Twenty by twenty-four inches, porcelain enameled, slab, bowl and apron
on four sides in one piece, nickel-plated waste, low-pattern
compression faucets with china indexes, supply pipes with compression
stops, and vented traps.
Closet................................. 35.00
Porcelain enameled, siphonic, oak saddle seat and cover, oak tank (low
set) with marble top and push button, nickel-plated supply pipe with
compression stop.
Total for main essentials..............$101.00
Tub seat, natural oak................. $0.50
Soap holder........................... .90
Sponge holder......................... .95
Toothbrush and tumbler holder......... .75
Glass shelf........................... 1.75
Shower attachment..................... 2.00
Mirror................................ 3.00
Robe hooks............................ .75
Towel bars............................ 1.00
Toilet-paper holder................... .50
Towel basket.......................... 1.00
Grand total...........................$113.10
CHAPTER XI
CELLAR, ATTIC, AND CLOSETS
Modern city and town life, with butcher and grocer so conveniently
near, has done away to some extent with the cellar of ye olden
tyme--dubbed one of the aids to "successful diplomacy," the other being
that very necessary adjunct, a good cook. Those were truly days of
bounteous hospitality and plenty which filled the cellar with barrels
of apples of every variety, bins of potatoes, bushels of turnips and
onions, barrels of pork "put down," corned beef, kegs of cider turning
to vinegar, crocks of pickles and preserves of all kinds, quarters of
beef, pans of sausage, tubs of lard and butter, and--oh, fruits and
good things of the earth which we now know only as "a tale that is
told." But the cellar of to-day accommodates itself to to-day's needs,
for though we may still lay in some commodities in quantity, we know
the things of to-morrow can be had from the market on comparatively
short notice. Nevertheless, the things of to-day--and some other
things--must be carefully stowed away, and the deeps of the house made
hygienic, for as the cellar, so will the house be also, and to this
might be added that as the floor, so will the cellar be also.
THE CELLAR FLOOR
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