Bathrooms A La Mode

Mllady's bathroom has grown to be iL Ita luxuriouB perfection a triumph of artistic cleverness, says the New York Journal. The skill of the architect is employed for special designs, and there is no limit to the decorations. esides the regular tul), which is beautiful as ornamental poroelain and silYer can make it, there is a sitz bathtub with spray and wave attachment and other apparatus to suit the taste and conveniente of the owner. In some instances the room is lighted by skyliht or Windows of stained glass in exquisito designs of water nymphs and goddes.v es. In many tho beautiful -tfWks of art, both in fresco and oil painting and statuary in marble and broaze, represent a small fortune, and a loan exhibition of thesa treasures would créate a profound sensatiou in artistic circles. Wlth these voluptuous surroundings and the delicate atmosphere from the perfumed waters, the whole is less suggestive of the scriptural injunction, "Wash and be clean," than "Steep thy senses in luxury." Not the most extravagant, for where one has plenty of money there is no extravagance in putting large sums of it in clrculation, but the one representing the most lavish expenditure is probably that of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, while a close second is that of Mrs. George Gould.