26 FARM HOMES, IN-D00RS AND OUT-DOORS. 



farm-house now has its well-appointed bath-room, and so 

 may the little three-cornered "shantie," or the log cabin 

 of the pioneer, have its possibilities for bathing. If all 

 cannot command a special room with its ample tubs, 

 showers, douches, and convenient supplies of hot and cold 

 water, all can have at least the seclusion of a closet to 

 which it is easy to carry a basin of water and a sponge. 



A bit of a room might be built adjoining the kitchen 

 with a sliding or hinged window opening near the cook- 

 stove, thus securing warmth in winter and bringing the 

 " hot and cold water" within arm's reach. Then with 

 the addition of a bath-tub, or even a large laundry tub, 

 with a piece of rubber hose fixed in the bottom to carry 

 off water to the drain, pegs for hanging towels and 

 sponges, and a bracket for holding soaps and that better 

 than all soaps, a bottle of ammonia it is a bath-room 

 good enough for a king. 



A very good shower-bath can be had by suspending a 

 watering-pot from a strong hook in the ceiling, the 

 bather to regulate the showering by means of a string 

 attached to the spout. It will be found almost as satis- 

 factory as the portable ones sold in house-furnishing 

 shops. 



VENTILATION. 



In the country where the purest air can be had, it is a 

 pity to be denied the benefit of it. 



In kitchens and living rooms the air is generally pas- 

 sable because of the frequent opening of outer doors and 

 the brisk draught of cooking and heating stoves. It only 

 remains to see that the bedrooms are equally well treated, 

 and that too many pairs of lungs are not required to 

 breathe in the same apartment. The windows should of 

 course be made to let down from the top, as oven n small 

 opening near the ceiling of a room permits the escape of 

 foul air. 



