FARM-HOMES, Itf-DOOBS AND OUT-DOOBS. 



kitchen, with the kettle singing, a bright coffee-pot " in- 

 fusing " and a spring chicken broiling upon the glowing 

 coals. 



While the bright woman spreads the table she archly 

 invites you to take a book from the library and find a 

 seat in the conservatory until called for. So from four 

 long shelves shielded from dust by a neat screen, you 

 select some fresh volume or periodical that you hardly 



expected to see in such 

 a * ' woodsy " place, and 

 betake yourself to the 

 "conservatory." Ob- 

 serving its architecture 

 you see that a south and 

 east window are placed 

 quite near each other, 

 their broad sills joining 

 and holding an array of 

 wisely chosen and wisely 

 cared for plants. Across 

 this brilliant little cor- 

 Fl - 10 - nor, partly to shield the 



L, 7?, Living-room, &, Cook-stove; F, -. . , -, . , 



Open Fire-place ; O, Greenhouse ; c,c,c, P^nts 



Corner Cupboards, Side Cupboards, and partly to enhance their 



Drawers ; T, Dining Table ; B, Bedroom * / 



and Bookshelves ; P, Pantry ; W, Wood- pretty Verdure, IS hung 



shed and Wardrobes ; *, Porch. ft nico]y laundried cur . 



tain of coarse book-muslin looped back at either side and 

 corniced across the top with graceful clusters of ferns 

 and autumn leaves. You sit down in a comfortable old 

 chair among the heliotropes and geraniums and tea-roses, 

 with whose fragrance the spirit of Java and the savory 

 smell of broiling chicken cheerfully mingle, and you feel 

 that life has a great many mercies. 



Do I diverge from the business of building ? No, I 

 am only trying to show what a builder and a builder's 

 wife can do with one room. 



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