New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-22
MODELS INSTEAD OF PLANS.
Trapping PUZZLES IN ARCHITECTURE

80" ~, ." said a stout. middle aged. sun
burned man TO a TRIBUNE reporter !es'eru"N'
-, ., mo Now York Country Home ana Cottage Manu-
,,,,riug Company no doubt. 1t is queer sourunS
- h,, q means business and supplies a real want
This company composed OF a firm oI "cn'eo's VI
which am one member, and We nave pu'' ''A"' vi '
LARGEST apartment houses I'm this city al an outlay VI
ooo 600 The company arose ont of two things the
facilities we forced to create lot inc Va
,hos, ,ar hudjugs and the comprehension OF the IN
hu,v ~ thu average home-sceker TO grapple with the
,,acac,es Of an architectural plan, Have you ever
studied one =
"Ihsye" replied the reporter.
what did II tell you Y
.Usrt,v ANYTHING at first 1t was in fact chaos
Just So" rcoiucd the sunhnrned man. ""V Is :,
,ctly where come in with our ne" i"e'' n ~ =,
dosCed and he puzzles overa plan 'lu' =. 'S' Nv
In But few women take that trouble. Now Is II nap
r ou half the husbands leave to their wives the sole
Government az every thing relating TO the home "heh
has been decided live in the country or TO oud sum
,ner cottage upon amOunain slope or ol inc sea sc VI
an an island in some Adirondack lake, fifty times ont OF
hundred is the wife who comes TO make arrangements
u - nifeous to see a woman with plan Of cottage he
fore her She such dazcd wearied look that nave
always felt infinite compassion for her But armed win
sense Of duty to her family and conscious OF her
p,sion she Will not give in explain; IhS Is the
hail; here 10 the right Is The front paror to the left Is
another paror; the kitchen is in the or the front
paror The stairway is to the left OF the Kitchen ana
behind the second paror the hail. yon perceive madam
he
the two parlors when you receive your friends Upon
this sheet Is the upper hoor where you have by the
time have got far, she gasps ont: Oh for mereys
sake stop and take away that second paper My head Is
lust swimming. Let ask few questions And then
she begins:
Where are the stairs 4
Here madam where you these parallel lines
".Is there a single cupboard in the whole place
Certainly. madam. You see this blank space be
tween the parlor the kitchen. In that is written
with red ink cupboard
well. cannot see ii unless twist my neck round
Where is the hall
In this angle madam. between the two parlorS'
"'Where the stairs, then Z
.'In this position madam behind the second parlor
You have access to from the Of the hall,
from the second parlOr and from the Kitchen
Where did you say the hall was Z
Here 1t is, madam
"'Oh. there thought that was the second parlor
- No, madam. the second parlor is here
Then the second parlOr does not communicate with
the front parlor T.
- Not directly, madam. but through the hall
But where is the hall Z
Here IL is, madam
-.Oh yes, now recollect; that's the hall Now II
can tx that in my mind think all the rest will be easy.
Are You that's the hsN
Not that, madam, your finger has wandered to the
front parlor."
- Mercy's sakes. I give up Now, Mr.. -, I'm sure
It will he all right and any little thing don't like, why
You can change after the house is built
That's an actual conversation which we had taken
down by stenographer.
Are all women like that Z queried the reporter.
Pretty nearly But you must remember that archi-
ectural plans really puzzlng. 1t is not womans
fault IL she cannot comprehend horizontal section,
which is a complete abstraction. Men can wrench their
minds from what they of houses and realize
what the But after all the fault is in
the system and we resolved to to the rescue
Of the fair gOddesses of the city and TO abolish
architectural plans"
How do you do that y
CHANGES MADE IN A TwINKLING.
-We substitute in their place small models. Here is
one The architect went a cabinet and brought back
cottage evidently intended for pair OF dolls to start
Housekeeping in He detected smile on the reporters
face and said langhugy: read your thoughts You
think this is Ike dollhouse took my ldea rom my
daughters doll house Now will suppose young
wife comes arrange about cottage by the murnur-
ing sea ask her what price she wishes To pay Well,
Alfred says Oughtnt TO cost more than $1,000 and
mRstu't cost than 1000. And so | think about
& GOO would be right would like tylish well as
comfortable
Certainly, madam. Now here you see model Of
,ummer cottage This cheapest and least decorated
style possible This Is the basis; We can improve ana
The reporter remarked III pretend to be the lady,
and make objections, you VIII see no" your system
/ don't Ike these colors. They look dresdfully
fhey are cheap; this the basis, you know We
mount up from This to suit individual tastes What cOlorS
Wen, wait bit. should ike to know more about
the homie first Why don't You have hay window for
The parior Those fat Windows look common
they do III eaP on %I w y"nSd Y, iT fMS
. DO You ne that one :"
Heres one English Tudor style. How does that 60 ~
much better That suits me. But l%ant to know
more about the house. What are the interior arrange
Matt and ri lift of the roof Now we have only
stories Which DO you want to see first upstairs or
down-stairs r.
" Downstairs"
An right IN Just take ont the upper floor. Now You
1 5c Of ha p'E now l, f auc6a 1 you must
kitchen but fyou desire changes you have only 10 say
No. the cupboard Is all right, hut do not want the
hall 10 communicate with the staircase
quite 50; very good partition of wood goes in yon
see and communication with the staircase Is restricted
10 tLe parl0r and kitchen. Now I'll put IN the upper
floor. Front bedroom, 80 big; nan DcdTOOh' 50 shaii
room Now when replace the roof yOn see that THIS
corner furnished with ventilator TO prevent the
just So but there Is only chimney. SO SUPPOSE
there IS only room-the rear bedfoom-whch has a
FRat. true but there GPeaoies in the other
,oor,s and tnev can be furnished with stoves .
II won't do, for Afred's aunt always comes 70 WISH
u.s. I wood fire and there be open fireplace
m the paror and also in the front bedroom our lsidnu
iob and Alfreds aunt lear old creature is highly
Tneunnatic. So yOu must change that -, 3, oa.o.,n,
ritl,a
ba wont 10 another drawer, produced chimney WIN
.nke Al the end fitted 10 the 9re a VI t t
20 There YOU The fireplace Will be on ie isht
hand side in Nov are You satshed "iVh 'ne
house =" 4. ,.,. T ,ro,t marc STYLE
This piazza in front OF the bail Is ohy hS loI nut
want posts with some carving about them.
Exactly; this is only the basis NOW y3l 90 Oh Say
inc what changes you want and will mark down the OK
tras. ,rou. so,nn urn al
x.ondwork I'm the OF the gable ana DeIO" Tue
"nDer story windows. And don't IKE THIS plaster cor
ce nor vet the trimmings OF the doors ana WINDOWS
-. i'm 1 oh
cherry wood and the stairway does not sun me Ihe
,rnadS and rises are OF ash want them OF OAK ne
erines should OF stained cherry wood or mahogany
TYere ought be some decoration ia wOoO "ofE aDono
the ha on the outside don NE we slaPo VI tne W"