The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-01-03

three kinds of water in the faucets over the Law
atory. Opening into the same hall into which the
bathroom opens is the den or library from which
room there is an outside door opening onto an
upper porch for airing bedding and shaking rugs
There is long hall connecting these rooms with
the front hall into which the bedrooms open and
which also leads to the front stairway and to the
reception hall below.
These briefly enumerated, are the mechanical
devices about which pages might be written in
describing the convenjences they make possible,
to say nothing of the sanitation. | know those
who are employed in the kitchen noticed the 10
cation of the table in the center OF the room and
its proximity to the gas range and built-in cup
boards 1t is also sanitary, there open
ings and corners between sink and adjoining
walls for the accumulation Of dust. Woodwork
and walls being in white enamel are easily kept
clean Having all kinds and plenty of water d.
rectly above the sink does away with lifting and
carrying of water pals and garbage cans. The
gas light directly above the table makes II i'm
possible to get into your own shadow. The gas
range needs but the lighted match and the
drudgery Of carrying in wood lighting and keep
ing up the fire, and carrying out the ashes is done
away with. l shall here answer a question know
will arise, and that is the cost Of fuel and light
with this system. Our bill from July 3, 1911. to
July g. 1912, ffty-two dollars, or one dollar
week for all cooking, baking, and lighting of the
mouse ana barn. Compare this with the time
spent In getting up wood for the kitchen stove or
the cost of COAL will those who live in the city
compare these figures with their gas and electric
light bills.
The bathroom has appealed to more rural visi
tors at our home than has any other room in the
house. Those Of you who have come In from the
hay field on hot summer day or have come from
dusty, dirty threshing job, would know how to
appreciate this room. Here you have hot or cold
water as you wish. or soft or hard water to meet
your fancy.
The laundry Is equipped with movable tubs. and
hot water is to be had at all times when the fur.
mace is being used. When the furnace is not in
use a fire in the laundry stove supplies us with
good hot water. There the washing is away from
the living rooms, and the steam is drawn up the
fues Of the main chimney, which does away with
steam all over the house. The sink in the laundry
is connected with the sewer pipes leading to the
cesspool, thus carrying of all waste water from
the laundry. The last and suppose most i'm.
portan picture is the bill of expense for installing
these convenences:
Light and gas fixtures including gas ma
chine, all piping gas stove. and all fix
lures .............. ...................$2 1882 Al
Pressure tank. thirty barrel tank in barn,
digging Of trench from windmill to house
pump at mill. piping, laundry bathroom
and kitchen equipments complete. w 295 100
installation OF furnace with all pipes and
registers .''.............-...... 1850
Two freplaces, including CRATES tile ce-
ment ana LABOR. ...................... 31.5O