The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-10-26
PLANS FOR A NEAT
AND MODERN HOME
AS NEARLY PERFECT AS CAN
BE OUTLINED BY THE
ORIGINATOR.

Here is square box house or SIX
rooms with a front hall and stairway
and a splendid bathroom. The size
is "a by 80 feet exclusive of the front
porch, and 1t may be built for from
81 300 to 81 500 under favorable condi-
tions, without plumbing or heating
apparatus The front hall connects
directly with the kitchen, there is
comfortable stair leading. from the
kitchen to cellar and the dining-room
is shut off from the kitchen by two
doors by way of the pantry. The back
porch is a sort of a summer addition
to the kitchen Being built in un-
der the upper floor it may be easily
screened with wire netting and made
into a pleasant hot weather workroom.
The sink is directly in front of the
window, and the kitchen range is
placed where it is not necessary to
walk around it to get to any of the
doors or cupboards. 1t would be diff
cult to arrange a more convenient
kitchen.
There is but one chimney, and that
is almost exactly in the center Of the
house, which gives an opportunity to
build a CRATE in the parlor, and this
is a good thing to have in any house.
A CRATE is valuable for ventilation
alone. that Is IL the CRATE has a fire
in it, because the heated air passing
up the chimney creates a draft that
ventilates the whole house il the doors
are left open. 1t is difficult TO venti-
late a dwelling, and this is subject
that should receive a great deal more
consideration than it does. Much sick
ness is caused by breathing foul air.
The ordinary dwelling house is shut
I'D six months of the year TO keep out
the cold, and some dwelling houses
are shut up the other six months to
keep the sunlight from fading the car
pets. Personal comfort and pride Is
in this way permitted to interfere with
health
A great many housewives are very
particular to have the very best and
cleanest OF everything 20 eat. Their
tables are models of perfection.
Things are so good that persons must
eat whether they are hungry or not.
But eating is not quarter as impor-
tant as breathing The air taken into
the lungs comes directly in contact
with the blood, and impurities are
taken Immediately into the circula-
ton. 1t is necessary in order to live
to take air into the lungs every min
ute Of our lives, but we can live for
weeks without eating anything 1t is
mystery why so many people insist
upon eating regularly three times a
dav Of the best and cleanest food and
still be so careless about the quality
of air they breathe
Some ventilating system is absolute
ly necessary to provide pure air in
sufficient quantities. The capacity OF
the lungs is such that it only takes a
few minutes for half a dozen persons
to breathe all the air that rs contained
in an ordinary house room. When the
air is taken into the lungs oxygen ia
extracted, and carbonic acid gas from
the system is injected into the air
with each discarded breath. Nature
has provided purifying process
through circulation. Polluted air Is
heavier than clean air and naturally
settles to the floor Because an open
fire creates draft from low down
in the room this contaminated atmos
phere is drawn into the chimney and
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