The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
AMERICAN HOME LIFE HAS NEW
 ERA CORNING
Community Residence Is Found Less Expensive,
 Says Sisson Manager.

Has the servant girl problem, shor- tage of unskiiiou help, high costs of household commodities and other per pleNitics of domestic American fife brought about new era of home planning which will revolutiouize liv- ing conditions in tho large cities, and shape new tendencies in building pro Jccts?
 Apparently the answor to the ques- ton is a most emphatic Yes" At loast it would seem so, according to a careful personal study of tho situation. conducted in all the leading cities of the East by a Chicago busi- ness man.
 ''The shortage Of domestic ser wants, the hi-h cost of food, f.el and other commodities coupled with the desire of tho vcaI.hier classes to be relieved of various home iuconvru- fences, are bringing about rapid changes in American life,' declared John $. Fee, operating manager of the Sisson, ChiCa go, who returned to his home yesterday after visiting every important city in eastern Unit ed States and Canada.
 "Iu each city where l made an in- vestiEau0u.' he continued. 'I found the hotels filled tu capacity and with long waiting lists of irrespective guests. Everywhere there are plans on foot for cullr-aueuts and now structures. This tremendous demand for hotel accommodations was found to be due fundamentally tp he large number of residential guests who have given up their private homes.
 "This, of course. does not mean that real home -iro in America is passing.
 
 means arc transferring their homes from private residences to tho hotel apartments. where one need not he bothered any more about meals, zpr- wants. coal r.lrs. |Iultor-. repairs, and the thousand and ono other yuEtrr problems with which Che household is familiar.
 As a matter of economy. Zoo. woaI- thfer people arc finding that conn muulty residence is loss expensive than individual residence. Among hundreds of persons whom J talked to during my recent investigation found this Co be tho universal vor- diet Take in such cities as Now York, Boston, WasHi0Et0u, Pittsburgh. De- troit and Chicago. servant help. if procurabIe at all. is extremely costly. Servants also mean more rooms and more food. In a residential hotel family can live as comfortably in five or six room apartment as they can in a very large private residence.
 "Just by the way of concrete eN- ample, let me uIlude to the Sisson. which has been sometimes called The home of houcs' It represents n sort of IdcaLzod community life, for 1t houses zroup of family homes. all the families living within one
 
 wants, having their food cooked in tho same kitchen being heated by the same plant. and iu countless other ways shifting responsibilities and costs from the shoulders Of the indi- vidual. In this way they are saving on investment and uplvcCp. They need maintain no guest rooms, for extra accommodations can often be spared in the house. While they have com plete home isolation. they live under the same roof with their. social asso- ciates so that they can make their life as active or as secluded as they desire The mistress of the home has no worry about planning meals and dealing with servants. Her problems are simpltfied. Such an arrangement as this, believe. represents the high est type of domestic efficiency.
 These are among the reasons why you will find a constantly growing tendency towards apartment hotel life. It ia a development based on sound logic and is bound to become more pronounced as servants and other forms of labor grow more scarce in the United States. Tn all our great cities you will see within the next few years tremendous build ing activities in the construction of hotels because of the advantages Of community residence.