From the Real Estate Record & Guide, 11/21/1891, a letter from a plumbing firm: "To have asked a lady to call on a plumber to select her own style of bathroom ten years ago would have been deemed an insult, whereas now it is quite usual for ladies, accompanied by their husbands, to call on us to discuss the style and appointments..." of the bathrooms in a new house. Submitted by, Deus Ex Machina