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foot tubs with high overflow, we proved that no house is complete 

 without such a tub and a porcelain tub four feet square and fourteen 

 inches deep having overflow twice the size of inlet was especially 

 installed for children. 



Bathrooms had cork mats in brass edged insets, showers with 

 sprinkler and needle attachments protected by plate glass and odorless 

 canvas in preference to a rubber curtain, white enamel scales, mirrored 

 medicine cabinets set between the studs and several shallow closets 

 partially inset in the walls in the same way. Extra ventilation in 

 some cases was secured by fireplaces, also registers at base line con- 

 necting with the outer air. Tubs were fitted with rubber mats and 

 hanging seats. Nickel plated fire irons matched the plumbing. 



A third story bathroom was tiled with sheets of cream white 

 glass four feet square, and the same material made an excellent 

 shower shield. 



Electric Light in Chimney for Ventilation. 



My physician always kept a lighted gas jet in one chimney flue, 

 but we found an electric heater safer, more easily controlled, and 

 it warmed the air sufficiently for free circulation. An electric bath 

 cabinet, shampoo fixtures, sitz baths and bidets completed the bath- 

 room comforts. 



Sanitary Angle Toilet. 



In the basement was a sanitary angle toilet. Bathroom hard- 

 ware matched plumbing and lighting fixtures, and high leaded win- 

 dows added much to, and thoroughly screened these rooms. Where 

 two doors entered a bathroom, opening one electrically closed the 

 other. In one or two a high flush tank and pipe were concealed in 

 a near by closet, but the low white porcelain tank was generally 

 installed, as it is more easily inspected and kept in order. Later 

 all tanks were omitted in favor of the stop valve. Over the toilet 

 was a chair with hinged cane seat. In several cases toilet and bath 

 were placed in separate rooms. Barreled ceilings were used in two 

 bathrooms and in another an electrically lighted, stained glass elliptic 

 canopy where the domed ceiling centred over head. This, with 

 Pompeiian wall treatment and growing plants, made a luxurious 

 bathroom. 



Gold-plated bathroom fixtures never tarnish, are most effective 

 against a white background, add in appearance far more than their 

 cost, and should be one of the features of a fine house. One master's 

 bathroom was thus fitted, and in others expense was curtailed by using 

 white enamel tipped with gold plate. 



Glass was found satisfactory for the tops of dressing tables, 

 desks, towel racks, shelves, set basin supports and shaving shelves. 

 Several shaving jogs were built between two small windows, and 

 fitted with triplicate mirrors and electric lights, and dressing tables 

 in several rooms treated in like manner. 



