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Show VAPOR BATHS IN LAPLAND Writer's Strenuous Experience of Cleansing Process Finishes With Being Bastinadoed. In Wide World Frank Hedges But-, ler describes a vapor bath in the land of the Lapps. yEe says : The bathhouse is a small wooden structure generally situated some way. from the dwelling house. It is divided into two compartments, one to undress In, while the other contains the ovenj which produces the steam. The oven Is arched with large stones or pebbles, and heated by a fire placed beneath. Undressing In the first room, one enters en-ters the heated compartment. After al short rest on a wooden form or bench, which contains a place for the head, the attendants come in and bathe you. Cold water is thrown over the stones and the hissing vapor soon sends up a cloud of steam. The higher you sit from the floor the greater the heat. As-more As-more water is thrown over the red-hot stones the vapor becomes so Intense that one can hardly breathe. We were soon gasping for breath and covered with a profuse perspiration which issued is-sued from every pore of the skin. Hanging up in the room were tender branches or twigs in a green state and' ' retaining their leaves. Dipping these in water, the attendant began lashinff and whipping me across the legs, shoulders, loins and back, till my body , seemed quite red with the switching.' The bastinadoing over, I was then washed with a soft flannel covered with soap, after which a jug of the coldest water was thrown over my head and body. |