Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1894 — MAKES HOUSES IN MINIATURE. [ARTICLE]

MAKES HOUSES IN MINIATURE.

A Clever Bocton Mechanic Furnishes Models for About 8100 Each, Do you contemplate building a house 9 If so, here is an in\ aluable suggestion guaranteed to save you a lot or money and regret, and preserve the architect from untold aggravation. In Boston, says the New York Press, the”e is a man who from plans and specifications will make a tiny model, showing in detail just how the completed building will look. He charges from SSO to S9O to duplicate in miniature a three-story dwelling of ten or fifteen sepa- ate apartments. Everything is accurately reproduced, from the slope of the roof to the tread of the staircase. In this way the prospective owner, seeing his ideas practically realized, is able to make timely and iuet criticism. For even with a lively imagination and some knowledge of building, it is impossible to get a very clear conception of proportions. Verandas that looked luxuriously broad on paper become painfully contracted when actually planked over, and it is astonishing to tee h w cramped and cheap, or bald and big is the real house that one fancied. quite free from flaws. The Bostonian's scheme is to save you any possible disappo.ntments or blunders. On a platform five feet by four inches he sets up the little model, shingling, plastering or painting the exterior, you propose using for the real structure. Every window is in its proper place, doors swing easily on their hinges, halls are low or lofty and rooms snug or airy, just as you propose in the plans. There is the house, that you may turn it round and round, view it from a dozen standpoints, see where it meets your expectations, or wholly fails to materialize your favorite theories. It is true that S9O may seem a tidy sum to throw away on a toy, but those who have experienced some of the tribulations of house building will think it rather an inexpensive expedient in the end.