Modern Bathroom Accessories 
WHAT MAY BE HAD TO FURNISH COMFORT AND SERVICE AND ADD TO 
THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR BATHROOMS — CERTAIN ENGLISH IDEAS 
BY Lydia LeBaron Walker 
Photographs by tlie author 
T liE modern bathroom is 
somewhat of a tyrant. 
Its immaculate character pro¬ 
claims and protests against every 
spot. There is something dog¬ 
matic and insistent about its 
cleanliness. It has a psychology 
of its own, and the household 
must be on the alert to live up 
to it. If advances have been 
made in its decorative features, 
presented in a former article, the 
same is true to even a greater 
degree of its accessories. With¬ 
out attempting to designate 
everything that ingenuity has de¬ 
vised in this regard, it will suf¬ 
fice to take up a few of the new¬ 
est ideas that seem particularlv 
appropriate and happy in their 
conception. 
It will clear the way at tlie out¬ 
set to say that in the accessories 
the touch of color is absent. 
One must look for that else¬ 
where. All is white. It is onlv 
in the wall treatment, rugs, 
towels, etc., that there is any 
color. For the contrasting 
whiteness there are i)sychological and practical reasons. White¬ 
ness and cleanliness have come to be almost synonymous, and if 
cleanliness be absent white is its instant revealer. There is a 
fancy just now for having fixtures and accessories of white 
celluloid ; and, indeed, it is the correct finish for everything to 
which it can be applied. Large objects, such as polish boxes, 
taborets, stools, etc., now possess this finish, which is even more 
chaste than white enamel. The latest towel rods are of this 
substance instead of 
glass. 
If one's hands are 
not quite as precious 
as those of Kubelik, 
one is justified in 
giving them the best 
attention. Certainly 
there is something 
very inviting about 
the chaste daintiness 
of the snowy mani¬ 
cure lavatories 
which are now used. 
The little bowls are 
just large enough 
for one's fingers. A 
single faucet com¬ 
mands both hot and 
cold water. Slender 
supports further emphasize the 
note of daintiness. These ar¬ 
rangements are not only the 
newest but the most exquisite 
for the boudoir bathroom. 
Naturally many ladies prefer 
having the services of the 
manicurist at their homes, and 
this may readily be done when 
such perfect provision is made. 
To pass from the hands to 
the habit, from cuticle to 
clothes, is an easy transition; 
so we turn next to the new' 
clothes bags. The old-style 
clothes basket that has seen 
such long service in so many 
bathrooms, has never been en¬ 
tirely satisfactory. As a neces¬ 
sity it has been admitted on 
sufiferance. xA.t best it could 
hardly be called particularly 
sightl}’, and it had the addi¬ 
tional disadvantage of being 
too often in the way. IMore- 
over, the reaching down to the 
bottom of it and fumbling and 
tumbling soiled clothing pre¬ 
paratory to the family wash 
day, could not fail to be far from agreeable even to the best of ser¬ 
vants. The new clothes bags obviate these difficulties. As will 
be noticed, the round canvas bag is suspended from a neat cir¬ 
cular holder provided with fastenings. There are two bags. 
Wben one is full it is simply detached and sent to the laundry, 
the other taking its place. This method does away with any 
handling of soiled clothes in the bathroom. It is one solution. 
There is another new idea applied to the same subject. It is 
neither basket nor 
I)ag, but rather a 
cabinet, in form and 
size not unlike the 
conventional music 
cabinet. Spring 
doors in the upper 
and lower sections, 
open at the top to 
admit clothing and 
at the bottom to re¬ 
lease it. There is no 
further handling 
than simply to tum¬ 
ble the contents out 
on the floor. As in¬ 
timated, the doors 
close automatically 
and remain so when The English consider a waste paper basket 
not in use. In addi- a bathroom accessory 
A removable seat which may be hung in the bath tub is both conven¬ 
ient and practical 
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