The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-27
ferred to the lover rooms. In ,n,prov-

always beware Of making the improve
ments too modish or in contrast
with the old house. Then be sure to
provide conservatory, and lay out
neat drives in all directions, and keep
your lawn clean. However, as gen
eraI rule, there will not be thorough
satisfaction in retitting and reforming
an old house of any kind. If possible,
build anew. Let the house be growth
of yourself, even if you have to grow,
and this in ten years. A friend who is
about to build says: II have acculnu-
lated certain number of wants My
new house is to satisfy them. l have
no other object in view but to put
those wants into brick and mortar"
Ii he be a well-grown man, his house
will be an ideal: I',.i.A3 }I}5 II !.
The special accessories to be always
provided for are: a. "A conservatory.
This should, if possible, have an east
erly exposure, as the morning sun, is,
for some reason. best for plants. The
expense for constructing and heatinga
small conservatory is very light. A
good plan. is, to have it Las continuance
Of the living Of dining ROOM IT'D bel
heated from tie same. Good diad inI
winter is more dependant on plants
than upon any other house adjunct.
A conservatory may also be utilized in
part as grapery. Ina village it is some
times preferable to have a ro0f-garden.
The old notion that healthy growing
plants can be unhealthy is wholly ex-
+ plcded. A sickly plant is, Of course,
poison breeder; but a dozen pots Of
clean, healthy roses and geraniurns are,
as good as a resident doctor. Some
scientists begin to urge that every
house should not only have conserva-
tory. but pipes leading from it to every
room OF the house. The ozone and
oxygen will thus be used to counteract
the carbon gases of our sleeping apart
ments. Sodden dirt, and foul water,
and decaying foliage must, however,
be carefully guarded against. (2.) Good
deep wells and cisterns; sure and
abundant supply of watersss nnse
should, invariably be brought into the
house by pipes through the cellar.
(5.) A good, large, dry. well-ventilated
cellar. Nothing can make country life
tolerable when the fruit and root crops
taie spoiled, The furnace, where one
4 isused. .shonld .ba in sephrate cellar,
] orit win ipol thS fruit. K4.) 4 good
stdre-room forsquashes, pumpkins, dnd
such other crops as will not keep we'll
\ in the best of cellars. This room should
4 be, light and warm, but not hot; a
! chamber fit also for storing large plants.
1867 Double walls. which pay every
way, both in comfort and in saving
fuel.
The house should express a. peace
and rest. This depends as much upon
the surroundings and the furniture rs
upon the building itself. But you must
have the idea of comfort and peace up
permost. The hotel-house is q home.
less abode OF wretchedhess. Cdor'and
all accessories should give the invitation
to rest. (2.) Akin to this is the neces
sity of privacy. The one thing opposed
to publicity is home. There is nc
ample apology for a house thrust into
: the public gaze. In no one thing dc
country people need to reform more
than in. the tendency to hnild in thu
dust &n4 S1&St. { }CSosYThe~ house
should express, however, III every part
of it, brightness and good cheer; hos
pitable welcome to its owner and tt
his near circle of friends. Others have
no right to look into the apartments O.
: your house beyond recep'ion-room
st(4.) The house should express thu
beauty of unity. Its outlines and part!
i SHOULD so fit together as to suggest no
Ffa continuance Of carpenter work, but 1
= home. This can never be done whery
! several inherently distinct building
: are strung along the ground. CO., Th'
final point to be considered, and it i
quite as important as any other, tina
= there shall be harmony of plan between
the house and the surrounding grounds
> A cheap house does not adapt itself t
. very costly lawns; neithers d. nH'
:, lawns tit themselves to costly house
/, Symmetry can arise when there is equa
), good taste and expense and care be
}, slowed, on both the house and the SUI
roundings. The lover of trees ough
= not to sfeep in howell, nor should tn
: owner Of . fine cottage be! satisfied wit
= what he can accumulate within its walls
- tBut the error lies more often in q styl
: Of planting, not suited to the stvle 9
!, !, building. 1t is impossible to give rules
for the nicely Of adaptation mus
: rise from the mind of the owner. Ar
y propriate planting ennoble the house
> bad planting brings out all its defect
)" and none of it's beauties.-E. P. P0acel
N N. Y. Independent.