The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

architects and builders, Mrs. William
A Glasner. OF Chicago, has succeeded in
having built, according to her plans,
unique home which is to solve the ser
want problem For several years she
struggled win the problem OF keeping
good servants and was wOrsted, for the
cook refused to wash, to scrub. or clean,
and the housemaid and laundress equal
ly were unobliging.
II was after one Of the household DIFF
ficulties that Mrs. Glasner began to plan
her servantless house with the help OF
her husband. and these were the require
ments:
/. It must be on one floor.
2. There always must be plenty Of hot
water, summer and winter
8. There must be the most cheerful
kitchen which could be built.
l. There must be few rooms to take
care Of.
5. Everything must be arranged to
make work easy so there would be no
need Of servants.
s. There must be plenty Of windows
and no accommodations for servants. II
was In fact TO be an ideal home for only
two people. husband and wife
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.
On the Bungalow Model.
The house, or rather bungalow, for It
follows the plans Of California bungalows.
and is built in a rambling sort of manner
10 accommodate the rolling ground on
which It stands, is in Glencoe on Sheridan
road. beside one Of the rayines which are
so characteristic OF that suburb. The out
side walls are of wide, brown stained, un-
dressed boards joined together horizon
tally with projecting battens, this simple
treatment forming q 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 WON
an could dream Of. while another octag-
Onal room near the entrance makes an
ideal den that. in case OF visitors. IS
furnished with lounge bed so as to be
used for a bedroom. Then there is AN
octagOnal summer house connected with
the porch by 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 continuous series of windows
runs around the house, giving the sun
| light for which she stipulated. The win
| dows are in groups of three with a large
stationary plate in the center 10 give an
unObstruCted view Of the lovely sur
rounding landscape, and fianked on eacn
side by easements Of decorative glass that
open outward cottage fashion.
on the west, where the sIoping bank
admits Of It. the house is two stories, to
allow basement room for the laundry and
is 10 be turned into a billiard room.
Small decorated windows light this.
On entering the front door, which is as
unconventional as the house and its own
ers, one steps at once into the iiving-room
(20x27 feet, with the octagonal den if
teen feet In diameter opening of of it. On
one side OF this living-room is a great
| fireplace built up to the wall made Of
artistic dull brick, and large enough to
| accommodate gOod-sized logs Beside the
/ fireplace Is built seat with a row of win
/ dows over Il, while on the opposite side, IN
/ der 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 10
outline various wall surfaces, and there
are few holdings and no fancy trim 10
catch the dust From this iiving-roOm
opens a large bedroom G6x20 feet. with
two great closets, one for the master and
one for the mistress, and also a beaUti-
fully tiled bathroom that can also be en-
tered from the hall that goes from the
living-room 10 the porch The little octag-
on sewing-room also opens from eff the
bedroom, and makes a charming little
dressing-rOom.
No Dining-FOOm.
There is no dining-room IN this house,
for. as its mistress said. a dining-room
often IS the ugIiest room in the house. and
It IS one more unnecessary room TO keep
clean. It is only convention that dictates
that we must sit down in state to eat our
meals. People who come here look around
and say: Why. where is the dining-roOm? p
They seem 20 think Il half savage to eat
on the porch as we do. IN cool weather
we will eat in front Of the big glowing
CRATE fire, so you see we do not need a
Gining-TOOm. Then, too. not having a din
ing-rOOm does away with so much work
You see, have a two-deck cart, and when
wash my dishes and silver l put them
on It. 1 also place thereon the meal en-
tire when It is ready to serve, so all so to-
gether TO the porch or hving-room in one
trip. The courses are served from the
-
lower shelf. and all finally are wheeled
back to the kitchen to be washed when
the meal is eaten" This cart, by the way,
which is a great labOr-saving proposition.
is an idea of the owner.
Mrs. Glasner wouldn't have a dark
kitchen. She wanted 1t on the south side
Of the house. The architect didn't. but 1t
vas her house, and she had her way. She
says that most kitchens have for view
garbage boxes. and ii isn't any wonder
that women hate working in them" Her
kitchen. which opens directly of the liv-
ing room, $50 that when she has company
she can talk and cook at the same time"
is q marvel of convenience
Kitchen Equipment.
It has four south windows, one on the
east side and one on the west side. and is
as light, sunny, and airy as 1t Is possible
for a kitchen to be. 1t contains one large
enameled sink with a removable drip
board that easily can be cleaned and sun
dried. and the whole side is lined with
cupboards and compartments, some with
glass doors and some with wooden ones,
so that all the mistress has to do is to
reach up over the long working table, or
counter. as it might be called that is be-
low them and get what she desires. Then
there are several bins for -four. spice