The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-26

and disgrace to any member Of both
professions to which he belonged
DO you think that Sir Thomas Irving
would put himself in one of them little
brick houses full of steam and let gallons
and gallons Of good wine paid for bv
admlrlng society, run away in perspira-
tion?" And John L. closed with a crash
the door OF vapor bath which had been
opened to allow inspection No" he
reiterated, me and Sir William Irving
ere alike. We takes all we gets ana
Keeps 1t, whether its beer or champagne.
Muidoon reasoned with him. The at
PENDANTS paid him homage The BATH
house proprietor, Billy Maurice, an old
time theatrical man, told Sullivan soma
funny stories and illustrated the rnedici-
nal values of the waters and the great
penehts to be derived from a good vapor
path. Sullivan finally consented to take
hrst a tub bath and afterward a vapor.
Inc latter bath is given in bricked-1p
Enclosure within the main bathroom The
Yapor baths stand about seven feet high
and Is four feet each way at the top and
base. A glass roof lets in light. The
natural hot waters from the springs are
Drought into the vapor bath in pipes, and
streams of water play on a wooden seat
on which the patient sits This breaks
the water, and a vapor, thick as a. Lon
don fog and hot as boiling water, is given
off.
The ideal Of vapor bath Is a most
trying experience to even the sweet-tem-
pered. PeTsplraion runs from every pore
IN steady stream, and three minutes
IN the "sweatboX' is the limit. IT IL the
system ideal of soaking out the results
OF long debauches, and jags revive under
TINS treatment as a rose lifts it's head to
the sunlight "
After bath in a tub for fifteen min
uteS with the a
van was in fit condition to get few
quarts Of stage wine out in the shane AZ
perspiration.
A big, burly negro called Bob, a man
who is bigger by six inches around the
chest than Sullivan, showed him inside
the Vapor bath and closed the door. There
came hoarse, choking sound from VITA
IN as the inmate struggled with the thick
Vapors that choke the lungs and make
breathing difficult. In two seconds ne
was sweating as he had never Thought It
possible for a human being to sweat.
suddenly the glass top of the bath was
smashed and Suliivan's head and Shout
GERS came through. Hi there" he
yelled to one of the terror-stricken me-
er0es- Tell the cook to come and turn
me over; | am done enough on one side,
Some additional remarks he made will
never be spread on public records. but as
II was necessary for him to remain in an
excessively hot room for half an hou1
after leaving the vapor In order to guard
against colds, it took four men to keen
Sullivan in his place.
He sWore that he had dropsv and that
he had sweat out his life's blood: that
ne mad water on the brain and that his
brains had left him in the shape of swear.
that he would now be an idiot and stick
to the stage for the rest of his life. Half
an hour of such treatment and Sullivan
was as weak as a child He was led
away dripping and willing for a rub
down.
After the bath a walk over the town
brought Sullivan and Muldoon to one of
the open springs where the water flows
from the rock hotter than it is possible to
drink John drew cupful, and as the
metal cup began to heat through, it be-
came uncomfortable to hold Sullivan
threw down his drinking vessel in a mo-
ment and started on a run from the
spring, yelling to Muldoon, Come on.
hades amt half mile from here.
That was the only trip Sullivan made
into the city. After his bath he went
back to the wine garden on the outskirts
OF the city and filed up again. a re-
porter tried to talk with him for a few
minutes, but the case was hopeless. In
the evening he was dragged into a hack
and taken to the Choctaw station and
placed on the train for Memphis. Null
doom accompanied him.