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mention Bay Windows. Nevertheless bay windows are a 

 good thing. Their effect is very much like letting 

 heaven into one's house, at least it ought to be like that, 

 for it is nothing but absurdity and wickedness to darken 

 such windows with shutters or heavy curtaina until only 

 a struggling ray of sunlight can be sejen. 



If bay windows are too expensive, a very desirable sub- 

 stitute can be had by placing two ordinary sized windows 



. 3. A KITCHEN WINDOW. 



side by side with a wide capacious ledge at the bottom 

 for seats or for plants. 



A room with a window like this cannot fail to be 

 cheery, and its effect in a simple cottage house is quite 

 sumptuous. There is likewise in its favor the fact that 

 it is less exposed than the deep bay window to outer heat 

 and cold. 



In a kitchen or in a child's bedroom, or in an attic 

 where the walls are low, two half-windows set side by 

 side and made to slide or to open on hinges, admit a 

 broad, generous light, and give an apartment a pretty 

 and pleasing rustic air. 



Let the builder endeavor to have all rooms in daily use, 



