Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-09

III A ANY pcop!e, who count on
" building next Spring. are
49, keeping notebooks. They
have visited model home openings
this Summer and Fall and found
many ideas 10 jot In their books. 1t
Is well to get notes tabulated before
having the plans for the new house
drawn, as il is easier 10 put in things
when building than TO make addi-
lions afterwards. Many others have
bought the model homes furnished
complete, delighted 10 have saved all
the planning. labor and waiting.
Others feel the work Is part OF the
fun ven IL "A few disappointments
may Turk in the background.
Everyone oovets an open fireplace
for the living room, but sometimes
they fear the extra work az caring
for II. This is eliminated however al
most entirely by having a dump
trap under the fireplace into an ash
pit below. Sweep the ashes TO a neat
pile in the center. pull the lever and
the trick Is done. No ashes 10 blow
off the dustpan while carrying II
through the house 10 dump. The
wood may be brought in and the
wood box filled beside the hearth in
the morning, andirons may be cleaned
or polished once a week. so there
really Is nothing 10 do but brush up
the hearth to enjoy this glorious
comfort.
There are always cool rooms or
Railways, maybe bathrooms, in coun-
try houses and II you have not al
ready met the portable steam radia-
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its wonders. Operated by simply
plugging in where needed II will heat
the room quite quickly. Light enough
ia weight TO move easily from place
TO place. simple OF construction SC IL
will not get out OF order. made Of
welded brass. II Is encased In an at
tractive Jacket. Supply floor plugs
IN your new home with this heater
IN mind.
Most OF US know OF the package
receiver built by the kitchen door.
but we forget to install IL when
huI1ding. IL is "A great convenience
for the housewife who does not keep
helm. often she has 10 wait for
delivery boys when she wants TO go
out for fear something will happen
70 her bundles. Now the boys may
sin the bundles into the closet and
shnt the door. When the woman
returns she opens the inside door and
there Is her stuff safe and sound.
IL II a worthwhile convenience and
should be large enough 10 be prac-
tical.
Almost everyone wants n or
more windows open at night. but
they dislike getting up in the cold.
carly morning to shut them. A new
device, an automatic closer. can now
be had. II runs by a noiseless and
dependable clock mechanism that
NAV be set at the nour you wish the
windows closed and IL does the work.
THE device allows the window TO be
ouened fourteen inches. Finished in
neutral colored enamel, the closer
As an almost invisible helper.
Don't forget the inches at each
side OF the fireplace. or in odd spaces
wnere you may house book shelves
decorative china Or. with door:
with diamond PANIED lights. the niche.
may conceal tea service, bottles and
glasses, or other things not AWAY:
meant for public gaze.
We all love corner closets anC
when building we can have them IL
any style or period desired. Colonia
period gives us some very attractiv,
examples. and many Of the European
peasants give US ideas both in mode