San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
ROMAN LUXURY
IS OUTD0NE IN
MODERN HOMES
American Bathroom, With
Appliances, Surpasses
Ancient Ideals.
BATHING IS A JOY
Both Rich and Poor Now
Enjoy Advantages Of
Equipment. @

Ancient Romans built In their
homes marvellous baths, equipped with
Injuries TO add every conceivable en-
joyment to the cleansing processes
of the day. Along with the delights
of marble pools, fragrant ointmentst
and pleasing tempered waters pro-
vided in these baths, there were dozens
of slaves to relieve men and women
from trouble or exertion in the man
agement of their additions.
Modern Americans have In their
homes in places Of the enormous
marble-floored rooms devoted to the
arts Of the toilet, but one or two
tiny rooms where cleanliness reigns.
But 20 efficiently are these small
bathrooms equipped, every process
carried on in Roman days, and many
others of which those luxury-loving
people never dreamed, may be en-
joyed by rich and poor alike in this
commonwealth.
Electric devices supply the service
formerly rendered by slaves. There
is no jug or urn Of hot water car
ried in to be poured into a cup and
used for softening the boards of
men preparing to shave; there is a
small Notwithstanding cup. fitted
with a cord that carries to that cup
instant heat to bring the water to
the temperature required in two or
three minutes. There is. of course,
running water for the bath, and in
visible heat, each piped from a CEN
trail heating plant. But in the event
of temperatures being too low for
comfort at any time, or for use be-
tween seasons when furnaces are
not running, there are small port
able electric heaters which glow hot
and brilliant at the touch of
switch. Or there may be a perma-
nent electric radiator sunk into the
bathroom wall and protected by
metal bars so that no one can pos
sibly brush too close to its heated
coils.
Performs Duties Of Slaves.
Vibrators that stir up sluggish
blood are really as good, and certain
~ more comfortable to the modest
man, than the human slaves that
performed this service beforetimes,
violet ray machine for similar pur-
poses are pleasing to the fastidious.
There are electric hair dryers with
which the thickest and longest
crown Of glory may be dried in
something like a jiffy and half
when one has washed it in the
favored soap and water combination.
There are also electric curling irons
and marcel wavers which will prepare
milady for a coiffure as elaborate as
any ever built up by the personal
attendants of the wealthiest Roman
ladies known to society; and she can
do it all herself, comfortably and
quickly.
For the skin that does not throw
off Impurities as freely as might be
induced if modern people INDUCED in
athletics now as they did in the old
times, there is an electric sweat-blank-
et, which bring results in short order.
This is simply a large wired pad, the
side of ones bed, which is wrapped
around the bather and a gentle heat
turned on until every pore is open
and flushing out accumulated poisons
from the system. From this to the
bathtub, where abundant warmth of
air enables one to finish the process
with smart cold shower or plunge
without discomfort, is but a step or
two; and the glow that follows the