The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-11
Home Nursing
The New House
BY N. JESSIE LElTcH

The New House
Its really matter of health" said
Mrs. Blake firmly, leaning over her
husbands shoulder and regarding the
blue print on the table seriously.
IT had set my heart on having a
house on the side Ola HILL her hus-
band said
II think it would be much better on
top of the HILL" said Mrs. Blake. Sister
Milly says that if she were building
sagain she would sacrifice everything to
position. Her house is lovely between
those low hills but the children are al
ways having Group and colds, and she
thinks it is because the house is in a
damp place and gets all the river
mists."
Probably SO. l still maintain that
II want a house right therein that
group of trees" Mr.. Blake pointed
with stubborn finger.
His wife could be stubborn too.
MY dear she said, I'VE must think
Of the children. And of the years
ahead We are building this house for
a home-tV live in for years and years.
freedom from Sdampness and good ex-
health requisites of house. If We
were in. city where such things are
as rare as they are. expensive, / would
still insist upon having them. Out
here in the country it is only a matter
of deciding wisely about the location of
our. home. We must build with the
thought of future health uppermost.
So the Blakes compromised and built
. has,. he ut ta khof
was wind-swept and sun-swept and COM
rounding country.
They made sure that the soil they
builtsupon was well drained. They as
sured themselves of an ample water
supply and built their house with its
four corners facing directly east, west,
south and north SO that every room, at
some time in the day, had its share of
sunlight.
|. Some large trees-to0 large-growing
near the site they choose, were re-
moved, so that the house would not be
damp in rainy weather. With her
mind made up to conserve health,
strength and energy Mrs. Blake planned
her rooms in relation to bathrooms,
kitchen, pantries and basement so that
she could cover the most distance in the
fewest steps.
Few women realize in planning a
home that next to the nursery, or
possibly e7en before it, the kitchen Is
the most important room in the house.
1t is the laboratory of the home A
clean airy kitchen with plenty of shelf
room and cupboard room is the joy of
normal woman's heart, and frequent
! ly the kitchen is the happiest' room in
the house. There should be no out of
the way cupboards in which dust, mois-
ture or food particles can accumulate.
Such places attract mice and reaches
and infect the food.
Mrs. Blake's friends raised their eye
brows in polite surprise when she had
"sick-room" built in the new home.
1t was a big room with a southern ex-
posture. One entire wall consisted of
windows, like a sun porch. 1t was
cheerfully furnished in white enabled.
furniture, with attractive flower boxes
arranged in the windows, and it opened
into a bathroom-the height of luxury
and comfort where there is illness in
the house. The room was far enough
away from the rest of the house to
be quiet and free from the odor of
cooking or the clang of the front door
bell.
Women who can afford to plan new
home would do well to include such a
room. If illness comes it is a most COM
Portable sensation to know that the
hospital room" is ready at a moments
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