QjQ ROCK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. 



much dirt and many steps for the tired housewife. If possible, 

 I would have my sink on this same side of the room, and with 

 a small slide door connect it with sink in wood shed, which 

 will make it convenient for washing hands, when many work- 

 men are round. 



Again, do not have your well ten or fifteen rods from the 

 house, and down hill at that, to save a few feet extra digging. 

 Let your pantry open from the dining room, and if it is a large 

 one, from the kitchen also, or have a sliding door over the 

 sink or sideboard, as may be best arranged. In or near the 

 pantry or one corner of the kitchen, have a dumb waiter, 

 balanced so as to move up and down freely, into the cellar, and 

 do not count the dollar or two of extra cost, but count what 

 the extra steps will be in a lifetime without it. In the ceiling 

 over every room put a register, so as to warm sleeping rooms 

 above. This will also serve as a ventilator both in Summer 

 and Winter. 



' I ^ould build so as to have all my principal rooms con- 

 nect with folding or sliding-doors, which makes it sometimes 

 convenient for company, and more convenient in warming, 

 either with furnace in basement, or with one stove. Above all 

 else, see that ample space is made for closet rooms. I would 

 have the pantry shelves all enclosed with light doors, and plenty 

 of drawers, large and small, for sugar, salt, spices, tablecloths, 

 napkins, and all such things as the tidy housekeeper wishes a 

 place for. The bathroom must not be overlooked, and if it 

 can not be in close proximity to the kitchen pump, a branch 

 pipe can be put into the cistern, and the water drawn with 

 another pump into the sink in the bath room. I am aware 

 that no one plan will suit different persons, and so I have given 

 none, but simply some of the essential things for a convenient 

 house, leaving tlie plans to be worked out as the particular 

 taste or the special requirements of the house demands. If 

 any hint shall be acted upon, then my effort to benefit some 

 one will not be wholly lost. 



