TRIED A VAPOR BATH.
A certain lady will not take a vapor bath soon again, though the one she did take take was not lacking in extraordinary and quick results. She had been induced by one of her dear friends,, who knew the personal effects of a vapor bath, and she resolved to try it. The extemporised bath was arranged by. filling a saucer with wisky, in which was placed boneset and sassafras. Then she put that saucer on the floor, and she placed a'cane-bottomed chair over, and she took a seat on t,he chair, dressed a la Eve, save that a hu«e blanket enveloped the whole outfit... A modest attendant then lifted the corner of the blanket and applied a match to. the w h isky, in order to , produce 'the ' gentle, soothing vapor which was &njp>sed to arise and do worlds of good. A veil might be diawn over, tbe subsetv quern, proceedings, but an ordinary ytil would'nt cover them. That' genfhy soothing vapor did not arise, "but'-a fedhot scorching flame did e rise, like lightning, to the height 'of about; five feet • from that saucer; there was a* "terriffe report, and the bath taker #as- liftedoff that chair on the wings of sirroco, and deposited, half grilled; -tola c'ornefr of the room.
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Kumara Times, Issue 493, 26 April 1878, Page 2
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215TRIED A VAPOR BATH. Kumara Times, Issue 493, 26 April 1878, Page 2
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