Show no soap K ton alease it may be doubted if a tub bath in jamaica is a luxury the bathhouses bath houses make a brave show in a row of low brick buildings in the rear of the hotels each little house with a big stone tank for a bathtub bath tub A new york sun correspondent spon dent says of them I 1 went out to see the baths on my first day in kingston and was surprised to see a sign nailed against the wall bearing the words gentlemen are requested not to use soap in the baths 11 why are gentlemen requested not to use soap in the baths I 1 asked the hotel clerk a dignified young woman of dark complexion because it soils the water and makes it unpleasant for the next bather she said but do your guests all bathe in the same water I 1 asked oh yes she replied you see the tanks are so large and the pipes are small it takes all night to fill the tanks and the water has to last all day |