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Show "Tubbing Tubbing " " Had to Fightfor Fight Fightfor for Its Place in SunThe SunThe Sun SunThe The billitub b'1thtub b1thtub bathtub ' Benjamin Franklin I'ranklln Iranklln I'ranklin Iranklin ' ' introdueed In- In Introduced In Introduced - troduced trodueed to America was wa'3 wa3 ' imported importedfrom importedfrom Importedfrom from France rrance I'rance Irance ' It " was as known as a a"slipper a"slipper a"slipper aslipper "slipper slipper " " tub , " shaped like Ilhe a boot bootwith bootwith with \ \ lth a rilsed nlsed raised seat for tb tho tbd occupant occupantIn In the heel and a covering that bId hid bIdthe hidthe hidtlie the bn bather's bathers ther's thers ' legs from his own eyes eyesso , so ' > 0 he could conld { go fO about tho the work ot of otgethng ofgetting ofgetting gethng getting cienn clean with the utmost pro pro- proprIety propriety - . priety prlety Even Ben Esen B\ B \ en bO so s > o , . It Jt took toole a d'lringspirit d'lring dlring d'lringspIrit diringspirit ' ' spIrit to brIo6 brine brin ' ; ; this innovation lDnovaUon to toPhl1'l toPhiladelphia toPhllidelphl-i toPhllidelphl i Phl1'l Phl1l Philadelphia ' elphl'1 elphl1 ' - In 177 1775Another 1775 1775Another ; ) Another Anotber hero of the tub was Presi Presl President ' dent Millard 1II1Il.1rd 1II1Il1rd Milkird . Flllmore rmmorc Fillmore Tills ThIs ChIef ChIefrxecuth Chiefrxecutise ChiefExecutive rxecuth rxecutise : c occupies occuplcs i 1 a ' modest place In Intho inthe Inthe tho the annals 11unals of political polltkal achievement achievementbut , bu but t he \ wns was \ a the ono one " who "ho ho had the thecourage thecourage ihecourage courage to Install a re regular ular full sized sizedbathtub sizedbathtub sizedbathtub bathtub in the White House in lD 1850 ] 1850.He 1850He 8)0 80 : ) . ne He did dill it " with 1th a flonrl flourish < ; h that gave gavegreat gavegreat great reat impetus impetns to the bith't bitht bith b'1th b1th ' ' i 1 ' week fad fadth'1t fadt11at fadtint th'1t th1t t11at ' then was alarming the demo demo- democratic democratic democratic - - cratic people peoplc of the country11Umore's country countryI illmore's illmores 11Umore's 11Umores I ' bithtub b1.thtub b1thtub bitlitub . may not hnve have hnvebeen havebeen havebeen been the tbe first one ODe in tlie the White WhiteHousc WhiteHouse WhiteHouse Housc House , but hl his wis W'1S W1S was ' the first to be berecOlded berecotded berecoided recOlded recotded beyond dl&pute dlpute dl5pute dispute & . If there therewas therewas was \ as a tub in the mansion before hls his hlstime histime hstime ! time , Mr Holmes , for one , suspects It Itwas itwas Itwas was thrown out by Andy Jackson Jacksonthe , the pitnotic p'1trlOtic p1trlOtic patriotic ' ' Old Hickory Hlchory , " who whowent whowent whowent went through many battles and andstormy andstormy andstormy stormy political polltlcal cnmpilgns cnmp'1lgns cnmp1lgns campaigns ' without withoutever withoutever withoutever ever being bemg accused accuced ; of taking tahing a bathKansas bathKansas bath . -Kansas Kansas - Kansas City Times |