This is the season of the year when a host of city people who go to the country say they live in a trunk, but to take a bath in a trunk is something that has just been made possible. Eugene Sandow is the man who has developed the idea, and it is as practical as his muscles. People who have tried the invention say he knows exactly what he is talking about. The trunk tub, says the New York Journal, looks like a trunk, and that is just what it is, for when it is not in use for bathing purposes it is perfectly available for ordinary trunk purposes. It is leather bound, cornered with bright steel fittings, and finished with highly-polished, brass-headed nails. lt has a massive brass lock, ornamented so as to add greatly to the looks of the affair.
    To transform the trunk into a bathtub all that is necessary to do is to raise the lid, lift out the trays, and the tub is before you. The box portion of the trunk is lined with a light, waterproof fabric. The trunk is octagonal in shape, so there are no sharp corners inside.
    In one of the trays of the trunk there is a little compartment also lined with rubber. This contains a pliable line of hose, which is to be attached to any faucet of the house, so that the trunk-bathtub may be filled with water. Under this idea it is not necessary to move the trunk-tub, as the water is carried to it from the length of any ordinary house. In the same compartment with the hose line there is a little faucet.
    Close to the bottom of the trunk is a little stopcock which works from the inside. On the outside all that can be seen is a little hole, showing a steel surface cut with a thread. Into this hole from the outside the little faucet is fastened after the owner of the trunk has taken his bath. Then the stopcock on the inside of the tub is turned, and the water is drained from the tub.
    Now comes the drying process, and this has been well provided for. In one of the trays taken from the trunk a miniature mop is kept, made of rubber and asbestos. With this the interior of the trunk is mopped dry, the trays are replaced and no one would suspect the bathtub feature.
    The arrangement of the trays is of the most improved sort, and, Sandow says, caused as much thought as the tub feature. There are three of these trays, and they fit into the trunk box, leaving a two-inch space at the bottom for air circulation. This circulation is maintained with the outer air by means of s one-inch channel, which extends along the edge of the three trays. Along the two sides of the trays are fitted a pair of steel bands, which come together between the trays, and are fastened and unfastened by a simple pressure of the thumb. The peculiar nature of the lining of the tub, Sandow claims, makes it impossible for any moisture to remain in the trunk, so that the most delicate fabrics may be carried without the slightest fear of damage.

From—The Worthington Advance. (Worthington, Minn.), 24 Sept. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.