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dren to live permanently in a home about which 

 there are no trees growing. So it is recommended, 

 even if the house construction must in part be de- 

 layed or cut off, that the surroundings just named 

 be sought in all earnestness. 



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In planning and arranging the house, the matters 

 to be thought of in addition to those named above 

 are convenience and comfort. While it is somewhat 

 important that the house look well to those who may 

 be passing upon the highway, it is vastly more im- 

 portant that it be good within and serve such needs 

 of the home-maker and the children as will conserve 

 the strength of the former and render the lives of all 

 happy and contented. In addition to the matters 

 just named, that of placing the dwelling to face in the 

 right direction will be thought of. That is, arrange 

 the house so as to take advantage of the morning 

 sunlight, the evening shade, the winter blasts and 

 the summer breezes. While for the sake of entertain- 

 ment it may be well to place the rural dwelling near 

 the public highway, rather than sacrifice the child- 

 developing factors of shade trees and streams and 

 the like, it is often better to build back from the road 

 and make a private lane leading thereto. 



In arranging for the heat and light in the house, 

 think first of all of the health and sanitation of the 

 family. Ordinarily, the windows of the farmhouse 



