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The Country House 



arts have recovered greatly in certain lines since the declining period of "wooden 

 Gothic" churches, and yet a glance at the ordinary modern stove convinces 



anyone of passable 

 taste that the dis- 

 ordered brain that 

 evolved it should 

 be tenderly re- 

 moved from its case 



JT*^^3TT"^i^M^B a n d thoroughly 



examined. Then, 

 too, it is out of 

 place in the room 

 and takes up val- 

 uable space as well. 

 Owing to its blis- 

 tering heat at close 

 range, it is shoved 

 \\ 1 11 into the room, 

 so that a little of 

 the paint and paper 

 may stay on the 

 wall, and in doing 

 this furniture be- 

 comes crowded or 

 a portion of it rel- 

 egated to the attic 

 for the winter. 



If it be desirable to keep open all the rooms used in summer, the majority must 

 have stoves. This means much care and more fuel, and is really more expensive 

 in time and money than running a furnace. 



Aside from the standpoint of artistic merit and floor space, the one fact 

 already mentioned, that of unequal heating qualities, would alone condemn it. 

 The first efforts to warm by centralising the base of heat in another enclosure 

 from those to be cared for was through the agency of the furnace. This separa- 

 tion of the heating agent from the living rooms of the house is the principle now 

 believed to be the correct one, and, as demonstrated through the use of steam and 

 hot water, this belief is confirmed. 



The principle of the furnace is in the gathering of fresh outside air within a 

 heating chamber, and delivering it, warmed, through pipes to the rooms desired. 

 This is called an indirect system the source of heat not being directly con- 

 nected with rooms to be heated and as it delivers fresh air it is a partial venti- 

 lating system as well. This last is one excellent point in favour of the furnace, and 

 yet we frequently find cases where the air supply is drawn from the cellar itself. 

 This is bad; the furnace should always be supplied with fresh air direct from 

 outdoors. 



It is safe to say that 99 per cent, of the furnaces in use are too small 



A fireplace In t genuine old Colonial kitchen 



