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has a stout outer door to the porch and within it, 

 to one side and thus breaking any through draught, 

 another of oak which leads into the kitchen. 

 Opposite this, opening out of the porch, is a 

 fascinating store closet, with a " look out " window 

 by means of which ventilation can be given to all 

 the many jams and preserves that a thrifty house- 

 wife likes to keep under lock and key. People 

 who work hard all the week are not always able to 

 spare time to walk some miles to a neighbouring 

 town each Saturday for the purchase of groceries 

 and so a store-room is of great value in a cottage. 

 Another saving of time and help towards general 

 cleanliness is a big bath placed in the scullery near 

 the copper. If it is so constructed that it will 

 tip up in the daytime, there can be no excuse of its 

 taking up space in a small room and it can be so 

 arranged that, in the process of tipping, the bath 

 water is emptied into a channel in the garden. 

 Such simple devices, arranged with some fore- 

 thought and consideration, would help a labourer's 

 wife considerably to get through the strenuous 

 work she often has in cooking, clothing and wash- 

 ing for a large family. 



We all of us, however divergent our views may 

 be upon other questions, regret the extent to 

 which the Rural Exodus has taken place in England. 

 Ever since Oliver Goldsmith drew his realistic 

 picture of what was then commencing, the strong, 

 active, capable workman has deserted his village 

 to seek elsewhere the advancement that he and 

 his family are justly entitled to. No energetic 

 man will brook the feeling that only in the heyday 



