Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-08

In spite Of opposition on the part ot
architects and builders, a Mrs. william
A. Glasner has succeeded in having
built according TO her plans unique
home which is to solve the servant prob.
lem. For several years she struggled
with the problem OF keeping good ser.
wants and was worsted, for the cook
| refused to wash, to scrub, or clean, and
| the housemald and laundress equally
were unobliging,
1t was after one of these household
diniculties that Mrs Glasner began tc
plan her servantless house with the
help of her husband, and these were the
requirements:
!. 1t must be on one floor.
z. There always must be plenty Of
not water, summer and winter.
3. There must be the most cheerful
Kitchen which could be built.
a. There must be few rooms to take
care of.
make work easy so there will be no
need of servants.
8. There must be plenty of windows
and no accommodations for servants.
It was in fact to be an ideal home for
only two people, husband and wife.
All Conventional Notions Upset
The architects were in despair when
they saw the requirements and the
plans Mrs. Glasner had made. They
upset all theories on building and were
voted impossible, but Mrs. Glasner was
determined and in the end succeeded in
finding an architect who carried out
her plans, and the result is an ideal
home.
The house, or rather bungalow, for 1t
follows the plans of California bunga-
lows and is built in rambling sort of
manner to accommodate the rolling
ground on which ii stands. Is i'm Glen
coe on Sheridan road, beside one of the
ravines which are so characteristic of
that suburb. The outside walls are of
wide, brown stained, undressed boards
Joined together horizontally with pro-
jecting battens, this simple treatment
forming a perfect harmony with the
trees which surround the house. An
octagonal extension on the east side Is
carried to the roof and forms one of
the most charming little sewing rooms a
woman could dream of, while another
octagonal room near the entrance
makes an ideal den that, in case of
visitors, is furnished with lounge bed
so as to be used for bed room. Then
there is an octagonal summer house
connected with the porch by a rustic
bridge that goes across a small ravine
at the back of the house. The plain
roof is broken only by large chimney.
Under the wide caves an almost con-
tinuous series of windows runs around
the house, giving the sunlight for which
she stipulated. The windows are in
groups of three with large stationary
plate in the center to give an unob-
view of the lovely surrounding
landscape, and flanked on either side
by easements of decorative glass that
open outward, cottage fashion
On the west, where the sloping bank
admits of it, the house is two stories, to |
allow basement room for the laundry |
and boiler room, and large room |
which later is to be turned into a bill |
lard room. Small decorated windows |
light this.
On entering the front door, which is |
Is unconventional as the house and it's |
'wners, one steps at once into the liv-
ng room (20x27 feet), with the octa-
,onal den fifteen feet in diameter open
ng off of it. On one side of this living
'oom is great fireplace built up to the |
wall, made of artistic dull brick and
arge enough to accommodate good
sized logs. Besides this fireplace is a
built seat with row of windows over
1t, while on the opposite side, under the
easements with their broad sills, run
low built in bookcases filled with the
favorite books of the owners. The
walls and ceilings are banded simply
with a system of wooden strips that
serve to outline various wall surfaces,
and there are few holdings and no
fancy trim to catch the dust. From
his living room opens a large bed room
16x20 feet with two great closets. one
'or the master and one for the mistress,
and also a beautifully, tiled bath room
hat also can be entered from the hall
hat goes from the living room to porch.
rhe little octagon sewing room also
opens from off the bed room, and makes
! charming little dressing room.
No Dining Room in the House
There is no dining room in this house,
or, as it's mistress said "a dining |
DOM often is the ugliest room in q |
louse, and 1t is one more unnecessary |
DOM to keep clean. 1t is only con- |
rention that dictates that we must sit |
lown in state to eat our meals. People |
Who come here look around and say: !