, 1874-09-06
orFFcTs OF CHICAGO HOUSES.
nba Lack Of Proper Heating
Apparatus.
and the Miseries that Are Entailed
Thereby.
onr Residences, in This Respect, Very
Far Behind the age.

n7,e hid manner in which large proportion
.,r1;caro lorsos arc buiit neye. strikes any
on;to 50 forcibly as in the frat chilly days OF
.1irr,,. Da-k. cloudy days, when atmospheric
;.,arcnces mike ell ones surroundings cheorless,
r,cle one himself feel gloomy, nieanth1cplc.
~ aa if he we're ct war with tao Whole World
IN, 3 few lunps-of coal in gEatc. OK LOG or
I'm If wood, end what is the result? Tie whole
t,m,erstu-o i changed, both moral and physlc-
:, Tic outer world may still look gloomy, tho
,1oada Io1er the rain fall, cold winds blow, and
d,r,o air seok entrance at every Grey
in. bu. tia cheery blaze within disputes
r,z.ess1op, and succeeds in c.oadlng back tho
roull-be usur5cr. How many houses in Chica~
m en- indulge in euca mcaus OF combating
thosc DREADFUL; Inclaacholc Influences, those
f.adess-of- -tho-ccar days? Unless IN houses
uhich rca.y a1o iliat-class In oTer; respect,
cr,:e is looked upon
ASA LUXURY
qhe man who builds . cottage, and puts ono
crste in it, tliuEs that his property has assumed
N mir Of elegance, to say nothing Of unparalie1-
II e.trayaGauce which should I'LL tho would-be
tepaut With sort OF joyful awe To be suro, it
i ten chances to one if the grate is anything but
E ssupposablo ornament AS in ali probability,
Il occupies place in chimney where there
.1s auy other fires supposed to obtain proper
dr.ucht, it viii not admit Of flre beng lighted
In it. Under such circumstances, that room, OF
.ono other, will not be usablc.~
Turning. however, to other and more pre-
Ieu.iocs houses than the cottage, ho" many OF
the now octagon fronts heye CRATES in the second
Etory? There comes one Of those uncomfort-
,bIy- chilly dars, and you want just q ittlo flash
pf fire in sleeping dressinG-room, or
nursery. What is your prospect OF getting 1t
poked cway in barn or s;ose-rooH, or somo
equally unges-at- able place is last winters
stoYc During tho warm weather, all sorts Of
things hayo ,,een leaped up and piled upon it.
10 get at it is O labor Of hours at least.
Then tho slovenian Las to ba sent for
to nut it up. Everybody has been undergoing
the Same slliyers aal blues as yourself, and,
with Ike intent, have sent for that same stove
man 4: 50 TINT YOU are informed he has moro
orders than he can possibly attend to. You send
for him Monday, cud, with easy indifference, ho
thinks he may ba able TO
SEND MAE DT sATrEDAY.
With your melancholy changed into rather aS-
grayatcd case Of ill-temrer, you go to another.
snd another, with the same euccess- You knoY
that before tho Teek il ont, it will probably bo
10: again, aad that etove look like diEnal
monument but you need fire these chilly
days. By the timo you can getit you don't
need it. How ycu admire the extended ideas
of Chicago prope1ty-owners: plenty OF plate
glass in tho windows (which would DO veEy
charming II those came windows only fitted
tightly. and didn't rattle, nor cape go as to ad-
nit infant hurricanes), bat no grates or it may
be one in tie 2arlor, perhaps. Marble fronts
md wooden stera.-alncst invariably wooden
steps, thus destroying al beauty OF appropriate
ness. Registers cut through the floor, and the
privilege Of putting iu fuInaca yourself or pay
Ing your landlord Tor doing it. AS for station
ary rause, that is 8 luxury which the Chicago
millionaire nay indulge in, b:1t the Chicago h1u-
hazo 3 range and furnace in, such Glaring
advertisement as one secs OF its wonderful i'm
proyc.ceMs! Coafess it, isn't Chicago
EEll1SD THE AGE?
She eays she is Young. Nery young; and IN
fortunately Lie iolhair, she seeals to Aavs Ter
mind quitc made up uron ceftan points, Let
us hoSs that. With lnnturer years, size uay, lilo
tLlt hero, change them ; for the ordinary neces~
s;ties of cider cities arc the euDremest luxu11e5
to her. Her furnnce, when she puts one in, IS q
clam. 4 great stove set in the back part Of tho
wall with it.; by no 1acans ornamental pipes
t.areh;rg Oh. toward the ceiling. Tie pipe that
enter4 the basement dining admits the cir
few ilc,:cs below tic top ct the room SO that,
ssrv 70 rrsncr,d your tabIe FROM hooks in tha
vell anG 1T rou,d m s.eo-lat1t1crs Then
vou nav ke.n yo1r hands warm
enou,b n nrc:cn. drouring your hIifo
od torl hUt vr1, ,3;1.t h.17 On With your finger
nsil. p. ro,, descend or yon will stand chauca
Of COMING uoS,l iu LeaD and breaking Tour
knees. ns your feet viii be like cakes Of ice, and
nro,,o,tio,lasciv numb. Wc are ali apt to thinl:
t. mu,t have Leon a curious stylo Of eating in
which tic i;omans indu!gad when they reciined
o. cou:Les at rsbie: but, in years to conc, say
sCcut 4 B, 800. What viii be the comments up
On tLat queer raco Of people who lived in tia.
ancient lit; OF tho plains called Chicago? The
brletios OF that dnr will
nr.n soNErutSo AFTER THIS FASHION.
Hetrans!ate. Of course, for by TINT time phonot-
Ice will have been so far developed that only tho
initial letter Of word will be necessary to make
its meaning quite comprehensive:
In the recent excavations which have been
pnlo in that buried esttlement called Kikako,
come singular relics have been found, which
show the pcc1liar customs Of the people. All
orr hearers know how Strangely that CITY met
It's doom, Tin those future DAYS all the news
win be- teleerophed directly to tho household,
which will 30 . great social community that Will