Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-02-17
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10 &ttdt lack OF COnycnlcnCcS TOT
comfortable bath This lack is,
perhaps, most felt in the summer
when the farmers work in the field
and housewives in the hot kitchen
make the need Of such refreshment
most imperative. In the winter the
difficulties arise Of finding warm
Iplace for the bath. The family
4 rooms are the only ones constantly
heated, and the fire is seldom an
arrangement for bathing in all the
| different bedrooms.
! What can be done to improve
those conditions? OF course, a
bathroom with hot and cold water
to turn on at command, however
desirable, it is not practible in an
ordinary farmhouse, but a bath
room without running water may
be arranged. / have in mind a
house with such room partitioned
off between the downstairs bed
room and the kitchen, and accessi-
blSfrom both. If a bathroom can
be taken off the kitchen, summer
kitchen or any adjacent room, this
would be the bestplace for it on &C
count of convenience in getting hot
and cold water The expense in
Cured need not be great, as the
cheapest kind of a partition will
answer the purpose, and its cost
will be more than repaid by con-
venience.
For fitting it up there are bath
tubs advertised by various makers
provided with faucet and hose to
draw off the water. One OF these
would be just the thing for sthe
country bathroom. If such a tub
cannot be afforded, atleast a wash
stand can be placed in the room.
If only a corner can be spared, a |
simple corner shelf, or two heavy, |
wire rings fastened to the wall, |
one above the other, will hold wash |
bowl and pitcher. The chamber
sets of agate ware are well adapted
to common use here as they are
light, easily kept clean and are UNI
breakable. Even if the little room
is only supplied with asimply furn-
ished washstand and a foot tub it
will be found very convenient as a
toilet room. A simple wall cabinet
to hold the supply of towels and
wash cloths can be made from a
small box.
For bath tub one could substi-
tute an arrangement suggested in
a farm paper some years ago. 1t
would be very little trouble or ex-I
pense. Simply provide four Stats
three feet long and two or three
inches wide, notched at the ends so
as to lock together in square, and
a piece of rubber cloth TX yards |
square. When the Stats are in po-
sition on the floor and the rubber
cloth spread over them, there is a !
shallow vessel yard square in |
which the bather stands and APP
plies the water from basin on the |
stand at his elbow When the bath |
is over this ''tub" can be emptied
by gathering up the three corners
and hold the fourth so as to form a |
spout by which the water is poured
into a bucket or slop jar. The Stats
are unlocked and set away in some !
closet or corner and the rubber |
cloth spread over chair to dry.
This furnishes very convenient
bath outfit.
The easiest way of heating a
country bathroom is with one of
those convenient oil heaters, and
when there is no bathroom the oil
stove will be found just the thing to
heat the bedroom for a bath. To
secure privacy : for bathing in
bedroom occupied by two persons
a screen is very useful. 1t should
be placed so as to inclose the wash
stand and stove and keep the heat
where it is needed. AS the screen
and oil heater can easily be carried
from room to room, it is, by their
help, easy to make coy bathroom