We feel very proud in this country about our national cleanliness. Doesn’t every home have a bathtub? Well, did you know that at one time there were mole homes with radios in this country than with bath tubs.

In spite of all our pride concerning cleanliness, we have never made as big a fuss about bathing and baths as have certain peoples of ancient times! Why right in the heart of Rome, taking up about a square mile, there were the baths of Caracalla that were probably the most luxurious baths man has ever known. There were swimming pools, warm baths, steam baths, and hot-air baths—even libraries, restaurants, and theaters to amuse the people who came to take the baths!