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The Country House 



remedy must be 

 artificial, and con- 

 sequently the terms 

 "H e a t i ng" and 

 "Ventilation" at 

 once claim our at- 

 tention. 



Lest there be 

 some misunder- 

 standing in regard 

 to the matter, it is 

 well to state here 

 that the natural 

 heat is that of the 

 sun. The jackass, 

 who seeks a shelter 

 and sunny spot in 

 his enclosure of a 

 November day, 

 knows this. Prob- 

 ably, too, nine out 

 of every ten jn-r- 

 sons would guess 

 rightly the first 

 time, were the 

 question put to 

 them point blank. 

 1 he jackass, poor 

 chap, is, however, 

 more keenly alive 

 to the fact, it being 

 the only heat he 

 knows; while the 

 ordinary individ- 

 ual, more fortunate, perhaps, knows more of stove ashes, registers and leaky 

 steam valves. 



We have mentioned the sun because it is its heat that must be replaced 

 artificially for a certain portion of the year, and, further, because in some 

 parts of the country the admission of its rays through glass may be found of 

 much value for warming purposes. Hence the "sun parlour" may perform 

 a most excellent office where the temperature, though slightly chilly, is not 

 enough so to warrant the use of the heater. 



Your physician will tell you not to sit in a room with the temperature below 

 62 F. Do not, then, jump at conclusions and run the glass up to 90 or more; 

 this is overheating a common fault in our modern houses. A comfortable 

 heat is that of 70 F.; much warmer than this is not conducive to good health. 



Sun parlour in Japanese house at Fall River, Mass. Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, architects 



