Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
EVOLUTION TOLD
OF MODERN HOME
More Than 1000 Years Re-
CURED to Perfect Comforts
and ConvenienCeS.

It took more than 1000 years to de-
velop the home in all its comfort efti-
cheney and beauty that we enjoy today,
the National Association of Real Estate
Boards states in the Tooth of its series
Of articles for the public.
In tracing the evolution of the in
ventions that have made the American
home the best in the world, the aSso-
citation points out that experiments are
being conducted every day to even fur
ther improve our domicileS, so that the
next 10 years will see new equipment
and methods added, and the next so
years will bring new wizards to raise
the standards of our home life.
IF you think that it has taken a
long time to perfect television and some
Of the wonders of the modern world,
remember that it took just 1888 years TO
perfect the system of heating the water
supply for the home" the body reports
And when you push the various but
tons and gadgetS that bring you COM
fort, warmth, light and communication
with the outside world, remember that
an imposing array of inventors worked
far into many nights to bring these
eonveniences to you.
'Edison, Bell, Benjamin Franklin and
a Roman gentleman named Serglus
Orata. who lived in 100 BIC, are a rev
Of the great whose names are linked
with the development Of the American
home.
Glass Used in POmpeii.
s~The residents of ancient PonApen
v,sed glass in their windows, but as late
ee the fourteenth century Richard II
issued q writ to scour England TO nno
@ro,Ioh glass to repair the windows in
inst one castle. For centuries glass was
regarded as luxury, and was taxed
arcordingly, down to recent times. DIS
covered by the Phoenicans, according
In Plsny the Second, modern manu-
Sact1Iring methods have made glass so
common today that no one gives IL q
Thought. But the windows OF america
first homes were provided only VIII
parchment or oiled paper. -.
"'The process of water heating also
remained in disuse, probably because OF
the EXPENSE of installation, for nearly
> r1C wears after its invention. OraIa,
@he Roman. perfected what was calleo
= ssInvnocaustf' for heating the rooms OF
S1,e ancient Roman dwellings, ana LOT
heatinr the water in the famous Roman
baths, through pipes or hues.
"But the early settlers IN TINS coun-
sxy, even up to time In the memo ntes
~ neople stin living, heated their water
=, t,ibs placed on their stoves and
armed their houses with f1replaces.
And though some Romans hao lnolViQ-
nal baths In their homes, as well as tne
Public ones. there was only one PAM
h1b In all Of England In 1880. and the
SrSt tub in this country made us ap-
pearance In 1912.
Discovery Of Gas.
",John Baptist Van Helmont. born at
brussels in 1877, while engaged IN
chemical research discovered gas An
FneIish rector, Rev. DR.. John Clayton,
discovered coal gas In 1850, and an en-
eineer, William Murdoch, lit his nome
with gas In 1892, thereby causing great
CONSERVATION In his village in Wales.
an New York City the first house
Nphted hy gas was at Cherry street,
The home Of Samuel Leggett. This was
sdThe first individual bathtub was
built around 1000 &c. A bathts-o, dug
rom the ruins Of the sss@sace OF King
Minos on the buried Island Of Crete, Is
dated BY historians around this time.
"a the tub is regarded as an invention,
q took 4, 1000 years to produce the mod
aEn home.
"AdEm THOMPSON % Cincinnati was
h, proud Of the tub he had installed In