The sun., 1915-02-28

bers are sound it will, pay To rprnodcl |.
provided you do not pay too much for
the house. but If the rramework is
affected To any extent the best rcrnod-
cling is 10y lire.
The tiuprs PROBABLY consist Of vide
oak boa" "dS. more or less warped and
cracked. 1t may he feasible to lay a
new floor directly on the old one. and
that is a simple operation. Lnoeum
of good quality will cos, more than .
new surface of wood. " the plaster of
an interior wall is beyond patching the
whole surface may bc covered with n
fresh layer Of hath and plaster. or with
wooden shcathing or asbestos board or
several other materials 4 similar
treatment may be given to a dilapi-
dated ceiling. The weather worn out
side of house may be covered with
shingles. stucco or new siding The
shingles on ar old roof are sometimes
left in place and hidden by ono Of the
varieties Of sheet or roll roofing. The
porches are usually in n ruined state
and need complete rebuilding.
| II s mn, d;Bcu,, ar re,a,ivr,lv ex
! nops,,,e ,o rof,rhish an old awcIl,ng II
1ou ,rc conten, to folL,w its I,nos Of
architecture Tr,ub,e and coxt come
in whom Won want 10 change n lot of
+, doors and v,ipdov, lift ceilings. nut in
stairs oxnand tho roof and add wings
1, r,,,x. .>,,o. 1, i. ,popay thrryu-,,
away To reconstruct on s,ch a scale;
a nsw bo,,se h,,ilt tn suit would cost
loss E,,rtherno-r tbcr,. is danger Of
! tween old s,mplicity and mn to date
show Wise reuodellers do moi try to
transform a homeiy antioue into a
, fashy mosternity. Let the cst;lge OF
ou- sir,.s leon ito ur,,re,cr,,o,s charm
! os o,,,,r. 4, a. ar,. r..,.,v;+v 70
.t. ., .,,'.,,, -. ..a,,,a ,o,,.
',n'ItH %
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d'e p"ush' anu So'u on ."' va a VI
NO huch an acre Win Ihe oui'u's
! thrown IN MANY on ho'rses III the
| supurps are or shouid oe considered as
thrown in with the land traditions
ought to b. delivered gratis with the
dwelling. The suburban buyer is often
/ solely entranced with the site, its
| fiourishing garden and its fine old
fruit trees. and gets the house lust for
the sake OF the place. A well deyci-
op,,i place has y,lue. hut IL takes only
n fou, ve.,r, IN crea,.. ~, i,nn,-tanc,
sboula M, IN, .v.r .rnhasiyaJ n, -h.
oynars, a, m, ho,.. ST. ar,, a
s,',,a a,,.,.,,i, 80 ,h. ,.o.,,,,.,.r.,,
-, 80, ~,
-.
,-rou5r, crr,n.n,,, ,ree. .nd ,bru,,s
Tp,.ra or, a,.o - f,,,i, ,-.as whi.h
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rr,ta ~ rho co.t ~ .sn,,r. ,na
ch,uy.s
In nr. ~ III. w I,rs.,. .ul,urh.
vb.nce thr.e-uuart.rs of :, century.
No., hrovns,opo Was nrarr;.d ami
shinnsd hv c,,al for rho huiId;n, M
: N.w York mansions there are scat
,,r,,, cottages NJ ,bis material and
na-,o., which snaciaIl,. ,sr,n, tb. rn-
of snoo,b,v cpt stove those small ana
simpIe houses are as substantial az
tho dav ,hev we're b,,i,t A new roof
n new floor and a little cement viii
send them through the next century.
one Of them stands beside a large new
house of wood. The little brow nstone
cottage seems dwarfed by its SNOWY
neighDor. The big house Is valued at
i've times the little one. To my mind
the little Gibraltar is worth five times
the big tinderboN
The dwelling Of hand hewn timbers,
! shinpled saI.s and hand made nail; is
found nurncro,,slv on station Island
and Long Js,and Each sn.cimen has
a yu.r,nte.d Colonial bistory ana tho
dren,ace 10 the sam, "a when C..orpe
W,.hipy,op ,o,s,.d hi, sh;ns h.f,r.
4, ., ,h. avo ~ an ,rnor,,rt h.,,ia
n.,,h ,h., rodcoa,s tn ..iiir.u .r.
',,' 49,. ,,.,,,a,us s,nou W. 80
,,,,,, ,ha hio r,o, ,,.,,, ,,,,l,oI .,,,, -,
,h. small u,na,,ws ard nr,,ce..d In
,,,,o,,,no,iop 60 ..Ii, ,ba oId ,n,r.o ud,
,a,,I,ar,, ,,,,,,nh,n. .,a,r hao, a,I
aI.',,i,. ,;e,ht.
of,on rv.;,,,., r,o,,v. for r.r,,,aal
,,no is di,Iita n, tho chancss ana 40.
Ioys inyot,ed in huiIdiny a new house
,rho hrvor ,r,n,s 10 dodea tr,n,.le on
h. taLes somethiny re,dv mad. and
h,s =, ,i,.rsd a trife to Ar
"' ,.,"' 49,, - :,
- ,.,. ~ W. 'o'o'. ''1,',
ho,ea or ha,,iry ono hui,t in tho ~.
- -, So, ,.a,, mo-, ,a,.',
,,,ass,. Ii,t,a hnn,o nm, I'm I'm I..s ,h,r