TO INTEREST HOUSEWIVES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 253, 25 September 1939, Page 11

TO INTEREST HOUSEWIVES.

BATHROOM EQUIPMENT. Styles in bathroom equipment and furnishings are continually changing. Sometimes because inventive minds have developed new ideas, sometimes because new metals can be used appropriately, sometimes because the vogue of white or colours extends to bathrooms, and sometimes because convenences are multiplied. To-day chromium fittings are in high favour,, with glass just a trifle behind, although it continues to remain the choice of many. These two, chro-

mium and glass, give the impression of being rivals, instead of equals, one being chosen because of a preference for the glow of metal, and the other for the slr'ne of glass There is a trend toward square and flat shapes in bathtubs and basins. The standard of the basin is tubular with the top large. The space allotted to it may have to determine the size, but when space is ample the large top is the stvle. The bowl is called square, but the angles are enough rounded for ease in cleaning. A towel rack is now frequently oart of tHe. basin and is a welcome accessory to it.

Squareness is accented in towel rods. The reason being that this shape prevents towels from slipping off as readily as from round rods. Since there is present this note of squareness in all fi'tings, one is inclined to feel that style is as much in evidence as convenience.

Flatness is featu"'d in the newest tvpe of bathtub. The bottom is widened bv making the cii r ve® closer to the skies to decrease the danger of slipping getting into or out. of the tub. With tlm enclo-md mode'll tnlrs anything which w"l lessen -this danger is welcome. Grab rails can come on but one side of a tub since they are in the wall against which the tub stands. The outside of the tuh is as glas c y smooth as the inside, ""th no ooi>ortuni f y to grab rims. Falls hpve been frequent ' and sometime® serious. So with a tub of this sort, a flat bottom is needed.

Speaking of bathtubs let me sue gest to those of vo" who liar- + '"° open set kind that 'there are decided advantages present. It is ‘uch a sat iVaction to get a good gnu oil each

[side of the rim and pull with an ovon tug from both s-'de* with both bond®. No nmre grab rail gives c >v’h a feeling of safety ac you rise with little effort. straight, not. sideways as von must-when stra-'rdnu at a grab rail Perhaps ®onm still Wer tvpe of tub w'l] comliino tho onelosed tub and the safety double side grab. Tt_ shoo'd ''•? remembered that, the position of the grab rail should 1>" simh flirt. it can be used with canal facility when standing for a shower, or when taking a tub bath.