The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-26

homes which is being visited by 1000
feel affluent enough to own something
more on the scale of a southern man.
sion, they can add whole new story
just as easily.
Fresh air fiends and those Of us who
like to feed poetic souls by fiinging
windows open to the balmy breezes
of spring are likely to be little
Here the spring breeze is not pleasant
zephyr, but an annoying draft. For
this is an aforementioned house, re-
member. The motor unit draws in
the outside air with a central fan,
washes it, purifies it and heats it or
insulation from the outside tempera-
lures is essential The air supplied
by the motor unit is in reality fresher
and better to breathe than the outside
air, no matter what the weather.
Roofs of the new houses can be fiat
for sun decks and play areas because
these buildings, even though they be
only one story high, are built like sky
scrapers. So complete will be the in
sulation from heat and cold, you can
invite friends over whenever you want
to for a weiner roast-with the bon
fire built on the roof! The houses
will also be lightning-proof, cyclone
proof and even earthquake-proof.
The pre-fabricated walls are proof
against sound and termites. They are
made of steel, with panels of pressed
asbestos and cement. They are prac-
tically indestructible. They feel like
stucco and yet nails can be driven
into them.
Modernists Make Concession.
Only the front door will be made
of wood-a true concession on the part
of the designers to allow for some lit
tie shred of the home-maker's senti-
ment to, remain. Mr.. Gunnison ex-
plains it:
"We don't want to be too modernis-
tic. The housewife wants the feel of
wood on the door as she enters. It's
more domestic-not so mechanical,
somehow. Everything in the house
has been done from her point of 'view."
1t is easy to suppose that the house
wife will really be more interested in
the "feeP' of machinery at her finger
tips, ready to do most of her work for
her. From that standard, certainly the
house has been designed with her in
mind. Despite the fact that it may be
located in the remotest suburb or on
a farm, the house is more like an eff
cient metropolitan apartment, set off
by itself and roof placed over it.
Everything is easy to do. Walls are
Of washable fabric. Closets are cedar
lined. Floors are made of compressed
hardwood panels. Windows are Of the
steel easement type, which open with
a little crank, like those in an automo-
bile. There are metal storm windows
and screens.
There are no cellars in this house.
There is nothing to go into the cellar.
All the heating, plumbing and domes-
tic mechanical equipment is contained
in the motor unit on the first floor.
This mechanical nerve center of the
home has been called one of the most
important scientific contributions to
the building industry in years.
Machines Do 1t All.
A steel cabinet, hardly larger than
q pantry, contains the motor unit. If
there are two floors, this score ex-
tends also to the second floor to serve
additional baths there. The front of
the unit forms one wall of the kitchen.
Along this wall is the kitchen "work-
bench" 1t is a single, streamlined
unit of monel metal and enamel, which
contains a range, an electric refriger-
ator, electric clock, mechanical dish
washer and dryer, shadowless indirect
lighting unit, basin and work table
with drawers and cupboards scienti-
fically arranged to save steps for the
housewife. There are no cooking odors