GAKDEN BATH HOUSES 



the swimming pool began to grow in popularity, it 

 was seldom accompanied by a garden bath house. It 

 was thought to be sufficient to provide the pool, and 

 surround it with decorative planting and sheltering 

 arbors and pergolas. When situated far from the 

 house, it could not be enjoyed by the household and 

 their guests without the inconvenience of retiring to 

 the privacy of the home in wet garments. 



The garden bath house has changed all this, and 

 now the really practical swimming pool is accom- 

 panied by commodious dressing rooms where the 

 members of the family and all their friends can 

 disrobe on reaching the sporting place, and where 

 they can remove their wet garments after leaving 

 the pool. For the garden planned for the enjoyment 

 of children, rather than for mere display, the big 

 bath house adjoining the swimming pool maEes it 

 possible for them to entertain jolly parties of neigh- 

 boring children without "cluttering" the well-lEept 

 home with wet bathing togs. 



A Wyncote lawyer was one of the first to recog- 

 nize this necessity for suburban youngsters. One 

 would not have supposed that a busy lawyer, with 

 his time well filled during office hours, and a 

 splendid country seat to occupy his leisure moments, 

 could find time for this form of philanthropy pro- 



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