Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-22
LOOKED AWEULLY TEMPTING.
The Notifying Experience OF u Young Lawyer
with q Portable Bath Tub.

The Notifying Experience of Young Lawyer
with Portable Bath Tub.
From the Washington Capital.
Some things look awfully tempting-on
paper-when served with sauce DiqWdHt in
| the form of neat and persuasive little
| picture. Such thing is the " Portable Bath
| Tub" and so it appeared TO a young and i'm
pulsive Washington lawyer recently He
was preparing for a summers stay in the
country, at place where bath tubs do not
form part of the belongings of a home. So
the possibility OF a portable, folding bath
tub appealed eloquently to his mind. 1t
was just what he would need. The picture
showed the thing resting with careless grace
between couple of chairs. In the tub a
joyous infant was depicted, Growing with de-
light and reveling in water bounded by the
rubber walls OF the wonderful tub. In
another compartment of the admirable,
well.behayed reservoir was shown an
older bather also having a good time be
tween the chairs. The young lawyer was
delighted and wondered "why the thing
hadn't been thought of long before"
he even regretted that the idea had
not occurred To him that an All-wise Provi.
dence had not permitted him to be benetac.
tor to that portion of the human race remote
from city water-works. He decided to have a
portable bath tub. Beinga prudent man, he
also determined to test its merits before ad-
ding the tub to the list of things necessary for
sho Lhci puAihs ulIIscll Inc
affair was sent TO his home and that evening
was set up between two chairs in the nursery
me testing com mmittee consisted of the young
lawyer, the wife and mother and the son and
helr-the latter of the bowling but unspank-
able age. Underneath the nursery was loca-
ted little gem of parlor, complete in all
It's appointments from piano to bric-d-brdc.
mere were no reporters present at the test
but the results leaked out In fact every
thing leaked out 1t was the most dropsical
m hat ooh
part in. At the end of the fun, the
dryest article in the house was the
portable bath tub (patented). Closely follow
ing the printed instructions the young father
rested the rim OF the tub on two chairs, filled
the aldermanic bulge of rubber cloth
with tepid water, and in the pretty little
lake he placed the baby. So far all was
lovely. The baby crowed just like the one
iA the picture, and the tub-like the colored
troops in the war-behaved nobly. The
mother was called to the pretty parlor and
the delighted father decided to join the revels
OF his boy and thus thoroughly test the
endurance ofthe tub. The sounds of aqueous
reveiry were at their height. The mother
below was telling of the new tub and father
ana boy were as happy as pollywogs in a
country pool, laughing together and freely
spiashlng the rubber cloth that was spread
over the floor. Even the centre of gravity
peiohsihg 10 the two chairs was disturbed
by the gayety of the bathera These useful
DTS OF furniture finally took an active part
In the proceedings, and, gently bowing for
ward, laid down on the portable bath tub.
Ihey were Intelligent chairs and prob
ably wanted to bathe their eight legs.
Then the happy home seemed to be
given up to the damp caresses of
water-spout In the nursery there was a
mineling of chair legs, hare legs, rubber,
soap, sponges, towels yells in high key,
ana swears in the bass clef, while the water
stood two inches deep. In the parlor there
was hIst heard "dull thud," then the trick
ing OF water from the prettily papered cell.
ing, and subsequently, the crash OF a hun
dredweight OF plaster upon five hundred
dollar piano. 1t is good place to draw the
ven. Ihat portable bath tub (patented) will
not accompany the family to the country
Inc family will notgo. The baby has the |
Group, the father sprsined back, the mother |
a a IuiI SET OF uisordered nerves, and the bill |
Tor repairs to family and home nave taken
nearly all the money saved Tor the summers
pleasure. The closest friend of the Young
lawyer would not dare to mention in the
iatters hearing the bsleful words, 0portable |
bath tub"