Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-27

| frees But even more important than
| fine site is the kind of soil. Be sure
| that there is q perfect subsoil drain
age because the air that cilrulates UNI
| der the ground influences the atmos-
nhere of the house almost more than
/ The air above ground. No one should
| start 10 build house without knowing
| the kind of soil, and then, according to
| thar soil. plans should be made; for
| drainage. foundation walls and cellar
Sacrifice everything to an open, well
ventilated. clean cellar. is Miss Davis
advice. The cellar is the barometer
of the house.,sIf your cellar is un-
hvgienic--no matter what kind of SAN
itarv arrangements you have provided
in your perstructure--your house is
unhygienc. 1t is, Important that the
cellar extend under the whole house
The walls and cellar bottom must be-
as far as possible, conductors of
moisture The cellar must be built
| high, we'll above ground, and have
windows on all Sides for cross venti
| lation, clean fresh ain blowing through
If she starts right. a woman with good
| sense and Judgment will keep her eel
Jar right.
The style of The house should be
lifting, suited to its occupants, and har
monious throughout. a conspicuous
! exterior for what mast be an ineXpen-
sive interior is out Of taste. Only peo~
pie Who expect to furnish their house
handsomely can afford. TO have for it a
pronounced exterior. In choosing the
style of your house. it is well not to
adopt any t1eeting new fashion. You
can better transplant a simple old
country house than a Swiss cottage or
an Italian villa. The back of the house
should harmonize with tive front. Cur
| tail if need be, the 'front.' veranda TO
provide a modernized hytgienic wood
shed or back vestibule--which is the
old fashioned woodshed in new dress
and manners The porches. window
trimmings and exterio finish should be
so built that they can be easily cleaned,
| with the scrub brush or hose pipe.
Remember William Morris's rule,
that the first law of good taste is fit
ness The law of fitness should make
it impossible for the modern woman
even to want on her front door n
knocker and a doorbell-sinoe one or
the other is simply for show-unless
there could be some adiustmeE. where
by the doorknocker presse tine bell.
The vestibule is perfectly simple in
its function. being merely q lllace foc
adjustment. It is the storhmhousc,
where one shakes off the snow and
leaves the umbrella and overshoes. As
the yestibule serves to give the first,
if only passing, impressions of the
house, it should be pleasing; but as it
loften stands open 10 outside view,
decoration is not in good taste. Today
the vestibule is almost n necessary.
And it has an economic as we'll as Il
business side. Few homes are SO
poorly equipped with service that the
vestibule cannot be kept scrupulously
lclean: and if kept thus much cleaning
of hall and stairways is saved.
las TO division of interior space, bet
tel. choose fewer rooms and have them
open, light and cheerful in effect than
many smaller rooms with probably Il
ElorIg narrow hallway. 1t is easy In
these days to sacrifice a parEor or re-
c9ption room: the wide, ample hall or
more retired library can take its place.
+ and the space thus saved may be
utilized for the real comfort of the
family.
The passing impression gained from
the vestfbule is heightened by the had.
, The hall may be- compared to the
t handshake Of Welcome-be it cordial,
careless. ELUSIVE. stlted, or uncertain;
the hall registers the households de-
gree of hospitality. Nowadays the hall
! is not so much separate part of the
house as it is a free space into which
all the living rooms open. AS a centre
: a starting point-it shows the refine
; mcnt or lack of refinement to be eX
lpectcd from the occupants of the house
The library is oftenest the inner
sanctuary of the family. Here, as in
= the hall, the effect of intimacy is
: heightened by fireplace, which serves
the triple purpose of heating, venti-
lation and hospitality. The dining
room, quite as much Il functional room
:, as the kitchen, stands for the social
life of the family. Woodwork of floors
. and cabinets may be as substantial as
f the income allows. but should be al
t ways of the kind that can easily be
kept clean and shining.
f For the bedrooms, it is recognized
now as of the greatest Importance to
have the windows extend to the cell
, ing, to secure one of the essential
, points for perfect ventilation. Bed
/, rooms should also have the sanitary re-
IqClIelHelllS Oh SuNllSnl, III ana COLI
sistent equipment. The bathrooms
should have pipes exposed and readily
accessible. waste pipe trapped ard
1 iVentilated tiled or hardwood floors
ana no other woodwork that can be
dispensed with. open porcelain tubs be-
[ Ii'ic a distinct advantage.
Last to be mentioned, bit first in
$ Iinncrtance, comes the kitchen. the
= laboratory of the house. the place
$ where energy, health and good spirits
= are created, Tiled floor. or linoleum
e covering, is highly desirable. and the
e walls should be of tiles, glazed brick,
= lor hard plaster. There should be abso-
: lutely no lurking place for dust.
Y above an said Miss Davis in con-
e clusion, lin building your house, plan
o iplaces for different things-for your
e writing desk, your piano and refrigera-
o tor. Don't build your bedrooms and
4 then find that the place where YOU
want your bed lacks Il needed few
e inches