The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-27
ENGLAND CONSIDERS
HOUSING PROBLEM
Ar"NodieI Homo" Exhibition Opcn"d
In London NJ Means Tor
Solving Question
COTTAGES At NOMINAL RENT
Garden Spots More Important 10
IupiiiI Women Than
Wide Porch
lLr MAnnAnEr wALf,ln

oIu has RD. tu build houses rlThl
away for bier people iu town Hld
country No urN houses have been
buIt fur -FOUR ycifv and the Old uuea
ar, rUIrE tu ruin Nru and Wum"u
or, wondering round loo droyca LOOK
.Iuu for pWCrs to rot Mp lifo together.
ana lhIuaa have got Q" such "a pi'a
that tho Rcd cross has had 10 "H'ah.
I'sh hotels fpr babies iu order ihti
they uf least need not be dragged
vr1ry miles on house hunting 'hpe-
lluous
Parliament has taken means to
enable huurIug authorities 10 got uu
with construction ana mo nation To-
promised building scheme NJ 'nor
mouF proportion.
Every body IN Interested ln the n"w
houses because every body knows
that IN "a country 30 email nH this Tho
erection ~ tens OF Thousands ~
homes will entirely change the whole
look Of ghlurH IN" now houses
have got in Hnusfy people who pass
hy uH vpIl m tho uurH who i've 10
GGr
The fret stcp toward tho big new
scheme ie o. model home oKhlhir
ton just opened in London Arrhl
tccfs and amateur house planners all
over uc country were Invited io
compete fur prizes which ran Co
IS 900 and tho rosults arc ~ iuier-
callur nH can be io an American.
The model houacs are nli pretty
outside Most Of them hnyo tho rcd
llod rooH. white rouEhcaHi is con.
crete walls with rod brick trimmings.
picturesque chiWnoya ana wii"
lAtilccd windows We I'm America
know aH thr ltnRliHh cottage type
There are some models with our sort
OF windows that Glide up and down
and porch"s ana bay wind0wH but
porchcs do not appeal to tho Eng
llsh very much This climate ir not
adapted tc puroh HE when % Or
good weather everybody wants tu
get riEht ont of doors and when 30 Is
bad weather porch makes the
rooms behind 81 dark Any English.
woman would rather have liIur
"trip ~ carlh three feet wide tu
make u garden In phan tho widest
porch you over saw We Americans
cannot imagine tho things that are
done Ia u narrow strip ~ ground or
even window box In England
TO our Idea these model homes
are ilst spartan abudcs designed
FOR hardy people who viii endure
discomforlF nv their own homes
though hey arc enthusiastic about
our American houses when they
cross the Atlantic. There is not a
model In the exhibition that has a
cellar and not model provided
With central healing or stationary
washtube
The model that took tho first prlxo
for a block OF four wOrkmen'a cot
tages 20 rent Tor about 81 week has
four chimnoys, when three would
have done the work. or even one
'ChimneyH add greatly 10 the cost ot
u house. TOO, but IN this country they
are considered a necessity and Hrchi.
tects love To stick them on. Coal Il
bought week by week and stored
In a little closet or the kitchen or
scullory. aa II ia called. and FOR plain
wnrkmen's cottages. N there IL a
bathroom at an, and muny models
which are approved have no hath
rooms or running water anywhere
except In the sculicry sink, the bath
room and tho washroom are the
same. In tho corner uf ulod room
leading out NJ tho Hrullory la what
they call copper" This is hil
stationary copper kettlc TO hol
clothes In with "a place for fire
underneath In another corner IA q
bath tub sot on a raised platform
with a fitlcd cover over 10 10 serve
as table or ironing board
In the Hcullory Is tho sink. drair
board ana plato rack und usually d
bank of shelves Tor pots and pans
but there are seldom closets out nj
this rooSn Tho living room is ais,
the kitchtn, provided with U fire
place range. ON one wall is nlwayl
the dresser long sort ~ side
board made ~ deal, and ON this ol
the family china is set out ln gran,
array fully exposed Co tho dust an,
requiring "a good deal OF Keeping 10
order, as I know Co my cost.
All tho food Is prepared rur cook
Ing on the living room table. which &
also the dining table lugryitout
and utensils have to be assemble,
and returned To their respective
placcs-.to the hrder, correspondent
To onur refrigerator. always on th
north wall " tho house. whore froN
food, meat ana vegetables are kept
tho scullcry whore pots and pan
are hung and tho store cupboard
which is often In the passage undr
the stairs.
Except I'm tho more preleutlou
houses where the ront ig about s.
Work there nre no bathrooms n
running water ON fho upper fuo
uuI tho stairs are Nt'Dp Hnd narrow
lu England tho floors nrr called tn
ground Nn0r lho nrH Nnor and thrl
two story houses We should know a.
three story
ono 0ttnc r~cat innr,p lions IN M
now scheme will, hc1 H1. plumbing
A. present most luNHnn houses huyl
exterior water pipes and these ar,
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