200 THE WONDERFUL HOUSE THAT JACK HAS 



ing out, the cleansing process is continued with soap 

 and tepid water, usually followed by a cold sponge 

 bath and energetic rubbing with a coarse towel. In 

 this, as in other warm baths, perspiration flows more 

 freely if several glasses of water are drunk just before- 

 hand. Wood alcohol should not be used as the fuel 

 for such a bath, for its fumes are said to be injurious, 

 especially to the eyes. 



The cabinet bath has several advantages in com- 

 parison with the public Russian or Turkish. The 

 only expense is a few cents for the alcohol burned, 

 while the public baths usually cost seventy-five cents 

 or more. A person in the cabinet bath breathes the 

 pure, normally heated air of the home bath-room. 

 In the public baths, the air breathed is necessarily 

 very hot and sometimes not pure. While one may not 

 have an attendant to give the strenuous massage re- 

 ceived at public baths, he may derive benefit from 

 performing this work for himself. Children who play 

 hard outx>f doors, or adults doing active physical 

 labor, usually perspire enough without such baths. 

 For persons engaged in work requiring chiefly mental 

 effort, a weekly bath of this kind, especially in the 

 colder months, is very beneficial. It purifies, rests, 

 and strengthens the entire body. It is also one of 

 the very best beautifiers of the skin and complexion, 

 because it stimulates the pores to an active, healthy 

 condition. 



How many other benefits of this useful liquid friend 



