A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



The furnishings of the room consisted of 

 a square of rag carpet and boxes about two 

 feet square without lids, in which a pad, 

 such as is used for babies' cribs, was placed ; 

 these made warm, draught-proof beds. In 

 the summer the boxes, turned upside down 

 and covered with double strips of Turkish 

 towelling, provided individual, airy sleeping 

 places. 



From the centre of the ceiling a cloth- 

 bound ball was suspended by a long string. 

 In one corner a long-handled lash whip was 

 fastened. On the wall was a cage of birds; 

 near the window a deck chair. In two 

 corners were zinc-lined boxes, a foot and a 

 half square, six inches deep, and half filled 

 with ashes, on a strip of oil-cloth. In another 

 corner was a butter crock for water and a 

 couple of plates for food. The ashes were 

 changed every day and the cloths or pads taken 

 out, shaken, or hung on a line, weather per- 

 mitting, to air. 



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