St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-28
SWEET GIRLS BATH.
EXhilarated b. Her First Ex-
perience Under the Turk
ish Process,
SHE TELLS ALL A3OUT 1T.
Frightened at First, Then
Steamed Till Sac Is Limp
as a Rag.
SHE IS PLACED ON THE SLAB,
And Pinche1 and Kneaded,
Then Enjoys a Nap With
Glorious Dreams.
SHE IS PLACED ON THE SLAB,

Many people must imagine that they
are going straight To the Internal regions
when they enter a Turkish bath house,
or else the num5.r of vistantS to these
places would be even larger than it is.
Or perchance some women are affected
III the same way rs the infant aged two
was when her mDther started to diSrobe
her in the presence of a cousin OF the
tender aye OF SIX months. She pro-
tested violently and assured her aston
iShed parent that she never would sub.
init to such a giar!ng piece of Improp-
rieIy in the presence of THAT boy" 1t
is an experience IL itself, to visit bath
house, without the additional experience
of the bath; for peHD!e are Interesting
when one gets glimpse of them in
somewhat the same kind of a way that
the beautiful creatures of the stage are
seen when minus make-up OF any kind.
The first thing To do after making up
your mind ito take the plunge" is to
disrobe and drape yourself Jas graceful-
ly as possible, of course) IN sheet and
then wend your way to the hot room.
Arriving here without accident to the
GrecIan costume. Narcissa, the obliging
attendant, tells yod 10 sit down, and.
after giving you a hot bath for your
feet and a cold one for your head, she
leaves you to yourself and your heated
Imagination. You are very soon re-
duced TO somewhat limp condition,
and cease to care what becomes of you
until you are reused by the voice of the
substantial person who is TO do as she
pleases with you during the next hour.
saying you have been i'll here long
enough now. just step this way" and
you obey without protest, and IN a
moment find yourself on the slab from
which you wonder ftebly whether you
will ever rise. If she continues to pinch
you in this way you will never return to
the bosom of your family intact.and the
molding she gives you is only eQualed
by the mOlding given 10 the bread dough
by the good housewife before the
stretching process came into fashion.
After wrestling with each Of your Door
muscles individually, the massagist
gives yon
A Slapping 80 Prolonged
that if you have any heart left. your
Sympathies 20 out 10 the unfortunate
small boy. whose mental stature is not
such that he is not yet exempt from this
species of torture. But Narcissa has
scarcely begun. You must now adjourn
TO the steam room. and il you are capa-
BILE of one sane idea when she allows
you to rise from your moist couch, then
you are decidedly above the average
woman. You are now conducted into
an atmosphere that strikes you as a
breeze from the region of perpetual
SHOW. but only for a moment. You lie
down OH the slab from which you find it
hard work not to slip. and Narcissa
fathers bristle brush with soap, and
scrubs you until even your bones shine.
Finally you are allowed 10 rise and adj
juurn to little side performance all by
yourself. If this is your first experience
you adjure the smiling attendant not to
turn on the water too cold, and above
all, to allow you to come out of your