A BATHIGC MACHINE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VI, 9 February 1895, Page 140

A BATHIGC MACHINE.

Perhaps some of my readers would like to see what the interior of a French bathing machine is like, and one would like to be sanguine enough to hope that some of the proprietors of English bathing machines would go and do likewise. The boards of the interior are enamelled white, the ceiling and side are draped with the green sail cloth so frequently used for snnblinds, which gives a deliciously cool effect, and moreover stands wear and tear remarkably well; the dressing table is represented by a fairly wide shelf underneath the looking glass, and below this comes a washstand, and below again shelves for boots and shoes. At one side are pegs for ha*», skirts, and other clothing, while

opposite are wide rails for towels and bath sheets, on the door itself are big pockets made of macintosh sheeting, into which the bathing dress can be popped out of the way, also the shoes, etc. The floor is completely covered with cork carpet and a small rug of thick Turkish towelling which can be easily taken up and dried. Of course abroad these machines are not pushed far into the sea, indeed, for the most part remaining in the security of dry land, but I think most of us would put up with this inconvenience for the sake of a few of the luxuries with which such a comfortable dressing-room would supply us.