The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
HOUSE AND A HOME.
Denver, Colo

The building of a house is of no eonse-
quence whatever, but the building of a
nome is something to be thought Of
thoroughly discussed and planned for a
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
nave splendid qualites-there are no
Hlasons or carpenters contracts to be
maze, no plumbers bill to be vexed over,
the furnace never smokes nor the water
pipes freeze If you have regrets over the
mistakes Of your plan they are easily re-
Inodeled, and with practice you are get
tlng many valuable ideas as to the posi-
olnues OF the modernly constructed
American home. 1t goes without saying
that the best plan is to know as nearly
as possible the cost Of the house one can
a11ord to build and the real needs of those
who are to occupy it,
having chosen a healthfuI location and
looked weli to the drainage and immedi-
ate surroundings, the first thing to be
considered is our variable climate. Here
is the first dilemma. We go from Green
lahds Icy mountains to India's coral
strand every twelve months, and it
really is desperate matter to build one
small mouse so as to be perfectly COM
Portable during each extreme Forum
ately, the thick walls, which keep ont The,
cold, also keep out the heat, and it 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 family Of
five will cluster round a center chimney.
There will be a generous reception room
with an open fireplace, an oaken stairway
that will represent both beauty and ease.
whose steps shall have only a four-inch
lit and ten-inch tread, with a landing
at each four feet of rise, on which shall
be broad cushioned seat. The library.
iving-room and chambers will he on he
south, the dining-room back of the recep-
tion-room. Beyond the dining-room will
be 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 ventilated and chemically
clean, as air, either pure or impure is
beaten or cooked into all the food a fam
lily consumes.
The bathroom will be fitted with the
most approved sanitary plumoing and
supplied with soft water, the woodwork
the best Of its kind, perfectly plain, with
out groove or joint, to catch the dust and
breed disease germs. In fact, this ideal
home will be severely plain and simple
both as 20 finish and furnishing
There will be hardwood floors and an
abundance of closets and storerooms,
which will have windows for ventilation
as well as for light. Porches and piazzas
wherever possible. Then, believing with
Samantha Allen, you may build a fine
house and put people Of the same name
to live in it, but If love don't board with
them they'd be as well off with stump
and an umbrella" I'd furnish this MODEL
home, along with its buiIt-in hall and win
dow seats, its book shelves and sideboard
recesses, its china closets and dining-room
cabinets, with an ocean of love for Cl-S
another, which would create The true
home atmosphere.
The Importance of the home in the
scheme of civilization never received so
much attention as it does to-day, and
every beautifully designed house helps
along toward the higher plane of living
for which we are all striving