Show BOSTON ONCE HAD AN ANTI BATH LAWI LAW no doubt it would lock shock many a of the h present day lababit inhabitants auts of boston the hub of the Uni universe verser to know that their city of culture cu lure and learning actually paned passed an orli ordinance nance alons along bout 1815 1843 forbidding the ue ule of of bath tubs except on medical advice however boston was not alone in its tight the llenin ell of the bath tub about this samp name time the leg of virginia levied a tax of 30 a year on all bath tuba tubs erected within the and very heavy water rate rates were ore laid on them in 1813 the corn coin men mon council of philadelphia considered an orl ordinance ivance to prevent any such bath ing bet betteen ireen november and march and the ord liance failed by only two otee otes to mod of us thia this resentment of 0 the then colern bath tub upon the part of our an estors leas less than eighty year years US sounds like fiction yet the facts in the caie cate prove that our relation relations were nil all wrought up over thi this new fan fin aled contrivance that waa was thought to be injurious to onea ones health the trouble all started it seems liu hu to ua us now back la in 1842 when adam thompson a wealthy grain and cotton cotta dealer of cincinnati returned from roni london with the idea and had local cabinet maker coni ton a abath tub in his hi home the tub built of mahogany measured seven feet long and tour four feet wide it was go so heavy weighing eig hing 1750 pound pounds that it was necessary t to strengthen the floor of the room lit which jt it stood modern plumbing of course was unknown in adam thompsons day dart so be he bad had to erect a large tank in his attic to keep the bath tub applied supplied vitt with water and it took six men to keep the tank pumped full and then thompson faced another difficulty the water iras was toa too cold for winter bathing so he arranged a coil of pipes in the chimney so that the heat beat from the large grate fire carmeil warmed war meil the water sufficiently to make the new sport comfortable and pleasant thompsons bath tub created a wide i pen discussion in the Cinelia natt pa pera pets ai as well as those elsewhere elie where as to whether it was dangerous to health many doctors were sure la in their tate statements ments that tit it invited rheumatic eer e er and inflammation of the lunge lungs 11 until 1850 the white houe house did not contain a bath tub in that year mil lard fillmore who had seen been mr thompson thompsons tub in cincinnati invited bids for a white house bath tub it was mad made by harper and Philadel philadelphia pLia of thin cast tro iron k tie tub remained in the white until Clete cleveland lind becar Bee alue prvul 1 I dent aheu w heu it as a by b a awre modera modern one it is i interesting to antl chrt within t twenty w en t r y year e a r s af after t e t adam T honiton ho ap h hed ad i introduced n tr d u e ed t the h e babil bart lat aall tub t lon A ra r ie teal neatly every hotel IB in nw now lotic lork i as i loudly one anti uma some had three contributions cobitt gutlon hut lon to the collect lod ti of the european relief council for or the luni xii chil children dreas relief funt nn are r ex from ta tAtiOn and aa lity be deducted from income ta return re c cording corili iii to a r u I 1 I 1 n Z that ha baa as been leen inide by th office ot of lat in t erual or I 1 situe tu 41 |