Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-11

SIlas Singer was aiDng ~ "VuA
not be correct 70 say that he va
aiek. for there was nothing seriou
the matter With him, but he himsel
insisted that be vas aiiing, and sure
iy he ought 10 know. he neede'
some sort of treatment, but he va
not sure what il ought 20 be Whii'
he was debating this question In hi'
mind some one suggested a vapor
bath cabinet
.Tt is evident. said this author
ity. that your circulation Is not what
IL should be. You need something
that will open the pores, give tone
20 the skin and freshen you up gener-
ally. Some feature Of your interiar
mechanism Is loafng on It's job and
needs 10 be stirred up"
silas was not sure that the home
made vapor bath would do the work,
but Il would certainly do no harm.
II was worth trying, at any rate.
some men are 80 constituted mental
ly that they have to do a little doc
toring now and then in order to pre-
serve their peace OF mind. and Silas
was one Of them. When he was very
busy he was all right. but when busi-
ness was dull aud his mind reverted
60 his physical condition he always
found that something was wrong
with him. Then he would take d.
gesiiye tablets or some new tonic
with great regularity until business
became brisk again. whereupon he
would forget all about his ailments
and his remedies. II he had taken
exercise. II would have been better,
but ne did that only occasionally for
perhaps two days In succession. The
vapor-bath idea. however, impressed
him fayorably, and he straightway
purchased an outfit
Now. Il stands 10 reason that a
man ought not TO fool with one Of
these things in the absence Of his
wife, for she alone knows where It
ought TO be set up. and she alone
can attend 10 the preliminaries sat
isiactorily. But sllas Singer was an
enthusiast In all that be undertook,
and an enthusiast is always In a
hurry 10 secure results. The day
the yapor-bath was delivered he re-
turned home early and found that 1t
had been desposited In his study.
"well." he remarked to himself,
'thls Is as good place as any. This
Is my den. aud will not be disturb
ed here.
II was a good two hours before
dinner, aud his wife. he learned from
the maid. had gone out to make some
scalls.
Being In fairly resouroeful man.
aud having a book Of instructions. il
did not take him long TO get the
yapor-bath cabinet In working order.
but he vas cautious Before either
disrobing or starting the blaze that
was To create the yanor he expert
mented TO see. as he expressed n
what kind OF a ~ Il was" Seating
himself on the chair within. he closed
II round him like a dry goods box.
his head alone sticking out through
hole In the top lt proved TO be
rather tight squeeze. but he was
able 10 shut himself In. and he smiled
with cheerful anticipation OF the lm-
mediate iight OF an bodily ailments.
"it certainly ought to DO me a lot
of good" he soliloquited. what
"What Ne mortals need IA something
that will make our pores attend
strictly 10 business Ill bet Martha
Will mud me tresher and brighter to-
niEht than have been for year %
Then he lighted Il up, dlsrobed,
fastened himself In the cabinet and
waited Il WAS rather slower In set
tins about the work TO DO donc than
he had Anticipated, but The sensa-
tlona Were pieasurablo; aud he only