Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1915 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOME TOWN HELPS

PLANNING THE NEW HOUSE Interior Arrangements Should Have as Much Care as the Outside of the Home. Things one should not do in planning a home have been enumerated from week to week on the Home Builders' page of the Sunday Herald during the past few months. But in addition to the things that should not be done there are many little things that should be done, some of which, seemingly unimportant, are In reality very Important. Following are a few of the “Do’s," combined with "Don’ts:” Don’t treat the piazza as an architectifral excrescence; make It a real out-of-door living room. It should command a good view, have a western exposure and be so located as to afford privacy and rest to those occupying it. Don’t plan for other than wide openings between the hall, living room and dining room. These wide openings give an air of spaciousness and gracious hospitality. Don’t buy a building site without first having the architect visit the site with you. You may in this way avail yourself of many valuable and helpful hints. Don’t plan your house until you have selected' your building site. Tq do so is about as difficult and will result more disastrously than buying a hat without first trying it on. Don’t forget that a cheery entrance hall affords to the casual visitor agreeable anticipations that a further acquaintance with the house will be equally cheery. Don’t fail to locate the kitchen range out of reach of cross drafts. Much time and fuel are wasted, often with disastrous results to the cooking, by not obtaining this condition. Don’t omit the shower from the bathroom. You will be more than repaid in health and comfort for the extra outlay. Don’t fail to conceal, if possible, the hot-water boiler in some convenient closet in the kitchen. The boiler is not a decorative feature, even with much time expended in polishing IL This time can be spent to better advantage in numerous other ways. The water keeps hot longer if the tank is concealed, which is an advantage economically.—Boston Herald.