HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1912 
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Especially in summer camp or cottage the folding bath tub has much to commend it 
A canvas bag makes a 
convenient receptacle for 
soiled clothes 
tion to its utility, the 
cabinet has a certain 
decorative value. 
While the smooth 
top will look better 
in its plain simplicity 
without being put to 
any particular serv¬ 
ice, it will be found available for additional “shelf 
room’’ upon occasion. Probably if one were to 
choose between the cabinet and the hanging bag, 
he would select the latter if the bathroom were 
small and the former where proportions are more 
commodious. 
Other dainty white accessories are the corner 
stool, the shoe polish box and the flower stand. 
As conventional chairs are out of place in the 
bathroom, even assuming that there will be room 
for them, the corner stool is a tasteful substitute. 
Its triangular shape permits it to flt into any 
unused corner without taking up any appreciable 
space. To sit down while putting on one’s stock¬ 
ings seems to be necessary in the absence of 
gymnastic training. As to the shoe polish box, 
at first sight one might be a trifle dubious about 
making anything so immaculate the receptacle 
of a substance so — shall we say “smudgy” — as 
shoe polish. Yet the whiteness of the box is its 
salvation, 
spot and stain 
■ be removed. 
The flower stand 
This form of portable shower 
is thoroughly satisfactory 
For growing plants in the 
bathroom a white stand 
is obtainable 
showing 
every 
which must 
is the 
only strictly decorative ac- 
cessorv considered in these 
stalled, should 
ture ? There is nothing in 
particular to “fix” it to. Ob¬ 
viously a portable bath is 
preferable where space is an 
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paragraphs. Plants, 
however, are now 
considered correct 
decorative touches in 
bathrooms. The an¬ 
cient Greek idea is 
enjoying a revival. 
Palms, ferns and 
rubber plants are particularly appropriate. Since 
this is true it is no wonder that the taboret illus¬ 
trated has been designed especially to meet the 
requirements. Placed by the window with its 
burden of greenery it adds a refreshing touch. 
Some one may say, “You are considering 
everything but the bath; sundy the bath is a 
somewhat important element in a bathroom.” 
To which we might reply that the bath is not an 
accessory, but a fundamental. No doubt a bath¬ 
room without a bath would be a very amusing 
anomaty. Nevertheless, it is conceivable that 
under certain circumstances, such a condition 
might exist. Consider, for example, some small, 
new summer bungalow, pitched in a retreat, 
which, however attractive, lacks plumbing' facili¬ 
ties. Often the rooms are limited to very few. 
Some cubby-hole somewhere must be reserved 
for bathing. Very well. Suppose we have the 
place, how about the bath ? Suppose one is in- 
it be a fix- 
The shoe polishing box need never 
be an unsightly object 
A triangular stool fits readily into corners and is an excellent 
substitute for more bulky chairs 
Upper and lower doors render the 
soiled clothes cabinet desirable 
