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FARM HOMES, Itf-DOORS AXD OUT-DOOBS. 



especially bedrooms and sitting-rooms, well lighted by 

 the sun. "To sleep on unsunned beds in unsunned 

 chambers, and to work day after day in Unsunned rooms, 

 is the unrepented sin of half the nation," vigorously 

 affirms a prominent writer. But this should not be said 

 of that portion of the nation living in the country far 

 from those towering brick walls whose steps take hold on 

 basement kitchens, and in whose depressing shadows 

 many lives must necessarily be spent. In the country, 

 with a whole sky to draw from, let there be light! If 

 any rooms in the house must look solely to the north for 

 XORTH. illumination, let them 



be the parlor and the 

 spare chamber. People 

 who come and go can 

 be cheerful for a while 

 in a north-windowed 

 apartment, but the 

 constant dwellers in a 

 house need its sunniest 

 rooms. 



Verandas are most 

 desirable on the south 

 and west sides of a 

 house, for while they 

 ward off the mid-day 

 heat of summer, they 

 still freely admit (he 

 low down winter sun. 

 From east windows we can hardly have too much light 

 even in summer, and bedrooms and nurseries should be 

 planned to receive the full benefit of them. 



Here is an example of a farm-house, large and well 

 built, so far as material and finish go, that for want of 

 intelligence and forethought, or both, is almost devoid of 

 sunlight in its most used rooms. 



SOUTH.-FKONT. 

 3. A HOUSE WITHOUT SUNLIGHT. 



