Turkish Baths

104 THE TURKISH BATH:
Throughout the bath,
lighting, by windows or lamps,
in either natural or artificial
it should be the aim
not to throw strong light in the eyes of the bather a
principle of universal application, but especially
to be
regarded in a place where, more often than not, the
occupants of the various apartments are reclining, face
tipwards, on benches or couches. In the hot rooms,
as in the cooling room, little general
illumination is
required. A bright artificial light in such places seems
especially painful to the eyes. What light, therefore,
may be provided in the sudatory chambers, should
be as diffused as possible, the additional lights for the
few who practise reading in these apartments being so
arranged as not to be objectionable to the majority of
bathers. The lights should be shaded so as to throw
their rays downwards in a very small compass.
Considerably more light is required
in the lavatoria
and shampooing rooms. In scheming the plan of
bath rooms in
a basement, where daylight can only be
obtained at one point, it is desirable, if practicable, to
arrange the shampooing room so that it
may enjoy the
benefit of this light.
For effect, the scale of lighting in the bath rooms
may be a rather dark laconicum, and a graduallyincreased
amount of light from thence to the shampooing
room. The plunge-bath chamber should be
well lighted, but not above the tone of the frigidarium,
or the bather will feel to be going from cheerfulness to
comparative gloom, which would be unpleasant. A
bright, warm light should be that in the plunge-bath
chamber, with perhaps an ornamental lamp over the