uUout the topic An immigrant in the United States remembers the daily routines of his childho What routine is he describing? on Friday mornings my father woke me up in the dark. I dressed quickly and followed my father out in the first light of the day. The cool air helped clear our heads as we walked through the alleys to the public bathhouse. The old building had two big rooms. In the first room, we dressed in a towel and waited nervously for our turn. In the second room, bathhouse workers washed us. They used a rough cloth and hot water. They scrubbed us so hard that they took off skin. The bath was painful, but afterwards we glowed with cleanliness. helped clear our heads: helped us think clearly allews. narrow passages between or behind buildings