AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



one room to another the wire would not have to 

 be altered. Architects delight in getting as many 

 variations in the heights of their ceilings as there 

 are rooms in the house. Sometimes this is 

 difficult, but that only adds to the labors of the 

 architect, and sometimes it is impossible, and 

 then you will get two rooms of the same height, 

 but not otherwise. We determined upon an- 

 other innovation also. Each bedroom should 

 have sufficient wall space for the head-board of 

 a bed, and also space for a bureau, which should 

 be near a window, or, if possible, between two 

 windows ; and we so arranged the dining-room 

 that a sideboard might be placed against the 

 wall without blocking up either a doorway or a 

 window. Another oddity about this house was 

 that the pantry was to be big enough to hold the 

 china and glassware of an ordinary family and 

 still give plenty of room for a maid, or two if 

 need be, to wash this glass and china when 

 necessary. In the ordinary modern house the 

 parlor may be imposing, and the dining-room 

 even generous in size, but when it comes to such 

 items as the pantry, the bathrooms, the kitchen, 

 the closets, and the like, rooms in which the 

 work of living is carried on, architects begin to 



8 



