14 The Live Worth Living 



tive, — men of family who own their homes. 



I put in a system of waterworks, with 

 windmill for power, four bathrooms, and a 

 complete system of sewerage into tidewater. 

 An acetylene gas plant gives us finer lights 

 than electricity and for less cost than city gas. 

 We rummaged through the junk shops of 

 New York and dragged out a complete set 

 of massive brass chandeliers, all over fifty 

 years old in pattern, had them cleaned at the 

 factory, and they look as if they had been 

 built into the house originally. 



Twelve rooms have open grate fires, and 

 sufficient heat for all the spaces was secured 

 by placing two tubular hot-air furnaces in 

 the basement. Our winters are usually so 

 mild that roses blossom in the flower-garden 

 in December. 



I had dreamed this complete from the 

 moment I saw the house. The actual doing 

 of the thing was a revelation and a liberal 

 education. I figured on $3,000 for the job of 



