The Republican journal., 1910-04-28
Bungalows and Summer COTTAGES,

Bungalows and Summer Cottages.
Simplicity Fashionable. Fittings and Fur
nishines That Are Pretty and Make
Housekeeping Easy. Haneines Artistic
and Substantial. Craftsman Furniture.
| Correspondence Of The Journal
] NEW YORK, April 25th. Just now
everyone has bungalow fever, either in
the incipient stage, where one listens,
!. interestedly, to the plans of one s friends
and reads surreptitiously those enticing
advertisements that present the joys
and advantages obtainable in nearby
bungalow settlements, for an amazingly
moderate cost. Where the microbe has
more fully developed, one frankly avows
purpose to obtain, somewhere, a sum-
mer home, and is eagerly consulting
time tables, and making little journeys
hlther and yon, to compare the various
enticements offered, and then is not far
from full-fedged bungaloperdom.
Results may not quite equal the ideal
conditions painted, but on the whole this
| craze is at bottom sane and sensible, has
increased the joy of life to many thou
sands, and is effectively drawing people
back to the soil, even where the means of
, subsistence must be found in labor in the
| nearby city.
TENT CITIES.
Tent cities have sprung up at Rocka-
way and Staten Island, at Pelham Park
and along the banks of the Hudson, that
| house hundreds of families in this health
full if primitive fashion, and the new do
main presented to the State by Mrs. E.
H. Hartman and others will open up still
more delectable camping grounds for the
multitude within easy reach of the city's
activities.
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
, The use of concrete, and Of hollow
tiles has helped to make easy the con-
struction of simple roomy houses of very
moderate cost that are substantial, cool
in summer and warm in winter. Bun
galow jewellers usually contrive to
lengthen their stay in their comfortable
houses until they become practically the
year round home. The idea of simple
spaciousness, few partitions, and ample
opportunity to let the sweet outdoor air
permeate the house, has modified every
other style of cottage, from the semi
bung llow with its complete second story,
to more pretentious structures that claim
no alliance with this type.
STURDY SIMPLICITY.
The sturdy simplicity of the bungalow
demands corresponding fittings and
manufacturers and decorators have not |
failed to respond adequately. Furniture
on simple. craftsman lines can now be
had in many different varieties that ac-
cord perfectly with bungalow interiors.
Comfortable, substantial chairs and
seats, tables that stand firmly, and af-
ford room for magazines, etc., desks,
that while artisticaly designed, have a
practical amplitude of leaf and drawer
space, and other articles throughout the
house that answer as perfectly to the
needs of the family.
WALL FINISHES AND HANGINGs.
Material as satisfactory is to be found
for interior finishings and wall hangings.
Beamed ceilings with rough plaster are
used very largely in the newest houses,
in living rooms, halls and dining rooms,
and people who appreciate the value of
fine colorings that do not change with
the sun or with atmospheric conditions
are using ''Sanitas," the most durable .
wall hanging in existence, which has
been evolved from table oil-cloth and .
has the clean, substantial qualities of
that familiar covering, but comes in
finishes that exactly resemble painted
walls, buraps, wall papers, leather or
tiles. This goes on we'll over rough |
plaster and does not show the cracks
sure to come as the new house settles,
and as everyone knows it can be cleaned
Will d ddlIip CloIH OI SpOIlSG IeSlOIHlS
its freshness indefinitely.
EASY HOUSEKEEPING.
The ease with which house so built
and furnished, can be cared for appeals
to every homekeeper, while the clean
sweetness of the atmosphere in the
model bungalow makes for the good
health and happiness of the family.
Wise mothers divide the work so that
everyone has certain appointed portion
and no one, not even the cook is over
burdened. Systematic tasks faithfully
performed are great character builders,
while cheerful helpers are always in de-
mand, outside the home or in it.
ELEANOR FRANCIS.
Dyspepsia is our national ailment Burdock
Blood Bitters is the national cure for it. 1t
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flow of digestive juices, puriies the blood,
builds you up.