The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-09
MODERN coNvENlENcss.
Soae Handy improvements I'm House Fur
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There are some modern conveniences
that are rightly sAtired by Emerson a,
Inconvenience" All this undoub,-
sdly Is true Of the superfiuous station
Ary washstand, and in general Of any
superhuous plumbing. The intelli-
gence Of modern house builders reduces
the amount of plumbing as far as DOS
eible- No one who has lived in a house
In which there was a permanent water
supply and one where the water was
brought from an adjacent brook or
pumped up from = cistern that was
dry half the year is likely to condemn
even a superfuity of plumbing. 1t Is
becoming more and more the rule
rather than the exception to have a
permanent water supply brought
into the house from some noun
tain stream There are few farm
houses 50 situated that water can not
be brought TO the house and connected
with a regular system in the kitchen.
which will supply the family with hot
and cold water, a bathroom and sta
tionary washtubs. There are thou
sands of farmhouses already supplied
with water run in pipes from some
cool mountain stream. W ho never think
OF the possibility of q bathroom, sink
and stationary washtuba To some
families the cost of these Improve
ments' appears 10 make them prohibi-
tory. Yet IL is not the actual cost of
the plain fixtures so much as the mis-
taken idea of what they will cost
which keeps so many families from
enjoying the comparative ease that
such arrangements bring 10 house
work. The Hibernian servant who in
Quires IL you have tubs in the house.
and replies with uplifted nose
that she could not come to yes"
when you answer in the negative, APP
preciates well the convenience Of those
laundry tubs. There arc very few
houses where water has already bee.
brought to the house where all these
modern convenIenceS, emitting the su-
perhuous stationary wRzh-stand, can
not be procured for seventy-fve To ono
hundred dollara This includes hot
and cold water brought TO the sink,
lsundry tubs aud bathroom The
pipes will be galvanized Iron. not lead,
because the foxrner can be put ia easier
without an expert wor kman than lead.
The work may be done at this price In
. thorough. vorkman5ke manner.
The slight knowledge necessary to
take care of the simple plum hing of a
house may be readily learned by one OF
the family, so IT will not De necessary
TO send distance In case Of break.
In fact, whore ordinary iBtelli-
gencs and care are exercised, and tho |
plumbing OF a house has been fairly |
done at frst accident. ara rare.
Frozen pipes stopped drains and the /
various mishsps that overtske house
hold plumbing are clearly tho results 4
OF eAreiessness in construction or
In the caro- of the pIp.a
I'm twenty-five years Of bousekeep-
ing said a housewife recently. II /
have never paid out . cent for cars-
lessness in regard 20 plum bling.
though most of that time have kept /
two servsnA" Her experiences would 1
probably Be the experiences al mos.
careful housekeepers- The fntrodac-
ton Of IRON piDAge has made plumbing
possible where once IL WA inapr.etlcs-
Die b>s1use o. scarcity of genuine
plumbers or lsad~uke,s IN remote
country oistricA-S. Y. TribuDe