Enameling The Bathtub

tnb frona b andconiisi' have wottx away the bright: ir of the model housewife, who wishes to bare everything about hei home show traces of care on the part of herself and her domestics. ! How distressed sbe is when, after j eral jncffectnal attempts to burnish up tbe metal lining, the dull, worn look i mains, and the unwelcome truth bursts upon her that its "polishing days" are j over and there must in the future hover about the tub the air of dinginess and neglect! To avoid this sort of trouble an ingenious iUf a on the wing, which will as time advances gain in favor. Who does not admire the porcelain tubs in i which fortune's pampered proteges take I tlieir daily dip? To those but lightly dowed with worldly goods the i sion of ons of these luxurious fancies ' looks to be an utter impossibüity. But there is a means by which the mother and her brood may secure a tub, which, if it is not (juite up to the mark in point of quality, is certainly as daintily attractive in appearance as that of porcelain. This is the enameled bathtub. When the zinc or tin lining grows shabby, give it a coiit of white paint. After this has dried apply several thicknesses of white enamel, walting for each application to dry before adding the next. In this way a thick enamel coating is laid upon the j metal, giving it the appearance when completad of porcelain. The enameled lined tub is not only very much daiutier in appearance, but can be kept in order j moro eaaily tnan zinc or tin, a damp cloth wiped across tlie surface being all that ia needed to retain the purity of coloring. As company for a tub furnished up in the foregoing manner treat in the saaie way the woodwork of the baihroom. Some faint hued enamel, pale blue, old pink, violet, gray, cream or lemon, laid upon the woodwork completes the decorative notion, while Eesthetic conceptions in pumpkin yellow, sage green or russet brown contrast admirably with the