The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-02-01
AN UNCOMMON MAN IN A COMMON
COMMUNITY
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farmer cannot allow his vile and
daughters TO carry water up a long
hill and climb a fence before reach
ing the house, for such drudgery
becomes one Of the chief burdens OF
life with no relief as long as IL is
permitted TO exist. Convenience
means the architectural plan Of each
building for efficiency. They
should be built TO 1T into the land
scape, especially in the mountains,
as there is no place in the world
where landscape architecture can
be more successfully and beautiful
ly carried out than in the noun
tains.
Comfort means warmth. shelter
and ventilation. The modern farm
or has determined TO protect his
domestic animals from the cold and
rain during the long winter months,
while his neighbors' are suffering
for lack Of food and shelter. The
idea Of comfort applies TO his res
idencc as well as TO his barn. His
sense Of responsibility for the care
and protection Of his family in
creascs: and by a little exertion
and careful management warmth
and better shelter are provided.
The beauty of a home is display
ed by the general appearance Of
its surroundings; including trees,
grass, flowers. painted buildings
and white-washed fences. The fam
lily that starts new home in
new house has the privilege OF
planning the residence and sur
roundings for convenience, comfort
and beauty without added cost; but
The modern farmer-the uncommon
man-does not consider the obliga-
ton less binding upon his family
because they must start their model
home making in an old house, but
he realizes that their obligation is
new one. He cannot afford to tear
away the old buildings and erect
new ones according TO modern ar
chitectural designs, but the old
ones. in their passing, can be re-
placed by new and convenient ones.
The farm home can be beautiful,
convenient and inviting, though it
cannot afford water works. electric
lights and furnace. Water can be
supplied from a cistern or well
near by: sanitary privy can be
built in the back yard that will be
just as free from unhealthful con-
ditions as the toilet in the modern
city home. Coal oil lamps are by
no means ready TO be thrown into
the Junk" pile as a good lamp Is
the most desirable light for all
practical purposes; and the syno-
nym for winter evenings happi-
ness and good cheer is an open
wood fire.
Let us take a view of the modern
farmers home after he has spent
two or three years in remodeling
and rearranging il during his leis-
ure days and times when the wealth
or was too bad to permit outside
work.
He has learned that there are
three important parts in a well-reg-
ulated house-the part for sleeping,
the part for food preparing and
eating, and the part for living. He
cannot with comfort and safety
make any one part meet three alb
solutely different uses; therefore
he has made adequate provision for
each phase of his home life.
His house is not a large nor an
expensive one. so he provides re-
ception room by making sliding
doors between the two small living
rooms. This improvement makes
ample preparation for the social
life of the young people.
He purchased an organ for less
than forty dollars, which is in con-
slant use. as every member of the
has taken lessons on the
cabinet organ.
He made a beautiful and substan-
tial bookcase from short pieces of
oak lumber that he purchased from
a nearby saw-mill The cost Of
the materials, nails, varnish, etc,
for a five-shelf open bookcase was
less than two dollars. He secured
catalogs from Leary's Bookstore OF
Philadelphia, and Hall & McCreary
If Chicago, from which standard
books were ordered at the lowest
prices. He bought standard set
Df encyclopedias good, though
somewhat shelf-worn - for five dol
lars. Copies of the writings of Dick
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