Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-08

lily eats every morsel Of 1t and there
aren't aDy scraps. That throws the
whole programme out Of order"
Alas! it isn't always because things
are too good that these fifteen-cent
dinners acd fve-cent suppers cannot
be made practicable. But there is some
thing wrong with the plan.
Therefore all the women looked
askance at a cottage in the Fair grounds
at Chicago, where it was claimed that
a family of FIVE was living at the rate
OF $500 year 1t is down in the south
ern part Of the grounds. near the An
thropological building, and is the out
growth OF an idea with which Prof.
Lucy Salmon, Of VaSsar College, is to
be credited.
Miss Salmon's idea was to have a
house suitable for the average well-to-
do family, and to make 1t al artistic
and hygienic model. John Boyd
Thatcher, however, suggested that New
York take the thing in hand, and build
workingman's cottage, furnished, and,
as it were, stock it; shat is, provide a
family TO live in it. The object was to
demonstrate how, by the aid OF econ
omy, scientific cookery, and industry
workingman's family OF six can be com
fortaoly maintained for $500 year.
Miss Catharlne B. Davis. graduate
OF Vassar and student Of chemistry at
Barnard College, became interested in
the project aud was placed in charge OF
il. She furnished the honse and proyi-
ded the family wardrobe, paying retail
prices for everything. She still attends
to the marketing, prepares the daily bill
OF fare and snperintends the cooking,
which is done on scientific principles.
The house in which this interesting
experiment is carried on Is a wooden
one, built on underpinning, and Is one
aud a half stories in height. 1t covers
a lot 26x2S feet and has front entry
and a side porch. The hallway is six
feet wide, with a stairway on one side.
On the first floor are living room, a
kitchen and bathroom. The kitchen
has a good-sized pantry, scientific
stove, the latest labor-saving cook
ing utensils and sink with hot
and cold water. The plumbing is the
best that sanitary engineers can pro-
vide. Up stairs there are three bed
rooms, one Of them very small. Two OF
them nave closets, and all are light and
airy. The walls and ceilings all over
the house are painted, so that they can
be washed. II is estimated that the
house can be built anywhere for
81. 900. The furniture is substantial
and attractive. There are iron bed
steads; shades, bnt no curtains; com
Portable couch Ia the living room with
bright cushions and hangingS, pretty
prints on the walls, few books on a
shelf, and some pieces OF brlc-a-brac
here and there. The total cost OF the
furnishing was $780,
The model" family which inhabits
the cottage consists OF Chicago widow
and her three healthy children. A
Iusty Columbian guard plays the role Of
father to the extent Of taking three
meals a day with the widow and her
small flock. A large doll In the cradle
represents the sixth member of the
family. This not only preserves the
peace OF the household, but 1t saves
some baby from being frightened and
kissed and mauled by the crowds OF
visitors. The infants wardrobe is just
as complete as If it were alive. The
suppositlous wife, husband, and chill
dren are all supplied with clothing.
The garments of the children are prin-
cipally made-over ones. The expert
ment is proving a great success, as is
shown by the thriving condition OF the
family" and the balance sheet OF Miss
Davis, which is somewhat below the
maximum possible as she is to keep
within the $500.