Arizona republican., 1903-06-07
NEAR PERFECTION
The Kind of House You Have Looked
 for in Los Angeles.

Located at 943 South Hill street, Los Angeles. and but recently opened to the public, is a unique apartment building that is worthy of special men tion in these columns. It is the style of house that visitors to the coast have longed for, as will be seen from the | following description. Though it con sists of but twelve two-room suites it possesses all the advantages of a dozen siX-room flats. in addition to many conveniences that are not pos sible in the larger suites.
 Through the use of number of ] space-economizing devices. one room serves as dining room, kitchen. library and bedroom. while the parlor is trans formed by night into a cozy bedroom. | When the shades are drawn for the night. there is no trace of the kitchen or dining room. and in the daytime there is nothing to show that the rooms have been used as sleeping apartments.
 This multum in parvo of fatdom is the invention of w C. Jamss of this city, a Vermonter. whose fertile brain has evolved many devices that have been patented.
 It is in the liviug-room pictured above that wonders abound. Entering t from the tiny hall that also opens into the bathroom. or through th5 slid ing doors that separate it from the parior. you see on enc side Of the room a mantel on either side of which is a door. Pressure of a concealed spring under the fixed shelf over the mantel causes this affair to drop forward and form a folding bed. one that cannot possibly be closed while it is occupied. When the bed is folded out of the way 1t rests in an aperture in the wall that Is ventilated by means of air shafts leading from the outside, thus over coming the objections that are made to this kind of bed.
 At the left Of the mantel is seen a bookcase with a capacity of about one hundred volumes. and directly beneath r. is a writing desk with pigeou-hole the writing table being disclosed by re- leasing a spring. Still beneath this is small cupboard that may be used as a shoe box By the turn of a knob the bookcase. desk and cupboard swing backward. disclosing a large closet for the storage of trunks. bedding and otSer articles.
 The wonder Of the room comes to light when the door at the right O. the nantel is opened. There is one of the Coziest little Kitchens imaginable, with every convenience, and yet occupying a space so small that there is hardly room to take a step within it's walls It Is feet wide and 6tE feet long The G2or. is in two sections, on the smaller of which hangs the gas range. which is fed from a pipe that passes through a ball-beariug hinge. Swinging the dCor as far back as it will go. the stove projects into the larger room. where 1t may be used more readily. Other features of the kitchen are a china closet, q ventilated food closet. a tier of drawers for table linen. and nu- merous places for the storage O: pans and kettles. Under the porcelain sink. which has draining boards on either side. is space for a garbage pail and kitchen utensils. In the ceiling of the kitchen is large vcntilator that may be opened or closed al will.
 Hanging on the inside of the kitchen door is large oblong board that an swcis a multitude of purposes. Fitted to the little stand that serves as a cen ter table. the board forms a timing table that affords accommodations for six persons. Through an arrangement of sockets and locks. the board is placed on or taken from the stand without lifting. The table top also board. being attached to the stand.