The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, April 07, 1921, Image 2
UIIL HOUSE NOW IS POPULSO Chief Charm Is the Simplicity of the Exterior. WHOLE INTERIOR IS USABLE ©n!y Within Recent Year* That the Beauty of This Type of Home Has Come to Be Recognized by American Architects. ' By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Ur. William A. Had ford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF «X)HT on all subject* pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he U, without doubt, the highest authority •n all these subjects. Address all inquiries to Wllllurn A. ltadford. No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Jib, and only Inclose two-cent stamp for rtply. It was not until the lust few years, comparatively, thut American nreiil terts recognized the beauty of the homes that were erected In New Kng- Ituid during the first century after the landing of tin; I'llgrlins. Many of these homes are still In a splendid state of preservation and still are oc cupied. Hut until recently their own ers could not see guy beauty In their plutn lines and weuther-beuten exte riors. Now, however, this type of archi tecture, which was originated by the builders of the Seventeenth century, is must popular. Colonial homes of all sizes and constructed of all the differ ent sorts of building materials are erected throughout the country. The chief charm of the exterior of a co lonial house Is Its simplicity and bal ance. Each window lias a counterpart on the opposite side of the main en trance door, which Is placed exactly hi the center of the house; there Is i v <' *' p % W\ little attempt nt decorative effect, the exception lining the porch pillars and the fan-shaped lights over the door. But there Is a charm about these houses that appeals to every home builder. Then, too, the shape of the house Is such that every foot of the Inte rior Is usable. Tills will he noted Bruni the floor plan that accompanies the exterior view of a small colonial house shown herewith. The same bal ance that marks the exterior of the house Is maintained In the Interior; the rooms are divided almost equally by a central entrance hall, out of i which runs the stairs to the second floor. Here, also, the balance Is con tinued, there being a bedroom on each corner, with the same number of win dows and each one as readily acces sible to the hall as another. This home Is of frame construction, set on u masonry foundation may H •«*- [— -CTI- “IT rs u g § i * JlMr First Floor Plan. be either of stone, as shown here, or of brick or concrete In any of its forms. The exterior walls are cov ered with shingles, treated so that they have the silvery sheen that marks the colonial house that has been exposed for many years to the salt winds from the ocean, tlreen blinds and white window casings give a color contras* to the exterior that Is pleas ing. The seven rooms In the Interior are Bring and dining room and kitchen on the first floor, with four bedrooms and the bathroom on the second floor. The house Is rectangular tu shape, be ing 40 feet long and 24 feet wide. The •ntraoca hall Is 8 feet wide. To the rivlit through a double-cased door opening is the living room, 15 by 23 fed. in the front at the center is an open fireplace, on each side of which sre French doors opening onto tiie porch, while at each end there is a large window, admitting plenty of light and making the room a cheery place for the family to spend leisure hours. At the left of the entrance hall, also through a cusvd double door opening, Is the dining room, 15 by 13 feet. This being a corner room, witii windows on two sides, also is a bright and cheerful room. Hack of the dining room Is a good-sized kitchen, 11 by 9 feet 6 Inches, with a lurge pantry off it. An other good feature of tiie first floor ii i i_i i rri-rrn x fcSfTf 3 \ b f? s f? I * i , o'o 5 o'o. . j s to /§ & £ f E-EjdT^tfc|3 ! M -.1? 1~• RBliiJ Second Floor Plan. plan is the lavatory at the end of the hull at the rear of the house. I'pstalrs are four bedrooms, one on each corner of the house. All of tiie rooms an* practically tiie same size, 15 by 10 feet. The bathroom is at (lie end of the hall at the front. Kadi room lias a good-sized closet. Sinlrs lead to the attic, which because of tiie high pitch of tiie roof is rather large and provides ample storage room for tiie family. The cellar of this house Is exca vated tiie same size as tiie walls, and provid >s a large amount of storage room, besides a place for the heating plant and fuel stornge. The cost of this house Is not great. Its desijfri being such that It can be erected with the utmost economy in materials and labor. At the same time It provides accommodations for a family of more than the average size. The arrangement Is such that the work of caring for It can be done with a minimum of effort, while all the rooms are airy and comfortable. Home builders who are planning up on erecting that long-contemplated house this year cannot do better than select such a design as this. The co lonial Is a style of architecture that marks Its owner as an American who Is proud of the building genius of the early settlers; at the same time, the colonial, to many minds, Is the most beautiful of all styles of homes. I'tiring the last few months the cost of building, like almost every thing else, has come down remarkably. While prices still are higher than In 1014, when It cost less to build than nt any time during the last half cen tury, they are much lower than during any of the war years, or the last two years. Homes nre needed and needed badly, and everyone connected with the building business predicts that this will be a banner year. . This being true. It Is good Judgment to start building operations ns enrly ns possible. This will Insure that th» new home Is ready for occupancy early lu the summer. Freud's Conception of Dreams. If one aeeepts the Freudian theory, and this theory Is generally accepted by all psychologists of today, dreams nre suppressed desires, and have noth ing whatever to do with the realiza tion of anything. We dream of what we long to have and what we long to do. The woman who has no chil dren dreams of owning them; the man who has never crossed the ocean, yet longs to go, dreams of water and boats, the unmarried man dreams con stantly of possessing a wife, and so :on Freud bases all dreams upon sex. but sex In the biggest meaning of that term. True. “There’s one thing about our work.” •'Wlmtr "It makes you enjoy your pleasure so much more.” The Common Kind. Culture Is got from books —usually check books. —Buffalo News. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. IMPROVED UNIPORM INTERNATIONAL ShnmeSoiool Lesson (By REV. R li. FITZWATER, D. D.. Teacher of Enfliah Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ((£). 1921, Western Newapaper Union.) LESSON FOR APRIL 10 BfBLE TEACHINGS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN'S BODY (HEALTH). LEBSON TEXT—I Cor. 6: 19. 20 . 9:24-27; Gal. 6:7, 8. GOLDEN TEXT-Every man that atrlv eth for the mastery Is temperate In all things —I Cor. 9:25. REFERENCE MATERIAL—Prov. 22. 29-36; Isa. 28:1-8; Gal. 5:19-21. PRIMARY TOPlC—Taking Care of Our Bodies. JUNIOR TOPlC—Growing Strong. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —The Value of Health. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Public Health Problems. The teachings of this lesson have an Important hearing upon physical health, hut tiie primary reference is moral. Tiie sin with which Haul wus dealing wus fornication, not mutters of hygiene. That physical health may be included we do not question, but sad and serious will be the blunder if that only Is taught. I.—Glorifying God in Your Body (I Cor. 0:19, 20. It should he noted that tiie last clause of verse 20 is omitted in the Ha vised Version and the best manu scripts. The conclusion of Haul’s argu ment is, “therefore glorify God in youi body.” 1. The Christian’s body is tiie temple of the lloly Ghost (v. 19). God’s dwelling place on earth Is now the re deemed human body instead of tiie temple at Jerusalem. If tiie sinless Spirit is to dwell in the body it must he kept clean. To delile or abuse tiie body in any way is to insult the Spirit and commit the most awful sacrilege. Tills truiii apprehended solves forever tiie problem of licentiousness, gluttony, use of tobacco, tiie abuse or neglect of the body in any way whatsoever. 2. The Christian’s body Is God’s property (v. 19). Being God’s temple, tiie proprietary right is in God and not man. Being the property of the Lord, tiie Christian's motto is, “Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatso ever ye do, do all to tiie glory of God (I Cor. 10:31). “Holiness unto the Lord” ought to be written over our hollies. 8. The Christian’s body has been bought (v. 20). The price paid to re deem the body was the precious blood of Christ (I Beter 1: 18, 19). We esti mate things by what they cost. When we estimate our bodies in ttiat light we will be very jealous of their purity. Guarding our health is part of our re ligion. 11. Keeping the Body Under Con trol (I Cor. 9: 24-27). The Christian's life is more than mere existence, there Is something to do —to be accomplished. 1. It is u race (vv. 24, 25). In order to win a prize there must be self-de nial and definite exertion. The Chris tian obtains life by contact with Jesus Christ through faith (John 3:16; 3:36; f> :24). Tills lie possesses before he can begin the race. While he gets salva tion (life) at the beginning, God places before him definite rewards us incent ives to exertion. The Ciiristian be lieves to get life, but works for re wurils. In tiie Olympian games only one could hope to get tiie prize, but in the Christian race there is a rewani waiting for every one who disciplines himself and runs. As tiie racer in these games mastered his desires and ab stained from everything which might hinder hliu to win the prize, so the Christian will make any sacrifice to win. Tiie prize in the Grecian games was corruptible, but tiie prize of the Christian is Incorruptible. If tiie heathen would practice such self-de nial regardless of its pain for a gar land of pine leaves, shall not the Ciiris tian turn from bodily indulgences of every kind so as to obtain the crown of righteousness which fadeth not away? 2. It is a tight (vv. 26, 27). The Christian’s efforts are not mere beat ings of tiie air. He has a real antag onist. His light is not a sham conflict. He should exert himself with all his energy, and strike to hit his enemy. Ih order to win success tiie body must be kept under. In this case the antagonist is the body. It should be so dealt with as to bring it under subjection. All tiie evil propensities of his nuture should be brought under control. 111. —Reaping What You Sow (Gal. 6:7, 8). God has established a iaw in the world that whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. To go ou sowing with the expectation of not reaping is to mock God. The world is full of ex amples of those who thus mocked Him. This text lias primary reference to giving to the support of ministers of the gospel; Its real bearing is upon the believer for his stinginess ruther than upon the sinner for his meanness, but it lias a bearing on all that we do. Very Sure of God. The shepherds and tiie Wise Men came away from Bethlehem very sure of God. They had not been unbeliev ers or atheists, hut the sight of the little Jesus brought to them a fresh and mighty consciousness of God's continual presence. Even tiie antici pation of God's coming in Jesus put a nfw soug on the lips of Zachariah and Mary, and one sight of the Child was enough to open ail the fountains of gratitude iu the heart of the aged Simeon. —Congretrationallst aDd Ad vance. DEMAND FOR SAFE ROADWAYS Some Kind of Protection Should Be Provided to Keep Cars From Skidding Off Dirt Roads. What value do we place on a human life? To judge by some of the roads over the country It is not much. Lives are lost many times where a few dol lars or a little extra time would make a road sale enough so that taking a ride along them on a rainy day in an auto would not be such a hair-raising experience as is often the case now, says a writer In Successful Farmer. Recently a friend of mine was driv ing along a road within a half mile of a small town and ran into a ditch six feet deep, upsetting his car and smash ing things up generally, though he es caped unhurt, and had no one witli him. Many complaints had been made about that road, but nothing was done by anyone. On either side the ditch came within less than two feet of the roadway, and there was not even a ridge or anything to ward tlie wheels off and keep them from sliding over. When hundreds of automobiles are owned in every part of the country and It is impossible to always keep off roads when they are slippery, it is not morally right and should not be legally right to leave them in a condi tion that would make on accident un der ordinary conditions possible. Dur ing the last two years I have been riding around considerably and we have been in places where it was very dangerous driving, and often came up on such places with no chance at all to avoid them. In one case we crossed a bridge after a light shower, and on the far side found that it had caved away to within six inches of the road, though that was solid. For a rod the ditch was not two feet from the road, with nothing to check a slide into it. A very steep hill began just beyond the bridge. Our car could not make the hill, and we stalled, and had to back some. The least bit of skidding would have been certain to have car - s Ijv ■ ■ Properly Protected Road. rled us over the bank and for several minutes it looked like we were to go down six or eight feet into a creek. It is not always that such places are on unimportant roads. In fact the first place mentioned was on a main traveled road between county seats, aud automobiles used it on long dis tance travel. In the main it was a fine road well kept, but there were two or three places that were really danger ous, though this was the worst of all. Wherever there is a place at the side of a dirt road that has much travel, that is deep enough to upset a car that went down into It, some kind of protection should be made to keep cars from skidding off. We are not consid ering the quick dash to one side from careless driving or going too fast in mud, but the unavoidable skid that is bound to occur now and then. Our roads should be safe in muddy weattea: is far e> we caa saJss them for often at such times we have to use them with our cars. UNITED STATES’ GOOD ROADS Work Is in Progress in Every Section to Give Country Superior Highway System. The time is rapidly passing wnet. the bad roads of America can be point ed out as a reproach. In every section of the country work is In progress to give the United States a system of roads which will compare favorably with those of other countries. Roads are being built at 2,985 different points. Fully 30,000 miles of road have been approved by the secretary of ag riculture. It is estimated that this construction will cost the country near ly $400,000,000. At the end of .Tune, 1920, the government reported that 2,- 116 different projects, or a total of 16,000 miles of roads, had been com pleted. —Boys’ Life. NEW CHARACTER OF TRAFFIC Most of Existing highways Were Not Constructed to Support Heavy Loads Now Imposed. Most of our existing roads were not designed with a view of carrying the heavy loads now Imposed upon them, and in new roads it would seem the builders cannot realize the present changed conditions and the new char acter of the traffic; in any case the pioblem is not an easy one. ne ill ib MIL sm Declares Tanlac Enabled Him to Eat Better, Sleep Better and Work Bet ter. Has Gained Thirty Pounds. “I consider Tanlac the grandest medicine in the world, for I have actually gained 30 pounds in weight since I began taking it. It has just simply filled me with new life and energy and for the first time in years I can sit down to the table and en joy three square meals a day like other people. In fact, Tanlac has made me eat better, feel better, sleep better and work better, and I guess that’s all a man can expect of a medicine. “Before I took Tanlac, I was off 25 pounds in weight and was so badly run down I was hardly able to do my work. Nothing seemed to agree with me and my food invariably soured on my stomach. I would always have an uncomfortable bloated up feeling in my stomach, and although I tried many kinds of medicines, I never got relief until I took Tanlac. “I also suffered considerably at times from Rheumatism, but this lias all disappeared. In sac., this wonder ful medicine has made a new man out of me in every way. I, feel years younger and can do as much work as in any day of ipy life. “Os course, I am only too glnd to give you my testimonial because I want other people who are suffering as I did to take this medicine and get relief.” GOLFER NOT “WHOLLY” BAD Player Makes Ingenious Defense of Those Who insist on Using Links on Sunday. “Chick” Evans, the brilliant golfer, was talking at a golf club dinner in Chicago about Sunday golf. “The prejudice against playing golf on Sunday,” said Mr. Evans, “has practically disappeared, but in New England there are still clubs where the game is not permitted on the Sab bath. “To deprive the modern player,” continued Mr. Evans, “of his Sunday golf—the only day in the week that some men can piay—is a great hard ship.” Smiling, the great golfer added whimsically: “And as a matter of fact, doesn’t the golfer remember the Sabbath day and keep it ‘holey’?” Los Angeles Times. For the Sake of Realism. “You are worth a million in your own right, are you not?” the aspiring young author remarked to the beau tiful heiress lie had somehow man aged to meet. “Why, yes,” was the coldly surprised reply. “Ah! then marry me?” “No!” “Os course. I didn’t expect you to,” lie said with a little sigh. “Then why did you ask me?” “Why, I’ve a character in my latest story who loses a million dollars in the market, and I was just trying to find out how a chap would really feel losing such an amount.” If you would become popular with indolent people all you have to do Is let them impose on you. WORK DAYS AND REST NIGHTS Can you do it now? If you cant, there’s something wrong. Many find coffee a disturbing element, so wisely leave it off and use Postum Cereal postum is a pure * cereal drink con mm p taining nothing that can possibly disturb fj nerves or digestion. iwpgg You’ll find Pbstum LSgtgsr y has a delightful fla vor that fully satisfies. “There's a Reasori'jbrPostum Made by Postum Cereal Co.Jbic., Battle Creek,Mich . \ aSrA , v '' ; -* ■' '’ s ' - ./ HARRY M. ALLEN Os Pittsburg, Pa. Tlie above remarkable statement was made by Harry M. Allen, resid ing „at 1009 Saint Martin Street, Pittsburg, Pa., a well known em ployee of the Oliver Iron & Steel Company of that city. Mr. Allen is a well known member of the United Presbyterian Church and is highly re spected by all who know him. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.—Adv. What’s in a Name? On a certain public work in pro gress in Washington there are em ployed by the government a consider able number of negro laborers, some from Virginia, some from Maryland and some from other parts farther south. To one newcomer, a dusky fellow, put some questions touching his identi ty, beginning with “What’s yo’ name, anyhow?” “Mali name’s Wood,” said the new man. “Huh! What’s yo’ wife’s name?” “Mali wife’s name? Her name’s Wood, of course.” “Huh! Both Wood! Any kindlin’?” Wanted the Dearest. Clad in fine raiment the English man who had inherited a fortune en- c tered the chemist’s shop. “I want one o' them plasters to stick on yer back,” lie explained. “Yes. sir,” replied the chemist, po litely hiding a smile. “You mean a porous plaster.” The customer drew himself erect, till the glittering new watch chain— hall marked on every link —which crossed his middle, threatened to snap. “What do you mean?” he snorted. “Poor ’ouse plaster, indeed! I want the very best you’ve got.”—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. “Lost and Found.” About 15,000 articles found on trains and about the stations are turned into the lost and found depart ment at the Grand Central terminal in New York in the course of a year. Besides this there are 30,000 person al and telephone calls to be answered in reference to articles which are not turned in, being picked *p by persons on trains or about the stations who never make any report of them.