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Bath Room Fittings 
T tE combination of porcelain and 
nickel has been generally consid¬ 
ered most satisfactory for bath-room 
fittings, and towel racks, sponge holders, 
soap dishes and other articles of nickel 
that match the shining pipes and faucets, 
will make as attractive a looking bath¬ 
room as one could possibly wish. A new 
variety of bathroom ware has recently 
been introduced, however, that helps to 
solve the everlasting problem of how to 
simplify housework by the ease with 
which it is kept clean. It is a white 
enamel much like any ordinary enamel 
ware in appearance, but the foundation 
.is brass, and the enamel is applied by a 
special process that makes it as inde¬ 
structible as the brass itself. It is quickly 
and easily cleaned by wiping off with a 
damp cloth, and there is no possibility of 
its cracking or peeling as some enamel 
has a way of doing. 
All of the necessary small articles are 
made of it, including soap dishes of va¬ 
rious sorts, glass holders, with tooth¬ 
brush racks, hooks of different sizes, 
towel racks and shelves. 
After all the fixtures in one's bathroom 
are entirely a matter of personal taste, 
and whether racks, shelves, holders and 
other accessories are of nickel, enamel or 
glass depends on the individual house¬ 
holder. Glass shelves are considered most 
satisfactory by many persons, for they 
are, without doubt, sanitary and easily 
cleaned, while the glass towel racks, par¬ 
ticularly the newer ones that are finished 
with handsome cut-glass balls, are really 
quite ornamental. Towel racks of opal 
glass, with white enamel ends and brack¬ 
ets, are to be had for the all-white bath¬ 
room, and white celluloid holders for 
bottles also add to its attractions. 
A new piece that has various uses is 
quite good looking and especially service¬ 
able where space is limited, as it is apt 
to be, even in the most carefully planned 
houses. This is a glass shelf with a 
nickel holder for a tumbler at either end 
and a nickel towel rack underneath, all in 
one piece and occupying little wall space, 
while another space saver is the narrow 
glass shelf with metal fender for holding 
a set of labeled bottles of uniform size. 
Fittings for the tub include everything 
that could possibly contribute to the com¬ 
fort of the user. There are the non-slip 
mats of corrugated rubber to be placed 
on the bottom of the tub that are quite a 
necessity with the big, slippery porcelain 
tubs so generally used; the white enamel 
seats with curved ends that fit over the 
sides of the tub are a decided comfort in 
The new white enamel fittings will not crack or peel 
and are easily cleaned 
taking a foot bath, and there are even 
head rests for lazy people, made in the 
same way as the tub seats, but in place 
of the wooden seat there is a broad band 
of webbing that supports the head while 
lying in the tub. Soap racks of va¬ 
rious sizes and shapes in nickel or 
enamel, and nickel sponge racks of gen¬ 
erous size are blade with curved handles 
that fasten over the side of the tub, but 
quite the newest accessory of this sort is 
a soap dish made of celluloid that floats 
on the water, and is consequently always 
within reach. 
There are all sorts of shower-bath ar¬ 
rangements, from the elaborately fitted 
up shower that is a separate feature of 
the bathroom, with its stationary over¬ 
head sprinkler, porcelain base and rubber 
curtain, to the newest and smallest con¬ 
trivance that has a sprinkler only about 
three inches in diameter attached to a 
holder about six inches long. This not 
only supplies extra force of the water to 
a small surface, but makes it much easier 
to handle, and there is an extra piece, 
made of rubber and perforated, that slips 
on over the sprinkler for use in massage. 
The mirror is, of course, an important 
feature of the bathroom, and for the 
comfort of the man who shaves it should 
be in a good light. In many well ar¬ 
ranged bathrooms there is a medicine 
chest or cabinet built into the wall, with 
an excellent mirror in the door, which 
opens in such a position that the light is 
reflected to the best advantage. Separate 
mirrors in frames of white enamel can 
be had in all sizes, and are doubtless 
most generally used, while for the bath¬ 
room that has only nickel fittings there 
are handsome oval mirrors with beveled 
edges and no frames, but substantial 
racks at the back, by which they are 
hung. 
Mirrors of good size, with extension 
holders that can be fastened to the win¬ 
dow frame, are ideal for shaving, and 
really a necessity when the stationary 
mirror is not in a satisfactory light, but 
quite the most ingenious shaving mirror 
is circular in shape, with an easel back, 
and has a small electric bulb inserted 
near the lower edge. The bulb is pro¬ 
tected by opaque glass which keeps the 
glare out of the eyes, and yet an even, 
steady light is thrown on one’s face and 
reflected thus in the mirror. 
In the way of actual furniture, a well- 
equipped bathroom should have at least 
a white enamel chair, or if, through lack 
of space or for any other reason, a chair 
is not available, there are stools finished 
in white enamel that are quite as useful. 
These stools are, as a usual thing, pro¬ 
vided with cork tips, making them noise¬ 
less when moved about on the tiled floor. 
An excellent chair for a bathroom that 
has but little floor space is made to serve 
as a polishing stand as well. The seat of 
the chair lifts up, showing various 
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