Popular Science Monthly 



727 



ing-porch is that the baby cannot get 

 out, nor can flies and mosquitoes come 

 in. Into this tiny compartment rolls, if 

 desired, a baby carriage so that the effort 

 of the mother in taking the baby in and 

 out is reduced to the minimum. 



For grown-ups a similar sleeping-porch 

 has been devised. Of course it is much 

 larger, 

 much 

 more 

 elabo- 

 rate and 

 more 

 expen- 

 sive. In 

 order to 

 dimin- 

 ish the 

 high 



of a sleeping-porch usually entails, a western 

 manufacturer has put on the market a hanging 

 sleeping-porch to be suspended from stout ir(jn 

 straps lugged to the side of the building. The 

 porch fits over the window of the bedroom and 

 is provided with curtains which can be raised 

 by cords from the bed. The porch has been so 

 carefully designed that, when properly installed, 

 one of them will sustain a weight of about 

 a thousand pounds. This contrivance will 

 not disfigure the appearance of any dwell- 

 ing and is not expensive. 



