I once went to work in a developing country (Kenya). There the floor of the outhouse is made of a slab of concrete or a platform of planks with a hole about 6 x 8 inches in the middle. The trick is to get into position to hit that hole. It is a hit and miss procedure.
The most unusual toilet I ever saw was in the Castle of Chillon. There was a little window-seat-like shelf in the corner of the room. When the guide lifted the lid, there was the round hole and you could look – it seemed like hundreds of miles – down into Lake Geneva. How could anyone relax and accomplish anything on a place like that?
Wilma Gill
Orlando, Florida
Back in 1955 a call went out from the editors of the then Capper’s Weekly asking for readers to send in articles on true pioneers. Hundreds of letters came pouring in from early settlers and their children, many now in their 80s and 90s, and from grandchildren of settlers, all with tales to tell. So many articles were received that a decision was made to create a book, and in 1956, the first My Folks title – My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon – hit the shelves. Nine other books have since been published in the My Folks series, all filled to the brim with true tales from Capper’s readers, and we are proud to make those stories available to our growing online community.