English Type Brick Home Attractive
and Has Many Superior Advantages
A home of charm and Individuality in brick with that much sought for
Colonial entrance. The floor plans are as well designed as the attractive
exterior. The rooms are all large and this borne has more than the usual
number of closets.
By W. A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to
practical home building, for the read
ers of this paper. On account of h's
wide experience as editor, author* and
r-anufacturer, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 407 South Dearborn
Street, Chicago, III., arid only Inclose
twc-cent stamp for reply.
While the first brick houses In the
United States were built by the Hol
land Dutch who settled In New York,
brick has been the stable building ma
terial In England for several centuries.
And in the use of brick English archi
tects have developed nn individual
type of architecture, an example along
the English lines being shown In the
accompanying illustration.
While this house Is not a true type
of English architecture, it has the
many gables and sloping of roof that
Is popular in the British isles. This
First Floor Plan.
Is a home of charm and Individuality.
The one touch of American arcliitec
ture In It Is the colonial entrance door.
This house 1b 22 feet by 28 feet, ex
clusive of the sunroom made possible
by the turning of the pitch of the roof
from the front gable. It contains six
Buildings of Future
May Be Windowless
The skyscraper office building of the
future, the school, church, even the
private home may be built with few or
no windows. The only purpose the
window will serve ,will be to permit
those on the Inside to enjoy the view,
or those outside to look into a store
or display room. Problems of light
and fresh air can be solved artificially
and more satisfactorily than they ore
by the many-windowed buildings of
today.
This Is the Interesting forecast of
fered In the American Architect,
which points to innovations in several
new buildings as Indications of such
a tendency.
In the new Union Trust building,
Detroit, for example, 10 stories of
windows are so built that they will
never be opened. Air conditioning
designed to keep the temperature at
a uniform 70 degrees throughout the
year makes the open window unneces
sary. The heating and refrigerating
machinery of the building also regu
lates humidity by mixing ozone with
the Incoming air and eliminates those
listless days so frequently felt by in
door workers when even fresh air
feels dead.
In New York the new Waldorf-As
toria hotel will Install a system by
which each guest can regulate the
temperature of his own room summer
and winter. The radiator will be In
combination with a cooling apparatus
attached to the refrigerating plant.
Many other modern buildings through
out the country are Introducing sim
ilar systems elaborated from those al
ready In use In theaters and up-to-date
storage warehouses where furniture,
art works, furs and other valuable
goods must be protected by a constant
temperature.
"Advances In Illuminating are such
that the time may come when even
office buildings will be lighter and
more livable without windows than
they are now with them," says the
American Architect writer.
Lighting of approximately the same
tone as daylight already has been
achieved and applied practically In
stores and offices, it Is pointed out,
and many such business buildings, par
ticularly department stores, will find
the wail space now occupied by win
rooms, bath and five clothes closets.
The entrance door leads into a
small hall which projects out from the
? main lines of the building and leads
into a large living room, 11 feet by 20
Second Floor Plan.
feet, which extends the width of the
house. At one end is a fireplace. A
door at the side of the fireplace lends
to the sunroom, which Is 7 feet wide
by 13 feet long. A double cased open
ing leads to the dining room, which is
14 feet 6 inches by 10 feet, and at the
side is the kitchen, which is rather
large, 9 feet 9 inches by 11 feet. An
enclosed stairway runs out of one side
of the living room and leads to a cen
tral hall on the second floor. Off this
hall are three bedrooms, each a cor
ner room, and the bathroom.
The arrangement of the rooms and
the size of each one may be visualized
by the floor plans which accompany
the exterior view of the home. It will
be noted that each of the rooms is so
located as to give plenty of light and
ventilation. At the same time the ar
rangement Is such that the work of
caring for the house may be done
without unnecessary steps.
For the prospective home builder
who wants an unusual house that Is
solid in appeararfce, is comfortable
and has rooms larger than is usually
found in a six-room house, this design
will appeal.
play uses. Elimination of dust and out
side noises are important considera
tions, especially in crowded cities, it
is shown, and this can be achieved to
a large degree by the elimination of
the open window. Avoidance of drafts
and variable temperatures which en
danger health is another important
factor noted.
Lastly, many architects point, the
elimination of windows?or the neces
sity for them?would help solve the
artistic problem of the skyscraper,
since more pleasing results can he
achieved with a solid shaft than with
one punctuated with openings.
Oak Flooring Adds to
Value of the Old Home
Buying an old hoii^e and modernlz
| ing It Is becoming more and more
popular. Frequently such a house can
; be obtained at a reasonable figure and,
through the expenditure of several
thousand dollars, made Into a resi
dence worth much more than the in
vestment.
Sometimes It is advisable to remod
el, though this depends, of course, on
the house. More often a few modern
touches such as new bathroom and
new electric light fixtures, reflnishing
of the woodwork and the laying of
oak floors will be the principal items
of expenditure.
Nothing is more Important In the
appearance, health and comfort of a
house than good oak floors. If the
old house which you are remodeling
has oak floors, the chances are they
will only need reflnishing, since oak
floors will Inst as long as a house and
with proper care will become more
beautiful with age. If the floors are
of soft wood, it would be simple and
Inexpensive to have oak flooring laid
over them.
Unlucky Saturday
Saturday Is the most dangerous day
for the workmen, according to findings
of a survey In New York reported by
the American Architect. On construc
tion Jobs it was found that more men
were injured on Saturday morning
than any other half day. The explana
tion advanced Is that the men are
tired and anxious to get away for the
week-end, hence their minds do not
focus as clearly on their Jobs as dur
ing other days.
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| A Picture !
! f?r \
; Christmas ;
| By Clara Agee Hays '
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CHItlSTMAS eve Marlon
surveyed her npnrtment?
f 1 vvrenths of holly In the wln
I (lows and a tiny tree with
|k J colored lights In the living
room' For "'tee Chrlstmases
IHBN ?all slone?she'd done this.
Even baked a chicken to?
well?make It seem Chrlstmasy.
Anyway, she wasn't hungry or
lomeless. Marlon's smile was wistful
sqd perhaps a little bitter. There was
no one In the whole city to share her
Christinas. She'd worked up to a
good Job, but her business acquaint
ances all had their own family festiv
ities. How the girls who worked un
der her had planned and chattered
for the last weekl They called
Marlon "Miss Morris" and were timid
before her. Of course, she couldn't
areak the Ice with, "I'm only a lonely
girl I Don't think of me as a boss.
Let me share your fun."
Marion paused, now, as she passed
"Jack's" picture on her table. Play
fully she screwed up her face. She'd
get him a present, of course. A?a
cigarette case with his Initials?ex
pensive but simple. That's the way
the girls at the office sounded. And
he'd get her a?She dropped the en
largement and hurried to rescue the
potatoes?scorched for supper.
Last year "Jack" had been a pres
ent from herself. Her brother, Ben,
thousands of miles away, had sent a
snapshot of himself taken with a
young man. "My pal and I?He's a
real fellow," Ben had scrawled across
the back. Marlon had studied the fine
face In the picture and yearning born
af a long unrealized dream of romance
stirred her. Finally when last Christ
mas came she had guiltily cut her
brother's picture off and had the oth
er enlarged, tinted, and framed.
"The color of his eyes?" asked the
artist.
"Oh?er?brown," she said and
blushed. That was what she wanted
him to have. She had called him
"Jack." And ever since "Jack" had
been her confident, her pal, her fiance.
. . Hero on Buelness. . . . Told
Ben I'd Look You Up."
The long evenings pns3ed more easily
when she looked Into the large brown
e.ves and dreamed of the time she and
"Jack" might have a home of their
own.
But, tonight, another empty Christ
mas eve. Imaginative Marion with
twinkling eyes, became matter-of-fact
Miss Morris of the office. "It's ridic
ulous!" she scolded. "Completely In
love with a picture! I must be losing
my mlDd!" Vlndlcatively she thrust
"Jack" into a drawer and sat down
to make herself read and forget.
Suddenly the door bell rang. Marion
opened the door cautiously. Tiien she
gasped.
When David Bruce entered he won
dered why the attractive sister of his
pal stared at him as If she could not
believe her eyes and sank weakly Into
a chair.
". . . Here on business. . . . Told
Ben I'd look you up," he ex
plained a little nervously. "Shouldn't
have broken In on your Christmas?a
perfect stranger?I?ab?was a little
lonesome. I guess . . ."
Marion inanged to say softly, "I'm
glad you came." And David, looking
at her felt that, somehow, she was.
There'd been lots to talk about.
David leaving late, anticipated with
actual eagerness the dinner with ber
tomorrow. And Marlon's heart Sang
as she got up early on Christmas to
"get things dune." David came early,
too, and Marion, pinning g towel
around blm, let him help. It seemed
natural. She and he had been friends
in her imagination so long! The aft
ernoon passed swiftly. In the evening
they went to a theater.
When they returned, "A look at the
tree before you go?" invited Marion.
David stepped In?for a look at
Marlon. He flushed and glanced down.
"I?I told Ben?If his sister was
ns?attractive as the picture he
showed me. I'd-?want to bring her
back with me and?" He looked so
seriously. "Please don't think me
cheeky. I've got to return so soon
and?well, she's better than the pic
ture. I . . ." ,
A minute later he held her In his
arms.
"Oh. Jack!" Marlon gasped In hap
py confusion and then flushed. But
David's brown eyes had read hers and
what her lips said didn't matter.
(ft. Hit. Watira Nowipopnr Union.) 1
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Yuletide Happiness |
j CHRISTMAS time! That man g
[ ^ must be a misanthrope, in- g
5 deed, in whose breast something ?
| like a jovial feeling is not roused g
t ?in whose mind some pleasant ?
j associations are not awakened g
t ?by the annual recurrence of ?
J Christmas.?Dickens.
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C?I
___|HEY all came tumbling
Or forth. "We're In plenty of
J I time," they said,
g . I "Well," said one, "you
v 'jnow we bear so much
SujEr* these days about doing
?ffljfcS your Christmas shopping
Br v early that we wanted to
be Just as punctual."
"It's nice to see every one again,"
one of the others said.
"Oh, yes, and this cold, crisp air
does agree with us so well. We feel
so glowing and so full of health and
gayety."
At that the word "Glowing" and
the word "Health" and the word
"Gayety" all looked so pleased.
They had come tumbling out ef the
dictionary where they spent a good
aeai 01 tneir time,
but now they
would be out all
the time, they
knew.
It was their very
own season. Each
word had all Its
family along, too.
They were quite
large families. In
fact It seemed as
though they were
quite large enough
to fill file world's
orders for them.
All the words
were feeling so
pleased. There
was the word
"Hclly" and there
was the word
"Mistletoe." There
were the words
* nrisuims urecns. iiitn: wus lue
word "Merry." There was the word
"Happy.-*
There was the family of "Compli
ments of the Season."
There were all the "Good Wishes."
CThey were an enormous family.
There were the words "Xuletide"
and "Christinas Day" and "Christmas
Eve," and there was the family of the
"Spirit of Christmas."
And the word "Evergreen" came
out, too, and the word "Snow" and
the words "White Christmas."
Then came the words "Christmas
Tree" and the word "Ribbon" had
linked arms with the word "Red."
The word "Tinsel" looked as bright
and sparkling as could be, and the
word "Stocking" Just looked as
though It would burst with pride.
The word "Children" was right In
its element, and the word "Peace"
looked so happy, so relieved. The
words "Good Will" were on hand, too.
And all these words, such beautiful,
happy words, had come tumbling out
of the dictionary to stay until the I
Christmas season was over, for they
knew they would be in such great use. j
They had come in plenty of time?
there was no fear about that. And
then the word "Peace" spoke.
"It would be so perfect," said
"Peace," "if human beings, all over
the world, would make a real friend
of me. There is no one who will be a
better friend. I will make it so that
instead of troubles, agonies, miseries,
waste and destruction coming along
people will be able to do great deeds
and think great thoughts. They will
Iia nhla to mnlfA ?mu iiiiu,??/u
life richer and
more beautiful for
all about them.
They will accom
plish great peace
time improvements
and deeds. They
will work to do
away with poverty
and trouble. That
would be the most
wonderful Christ
mas every one in
the world ' could
give to every one
else in the worM.
"Oh, I should
like to see suspi
cions and doubts
put away, to see
trust and belief in
people by other
people. You know
how one always appears one s Desl
with a person who thinks a lot ol
you?so with trust and faith the
world will think more, each of the
other.
"Then, beautiful Christmas Words,
we could be around so much more of
the time than Just at Christmas.
"There Is no season like Christmas.
But to make the spirit of Christmas
last throughout the whole year would
be the greatest gift that human beings
could make to Christmas. For years
Christmas has given people cheer,
happiness. Now, wouldn't It bo a
good Idea for people to give Christ
mas a great and mighty present?
"I should so love to be a present to
the world?a real, lasting present."
And all the words looked more de
lighted than ever. "That Is a beauti
ful Idea, Peace." they said, "and we
all hope that that Idea of yours will
really, really grow until all, all take
you as a gift not only to themselves
but to every one else In the whole
world."
So the Words were ready for the
great Christmas season. But of all of
them Peace v.as the one hoping the
greatest, greatest hope of ail!
IV. lis, WtBtera Newspaper Union.)
Movement in Poland to
to Change Unseemly Names
A Polish parliamentary deputy be.
longing to one of the peasant parties
wishes to Introduce a law to facili
tate and chenpen the changing of sur
names. Many peasants' surnames
have crystalized out of mocking nick
names conferred by neighbors. There
are on record "Paunch," "Leprosy,"
"Scurf" and many others still less
complimentary. Jews are often In a
worse plight than peasants. Until the
end of the Eighteenth century they
bore patronymics such as "Abraham, ?
son of Jacob."
The police of the three powers that J
partitioned Poland insisted that they i
should ail take surnames. Either in j
an attempt to extort bribes or else to <
amuse themselves they often inflicted ]
the most ridiculous and unseemly
names on the unfortunate Jews.
'Tonweight," "Abdominal Ulcer" and
"Berlin Blue" are among those re
corded.
Some such surnames have so gross
ly indecent a meaning that they could
not be translated In the pages of a
respectable paper. Some of the Jews,
who only understood Yiddish, did not
know what their Russian names '
m#mt. Thousands of them have
changed their names since the war.
?Exchange.
rr
Relativity
The late Chauncey M. Depew used
to poke a good deal of fun at phi
losophy, relativity and other high-brow
subjects.
"Philosophy," he once said, "has
been likened to a blind man searching
a dark room In the night for a black
hat that isn't there.
"But relativity!
"Relativity is like the dialogue of
Pat and Mike.
" Tnn T know what I don't know?'
says Mike.
" 'No,' says Pat.
* '"Well, now, there's a certain thing
I don't know, and I know it. Then
don't I know what I don't know?'
" 'I don't know.'"
Modern Morals
Maxwell Bodenheim. the poet and
novelist whose name figured tragical
ly In the news a year ago, was talk
ing one day in Greenwlhch Village
about modern morals.
"Modern morals." he said, "are ex
emplified in a poet of my acquaint
ance.
" 'Maltravers,' I asked him at a
studio tea. 'Maltravers, can you re
member the first girl you ever kissed?'
"Maltravers twirled the pointed end
of his blond beard and answered :
" 'The first? Good gracious, I don't
even remember the last.*"
Popular
Reports are seeping In that New
j Jersey is striving to emulate Califor
nia. A real estate man in Camden
tried to sell a lot to a Callfomlan.
The deal was moving along just so-so
when the Californinn heard some
thing.
"What Is that awful humming?" he
demanded suspiciously.
"Oh, just the theme song for a mos
quito revue," was the prompt reply.?
Los Angeles Times.
Deaf Persona Hear Talkies
It is figured that there are 15,000,
000 persons In this country with de
ficient hearing. It was thought that
they would be deprived of a source
of nmsuement when the "talkies"
threatened to take the place of the
"stills," but this has been taken care
of in many of the newest theaters by
equipping a section of the house with
accoustic devices for the use of these
afflicted persons.
Against All Government
An "anarchist" is one who believes
that all forms of government are
wrong and unnecessary. Sjome an
archists believe also that It is their
duty to destroy governments. Literal
ly the word "anarchy" means "without
a head." Hence it has come to be al
most synonymous with disorder, rev
olution or terror.
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Live and Learn
Jim?I always ldnda thought a wife
would be some one to lean on in time
of trouble.
Jack?Changed your opinion, eh?
Jim?Yes; I find she's some one to
git on you for getting into it?Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Call to Order
??What are you mumbling about,
John?" demanded his autocratic wife.
"I was talking to myself. Why do
yna butt III?"
"Well, you don't seein to be paying
any attention to yourself."
Maybe He Will Be
First Crocodile?I'd love to travel.
Second Crocodile?You should be a
suitcase.?Chicago Daily News.
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CALIFORNIA ^
Old Town Renews Life
Once Weymouth, N. J., was a pros
perous town, but It was oft the beaten
track. One by one families moved to
larger cities until only a few old set
tlers remained. The town became de
serted and for several years no rent
has been charged the few resident*
willing to stay in the old town. Now
a water company has run a line into
the town and a service fee of 10 cents
a month lias been placed on evo?
house and the tenants are required to
pay the fee.
Politics Inevitable
"I think I shall keep out of politics,"
said the young man.
"What are you going to do," re
joined Senator Sorghum, "be a her
mit?"?Washington Star.
Reason Enough
"Why did you steal the 10 shillings
from plaintiff?"
"Because he would not lend them
to ine for my honest face."?Fllegend#
Blaetter, Munich.
It doesn't seem to matter to some
men whether they ride in an automo
bile or a putrol wagon.
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than In yonr grandmother's day.
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