tank is dependent upon the furnace or other house-heating arrangement,
summer is likely to find it out of commission, with the chief element
of a good bath obtainable only with much ado. Then some special means
of heating water is required.

There are many devices, most of them using gas, and disposed to be
cantankerous late at night when all but the would-be bather have
retired. The gas heaters are placed either in connection with the
water tank in kitchen or basement, or above the tub, the water running
in coils over the heater. These arrangements are speedy and
comparatively economical. They are slightly dangerous, however; not
that they are likely to explode, but from the fact that the gas,
particularly if of a poor quality--which is usually the case--rapidly
vitiates the air of the room, and may cause fainting or even
suffocation. If the apparatus is properly adjusted, and one makes sure
of the ventilation, heating the water and admitting fresh air before
entering the tub, no distress need be anticipated. There are also
gasolene and kerosene heaters, and an electric coil placed in the water
is the safest and cleanest but not the quickest or cheapest scheme of
all. Its cost is from $5 to $20.

None of these heating attachments is sure to prove fully satisfactory,
but any one of them is likely to add a great deal to the
serviceableness of the bathroom. To many wholesome people one ideal of
living is to be able to take a dip whenever one wants it, not merely
when one can get it.

A seat of wood, in natural finish or white enamel, is a handy
appurtenance to the tub. It will cost us 50 or 75 cents at a
department store, or we can pay four or five times as much for a