Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-06
GERMAN BATHS ON
RHINE NOW USED
BY j. s. SOLDIERS
SuIphurou8 Waters Pail On
Man and Beast of Field Ar
tiIIery of Rainbow Division
at Famous Health Resort,
by Cyril Brown.
(Staff Correspondent of The Albu-
querquc Journal ana New York
WoTld)

WOrld,)
Especial Gable Dispatch)
with the American Army of Occu- .
nation Feb 1.-THE competition Tor
sottost hillets, open to all members OF
The American arSy of occupation, ap-
pears to have been woh by the Loom
rield artillery Of the Rainbow dlNis-
ion.
It's members are leading near mil
lionaires' lives, when not otherwise
occupied by military duties, in BAD
Neuenahr the Renish Karlsbad.
This world fame cure and pain
escort" according to the Su.de
books) was before the coming en-
masse of the Americans, visited an
nually by $4,000 guests, not counting
transients; and though the Teutoh
sick, who suffered from ailments Tor
which Bad Neuenahrs hot spring
waters are vouchod sure specifics by
legions of long-bearded German pro
fessors. are givins the Rhenish spa
a wide berth just now, 1t is propapie
that between the l50th Field afti!-
Iery's Missouri mules and mixed per
sonnet and the bathing fans flock
ing in from neighborlng garrlsohs'
the Karlsbad of the Rhine never en-
ioyed a more lively or picturesque
season.
Many Baths, No Bathtubs.
From morning till night, the grand
hallway of the bath hotel is wen
filled with men and officers, wait
ing their turns to take hot mineral
baths. The establishment boasts loo
private lath establishments and as
one of our medical officers from the
middle west put it, contains every
bath fake known to science for part
ing the idle rich from their money
including radium baths, light baths
and mud baths; but our military sur
guests wisely confine their actlViues
TO the straight hot water variety.
There are no bathtubs. The IN
dividual bathrooms, averaging ten
or twelve feet square, are done III
spotless white thing, sometimes lls-
ured in Pompean blue. Ana the
marble baths are sunk peloW tHo
tiled floors, Roman style, with mar,
BILE steps for the buck privates ana
visiting dOughbboys to descend INTO
the hot mineral waters.
Must Treat All Alike.
Busting German women altehu-
ants draw these, regulating the
temperature electrically. When the
rush is on, the men battle in batches
of three. After the bath, there are
couchcs in each room on when theE
may reclne, The German women
attendants, accustomed to playing
millionaires in unoccupled times,
may have been inclined to be bit
snobbish at first, and some seemed
still To wear an air of suppressed
resentment, but our military authorl.
| ties see to it that they give efficient
| service to the buck prlNates an"
! douphhoys. who, after all, are dis
! tinguished bath guests of the Ger
man government, which foots their
| BILLS.
From the bath hotel your trail nat
urally leads to the kurhaus, with i.S
reading and conversation rooms, lts
| theater and concert han ana apoVe
All the springs that made Bad
| Neuenahr famous. Here the signs Oh
/ American military occupation are
quite unmistakable, for certain heavy
! field mcrtars are drawn up in line IN
front of the Kurpark, while along
! the favorite walks of wealthy vale
tudinarians are picketed flocks OF
/ Missouri mules and long lines OF ar
/
of the Rhineland legends and scenery
! and all longing to get home.
Array Of Mules and Monuments.
You pick your way judiciously
through the park between the mules
and horses and arrive at a large
structural iron shed, with its front
omen and sides done in stained glass
mostly cracked or broken. over the
! entrance arch stands the Inscription
in Latin. For the Edificatlon ana
4 Benefit of the Sick while among the
4 mules across the pathway Is a granite
monument surmounted by the bust OF
! the discoverer of these alleged alkaIl
sulphurous hot springs.
Mules and NJ. P.'s permitting, you
climb down into the structural iron
shed or pavilion to drink the waters
II Won dare. More sensible was the
solitary artilleryman whom l found
ON the premises. He was squattnt
beside a spouting fountain Labeled
the Victoria Spring" and using III
pleasantly hot allkali water, reinforced
by a bar of American soap, to scou'
his spare shirt on top of a marpi'
stab ON the same premises, you not'
the equally famous Augusta Spring
while in a marble basin on one sid'
bubbles the so-called Little Sprudel.
| gathered that both men and mule
found these medical waters httle u
their taste, and after some initial eX
periments now SHE'D off from them.
A Pleasant Side TO War.
A tour of the prcipal hotels o
Neuenahr showed that every MAJ
lack of the garrison had drawn
bed; in many cases, the artilllerlst
we're billeted in expensive suites wit
private baths. In the garden of on
hotel. the regimental band was giVinl
an afternoon concert, and buck pr
Yates could be seen sitting on thei
private balconies with their feet o
the rails, smoking and resting ate
their midday elbow"
It's o great life at Neuenahr, bu
after its fighting record, it is gener
ally agreed, the regiment Is fully en-
titled to this break of luck.
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