Show had to fight for its place in sun the bathtub benjamin franklin in produced trod to america was imported from france it was known as a slipper tub shaped like a boot k with a it raised seat for the occupant in the heel and a covering that hid the batteas bailees legs from his own eyes so he could go about the work of getting clean with the utmost pro even so it took a daring spirit to bring this innovation to philadelphia in 1776 another hero of the tub was pros I 1 dent billiard fillmore chief V executive occupies a modest place in i the annals of pol pot etcil ach element but he was the one who had the i courage to install a regular full sized J bathtub in the white house in isoo he ile did it with a flourish that gave great impetus to the bath bith a week fad that then was alarming the demoi cratic people of the country t rill mores bathtub may not have ft been the first one in ili the white house but his was the first to be recorded beyond bei ond dispute d if it there was a tub in the mansion before his time mr air holmes for one suspects it was thrown out by andy jackson the patriotic old hickory who went through many battles and t stormy political campaigns without ever being accused of taking a bath kansas city times |