Show af ar alone f pip 0 F t 11 4 K 4 L 4 t e Z 4 41 0 V Z 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON HI 11 oti off er day a newspaper para 6 grapher observed that this Is the hath bath tub age two decades ago amer icon ican fam I 1 es were fortunate who owned a bath tub now they provide baths for tl air birds baths for the dogs and cats and enthusiastic gardeners nard ard eners are even bathing their 1 I lants to get rid of germs tl it men ace plant life it was I 1 ro filly during tl 11 ose two ri decades tt tl at tl e an tradition of tie saturday night bath bith nig ilg a n alich feb Is pet perpetu abed today mainly in tl if e for coira in of j eel the bathing hab ts Is of acetic annei leans ins as reflected in it tie e observation quoted above I 1 tave ave ren lerel ere I 1 it dobso lete there Is another abott er tr tra altion I 1 lion rel tir tit to bath tubs and batting h vever never which Is firmly believed in by mai mat y ai at that thit Is tl it e poi pol u lar jar bel ef that tre bath tub aas as invented in 1840 18 to by a man name adam adim Tio tt on apson wao lived in cincinnati and that tl if is wealty v re res dent of tl if e ohio city sin ply bowled over I 1 Us Is ne ga I 1 lors ors b by y installing a station stationary iry tub ii ith alun plumb b ng such as we know it today the only trouble with tt at story is tl at it was all a fake conceive concen e I 1 in tf tie e mind of tl if at c cn n c cat at commentator on an erlein abets aid ai d oust cust ins henry L od ed tor of the it eilean tier ater curi in 1916 wrote an article for a new I 1 bork orb newspaper in which ie I 1 e aser bed it tie e invention of the bath tub to tl TI on p pon on and praised him for Ms its invention tte tle story was taken viken seri bously and to this day even though mr mend en in recent y bears ears confessed tl at tie story was a hoax many people believe it Is true and there are standard reference works wl ich felt state that adam tl TI ompson of ill dinst installer install ille el I 1 the flet modern bath bith tub in america in 18 rc A well known M in this country recently repeated tie tl TI ompson story and also told tl ti is one which may or may not be equally phal practically every n adern hotel today has a bath for every room and cleanliness lear illness has become such a fetish in amer america ica that in iny n adern homes are built with a bath tor for each beir heir on oil yet it is only years ago tha an ireve jackson had a crude tin bath tub renio removed ed fr in if tie e atte V I 1 lie house so if flat at ti tie e p onders wi alo 0 ha hal I 1 elette I 1 him would M not be offended by tl ti is en evidence evi I 1 lene lence of d difidi i till fled living and find condemn hit bin i as undemocratic 1 ahe I he white house tub was staff sim ly an oversized wash basin to wh wit ch water I 1 ad tit to be carried and was wis installed by mrs airs mad alad son at out 1810 As a matter of fact bath tul s w ere used in this country even in airy war days studies of primitive civilian ns sl v lot all people who ha hal I 1 any an degree of development had sanitary facilities and it is only n ituria to as sume that the american col gave nai lera lem tion to personal cle cleanliness inlings e even en if ta lev ev d dd d nt enjoy the 1 igl ly developer deve dee lopel plumi in s systems stenis which are found in mo lern tern homes in it lie e un ted led states As in many other benjimin Jn was a pioneer in the ddn advocacy icy of bat I 1 in an ani I 1 the use of a I 1 at ath h tub 1 en tl if ere were A ere no hath bath tubs in ameri american tn hon lion es and tt it e elemi custom was to ball e but seldom I 1 rani rint in aa was an air a alvo no cate of frequent ball ing ai fit I 1 t ok a rot tot t ill twice a week says a pass fee be in tl it e b h k it lie c amazing benjamin rr franklin c i I 1 lied fled and P pitted fled by J henry sniffle tr and find pul lesl cd by the frederick A stokes corm coral my iny recently recent iv one of the illustrations in that b k shows I 1 sit ting in a slipper bath si nilar tillar to the al marat arat bath tub illustrated above wl lie a boy Is I 1 eit e it ing water in kettles suspended from front a crane in an open fireplace near by elsewhere in the boot Is tl it e statement thai thit franklin also advocated and practiced air b bath bith ith ing and adams maint maintained affied that Pr franklin anklin I 1 was a victim of his own foolish theories about nr air bathini so it was tl at it the modern craze for air bati ing and sun bathing Is nothing new at all I 1 it was bly due to rr franklin s influence that the city of I 1 11 I 1 iadell I 1 la w is in advance of oti oil er cities in its s sanitary arrin arrangements so if mr had hid his fictitious inventor of the bath tub in 11 rather rither tl an in L C nein nati nail he woul 1 have niile n a e his story even more bel avable in tl if e late IS 18 Os pi pl ambers in PI ila delapl ia bath nils tills and tie of the vi watering committee of that city for 1837 notes that thit 1 50 bath bith tubs we e rec receiving ening water fro n the SLI U ua abill water works on december 13 1830 f ja j a t 1 ft f t SOA LMA tiow am V N alever I 1 lat ever it tie e it dite ite ot of tl e fi it t i se of a b bith ith tub in tit america fitly hive been nd nil it is d dj bt fill if tint flat I 1 stor icil first an ever he tonly detern debern ined tl e use of ti atis Is c or ritt er feces ty goes boil t if tte e beIn of the I 1 race I 1 lie I 1 e eirl eat re rd of b ing is foi tot nd in the I 1 r list n ireum it is IQ a lucal lutti u n of cru ie le I 1 alt all ti if gs in I 1 ur pein cives it is more tl tt in a i 1 11 II n beirs ag ago go rt ese i ill ii t n q sl w the men of tl it it peri pert 1 d I r inning ter agh i it tin log from i t ig into a cue TI tie e cities ot of I 1 labul ab I 1 n ai at d is la lad I 1 ad systems of munif ng v ter B catir r ms ins ere an in gnp p part of tj tie e 1 line wice of kit t minos of crete this h his ts been eci vatel and the rei ains slow sl ow tl it aln kins minos ei j ved tte tie finest hysten of plum pl ing knoon in tte tie in dent clent vs orld TI tie e greit moul who f his ei empire bipire ipire in ind a 1 roo 00 years before LI CI list consid ered lublic i baals bati s as importing Import int is colleas col lees in de net el p ng ni fit I 1 I 1 e breitel I 1 them on a great scale I 1 egyptians practice bathing beular ly even before kiil tl it en cri at aid 1 I in freece lycurgus I 1 made nil hit self elf finious a the first addoe advocate ite of the cold bath n wl I 1 en ell I 1 te e forced his an art v of shirting Spir ting tins to plunge into the river eich morn i stone bith tubs nere used in fiette of tl ti em w ere d ei ed at the s te fe f if tie e olympic games where they were i r I 1 bl used by tl e ath letes fetes who took pirl pirt in if tie e contests tie tl e in dern atilene antl lete vho aho tikes a st after titter a contest is thus adt ering to a tr tri N I 1 tion lion n ore tl ti in an two tl it ou sand years vears old I 1 lie I 1 e kon ron jn an ball balls s are bt 11 sa nona in us with luguri in n re lity tie lee e I 1 it ills Is v were ere I 1 fitlin ill in col nies TI tie e firest ere I 1 i sq i re mile an I 1 act acc i in 3 t tillers ill ers it e time I 1 eaf les hot and cold baths tl it ese ee c I 1 i i ies were pr vile I 1 nith with per J ring roon s desein sein r i i s s if 11 i ing bools 1 lecture halls balls and eq for reat in some of tl if ese reit re it p alic h b ill tl q tl if e I 1 11 I 1 i nl tit ing MS is of bror ae and silver TI tie e till in tl tte e I 1 lone on e of if tie e ediel v I 1 lorn om r vas an ail el ib rite affair it cdx c il 0 le lei I 1 a wl wt ie le room n s i ken fl or lie ile valer nater iia is laiq hv bv tires fires ui der the 11 or I 1 11 I 1 ese ares w minnei irme I 1 pen perc litel pite I 1 in ie le d r h b once p I 1 e imn inin e below tie bith TI tie e I 1 I 1 in it I 1 i ig g fixtures were N ere ot of sol sold it 6 sistr 11 lt nn ml I 1 cen of g I 1 11 I 1 tie TI e b bills ill Q proper were inq mile le of n i ile ai at I 1 tier ebens ve h b old ns ng t ne tl TI ere w ere ho ven er in P me i any ii it if lil I 1 trial hial tubs tl TI esq it till I 1 q w vere ere airn cinel e I 1 fron s I 1 I 1 n title ill ie in binl I 1 ere dec lee by en ell hel be list i ent on their sl st les some of the ol 01 I 1 I 1 or in I 1 cuir t acis pi s w were ere von oil on en il 1 is fact w wis iq it d ae c pre I 1 1 I 1 r it ail a stu iv of ti tip e plumi plum in it 1 en in use rise I 1 HP I 1 p I 1 I 1 it I 1 ers I 1 id a if t 11 i hit bit f in i icing tl it cir n i eq i all let leil tile aie they u used ed son gone e of pile e N h r alstin if th femi feml if tie n mes TI tie e i if tion lion f I 1 a I 1 pit p c ti tie e der of it tie e r rl 1 i 1 in I 1 er it t is de dc rive I 1 from the I 1 alln iv r rl I 1 I 1 I 1 i 1 rl rk ellch A I 1 ich lite literally ralty means a w iler tier li in lei I 1 I 1 ven to lav jai leid Is used extensively b bi plu pill in installations TI tie e early Un if istian del der i 11 i pt pit b bethin bi athing thin il it n tl ti e other luxuries of it 1 air i re let leess ess rs isi si belli of spain it is rel re arted t ic bit b it two bill Q in all fill of her life and e even en 10 ye beirs irs u alo tl if ere was but ore beitl room in fit all ail of it tie e miles of I 1 al at ace wl ich leb I 1 0 ased cati call enne erine the greit ol 01 0 eursla henry IV of founded foun led an order of cliv chiv hiv airy alry known as the or ler ter of tie ie L lith 9 th t ind and lites for aan assion to 1 I I is order wei e i red to t ke balls bat s as part of their investment with knight hood A bath tub occue es a prominent place in tl ti e history of tie french teo luton for it was in ane a stat tl at jean paul A arat atas as slain in june 1793 17 mirat bi bugl t the do vilf ill of his pel pol enemies the among the sa avni n I 1 all liers li ers wis a oun airl win mix f I 1 cl if lotte eliy ste sl e r cebie I 1 tt it e I 1 1 I 1 I in t assise bating mant SI S e e illel ille I 1 t vice i it t I 1 s I 1 iris lence but e in ch tile tiie ste st e wis refael nillon al almis sinn altrath 11 is si qt for i fi it i n i H sa s1 slin in d else and ext ei fence hid tl ai ack t I 1 uni im tl it ti tie e p in f fr r if I 1 is mat trial dv dy would uld he relieved if I 1 e sil in a I 1 oi or 1 anh fill on one anio he w wis is s fling in I 1 I 1 is IQ b hith fill tl ti b 7 lie 1 e tt tib b resen hied bled a lare st oe TI tie e I 1 bithers ither s feet went ii it to the toe pirt hie he s I 1 I 1 in the heel beel immediately hel bel w tl tie e beef wis w is a am ill tire box t lich ich was isel in lp I 1 aitu atlig tte 1 ill r s water IN hile al arat wis was in I 1 Is tub I 1 rl lie tie or nv billed bit ched tt it its I 1 is I 1 r all ni 1 alx t alel her wl lat at she nashed she t 11 11 i 1 ale sl e bil hi 1 r e vs regard ng I 1 lie I 1 e G ts he ile askel ahe I 1 I 1 I 1 er t tf on one e in 61 e entered ai at it d while he wis in tl ti e tub sl st e killed him with a knife sip rie was I 1 liter iter fred tr ed for murler aid guill gull tined sir hobert robert I 1 tel cel the p li if e minister r b tri nd nil once hi I 1 italian cr er fasi en ini of stin tilt I 1 a tub lit tit of a single 1 lee of wl ite lie n irl ie le tl TI e bicas n f tl ti Is c i i i assion was a vis vig t to it s q n naf n hv by queen victor i the in tul w flirt I 1 let vis cr ali live p feet seven inches long was used oily or ly ly tv tte tle ialeen f been in se sei I 1 PG G tl it p I 1 eel i nc n t v 4 rp moved f r a new bail bull 1 ing ng and find tie tl e t h was will sold at auction it w was as p iri in I 1 iced t v i I 1 I 1 if plumb ing n im tilt cacti lle I 1 e t I 1 1 S r ilot n leei I 1 eel t 17 r Q een V it torn torm Is fir removed fr i n i tl it e r es eq lid I 1 I 1 in I 1 ian an tie hapai ese bit tub Is IQ if 11 illy a ILI hn tit k ile II 11 e tt niter iter is aitel 11 ite 1 hv hi nita n i n of a i I 1 er tube having a gr meriting feri ting f r cl 0 ir il qi ill tit tt if e if tt it tit of it this tube ib 6 set in tie i i n i r it 11 tie tl e tuli till in r rier ter to s sive ive both v w itar in ml I 1 i il I 1 r roil oil tie JL t I 1 ese t ale if heir air tilt s verv n arr irr vv s q tt if it the b fibers i eitl er sit or kanpei ri 1 e w ur in a I 1 11 it tub is used by a nn her I 1 lelle e i ie M tie tt e f fir it ly hith bith is IQ ti t KIV i ly tl it p f if tier er the if if tier er tf tie e ct cl 11 iren and it tie e servings ser vints et edier ter it ir it lie tie or ler ter given A score or two of e tire stringers ingers to one another n iv he ei ext acte I 1 t use ta tie e san sine e viter ater I 1 eri aps tie jil J i rese u derived heir fleir lica I 1 la of wo len left I 1 ith tits f fi i in the 1 rut rai ke lite I 1 rev lent in the united states u ago of knasin 7 tubs iri fit wool woo I 1 in I 1 it qed se d is Ss blui I 1 I 1 ig i v is c u idere I 1 div an I 1 it w wis is I 1 I 1 lien en as t i net as I 1 M ss sq I 1 lie ae il 1 s arr in ineil en ent I 1 i 11 I 1 two d 9 fr fit a purely s ill try view I 1 int in tie first p re it tie e w I 1 will its arev ices fees deteen boiros ild ili be ken heft clean only with difficulty I 1 ern re tl if e sa s1 ce under tl if e nood was a bree breding ing pince for neri en in tie vo no len eni ent lit ill ot of v ue I 1 tow ow ever with tie geier gereral 91 use f ei er if 11 el ware rare T tie ae first of his lie tnie bt xi it LI 11 i v like feet fiarn wl ich it tt ev derive tl ti e if i e f claw foot ed tubs as it stev ev are known vin am ng t inn lun hers NN alile I 1 lie ta lie e claw I 1 lei left tub elli inarea the disadvantages f the w d eni sli sit er en i 1 1 lunah in it I 1 a i certain seri is iq drawbacks draw luks tacks rhe I 1 rin cli ell ie le of tl it ese wis lie tte fait fact hat flat tie tle balte u wiler ui der the tile tub col collece lefe tel I 1 dust it As this aple coul out I 1 he tean sed aly with I 1 minify it usell es ed tt it it a tub n u ia fc t be designed that did not have this fe feature iture I 1 ahe be industry accommodated them by I 1 1 tie built in tub I 1 ahe he sides of tl it is tub are flush to the floor it Is usi lilly pilly inq installed so thit ne tie side an ani I 1 eitl er one or both en ell la IQ are id jacent to wills I 1 veer never there are in aielt th hit thit it can be placed in the center of ro ms ins I 1 11 I 1 ese ele how bow ever are used oily 01 iv in very large hat bathrooms broms the modern tub his a flat both bott in so that tl it e hither w will ill not sli wl ile lie he be Is st indar g in it the hot but torn tom la Is tilted very ci slightly lightly bovard to vard the drain so thit tie tl e water 11 II flow out r api lly ily as soon 1 s the waste Is rele released aced Z by western newspaper union |