Punch,  16 (1849), 34.

Domestic Heroisms: Being a December Day in the Life of a Determined Man

Anon

Genre:

Diary, Spoof

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Sanitation, Invention, Domestic Economy


    Describes his experience of using a new shower-bath invention on a cold December morning. The illustration shows a nervous man wearing a shower-cap (in the shape of a dunce's hat), and peering out from behind the shower curtain.



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