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use of which does away with the necessity for 

 them. If one must choose between the two, the 

 washing machine will be most useful ; but if one 

 wishes to have laundry tubs also, they come in 

 porcelain, soapstone, granite, and wood, the 

 latter being the least desirable. 



If the water supply be limited, as when a 

 tank is supplied by pumping from a cistern, 

 the hot water boiler, the bath-tub, and the 

 stationary washstand may be arranged almost 

 as easily as when there is an abundance of 

 water; but it may be necessary to substitute the 

 dry -closet for the water-closet. 



When no tank supply is available, and all 

 water must be carried from a cistern or from 

 the well in the yard, the cost of plumbing is 

 very small and the discomfort very great. Warm 

 water must be supplied chiefly from a reservoir 

 at the back of the range, thus making frequent 

 bathing very inconvenient, even if a regular 

 bath-tub be provided. If, however, a cesspool be 

 built in the yard, the kitchen sink, the slop- 

 hopper, the bath-tub, and the laundry tub may 

 have waste pipes to it. Such waste pipes) vsave 

 just half the work, for the water has to be carried 

 only to the fixture, not away from it again. 

 It thus seems worth while to have the fixtures, 

 even though they serve only half their purpose. 

 A slop -hopper with pipe to the cesspool, on the 



