St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-17

side porch. The hallway is six feet
wide. with a staircase on one side. On
the first floor is a kitchen 12Xl3 feet,
with a good-siZed pantry, and a SINK
with hot and cold water.
A living room with three windows,
open fireplace and two doors adjoin3 the
kitchen. A bath room 4X6 feet provided
with a tub is adjacent, and completes
the floor. The plumbing is confined to
the kitchen and bath room, and is the
best that sanitary engineers can pro-
vide.
Up Stairs.
The second floor has two large rooms
about the same size. The largest is 13X
11.6. Both have closets and windows
opposite each other, so that ventilation
can be ensured. a small third room on
this floor has window. making it a
light and airy attic room, and permits
of its use as bed room.
The interior walls are all painted. and
with the ceilings, can be washed. wall
papers are eScheWed as possibly dan
gerous to health, impossible to clean,
and requiring too frequent renewing.
Outside blinds. gable roof and a
brick chimney complete this simple and
neat dwelling, which. it was calculated,
can be built anywhere for $1,000.
i lie Ok tlIC luC
| family wardrobe was the personal
work of Miss Davis. She bought every
thing at retail price, just as the laboring
| mans wife would have TO do.
Every article is marked with the cost
| price. The sitting room has couch
with gay-colored covering and cushions.
| Volumes of standard works are Oh a
shelf Tasteful prints and masterpieces
are on the wall. Bric-a-brac is here
nd there.
Single iron beds are in the bedrooms.
! Shades, not curtains, are at the win
dows. The whole is substantial, COM
| Portable and attractive. while the total
cost does not exceed $500.
A large doll i'll cradle impersOnates
| the infant terrible of this model family.
| In a chest of drawers is the infants
/ wardrobe: each piece is neatly folded
and labeled with the cost and amount
of material used. Ten dollars covers
the cost of the baby's outfit. In various
closets and drawers is the family ward
robe properly labeled.
The wife has six dresses-two dark
calicoes for morning, two light seer
suckers for afternoon and two wool
dresses, one for summer and one for
winter, both Of which Miss Davis pur-
chased of materials that will wash, turn
and finally make over into bibs and
fuckers for the children. Two bonnets
and two coats for all seasons, and
bought with an eye to eternal service,
complete this woman's trOuSseau. The
husband is equally well provided.
True Economy.
The children's wardrobe consists
largely of made-over garments, an easy
matter If an industrious mother learns
that it is true economy to buy the best
goods at the beginning.
All these things together with the bed
linen, towels and CONFERENCE.-The
latter handmade at cost of 81 cents
each-arc eagerly inspected by knowing
women. many of whom come away with
their ideas which they intend to put in
practice.
The vital value of this unique ex-
pertinent eliminates in the kitchen,
where scientific stove and the latest
labor-saying utensils facilitate the prep
aration of meals of nutritious diet al
minimum cost. meals that every time
contain the whole number of ounces OF
protein, fat and carbohydrates which
science says the human body daily re-
quires.
Obliyious Of the gaze of visitors the
household affairs go on daily. The
members were examined and weighed
pS oiS0il OSlO1S tHe
novel experiment, and they will be
weighed again al the end of month tC
see If they have thriven on these scien.
titic bills Of fare.
"Do you get enough to eat?'' 1 asked
the Columbian guard.
Smacking his lips after an Irish stew
he looked down on me from his power
full six feet. IF l don't get enough, >
he said. tits because don't know how
to talk"
Careful Inspection.
Miss Davis carefully weighs every
| article used in the cooking, and the