They specially appreciated the comfort of the dressing-rooms, and the convenience of the hot-air apparatus for drying their hair.

The restaurant, where tea or bovril could be had, was also a luxury for those who were apt to turn shivery after coming from the water.
"I can understand why the Romans were so enthusiastic about their public baths," said Audrey Redfern.

"Just think of having little trays of eatables floating about on the water, so that you could have a snack whenever you wanted, and slaves to bring you delicious scent afterwards, and garlands of flowers.

I wish I'd lived some time B.C.
instead of in the twentieth century!" "Be thankful you didn't live in the twelfth, for then you mightn't have had a bath at all!" returned Winona; "certainly not a public one, and probably not the private one either.

An occasional canful of water would have been thought quite sufficient for you, with perhaps a dip in a stream if you could get it.