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THE ESSENTIALS OF AN IDEAL HOME 



With the fire they warmed the caves ; and in consequence 

 people lived in greater comfort and made these caves the 

 first real homes. Then they began to domesticate or tame 

 the wild horses and wilder cattle with which they came in 

 contact and to discover that certain fields of wild grasses 



were good fodder 

 for their horses and 

 cattle. Later these 

 wild grasses were 

 cultivated and the 

 first cereal crops 

 came into existence 

 for man. Man be- 

 gan to build perma- 

 nent homes now, be- 

 cause he had food 

 to eat and fire with 

 which to cook. 

 Probably the first of 

 these homes were 

 nothing but tents 

 made of skins, or 

 rude huts, but they 

 were enough for the 

 few needs of primitive men and women. Food and cattle 

 were more abundant in certain places, where water and 

 wood for fire were plentiful. These advantages attracted 

 a number of people who came to live near each other. 

 Mutual protection was gained also, and so we have the 

 beginnings of a town or community. It is a long and far 

 cry from the tiny collection of huts to the modern great 

 city, but our cities and towns of to-day have grown from 



Indian tepee. A type of very primitive home. 



