The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
H~YDROPATHY A FAD.
NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMEN
MAKE A STUDY OF 1T.
10 II RAID Go Work Wonders Cold
spray Up and Down the spissi Cord
BripEs tho Circulation and Nervous
System, lnto Zine Condition.

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h%ydropathy and she reads ON hydro
pathy. She has. moreover. a scientif-
ically constructed bathing apparatus
where she turns her learning into prac-
tlcal experiments. In truth. the wom-
an who Is not In touch with advanced
Ideas In Tubing" Ia looked upon as
one sorely lacking In information.
Those who think the porcelain tub
with Its hot and cold water faucets
quite sufficient for natures additions
are proletarians born and bred. The
up-to-date woman knows the relative
value OF water hot and cold for the
toilet. She also reflects upon the best
way to get most out OF II. Mrs. Fran
COS Hodgson Burnett was the first
American woman to grasp the idea that
the art OF tubing" as the world ut
large knows It, Is far short of what 1t
should be--you sec. she had spent a
season or SO at Carlsbad, WHERE bodily
additions are administered with much
pomp and ceremony, and on her re-
turn to our country she set ut once to
work fitting out n bathroom In her
washington home on the scientific
principles to which she had now firmly
pinned her faith. Mrs. Burnett had
long been In delicate health, but her
friends soon marked a return to plump
and rosy happiness. She was evident
ly tubing her way toward strength
n vigor. About that time the Rev.
Father kneipp reached our shores, and
ere long there were many other inter-
esting devotees Of scientific bathing be-
side the little novelist.
Then 1t was that the New York So
ciety woman listened with rapt atten-
ton to his quiet talks on water as a
gift OF the Creator as q means TO make
beautiful md wholesome and strong
oil his living creatures, and now. many
months after this dear old man has
passed away, the richest and most
beautiful women OF our city are hav-
Ing placed In their town and country
houscs the means through which they
are to scientifically tub their way
through pain and fatigue. The bath
ing room Is simple enough to look at
Just about twice the size OF the ordin-
ary, everyday affair. There Is the
same immaculate porcelain tub. with
a shower fixture above and the faucets
SO arranged that any temperature
from tepid to ice-cold water, may be
had. There Is a rubber hose about
two and q half feet long, to be attach
ed to the faucet. the end piece made of
brass and 30 constructed that consld-
cradle force Is derived from the water
pressure. The hose Is the great health
restored. l am told, II used UNDER
standingly. The cold spray, when
played up and down the spinal cord
for five Of ten minutes night and
morning. Is said TO work wonders with
the nervous system and blood flow.
Situated In n corner OF the up-to-
date bathroom La a small circular tub
or porcelain. This Is for herb and
Sitz baths. There. Ia a long. narrow
table or shelf Of marble, with a can
vas mattress. on which my lady may
lie while taking her massage. which.
OF course, is always given under the
direction OF an experienced physician.
had an interesting talk with a well
known New York oma on this n.y.
dropathic craze. why. It has made
another woman out OF me-" she de-
clared earnestly, 'and l shall v
take q hot bath again as long as I live.
The only way In which they are to be
tolerated is when followed by a thor
ough drenching In cold water, but they
are not good for one even then. They
deplete the system Of strength, and one
cannot help feeling fatigued after
them. no matter how strong one Is ]
never take n bath In water above 70
degrees. / find II quite as cleansing
as the piping hot ones. and I rub my
skin until 1t Ia all a-tingle. The spray
from the hose Is the finest nerve tonic
imaginable. In truth, one is sure 10
quito forget that they have such
things In their bodies after q few
weeks cold douchlng along the spine.
I had the most distressing inSomnia,
and the base OF the brain seemed al
most bursting from the strain some
times. I sleep like a baby now. OF
course. ! feel very safe about the use
OF these advanced ideas, since I have
made a close study Of h%ydropathy and
have been led up step by step by one
who thoroughly understands the sci
cnce, but ! would not advise one TO
do any experimenting without a GER
tain amount of knowledge concerning
ones individual condition and the re-
lation of water to health. AS In every
thing else, one must not 60 about Il In
a hit or miss fashion.
why, l have known the most ex-
traordinary things accomplished
through these cold water baths. Father
Kneipp's assistant. who gave US talks
on hydropathy, was once a cripple
from rheumatism. He walked on
crutches for two years. He began to
test the cold water baths. He used
to plunge right into ice-cold, water. l
wouldn't do that. But 1t helped him
so much that In two weeks he was
greatly relieved and in six months he
was perfectly we'll and strong. In
all this time IN had taken NOT one droD