, 1873-01-04
MRS. SAM. JONES,

Home, In which slao Discolarscp
Abont Bedrooms iii FnranhOslses.
mud Gives Some Good Advice In Tlc-
lntion 10 r'heir prbpor Aize..Slac
AlHo Nt*eOuraas IN Regard To E1,rai-
houses, tt1lil shows Why They Need
n EotintcMnllce, ns NYcll 1,x IL Proper
Arrangement il1tl size Of the Rooms
.~h Visit tn sln Old Pioneer, 1lntl How
Ills Euoi,sc Was nIutlC Attrnctivc.
From. Or 'O'rn Correspondent,
nuME, Jan. ,, 1873.
FARMERS BEDROOMS.
Wo rehA Of pooplo in tho cities who 1tvo in
collars, and In rooms to which tho sun noyor
ncnds Ills choorful rays.. Such rooms aro always
moro or leaa unhealthy, and consequently Unfit
for l,unan residence. The same rulo applies
In tho country, whore rogrot to any TINT wo
during my part OF tho day; and tllon l.ayo
Bcon dark bcdroo,ns, or ratlor largo
cloaoss that wore uaod for sleeping rooms.
Thoso may bo called blacls~holes into which no
human being should 10 thrust to paas the night,
and no ono ur1oss In tho most robust health,
could bo tll,1s lodged without loBs Of health, md
oyon thon not with impunity.
But There IL anotllor fault too common with
Farmers bedrooms, md Tint ia tho planting Of
shado-troes near tho Windows, Tint not only shut
out tho sunlight, but shut out tho puro MR.
milking tho room damp with Btagnant
air. A bedroom must bo dry, we'll light
3D. md warm. No pass at least one
third of cur limo in bod, md children
nearly unc-ha!f. It is, therefore, Of tho utmost
Importance that these sleeping rooms should 10
us largo, wolt-aired, and comfortable as those In
which wo pass our working hours. In the win
Tor season, small rooms aro mora permissible
than in summon. In tho old houses, the great
chamber was occupied as n sleeping room for tho
ru.lusrn. rIscso rooms woro ofton "a by 80 feot,
md oyen largor, Tho great chimney passed up
through tho centro, giving out warmth In wiutor
like Russian stove and llo gunllglt had FREQ
nccess, At ono or tho other end Of tho room, dur
Ing tho wl,olo duy. In summer, theso great
rooms could ho aired, and In wlnter
closed up to keep ont tho cold.
It was tlon that Now England and
New York turned out n raco Of robust men and
women. How much The smnll, oloso modern
Of our people, l dare not attompt to figure up;
but tho least observing norson cannot fail to 500
that it il quite perceptiblc.
Whom one sleeps in small, close bedroom IN
summon, on wnkng there Is foelng Of 1asui-
fuilo that is almost impossible to ahake on, md
that il caueed BY tho stagnnnt mir that has dono
repeated duty III tho process Of breathing. In
largo room, this respircd mir is SO diluted with
frosh air that no bud result can follow. Wo tind
cubic iii lee" faot,eu Quantity & Il air that il
passed through the lungs Of ono or two persons
IN yefy shG1t space g., q tim, ino a. room 1878
half timoa the space. While tho small room will
not permit Of opening tho window, OIL account
OF direct current Of air on tho sleopor, tho
large is vol adapted to tho purpose, Us tho
bod may DO placed such 9 distance from tho vim
dow Az to oEviate this objection. Then, room
of this eizo in an ordinary farmhouse will occupy
Mt loaat one-fourh Of tllo Hpace, say on the sec,
ond floor, and will havo two sides e1posed
or a rart Of tho year II on tho north
cast corner Of tho houBe, tho north will
dow will havo tho morning. sun In summer,
aud tho east sido until noon I'll the yoar round.
But tho two most desirable sleeping rooms
would bo thoBe iu tile south sdo Of the building,
1noro especially il on tho second floor.
Whore the farmhouse stands up well from tho
ground and the shade-troos and ahrubbory do
not encronch too uenr, bedroom on tho first
floor is not so Objectionable, especially in vim
ter; set tho second floor is the bost adapted to
this uso az q general thing, as, in summer, tho
miasmato atr At night sinks near tho surface.
This is quite observable in riding out in tho
. different atmosphere from that experienced
WHOM dismounted Sleeping on tho floor
or Hleeping on high bod, has Ike comparative
condition. az tho denaor impure air is found
poar tho floor or tho ground.
This matter OF sleopiAg rooms ia tho peculiar
province Of the wife, for Bhe iB tue guardian OF
the health Of the family and it is, therefore, hor
duty to ghny these 1ngs n T. may fs1
OF slnnl hotIroo1ns Wo aro too liable to orer-
look those things, and to follow the common
cuHto1as Of the country, In the planning of our
iarmhouAes. We must, therefore,. learn by
tho making new additions to the old home, or III
constructing new ono TINT tho plans should bo
on q broader basis Of health and comfort. And
tliB leads me- to have feW words III regard to
FAnNtnousEs,
"Who plans I'll tie diaconforts of tho farm
houseB :" inquired my Cousin Mary from tho
city. "Thoro is no reason" said ahe "that
they q sh1n1d be ao for it Eoally costa but trtie
to hnvo it 80 awkwartu.,v coutrived. II ras
going TO liyo in the country: l should hayo Tia
sitting-room. q liying-room, frossnt tie huIway'
,ctt Of this room not in the roar Of it. 'E's so1
core little for parlor aa parlor in the country
is OF littlo value. In tho city, the vito is pre-
aumed to 10 tho lady Of the house, and is sup
all that eho has to do il to entertain company,
visit, and 20 shopping. In l. few instancer this
is truc i'll tho country, but not go in tho
minority Of caoos. Tho farmers wifo may
keep hired help, but aho also takes an
or gentleman Hhat iBt farmer, his wife, or
daughtor) calling, she docs not usher them into
flo parlor, aud tAon kecp tlom waiting Until sllo
can change her worlt- -tlross, and present horaelf
IN Sunday suit, mot at all,-but invitoH them
to the comfortable sittipg-room, and receives
them in her everyday work-dreas. There il no
reason Why well-to-lo farmers should not hayo
hg comfortable lonscs 40 tho people Of tho city.
That il true in the abstract, but wo cannot have
gas, end lnlso-water, III you Of Chicago; though
We many have moro convenient houses than We
do. But, # Nso employ an architect to plnn our
housos and farm buildings, thoy make them
cost too much, aud then thoy arc
no better adapted to tho uso OF tho
farmer than the common run Of
farm bull Ss." Tile fact is, wo ncod class Of
architect .Ilo will study the uoctls Of tho coun-
try, and .fhu will give III cheap yot convenient
buildings; but deliver mo from tho houho cur
penters planH, for, Of all i1l-couttiycd louaes,
fhey can tuke tho palm,
WHAT you GEE m THE COUNTRY,
II yon will go through tho country you will
find most Of the rooms only feot to the coiling;
tho bedrooms small 10-by-12 kitchon nnd
kt,rE3 E3s.,i,s