The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

breads, creana sauces. napery, glass
that figure on every American WorK-
mans table. the crown couid not tne ,n
produce, and 0s as to baths, gas. rail-
ways. electricity, autos, balloons. they
wero not SO much as dreamed OF.
BATHS.
After tho Roman occupation NJ BATHS ias,l n
England seemed to have pracli,c say
sion re- established them in the japan
ned Iron tub form that Is far more more
convenient: II far ieas artistic: sh az
the tiled freseoed heated iw9ry ,bo sel.
ders OF the sixth Legion introduced.
into Britain as effectively as the most
fluent OF our modern drninmers does
his rhs I Sui an Ppon atey they
have long been so under tremendous
difficulties Only the national energy,
indeed, would have been equal to tho
problem ofbathlng nation alton Kin IN t seps
over the country by long-suffering SER
wants Forty years ago there was
scarcely house in L or, d,aay with 1,n,a a
BILE slavey placed rubber or. tin TUBS
in each room with two or three cans a
Of cold water, and announced ina.
sir,s and having laid down a bathrug
and pIentifully supplied her master
with towels and soaps and flesh
she noseeafslly
matters were even worse. for not hay
| Ing cleanliness so much at heart as
the English. they didn't battle except
! on great occasions. AT one OF the
s ssse so,s' Iad ~ Who had been supplied
with one small Jug OF water Tor her. r,
self and her daughter. rang the bell
and asked for more.
The trim little French maid who who
fectly astonished at such demand
MADAME had already been given q
full jug of water and two towels, see
ing that she was like all the English;
mad probably, about taking the bath I.
tween the English and the American.)
When mademoiselle firmly insisted on
shoulders and said. MADAME must be
very dirty" (Madame dot t.t etre s bisn
| two long flights Of stairs and across
the other side, that furnished all the
water for. that hotel and presently
reappeared with the small jug AGAIN
filled.
Madame Campaus' School.
When that great genius Napoleon
for relaxation, planned the rules foi
Madame campaus fahionap psat se deo n
zone pint of water daily for each pupil.
inasxibility used iii.
! What would one OF our spoiled girls
howl would go. up from parents, pu'
pills, teachers. friends. If 1t We're en-.
forced at any school in these United
States! In early days IN this country
we were badly off in these matters
ourselves. We are only now getting the
bath tub all over the country. We are
| putting Cuba and the Cubans, the Phil.
| ippines and the Filipinos. Hawaii and
the Hawaiians into, 1t too. much ia
relish the process nor recognize the
necessity. "Put people in the bath tub
says an English statesman, and YOU
can carry them anywhere" So wha
may we not expect from these races
The Wash Stand.
AT the London Worlds Fair OF g.
delectation OF the English nation
synonymous, two Frenchmen gazins
in rapt stupidity at an ordinary wash
stand.
What in the world Is that?" ask
Alphonse of his friend, who after in
speeting It Garenly r fr9w son P Pon
L can't make 1t out-some kind o
machine"
Bret Hnrtc.
We all remember Bret Hartes pict
, ures-great, historic pictures, they arc
too. OF the California mining camps
. and the Luck of Roaring Camp.
|, where, as the mail rider who visite,
t them once a month reported. strang
things Were done; 'for all the me
. washed their faces and hands once
, day, and worshiped a Injun Baby"
Hall OF Fame.
IT Europeans We're allowed to SO
, UP the images in Americas Hall o
t Poe, Bret Harte, Cooper and Mar
! Twain, because they are SO distinct,
Enthusiastically and originally American
: instead of the Ellen W." this an
3 Jonathan Hale" that (by the dozen