Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1910 — THE BUNGALOW. [ARTICLE]

THE BUNGALOW.

How (ke Boat ladlaa Croat 100 Haa Boca Adapted la This Conatrjr. Bungalow la an elastic word. The Idea Is old and it has been adapted to ♦his country within Mm laat few years. There has always been the cottage at the seashore or mountains and the colonial mansion bad been here before the days of the oldest Inhabitant. In the west they had shacks and in Italy they have the villa. India had to havfc something, so in the Bengalese district they created the bungalow. Now it Is here, but far different from the Bengalese affair. For tn East India the bungalow is of fHmsy construction, with thatched roof, verandas surrounding the house and with one room divided by a curtain. At first the bungalow was a cooling-off place, a garden house or a lodge. With the name end the idea American architects have somewhat changed things sad have shown East Indian people that in this country a bungalow

really to something. When the Idea was new In this country an architect when asked the difference l tween a I bungalow and a cottage said “about 15,000.” But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a bungalow for lesl than that amount. The bungalow, as built In thte country today, to a permanent structure, a home for all the year around, eptcept for those who have money enough to own one for summer use only. It la divided into as many rooms as taste and pocketbook direct, but usually it to a combination of reception hall, drawing room, library, dining room and living room. There to no suggestion of luxury In this type of architecture, and the furnishings, to be In harmony. Should suggest rest, ease afiod comfort. Straightback chairs, upholstery, onyx tables and gilt stools are as mudh out of place In the bungalow as a Steam piano In a flat. The type contributes to happiness and content, and builders say a cynic never selects the bungalow. Brides rave over them. So popular have they become that builders are putting them up and then offering them for sale for the purchasers of the ready-made. Some say this is the cheaper jdan, but the man who has built hds own will have so much satisfaction from having it as he wanted it that he won’t agree with this. In some cities shoddy affairs have been rushed up hy building companies, and these are likely to be gold bricks.— Atlanta Georgian.