Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1910 — The American. Home WILLIAM A. RADFORD Editor [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The American. Home WILLIAM A. RADFORD Editor

Mr. William A. Radford wilt answer questions and , Rive advice FREE OK COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of Ills wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer. he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford. No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. Gan you Imagine yourself “Far from the maddening throng,” living In a bungalow like this with never a. care or a thought except the comfortable .exertion of breathing the pure air from the fields or the woods? To suggest this to the tired city dweller who is caged in a flat may seem cruel, yet even he or she hopes sometime to live amid such surroundings. A bungalow like this fills the day dreams of thousands of people who are able to keep up their ambition by the hope of some time being far away from the scenes of confusion and bustle that tax the nerves and the strength. Now to come down out of the clouds to more practical things. The plan of this bungalow, you will observe, is simplicity Itself. There Is more porch than house. Aiid while there are only three rooms, we shall see how roomy the structure can be made. The porch extends all around the house with steps on each of the four sides. This porch is five feet three inches wide. At a very small expense the open spaces between the pillars of the porch can be screened In and screen doors provided at the entrances. Divisions or partitions of tapestry can divide thus the entire porch Into outdoor bedrooms. Privacy or protection against beating rains or sunshine can

be provided by the placing of canvas shades on rollers at the openings. This plan is an ideal conception lnftended for the man or woman who wants to live outdoors. In fact, It is ■ a compromise between the outdoors and the indoors. The side of the porch, for instance, adjacent to the kitchen, can be utilized as an outdoor dining room, and If all the remaining jporch space is not needed for bed:rooms it can be set aside for other purposes The building itself is 24 •feet square, and the porches added make it 34 feet, three inches square. ’The living room, provided with win■dow seats, as the plan shows, and a ■ cheery fireplace for use in cold weather, or on rainy days, is 16 feet 3 Inches long and 13 feet 9 inches wide. The .kitchen Is 10 feet long and nine feet

wide. A closet Is, provided off the bedroom, and a pantry of ample size Is placed off the kitchen. If the bedroom is not used on account of the perch being fitted up for sleeping quarters, this room can be used as a den or as a nursery. The people of this period have come to realize the value and hygienic necessity of plenty of fresh air. This has come about through long education. The fresh air cure for consumption is even now established as a fact and camps art■ maintained in many parts of the country for the treatment of this disease by the fresh air method. It is needless to say that member of a family living in a bungalow like this will ever need treatment for that dread disease. The open window at night is the greatest safeguard against disease. It is in the winter when the windows are\ closed, shutting out the pur'? air, that most ailments are contracted. A Tbc bungalow displayed Ksre can the built for a nominal sum. The interior of thd house, for Instance, where most of the money In building

usually Is spent, cap be simplicity ltself. The ceilings can be beamed and the sides of the walls finished with panels or with wainscoting and varnished or stained. As for the exterior, the design is admirably adapted to being finished with cement stucco. ■> On the sheathing tar paper should be nailed and over this furring strips nailed. Then either expanded metal or wooden lath can be used. Two coats will be required. The first, or scratch coat, Is a mixture of lime mortar containing plenty of hair. Before this coat is dry It should be scratched to make a holding surface for the cement mortar that Is to be the finish coat. This coat can be applied to bring out any desired finish. The most popular finish in cement stucco Is called the slap dash finish. If is applied by- being thrown on with a trowel. It makes a rough finish most attractive.

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