San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
MODEL HOME
IN HIGHLANDS
TO Be OPENED
Built by Irish, Melliff-Mc-
Allister and King
Furniture.
COST IS $500
"Letty's Little House"
Accusing City.wide
Interest. :

A real home, completely furnished,
with lot, house and all furnishings.
costing less than $500 is the new
kind of model home to be opened to
the public Sunday through the joint
efforts Of B. G. Irish, Mslliff-McAl-
lister Lumber company and the King
Furniture company. The house is on
Bailey avenue in the Highlands.
1t will be thrown open for public
inspection at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, remaining open until . o'clock
that evening, and for the rest of the
week it will be open daily from . to
o o'clock.
The little home is a visible demon
stration that a house enthusiastically
correct can be well built. and well
furnished for sum the average fam
lily can afford 10 pay.
A Large Living Room.
A modified colonial cottage, It
boasts q living room fourteen feet
wide and twenty feet long. This is
entered from q cement floored veran-
da fourteen feet long and ten feet
wide.
From the living room q small hall
gives access 10 q breakfast room. a
big bedroom, q glassed-in sleeping
porch and the bathroom. The kitchen
is q model of convenience. with built
in cupboards lining the entire west
wall, the table space broken by the
sink. A good sized pantry provides
additional storage space for this
~heart Of the house" An enclosed
back porch houses the refrigerator.
The rooms have been planned with
plenty of windows and closets. and
the furnishings have been selected
with admirable restraint. There is an
effect of spaciousness unusual in the
small house.
Can Pay BY the Month.
A garage and store room are locat-
ed Immediately back of the house,
with the driveway curving around and
back to the property line in the rear
in a modified at" form. which OBJ
viates the necessity of backing the
car out of the garage. At the same
time it. puts the service quarters in
the rear Of the house and out of sight.
Discussing the place Mr.. Irish.
speaking for himself. Gerald Melliff
Of the Melliff-McAllister Lumber COM
. pany and n. H. King of the King
Furniture company said:
Together we planned this little
Some to show the public how pleasant
~ simple it is to own a well built.
well frrnished--and we think. q well
located home. The man or woman liv-
ing on an income around 5000 a
month, can pay for a home of this
character, house, lot and furnishings,
ut monthly cost which will not en-
barrass the family finances.
Is "Letty's Little Home"
at is no hardship to become a home
owner when house is built and fur
nished within the limits of your in
come. This little place. which we
have called Letty's Little Home
demonstrates that"
Opening Of the house has been pre-
coded by one of the most novel adj
vertising campaigns ever staged in
San Antonio. Every step in becoming
q home owner has been faithfully re-
corded during the buying of the lot
the financing and planning OF the
home. and furnishing It, in a series
Of personal letters, under the caption
Of "The Letters Of Lefty" The
campaign, which has been in progress
just twenty DAYS, was planned and
executed by Cadwallader. Coulter and
Payne. 1t has created quite a bit of
interest by the original way in when
the home building and owning idea
was treated.