. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . d, including guests. rURNISHINGS A good bath-tub and wash-bowl are the most importantfurnishings. To these should be added, according to onesability, such items as shower bath, spray, toilet case, towelrack, massage table, sitz bath, and such other items asmay be necessary forgiving ordinary bathsand simple home treat-ments. All these itemsare not absolutely es-sential; for special ar-rangements may be im-provised when neededin ca
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . d, including guests. rURNISHINGS A good bath-tub and wash-bowl are the most importantfurnishings. To these should be added, according to onesability, such items as shower bath, spray, toilet case, towelrack, massage table, sitz bath, and such other items asmay be necessary forgiving ordinary bathsand simple home treat-ments. All these itemsare not absolutely es-sential; for special ar-rangements may be im-provised when neededin case of sickness. Butit is indeed a luxuryif all these conveniencescan be installed whenthe house is built, soas to be ready whenneeded. No carpet should benailed down to the should heavy rugsbe used which can notbe washed. Light-weight bath rugs are now made, andsold by all furniture dealers for this purpose, and theyare very nice to place on the floor as needed. CARE OF THE BATH-ROOM The bath-room should not be made a hat room, a clothescloset, nor a catch-all for brooms, mops, buckets, cleaningcloths, and dusters. These things should all have their. Sanitary Plumbing Bath-Room and Toilet 115 A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. proper place, that the bath-room may be left clean for itsown purposes. When doing the morning work, give a fewminutes to this room. Remove the soiled towels, and sup-ply fresh ones. Sweep the floor, and wipe it up, if necessary, with watercontaining a little borax. The bath-tub should be cleaned daily. This can easilybe done by going over it with a cloth saturated withkerosene, and then rinsing it out with hot water. Or betterstill, use Porcela, a powder especially prepared for clean-ing enameled and porcelain ware. Rough, coarse towels are better than finely woven ones;for they absorb the water quickly, and chafe the skin intoa healthy glow. We should as soon think of using note-paper with a high finish for blotting purposes, a
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