The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-25
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washstands) from the bedrooms is so
general, from the sanitary standpoint.
that more and more attention is now be-
slowed upon our cid friend. the wash
stand, and its attendant fittings. A pro-
life cause Of malaria vanishes with the
set-bowl, and headaches and malodoreus
vapors are rare when the nuisance is
removed. 1t is unnecessary at this day
to CONNER on the danger of increasing
channels of communication between the
sewers and ones sleeping room. The
convenience of having running wat r at
hand is stin considered in some house
holds where 1t is an item of extra labor
to fill the pitchers and water cans and
empty the Jars again. But it is better
to be content with the bath room sup
plies if there is enc on each bedroom
floor, and to cut off communication with
sewer gas wherever we al
To begin with, the choice of a wash
stand is or should be governed by con-
venience. If your bedroom is of normal
size get a large stand. broad and deep,
but no higher than you require. 1t is a
strain to lift the pitcher high. If you
get one paved with tiles you will have
little trouble with staining of varnish or
the accidental dampening of the wood.
1t is not a good custom to nave a bench
beneath the stand on which to put the
jar for waste water. 1t is heavy work
dragging it off and on, and the jar may
be knocked against the bench. Best allow
it to stand on the floor or a rubber mat
or square of oilcloth.
The space beneath the stand can be
filled by a closet or drawers for towels
and wash cloths, spare cakes of soap,
etc. The back of h stand is high
enough to allow of a shelf, shallow, it
use as a rest for the hot water cans
If you hav no space on the washstand
for the heavy water jar, after pouring
water into the bowl, then the shelf must
accommodate the mug, SOAP dish and the
toothbrush receiver.
The ordinary pieces of the toilet set are
pitcher and basin, soap dish, mug, tooth
brush stand and waste water jar The
modern pitcher is large, capacious and
extremely heavy when full of water. The
newer shapes have a vase-like throat
rising above the swelling bowl The dec
grafton is often applied to this upper
space. 1t is well to have the decoration
fiat because flowers and simulated rib
bon bows and ends that stand out from
the surface are easily Clipped or knocked
off.
Fluted china looks pretty, especially in
the bowl. A f1uted toilet set would have
4ta rro u, &ha forx,1 r,tfl a hao1ad
edge, and the swelling contour of the
pitcher is fluted up to the straight throat.
The handle Of the pitcher is usually
decorated fancifully with a spiral twist
and a fattened space just where it joins
the upper rim. This is to prevent the
hand from slipping with the weight of
the jar. The Persian coloring of red
and lark blue is chosen by admirers of
Oriental effects. Willow green and white
is a cool combination. The less lip the
pitcher has the longer will be its nat
ural life.
The bowl is deep bottomed. and far more
steady han the ~old-fashioned shape,
which was wide of mouth. yet small. at
the bottom. The bowl resembles a deep
sided, 1at-bottemed pan. Inside deeora-
ton is usual. Some sets include a small
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venienee where two use the stand, on ac-
count Of the extra basin. but it's original
cause for being is hot water, which is
best carried in a idded Atins can; it keeps
he longer and is safer for constant ser
vice.
It has been well said thai the soap
dish is one Of the tests of civilized house
keeping. A good chambermaid will see
that no soap mud is left in the perfora-
tons of the drainer which forms the
false bottom of the dish. This article
has a lid, but the soap keeps better with
out one, because 1T dries and hardens
faster. A sticky soap dish is an abom-
nation to a good housewife. The thrifty
collect broken pieces of a cake of soar
and stitch them into a square bag Of
coarse-meshed tarletan. The only trouble
of this is that you may get pieces of
some ones else soap, which is not a
pleasant idea.
The mug or cup must have a strong
handle Like the soap dish it matches.
the toilet set in design and decoration.
The silver-topped long case of heavy
glass is used for holding the toothbrush.
HI oIdcr-fashioned cases are too short
to admit the handle. Another device is
a silver-handled brush, the handle being
detached to fit over the brush. 1t is
perforated with airholes. These fancies
are nice for travelling, but the tqeth-
brush requires airing.
A rack is fitted to hold tooth and nail
brush without touching each other. Here
they can air and dry off after using. The
old device Of a common bathroom holder
for family tooth brushes is too horrible
to recall without a shudder at the print
tive simplicity which took risks of I'M
known dangers that Turk in bacilli and
microbes.
Ones DENTS usually selects the kind
of tooth powder best for ones teeth.
Some of the pleasant-havored articles
injure the teeth. In case of doubt you
cannot do better than use the plain mix
ture of English precipitated chalk, mixed
with powdered orris root. It is as good
as any. and better than many.
Hard scrubs and foot scrubs have
wooden or ivory ~tcelluioid) backs. The
handles are convenient. Many people
prefer them to the rubber tootned scrubs
made like asfesh brush. Children are
fond Of using them, and 4 gift Of an odd
shaped sqynb is an additional incentive
to personf Scleanliness. After using the
scrubs m tNbe allowed to dry bristles
down.