But here are a few. Take the
bath-room, for instance. It shall be as beautiful as any room in the
house, just as it will be as useful. The chance is, that it will be
the most expensive room in the house. Upon that we are resolved--
even if we are compelled to build it first, and to live in a tent
till we can get more money to go on with the rest of the house. In
the bath-room no delights of the bath shall be lacking. Also, a
large part of the expensiveness will be due to the use of material
that will make it easy to keep the bathroom clean and in order. Why
should a servant toil unduly that my body may be clean? On the other
hand, the honesty of my own flesh, and the square dealing I give it,
are more important than all the admiration of my friends for
expensive decorative schemes and magnificent trivialities. More
delightful to me is a body that sings than a stately and costly grand
staircase built for show. Not that I like grand staircases less, but
that I like bath-rooms more.
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