St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-19
The TURKISH BATH.
A Woman Tells Her Expert
enee in the Human Steam
Laundry.
It Is 8 Good Way to Gain a
Point on Mother
Nature.
One Stage Represents a
Frosted Angel on a We'd
ding Cake.
The Wringer Is the Only
Thing Left Out Of the
Programme.

After woman takes Turkish bath
she goes to the hairdreSSer'S for the fin
ishing touches of the groom and to talk
it over. Two women exchanged ideas
the other day at one OF these toilet en-
poriums and compared observations and
experiences.
The attendant gives me extra mas
sage treatment" said one of the women,
"because fee her literally. 1t pays"
81 have lost five pounds since my last
BATH" replied her companion. IF l
can keep that rate up for about six
months | shall be perfectly happy. l
walk four miles day and am on rigid
diet. The doctor says if l can reach a
certain weight and hold TO it for one
year l shall then be proof against an in
crease of ayoirdupois."
''Ha. ha," laughed the first woman.
and in q subdued tone, did you ever
see such funny sight III your life as
that stout woman who was i'll the steam
room with me this morning? Did you
ever see such"
The New York Recorder woman
didn't hear the rest o. the sentence, but
she had heard enough, and she decided
then ard there 10 take a Turkish bath.
Last week she took one.
Life IS made Of experiences. The
Turkish bath Is one-or, at least, the
first Turkish bath is an experience.
There is no use IN living in the world
unless YOU keep up with the procession.
The Turkish bath is III the van.
Bulwer LyttOn once wrote a little
story about the virtues who started
out in the world to make their own way
and find a home. Each virtue had a
hard time, but no one of them met with
such serious experiences as poor
ModeSty. MOdeSty travelled over Lon
don and vainly sought refuge. No one
had ever heard of MOdeSty: 1t seems a
trife odd that this story of the virtues
should come up in connection with the
Turkish bath. But there Is a connee-
lion.
Leave your purse with me, please"
said the clerk in the Office of the human
steam laundry. The novice surrendered
the article called Tor. and it was put
under lock and key. The key was given
the novice. If the purse had contained
a million it could not have been more
securely guarded. The attention was
hattering. The clerk pressed button
and pointed to a door. through which
the Recorder woman entered the con-
fines Of a Turkish bath. She was met
by young woman clad in red sheet,
which refused TO reach the floor. 1t was
confined on the left shoulder by cOQuet-
tish red bow made by tying the corners
of the sheet together. This person was
an attendant. She was very good look
ing, pleasant young person, and, on ac-
count of her Scanty attire, her general
shapeliness, her apparently cOutented
and cOmely appearance. the new woman
christened her "Nadjy."
Here is Sheet" remarked Nadjy,
sand there is your room," pointing to
small portiered apartment. Let me
know when you are ready"
The sheet was small and as an article
of attire it was highly unsatisfactory. 1t
refused to wind and stay put, and its
victim was placed in an abject condi-
tiOn Of apology. This condition lin
gered and no peacock ever viewed his
feet with greater diSapproval. Few
Odes have been inspired By the human
foot
Nadiy here interrupted the unpleas-
ant reflections, and it was a very fOrlOrn
figure, clad like a squaw in a blanket.
that she bade follow her to another
apartment.
This" said she. sis the hot ROOM"
The hot room needed no such intro
duction.