The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-10-20

We all appreciate that the house is
not the home, but as we build and fur
nish our houses, we show our apprecia-
ton Of beauty or the lack of il, often Civ
ing quite unconsciously our definition CT
hone. It should be as easy TO make a
house attractive as to make If unattrac-
tive; but from observation in many parts
Of the country, am convinced that too
little thought of comfort OF convenience
has been given to cur farm houses as
farm homes. There are in the country
numbers of houses planned by the city
architects for wealthy gentleman" farm
ers, but these are not real farmhouses
for real farmers. They are only elab-
crate country houses built more aer, less
regardless Of cost limit and have little to
do with the problem of the real farm
home. | wish to talk over the ways of
improving the dwelling place OF man
in this article, who is bending every eff
fort to wrest livelihood from the soil.
MAKING A MORE BEAUTIFUL
HOME
The proper time to plan a home is, cb-
viously, before it is built; but many farm
houses have the appearance of having
been planned in the process of building
or not to have been planned at all. IT
a house is model of convenience It is
very likely to be satisfactory in other
respects. The elements of convenience
are usually directness and simplicity and
if these are present there IS the begin
ming of an artistic home. Il good home,
convenient in its appointments, and we'll
arranged, is not necessarily large
house. On the contrary, it is likely to
be a SMALL house. Good buildings con-
sist of simple lines. For this very rea
son the lack of money has often resulted
in much simpler lines and farmhouse
of better taste than where money was
more plentiful and gaudy ornaments and
oddities have been INDUCED in.
It is, however, the farm houses al
ready in existence, thar we are to con-
slider nj this article Now that the BUSY
farming season is nearly at its close,
certain plans as to reference to more
comfortable, convenient and attractive sur
roundings should be considered. For
example, the time is here for the real
work of preparation for the winter veg
etable garden. The front yard demands
more or less attention. The planting
time will soon be here and arrangements
must be made to do this work effectively
and we'll. Last, butsnot least, the farm
house itself undoubtedly needs repairs,
a coat of paint, perhaps, an added porch
or an extra room which will Tighten the
labors Of the house wife and make for
greater comfort to the entire family.
WHAT SOS DID
Recently. | visited farm house that
has been treated to just such general
line cf Improvements, and the results were
acquired with an expenditure of so few
dollars that l wish others could see and
appreciate what has been accomplished
Originally, the house was a four-room
house. two rooms up stairs and two down.
and for years the kitchen and the din
ming room were maintained in an old Jog
house in the back yard. The house
wife had kept up the daily round Of work
in this inconvenient fashion for forty
years, perhaps. The young people in
this farm home have felt for some time
that the best, most strength-saving kind
of housekeeping could not go on in this
fashion. No member of the family felt
the out-of-date hard condition more than
agh
the son, who is now the head Of the
house. So about this season just a year
ago, plans were drawn for kitchen
cf an up-to-date model to be added, with
porches The work progressed through
cut the winter when the farm work would
permit, and l might add that this farmer
conducts the entire farm work without
the aid of "hired help" Two delight
full, airy and well-inished rooms and
two porches are the result of the win
ter's industry. 1t is interesting to note
that all of the labor of construction, the
laying of the beams, and the rafters
was performed by this man of the house,
with the aid only of two grown sisters
Even the masonry involved in the build
ing the chimney was accomplished by
this unframed mason and the bricks for
the chimneys were taken from the old
original dirt kitchen. The girls con-
ided to me that the work Of cleaning the