The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-27

consist Of stewards room. q housckeepcr's
room. hall for the upper class Of servants, and
another for tho lower; cleaning rooms, knife
rooms, lamp rooms. and so on. with bedrooms
Tor the two sexes, carefully kept apart Then.
Of course. there are tho cellars and store rooms,
and all tho requisite accommodations for wine.
provisions. and fuel. The result is that an
English gontloman's house secms to an uufa-
mliar observer overwhelmingly complicated in
its structure and unnecessarily costly.
American dwelling houses are. in some re-
spccts. superior to those " England. Our con-
veniences for heating lighting. and supplying
water far excel those Of English houses intend
ed for tenants OF equal pecuniary means. In
England hot-ar furnaces. and even hall stoves.
are unknown; gas Is burned only to light the
kitchen and passages, aud the water pipes con
meet only with small TANKS which they I'll hut
once a day. The open gratc is the only source
Of warmth in the coolest weather. candles and
lamps are the only lighting apparatus and our
profu-iou of fixed wash-hasins and bath-tubs.
with hot and cold water faucets luxury rarely
indulg,d in. The reason for the difference is t.
be found in the difference of clmHte and cir
cumStunccs. The weather il neither SO eX-
trcncly cold nor 50 extremely hot ~ with ia.
Hence, smaller rooms are SUM icutly comfort
ablo in summer and moro easily warmed in
winter. We build with lofty ceilings and ample
windows that wa may have plenty Of air in hot
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ciont means Of boating when the biting winter
r"igns. The dini uy Of getting good servants
and thoir high wages impol us to contriyc
means for dispensing with their aid "a far as
possible. and. therefore, ". use gas. which can
bo lighted and cNtInguishcd in moment
and needs no further attention. instead
Of candles and lamps. which involve much
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