The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-22
INDIAN SUMMER
AT WORLDS FAIR
"Little Egypt" Says One Can
Walk rs Miles a Day
AND NOT GET TIRED
DE scRlPTloN or OLD ENGLISH
COUNTRY HOUSE AND IT'S
PECULIAR BATHING FA-
ciLlTiEs.

Special to The Bulletin.
St Louis. Oct. 21.--Its wonderful
what lot of walking one can do here
at this Fair without getting fatigued.
| II had a pedometer fastened to me
think It would register twenty-five
miles a day. II walked this much at
home would be laid up for repairs.
October In ST. Louis is certainly
ideal weather, warm in the daytime,
with clear blue skies, and cool in the
evening. but not too cool to eat out
of doors or TO enjoy the night specta.
Gle. 1t is Indian summer" here and
am told that November is generally
as delightful month as October If
1t Is. the Fair should have six more
successful weeks. We came here with
the intention OF staying two weeks and
John declared that we could do" the
Fair in a week But John is now talk.
ing of spending Thanksgiving here
wouldn't be surprised If he were the
last one TO leave
Old English Homes.
The rooms in tho old English coun
try house are all wonderfully beauti.
full and artistic with their satinwooa
fitments. delicate inlay OF rare woods,
silk hangings panelel walls. four-post
mahogany bedsteads. and tiled chin.
ney-pieces. but the room that interest.
ed me most was the bathroom Here's
a bathroom to delight the eye OF the !
unwashed. You don't have to climb |
into tub and climb out again, run
ming the risk of barking your shins OF
dislocatlng your knee-cap. The man |
who invented this contriyance should |
have been parboiled in one of his own
tubs.
A New Bath.
This bathroom In the English coun- |
try house is a modernized Roman /
plunge bath The bath. which Is oya, |
in shape is sunk into the floor and
entered by means of marble steps. !
novel effect is produced by hidden |
electric lights Below the surface of tn,
water The walls are covered wiz |
marble in alternate stripes of statuary /
white and pale green and above with !
plaster of fine finish. In the orna
mented ceiling are sunk electric lights |
Just why Americans should persist in
bathing IN tubs that are set on the
floor when we had the luxurious anG
sensible Roman bath to pattern after
Is a mystery Instead Of climbing ~
INTO tub that don't fit, why not walk
naturally and gracefully down into
arge and luxurious pool as the Rom
ans did?
Human Race Should Keep Clean.
Speaking of baths. If the future gen
clean it will not be the fault Of the ma
kers OF bath tubs and bathroom max
srs of this century will surely catch
them. In the Palace of Manufactures
there Is the greatest display of bath.
tubs and bathroom appliances ever put
together There are a number Of bath
rooms provided with every equipment.
that modern ingenuity and sanitary
science can provide ranging from por
celain sitzbath and layatory, eombin-
alton shower and needle-spray, to
porcelain enamelcd pool bath sunk In
TO the tiled floor,
Esths in German Schools.
In Germany. II seems. the public
schools provide baths and every dirty
has to be scrubbed whether
he likes It or not have no doubt
the teachers often wish the same prac.
tice prevailed in America. In Paris,
am told. the bath cart man" ped
ding baths from house to house. can
still be seen. This evolution OF the
bath is one Of the many interesting
of our. progress in civil
cation which are presented for the in
strnction Of the student In these
Worlds Fair exhibit palaces.
LITTLE EGYPT"