Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-08
MODERN coNvENlsNoes.
some Handy improvements In House Fur
rishings.

some Handy Imp rovements In House Fur.
rIshings
There are some modern conveniences
that are rightly satired by Emerson as
Inconvenience" All this undoubt-
sdly " true of the superfluons station
airy washstand, and in general Of any
superfuous plumbing. The intelli-
gence of modern housebuilders reduces
the amount of plumbing as far as pos
sible. No one who has lived in house
in which there was permanent water
supply and ono 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 superiority of plumbing. 1t Is
becoming more and more the rule
rather than the exception to have u
permanent water supply brought
into the house from some noun
tain stream, There are few farm
houses so situated that water can not
be brought to the house and connected
with 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, who never think
of the possibility OF hatkvooa, sink
and stationary washtubs. TO some
families the cost Of these improve
ments" appears to make them prohibi-
tory. Yet it 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 to house
work. The Hibernian servant who in
quires If 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 are very few
houses where water has already been
brought to the house where all these
modern convenlences, emitting the su,
perfluous stationary wash-stand, can
not be procured for seventy five to one
hundred dollars. This includes hot
and cold water brought to the sink
laundry tubs and bathroom. The
pipes will be galvanized iron, not lead
because the former can be put in easier
without an expert workman than lead
The work may be done at this price il
a thorough, workmanlilse manner
The slight knowledge necessary t.
take care of the simple plumbing of {
house may be readily learned by one o
the family, SO it viii not be necessary
to send distance in case of break
In fact, where ordinary intelli
gence and care are exercised, and tn,
plumbing OF house has been fairly
done at first, accidents are rare
Frozen pipes, stopped drains and tn,
various mishaps that overtake house
hold plumbing are clearly the result
of carelessness in construction O.
negligence in the care of the pipes
I'm twenty-five years of housekeep
ing" said a housewife recently, I"
have never paid out cent for care
lessness in regard to plumbing
though most of that time have KEEP
two servants" Her experience woul,
probably he the experience of mos
careful houseleepers. The introduc
tion of iron pipage has made plumbing
possible where once it was impractical
BILE because of scarcity of genuin
plumbers or leadworkers in remot
country Districts Y. Tribune.