BUILDING. 23 



The numerous cupboards and drawers set into the wall 

 and nearly covering one side of this pleasant living-room 

 were devised by this bright woman herself, and formed 

 some of her husband's rainy-day work in the first year of 

 their pioneer life. 



There is a tiny low-down cupboard for her little girl's 

 dolls and tea-sets, and a larger one above it for the 

 twelve-year-old son's collection of shells and minerals, 

 fish-lines, nails, strings, knives, and all those odds and 

 ends dear to a boy's heart. And there are drawers for 

 bed and table linen and best dresses and Sunday coats ; 

 drawers for shawls, blankets, stockings and flannels ; and 

 a drawer that pulled out proves to be a molding-board 

 with a row of little boxes at the back holding spices, salt, 

 etc. Above these are cupboards for dishes and general 

 dining and kitchen ware, and the pots and kettles, brooms, 

 dusters, dish-pans, and smoothing irons find a place in a 

 tall corner cupboard. Our hostess oiled and varnished 

 all the wood-work in this room with her own hands, and 

 its mellow rich tint brightened up with the numerous 

 brass handles and fastenings of the cupboards and 

 drawers, is in good keeping with the quaint fire-place and 

 the homely substantial furniture. 



When I suggested that an extra large "bump" of 

 order must be required to keep so many drawers and 

 cupboards at rights, the bright woman replied that main- 

 taining order was the easiest thing in the world, since 

 there was a place for every article, and that she could 

 prepare a meal in the night without light, if no light 

 could be had, almost as easily as in the day time. 



This house to which a "wing" will be added in a 

 year or two for parlor, a bath-room, and a spare bed- 

 room shows how much can be made of little, how space 

 can be utilized, and what clevei magicians are order and 

 taste aided by a very little money ! 



