Many persons, however, still prefer" cabinet lavatories," especially for dressing-rooms and bedrooms, but as the actual fittings do not differ from those already described, no illustrations need be given. A word of warning, however, should be uttered against certain combinations occasionally adopted. In one catalogue a tip-up lavatory is fixed over a slop-sink, the whole being inclosed in an elaborate piece of cabinet-work. The writer of a book on plumbing, published about half-a-dozen years ago, describes as "a very handy combination" a cabinet lavatory having a small urinal basin attached inside the door of the cupboard under the lavatory; the urinal is fixed close to the hanging stile of the door, and is connected to the waste-pipe with a swivel joint; the waste from the lavatory passes into the urinal basin, when the cupboard door is shut, but what happens when the urinal is brought forward by opening the door we are not told. Contrivances like these, however ingenious they may be, are simply abominations. Urine is one of the very foulest parts of domestic sewage, and ought to be kept as far away from lavatories as possible.

Lavatory Adjuncts

Among the adjuncts of domestic lavatories may be mentioned receptacles (generally of nickel-plated brass or other metallic compound) for sponge, soap, tumbler, etc, and it is a good plan to provide a receptacle for rings. This often takes the form of a small cup at the top of the brass fitting to which the upper end of the plug-chain is attached. The other receptacles are generally fixed to project from the marble or other skirting at the back of the basin.