Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-20
NATURE CURE FOR MANY ILLS.
German Resort Provides Barefoot
Walks, and Sun and AR Baths.

Deep among the hills Of a locality
which shall be nameiess, surrounded
by shady trees, bright with innuner.
able wild flowers, a number Of airy
chalets in sunny enclosures have been
erected. 1t is said to be the first
nature cure establishment on the Ger.
man lines to be oper ed IN this coun
try apart from sanatoria.
Here one revels in air, sun and
water baths and the simple, hyslenit
cures which OF late years have at
tracted so many people abroad, ano
walks for miles barefoot over the
grass, drinking in the fresh air and the
sunlight
1t is customary to undress and take
an air bath on arrival, so one discards
their dusty travelling Clothes, and finds
that running up and down, IN the long
grass, was quite invisorating and not
unbearaEly cold.
The gov that comes soon after Is
adequate reward for any discomfort.
For those who want a water bath there
are let into the ground several cement
troughs, but so bracing is me air that
many are refreshed without recourse
to water. and, indeed, it is argued that
a man is not a water animal. The air
bath and rub finished one dresses
again, but in loose, light garments,
without starched collar and without
shoes or stockings. 2are feet, It must
be understood, are at all times the in.
variable rule.
cooked SO that the true flavor is
room, where, though ample and varied,
flesh food is entirely excluded from the
diet.
Fruits, nuts, cereals and vegetables
are proyided-the last being carefully
brought out and the valuable food
Dinner is served in a large dining
salts retained in the process.
Eggs and honey, whole meal bread
and homemade butter, milk and
lemonade are among the other things
provided.
Two kinds OF sun baths ara pre-
scribed One is she natural sun bath,
he body to the sun in the inclosures;
the other is the cure sun bath. in
which the suns rays are concentrated
in a glass rooted Enclosure,
The latter is claimed to be equal
to the Turkish bath in the usual re-
spects, and has the advantage Of
pure air and the life giving proper
ties of the sunlight 1t is customary
to wrap oneself closely la blanket
after taking the sun bath to facilitate
perspiration.
The barefoot walking is considered
most important and on the green
sward-the nearest village Is two
miles away-one can enjoy most de-
lightful rambles.
Clay congresses ar cone of the fea-
lures of the cure. The effect Of wet
clay in drawing Impurities from the
body is said to be great indeed. 1t is
said to be magical in it's power OF
renewing pain and for the treatment
of sKIn troubles,
After dinner an air bath is quickly
followed by bed in one OF the open
air chalets, as 1t Is essential to be up
early in the morning,
A nearly bath in the air or the
open air water bath begins the day.
Afterward one runs about In the
open air and takes physical exercises
till he is dry and glowing with re-
action from the sparkling morning
air. At s o'clock one Is almost sorry
to have to dress for breakfast.
though the appetite is fierce.
After breakfast long barefooted
walk In the sun. On returning it is
time to take another air bath before
lunch. Lunch comes at O'CLOCK. and
after that long siesta. followed by
tennis. croquet and walks till dinner
time. Any person with some ground
and high fence could pursue this