﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXV 
  

  

  already 
  achieved 
  in 
  this 
  particular, 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  

   of 
  modern, 
  open 
  plumbing, 
  have 
  already 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  the 
  way. 
  But, 
  after 
  all, 
  while 
  through 
  

   this 
  improvement 
  places 
  formerly 
  concealed 
  

   are 
  now 
  exposed 
  to 
  view, 
  and 
  subjected 
  to 
  more 
  

   frequent 
  cleaning, 
  the 
  essential 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  seat 
  

   of 
  decay 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  touched, 
  except 
  where 
  

   the 
  object 
  of 
  decay 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  unde- 
  

   composible 
  material. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  visible 
  

   trash 
  or 
  filth, 
  in 
  the 
  closets 
  and 
  pipe 
  enclosures 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  plumbing, 
  that 
  was 
  responsible 
  for 
  

   the 
  unpleasant 
  conditions 
  that 
  went 
  along 
  with 
  

   it, 
  but 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  moisture 
  condensed 
  on 
  

   the 
  cold 
  water-pipes 
  outside, 
  which 
  trickled 
  

   down 
  and 
  was 
  absorbed 
  by 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   wood 
  of 
  the 
  joists 
  or 
  flooring. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  

   moisture 
  thus 
  collected 
  is 
  never 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   make 
  the 
  wood 
  actually 
  feel 
  damp, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  organisms 
  of 
  decay, 
  

   the 
  moulds 
  and 
  putrefaction 
  germs, 
  which 
  live 
  

   in 
  and 
  upon 
  vegetable 
  matter 
  such 
  as 
  wood, 
  

   bv 
  being 
  constantly 
  supplied 
  with 
  this 
  small 
  

   amount 
  of 
  moisture, 
  particularly 
  under 
  the 
  

   stimulus 
  of 
  constant 
  warmth. 
  Now 
  the 
  latter 
  

   is 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  contiguous 
  hot 
  water 
  pipe. 
  

   These 
  germs 
  of 
  decay, 
  or 
  rather 
  of 
  odor 
  more 
  

   than 
  of 
  visible 
  decay, 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  bac- 
  

   teriologist 
  as 
  "anaerobic," 
  which 
  means 
  that 
  

   they 
  live 
  in 
  substances 
  out 
  of 
  contact 
  with 
  air 
  

   or 
  light. 
  The 
  effects 
  of 
  their 
  destructive 
  action 
  

   are 
  therefore 
  not 
  commonly 
  seen, 
  and 
  only 
  

   become 
  manifest 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  sense 
  

   of 
  smell. 
  

  

  The 
  complete 
  remedy 
  is 
  therefore 
  to 
  make 
  

   the 
  floors 
  and 
  walls 
  subject 
  to 
  moisture 
  and 
  

   warmth, 
  either 
  through 
  general 
  use, 
  or 
  through 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  water-pipes 
  pass 
  through 
  them 
  

   (as 
  described 
  above), 
  of 
  material 
  which 
  can 
  

   not 
  decay, 
  that 
  is 
  of 
  purely 
  mineral 
  matter. 
  

  

  Such 
  material 
  is 
  stone, 
  slate, 
  cement 
  and 
  

   burned 
  clay 
  tiling. 
  From 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  

   above 
  it 
  will 
  occur 
  to 
  everyone, 
  that 
  the 
  floors 
  

   and 
  walls 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  destructive 
  action 
  takes 
  

   place, 
  and 
  which, 
  therefore, 
  are 
  the 
  centers 
  

   from 
  which 
  radiate 
  the 
  influences 
  that 
  destroy 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  are 
  the 
  bathroom, 
  

   kitchen, 
  and 
  the 
  pantry. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  attractiveness 
  of 
  the 
  mod- 
  

   ern 
  bathroom, 
  through 
  the 
  luxury 
  and 
  elegance 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  plumbing 
  fixtures, 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  

   the 
  object 
  of 
  pride, 
  and 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  showroom 
  

   with 
  the 
  modern 
  housewife. 
  In 
  consequence 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  tiling 
  in 
  this 
  apartment 
  has 
  become 
  

   common, 
  without 
  thought 
  of 
  its 
  importance 
  in 
  

   the 
  sense 
  just 
  explained. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  accepted, 
  

   it 
  is 
  so 
  as 
  a 
  luxury 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  utility, 
  and 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  well 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  in 
  building 
  are 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  cut 
  out 
  superfluities, 
  to 
  consider 
  

   that 
  at 
  bottom 
  the 
  utilitarian 
  aspect 
  of 
  tiling 
  

   this 
  apartment 
  is 
  of 
  vastly 
  greater 
  importance 
  

   than 
  the 
  incidental 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Because 
  its 
  use 
  is 
  as 
  yet 
  so 
  indissolubly 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  in 
  people's 
  minds 
  with 
  luxury, 
  tiling 
  

   of 
  the 
  kitchen 
  receives 
  with 
  us 
  almost 
  no 
  con- 
  

   sideration. 
  And 
  yet 
  from 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  

   above, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  plain 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  

   place 
  in 
  which 
  such 
  material 
  should 
  be 
  applied. 
  

   This 
  is 
  invariably 
  the 
  case 
  abroad, 
  and 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  it 
  is 
  true, 
  you 
  find 
  habitable 
  and 
  com- 
  

   fortable 
  houses 
  that 
  are 
  hundreds 
  of 
  years 
  old 
  ; 
  

   while 
  in 
  our 
  country, 
  the 
  mansions 
  of 
  the 
  

   wealthy 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century 
  in 
  age, 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  as 
  fresh 
  and 
  clean 
  

   as 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  servants 
  could 
  keep 
  them, 
  are 
  

   turned 
  into 
  boarding-houses, 
  not 
  only 
  because 
  

   the 
  neighborhood 
  becomes 
  unfashionable, 
  but 
  

   because 
  the 
  houses 
  themselves 
  have 
  become 
  

   musty, 
  and 
  malodorous, 
  and 
  their 
  well-to-do 
  

   owners 
  want 
  to 
  build 
  new 
  ones, 
  abandoning 
  

   them 
  for 
  many 
  causes, 
  among 
  which 
  this 
  is 
  

   perhaps 
  the 
  least 
  avowed 
  but 
  the 
  most 
  cogent. 
  

   The 
  kitchen 
  therefore 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  above 
  all 
  

   places 
  where 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  economy 
  the 
  walls 
  

   and 
  most 
  particularlv 
  the 
  floor 
  should 
  be 
  tiled. 
  

  

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