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Efficient Use of Floor*Space Best
Accomplished in the Square Type
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By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and Rive advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor, A'uthor and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt,
the highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie , a venue.
Chicago, 111., and only Inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
A substantial home which will mark
lip* owner as a progressive citizen in
his community should be one of the
primary ambitions of every good
American. Rut when the time comes
to realize such an ambition, the one
who would fulfill it should he careful
that lie Is building carefully and well
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First Floor Plan.
nod realizing to the utmost on the
money invested.
ll long has been recognized that
the square, or approximately square,
type of residence offers the best op
portunity for the economical utiliza
tion of door space, but, unfortunately,
In building this type of home, the
decorative values have not always
Decorating the Wiill of
Child’s Room or Nursery
There is no room in the home that
so well repays us for thoughtful care
in the details of its decoration than
tl.” nursery or the children’s room.
Any student of child psychology, no
matter how. superficial his observa
tions may he, knows the extreme sen
sitiveness of the child mind to im
pressions from without —and the ef
fects of the visual impressions are
perhaps the strongest.
We must then realize the necessity
of making a bright and cheerful at
mosphere in the children's room. More
than tills, wise parents endeavor to
create surroundings which will draw
the attention and interest of the child
ish mind away from Itself.
Komembering that we must keep
the room where children live and
sleep as free ns possible from any
thing which will tend to gather and
hold dust and germs —and that every
available space must he left free for
play space—we find ourselves turning
to tlie walls as the logical areas on
which most profitably we may spend
our effort nnd our money.
Before discussing the better ways of
vail treatment for tlie room by which
we wish to create the right impres
sions on the child mind, let us think
hack to our own c!#Udhood to find
what we must avoid. How many of
us remember wails covered with sad
cohired papers, or even walls of pretty
color, hut with designs which, as we
now know, tired us and made us nerv
ous. How many or us can recall be
ing put to bed for an afternoon nap
under a ceiling paper whose designs
of triangles were always changing
inio squares or some other geometri
cal figure and which kept us contin
ually busy bringing these figures hack
Into the one which our particular idea
determined to be the correct one—
or, in the dusk of evening, finding the
been considered. Here is a square
type of home which should please the
most exacting.
The house illustrated has an nbun
dance of room and it has been laid
out for light and convenience. It lias
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Sscond Floor Plan.
seven rooms, in addition to the re
ception hall and the sun parlor.
Entrance to the front of the house
is through the reception parlor, which
houses the stairway. The living
room, Immediately to the right of the
hall, is of generous size, with the
sun parlor adding what Is virtually
another room. The dining room,
cheerfully lighted from two sides, is
placed conveniently in relation to the
kitchen and the pantry, where pro
vision is made for outside icing for
the refrigerator.
The three bedrooms on the second
floor all are lighted from two sides
and permit cross ventilation. All art
provided with large closets. The bal
conies are conveniences which the
housewife will appreciate. The sew*
ing room might well be used for a
bedroom If occasion demanded, since
it is as large as many rooms usee?
for this purpose.
designs on the walls becoming ter
rifyingly peonled with grotesque faces
and forms. The very fact that we
remember such experiences proves to
us tlie lasting Impressions Hint they
made, and while, perhaps, we our
selves cannot judge of their effects,
psychologists who know tell us that
such experiences are harmful, and we
must take thought to prevent a repe
tition of those impressions upon our
children.
Fireplace Adds to
Beauty of Apartment
A ready-built fireplace which can be
Installed without tlie inconvenienca
of tearing up tlie tloor and the build
ing of a strong foundation to support
Its weight is now on tlie market nnd
is recommended by architects and
builders for apartments and homes.
The fireplace is much lighter than
brick or cement and Is built to look
like n brick structure, although It is
portable and ready for installation.
Tlie fireplace is neat and attractive
and is obtainable in a number of col
ors and designs to conform to the gen
eral color scheme and arrangement
of the interior. The ready-built fire
place is an ideal fixture for tlie re
habilitation of old apartments which
require modernizing.
Trees
In the care of one’s yard caution
should be taken against irregular
of trees and means adopted to
rectifying any fault In the tree's
growth at the start. Many trees are
inclined t.> lean In a certain direction
thru being forced into that position by
prevailing winds from the opposite
point, ami unless braced while young,
it will be impossible for them to grow
upright as they should. It is web that
a sufficient space he spaded tip around
the tree, and the ground kept worked
and properly fertlilted.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
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OLD HUNTING DOG
“A long, long, iong l time ago I told a
story about myself. Oh, no one re
members it now I suppose, as 1 am so
much older.
“I don’t even .remember what 1 said
about myself and perhaps with the
years some of my opinions have
changed. They will, you know.
“In tiie first place I am called Cape
Hunting Dog, and my home used to
he in Eastern Africa.
“That was many, many years ago.
I have been here in the zoo for a long
time.
“I have straight, standing-up ears.
No floppy, lying-down ears for me!
“No, I won’t have it. I mean I
wouldn’t have it. I mean I wouldn’t
have them. I mean I wouldn’t have
such kinds of ears!
“There, I think at last I have ex
plained myself. I haven’t told a story
in so long a time that I am really a
bit rusty. Ido not mean that my coat
is rusty or anything like that.
“I merely mean that I am rusty
about story-telling.
“Well, I stand up very straight and
1 look pretty dangerous. I am not
gentle.
“One of the most interesting things
about me is that I have four toes in
stead of five.
“Most dogs have five toes.
“But our great, great, great, great,
great grandfather Hunting Dog said,
“ T simply must have four toes. I
cannot he as all other dogs are.
“‘I must be different and distin
guished;’
“So we have always had four loes
instead of five.
“It is true that people may not think
this makes us distinguished. But
neither do we think they’re distin
guished when we hear them teil each
other what fine marks they have made
“I Stand Up Very Straight."
in school, or what teams they are
now playing upon or what splendid
business they may be controlling.
"So, we do not mind if they don’t
think our four toes are wonderful as
we don’t think what they do Is so won
derful.
"Therefore it is fair all around.
"I wear a yellowish black coat and
my whiskers are black. I stand up
very straight.
“When tlie keeper comes around with
food I become very much excited.
"Meal time is really very exciting
to me.
“But the most interesting thing I
have to tell about myself is this:
“Most hunting dogs are those who
help their masters hunt. I never did
tltis.
“I never have and I never will.
“I hunted for myself and so did all
the members of the family.
"We limited for each other, of
course, hut not for ninn or men.
“We used to go about in great num
bers. We were always a sociable
family and we used to he wild and do
great harm.
"You can still see by the look in my
face and the way I stand that even
though I have been here many years
and though I behave well enough here
nnd though 1 like it well enough, still
1 show that my life was a ferociously
exciting one.
"I let them have an idea of my
story without saying a thing.
“Yes, just by looking at me people
guess at my story.
"But I have told it now and so you
know it. Now you know that there
is a hunting dog who only hunts for
himself and for his relatives.
"Can’t you picture them way off in
Africa going traveling and hunting in
great numbers?
“I can’.”
Rivers Divide States
The Missouri river in South Dakota ;
; Columbia in Oregon; Snake in Idaho;
ltio Grande in New Mexico; Platte in
i Nebraska; Arkansas river In Arkan
| sas; Missouri river in Missouri; Des
I Moines in lowa, and Bed river in
Louisiana run completely through their
states, dividing them.
Use Combinations
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to Get New Ideas
Materials Considered Out of
Fashion Picture Are
Given Tryout.
Tiie newest prank of fashion, writes
an authority, is to use combinations
which are more or less considered .out
of season or are very unusual. For
j instance, black sutiu was used for an
! afternoon frock where organdie and
j-'iiminer ermine shared the trimming
honors. Tiie organdie was white and
embroidered. It formed a deep hem
i effect on tiie skirt. The edges of the
! organdie were scalloped and the scal
lops were appliqued to the fur. Al
though the combination sounds curi
ous, tiie effect was nevertheless most
charming.
The vogue of tiie tunic overblouse is
being enthusiastically adapted by a
great number of women as the most
logical solution to the blouse and skirt
problem. We believe there isn’t any
woman who either looks well dressed
or feels well dressed in a separate
skirt and blouse, but let her don one
of those new unbelted tunic blouses
which come well down over the knees
sind are made of sucli attractive silks,
and we arc sure she will be agreeably
surprised at tiie truly smart appear
ance its simple lines will give her.. Be
sides improving one’s appearance,
there is economy in possessing several
of these tunics, for they can be worn
with the skirt of an old suit. The
skirt of last year’s suit which has be
come shiny In tiie bnck or slightly
worn can be brought out of one’s
wardrobe and put to very good use in
tliis way.
In I aris they are wearing these
tunics very long, only two or three
inches of the skirt being visible in
some instances. The skirts are short,
very narrow, sometimes plaited and
sometimes plain.
Flounces and tiers cut to accentuate
rather than detract from the much-de
sired slim line occupy such an impor-
Afternoon Frock That
Will Interest Women
Crystal platted chiffon, beneath all
over embroidery in gold color, is used
to make this charming afternoon
gown, ornamented with girdle and
rosette of white beads.
To Dress and Look Cool on Sultry Summer Day
Life nowadnys is altogether too
tuucli fussed-up. We all admit It. But
you have no idea how, taking your
courage In hand, you can pull off the
silly old outer coverings, and get at
something tolerably simple. Just for
one example, observes a writer in the
Woman’s Home Companion: If your
hair is hot and heavy on your head
and hard to keep in order, cut some of
it out. Don’t be afraid. Maybe your
husband does admire it. He doesn’t
have to take care of it.
The first thing to do If you have
long heavy hair is to shorten it. What’s
the use of :arrying around a lot of
old hair, anyway? It just wads up in
a'bunch on your head and acts like a
warming pan. But if your hair grows
thickly on your head, shortening
doesn’t cool you off very much. My
suggestion then is that you have some
one thin it out for you carefully, much
as you’d thin out the carrot row in the
early summer. Cut small pieces out
close- to the scalp in several places.
Icing careful to take It from under
neath where the cut-out regions will
Serviceable Frock for
Little Girl of Seven
Here is a very serviceable frock
a young girl. The one on the ri l
can be worn indoors and the one 1
the left uses for outdoors. The lit,?
jumper is made separately so tlm
can easily be slipped on or off „ t
Chic Frocks for Girls.
Tiie frock is made of doth. The
upper part is quite long, well below
tlse hips. The short skirt Is plaited. A
little stitching in colored wool finishes
the armholes and neck of this almost
sleeveless frock. Tiie jumper enn be
made of thin silk and lined, or of a
heavy, unilned silk or velvet. A wide
band of embroidery In bright colors
is sewed to the bottom of tiie jumper.
Folds of silk of a color that will har
monize with the colors in the em
broidery finish the wide neck and arm
holes.
tant position In the mode that one can
not pass them by without some recog
nition. The cut of tiers is invariably
circular, for In this way any fullness
or bunchiness can be nvolded as they
can be applied without fullness. Criss
cross tunics which look like one layer
of fabric were wrapped about the fig
ure in one direction, and another layer
lapped in the opposite direction Is an
other oddity that has been seen sev
eral times.
Flannel coats In white, powder blue
and nil the high shades without any
linings in them and very simply
tailored are being worn at smart re
sorts with sports frocks of crepe de
chine. Some are braid-bound, some
are piped with contrasting flrinnel,
while others depend entirely upon
their unrelieved simplicity for smart
ness. One of the two models being
worn most is the wrnp-around, which
is devoid of fastening and is held In
position by the wearer.
Powder-Puff Bags Are
in Form of Tiny Doll
A novelty in powder-puff bags has
appeared. It Is In the form of a tiny
doll a clown with jolly f ce * tt *
trousers tied at the ankles. In each
of the trousers legs Is a little powder
puff one for white and one for rouge,
and ’through an opening at the back
of the little clown one finds a eompa
containing a reserve cosmetic .uprj
Tn some of the smartest shops In .
York are shown lipstick contained
lovely bits of French enamel, coral.
“ ,/onvx gold and platinum, banded
and circled with |
porte-monnale or pocket.
be well concealed by 3 T ° ur
Don’t cut the hair that grows low
the neck. . |, o t
Delightfully refreshing tor
weather, too, are the scented hah
tlous which have all the . nPC ia|iy
tues of toilet water but are especially
adapted for the hair. can ’t
Baths are one thing th \ veat l,er.
very well cut down in - 1 1 saTe
But any day, you know, joa # {Qt
enough putterlng or worj t g
one good bath. And bn th!ul>
bathtub is in hot weather a gnje ,, lß|
filled without skimping, a n( , cyont
like a lemon meringue a.- ° sglt3 .
of a handful of verveine bath,
Failing a tub, howev , wate r. a 3
be cool. A hand basin of of
ordinary wash cloth, and “ p ‘ bnth that
toilet water makes a apong , . A „d
takes off several degrees 0 do(hA
Just an ordinary air - 1 re r?
is a wonderful freshener, [0
good thing, especially n mtle
remove your clothes for a
each day, and let your
good, deep breath of a..