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Compulsory bath
The Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.

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Title
Compulsory bath
Description
  • September 1902.
  • From text: "Next in order is the bath. This is administered in an open, well-lighted room, 18 x 24 feet, containing eight hot and cold water showers, strong soap, brushes and towels without stint. Should this job be poorly done through laziness, repugnance, unfamiliarity with the task, the officer in charge returns him willy nilly, and should the lodger seem unequal to the labor a husky attendant does him to a turn, and he comes forth, if not as beautiful as the lily, surely with a not unpleasant shining, and if cleanliness be next to godliness then much nearer the Almighty than he has been for many days."
Date
1902  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
commonsmonthlyre78chic_0093.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/commonsmonthlyre78chic#page/n91/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/commonsmonthlyre
Subject
Lodging houses  
Coverage-Spatial
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
The Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleCompulsory bath
Description
  • September 1902.
  • From text: "Next in order is the bath. This is administered in an open, well-lighted room, 18 x 24 feet, containing eight hot and cold water showers, strong soap, brushes and towels without stint. Should this job be poorly done through laziness, repugnance, unfamiliarity with the task, the officer in charge returns him willy nilly, and should the lodger seem unequal to the labor a husky attendant does him to a turn, and he comes forth, if not as beautiful as the lily, surely with a not unpleasant shining, and if cleanliness be next to godliness then much nearer the Almighty than he has been for many days."
Date1902  
TypePhotograph  
File Namecommonsmonthlyre78chic_0093.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/commonsmonthlyre78chic#page/n91/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/commonsmonthlyre
SubjectLodging houses  
Coverage-SpatialNear West Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleThe Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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