Show I II THE PLUMBING TRADE I B BY E E O J. J HASKIN inc National Association of Mas I ter Plumbers of or tho the United T THE States will wm begin a three das daja sC Session llon In Chicago today This Tills association has has' sa ha a membership of about representing nh nil all of leading plumbers of the country It was wag organized twenty eight years ago and nearly all of tho the progress In plumbIng plumbIng plumb plumb- Ing and sanitation has tak taken n place since the organization of or this and andIn I In part at least leant Is the result of the cip ef efforts elJ el- el p W J forts of DC the tho men who S constitute Its membership mem mem- to Improve the standing of their 11 HI 1 trails trade American W J fhe plumbing now leads lends l r tf the world and even CU t. t England today Is not much further ad advanced advanced ad- ad iwi than the United d States was I twenty years yearn ago The plumbers claim uN that they are arc practically practically responsible for th the health of the 1 American people They assert rt that cl- cl Fr Frede C C nn a I i- i o plumbing has than anythIng anything any any- thing else e toward the promotion of the public health of urban communities Some of ot them take the ground that there ought to be bo a a. compulsory Inspection of ot plumb plumb- in lag every year ear In all buildings such as office buildings building factories hotels stores and amI apartment houses house JI The present Indications are that the American people will Trill have havo to bear a heavy hea tax by J reason uon of their love of clean clean- Unless and sanitary conditions in their households Sixteen of ot the leading manu maim of or sanitary unItary ware including all bathroom fixtures have pooled their In interests In- In tuesta and will control 95 p per r cent of the output of th the sanitary ware factories of or the United State States It Is 11 estimated by some Ome that the results of the combination BO so o far as the tho people themselves are con con- corned will be that they will have to pay more for tor their bathroom fixtures next year ear than they paid last year ear It la is said that It Is Js the Intention I of or th the combination which will wili be capitalized capi capi- something like toL to freeze out many small email dealers and arid thus L to put an end to much of tho the competition L that has hitherto existed The history of bathing carries one back to the very ver birth of or the race when ht the first bathtub was wa a 8 pool ol of water or a 0 running stream Under tho the Mo Mosaic lc law la there w were re rigid r regulations for tho the ablutions ablutions of the p people le and the most advanced advanced ad Rd civilization has produced bathing customs no more of cleanliness I than were those prescribed th by the Israel Israel- Irel- Irel ites itee In the oldest of the ancient ton public bathing was a a widespread I practice and the tho most modern modem public bath batt I had h Its It counterpart in Babylon Bablon Rome Rom Athens and Carthage In Rome the bath baIt I became the chief purpose of ot existence I and anc the greater part of ot the time Ume of or Jh the fhe people was spent at the thc baths In luxurious luxurious ous appointments the baths of ot Rome am and I Athens Athans ate are not surpassed by the mor most modem establishment There are Improvements improvements Im- Im pro In plumbing since then of course but even en the million milon dollar baths of some of oC the modern cities are not more moro splendidly equipped Public bathing In Rome declined contemporaneously con con- with Ith the morals of or the nations When cn tho the women had separate baths all ahi al went well wel but as a soon as separate separate separate sepa sepa- rate baths ceased to exist decency was wasso PO so often oten offended that bathing fell feU Into ill I repute among the tho few remaining Romans Romans Remans Ro Ro- mans who still sUU held that virtue was a athing athing thing to be desired It I is Js told toM that one on of th the Roman queens pr preceded ceded a a. certain tam tain French actress by bv leV several rR thousand nd yea years In the taking of milk bah baths Sh She kept five hundred she asses for the f sole le purpose of furnishing milk mik for her baths and ad they were tho most pampered animals animal In all 31 Italy Italy- Ialy It I Is said Mid that when bathing was WM In the height of Its Is popularity In Rome it required two hund hundred d million milon gallons glons of water a a da day to supply the de demands de- de manila mands of the baths One of the earliest forms fors of or bathtub WAS was the slipper bath bath- It I was wa like a boot with a short to top to This boot was as filled with lh water of the tha de desired temperature and the bather bather could splash around a as much In It I as ho he pleased Benjamin Franklin was u a firm nr believer In fn the efficacy of medicated medicate baths so r he had his slipper sUpper tub so 80 arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged that he could put his books bok am an papers o on ot the Instep of ot the tho boot and reed rear read aside during dining for tor the bathing three hours a day that he sot st I. I Another early earl tor form of or bathtub was th the sofa tub tub and still tl arother Bother the wave tub The Tho latter later tub was wan mo mounted on rockers and was so arranged ed that the bather could rock to end and fro thus fro causing the water to simulate the thc motion of the surf surl at a bathing b beach ach The material oi of ni which bathtubs bathtub are arc made has varied varod sd sd i widely l an DR has their shape At one time It I was planned to make them of or molded glais But after thousands of dollars dolar had bad been sunk In trying to perfect the method moth meth od It 1 was wal given up It was wa later concluded concud- concud ed that indurate fibre was as the thing but when It I came cam t to a test under actual working conditions It was found round that th this the fb fiber r. r 50 so o perfect In o other her ways would tI twit t and warp In such ruch a way that a anew anew anew new bathtub was WI needed almost every neede 51 Saturday turay night ever The n fiber r tub was followed folo ed b by the mar ble tub but this was as so 50 expensive as DS to be he within the reach rench of only the well to no do So Bo So It I was wn displaced by the wel tub of zinc and tin Un This In turn was wan wal set et aside aside for the m modern porcelain lined Ind tub and th the inviting whiteness of o this kind of bathroom fixtures s Ila has been more re p n- n sIble for tor the te growing rate rte of plumbing installations than any other cause Tho magnificence of or some of or tho the modera mod mod- era ern m bathrooms In costly bat roms COIt private residences r al rivals that of or lh the bath of a There Ther Is III Mid said ald to b be b one bathroom in the city of N Nsw w York that cost ost ten ni dollars E Every r kno known n plumbing appliance Intended to promote the tho convenience n of the bather Is ISI to be be found there and Is made of marble sliver siler and tho the most expensive tiling There Then are ant tub hath baths shower er baths bath needle baths bats elec baths and sun baths nil all al in this one ona room The Tho The progress of the plumbing In Industry u to Is Ig told In the tory story of the tho etymology of dolog the plumbing It I originally meant a 1 worker In fn h lead ad and lend lead pines were tre to h be found everywhere that tho the plumber finished a Job But ut the lead lel pipe has given Riven way ny to Iron Irn pipe and even that once one thought to be necessary evil the putty Dutty Joint IB is being to to the limbo lim him bo ho of things thing which outlive their useful ness nes The Tho r has has been hern pushing forward forward for for- w ward r rapidly in his promotion of sanitary sani- sani tary science r In 1 Paris PrIa about Abut the only W way to get tt water above the tre first floor Is by the use of or th the old fashioned bucket bucket One Ono who lives in tho average n private residence residence resi resi- dence buys bUY his bath There here are arc cs eS- eS where a t large largo supply of tubs tuba and attendants arc are kept When one wishes to bathe ho telephones tele teio phones phone to tho the bathtub establishment and soon a tub is Js on Its i. i way to o his I It I is brought In a little cart and the ho howater hot water for tor tho the bath Is 1 carried along with will wih it It When the cart arrives at the tho house the attendant puts tho the tub on his head hea hood fashion and carries caries It I up to the bc bedroom bed room rom of or the tho prospective bather After filling it with water he lie retires and calls call cals for the tub when the bath Is over The plumbing trade has enjoyed an ex expansion ox- ox In American urban communities that Is la almost without pr precedent In any trade trace It 1 is III said fald that th the tho annual output of the making factories plumbIng plumb plumb- Ing lug and heating supplies amounts to no not far from Many Iny a homo home that tha now rents for 3 30 39 a month Is better beter quipped eQuipped In the tue matter of or bathroom fix fixtures fix fix- f- f turcs tures than the home of a a millionaire arty years ago alO It I is said that Philadelphia has more b bathtubs per capita capia than any other city In th the United States There 1 Is no bettor bolter illustration of oC tho the modern plumbing equipment than th the saying that tha the luxuries of or ye yesterday are the ties lies tes of tomorrow Sociologists declare that thero thera is an Intimate relation between decar the the- well wen used bathtub and crime Just a as there thore Is between plumbing and public health cleanliness operates n against th the t tendency to crime Just lust as a sanitation promotes promotes pro pro- motes the public health I When Pr President n Taft came to the white whit house there wac weB a new bathtub put 1 In that was In keeping with tho the physical proportions of ot the chief magistrate Bu Dut what Is said sid to bo be the largest larget bathtub I In the tho to world is to bo be b found In the home of a wealthy citizen of Seattle It I Is so large larg that a picture taken of or It hows shows on ons man in each corner with room enough be between between be- be tween them for tor as many more men to b bo be seated The Tho American plumber hn has been ben muc much berated because of or cha charges es anc and now the recently organized plumbing trust probably will wi call forth na now an and more moro bitter biter But after al all al tho the American plumber Is a a. person for a an all Americans to be bE proud of for of-for for there I Is none other like unto him In all 11 the world work Anyone who has undergone the shame sham and humiliation of witnessing his bathtub bathtub bath bath- tub and bath water brought Into his bed bedroom bedroom bedroom bed bed- room by Iby an English serving maid mald anyone anyon who ha has haR tried to solve the mystery of th the Intricate combination controlling the Water water water wa wa- ter supply of ot that domestic aquarium which the erans Germans think Is Js a bathtub anyone anono who has been parboiled In Japan where bathtubs probably originated an anone anyone any any- one ono who ho has permitted a miserable dr drip drop to trickle do down n his back hack In hott hottest hottes st India India India-In In short anyone who has tried trie any other variety of ot plum plumber r on the to top topside topside side of earth must be and Is 19 forever foreve after the sworn s orn supporter of the AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- Ican lean plumber plumber let let him charge chargo w what at h he will 1 I Tomorrow Tomorrow Suicides Suicides |