Ford's Theater

[L Verge]

I agree, and we know that even modest homes had "commodes" which were essentially pieces of furniture with ceramic pots enclosed.

Our 13-room Victorian home was moved in 1950, and we lived in it during the two-month process. Since our family had been in the home since 1862, we had Victorian commodes stored in the attic. Down they came, and we made do with our "toilets" during the move. Thank the lord I was too young to be assigned the task of emptying them each day into the slop bucket.