The sun., 1908-12-20

when desired with waterproof awning
operated with pulleys. Green wooden
blinds screen the east side without keep{lfH
out the air. The south and west siq<8
are left open. -
The place has a movable wooden fioorstf
of fine boards and is lighted with elGCs
tricity. Next spring Japanese blinds NiII
be put at the west side and an awning "
shade the south side. also Towering WIrs
dow boxes TO trim the edge Of the bin
railing. thus converting the place iF|
pergola as we'll as an outdoor sleepIn4
room. Probably by another winter tlt
room will be enclosed with movable gl4tp
sashes 10 carry out more fully the idea q
a solarium.
A drain pipe connects the room with
the house main. so that q hose may 10
turned on the interior to cool it OF hi
summer and to keep II clean.
A contrast to this room is the outdo1f
sleeping room of a young woman wholly
spending of late most Of her days and
nights on fire escape is slowly gettins q
grip on health and more pernianent
clutch on life than was thought poekible
Ave months ago The rooms occupied
by this young woman's family are at the
top OF a Ave story fiat house, and the flft
escape which Ia bedroom and sitting room
combined is wider than some Of the hrs
escapes in more modern buildings. Z ~
holds easily, for instance, a wide rocker
which the invalid prefers using during th9
dry and cot which she uses at night.
Before long this patient will 60 back 20
her work in q store, but she will continuo
to sleep out on her fire escape proteot6d
partially by an awning for the NEXT three
months by advice of her doctor. ax
Over on the East Side between Thirty
fourth and Fourteenth streets the IRE
escape bedroom la getting 10 be ainost
common In connection with the poorer
tenements,> the fire laws permitting
the use generally Of top floor IRE escapes
for this purpose. Five years ago. said 4
physician who practises In that neighbor-
hood. TO ask man or woman TO sleep
or to sit out on a fire escape In cold
weather would have been' useless: but
now that we'll OF folks are doing practs-
cally the came thing fire escape bedrooms
are getting to be almost popular in some
OF the better tenement districts. and 3
feature which has helped along their popiit
larity is the supply Of comparatively oheeb
blankets and sleeping bags, made largely
Of newspapers between flannel. which eoSo
only dollar or two and are warm enough
to use in much colder climate.
In one Of the downtown houses p0pu-
lated mostly by bachelors and which has
neither balcony nor extension roof bed
rooms live two young men who are both
victims Of poor digestion and weak throet
Last summer they shared a tent In a sub
urb and commuted, with such improve
ment TO their health that soon after coming
back to the city for the winter each lnr
vested In a window tent and sleeps with
his head out OF doors projected by what
at distance looks like an ordinary window
awning. covering, however. only the lover
half of the window. .4s, 80
! In each case an ordinary cot was built
up to the height Of the window sill by eA9t
] ing square blocks OF wood to the supPbs5p
at the foot. and the front end was aiid
out Of the window about two feet or 20
to rest on the awning supports. A heavy
ecreen put around the foot OF the ttd
stopped all draughte When storuiT
night arrives the cot is put alosRnldn
the window, the head OF the sleeper being
close 10 the window.