The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
REAL JOYS OF COLD WATER
ARg THOSE 0f THE kNEIPP
CTRE. ENTRTSISSTS SaT.

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with mare Fees In thS CSld wee De~.
Have you ever szbsriencsd the senaa-
ton % having the dswy grass tickle your
toes and the solss Of your feet On a beau
tifUl spring nsOrnin@G ~ yOu have you
can understand partially with what JOY
the followers % the rules prescribed by
Father Knsipp for thu cure Of human lila
hail tho advent Of spring. To them it
1leans relief from tho ooninemsnt az the
hathtUb and the real thing again. only
real Knsipp enthusiast can quite OOmpre-
bend just what that means.
To bs q consistent Kneipp follower you
mnAt 10 prepared the first warm apring
morning TO roll mp trousers or skirts.
and we'll mp too. 90 that the lower part
OF your anatomy can get an cir bath -
well 80 a dew bath. and 10 daily forth.
publicly perhaps. for your fifteen min
utes "Thaulaufen.- -walking in the dew
IL what the non German speaking fol-
lowers call this. the bsGinBing Of u real
kneipp day. II transcends In importance
even the morning shave and takes the
place Of the Enslishman's tubbing. To
40 without 10 - . veritabls hardship.
There are . good many persons in these
days % nsurasthenia who are following
the Knsipp cure In whole or in part.
Hydroshsrapy 10 the general term for
any treatment In which water plays q
part. and u 10 pretty generally praet ised
to-day
Thaulaufen eOmAa first and foremost
with tho knsipp followers. for that 10 sup
posOd 20 have oriEinst~S with Ihs old
German priest himself who believed that
IL had Ersat curative powers. For the
country dwslIer IL isn't v~rv hard to prae-
tiee Walking in the dew Il doean't require
any great amount OF courage 10 wplk
On your own Lawn In your hare feet 10
you get Up carly enough to avoid the gave
% your neiRhbOrs ANY kind Of lawn " W
do provided you've raksd il we'll.
To the city person. however Il ~ once
becomes o problem oI how to atimmon
tn requisite amount ~ courage 10 get
out with the birds and he hims-lf to the
park. there dOn has shoes and stockings
snd with thu ewes OF the curious upon
hlya sInbls OH the IATk lawn
About ifteeB wears Ego. whom the
Knsipp treatment was frat introduced
over here. the gray coeted park police
men % those dsys we're amazed OF oh.
serving some cours Reous followers %
the new cult steel forth from the shadows
~ the tree. in the early morning. When
thew caught . glimpse Of some pink
toes end shApely ankles under the half
- M
Taere are still those Nho do this in some
quiet spots in the parks without at
tracing the Rttsntion u Onre did. for the
police are used tot
The morning rub 10 not 10 he COMPARED
with the delightful effects Of this Thru
laufen. recording 20 those who practis"
10. The little blades OF grass. esch holding
Ito overnight supply ~ natures purest
water. - cold - that which 'ssJes from
the sprinR. impArt prickly sensation
re they bel the feet. and the ira m DinE
Rives you the exercise necessary for the
proper reaction.
White hloodIe~S feet turn p,nl "a a MIN
ute ar two Of this. Witch means that
the her d haS been relieved ~ arv over
supply nr 10, od : nd the circuis'ory sv-tenI
has he'd a grateful st,mu.ant The an
thtisiasIic kneippists fske no hNads che
powders. They depend upOa the'r Than
laufen. II has cured habitusl hsa daChes
in few DAYS. they sFy
u must not ne supposed that those who
have enrolled themselves a. followers
10 the water cure Of the German % rish
priest 90 entirely without this morning
stimulant when the SHOWS come You
cen practise an imitation Of u IN your
own baih,ub. bat not even tina, sufic-s
for .he hardy ones u - the snow for
theirs
To he sure its hitle colder than the
dews o. early spring even. and ~ step
into IL on zero morning riRAt from a
warm bed would make some testh chat
tor N yOu are hsrdened TO cold water
you Wont mind IL 30 much. and a. soon
- YOU begin TO run N u you will feel
your fee, get warm Then the effect
10 the same az walking in the grsss For
hours after the feet will burn in your
shoes
" u n good nanv wear since the OBJ
sctIre parish priest IN 10 varis first pOpu-
Ia riIed the water cure after curing him.
elf Of tuberculosis. according "a his own
assertion Nowadays cold water Sppli-
CATIONS can bs Obia med az many health
resorts. aud 49, - result there has been
some diminstson in tho attendance az the
enormo1s sanita rum built nv the priest
AZ weTishofen. Whsre annually tho'isa nds
OF Germap- used 90 repair for his treat
mont
Out IN Morris county, New Jersey. there -
. place where some ~ the orthodox KneiDp
followers ~. in the habit Of going IN order
10 en- ioy IN. delights Of going through
the regimen laid down hoy Father Kneipp
There u - possible To do your Thau lausen
without causing = sensation. and there
on summer mornings these followers
become almost childish in their enthu-
siasm over IL
The day. a. Father kn-ipp prescribed
u for HE patients. - a busy one and the
Thaulaufen only forms part 81 IL. What
ThalIla ufen il TO the early morning water
treadinR. 10 use the fngiish expression.
!. for the late afternoon. A brook or
shallow river with n gentle 6ow Of water
NJ q cool Temperature IL best for this
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