The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-04
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
HOUSE AND A HOME.

The building of house is of no con-
sequence whatever. but the building of
home is something TO be thought Of
thoroughly discussed and planned for
long time The building of homes on
paper for at least one year before at
tempting TO develop them in more
lasting material is recommended. These
homes have splendid qualities-there
are no mason's or carpenters contracts
to be made. no plumbers bill TO be
vexed over the furnace never smokes
nor the water pipes freeze. II you have
regrets over the mistakes of your plan
they are easily remodeled. and with
practice you are getting many valu-
able ideas as TO the possibilities of the
modernly constructed American home
II goes without saying that the best
plan is to know as nearly as possible
the cost of the house one can afford TO
build and the real needs of those who
are 10 occupy IL.
Having chosen a healthful. location
and looked we'll to the drainage and
immediate surroundings, the first thing
to be considered is our variable cri-
mate Here is the first dilemma. We
go from "Greenland's icy mountains to
midas coral strand every twelve
months, and ii really is desperate
matter to build one small house so as
to be perfectly comfortable during each
extreme. Fortunately, the thick walls.
which keep out the cold, also keep out
the heat, and ii will not be many years
before some long suffering woman will
design windows which Will keep out the
dust as WELL
An ideal home for the average fam
lily of five viii cluster round a center
chimney. There will he generous re-
ception room, with an open fireplace.
an oaken stairway that VIII represent
both beauty and ease whose steps shall
have only a four-inch lift and a ten
inch tread, with a landing at each four
feet of rise, on which shall be a bread
cushioned seat. The library, living
room and chambers will be on the
south. the dining room back of the re-
ception room. Beyond the dining room
Will be a domestic laboratory. two
sides of glass. answering the double
purpose of light and ventilation, for in
this model home domestic science will
be understood. and the room where the
food is prepared will be carefully venti-
lated and chemically clean, as air,
either pure or impure. is beaten or
cooked into all the food family con-
sumes.
The bathroom will be fitted with the
most approved sanitary plumbing and
supplied with soft water. the wood
work the best of its kind. perfectly
plain, without groove or JOINT TO eaten
the dust and breed disease germs. In
fact, this ideal home will be severely
plain and simple both as TO finish and
There will be hardwood floors and
an abundance of closets and store
rooms, which will have windows for
as we'll as for light. Porches
and piazzas wherever possible. Then.
believing with Samantha Allen, you
may build q fine house and put people
Of the same name to live in ii. but if
love don't board with them they'd be
as we'll off with a stump and an UNI
brella." I'd furnish this model home,
along with its built-in hall and win
dow seats. its book shelves and side
board recesses, its china closets and
dining room cabinets. with an ocean of
love for one another. which would Gre
ate the true home atmosphere.
The Importance of the home in the
scheme of civilization never received
so much attention as 1t does today. and
every beautifully designed house helps
along toward the higher plane of living
for which we are all striving.