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The
morning bath "divides the classes more effectively than birth, wealth
or education," wrote English novelist Somerset Maugham. In 1900,
the bathtub was a new status symbol of the upwardly mobile, and
its proper use was still an object of speculation. Books advised
no more than one hot bath per week, since no one was sure if they
were bad for health. In many homes, bath water was heated on the
kitchen's coal-fired range and ferried upstairs jug by jug. Bathing
in general was a very important Victorian value given their obsession
with personal hygiene, and they used soaps made of animal fat and
vegetable oils.
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