New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
Tribune Model
House Attracts
Many Visitors
Little Building Is Explored
by Family Groups of All
Sizes, Enthusiastic for
Its Comfort and Design,
Wives See Saved Steps
Exhibit at Larchmont Gar
dens One Of Series To Be
Erected i'm or Near City

uCiao SHc VI series 10 be
Erected in or Near City
The door to Tribune Model House
No, s, in Larchmont Gardens, was not
shut for more than half minute at
time yesterday and when it opened
It admitted groups Of two. three and
more, intent on exploring the little
building from the cellar up. Several
hundred persons have called since sun
day and the streets surrounding it are
continually lined with automobiles.
visitors were varied, from three
year-olds who had to be torn from
the green pottery duck over the fire.
place in the living room, to grand
fatherly men who tapped walking
sticks on water pipes with knowing
air. Ninety-nine per cent of the men
said Very neat" after their tour If
inspection women, nearly. without ex-
ception, cried isn't that sweet aa
soon as they entered the door. and
dow perfectly adorable" when thew
reached the top of the staircase.
From the layout of the rooms and
the simplicity Of design, the modal
mousse seems the place for brides. vet
more than one elderly couple was in
teTested to the extent of ordering an
other Just like it. One pair. who bad
seen all their children married da-
ciared that the house was ideal far
themselves, for it combined a max;-
mum OF domestic comfort and effi-
cheney with minimum of work
Family Groups
small families, with only one child
ss,1' Ment through No slowly and care,
Iuily one group, rosy cheeked
young mother, little daughter and a
father in q norfolk jacket. paused in
each room. There were whispered con.
SITUATIONS about the tapestry sofa and
the old spindle-back chair fitting into
the living room, and how handy the
or the maid. NoA Dapy
More experienced married connles
examined closets with delight. The
ilvlng room has closet, which CON
tains the in-a-door bed, guest room
Done IN California style. Opposite the
front entrance is a closet for storing
brushes, brooms and mops, although.
with the addition Of a few hooks. II
would do as place to hang coats. In
either side Of the bathroom. on the
second floor, Is closet, one of which
is fitted with shelves to do service as
linen closet. The large bedroom has
two closets, one. containing a sowing
machlne, curler, heating pad and other
electrical equipment. The closet in the
second bedroom would make a good
sized room, it is SO deep.
The papered walls offered a retreat
from the monotony Of painted, plast-
cred walls so much in evidence in
other homes. Tan figured paper covers
the halls, grass cloth the living room,
satin stripe is used for the dining
room, washable figured paper in the
kitchen, brocaded yellow paper in the
small bedroom and q deep cream in
the larger bedroom.
Two Porches at Sides
The porches on either side of the
house give it becoming width that
emphasizes the broad front of the lot.
Each of the porches is fioored with a
dull red tile-a pleasing touch Of
warmth to offset the green and white
coolness of the exterior. The solid
wood green shutters with crescents cut
out are the exact tone Of the shrubs
planted in the window boxes outside the
dining and living rooms. When the
paint on the porch trelises has dried
vines will be planted to ramble over
the latticed woodwork. The walks and
steps at the front Of the house are red
brick.
The cellar has not yet been COM
pleted, but the men who went through
it commented on the excellence of the
heating apparatus. When it is finished
it will hold not only the central heat
ing plant, but complete laundry equip
ment. The kitchen is of the most mod
ern type. The enameled sink is built
high enough to make backache impos-
sible. 1t has drain board at the left.
The cupboard is right next to it, and
dishes may be set away as soon as
they are washed and dried without
crossing into pantry or to the othes
side Of the room. Under the cupboard
is the refrigerator and opposite it ia
taken from the icebox and set to cook
without an extra step on the part Of
the housewife. A kitchen cabinet is at
the right side Of the room.
Tribune House No. is at the corner
of Weaver Street and Harmon Drive,
Larchmont Gardens. It is the first Of q
series Of half dozen small houses to
be built from Tribune house plans
under the supervision Of the Home
Owners Service Institute to determine
present day costs and conditions Of
such construction in various sections
within twenty-five mile radius Of New
York City.
The plan Of the house, designed by
John Floyd Yewell, New York architect,
won first group prize in the recent Ma
tional Architect "Small House Compe-
tition," awarded by. the National Lum-
Der Manufacturers Association. Three
other model demonstration houses are
now under construction with the joint
cooperation Of The Tribune and the
Home Owners Service Institute--No.
IL, in The Tribune series, six room,
stucco house Of Spanish mission type,
at Ardsley-on- Hudson; No. 10, seven
room house, built of concrete block on
the old Gravesend racetYack in Brook
lyn, and No. 81, an eight room English
cottage type house, Of hollow tile COM
struction, in Flushing. They will be
ready within few weeks.
Model house No. 6 may be seen in its
attractive furnishings any day this
week, which is Better Homes Week for
the nation.
Ex-Ernpress Zita, Tired of
Poverty, Asks to Go Home
BUDAPEST, Oct 10 (By The Assoc.
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