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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1915 
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Care of the Bathroom 
{Continued from page 109) 
Another bathroom fitting which needs 
to be handled with extreme care is the 
towel rack. A rack attached to the tiled 
wall is never strong. Before a rack of this 
kind can be secured to the tiling it is nec¬ 
essary, first, to bore into the tiled sur¬ 
face ; into these holes, then, are placed 
small wedges of wood. Arid, finally, the 
rack is secured to the tiling by small 
screws screwed into these inserts of wood. 
On a rack of this description it is de¬ 
cidedly unwise, therefore, to place a heavy 
object of any kind. A different rest 
should be supplied for the bath mat and 
for heavy, wet towels. 
The bathroom floor is also an important 
thing to be considered. If it is a tiled 
floor, like the tub and bowl, it may be 
very satisfactorily cleaned with gasoline. 
But with this I find it very advantageous 
to use a good laundry soap. 
A rag rug is an excellent labor pre¬ 
ventive for the bathroom floor. A rug of 
this kind may be bought at any carpet 
store for a comparatively small sum. The 
advantage of this rug over other floor 
coverings is that it may be sent to a steam 
laundry at any time, and be washed for a 
few cents. 
In addition to the rag rug, if, as is the 
rule in most households, the members of 
the family take a morning bath, I find it a 
great economy to provide two bath mats. 
\\ hile one mat is sufficient in warm, 
sunny weather, if there is a stretch of 
damp, cold weather it is quite difficult 
to dry one of the heavy mats in twenty- 
four hours. 
Unless the mat is perfectly dry there is 
a musty, disagreeable odor about it which 
makes its use unpleasant. On account of 
this fact l always use two mats in rota¬ 
tion. This insures a clean, dry mat each 
morning. These mats, too, like the rag 
rugs, may be laundered at the steam laun¬ 
dry for about ten cents. 
All of these details make the cost of 
keeping the bathroom in a spotless condi¬ 
tion insignificant. And that they are well 
worth observing is obvious; for it is by 
taking care of these small details that the 
housewife saves much time, labor and 
money in the course of the year. 
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