The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-09


thought Il would cause a great deaf
OF sickness, and should by all means
not be used in winter
Within the memory Of some now
living, we are told that bOastful and
cultured Boston had an ordinau.e "a.
prohibiting bathing in the wiut y
except on the advice Of a phyHcaut
old Philadelphia came near passing
an ordinance prohibiting bathing
between November and May and
sedate. particular Virginia required
that It's citizens pay tax OF $50
year for each bathtub in the homo
or for public use.
But even the ancients bathcd tn
some sort of fashion.
The first mention OF Il in the BE
BILE is where we read that pharo8h's
daughter came down to wash herr
self and discovered the baby Moses
/ in the bulrushes. There are only
a few places where the word "b8the'
I and bath" are used In the Bible but
| the word wash Is employed %
times with the same meaniEs 10
/ view.
In olden times public baths were
| maintained by the city or Commuu.
!
| their ablutions at their own con-
| venience or designated times. IL ia
| In connection with one of these that
we are said to have come by tha;
| custom Of drinking toast To tho
ladies.
| II seems that favorlte recipes ot
the epicure in 'ye olden days" called
| for a toasted biscuit Of some dis.
crlption as an ingredient In many
| English drinks. In the reign OF
| Charles II IL was the fashion for
ladies nttircd in dresses made for tho
purpose, 10 bathe publicly in the
city OF Bath, and II happened ON a
certain festival day n celebrated
beauty was in the Cross Bath. when
| one OF her admirers took a glass ~
the water in which she stood and
drank to her health to the COMPANY
There was one gay fellow in th,
crowd, however, even more cNubgl-
ant, who offered 10 lump iu. and
swure he lked not the liquor but
he would have the toast hcrs.lt
lie was restrained, but the whlm
and expression gave foundation 10
the present honor done ladies mou-
TONED over the cup that cheers, She
ever since has been the "toast.'
And now after the knowledge .s
borne home of the comfort and
convenience OF a bathroom, comes
the desire for two bathrooms 0r
three, and always there must bc one
Tor the servants, one for every bod
room is often found, and mothers
nave been heard to say they wished
they could have one for every mem.
Der OF the family-and guest tub
besides.
Tillie Ginger is reported by ono
who should know to- say: About the
only social life they have at her
boarding house is when they all meet
outside he bathroom door and pass
compliments 10 the one inside
know big family like TilllC 4
boarding house personnel
They lead so busy and so strong-
Gus life that the alarm clock does
truly alarm when it rouses them
up IN the morning and only an hour
remains for one TO catch her ear 70
teach in an extreme end OF ,he city
another TO do likewise in the very
, iuthermost opposite direction, and
sim another 10 attend classes lu a
school that is iust as far from HON,
as either. these, not TO mention IN,
tour OF five who almost fly TO thDI
duties IN various parts OF the town
, Two Daihrooms won't begin TO ham
, Ole the traffic, and the congestion
az the bathroom doors appears aI
times both funny and tragic.
ANY body OF water IL appealing
: II Is beautiful, restful. and even ami.
mails contentedly splash about in a
whenever they can. The Joy bIr.
so obviously get from playing u
, water has caused rich and pool
alike 10. take up the fad Of "h.r.
baths" and install every devc,
q from stone art-gems to moss GOV
/, cred tin pans in the yard 10 draw
: them near.
, The man who Invented the bath
4 tub was pubic heucfactor: h
. made what was good and healthy (,
; be convenient and pleasing, tn
q bathroom Is an institution in Amer,
4 "a as In no other country whIC.
= is but another sign of the prOETes