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BATH TUB STRAPS, 



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23. These fabrics may be recommended for this use on account 

 of their cheapness and water-proof quality. 



HAND SHOWER BATH. 



This is a convenient article, both for families and for travellers, 

 and is designed to be used generally with the bathing mat. It 

 is made of gum-elastic vellum or elastic compound, distended by 

 a series of hoops, diminishing in size one above the other, so that 

 when collapsed, it shuts in a very small space, and is quite 

 portable. 



The article is filled with water by suction, through the sieve 

 at the bottom, which is made of perforated caoutchouc whale- 

 bone or whalebone board. See plate , fig. 17. 



SPONGE BAGS. 



These are made of vellum, tissue, and drapery. They are 

 much cheaper, if not far preferable, to those made of oil silk. 

 They are the more convenient on account of the mouth being 

 closed by being shirred with an elastic cord, and may be recom- 

 mended as a useful article to travellers, for carrying sponges. 



BATH TUB STRAPS. 



This is a strap of elastic compound stayed goods, and though 

 a small article, may be recommended as a substitute for the 

 cloth strap or webbing, heretofore used at the head of bath tubs, 

 on account of its cleanliness, elasticity, and water-proof quality. 



