House and Garden 
every human device 
is employed to pre¬ 
vent the breeding of 
disease germs. 
Other improve¬ 
ments in the bath¬ 
room are made by 
taking advantage of 
the decorative prop¬ 
erties of tiling. 1 he 
somewhat glaring 
monotony of the 
white wall tile, often 
too suggestive of the 
hospital, may be re¬ 
lieved by the use of a 
colored border, or of 
panelling encased in 
colored glazed or un¬ 
glazed tile. The col¬ 
ored tile are just as 
non-absorbent, 
washable,germ proof 
and sanitary as the 
white glazed tile, and 
they are generally far 
more decorative. 
The colored or tinted 
decorative tile shows 
off to great advan¬ 
tage the modern 
plumbing fixtures, 
which are in them¬ 
selves an important 
decorative feature of the bath-room. When the 
bath-room is too long, too narrow, too small, or 
otherwise out of proportion, its defective appearance 
can often be remedied by a skillful use of a pattern 
in colored tile. T he floor of the bath-room is 
usually covered with white unglazed or vitrified 
tile or with ceramic 
mosaic. The mosaic 
work can be laid out 
in most artistic and 
appropriate designs. 
In the floor, as in 
the wall, there is no 
reason why advan¬ 
tage cannot be taken 
of the decorative 
properties of colored 
tiling. Designs of in¬ 
finite variety may be 
secured by clever 
combinations of 
varying forms and 
colors; while most 
artistic effects may 
be procured by em¬ 
ploying the several 
surface finishes, 
such as glazed, satin 
or dulled surface, 
and the vitreous or 
unglazed tiles of 
slightly raised design 
are frequently used 
for borders, and are 
particularly effective 
in combination with 
the smooth surfaces 
of tile generally used 
for the body of the 
wainscot or wall. 
One of the latest devices is the Roman or tiled pool 
bath, which is built down below the floor line as a kind 
of diminutive swimming pool. The expense of this 
unique innovation, however, will probably prevent its 
general adoption in houses other than those built by 
persons to whom expense is not a consideration. 
A modern bath-room with square, six inch wall tile to a height 
of seven and a half feet. Walls above and ceiling painted in 
flat finish oil colors 
Pond Lilies design for wall tile of bath-room 
122 
