GARDEN BATH HOUSES 



are elaborate bath houses flanking the private swim- 

 ming pools where sea water has been piped into 

 gardens gay with tropical bloom. Whether one 

 studies the new types of elaborate bath-house archi- 

 tecture or the little old circular structures with 

 conical roofs, the impression is the same intense 

 admiration for the people who know how to make 

 the most of life by interspersing the daily duties 

 with ample time for leisure; and who spend the 

 greater part of their playtime in the most healthful 

 form of relaxation the enjoyment of swimming and 

 water sports. 



There are costly marble structures built on the 

 edge of marble-lined pools that afforded sumptuous 

 bathing places in the old Boman villas of Italy ; and 

 the visitor of to-day who finds that many of the 

 beauties of the old gardens have been destroyed re- 

 joices in the fact that the wonderful swimming pools 

 and their architectural bath houses remain in a 

 good state of preservation. 



Along the Atlantic coast, in our own country, 

 there are private bath houses of various forms where 

 the sea dip can be made practical without patroniz- 

 ing the baths of crowded resorts, and without the in- 

 convenience of journeying for a considerable distance 

 from the surf to the privacy of the home for the 

 change of clothing. Near the newer shore resorts 



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