Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-10-25 | Page 7 | Historical Argument

1 Historical Argument I r 4 seems to to have developed a rather warm controversy as to to just wl when whet er the I bathtub came into use in iii America It Iti 3 i started first when Mary A A. A Clarke in ii The Ther I r Trained rained Nurse and Hospital Review discussed dis- dis t cussed the subject of bathtubs It seems that Queen Elizabeth had built f for r herself where I tin viii she doth bathe self once a month whether she require it or not Now Mary A. A Clarke says that this circumstance is not so surprising surprising S ing when we consider the first bathtub in ink k the he United States was built buiU in Cincinnati in 1842 It was made of mahogany lined with sheet lead and exhibited at a Christmas party rand and nd was denounced the next day in a local paper as a luxurious and undemocratic vanity This same writer also states that medical men of the time pronounced the bathtub a at t menace to the health But Joseph Jackson is takes exception with the writer in TheL The Jr L f Trained Nurse urse and declares declares' e lares' lares bathtubs were X c. c common in m Philadelphia in the early twenties I 5 t He says plumbers advertised bathtubs in Phil- Phil adelphia delphia earlier than 1842 In fact the wa- wa J i committee of that city notes that 1530 baths kaths were receiving water from the ky v kill waterworks on December 13 3 1836 v J j The fact of the matter is t the e modern g Bathtub so common today had to wait the I f of modern waterworks for cities t f Until this was accomplished and sewer ems installed the modern bathtub had to wait There are plenty today who can remember a bath was as taken in an an ordinary wash wash- r f t nub flub Not until a convenient water supply developed in cities did the modern bathroom Sand and bathtub develop in homes i i. i