
to ones guest, who passed directly from
the bathroom into the banquet hall. Vari
Gus instances are related of baths magnif-
Gently arranged offered to kings Of France
when subjects happened to entertain them,
to Louis ri among Others, this king In
cIdding an atfectation of neatness in his
brief list of virtues. There were bathtuts
at the BARRIERS shops, used indiscrminate-
ly, as it would appear, by the well aud sick
"a circumstance that helped TO render
neatness unpopular, and keep the people
from visiting them.
Therefore, the public baths being dscon-
tinued for want of patronage and those at
the BARRIERS shops feared for sanitary rea'
sons, the practice of bathing, common 70
certain class in the Dark and the early paH
of the Middle Ages, disappeared. Having
ceased to battle the person, the hands ana
face became equally neglected, the appr
cation of water once week being consIs
cred sufficient among the nobility, anu
once a month, or not at all, among tn7
burgesses and the common people
The habit of bathing was less common
in England in the time of Queen EllzaoeIn
than in France, whence it appears az anis
epoch to have almost disappeared. Inv
virgin queen insisted that the gen'ien.su
and ladies of her court should be magaln
Gently dressed, but their fine apparel oieu
covered persons that were repulslVe
ROYAL CRITICISMS
Bath tubs were not common III tue'N
ties of the nobility, and they wouiu W.
have been much used If they haa us.
This disregard of neatness couiu w
nevertheless, be carried too lar, "s
proved by the remark made oy 'no w. A
regarding the order of his boots 70 guy :.
her courtiers who had come into nc. p,sr
ence too hastily after long !va,s an,
Henry ", who was Elizabeth's coh is,as \,
rary was as careless of his ex're.n' ahisur
Lady Mary, if the Protestant u . AavrSIs !
is to be believed; but if this tes'iu nna,h.r
not sufficient we have that OF an. sn tbs
writer of the epoch, who alleges t sa" sonrt
king was once told by a lady Of us
that .'he smelt like dead horse. ad no,
The generations that succeeded a,S Sr more
nractice this cardinal virtue much NV, n,s
efficiently, but outraged neatness rs,,s' %
torment the human race M N.Y. hat ipfest
ing fleas and other animaleul'e :, ' .hs prin.
the human body formed one ~ ',,h,isbed