FARM 1IOMES, Itf-DOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



pitality, the friendly talk, the simple, easily served meal 

 that we enjoy, and not the stiff atmosphere of a seldom 

 ' used room, the laborious- 



~^j ^ pTTl ly P re P ared disn es and 

 the general feeling that 

 we are creating an unusu- 

 al and perhaps trouble- 

 some stir in the every 

 day lives of our friends ? 

 Unless a home-keeper 

 can afford to keep help 

 and so find time to enjoy 



, South Porch ; R, Recess : D, Din- 

 ing-room ; B, Bedroom ; c, Bath-room ; 

 K, Kitchen ; P, Pantry ; W, Wood-shed. 



her parlor with her family, it is better to defer such an 

 apartment. A cozy little nook off the dining-room, sepa- 

 rated from it by an arched space, or a little recess with- 

 out the arch, but having a 

 pleasant window and an easy 

 chair or two, are good sub- 

 stitutes. In such a place a 

 visitor can sit and feel that 

 pleasurable comfort of being 

 in a " home " room and giving 

 no one any trouble or distress. 



So, if either the parlor or 

 some one of these aforemen- 

 tioned rooms must be given 

 up, let the parlor go, and 

 make the rest of the house so 

 sweet and sunny and beautiful 

 that it will never be missed. 



Clean, well-kept houses 

 built from plans like numbers 



8. 



X, Portico : R, Recess ; D, Din- 

 ing Room ; J9, Bedroom ; c, c, e, 

 Cupboard, Closet, and Bath- 

 room ; A", Kitchen ; J/, J\ Milk- 

 room and Pantry; FT, Wood-shed. 



seven, eight and nine can cheerfully wait until added 

 parlors can be afforded. 



Sometimes in pioneer regions or in cases of very small 

 means, the house-builder is obliged to dispense with both 



