The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-24
WHEN A PARTISAN BATTLES.
The Difficulties He Encounters in Taking
Hot Dip.

The Difficulties He Encounters in Taking
Hot Dip.
When 4 Partisan takes bath. all
Paris knows it-that is, when he takes
hot bath The Partisan has Il hard
time keeping clean. That he suc-
ceeds so we'll is very much to his
credit. lie labors under the disad-
vantage of having no adequate sup
ply of water There is plenty OF
water in Paris. to be sure. and an
enormous quantity Of it is used on
the streets. All day long men with
lines of hose which are made in
metallic sections with flexible joints.
each section mounted on wheels. go
up and down the principal streets
and boulevards distributing water
with free hand. The difficulty is
not to get water on the street level.
but to get it above that level. and
after that the great difficulty is to
get it hot Al but the very newc.
OF modern houses in Paris have water
only Oh the street level. This water
is carried TO the upper floors of houses
in buckets as needed. This is true
not alone Of private houses, but OF
hotels of the older type. These
abound in Paris, and the comforts
they offer to the Traveller are almost
confined to the table.
Moreover. though water may be
drawn in any quantity on the ground
floor, there are no facilities for heat
ing water. A hotel keeper may put
kettle on the range and send up a
quart Of hot water to your room, but
when it comes to filling a Tub ne
would admit thatit~was beyond the
capacits-uT his establishment. Many
I Parlsians use the big lighthouses
along the Seine. In places these
houses occupy a greater part Of the
river. but if a Partisan wants 4 hot
bath he must turn to that time hon.
ored French institution, the perambu-
lating bathtub.
To the American wlp sees this in
Stituton for the first time traverSing
the principal streets of the great city
it is very mirth provoking. And he
will see it in almost any part Of the
city if he stays there long enough and
moves about the streets. for the bath
mans houses are distributed all over
Paris.
From the bathing establishment the
bathman goes forth in harness. This
is nothing unusual in Paris. where
we'll dressed men are seen drawing
small wagons of all kinds. The bath
man has two straps over his shoulders
and he stands between the shafts
Of two-wheeled cart. On this cart
is mounted a tank. On the tank
structure is balanced I substantial
hathtuh which is provided with cas-
tPrs. In front of the tank are two
large metal buckets and Il yoke. The
bathman draws this apparatus
through The streets 20 your house.
When you want hot tub. You
order one for particular hour of 4
particular day. The bathman comes
around with his apparatus ut the
hour named. He stops III front of
your house. and. lifting the tub from
the top of the tank, he put it over his
head like 4 hood and carries it up
stairs to your room. Then he returns
TO the street and draws off the hot
water from the tank into the buckets.
These he hangs 1T each end of the
woke which he carries acrO>S his
shoulders. and in this fashion lie con-
vcyS the water to the tub. When the
tub is full. he rctireS ard waits for Il
reasonable time for YOU. Then lie
comes upstairs and cnp:icS The tub
by means OF his hwclictS ard carries
the tub and buckets away. His pas
sage through the streets is an every
day sight to the Partisan and arouses
no Comment but to the stranger it is
Il subject OF great amusement.