> ~ 2 i 2 SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1929 Square Type of House Makes for Economy in Cost of Construction The square type home is always popular, and the large porch which can be enclosed is a feature not found in many homes. By W. A. RADFCRD Mr, William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to practical home building, for the read- ers of this paper. On account of his "wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these sub- jects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply. Economy is many times an outstand- ing asset with prospective home build- ers when selecting a design for their new home, What runs up the cost of building a home is the irregular shape of a house which requires an irregular shape foundation. Each angle or turn in the foundation requires almost twice as much masonry as the same! wall running straight. That is why" architects in designing small homes stick pretty closely to straight lines. The home building design shown in the accompanying illustration is a rectangular home, 24 feet deep by 26 feet wide. However, the plainness that might come by these dimensions is broken by an artistic open: porch at (ae end. The entrance, too, has 4 2670" KITCHEN 1oxeo” 2 LIVING ROOM y ROXIE" DINING ROOM exo” First Floor Plan. been placed at one end, and with its colonial type porch pillars and roof and the overhang of the roof over the window group at the front, also helps to do away with the plain appearance. Shown on the floor plans for this home are six rooms and bath, On the first floor the entrance door leads in- to the stair hall with a large living room, 11 feet 6 inches by 18 feet con- nected with a hall by a cased opening. The second cased opening leads into a dining room, and the back of the e\ BED ROOM 1'6"x8°0 BED ROOM Wo xive” BED ROOM 14'0"X 110" re Second Floor Plan. stair hall is a kitchen 8 feet by 11 feet. This arrangement of connecting the hall and two rooms with a cased openings gives an air of spaciousness and makes practically all of the first floor into open living quarters. Cou- pled to this is an open fireplace at one end of the living room which breaks up the square wall effect. Dou- ble french doors lead from the dining room to the open porch. The stairs lead to a central square hall on the second floor off of which opens the three bedrooms and bathroom. Two of the bedrooms are larger than those found in a small home, while the third one ig about the usual size. The house is of frame construction with clap- board siding. Old-fashioned shutters on the windows upstairs add to the colonial effect of the exterior. This is the type of home building design which is popular where there is opportunity for surrounding the house with flowers, trees and shrubs As the illustration shows, this is a most attractive home and can be built at an unusually low cost. Foundation of Home Shows Real Condition Several suggestions that will help everyone who is contemplating the purchase of a house are made in a letter contributed by a correspondent. “Before you buy a house,” he writes, “you should start with the basement and examine the walls for water stains and horizontal water lines caused by water seepage, or water standing in the basement. - “The foundation and retaining walls should be inspected for proper thick- ness,” he continues. “A minimum width for main foundation walls below grade for a light-frame structure of one or two stories should not be less than ten inches, if of concrete; thir- teer inches of brick, and eighteen inches for stone. “Concrete walls having a sandy or clayey appearance are deficient in ce- ment, or else are constructed of hank sand and gravel containing a large percentage of loam. Such walls should be examined for sand and loam pock- ets which are detrimental to the walls’ structural strength and permit the en- trance of water. “The wall plate or mud sill, which lies directly upon the foundation and upon which the floor rests, should be minutely examined for dry rot and de- cay. This is generally the first mem- ber of a dwelling’s superstructure that goes bad.” . Yellow Color Makes Up. for Lack of Sunshine Keep always in mind in the selec- tion of materials for glass curtains that anything having a yellow or golden tone will do much to atone for lack of suflicient sunshine in a dreary or cold room. This is a fact so widely recognized as to hardly need repetition, but in similar fashion, and not so well known, materials having a rosy tone will lend &n atmosphere of warmth and coziness to a living-room or any room where such an effect is desired. The cheerfulness of the ‘sunshine tones,” as all of the yellows and golds and mellow tans are commonly called, makes them particularly desirable for most living-rooms, but there are times when the subtlety of a faint orchid color for sash curtains in a bed- room, or delicate green in a dining- room or breakfast porch, will produce wonderfully pleasing results. Iron Bases for Porch Columns Prevent Rotting An iron base for porch columns and. newels that raises the column from slightly less than two inches to six inches off the floor, allowing air to circulate between the column and the floor, so preventing rot, is available for round and square columns. Prices are reasonable. Permitting water to run off the floor without wetting the bottom of the column, these supports, it is claimed. will add years to the life of the col- umns, saving many dollars in replace: ment costs and improve the appear- ance of the porch. Water that clings about the base of columns and causes rot and decay is, through the use of these bases, passed off without caus- ing injury. Water also is prevented from backing under and in between the turned wood base. As it is necessary for the turned wood base to have an open center a trifle smaller than the opening in the column to ventilate the column shaft. there are no outside fastenings. Holes are provided in the center bearing for fastening the beam to the floor. The turned wood base is first fas- tened to the iron base, this is then fastened in position to the floor and the column is fitted into the wood base. Before fastening the column the end should be painted, as well a8 the wood block upon which the col umn rests. Simple Color Is Best for Room of Small Size If one is not able to have the serv- ices of an interior decorator in com- pleting the home, but must rely on one’s own unguided knowledge.in color and design, it is a good plan to choose the wall paper first. From the hues used in it, the gen- eral color scheme may be selected, as well as harmonizing materials for dra- pery and upholstering uses. Using the wall paper as a basis for the rest of the room is made possible by the care and artistic knowledge which is employed in the planning and designing of wall paper in the modern factory. Each manufacturer has his artists, expert in their line, to design and ‘plan the colors of his article, His paper is a work of art, and, as such, may confidently be taken as a guide by the inexperienced. Lzbor-Saving Equip- ment ls'Coming to the Farm Home Labor-saving and health-conserving equipment found in the modern city residence is gradually coming into use in the farm home, where it is mos needed, and is revolutionizing the daily tasks of the farm housewife, the Sears-Roehuck Agricultural Founda- tion observes. With the advent of electric power secured either from individual power plants, central stations, or transmis. sion lines, the farm wife has been able to use the electricity driven washing machine, sadiron, vacuum cleaner, churn, cream separator, and other en- ergy-saving devices. Hand sweepers, washing machines, separators, sewing machines, canners, bread mixers and RELIEVED BY ELECTRICAL | AND GASOLINE DEVICES SEARS-ROEBUCK AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION the Jike have relieved the drudgery on farms where electric power in not available. In the farm kitchen, the kerosene or gasoline stove or electric range have done away with much of the discom- fort of working over a hot coal range. ‘Fireless cookers give many a farm: wife an occasional afternoon off or help her get to church on Sunday mornings. Acetylene or gasoline man- tle lamps or electric lights are replac- ing the kerosene lamp, giving better light and easing the labor of cleaning lamp chimneys. ; In a survey of forty thousand farm homes in forty-six states, conducted by the General Federation of Women’s clubs, it was found that 71.8 per cent had sewing machines; 51.5 per cent, food choppers; 50.1 per cent, refrig- eration of some kind; 44.6 per cent, water piped to the house; 40.3 per cent, washing machines; 30.5 per cent, kerosene or gasoline stoves; 24.6 per cent, electric or gas sadirons, and 17.3 per cent, vacuum cleaners. While this group of homes may not have been entirely typical, the survey does indi- cate that hundreds of thousands of farm homes are becoming equipped with labor-saving devices, the Foun- dation adds. : HOW TO PRODUCE HATCHABLE EGGS Poor hatches make costly chicks and are an important factor in cut- ting down poultry profits, the Sears: Roebuck Agricultural Foundation states. Forty out of every hundred eggs incubated each year fail to pro- duce live chicks, according to the United States Department of Agricul- ture. About half of the loss is due to low fertility and half to weak germs which do not survive the in- cubation period. : To obtain good hatches the flock must be bred, fed and managed for that purpose. Only strong, healthy birds produce good hatching eggs with strong germs which will develop into vigorous chicks. Some hens lay eggs with a higher degree of hatchability than other hens apparently equally HATCHABILITY OF EGGS WILL BE IMPROVED - BY PROVIDING AND BY FEEDING DIRECT SUNLIGHT GREEN FEED UL Ten / iii Hillhos § ji OR FEEDING AND FEEDING ALFALFA, COD-LIVER OIL CLOVER, OR SOYBEAN HAY HIN = A S = |= fe 2 = Bt III SEaRs ROEBUCK AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION vigorous, This characteristic is hereditary and may be developed in the flock by trap nesting and selec- tion of hens whose eggs produce a high percentage of live chicks. Tests, particularly at the Ohio Ex- periment Station, have shown that to produce eggs of high hatchability, the hens must receive two things: First, direct sunshine or its equivalent in cod liver oil; second, green feed, or a substitute in the form of alfalfa, clover or soybean hay. Skimmiik and buttermilk also will partly substitute for green feed. After the grass season starts, hens may receive both sunshine and green feed direct from the range, but in the late ‘winter and early spring, when most of the eggs used for hatching are produced, they must be furnished by the poultryman, Besides these sources of vitamines, the ration must contain an ample supply of protein, the Foundation adds. G REV. PENNELL A LOCAL CALLER i La Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Pennell spent Friday in town visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Frantz. While here he met many | of his old friends. Rev. Pennell is a former pastor of the Methodist Church. % a Ce CE Miss Edna Welsh who has been taking a course in Hospital work in Philadelphia, has returned home and will graduate with this years class of the Homeopathic Hospital next week. : —Alderson- —_—Q— At the time of this writing Har- vey's Lake is getting all set ior thed grand opening on Memorial Day. The Harvey's Lake arrTk has been spruced up ana 1s ail set tor the big aay. This year the restaurants, the bingo game and the novelty stands are 10. be run by Gus Condons. DL. r’. Tnomas has the merry-go-round. Lhomas Williams still has the penny arcade, the whip and the rolier coaster, and Mrs. A. L. Wintersteen, who is to manage the park, is run- ning the Dog’em. Howard Major has made considerable changes in his bathing beach. Charley Lord has rented his large restaurant to Jack Edwards and has moved into the small restaurant next door. Another addition which, in our opinion, is not S50 good is the family (or families) of gypsies who are living in the little shack where “Hughey” once presided as the barber. Gypsies certainly had a colorful life and are a romantic i00King people but some them at least are said to have “taking ways” and many people do not like to have them around. Sandy Beach is going to be some- what different this year. For some reason or other a bathing beach alone was not sufficient, for now one will also hear the racket and rumble of a merry-go-round, ‘a uhip, and Dodg’em. Strange how people ius. st on such noise when they go a-pic- nicking, Miss Emma Granddaddy ing a few days at White Haven. Mr. and Mrs. ' Samuel Eggleston visited friends at Centremoreland and Vernon last Sunday. Mrs. Zelzah aGringer spent Kriday visited Mrs. J. C. Altemus. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rauch, Mr. Ralph Downing, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fraley and Mr. and Mrs. ePter De- laney and family, all of Wilkes-Barre, called at the home of Mrs. Hattie Raueh last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Lease of Wyoming Odenkirchen and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Amos Kitchen. Mrs. Lease was for- merly Miss Hazel Kitchen. From the lateste reports’ Harvey's Lake is going to be.thickly populated with speed boats this summer. Every day or so we hear of another boat be- ing launched. We'll soon have tc have a traffic cop on the lake. Several people from Alderson at- tended the entertainment held by the Lehman school last week. Mrs. Estelle Enders is spending a few weeks in WilkesaB-rre. Laketon school will have a new teacher for the seventh and eighth grades this coming fall. Miss Mary Kuchta, who taught there this past year, has secured a teaching position in Philadelphia. - The Ladies’ Aid made a day of it last Thursday. when they spent the day giving the church a thorough cleaning. ‘Warning is hereby given to all dog owners uhose dogs are unlicensed. Game wardens have been especially active along that line lately as sev- eral people can testify. If your dog dasn’t a license get one for him and save yourself some trouble. Harvey’s Lake may hope for better telephone service in the near future. A new telephone cable is being strung from Dallas to and around the lake. Their have been many com- plaints about poor service lately but we hope this will remedy it. Mrs. Lamereaux spent last Sunday visiting friends in Ruggles. Frank Higgins is suffering from a severe aettack of blood poisoning. We are sorry to hear that Alfred Rodgers is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Armitage and Mrs. I. T. Avery visited friends at uth Eaton last Sunday. For some unknown reason there is a great deal of mss floating about on the surface of the lake this year. This is quite unusual and there are many theories set forth as to why it is there. + Of course, some one has used ite as excuse for the fish not biting. Virginia acharias Zis spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. Lamereaux. E. S. Honeywell is busy painting cottages this summer. Edgar Stem, Jr. is spending a week at home before taking his final examinations at Lehigh University. D. P. Thomas has moved from the cottage owned by R. A. Davis and is now living over the Harvey's Lake restaurant. The senior and junior classes of Laketon high school spent Wednes- day in WilkesBarre, where they visited the Brooks building, the court house, the jail and the Record build- ing. —0 The Problem We have been trying to acquire a liberal education by reading 15 min- utes a day, as our great inspirational writers assure us is easily possible, but unfortunately we appear to be the kind of man that devotes the entire 15 minutes, if not 16 or 17, to won- dering which book he can read to the best advantage in the limited time at his disposal. —:0:— Girl Swimmers Excel Girls are more apt in learning to Swim than boys, according to a report of the education committee of the London county council. During last year 156,848 school children had les: sons, and 40,272 had learned to swim by the end of the year. Timely Advice Missionary (to cannibal)—1 warn you in regard to eating my brother. He will give you indigestion. He never agrees with anybody. ! 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