Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 182, 8 May 1910 — Page 7

TILE RICHMOND PAUADIU3I AD SUX-TELEGHAM, SUNDAY, 3IAY1 8, 1910.

Craftsman Homes

The Relation of the House to the Home and Its

Influence on Family Life.

A mart's house should he on the hilltop of cheerfulness and serenity, -

so high that no shadows rest upon it and where the morning comes

$o early and the evening tarries so late that the day has twice as many golden hours as those of other men.Henry IVard Beecher.

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f Bjr CUSTAV STICKLEY.

N the little town where I spent my youth was a young lady of whom. In

our ignorance pernaps, it was our custom to speak aa "very talented."

o one wu surprised, tnererore, to hear that she had decided to become

' , a groat artist ana to una ena was going to Philadelphia to study. It was

evident, however, that her ambition was double barreled, for she frequently told us that for an artist of reputation social discriminations were put aside and that Society, with a large 8, was only too glad to throw open Its doors to

Fame.

So she set out hot on the chase of art and society, and while persuing the latter a man of wealth and position became deeply Interested in her. He wished, very naturally, to visit her In her home, a plan not entirely to her lik

ing, but one to which she could not reasonably object So when she left Phil

adelphia for her vacation It was arranged that he should follow later.

Once at home the aspect of the house was even more unsatisfactory than

ane baa expected. The rooms seemed smaller, the furnishings more ordinary.

As a matter of fact. It was a very comfortable home. There were no luxuries.

but neither were there evidences of that constant little economy which wea

ries the energy of the poor and despoils life of Its joy. It was a simple house,

In every way adequate to the simple life that was lived within It, but she kept

imagining now tne suit parlor set would strike her guest and what inferences he would draw from the cheap ornaments on the mantel and the photographs of the people that stood about. Nowhere did the suavity and culture that she

wished her bousv to present appear. The whole interior seemed to oppose and

thwart her ambition, and she did not Intend that it should.

Accordingly she hurried to the nearest town to buy new furniture, and

inside of the fortnight she had refurnished the entire lower part of the house.

leaving nowhere a familiar landmark. The old furniture had not been expen

sive or beautiful, but it was solid and substantial and bad somehow grown

Into the home. She tore it out and substituted the foolish spindle stuff that

.was then coming Into fashion. - .

1 When the guest arrived the house was hardly more strange to him than to the couple that had passed their lives there. The rooms were like old friends showing cold and unfamiliar faces. The articles wits which they were

accustomed to extend their hospitality were replaced by things which they

.thirdly knew how to handle.

At last, thoroughly uncomfortable, the guest departed, never to come back.

He had admired the girl whom he had come to visit and had wished to form some estimate of the family Into which he had hoped to marry. He had found

nothing upon which to base a judgment and bad received only a blurred im

pression of pretentious standards and awkward, 111 at ease people. The regard

In wbdch the family was held by their neighbors, their kindness and the sin

cere hospitality of which they were capable, all of these were lost behind the

veneer of pretension and the self cOnsciousnesa which it occasioned. For the

spirit of the family had not accustomed Itself to the new surroundings. If she

had hoped that such flimsy frailties would conceal the principles that underlay

the life of the family or that that whole life would, as it were, pull itself up by its boot straps to the level of social life which the fashionable, novelties seemed to her to represent, "neither came" to pass. She' succeeded only In disabling the home life, because she had taken away the material things that contributed their part to the meaning of the home and had replaced them with

products representing another mode of life. It was as if she bad suddenly called upon her family to express themselves in a foreign tongue. They were

homeless in their own home.

Home means to us that place within whose walls we find all those for whom we have come to care, the little portion of the world that is unques-

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restfalness, physical and mental, that

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miliar things; the surety that the favorite chair will be in the accustomed

FIRST FLOOR PLAN. v ' IT xavome OOKS wu De close at hand. It means the spot which

amia tne changes or outside life remains unchanged in its relation to us. In the series of Craftsman house plans which I intend to contribute weekly to this paper it is my aim to show how directly and simply the needs of home life may be met and how the trouble of housekeeping may be simplified by careful planning and compact building until a woman may be independent of the servant problem and, if occasion arises, And little difficulty in keeping her own house In order. To this end there are.no needless passages between rooms, involving doors to be constantly opened and closed, but the connections between the roonrfl are direct Needless partitions are left out, making light, airy rooms, easily kept clean, large enough to contain nooks to which one may retire for privacy when it is desired. The houses shown will range in cost from $1,000 to $10,000 and are to be chiefly one and two story houses of the bungalow type, suitable for any location where a detached house may be built. Each and all of these are at the service of the reader, so that if one should appeal to you in the main, yet does not fulfill yewr exact requirements probably in others, you will find features to be blended into the plan which you prefer and make it adequate to your particular desires. ' The house shown here is built with cement and a half timber construction. The lines and proportions are dignified and simple. The- attractiveness of the exterior depends entirely upon the proportion of mass and spacing, the half timber construction being used to break up the plain wall spaces Into panels that are more agreeable to the eye. The woodwork is the rich brown of chemically stained cypress. The walls are cemerft upon metal lath. Wherever possible the structural timbers are left exposed, for our whole method of building Is to minimize the liability of disintegration and the expense of the continuous repair caused by .dampness settling about the parts which are usually boxed in.

,ne porcn is supported by cement pillars and has a cement floor, which is 'easily kept clean by the garden hose. J The house Is well lighted with four large windows in the living room facing the porch. j The floor plans show the hall, dining room and living room to be so slightly separated that they are practically one large room. In the dining room a sideboard is built in with a china closet at. either end, and across the end of the hall is a big built in scat, so that, unoccupied, the house has a hospitable apipearance, and this makes the furnishing of It a much simpler matter. The stairs are in themselves a very attractive feature, separated from the hall by ia wainscoting with a spindled railing. Upstairs the chambers are airy and llight. with capacious closets in every room, and above this is an attic, which may be finished off into rooms.

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ES-ri and CTTeratioTTe TtKl Return, without "fiSf" RUfTURB POSITIVELY CURED AND GUARANTEED. eusiaes

To Save Money U, S. Will Wash Currency

Uncle Sam Figures Out That by Adopting This Plan He Can Save Between $300,000 and 5400,000 Annually Method Adopted. '

BY SIDNEY ESPEY. Washington, May 7. Uncle Sam, by

reason of necessity, has been forced

into adopting methods whereby the

expenses of the government are cur

tailed. His latest scheme, which It is thought will effect a savin e of frrm

$300,000 to -$400,000 annually, is to

wasn ail currency issued by the bureau of engraving and printing that finds its way back to the treasury for redemption; heretofore all forms of

backs" and "yellowbacks" have hwn

acerated after redemption by the treasury department. Now, however, It is proposed to vitalize some of this currency so that it mar be turn

back into the channels, of -trade and at the same time be Just as good as the new paper currency which comes fresh from the bureau of engraving each day.

While this latest Dlan has not. vet

been put into general use by the treas

ury department, its practicability has been demonstrated and Its adontion

J only a matter of a few months. The

i""0""" which hi present prevent the

installation of the system are merelv

incidental, so that it is only a matter

or a snort time before the process of

washing old currency will form a nart

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or the regular routine of the bureau

The idea was suggested to treasury

department officials bv Director ttalnh

of the bureau of engraving and print-

Jin,. e ueiaiiea uurgess Smltn, a chemist in his department, to carrv

out the necessary work in perfecting

a system or laundering old money Finally, the plan was considered nrac

tical and a committee of subordinate

officers of the treasury formed for the . purpose of looking into the sub

ject Director Ralph says that Uncle

Sam s present laundry is not quite in perfect order. The mechanical eauiD-

ment now installed performs the work, but it is thought a more satisfactory system can be devined. For that reason, Mr. Smith has been nlaced in

charge of the experimental work and

has been assigend to work out. not

only a practical system but one that will safe-guard the handling of soiled currency. The practical side of the matter has, it is said, been attained.

but the other side remains to be de

veloped.

In making the paper currency at the

Dureau a system of checking is em

ployed which is as complete as human Ingenuity can devise. Each die, roll and plate has a number in sequence stamped upon it Each employee receiving a piece of steel to work on is charged with the same until it is returned to the custodian of the vaults. Jn the office of the custodian complete records-and the history of 18,000 dies, 182)00 rolls and 18,000 plated are on file. Once a year the custodian's records are checked by a committee from the treasury department It usually tikes three months to accomplish the task. After the records are audited all abselete dies, rolls and plates are called for and ordered destroyed. The same minute system of checking obtains in every department of the bureau and only twice in the history of the constitution have plates and unfinished bills been reported missing. As a one dollar bill passes through about 500 hands before it becomes legal tender, a system of checking is absolutely necessary. The same system, it is said, will not be required when the bureau starts laundrying currency. While the incentive to steal an unfin

ished not ia not as great as it would be to obtain a real note, it is all the more necessary that great safeguards be taken when the operatives handle the real money. In washing the legal tender, transferring it from one room to another and from one operator to

another, Director Ralph believes that

greater safeguards will be imperative.

Just now the committee of the treas

ury and Mr. Ralph are planning a sys

tem whereby it will be impossible for

a bill to go astray while being handled by the operatives. As soon as this is perfected and the mechanical devices

installed. Uncle Sam will employ

enough laundresses to rehabilitate his

worn out currency as fast as it is turned into the treasury department, making it again the equal of a fresh bill and at the same time saving the government much money. The estimated cost of installing the new machinery for the laundry is only $700. The equipment will consist of copper screen trays, holding a dozen bills; a rolling machine, a sizing vat and a copper cage. Several girls em

ployed in the laundry will receive the money when it comes from the treasury department and will be responsible

for it until it leaves the bureau on its way back to the treasury.

At present no attempt will be made to revive the completely worn out bills. It will, however, wash and resize all notes that are received at the treasury department from banks and other financial institutions for redemption, the fibre of which has not been broken. When the notes are counted in the treasury, the completely worn out notes will .be placed la a separate pile from the merely dirty currency. The latter will be sent to the bureau and the other notes to the redemption divisioin where they will be macerated. Director Smith estimates that fully 40 per cent ot the notes returned to the treasury about $2,000,000 a day Will be sent to the bureau for laundrying. This will mean a saving of $1,200 a day without taking Into consideration the cost of operating the laundry. At present it costs the government one and one-half cents to print a bill, but in washing the currency the cost will be very small. To wash the currency thoroughly operators will have to sort out the paper money, place it on the copper

screen trays, which In turn are placed in copper cages and then placed in a solution of soap and water. As soon as the bills are thoroughly saturated they are taken out of the solution and subjected to an antiseptic bleaching process. They are then resized, rolled

and placed in packages for their return to the treasury. After passing through their bath, the bills present a nice clean appearance and look and feel like new crisp tender. All stains are removed and small holes in the paper are filled up with sizing. The ink is not harmed a particle In the washing process. Reports from the committee of the treasury experts who are conducting these experiments, show that most of the paper currency returned to the treasury for redemption conies from the south and west. New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other eastern cities send back very little currency for redemption. One new feature will be put into operation when the laundry plan is In working order. Secretary MacVeagh of the treasury will ask all banks, na

tional as well as private, to return all money to the , treasury which shows

the least effect of hard use. In this way, currency will be kent in a sterile

condition and a greater percentage of

returns can be made from the notes sent to the treasury than obtains at present.

GARDEN OF WILD FLOWERS. This May Mad Attractive Feature of th Horn Garden. A Tery attractive feature of the home garden is the so called wild garden, in which are planted the various species of local wild flowers that will grow in captivity, such as the maidenhair fern, the tiger lily, Solomon's seal, Jack In the pulpit, dog's tooth violet, hepaticas, columbine, pink and yellow lady 6lippers and others too numerous to mention. This garden may occupy a partly shady place along one side of the house or it may be merely a strip two feet wide, extending from the front walk half the depth of the lot and serving as a very beautiful and unconventional fence iiue between the home and the adjoining property. When the long strip scheme Is utilized the wild flowers may be re-enforced with cultivated flowers, such as pop-' pies, cosmos, zinnias and asters, with an occasional rosebush to break the monotony. To the possessor of such a wild garden one of the joys of spring is to watch for the first hepaticas and later see the dog's tooth violet and the jack in the pulpit appear. An occasional trip to the woods will replenish the wild garden in case some of the transplanted plants succumb to then new environment

Her tiurd Task. '"Has your wife found a house yet?" - "o Y oh sei, w"ve moved so often in the last ten years that it's almost impossible for her to find a plac with, some improvement that we haven t had at one time or another." Detroit Free Press.

HOW TO GROW DAHLIAS. Plant In Full Exposure to the Sun In Enriched Soil. There are so many new and rare dahlias in addition to the old varieties thatno home garden is complete without these beautiful flowers. They should be planted In full exposure to the sun. The soli should be thoroughly and deeply worked and should be well enriched. The bulbs should be planted from six to eight Inches deep and from two to three feet apart. During a very dry period it may be beneficial to give the plants water, but many authorities believe artificial wa terlng of dahlias and other plants to be more harmful than helpful, for the reason that as a general proposition it is insufficiently done. Dahlias should be thoroughly watered or not at alL When the first shoots make their appearance cut off all but the strongest one and pinch off the top of that This will cause the dahlia to branch at the surface of the ground, will concentrate the strength of the root in this shoot and remove all of the first imperfect flowers which are so common to some varietlea. .....

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Room Outfits. We have extra shipments of Buffets, Dining Tables and China Cabinots

and are badly in need of the room thoy occupy -Will close them out at the following prices:

China Cabinets at from $15 -up to $55.00

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Buffets, worth $25.00, to close at $18.50 Buffets worth $30.00 to close at $25.00 Buffets worth $35.00 to close at $27.50 Others at from $30.00 up to ....$7500

Sideboards from $1 3.48 up to $65.00

Dining Tables from $9.25 up to $45.00

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