62 LIBERTY AND A LIVING. 



has worked admirably elsewhere namely, to 

 cut square register holes in the flooring of the 

 upper rooms and trust to the heat from the 

 living room rising sufficiently to keep water 

 from freezing in the bedroom pitchers. Two 

 of our upstairs rooms are provided with open 

 hearths, and should it become necessary to heat 

 any one of the other bedrooms, a small stove, 

 with the pipe running through the hall to the 

 chimney, will be wholly sufficient. We are 

 certain to have plenty of air in such a house, 

 and we want it. Some statistics which I quote 

 elsewhere from Dr. G. B. Barron, an English au- 

 thority, upon the effect of living in small rooms, 

 may be read with interest in this connection. 



Housekeeping in this house has been reduced 

 to scientific simplicity and I will venture to say 

 that no time or money is wasted. Some of our 

 devices partake a good deal of the pic-nic. For 

 instance, with a view to saving all the labor 

 possible, there is but little washing done. The 

 children dress in flannel, and to avoid washing 

 dishes we have found it possible to use wooden 

 plates for certain meals, such as crab suppers ; 

 wooden plates can be bought for nothing and 

 become excellent firewood. 



