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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Luxurious Bathing - -Author: Andrew W. Tuer - -Illustrator: Tristram Ellis - -Release Date: June 30, 2020 [EBook #62531] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LUXURIOUS BATHING *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - _LUXURIOUS BATHING_: - - - (_Fourth Edition_) EIGHT - A SKETCH ETCHINGS - BY [Illustration: BY - ANDREW W. TUER: Shadows in the pond.] TRISTRAM ELLIS. - —————— —————— - 1880. 5⁄− - - - London: │ New York: - _Field & Tuer, Y^e Leadenhalle │ _Scribner & Welford, 743 & 745, - Presse, E.C._ │ Broadway._ - - - - - _LUXURIOUS BATHING._ - - - (_The First Edition was published in folio form with Etchings by Mr. - Sutton Sharpe, at Three Guineas: - Proofs Seven Guineas._) - - - “Remarque” Proofs (signed) six only printed, Three Guineas. - - Proofs before Letters, Japanese paper (signed) 20 copies only printed, - One Guinea. - - Proofs, white hand-made paper, 100 copies only printed, Half-a-Guinea. - - - NOTE.—The copper-plates having been steel-faced suffer little or no - deterioration in printing. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - _ITS PRACTICE._ - - -Treatises and disquisitions sufficient to form a library of no -inconsiderable dimensions have been written during the last three -centuries on the subject of baths: boiling, freezing, variously -medicated—including tar-water, steam, and spray; milk, whey, broth, mud, -sand, and even earth-baths—in which the patient for hours together was -buried up to his neck in a fallow field—have all had their exponents and -upholders; then there is the vapour-bath of the Russian, the dry, hot -air or Turkish-bath, besides the cold air-bath recommended by Franklin, -and those who like it may follow the example of the elder Pliny who used -to indulge in a bath of sunshine. Now-a-days it is a common practice, on -the shores of the Mediterranean, for many of the inhabitants, during the -hot months, to pass a considerable portion of their time sitting on -chairs placed a few feet from the shore, the calm water, without even -the _nuance_ of a ripple, reaching to the neck, while the head is -protected from the scorching sun by an immense grass hat. - -_The_ inference may be too hastily drawn that what is advocated in this -Sketch is unnecessary, being simply what everyone now-a-days practises -in one form or another—cleanliness; on consideration, however, this will -be found to be hardly the fact. We are a cleanly nation, or at any rate -more cleanly than we were, but bathing with hot or cold water as -ordinarily practised is not so enjoyable and luxurious as it might be, -and moreover, to the weakly, is often harmful in its action. - -_Perhaps_ the very acme of luxurious bathing is reached in the -_Soap-bath_, an application of hot water and soap to the whole body, -followed immediately by a cold plunge, or a sponge-bath. A bath is at -once a necessity and a luxury, and in order to obtain the greatest -number of benefits, including increased health, appetite, vigour, and -good spirits, the _Soap-bath_ is the most effectual, and moreover the -pleasantest and least trying to the weakly or over sensitive -constitution. - -_It_ is a simple and invigorating luxury as compared with the -self-inflicted half-painful ordeal the cold bath is to many, which -latter is too often taken, not for its own sake, but for the good -supposed to follow its use. After a _Soap-bath_, however, one is ready -for the duties or pleasures of the day: duty in fact becomes a pleasure, -and pleasure itself is intensified. - -[Illustration: A hot Afternoon.] - -_The Soap-bath_ obtains a rapidly increasing number of adherents, and -when once the habit of taking it is formed, it will not readily be -abandoned, as it forms one of the pleasures, if not _the_ pleasure of -the day, and moreover, can be indulged in all the year round. - -_The_ fair sex will find the _Soap-bath_ vastly superior to any -cosmetic: it renders the skin as soft as an infant’s, and, with -increased health, the complexion will appear more delicate and clear, -tinged with a healthy colour beyond the power of art to produce. - -_It_ appears from the evidence obtained by modern scientific research, -that hot water destroys the germinating power of malignant contagious -diseases, and that soap chemically poisons it. These germs or spores are -carried about by every wind that blows: and when it is borne in mind -that, roughly speaking, a million of such germs will lie on a -threepenny-piece; the value, as a preventive of contagion, of a thorough -daily ablution with soap, may be estimated. - -_The_ Romans, according to Pliny, raised the temperature of their air -baths to almost boiling point, and they were apparently well acquainted -with the grateful and invigorating after-application of cold water. - -_It_ is no slight recommendation of the _Soap-bath_, that while being an -absolute luxury both for the feeble and robust, it cannot be resorted to -as a mere indolent indulgence: the lungs and muscles are called into -full action, a moderate though pleasant shock is encountered, and the -bather has the satisfaction of knowing that all the pleasure and -advantages gained are actually earned. - -_The_ application of the _Soap-bath_ is very simple: the bather is armed -with a large lump of good ordinary yellow soap, and a loose washing -glove (the white and very soft “Turkish” is the pleasantest, or if a -hard glove be preferred, the “Baden” may be used) big enough to come -over the wrist, and standing _découvert_ in front of the washing basin -containing _hot_ water, quickly and vigorously covers the body from head -to foot with a thick and abundant lather. By using hot water, chills are -avoided, and the body is kept sufficiently warm to avoid the -unpleasantness, and often harm, following repeated applications of mere -handfuls of cold liquid. - -_The_ soap application may take about three or four minutes at most; the -very robust may use tepid water, but most persons will find warm or hot -more agreeable; and more delicate persons whose finger-tips have the -unpleasant habit of turning numb and white upon the application of cold -water, will find in the _Soap-bath_ an agreeable means of bathing -otherwise perhaps unattainable. - -_Cold_ bathing promotes vigour in the young and healthy, and the -_Soap-bath_ has the same effect in an intensified degree, with the -further inestimable advantage—except where there are positive -indications of lung or heart disease—of being alike suitable to the -robust and weakly. - -_With_ the body thoroughly warm comes the plunge into cold water, which -must be got over quickly—once, twice, or thrice, overhead—but a couple -of rapid dips are sufficient to remove every particle of soap. - -_A Plunge-bath_ sunk below the surface of the bath-room, lined with -white glazed tiles, and nearly full of clear water, into which one can -take a header, and clamber out by the aid of a rope and gently sloping -ladder, is perhaps the best and most luxurious form; it is to be -regretted that there are few such baths in modern houses. - -_There_ are persons who habitually bathe in tepid water, and remain -splashing about for a considerable time, but much greater benefit is to -be derived, and the body becomes infinitely more refreshed and -invigorated by a shorter immersion in water of a lower temperature. - -_The_ head must remain uncovered and receive the full benefit of the -cold water. This may be a serious consideration for ladies, but there is -no choice: the penalty for keeping the head dry will usually be a -violent headache with the probable complaint that “baths don’t suit me,” -but whether, in the absence of wetting the head, headache follows or -not, the health must suffer. - -_The_ momentary shock of the cold dip is succeeded by a delightful -feeling of vital internal warmth—a delicious triumphant glow. It is -highly unadvisable to be leisurely over this part of the bath, however -one may dawdle in dressing: the coldness of the water would gain upon -the warmth of the body, but without waiting for this, the bather at once -quits the cold bath, and proceeds to make ample use of dry towels. - -[Illustration: A Water-gate of Bruges.] - -_Some_ bathers with tough cuticles affect the use of towels bearing to -the touch a strong resemblance to rasps or wire brushes, and affirm that -everyone ought to use the very roughest that can be procured: there are -others, on the contrary, possessing an outer epidermis so delicately -soft and velvet-like, that very rough towels would, if used, cause -insufferable agony, and almost flay them alive; what would be thought a -rough towel by one, producing after use a full glow, would have no -effect upon another. - -_The_ use of the flesh-brush, after a thorough rub down with towels, is -to be commended for producing a more vigorous reaction; there are many -persons, however, whose skins are too delicate to allow of the -application of the flesh-brush, but this is of little moment, as a -moderately rough towel will with them produce as strong a reaction, or -as great a glow, as the flesh-brush would with those possessing less -sensitive skins. - -[Illustration] - - - - - _AFTER THE BATH._ - - -A Bath-Room, if possible should certainly receive the benefit of the -sun, and in warm and genial weather the enjoyment of the bath will be -heightened if the window be opened wide at the top. - -_When_, however, the thermometer is in the neighbourhood of freezing -point, the atmosphere of the bath-room is to many intolerably cold, and -one may perhaps be sometimes tempted to raise the temperature of the -cold water in the bath too high to produce the necessary shock with its -pleasant and health-promoting reaction. It is better, by some means, in -cold weather, to warm the bath-room and to keep the temperature of the -cold water sufficiently low to produce the desired reaction. Drying and -dressing may be comfortably gone through in front of a fire, the use of -which for this purpose is a positive advantage, and will by no means, as -might perhaps be imagined, tend to enervate or enfeeble, or in any way -lessen the pleasure and benefits to be derived from the bath; a good -fire on the contrary, will act as a help in laying in an agreeable and -valuable supply of warmth, the advantage of which will be felt during -the whole day. - -_Only_ a very weakly person should take the bath in the bed-room, as the -air of the sleeping chamber must necessarily be more or less vitiated. -Still, better there than not at all, and very likely, after a few -trials, sufficient courage and energy will be found to enable the bather -to get into fresher air. - -_The_ surface of the human body is protected by an oily film deposited -by innumerable vessels, so that after a dip into water the skin is not -thoroughly wetted, most of the water running from the body as from a -duck’s back. After a _Soap-bath_, the bather will find himself -thoroughly wet all over, the skin being apparently saturated as if it -were blotting paper; both natural secretions and foreign matter will -have yielded to the warm and cleansing bath of yellow soap and the -after-application of cold water. - -_In_ conjunction with the _Soap-bath_, daily exercise after breakfast is -not only desirable but necessary: half-an-hour’s ride, a brisk walk, or -an open air game helps to circulate the blood and raise the spirits for -the day. If the accumulated effects of three hundred and sixty-five -morning walks could be seen and judged, perhaps business men would not -be in quite so great a hurry, after bolting their breakfast, to rush -into the omnibus or train. Half-an-hour apparently thus wasted is gained -twice over during the day in better work more easily done. - -_A celebrated_ physician was once heard to say that he did not much care -what atmosphere his patients lived in during the day so long as they -breathed pure air at night; but whether one resides in town or country, -it is impossible to breathe fresh air if the bed-room window be kept -closed. Many people appear to be afraid of taking cold if they sleep -with the bed-room window open: never was a greater mistake. The most -delicately constituted maiden may, with ordinary precaution, and without -the slightest fear of injury, sleep with the bed-room window open almost -all the year round, and with the certainty of health and vigour being -materially improved. Even this uncertain climate is seldom bad enough to -compel complete closing up of the windows: the bed must of course not be -placed in a direct draught: _i.e._ between the open window and the -fireplace. - - - - - _SPONGE & SHOWER BATHS._ - - -Many persons have to content themselves with a _Sponge-bath_, and -although its invigorating effects are great, and cold water daily -applied externally—no matter how—hardens the body, and keeps the system -up to that high condition which makes the mere sense of living -enjoyable, the application of cold water—sometimes nearly freezing—by -fits and starts as it were, is not the most comfortable method of taking -a bath, and the preference will generally be given to that which enables -one to dip overhead at once. - -_However_, after a long continued course of the _Plunge_, the -_Sponge-bath_ will sometimes be found a positive relief, and, like a -change of food, will act as a whet to the appetite. In taking such a -bath it is desirable that the sponge be of large size, and it should be -placed in the bath, charged with water, ready for immediate use. - -_To_ obtain the fullest benefit in the most agreeable manner, the -charged sponge, as the bather steps into the bath, should be lifted and -carried quickly to the back of the head, which should be slightly -inclined forward, so that the bulk of the water will run down the spine -and back; the next spongeful should be almost instantaneously applied, -leaning forward, to the top of the head, and the third, standing quite -upright, to the chest; the arms and legs may then be separately treated: -and if desire be felt for more, the application may be repeated to the -back of the head and chest. - -_The_ species of cold bath following the hot is really of little moment, -it is simply a matter of taste and convenience; and whether a plunge, -shower, hip, sitz, or sponge-bath be used, the pleasurable and -beneficial results will be very much the same. - -_There_ are bathers who prefer a _Shower-bath_, and, to those able to -stand it, nothing can be more agreeable and refreshing, but it may be -safely questioned whether a _Shower-bath_ taken on a cold wintry -morning, with the water all but freezing, can possibly prove salutary -even to the most robust. - -_Nearly_ freezing water from a shower-bath produces a feeling something -akin to what might be imagined to result from a shower of red-hot lead; -the shock is tremendous, and the shower, if continued for any length of -time, would assuredly cause asphyxia. Professor Jamin shews conclusively -that although ice is always at an uniform temperature of 32°, water may -remain liquid at a very much lower temperature if guarded from external -disturbance. - -_The_ nerves must be thoroughly braced up to take such a bath: the -writer has a lively recollection of stepping into a shower-bath one -intensely cold morning, when, the string being pulled, not a drop of -water descended; the connections were all frozen, and the bath was -empty; the shock resulting on that occasion from the absence of the -water, though of a negative and totally different description, was -really greater than would have been produced by the cold shower itself. - -_The Shower-bath_ should be taken warmer than the ordinary cold bath; -the water may be advantageously placed in the bath on the previous -evening, and, if necessary, a little warm water added in the morning. - -_If_ headache follow, or reaction be slow, accompanied by shivering, the -shower must be discontinued, and a milder bath resorted to. - - - - - _SEA-BATHING & SWIMMING._ - - -Sea-bathing—at least in these islands—is generally believed in and -largely practised, and some persons, by means of salts sold for that -purpose, produce a close imitation of sea-water for their daily tubbing. -A _Salt-bath_ thus prepared, when its use conduces to the enjoyment and -health of the bather, is by no means to be discouraged, and may -advantageously follow the soap application in place of fresh water. - -_Most_ of us must have noticed how renovating to enfeebled constitutions -is the effect of even a short course of sea-bathing, but it is equally -patent that the good effects quickly wear off, the physique returning -shortly to its perhaps normal condition of relaxation and lassitude. The -daily use of the _Soap-bath_ keeps the constitution permanently braced -up to that delightful condition experienced by so few, that makes mere -existence an absolute pleasure. A preliminary course of _Sea-bathing_ is -by no means necessary to bring about this pleasant condition of things. - -_Salt-water_ is more energetic in its action on the skin than fresh, -and, after a dip in the sea, there is not the same liability to take -cold from insufficient drying as after a fresh-water bath. Some bathers -go so far as to habitually only half-dry themselves, the saline -particles left on the skin further exciting its action, and producing a -healthy and more vigorous glow. Children at the sea-side may safely be -allowed, without the slightest fear of taking cold, to dabble and patter -about in the little pools left by the receding tide: their constitutions -will be positively invigorated and improved. - -_A love_ of cold-water bathing can perhaps be carried to excess, as in -the case of those self-devoted Spartan swimmers, who, every morning, -even in winter, assemble on the banks of the Serpentine, and audaciously -defying their own instinct, plunge into the freezing water, even though -they have first to break through the icy covering under which it is -concealed by nature: the strongest constitution must suffer sooner or -later from this treatment. - -[Illustration: Taking the Plunge.] - -_Boys_ and girls ought to be taught swimming at school as they are -taught gymnastics and calisthenics—as a matter of course. We ought, as -islanders, to be swimmers, and it is to be regretted that we are not: -swimmers are of necessity bathers, but bathers are not always, as they -should be, swimmers. The percentage of swimmers in this country is -perhaps considerably less than might be expected by those who have not -given any thought to the subject, and yet the art itself is a necessary -one, easy to acquire, healthy, and sometimes of the greatest possible -service. - -_When_ once learned the action of swimming comes as naturally as -walking, and doubtless man in a state of nature, would, like a dog, swim -at once if thrown into the water. Swimming is an art which seems to -incorporate itself into the physique, and become part of one’s being—at -any rate, it can never be forgotten, and a person finding himself -unexpectedly in deep water, after a twenty years’ rest from swimming, -will strike out as naturally and surely, and with little more effort, -than if the practice had never been given up. - -_Rowing-men_ are usually swimmers, or they ought to be. To appreciate -river life one must go to bed early and get up early; ten o’clock should -be the latest hour at which to turn in, but after an extra hard day’s -pull the sheets will be welcome by nine. To enjoy thorough fatigue one -must do a hard day’s work in the open air. Up in the morning betimes, -garments hastily donned, a sharp pull to the nearest bathing place, -where one can dive in and have a few minutes delicious swim, and back to -breakfast—and such a breakfast! Or possibly the way lies through the -fields where the grass is knee-deep and saturated with refreshing dew: -then off come shoes and socks, the trousers are well tucked-up, and one -gets what a hydropath would possibly term a leg-bath—in reality a -delicious, fragrant dew-bath, which, though more than cool, is mightily -enjoyable and never seems to give cold. - -[Illustration: The dew-bath.] - -_Small-boned_ and fleshy persons naturally make the best swimmers, but -it must not be supposed that thin people cannot learn to swim, and swim -well. The writer well remembers seeing one morning at Brill’s swimming -baths, Brighton, a young fellow who had just stepped from his -dressing-box ready for a plunge. He was standing where the water is -deepest, and judging by his appearance he literally could not have had -an ounce of flesh to spare. It was absurd to suppose that so thin a man -could swim, and his movements were curiously watched. After hesitating -an instant, apparently measuring the size of the bath, he shot into the -water head first as if propelled from a catapult, and shortly reappeared -half-way across the bath, having swum the distance under water; he -proved himself a thorough master of the element. It appeared that -although passionately fond of the water he could only keep himself -afloat by constant muscular exertion of both arms and legs; he was too -thin to float naturally, and could not venture to swim out a greater -distance than he felt sure of covering on his return. - -_Tuition_ in swimming has been for some time past, and is now, given -gratuitously in town by the London Swimming Club, from the persevering -and enthusiastic Honorary Secretary of which—Mr. J. Garrett Elliott, 14, -Finsbury Square—particulars may be obtained. - -[Illustration] - - - - - _NOTES._ - - -Bathing after hard exercise must be indulged in judiciously: a bath -after a day’s shooting or cricketing, or an afternoon at lawn-tennis—to -an enthusiast, who really plays, by far the hardest and most tiring form -of amusement of the three—is pleasant and invigorating, and better -understood than when it was an article of faith that to plunge into cold -water, when heated, was almost equivalent to committing suicide. - -_Our_ grandmothers who adopted this view, were not like some of the -present generation of girls educated at Girton and Zurich, or they might -have called to mind Homer’s graphic description of the nocturnal -expedition of Ulysses and Diomede to the Trojan camp, and their -refreshing plunge into the sea when they returned reeking with heat and -moisture from their successful raid; certainly none need fear to follow -the example of such an old soldier as the cautious Ithacan. - -[Illustration: A Midsummer Night’s dip.] - -_A plunge_ into cold water when one is warm from exercise is intensely -grateful, and may be indulged in with impunity even when much heated, -provided the plunge be taken the moment the clothes are removed; the -danger is in standing about on the brink, during which time the body -rapidly cools, and cold may be taken. - -_Although_ perfectly safe to plunge into cold water, no matter how much -the body may be heated, care must be taken to avoid it if there are -feelings of lassitude and exhaustion; these are sure signs of over -fatigue, and a cold bath under such circumstances is not only weakening, -but might prove absolutely dangerous. A complete change of clothing must -be ready, both for comfort, and to prevent any chance of taking cold -through putting on clothes rendered damp by previous exercise. - -_The_ morning-bath forms a tolerably sure index as to the manner in -which the previous evening has been spent. Morning exhaustion, and -antipathy to cold water, may follow after an evening’s dancing with its -attendant late hours, and nature will probably protest against too great -a shock: it will be advisable to take the cold bath from five to ten -degrees warmer than usual, or it may be deferred two or three hours. - -_The_ much vexed question as to the advisability of continuing the bath -through a severe and prolonged, or even an ordinary winter, must be left -open, as it is not only unadvisable but absolutely impossible to lay -down fixed rules. Each bather must be guided entirely by his own state -of health and sense of vitality. - -_Even_ among the well-to-do, the bath is by no means so universal or so -well appreciated as might be desired, the daily thorough ablution being -looked upon by too many as a necessarily unpleasant process to be -shunned or superficially hurried through, with no enjoyment and little -advantage: thorough ablution in the form of the _Soap-bath_ is an -absolute luxury, and moreover is followed by an immediate increase of -health, strength and mental vigour. - -_The_ primary object of taking a bath is cleanliness, and it is now -better understood that the mere application of cold water to the skin -does not cleanse, but merely closes the pores, the after vigorous use of -towels doing so still further by rubbing in the impurities and natural -secretions of the skin. - -_Cleanliness_ in connection with the bath should be strictly enforced: -it should be cleaned and dried daily and occasionally scrubbed, and the -washing glove well rinsed after use. - -_The_ delicately-soft skin of Egyptian women is said to be produced by -the habitual use of the _loofah_, a fibrous flesh-glove woven by Dame -Nature, the use of which is to be commended for finally cleansing the -skin after the soap application with the ordinary washing glove. The -_loofah_ not only readily removes every particle of soap, but acts as a -mildly invigorating flesh-glove, increases the suppleness of the skin in -a marked degree, and moreover possesses the happy faculty of completely -rinsing itself the moment it is dipped into water. Some persons discard -the washing glove altogether, and use a _loofah_ for applying the soap -to the body: _loofahs_ are of different degrees of texture, and when -thus used, a fine close quality should be selected. - -_The_ sponge after use should be dipped in clean water and pressed -out—not wrung, which tends to tear it—as nearly dry as possible: if -habitually left charged with water, or—as sometimes done with a vague -idea of sweetening—put out wet in the sun to dry, it will not only rot -quickly but probably smell offensively, and even become unpleasant to -the touch. To restore its sweetness, the sponge should be placed for a -day or so in a basin of water in which a large piece of washing soda has -been dissolved: the water should be changed once or twice, or oftener if -necessary, and the sponge well squeezed out each time. - -_A word_ about the soap:—the best, perhaps, is that known as “John -Knight’s Primrose,” an ordinary yellow soap, sweet and sound, and -apparently containing none of the foreign matter sometimes found in -soaps of a commoner and cheaper description. Scented soap must be -avoided, especially for using habitually and liberally over the whole -body. - -_Decidedly_ unpleasant feelings, in some cases amounting to a positive -loathing, occasionally follow the preliminary wetting of the feet on -stepping into cold water: it may be taken for granted that such -antipathy is by no means imaginary, but simply nature’s protest. The use -is recommended, in conjunction with the _Sponge-bath_, of a broad stool -(heavily weighted at the bottom, to prevent risk of upsetting) covered -loosely with carpet, and high enough to reach above the level of the -water when placed in the middle of the bath: the piece of carpet may be -dried each day after use; or a _Sponge-bath_ may be readily constructed -with a fixed raised centre of metal forming a portion of the bath, the -bather standing as it were on an island: the feet may thus at first be -kept dry, and the preliminary shock received on the head and shoulders; -persons who in despair had almost given up the _Soap-bath_, are by this -means enabled to enjoy it without discomfort. - -_The_ temperature of the warm water with the soap application may vary -from 75 to 95, or even 100°; it ought to be hot enough for the bather to -feel it thoroughly grateful and comforting. The cold may vary from 30 to -70°, and it may be borne in mind that as great a shock will be produced -with the higher temperature on an enfeebled or weakly constitution, as -with the lower on a strong and robust: the bather must be guided by his -own feelings. As a rough guide for those in moderate health, 90° for the -warm and 60° for the cold may be taken as convenient. - -[Illustration: Cyprus—ware sharks.] - -_The_ necessity of getting quickly over the second or cold application -must be strongly urged: in and out again must be the rule and not the -exception. Any one may observe what takes place when the body is -immersed in cold water: first comes the sharp, half-pleasing, -half-painful sensation of cold, almost immediately followed by a -consciousness of internal warmth, the duration of which will be in -proportion to the power of the organization to keep up this -counteraction. The cold water slowly but surely absorbs and extracts the -vital heat; if the bath be unduly prolonged, chilliness, shivering, -numbness, and exhaustion follow, and although the unpleasant symptoms -will probably shortly disappear, the bather will have lost rather than -gained in point of health. - -_No_ notion of “getting used to it,” or of cultivating hardiness and -endurance, should induce one to venture near the stage commencing with -chilliness; by so doing the stock of health is wasted instead of -increased: the mere patient endurance of cold cannot possibly do good, -although it may unquestionably do a great deal of harm. - -_Many_ persons suffer severely in winter from cold feet, with the -attendant penalties of chilblains, colds, sore throat, and personal -discomfort. It is well known to medical men that, when the feet are -cold, the system is far more readily accessible to the attacks of -disease, and to keep them warm, more especially during the early hours -of the morning and after the bath, is, with some persons, almost an -impossibility. Singers—both amateur and professional—suffer, certainly -in this climate, more or less severely from affections—difficult to -guard against—of the throat, induced in the majority of cases by cold, -which first attacks the extremities. In lately consulting Dr. Llewelyn -Thomas, he suggested as a future safeguard the wearing of shoes or -slippers (made by Whiteley, of Westbourne Grove) of a description -calculated not only to retain the natural heat of the body but to -absolutely exclude cold and draughts. The material is a dark felt, lined -with thick white fur; the shoes are open down the sides, but the -openings are heavily covered with a dark fur, effectually excluding -draughts. There are no laces or fastenings of any kind, and the shoes -are slipped on or off in a moment. - -_It_ need not be imagined that because the daily application of cold -water in the luxurious form of the _Soap-bath_ be strongly urged, it is -desirable to inure the body in the manner advocated at the early part of -this century, when bare-kneed little children—robust or weakly—were -exposed insufficiently clothed to the inclemency of the weather under -the mistaken idea of hardening them—hardening some, no doubt, but -killing a great many more. The power to resist cold means the power to -resist disease, and to be proof against intense cold, one must not only -be well fed, and warmly clad, but thoroughly warm before exposure to the -cold atmosphere out of doors. Protected by sufficient clothing, the body -acts as a sort of store-house of heat, and a sufficiently large stock of -warmth absorbed in the morning will last all day, and fresh supplies -will be drawn from the heat-producing food consumed. A shivering child -sent out of doors for violent exercise may certainly get warm, but it -does so at the expense of its own vital energy. - -_The_ essential that must not only be looked for, but positively and -rapidly attained, is the reaction from the shock produced by the cold -water: the heart is actively excited, and the blood propelled with -unusual force through the system; the temperature of the body rapidly -rises, and a general glow supervenes, accompanied with mixed feelings of -increased vitality, buoyancy and exhilaration, difficult to describe. -With the non-robust the stay in the cold water can hardly be made too -short: the principal shock is produced from the _first_ application, and -the endeavour ought rather to be to get out as quickly as possible, than -to stay in under the mistaken notion of deriving increased benefit. - -_Should_ the stay be even a trifle too prolonged, the reaction will be -proportionately slow, and by no means so pleasant; or proper reaction -may be made almost impossible, with the result of coldness, shivering, -violent headache, slow pulse and probable sickness. It must, however, -never be lost sight of that these unpleasantnesses are absolutely under -the control of the bather, and never arise except with the very ignorant -or very foolish: speedy reaction _must_ be attained and can invariably -be secured, even by the most feeble, provided the unpardonable and -suicidal sin of too long a stay in the cold water be avoided. - -_Should_ the reaction after a _Sponge-bath_ be very slow, it may be -hastened by the previous addition to the water of a small wine-glassful -of eau-de-cologne, spirits of wine, or spirits of any description, -whiskey being perhaps best. - -_The Soap-bath_ may be commenced at any period of the year, and if -children are induced to take it as a treat, rather than from any other -point of view, they will soon become as partial to its use as their -elders. - -_In_ slight colds the bath may be continued, but in the rare case of an -extremely violent one, or affection of the throat, the bather, however -much against his will, must perforce give it up for a time. - -[Illustration: Taking the waters.] - -_Those_ who habituate themselves to the indulgence of the _Soap-bath_ -become, as it were, case-hardened, and can seldom be persuaded to forego -their daily pleasure, much less to abandon the habit: by its use the -body arrives and remains at its highest state of physical vigour; the -power of resisting sudden changes of temperature is greatly increased, -and liability to colds correspondingly lessened, while there is an -almost absolute freedom from danger of infection and epidemic attacks. -The _Soap-bath_ is a source of immense and constant physical -gratification; food is keenly enjoyed, the muscles get hard and firm, -and the skin soft as satin, while vigorous health and feelings of mental -and animal enjoyment are produced attainable perhaps by no other means. -Existence becomes what it was intended, and what it certainly ought to -be—a positive pleasure: the numerous unpleasantnesses and dyspeptic -ailments incidental to a low state of bodily health glide into the past, -and their very recollection almost disappears. - -[Illustration] - - - - - _ADDENDA._ - - -Since going to press the author’s attention has been drawn—not -over-courteously perhaps—by certain manufacturers to the sweeping -denunciation in this Sketch of the habitual use of scented soaps; but -after a careful examination and trial of various kinds, one alone—known -as Pears’ transparent soap—may in his opinion be safely indicated as a -pure detergent in every way suitable for _Luxurious Bathing_. - - - - - _Field & Tuer, - Y^e Leadenhalle Presse, - London, E.C._ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - “Hundreds of clever young men, who are now living at home and doing - nothing, might be earning very tolerable incomes by their pens if they - only knew how.”—_The Nineteenth Century._ - - - - - _Journals and Journalism_: - - With a Guide for Literary Beginners, - - - BY - - JOHN OLDCASTLE. - - - _Contents_: - - Literary Amateurs. - Introductions to Editors. - Returned with thanks. - How to begin. - Pounds, Shillings and Pence. - The Literary Career: - I. 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Tuer - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Luxurious Bathing - -Author: Andrew W. Tuer - -Illustrator: Tristram Ellis - -Release Date: June 30, 2020 [EBook #62531] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LUXURIOUS BATHING *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class='tnotes covernote'> - -<p class='c000'><b>Transcriber’s Note:</b></p> - -<p class='c000'>The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.</p> - -</div> - -<div class='titlepage'> - -<div> - <h1 class='c001'><em><span class='sc'><span class='color_red'>L</span>uxurious <span class='color_red'>B</span>athing</span></em>:</h1> -</div> -<table class='table0' summary=''> -<colgroup> -<col width='33%' /> -<col width='33%' /> -<col width='33%' /> -</colgroup> - <tr> - <td class='c002'>(<em>Fourth Edition</em>)<br /><span class='xlarge'>A SKETCH</span><br /><span class='xsmall'>BY</span><br /><span class='xlarge'>ANDREW W. TUER:</span><br /><hr class='red' /><br />1880.</td> - <td class='c002'><img src='images/i_a_001.jpg' alt='' width='99%' /><br /><span class='script'>Shadows in the pond.</span></td> - <td class='c003'>EIGHT<br /><span class='xlarge'>ETCHINGS</span><br /><span class='xsmall'>BY</span><br /><span class='xlarge'>TRISTRAM ELLIS.</span><br /><hr class='red' /><br />5⁄−</td> - </tr> -</table> -<table class='table1' summary=''> -<colgroup> -<col width='50%' /> -<col width='50%' /> -</colgroup> - <tr> - <td class='c004'><span class='small'>London:</span><br /> <em>Field & Tuer, Y<sup>e</sup> Leadenhalle Presse, E.C.</em></td> - <td class='blt c004'><span class='small'>New York:</span><br /> <em>Scribner & Welford, 743 & 745, Broadway.</em></td> - </tr> -</table> - -</div> - -<div class='section ph2'> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div><em><span class='sc'>Luxurious Bathing.</span></em></div> - </div> -</div> - -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c006'> - <div>(<em>The First Edition was published in folio form with Etchings by Mr. Sutton Sharpe, at Three Guineas:</em></div> - <div><em>Proofs Seven Guineas.</em>)</div> - <div class='c006'>“Remarque” Proofs (signed) six only printed, Three Guineas.</div> - <div class='c007'>Proofs before Letters, Japanese paper (signed) 20 copies only printed, One Guinea.</div> - <div class='c007'>Proofs, white hand-made paper, 100 copies only printed, Half-a-Guinea.</div> - <div class='c006'><span class='sc'>Note.</span>—The copper-plates having been steel-faced suffer little or no deterioration in printing.</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c007' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_1'>1</span> - <h2 class='c008'><em>ITS PRACTICE.</em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/di_b_001.jpg' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi_8'> -Treatises and disquisitions sufficient to -form a library of no inconsiderable dimensions -have been written during the last -three centuries on the subject of baths: -boiling, freezing, variously medicated—including -tar-water, steam, and spray; milk, -whey, broth, mud, sand, and even earth-baths—in which the -patient for hours together was buried up to his neck in a -<span class='pageno' id='Page_2'>2</span>fallow field—have all had their exponents and upholders; -then there is the vapour-bath of the Russian, the dry, hot air -or Turkish-bath, besides the cold air-bath recommended by -Franklin, and those who like it may follow the example of -the elder Pliny who used to indulge in a bath of sunshine. -Now-a-days it is a common practice, on the shores of the -Mediterranean, for many of the inhabitants, during the hot -months, to pass a considerable portion of their time sitting -on chairs placed a few feet from the shore, the calm water, -without even the <em>nuance</em> of a ripple, reaching to the neck, -while the head is protected from the scorching sun by an -immense grass hat.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_3'>3</span><em>The</em> inference may be too hastily drawn that what is -advocated in this Sketch is unnecessary, being simply what -everyone now-a-days practises in one form or another—cleanliness; -on consideration, however, this will be found -to be hardly the fact. We are a cleanly nation, or at any -rate more cleanly than we were, but bathing with hot or -cold water as ordinarily practised is not so enjoyable and -luxurious as it might be, and moreover, to the weakly, is -often harmful in its action.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Perhaps</em> the very acme of luxurious bathing is reached -in the <em>Soap-bath</em>, an application of hot water and soap to -<span class='pageno' id='Page_4'>4</span>the whole body, followed immediately by a cold plunge, -or a sponge-bath. A bath is at once a necessity and a -luxury, and in order to obtain the greatest number of -benefits, including increased health, appetite, vigour, and -good spirits, the <em>Soap-bath</em> is the most effectual, and moreover -the pleasantest and least trying to the weakly or over -sensitive constitution.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>It</em> is a simple and invigorating luxury as compared -with the self-inflicted half-painful ordeal the cold bath is to -many, which latter is too often taken, not for its own sake, -but for the good supposed to follow its use. After a -<em>Soap-bath</em>, however, one is ready for the duties or pleasures -of the day: duty in fact becomes a pleasure, and pleasure -itself is intensified.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_004fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>A hot Afternoon.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_5'>5</span><em>The Soap-bath</em> obtains a rapidly increasing number of -adherents, and when once the habit of taking it is formed, -it will not readily be abandoned, as it forms one of the -pleasures, if not <em>the</em> pleasure of the day, and moreover, can -be indulged in all the year round.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> fair sex will find the <em>Soap-bath</em> vastly superior to -any cosmetic: it renders the skin as soft as an infant’s, and, -with increased health, the complexion will appear more -<span class='pageno' id='Page_6'>6</span>delicate and clear, tinged with a healthy colour beyond the -power of art to produce.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>It</em> appears from the evidence obtained by modern -scientific research, that hot water destroys the germinating -power of malignant contagious diseases, and that soap -chemically poisons it. These germs or spores are carried -about by every wind that blows: and when it is borne in -mind that, roughly speaking, a million of such germs will -lie on a threepenny-piece; the value, as a preventive of -contagion, of a thorough daily ablution with soap, may be -estimated.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_7'>7</span><em>The</em> Romans, according to Pliny, raised the temperature -of their air baths to almost boiling point, and they -were apparently well acquainted with the grateful and -invigorating after-application of cold water.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>It</em> is no slight recommendation of the <em>Soap-bath</em>, that -while being an absolute luxury both for the feeble and -robust, it cannot be resorted to as a mere indolent indulgence: -the lungs and muscles are called into full action, a -moderate though pleasant shock is encountered, and the -bather has the satisfaction of knowing that all the pleasure -and advantages gained are actually earned.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_8'>8</span><em>The</em> application of the <em>Soap-bath</em> is very simple: the -bather is armed with a large lump of good ordinary yellow -soap, and a loose washing glove (the white and very soft -“Turkish” is the pleasantest, or if a hard glove be preferred, -the “Baden” may be used) big enough to come over the -wrist, and standing <i><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">découvert</span></i> in front of the washing basin -containing <em>hot</em> water, quickly and vigorously covers the body -from head to foot with a thick and abundant lather. By -using hot water, chills are avoided, and the body is kept -sufficiently warm to avoid the unpleasantness, and often harm, -following repeated applications of mere handfuls of cold -liquid.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_9'>9</span><em>The</em> soap application may take about three or four -minutes at most; the very robust may use tepid water, but -most persons will find warm or hot more agreeable; and -more delicate persons whose finger-tips have the unpleasant -habit of turning numb and white upon the application of -cold water, will find in the <em>Soap-bath</em> an agreeable means of -bathing otherwise perhaps unattainable.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Cold</em> bathing promotes vigour in the young and -healthy, and the <em>Soap-bath</em> has the same effect in an -intensified degree, with the further inestimable advantage—except -where there are positive indications of -<span class='pageno' id='Page_10'>10</span>lung or heart disease—of being alike suitable to the -robust and weakly.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>With</em> the body thoroughly warm comes the plunge -into cold water, which must be got over quickly—once, -twice, or thrice, overhead—but a couple of rapid dips are -sufficient to remove every particle of soap.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>A Plunge-bath</em> sunk below the surface of the bath-room, -lined with white glazed tiles, and nearly full of clear -water, into which one can take a header, and clamber out -by the aid of a rope and gently sloping ladder, is perhaps -the best and most luxurious form; it is to be regretted that -there are few such baths in modern houses.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_11'>11</span><em>There</em> are persons who habitually bathe in tepid water, -and remain splashing about for a considerable time, but -much greater benefit is to be derived, and the body -becomes infinitely more refreshed and invigorated by a -shorter immersion in water of a lower temperature.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> head must remain uncovered and receive the full -benefit of the cold water. This may be a serious consideration -for ladies, but there is no choice: the penalty for -keeping the head dry will usually be a violent headache -with the probable complaint that “baths don’t suit me,” -but whether, in the absence of wetting the head, headache -follows or not, the health must suffer.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_12'>12</span><em>The</em> momentary shock of the cold dip is succeeded by -a delightful feeling of vital internal warmth—a delicious -triumphant glow. It is highly unadvisable to be leisurely -over this part of the bath, however one may dawdle in -dressing: the coldness of the water would gain upon the -warmth of the body, but without waiting for this, the -bather at once quits the cold bath, and proceeds to make -ample use of dry towels.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_012fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>A Water-gate of Bruges.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_13'>13</span><em>Some</em> bathers with tough cuticles affect the use of -towels bearing to the touch a strong resemblance to rasps -or wire brushes, and affirm that everyone ought to use the -very roughest that can be procured: there are others, on -the contrary, possessing an outer epidermis so delicately soft -and velvet-like, that very rough towels would, if used, -cause insufferable agony, and almost flay them alive; what -would be thought a rough towel by one, producing after -use a full glow, would have no effect upon another.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> use of the flesh-brush, after a thorough rub down -with towels, is to be commended for producing a more -vigorous reaction; there are many persons, however, whose -skins are too delicate to allow of the application of the -flesh-brush, but this is of little moment, as a moderately -<span class='pageno' id='Page_14'>14</span>rough towel will with them produce as strong a reaction, -or as great a glow, as the flesh-brush would with those -possessing less sensitive skins.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_b_014.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_15'>15</span> - <h2 class='c008'><em>AFTER THE BATH.</em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/di_b_015.jpg' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi_8'> -A Bath-Room, if possible should certainly -receive the benefit of the sun, and -in warm and genial weather the enjoyment -of the bath will be heightened if -the window be opened wide at the top.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>When</em>, however, the thermometer is -in the neighbourhood of freezing point, the atmosphere of -the bath-room is to many intolerably cold, and one may -<span class='pageno' id='Page_16'>16</span>perhaps be sometimes tempted to raise the temperature of -the cold water in the bath too high to produce the -necessary shock with its pleasant and health-promoting -reaction. It is better, by some means, in cold weather, to -warm the bath-room and to keep the temperature of the -cold water sufficiently low to produce the desired reaction. -Drying and dressing may be comfortably gone through in -front of a fire, the use of which for this purpose is a -positive advantage, and will by no means, as might perhaps -be imagined, tend to enervate or enfeeble, or in any way -lessen the pleasure and benefits to be derived from the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_17'>17</span>bath; a good fire on the contrary, will act as a help in -laying in an agreeable and valuable supply of warmth, the -advantage of which will be felt during the whole day.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Only</em> a very weakly person should take the bath in -the bed-room, as the air of the sleeping chamber must -necessarily be more or less vitiated. Still, better there -than not at all, and very likely, after a few trials, sufficient -courage and energy will be found to enable the bather to -get into fresher air.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> surface of the human body is protected by an oily -film deposited by innumerable vessels, so that after a dip -<span class='pageno' id='Page_18'>18</span>into water the skin is not thoroughly wetted, most of the -water running from the body as from a duck’s back. After -a <em>Soap-bath</em>, the bather will find himself thoroughly wet all -over, the skin being apparently saturated as if it were -blotting paper; both natural secretions and foreign matter -will have yielded to the warm and cleansing bath of yellow -soap and the after-application of cold water.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>In</em> conjunction with the <em>Soap-bath</em>, daily exercise after -breakfast is not only desirable but necessary: half-an-hour’s -ride, a brisk walk, or an open air game helps to circulate -the blood and raise the spirits for the day. If the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_19'>19</span>accumulated effects of three hundred and sixty-five -morning walks could be seen and judged, perhaps business -men would not be in quite so great a hurry, after bolting -their breakfast, to rush into the omnibus or train. Half-an-hour -apparently thus wasted is gained twice over during -the day in better work more easily done.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>A celebrated</em> physician was once heard to say that he -did not much care what atmosphere his patients lived in -during the day so long as they breathed pure air at night; -but whether one resides in town or country, it is impossible -to breathe fresh air if the bed-room window be kept closed. -<span class='pageno' id='Page_20'>20</span>Many people appear to be afraid of taking cold if they -sleep with the bed-room window open: never was a -greater mistake. The most delicately constituted maiden -may, with ordinary precaution, and without the slightest -fear of injury, sleep with the bed-room window open almost -all the year round, and with the certainty of health and -vigour being materially improved. Even this uncertain -climate is seldom bad enough to compel complete closing -up of the windows: the bed must of course not be placed -in a direct draught: <i><span lang="la" xml:lang="la">i.e.</span></i> between the open window and the -fireplace.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_21'>21</span> - <h2 class='c008'><em>SPONGE & SHOWER BATHS.</em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/di_b_021.jpg' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi_8'> -Many persons have to content themselves -with a <em>Sponge-bath</em>, and although its invigorating -effects are great, and cold -water daily applied externally—no matter -how—hardens the body, and keeps the -system up to that high condition which -makes the mere sense of living enjoyable, the application -of cold water—sometimes nearly freezing—by fits and -<span class='pageno' id='Page_22'>22</span>starts as it were, is not the most comfortable method of -taking a bath, and the preference will generally be given -to that which enables one to dip overhead at once.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>However</em>, after a long continued course of the <em>Plunge</em>, -the <em>Sponge-bath</em> will sometimes be found a positive relief, -and, like a change of food, will act as a whet to the -appetite. In taking such a bath it is desirable that the -sponge be of large size, and it should be placed in the bath, -charged with water, ready for immediate use.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>To</em> obtain the fullest benefit in the most agreeable -manner, the charged sponge, as the bather steps into the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_23'>23</span>bath, should be lifted and carried quickly to the back of -the head, which should be slightly inclined forward, so that -the bulk of the water will run down the spine and back; -the next spongeful should be almost instantaneously -applied, leaning forward, to the top of the head, and the -third, standing quite upright, to the chest; the arms and -legs may then be separately treated: and if desire be felt -for more, the application may be repeated to the back of -the head and chest.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> species of cold bath following the hot is really of -little moment, it is simply a matter of taste and convenience; -<span class='pageno' id='Page_24'>24</span>and whether a plunge, shower, hip, sitz, or sponge-bath be -used, the pleasurable and beneficial results will be very -much the same.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>There</em> are bathers who prefer a <em>Shower-bath</em>, and, to -those able to stand it, nothing can be more agreeable and -refreshing, but it may be safely questioned whether a -<em>Shower-bath</em> taken on a cold wintry morning, with the -water all but freezing, can possibly prove salutary even to -the most robust.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Nearly</em> freezing water from a shower-bath produces -a feeling something akin to what might be imagined to -<span class='pageno' id='Page_25'>25</span>result from a shower of red-hot lead; the shock is tremendous, -and the shower, if continued for any length of time, -would assuredly cause asphyxia. Professor Jamin shews -conclusively that although ice is always at an uniform temperature -of 32°, water may remain liquid at a very much -lower temperature if guarded from external disturbance.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> nerves must be thoroughly braced up to take such -a bath: the writer has a lively recollection of stepping -into a shower-bath one intensely cold morning, when, the -string being pulled, not a drop of water descended; the -connections were all frozen, and the bath was empty; the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_26'>26</span>shock resulting on that occasion from the absence of the -water, though of a negative and totally different description, -was really greater than would have been produced by -the cold shower itself.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The Shower-bath</em> should be taken warmer than the -ordinary cold bath; the water may be advantageously -placed in the bath on the previous evening, and, if -necessary, a little warm water added in the morning.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>If</em> headache follow, or reaction be slow, accompanied -by shivering, the shower must be discontinued, and a milder -bath resorted to.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_27'>27</span> - <h2 class='c008'><em>SEA-BATHING & SWIMMING.</em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/di_b_027.jpg' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi_8'> -Sea-bathing—at least in these islands—is -generally believed in and largely -practised, and some persons, by means -of salts sold for that purpose, produce -a close imitation of sea-water for -their daily tubbing. A <em>Salt-bath</em> thus -prepared, when its use conduces to the enjoyment and -health of the bather, is by no means to be discouraged, -<span class='pageno' id='Page_28'>28</span>and may advantageously follow the soap application in -place of fresh water.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Most</em> of us must have noticed how renovating to -enfeebled constitutions is the effect of even a short course -of sea-bathing, but it is equally patent that the good effects -quickly wear off, the physique returning shortly to its -perhaps normal condition of relaxation and lassitude. -The daily use of the <em>Soap-bath</em> keeps the constitution -permanently braced up to that delightful condition experienced -by so few, that makes mere existence an -absolute pleasure. A preliminary course of <em>Sea-bathing</em> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_29'>29</span>is by no means necessary to bring about this pleasant -condition of things.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Salt-water</em> is more energetic in its action on the skin -than fresh, and, after a dip in the sea, there is not the -same liability to take cold from insufficient drying as after -a fresh-water bath. Some bathers go so far as to habitually -only half-dry themselves, the saline particles left on the -skin further exciting its action, and producing a healthy -and more vigorous glow. Children at the sea-side may -safely be allowed, without the slightest fear of taking cold, -to dabble and patter about in the little pools left by the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_30'>30</span>receding tide: their constitutions will be positively invigorated -and improved.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>A love</em> of cold-water bathing can perhaps be carried -to excess, as in the case of those self-devoted Spartan -swimmers, who, every morning, even in winter, assemble -on the banks of the Serpentine, and audaciously defying -their own instinct, plunge into the freezing water, even -though they have first to break through the icy covering -under which it is concealed by nature: the strongest constitution -must suffer sooner or later from this treatment.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_030fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>Taking the Plunge.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_31'>31</span><em>Boys</em> and girls ought to be taught swimming at school -as they are taught gymnastics and calisthenics—as a matter -of course. We ought, as islanders, to be swimmers, and -it is to be regretted that we are not: swimmers are of -necessity bathers, but bathers are not always, as they -should be, swimmers. The percentage of swimmers in -this country is perhaps considerably less than might be -expected by those who have not given any thought to -the subject, and yet the art itself is a necessary one, easy -to acquire, healthy, and sometimes of the greatest possible -service.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>When</em> once learned the action of swimming comes as -<span class='pageno' id='Page_32'>32</span>naturally as walking, and doubtless man in a state of nature, -would, like a dog, swim at once if thrown into the water. -Swimming is an art which seems to incorporate itself into -the physique, and become part of one’s being—at any rate, -it can never be forgotten, and a person finding himself -unexpectedly in deep water, after a twenty years’ rest -from swimming, will strike out as naturally and surely, -and with little more effort, than if the practice had never -been given up.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Rowing-men</em> are usually swimmers, or they ought to -be. To appreciate river life one must go to bed early and -<span class='pageno' id='Page_33'>33</span>get up early; ten o’clock should be the latest hour at -which to turn in, but after an extra hard day’s pull the -sheets will be welcome by nine. To enjoy thorough fatigue -one must do a hard day’s work in the open air. Up in the -morning betimes, garments hastily donned, a sharp pull to -the nearest bathing place, where one can dive in and have -a few minutes delicious swim, and back to breakfast—and -such a breakfast! Or possibly the way lies through the -fields where the grass is knee-deep and saturated with refreshing -dew: then off come shoes and socks, the trousers -are well tucked-up, and one gets what a hydropath would -<span class='pageno' id='Page_34'>34</span>possibly term a leg-bath—in reality a delicious, fragrant -dew-bath, which, though more than cool, is mightily -enjoyable and never seems to give cold.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_034fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>The dew-bath.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_35'>35</span><em>Small-boned</em> and fleshy persons naturally make the best -swimmers, but it must not be supposed that thin people -cannot learn to swim, and swim well. The writer well -remembers seeing one morning at Brill’s swimming baths, -Brighton, a young fellow who had just stepped from his -dressing-box ready for a plunge. He was standing where -the water is deepest, and judging by his appearance he -literally could not have had an ounce of flesh to spare. It -was absurd to suppose that so thin a man could swim, and -his movements were curiously watched. After hesitating an -instant, apparently measuring the size of the bath, he shot -into the water head first as if propelled from a catapult, -and shortly reappeared half-way across the bath, having -swum the distance under water; he proved himself a -thorough master of the element. It appeared that although -passionately fond of the water he could only keep himself -afloat by constant muscular exertion of both arms and -legs; he was too thin to float naturally, and could not -venture to swim out a greater distance than he felt sure of -covering on his return.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_36'>36</span><em>Tuition</em> in swimming has been for some time past, and -is now, given gratuitously in town by the London -Swimming Club, from the persevering and enthusiastic -Honorary Secretary of which—Mr. J. Garrett Elliott, 14, -Finsbury Square—particulars may be obtained.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_b_036.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_37'>37</span> - <h2 class='c008'><em>NOTES.</em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/di_b_037.jpg' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi_8'> -Bathing after hard exercise must be -indulged in judiciously: a bath after a -day’s shooting or cricketing, or an afternoon -at lawn-tennis—to an enthusiast, -who really plays, by far the hardest and -most tiring form of amusement of the -three—is pleasant and invigorating, and better understood -than when it was an article of faith that to plunge into -<span class='pageno' id='Page_38'>38</span>cold water, when heated, was almost equivalent to committing -suicide.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Our</em> grandmothers who adopted this view, were not -like some of the present generation of girls educated at -Girton and Zurich, or they might have called to mind -Homer’s graphic description of the nocturnal expedition of -Ulysses and Diomede to the Trojan camp, and their -refreshing plunge into the sea when they returned reeking -with heat and moisture from their successful raid; certainly -none need fear to follow the example of such an old -soldier as the cautious Ithacan.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_038fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>A Midsummer Night’s dip.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_39'>39</span><em>A plunge</em> into cold water when one is warm from -exercise is intensely grateful, and may be indulged in with -impunity even when much heated, provided the plunge -be taken the moment the clothes are removed; the danger -is in standing about on the brink, during which time the -body rapidly cools, and cold may be taken.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Although</em> perfectly safe to plunge into cold water, no -matter how much the body may be heated, care must be -taken to avoid it if there are feelings of lassitude and -exhaustion; these are sure signs of over fatigue, and a cold -bath under such circumstances is not only weakening, but -<span class='pageno' id='Page_40'>40</span>might prove absolutely dangerous. A complete change of -clothing must be ready, both for comfort, and to prevent -any chance of taking cold through putting on clothes -rendered damp by previous exercise.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> morning-bath forms a tolerably sure index as to -the manner in which the previous evening has been spent. -Morning exhaustion, and antipathy to cold water, may -follow after an evening’s dancing with its attendant late -hours, and nature will probably protest against too great a -shock: it will be advisable to take the cold bath from five -to ten degrees warmer than usual, or it may be deferred -two or three hours.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_41'>41</span><em>The</em> much vexed question as to the advisability of -continuing the bath through a severe and prolonged, or -even an ordinary winter, must be left open, as it is not only -unadvisable but absolutely impossible to lay down fixed -rules. Each bather must be guided entirely by his own state -of health and sense of vitality.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Even</em> among the well-to-do, the bath is by no means -so universal or so well appreciated as might be desired, the -daily thorough ablution being looked upon by too many as -a necessarily unpleasant process to be shunned or superficially -hurried through, with no enjoyment and little -<span class='pageno' id='Page_42'>42</span>advantage: thorough ablution in the form of the <em>Soap-bath</em> -is an absolute luxury, and moreover is followed by an -immediate increase of health, strength and mental vigour.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> primary object of taking a bath is cleanliness, and -it is now better understood that the mere application of -cold water to the skin does not cleanse, but merely closes -the pores, the after vigorous use of towels doing so still -further by rubbing in the impurities and natural secretions -of the skin.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Cleanliness</em> in connection with the bath should be -strictly enforced: it should be cleaned and dried daily and -<span class='pageno' id='Page_43'>43</span>occasionally scrubbed, and the washing glove well rinsed -after use.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> delicately-soft skin of Egyptian women is said to -be produced by the habitual use of the <em>loofah</em>, a fibrous -flesh-glove woven by Dame Nature, the use of which is to -be commended for finally cleansing the skin after the soap -application with the ordinary washing glove. The <em>loofah</em> -not only readily removes every particle of soap, but acts as -a mildly invigorating flesh-glove, increases the suppleness of -the skin in a marked degree, and moreover possesses the -happy faculty of completely rinsing itself the moment it is -<span class='pageno' id='Page_44'>44</span>dipped into water. Some persons discard the washing -glove altogether, and use a <em>loofah</em> for applying the soap to -the body: <em>loofahs</em> are of different degrees of texture, and -when thus used, a fine close quality should be selected.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> sponge after use should be dipped in clean water -and pressed out—not wrung, which tends to tear it—as -nearly dry as possible: if habitually left charged with water, -or—as sometimes done with a vague idea of sweetening—put -out wet in the sun to dry, it will not only rot quickly -but probably smell offensively, and even become unpleasant -to the touch. To restore its sweetness, the sponge should -<span class='pageno' id='Page_45'>45</span>be placed for a day or so in a basin of water in which a -large piece of washing soda has been dissolved: the water -should be changed once or twice, or oftener if necessary, -and the sponge well squeezed out each time.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>A word</em> about the soap:—the best, perhaps, is that -known as “John Knight’s Primrose,” an ordinary yellow -soap, sweet and sound, and apparently containing none of -the foreign matter sometimes found in soaps of a commoner -and cheaper description. Scented soap must be avoided, -especially for using habitually and liberally over the whole -body.</p> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_46'>46</span><em>Decidedly</em> unpleasant feelings, in some cases amounting -to a positive loathing, occasionally follow the preliminary -wetting of the feet on stepping into cold water: it may be -taken for granted that such antipathy is by no means -imaginary, but simply nature’s protest. The use is recommended, -in conjunction with the <em>Sponge-bath</em>, of a broad -stool (heavily weighted at the bottom, to prevent risk of -upsetting) covered loosely with carpet, and high enough to -reach above the level of the water when placed in the -middle of the bath: the piece of carpet may be dried each -day after use; or a <em>Sponge-bath</em> may be readily constructed -<span class='pageno' id='Page_47'>47</span>with a fixed raised centre of metal forming a portion of the -bath, the bather standing as it were on an island: the feet -may thus at first be kept dry, and the preliminary shock -received on the head and shoulders; persons who in despair -had almost given up the <em>Soap-bath</em>, are by this means -enabled to enjoy it without discomfort.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> temperature of the warm water with the soap -application may vary from 75 to 95, or even 100°; it -ought to be hot enough for the bather to feel it thoroughly -grateful and comforting. The cold may vary from 30 to -70°, and it may be borne in mind that as great a shock will -<span class='pageno' id='Page_48'>48</span>be produced with the higher temperature on an enfeebled -or weakly constitution, as with the lower on a strong and -robust: the bather must be guided by his own feelings. -As a rough guide for those in moderate health, 90° for the -warm and 60° for the cold may be taken as convenient.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_048fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>Cyprus—ware sharks.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_49'>49</span><em>The</em> necessity of getting quickly over the second or -cold application must be strongly urged: in and out again -must be the rule and not the exception. Any one may -observe what takes place when the body is immersed in cold -water: first comes the sharp, half-pleasing, half-painful sensation -of cold, almost immediately followed by a consciousness -of internal warmth, the duration of which will be in proportion -to the power of the organization to keep up this -counteraction. The cold water slowly but surely absorbs -and extracts the vital heat; if the bath be unduly prolonged, -chilliness, shivering, numbness, and exhaustion -follow, and although the unpleasant symptoms will probably -shortly disappear, the bather will have lost rather than -gained in point of health.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>No</em> notion of “getting used to it,” or of cultivating -hardiness and endurance, should induce one to venture near -the stage commencing with chilliness; by so doing the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_50'>50</span>stock of health is wasted instead of increased: the mere -patient endurance of cold cannot possibly do good, although -it may unquestionably do a great deal of harm.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Many</em> persons suffer severely in winter from cold feet, -with the attendant penalties of chilblains, colds, sore throat, -and personal discomfort. It is well known to medical men -that, when the feet are cold, the system is far more readily -accessible to the attacks of disease, and to keep them warm, -more especially during the early hours of the morning -and after the bath, is, with some persons, almost an -impossibility. Singers—both amateur and professional—suffer, -<span class='pageno' id='Page_51'>51</span>certainly in this climate, more or less severely from -affections—difficult to guard against—of the throat, induced -in the majority of cases by cold, which first attacks the -extremities. In lately consulting Dr. Llewelyn Thomas, -he suggested as a future safeguard the wearing of shoes or -slippers (made by Whiteley, of Westbourne Grove) of a -description calculated not only to retain the natural heat -of the body but to absolutely exclude cold and draughts. -The material is a dark felt, lined with thick white fur; -the shoes are open down the sides, but the openings are -heavily covered with a dark fur, effectually excluding -<span class='pageno' id='Page_52'>52</span>draughts. There are no laces or fastenings of any kind, -and the shoes are slipped on or off in a moment.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>It</em> need not be imagined that because the daily application -of cold water in the luxurious form of the <em>Soap-bath</em> -be strongly urged, it is desirable to inure the body in the -manner advocated at the early part of this century, when -bare-kneed little children—robust or weakly—were exposed -insufficiently clothed to the inclemency of the weather -under the mistaken idea of hardening them—hardening -some, no doubt, but killing a great many more. The power -to resist cold means the power to resist disease, and to be -<span class='pageno' id='Page_53'>53</span>proof against intense cold, one must not only be well fed, -and warmly clad, but thoroughly warm before exposure to -the cold atmosphere out of doors. Protected by sufficient -clothing, the body acts as a sort of store-house of heat, and -a sufficiently large stock of warmth absorbed in the morning -will last all day, and fresh supplies will be drawn from the -heat-producing food consumed. A shivering child sent out -of doors for violent exercise may certainly get warm, but it -does so at the expense of its own vital energy.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The</em> essential that must not only be looked for, but -positively and rapidly attained, is the reaction from the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_54'>54</span>shock produced by the cold water: the heart is actively -excited, and the blood propelled with unusual force through -the system; the temperature of the body rapidly rises, and -a general glow supervenes, accompanied with mixed feelings -of increased vitality, buoyancy and exhilaration, difficult to -describe. With the non-robust the stay in the cold water -can hardly be made too short: the principal shock is produced -from the <em>first</em> application, and the endeavour ought -rather to be to get out as quickly as possible, than to stay -in under the mistaken notion of deriving increased benefit.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Should</em> the stay be even a trifle too prolonged, the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_55'>55</span>reaction will be proportionately slow, and by no means so -pleasant; or proper reaction may be made almost impossible, -with the result of coldness, shivering, violent headache, -slow pulse and probable sickness. It must, however, never -be lost sight of that these unpleasantnesses are absolutely -under the control of the bather, and never arise except -with the very ignorant or very foolish: speedy reaction -<em>must</em> be attained and can invariably be secured, even by the -most feeble, provided the unpardonable and suicidal sin of -too long a stay in the cold water be avoided.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>Should</em> the reaction after a <em>Sponge-bath</em> be very slow, it -<span class='pageno' id='Page_56'>56</span>may be hastened by the previous addition to the water of -a small wine-glassful of eau-de-cologne, spirits of wine, or -spirits of any description, whiskey being perhaps best.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>The Soap-bath</em> may be commenced at any period of the -year, and if children are induced to take it as a treat, rather -than from any other point of view, they will soon become -as partial to its use as their elders.</p> - -<p class='c010'><em>In</em> slight colds the bath may be continued, but in the -rare case of an extremely violent one, or affection of the -throat, the bather, however much against his will, must -perforce give it up for a time.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_056fp.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic001'> -<p><span class='script'>Taking the waters.</span></p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_57'>57</span><em>Those</em> who habituate themselves to the indulgence of -the <em>Soap-bath</em> become, as it were, case-hardened, and can -seldom be persuaded to forego their daily pleasure, much -less to abandon the habit: by its use the body arrives and -remains at its highest state of physical vigour; the power -of resisting sudden changes of temperature is greatly -increased, and liability to colds correspondingly lessened, -while there is an almost absolute freedom from danger of -infection and epidemic attacks. The <em>Soap-bath</em> is a source -of immense and constant physical gratification; food is -keenly enjoyed, the muscles get hard and firm, and the -<span class='pageno' id='Page_58'>58</span>skin soft as satin, while vigorous health and feelings of -mental and animal enjoyment are produced attainable -perhaps by no other means. Existence becomes what it -was intended, and what it certainly ought to be—a positive -pleasure: the numerous unpleasantnesses and dyspeptic -ailments incidental to a low state of bodily health glide -into the past, and their very recollection almost disappears.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/i_b_058.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_59'>59</span> - <h2 class='c008'><em>ADDENDA.</em></h2> -</div> - -<div class='c009'> - <img class='drop-capi' src='images/di_b_059.jpg' width='100' alt='' /> -</div><p class='drop-capi_8'> -Since going to press the author’s attention -has been drawn—not over-courteously -perhaps—by certain manufacturers to -the sweeping denunciation in this Sketch -of the habitual use of scented soaps; but -after a careful examination and trial of -various kinds, one alone—known as Pears’ transparent soap—may -in his opinion be safely indicated as a pure detergent -in every way suitable for <cite>Luxurious Bathing</cite>.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div><span class='pageno' id='Page_60'>60</span><em>Field & Tuer,</em></div> - <div><em>Y<sup>e</sup> Leadenhalle Presse,</em></div> - <div><em>London, E.C.</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c007' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div><span class='pageno' id='Page_61'>61</span>“Hundreds of clever young men, who are now living at home and doing nothing, might be earning very tolerable incomes by their pens if they only knew how.”—<cite>The Nineteenth Century.</cite></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='section ph2'> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div><cite>Journals and Journalism</cite>:</div> - <div class='c007'>With a Guide for Literary Beginners,</div> - </div> -</div> - -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c006'> - <div>BY</div> - <div class='c007'><span class='large'>JOHN OLDCASTLE.</span></div> - <div class='c006'><em>Contents</em>:</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Literary Amateurs.</div> - <div class='line'>Introductions to Editors.</div> - <div class='line'>Returned with thanks.</div> - <div class='line'>How to begin.</div> - <div class='line'>Pounds, Shillings and Pence.</div> - <div class='line'>The Literary Career:</div> - <div class='line in4'>I. The Fair Side.</div> - <div class='line in3'>II. The Seamy Side.</div> - <div class='line'>In an Editor’s Chair.</div> - <div class='line'>A Miscellaneous Chapter.</div> - <div class='line'>Literary Copyright.</div> - <div class='line'>Ten Journalistic Commandments.</div> - <div class='line'>How to Correct Proofs.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>“This volume,” says the <cite>Athenæum</cite>, “will be studded with the autographs of <i><span lang="la" xml:lang="la">literati</span></i>, and is written by a practical journalist.”</div> - <div class='c007'>PRICE THREE SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE.</div> - <div class='c006'>LONDON:</div> - <div class='c007'>Field & Tuer, y<sup>e</sup> Leadenhalle Presse, 50, Leadenhalle Street, E.C.</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c007' /> -</div> -<div class='tnotes'> - -<div class='section ph2'> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div>TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES</div> - </div> -</div> - -</div> - - <ol class='ol_1 c006'> - <li>Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. - - </li> - <li>Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. - </li> - </ol> - -</div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Luxurious Bathing, by Andrew W. 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