The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-05
A bath IN ELECTRICITY.


new York journal.
OF all the wonders of electricity, the
electric light bath. which Is about to be
introduced. has peculiar qualities of at
Effectiveness. In a marvellous room. which
looks more like page from the Arabian
Nights than anything I'm ordinary life
the nather viii recline on a couch OF plate
glass. while incandescent lamps Will glow
Ike weird. luminous insects. whose radi-
ance will be reflected from lustrous sur
faces For on every hand there viii be
mirrors OF the finest quality. In which the
electric light bather may see himself re-
recfed from every possible position But
the occupant OF this novel bath room Will
not be a modern NarcissIs. for the mirrors
are but 10 lend effect to the bath by re-
reeting the lights.
Marvellous as II may seem the electric
light bath is not at all visionary. for its
inventor. John Harvey Kellogg OF Battle
Creek, Mich. has not only patented his
idea and constructed a private bath house.
but is now making arrangements to place
the new bath houses In this city ri we'll as
In the principal cities OF the country.
The interior arrangement OF the new
electric light bath Is cabinet with sides
ceiiing and floor constructed entirely of
mirrors. Penetrating these reaectin, lin
ines AZ every foot of their surface are
ineandeacent lamps that food the apart-
ment with pure and limpid light. By ar
rangefnent OF the lamps the light from,
them Is reflected by another series of mir
rors In the center OF the room close beside
which the hather lies on a couch.
This Is like no other couch that was ever
SEEN j; Is an oddly. made from design
that took years OF though. and expert
rlent 20 perfect. II is supported by tan
legs OF oak and provided with heavy
glass top. on which the ba;her rests Be-
meath this top. fitted in the lower wood
work OF the couch. are a hundred more
electric lamps so that their light directly
strikes the bather's body from, beneath
In this room Of heat. light. reflection and
refracfion nothing Is left 10 chance. The
inrumerahle lamps are so fixed thar there
Is not a particle OF tight or heat bur wha.
Is utilized. Where some OF the reflections
fail to reach the body OF the hather or the
first radiation. they continue 10 reflect
from mirror 20 mirror. until the couch Is
finally reached
BY this peculiar arrangement OF light
and heat conveyed 10 the hathsr In surn
quantity that every rin-poinf Of HIS resh
receives an equal amount. perspfration Is
Induced 81 much lower temperature than
u possible either by n Turkish or Russian
bath. The effect on .he skin. too. IS pow
erfui. and the carAonsr acid OF the sk{Y, fs
eliminated with rluch less action. Per
SEPARATION IL induced IN four minutes with
temperature OF 81 degrees Fshrenh III
whereas 70 force Precipitation In the Turk
tsh bath there must be n Temperature OF
100 degrees Fahrenheit FOR FIVE and one
hail minutes Notwithstanding thar the
temperature ~ the room Is much lower
by the ilghs bath. the surface md internal
temperature ~ the ha,hs- at the time -ar
SEPARATION h~rins IS GRE degree higher thai,
when undergoing the Turkish treatrneD.
The hath o. HIGHT 81 also superior TO either
the Russian or Turkish hath in the mat
ter o. elimination Of carHonic acid from,
the skin rp 70 per cent. Is the avera~a
for the Hight hath. while with the Turkish
hath the highest percentage is 497. ara
with the Russian hath s%