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that each kind of work has its allotted place. The kitchen is intended 

 for cooking; the pantry, for food storage; the pass pantry, for dishes; 

 the woodroom, for fuel; the hall and stairs, for passage; the two 

 recessed porches gather entrance to the house in a common passage that 

 serves all rooms. 



The kitchen arrangement shown in Fig. 65 excels that in Fig. 62 in at 

 least three particulars. The introduction of a pass pantry serves to seclude 

 the kitchen from the living-room; good cross-ventilation takes place 



Fig. 66. — A dignified plaster house, with simple roof lines and an orderly arrangement 

 of similar windows. This house is set almost level with the ground, and shows a 

 brick-paved terrace joining two small porches. A generous area is built around 

 cellar windows, as shown at the right 



between the windows over table and sink; and the path of travel from 

 the rear porch to the front of the house does not cross the kitchen. 



In this house the laundry is located in the basement, which stands out 

 of ground on the kitchen comer. An outside door enters the cellar on 

 grade level. 



The bedroom plan is compact, private, light, and airy. 



The plan shown in Fig. 65 is teeming with personality. It speaks 

 eloquently of the individual family and of the individual site. The 

 arrangement of walks, shrubs, hedges, and flowers, the variations in 



