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Show jpned IU flrat fr publii tttthltucftN. I'-julpjiril fnr baths M Jwv Aside fruin th public I tat he eMtab-Hahcri eMtab-Hahcri b the itiiaiiMpullttt". u isirjct-numbir isirjct-numbir of liiiftlttitlu.iK lmv- -st HlHiithJ . bath In m-. . vtith t -ir4 rf Until? or - I'm i i WOI k Mnat uY t he) atiiti'.lutaM tin muni-1 pa I i .. t houBts mimI wniir of tham mi hcltift (Hi- untlnueri alnce tbe n i ' UHik hu- l--ffi rMuhltli(Ml Tli. Y.ri iK Men -Chrlatlun -..,! .hi bar pnv led lm terns te-rns and HvvlnimlitK poult In utl of It '-''' t lull M hiKi In afknw t Mtni them- privilege an- .onMiu-.j Itialvel to mcmlifru an I In other iiomm r-n.her -an t!t them by (ha payment r m kjiwH fe. fJyninaatmi.ji nnnrvt-d with ct I-IffeM I-IffeM aad Kt-boskl. hk m-M na :irr., : Mud of i. i and argaaaWMvaVi lia e provided liatbltiK ia ihtlea to a llniltixi number of person. , Swimming la Fine Exarcirc. 'Mi. number f death bj d; owning ami year l rau-liis an im" eased inter- i in the table nf awlmiidttx I"'' aJl, latsHeit of aaaypNt BWVB UM of thle I he iiuNleru publlf tiilii neiXfK, run pur- Ibai f . . i . i t -. - him. "f pro-h! Inn fa lllth'K foi It-jtrii.tib.' t mhIiu. Tin-ohviUal Tin-ohviUal adui -at Ion movrmenl in- done rnueb to aid In the it reaBed puhll. bath faeilltla. rer pM Mroiiiul a thbde reallxea the ' ,r- of svvltnmlpK a a pbyab a I i xeniar. aMdi fnoajl Ita utility in n - huinan life. Hw imiiiitip; ptNibt ha- -eit -- ' n- In oiil a few of tin- pulilh' ei-hoola Jn tbla I'ountrv. The Haul ltver. irihaail 00 HiMtton uiih the llrM tn u ' rouutiv Pi ha t htrt i onv iitem-c. altliouajli a 1 eat of two. later H w& pivdd Citr Hete'ral xeh tols In MrtKikb'ie. The dira -tora of phyildtl rulttire in many towns mi' eiideavH inir lo Imlude wlmmlnu leaatuis n the MjrawjaJ work' of tlie pub lie M'ho la, When- a auffnidit water Miirfply It a vallable I hi, eatillv can be don. On element ry nt'bool In .01)1- a an laet year made tbe rlalm thAt for three yea' no IIM ttud reaihed tbe elahth snide tlbout helna; able o awiin When the pilblte pool. couM not jd be added to the hool hultdlnit, tbr jthyWCal null me te;i.her took the fhtl-dren fhtl-dren to the ptiti hutlm a hb b Itad HmmlnS i ' altin lied. The addition of a hvvinuiilnjf pool to the piii.it. hnlh Iiiin done niurh to Improve the lieraoniiM rf the people who go there Tbe Aral i"il.M, batbf. belna; eatabllahed purely tn aid in perfonul rleitnlliieco, were patronized eldefly by peranna who had inaufftrlmit bu thing fat-UitleM at bonte. They were eapeclally uavful o the tene-' tneiit reKldenle in the Kreat fit leu. tn rludtiikC the Immigrant elaaa. Tompara-lively Tompara-lively few Americana went to the earlier publle baths until the Hwlmmlng pool whh addel. Society Patronizcb Baths. .Society people tn many cltlew now pal-ronls'i pal-ronls'i lha public itwlmmlitg pool. In Washington a line of automobllea may he M'i'ii In fronl of the puhlle bath bulldlngN, (t'ontinued ou pae 5.) PUBLIC BATHS ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY Old Rome Was Famous for Its Many Bathing Places for Rich and Poor. MODERN CITIES NOW FOLLOW OLD EXAMPLE Health Is Closely Safeguarded Safe-guarded and Conventions Conven-tions Observed. BY FREDERIC J. HASRIN The modern puhlle liath. which afford Pleaeure and comfort to thuuaanda of people each day. la really a revival of one of the oldeat inatltutlona In the workl. The puhlle bath waa In hth favor fa-vor In Ihe palmy daya of the rtoinai. empire. It la aaid that the cjty of Itomc contained at leaal ar0 put. II, hatli-liouaea, hatli-liouaea, and archaaologlala find the re-malna re-malna of a publie hath wherever (ir. -clan or Roman civilization la known to have existed Hlch ami poor, alave ami freeman, enjoyed free ltlilnu prlvllnre-. In an abundant water aupply provided by th city. In thoea ancient daya llic bath. wa an luatltutlun for plaaaure aa well aa for personal rleanlineaa. Men und women wom-en frequently bathed toaether. with in lie regard for the diatlnctlona of aaa. ami much undue llcouae reaultad. Con-aeuuently Con-aeuuently the Cliriatlana regarded the Mil aa a aouree of evil, and it waa not In public favor for cenlurlea. A general lack of elaanltneaa reaulted and eeUin-tlata eeUin-tlata longed for tha daya' of the Rooiana, when pereonal eleanllneaa waa constd-ered constd-ered eaaentlal and no one. could plead a lack of Water for bathing. Within the paat half century the public bath haa again coma to delight civilised man. and It Is now conducted with a due regard for the conventionalities In order to disarm dis-arm adveree crttldam. The flrat public baths established In this country ware opened In Boaton In 111. Six were opened at first and they were m loeatad aa to be within eeay reach of the ctty'a poor. By 1197 tha number had Increaaed to fourteen. New York waa tha flrat atate to pass com pulaory legislation compelling the establishment estab-lishment of tha bath. A bill passed by tha legislature In 18H required every city having a population of over 50.000 to be provided with hatha which should ba kept open all the year. Cltlea having a population of leas than M.000 were privileged to establish bathe If desired, and all public baths were required to be provided with both hot and cold water. wa-ter. Tba flrat city to comply with thia new law. am probably the flrat ctty In tha United States to provide all the re-qulrements re-qulrements for bathing comfort, waa .Vonkera. A finely equipped public bathhouse bath-house waa opened there on !ator day In ISM. Two years later 'htla1lrhl ti k . k ... :. ' ..a. ...... old lsdy hs been attending the bathing pool regularly accompanied by her daughter daugh-ter and three grandchildren. Her emall-4-rt grsndeon takes great pride In the fact that he taught his ffrsndmother to nwlm. snd v !n n the old lady dropped off the diving bosrd Into th dep pool the air was rent w'th enthusiastic cheers. With the development of thr publlc heth. however, cttme a iena-e nfidleease which scientific people hsve slreadv be-gun be-gun to provide for. An Investigation mude bv the depsrtment of bacteriology of the Chicago uMvereltv reported five cases of epidemics supposed to be the result of bathing In rivers or pools where vontsral-nation vontsral-nation existed. The exercise of strlnv-nt restrictions prt-vsntlnT persons alTHcied with certain diseases from entering pub-M pub-M befits Is being authorised by the authorities au-thorities In charge of moet of them. In addition to this pre'sutlon some mesns of purifvlng the wstrr must be provided for everv standard pool. During the riast vear the Amerhan ss-soclatlon ss-soclatlon for the promotion of hvgiene and TMtMlr lantlm hss given much sttentlon to IhlN Mihiecl. A the con1 entlon recently held Hi Bit IM more, "hhk of purifying th pool were Mscuened by .expert hacterlnlo-alsts. hacterlnlo-alsts. Reflltrstlon of the water is said to te the best plan. Amnns the tests cited wee that of the Twenty-third street Y. M. C. A. bultdlnr; of New York. In which 31. 0f gallons of water, used by :'5 000 persons diirlne: a week, was of crystalline clearness after being reflltered, and was ui i found to be absolutely free from bnrmful bacteria. In another test the re-P re-P I tared water was foun I to lie thirty times more free from bacteria than that drawn from the city water main. PUBLIC HEALTH (Continued from page 4.) especially upon ladles' day. The bathers include a goodly sprinkling of foreigners from the diplomatic circles. Little girls of titled families acquire true democracy by swimming with American school girls. A model public bathing plant Includes a number of pools of varying depth. Tbe first, having a dspth of sbout three feet, will be used by the small children, tte- rinnsrs will be allowed to paddle 'around n it until they have acquired the swimming swim-ming motion. The other .pools arc deeper, the deepest being usually about ten feet. This la usually entered by a diving board, and no one is permitted to go into It who Is not fully able to swim. The supply of attendants In a properly equipped bath la sufficient to provide against any probable prob-able accident and each attendant is capable capa-ble of giving free Instruction In swimming- Before entering the pool each person per-son Is required to go under the shower In order to avoid a shuck In entering directly di-rectly into the water. In towns where the number of pools is not sufficient to provide sccomrnotlatlons for both aexea, the days are divided alternately al-ternately between them, riometlines ladles la-dles are permitted to liave escorts, but this Is frequently forbidden. Each person per-son entering the bath is required to register reg-ister name, age and residence In case of possible accident. The registry card Is presented to ths caretaker, who gives out ths checks for the lockers. Moat of these are Individual mo that a bather has absolute privacy in dressing and undreas-Ing, undreas-Ing, and no one Is permlttel to enter a public pool without a suitable bathing costume. Ths patrons of the public health baths Include all ages and claasea of people. The school children srs most enthusiast!'-. Occasionally mothers snd dsughters will go Jnto the pools together, snd one llvalv |