Turkish Baths

44 THE TURKISH BATH:
manage in 4 ft, and the slabs can be set out 6 ft. from
centre to centre. Where the long
sides of the slabs are
against the walls and the basins are sunk into the slabs,
there must be at least 7
ft. 6 in. from basin to basin. In
the case of slabs at right angles to the walls, the basins
are best placed between the slabs.
It is an excellent plan to provide a slight screen in
one corner of the washing room, behind which the entering
bather may, if he chooses, have a warm spray from
a large rose before proceeding to the hot rooms.
In ladies' baths it is well to provide private shampooing
recesses by means of partitions of sufficient height,
which may be of wood and obscure glass. In this way
any shampooing room may be rendered more private.
Upright
marble slabs will often be found useful in
dividing the benches.
The walls and ceilings of the apartments now under
consideration may, so long as there be a dado of glazed
ware, be lined in the same way as the hot rooms. But
as regards flooring, still more care is required to prevent
slipperiness. The soap and water that will be plentifully
spilt around, renders this precaution needful. Moreover,
provision must be made for drainage.
The flooring may be of rough tile mosaic, or simple
tiles.
Marble is too slippery, and glazed tiles are wholly
inadmissible. Marble mosaics, roughly set, may be
employed. The fall to which the floor is laid must be
determined by the position of the gullies.
The drainage system of a hot-air bath is a most important
consideration. In a place where the occupants
are, literally, breathing at every pore, it is obvious that