t in order to
derive any benefit from a bath it is necessary to employ some unusual
or complicated process. Nothing is further from the truth. The plain,
tepid bath is the best for general use. It thoroughly cleanses the
body and produces no unpleasant shock. A hot bath is rarely needed
but, if it is used, enough time should be given after it to rest and
cool off before going out into the open air in order to avoid taking
cold. The good or harm of a bath must be judged by its effects.

A bath is only beneficial when it is followed by a healthy reaction,
which is indicated by an agreeable feeling of warmth and comfort, and
is injurious if the subject feels cold, weak or depressed. A bath does
not affect all people alike; what will do one person good may injure
another. It is never wise to prescribe a stereotyped treatment for
every patient. The disease, temperament and constitution of each
individual must be taken into account and the temperature and frequency
of the bath must be determined and regulated by the necessity and
idiosyncrasies of each case. The amount of bathing that a strong,
full-blooded person could endure would mop out the life of a thin,
bloodless weakling.

Locally, these springs have become famous because of the remarkable
cures they have effected, and are sought by many sick people who have
failed to find relief by other means. Before the white man came the
Indians used the water for curing their sick. The water is curative in
rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspepsia, blood and skin disorders and kidney
complaint. The water cure is all right even if it does not always
fulfill every expectation.

Hooker's hot springs is a pleasant place to visit for people who are
not invalids. It is off the beaten path of travel and is an ideal spot
for the tired man who needs a rest. It has not yet been overrun by the
crowd, but retains all of the natural charm of freshness which the old
resorts have lost. Here nature riots in all of her wild beauty and has
not yet been perceptibly marred by the despoiling hand of man.

Aside from the luxury of the baths which the place affords the visitor
can find a great deal to please him. The climate is healthful and the
weather pleasant during most of the year. In the near vicinity much
can be found in nature that is interesting. Never-failing mountain
streams, deep canons and dark forests wait to be visited and explored,
while curiosities in animal and vegetable