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of its cosy appearance when the exterior 

 is of plaster or brick. 



The interior of the house is finished 

 complete with clear quarter-sawed white 

 oak, including the kitchen wainscot, cup- 

 boards, etc. It may be well to state 

 here that there is often considerable 

 confusion in the owner's mind as to 



Fig. 8. Panel de- 

 sign of dining room 



Fig. 6. 



Simple columns between music 

 and living rooms 



what is really the best grade of oak, 

 since the grades are decidedly mislead- 

 ing. "Clear" oak is the best grade and 

 "Number One" is second. "Select" is 

 the third grade and perhaps the most 

 commonly used, since it makes a very 

 fair trim when finished. This third 

 grade allows for small tight knots and 

 pin worm holes, but is otherwise sound 

 although the allowed percentage of 

 lengths under two feet is very large, in 

 the flooring grade. 



Separating the music room from the 

 living room is a very simple colonnade 

 consisting of only two large columns, as 

 shown in Fig. 6, while the living room 

 and dining room are divided by a mas- 

 sive buttress having china cabinets on 

 the dining room side and panels on the 

 living room side, as shown in Fig. 7. 

 The dining room itself is finished with a 

 heavy beam-ceiling and a 5-foot 6-inch 

 batten panel wainscot, the panels of 

 which are made up of three plies of white 

 oak veneer to prevent shrinking or 

 warping. The panel design is shown in 

 Fig. 8. 



The doors throughout the house were 

 all made specially for the job and are 



single-panel doors having a five-ply oak 

 veneer panel. 



In the rear hall, as marked on the 

 plan, the linen closet was built with a 

 clothes-chute underneath. The opera- 

 tion of this chute was decided on by 

 the owner and it is certainly a good idea. 

 The baseboard lifts up, the soiled clothes 

 are dropped on the floor and pushed 

 through the opening into the cellar box, 

 from which they are taken directly to 

 the laundry trays in the cellar. 



The bathroom is finished in white tile 

 and white enamel, with white enameled 

 fixtures. The floor is laid of white 

 hexagonal tile one inch in diameter, 

 while the walls are wainscoted 5 ft. 

 from the floor with 3 by 6-inch oblong 

 glazed tile with tile cove and cap. The 

 lavatory is an oval pedestal design and 

 the closet is a low front-wash-out type. 

 The tub is of standard enameled iron. 



The average owner does not under- 

 stand the grading of enameled ironware 

 and therefore calls loudly for a "five-year 

 guarantee" article. This is really an 

 extravagance as a "two-year" guarantee 

 is absolutely as good for the following 

 reason; enameled ironware in general, 

 and bathroom fixtures in particular, are 

 known as "five-year," "two-year" and 

 "non-guarantee" fixtures. This means 

 that the best grade is guaranteed against 

 any defect for the term of five years, the 

 second grade for a term of two years, 

 and the third grade for no time at all. 

 The difference between the first and 

 second grades, however, is very little, 

 except in price. 



{To be concluded) 



Fig. 7. Buttresses between dining room and 

 living room 



