Up-to-Date Bath-Rooms 
Illustrating cove base tile, with ceramic mosaic floor and the use of panels of tile on walls and ceiling 
bath - rooms is 
the baked clay 
tile. Tile is 
absolutely non¬ 
absorbent and 
germ proof. It 
is the most dur¬ 
able of all floor- 
i n g materials, 
because it is 
baked harder 
than marble, 
slate or other 
natural stones, 
and even the 
steel nails of 
the shoe, so de¬ 
structive of all 
other flooring 
materials, can¬ 
not scratch it. 
It can be made 
in such a vari¬ 
ety of form and 
color that it 
lends itself to 
the most artis¬ 
tic and decora¬ 
tive designs. 
As an abso¬ 
lutely non-ab¬ 
sorbent mate¬ 
rial all dirt or other foreign matter spattered on a 
tiled floor can be easily removed by the most super¬ 
ficial washing. A modern bath-room with a tiled 
floor and walls could be quite safely flushed out with 
a hose. In fact, tiling is now regarded as so abso¬ 
lutely essential on the floors and walls of bath-rooms 
that those who practice false economy by purchasing 
some cheaper substitute feel obliged to have at least 
an imitation tile, whether it be of paper, rubber or 
metal. These imitation substitutes for tile are 
Wall design for a green bath-room 
nearly always very unsanitary, because they cover up 
and hide dirt and dust which inevitably works its 
way under them. When applied as a covering to a 
wooden floor, they prevent the evaporation of the 
moisture and dampness absorbed by the wood and 
thus cause it to rot. 
But even the modern tiled bath-room is going 
through a series of improvements, which are making 
it still more sanitary and attractive. A few years ago, 
even a tiled wainscot in the bath-room was regarded 
as quite a luxury. To-day the tiling of the entire 
wall up to the ceiling is looked upon as necessary. 
Of course the initial expenses of a completely tiled 
wall is greater than wall paper or paint, but in the end 
there is a saving, because both paper and paint have 
frequently to be renewed, especially in a room sub¬ 
jected to such extreme changes of temperature and 
so much dampness as the bath-room. Another im¬ 
provement in the tiled floor is the adoption of the 
rounded or so-called “cove base” tile for the skirting 
or base-board of the wall. These cove base tile 
abolish the corners formed by the union of the floor 
and wall, and which become hiding places for dirt 
that is not removed by careless washing. The 
rounded tiles are frequently called hospital tile as 
they are used extensively in these institutions where 
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