Show i IN THE OR LD r. r uI u- u 3 I 3 27 AS A TAX PUT pUr ON BATHTUBS Back in the when bathing was still regarded as dangerous in the U United n nit i t e d States AdamI Adam I Thompson a cotton and grain dealer of Cincinnati 0 O broke all social precedence He lie installed in installed in in- stalled a bathtub in his home I The tub lavish enough to please a Cecil B B. Del lille was encased in Nicaraguan mahogany and lined with sheet metal It was seven feet long four feet wide 1750 and the weighed pounds I water had to be pumped in On I Dec 20 1842 Thompson threw a 3 party part and invited his guests to try his tub tub several several of whom availed themselves of the I The following day the story appeared in the newspapers newspapers newspapers' and aroused the wrath of doctors II and politicians throughout the country To discourage its potential potential poten poten- poten-j poten bathers Virginia promptly levied a 30 tax on bathtubs and and increased the water rates rates' I Thanks Pe Peggy Keirn Alexandria Alexan Alexan- Alexandra I Idria dra dria Va Send in your facts to Where Wherein here herein in tlc the World arid care of oC The Salt Lake Tribune Telegram Home Service Ser Bureau Salt Lake City 10 Utah |