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Show "Tubbing" Had to Fight for Its Place in Sun The bathtub Benjamin FrankUn In-.- troduced to America was Imported from France. It was Known as a "slipper tub," shaped like a boot with a raised seat for the occupant in the heel and a covering that hid S&'e bather's legs from his own eyes, bo he could go about the work of fretting clean with the utmost propriety. pro-priety. Even so, It took a daring spirit to bring this Innovation to Philadelphia In 1775. Another hero of the tub was President Presi-dent Millard Fillmore. This Chief Executive occupies a modest place In the annals of political achievement, ,but he was the one who had the courage to Install a regular full-sized bathtub In the White House In ISoO. He did It with n flourish that gave great Impetus to the bath-a-week fad that then was alarming the democratic demo-cratic people of the country. Fillmore's bathtub may not have been the first one In the White House, but his was the first to be recorded beyond dispute. If there was a tub In the mansion before his time, Mr. Holmes, for one, suspects It was thrown out by Andy Jackson, the patriotic "Old' Hickory," who went through many battles and stormy political campaigns without ever being accused of taking a bath. Kansas City. Times. |