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3. That it shall be so placed that the direct rays of the sun shall 

 have free admission into the living apartments ; because the sun's rays 

 impart a healthy and invigorating quality to the air, and stimulate the 

 vitality of human beings as they do those of plants, and without 

 sunlight human beings, as well as plants, would sicken and die. The 

 aspect, therefore, should be southeast. 



4. That the lookout from the living apartments shall be cheerful, 

 lively, and interesting ; because much of the time of the family must 

 be spent indoors, and a cheerful lookout is as necessary to render in- 

 doors attractive and even endurable in the daytime as society is in the 

 evening. The prospect, therefore, should be as extensive and varied 

 as possible. 



5. The apartments should admit into themselves a great quantity 

 of light ; because light is essential to the health and vigor of the in- 

 mates. The window openings should, therefore, be large ; but, as the 

 greater the surface of glass, the colder the rooms in winter, and the 

 hotter in summer, 



6. The window-openings should be well splayed, as well outside as 

 inside, so as to do with as little glass as possible. 



7. The windows should be so arranged as to admit the direct rays 

 of the sun at the times when the apartments are in use ; because it is 

 when the apartments are occupied that they require the cheering and 

 invigorating influence of the sun's rays. For instance, the breakfast- 

 room window should admit the early morning rays ; the dining-room 

 windows, one should admit the morning rays for breakfast-time, and 

 the other the noon rays for dinner-time ; and the drawing-room win- 

 dows, one should admit the morning rays for callers, and another the 

 evening rays for company ; and the bedroom windows should, if pos- 

 sible, admit the early morning rays. 



8. The interior of the apartments should provide wall-space for 

 the arrangement of furniture ; because, without wall-space no manner 

 of furnishing a room can make it either handsome, elegant, or comfort- 

 able. The windows, therefore, should be few, and they and the door 

 and fireplace should be so arranged as to provide as much wall-space 

 as possible. 



9. In the bedrooms, the window, door, and fireplace, should be so 

 arranged that the bed can be fixed entirely out of the draught, and 

 not have to be placed between the window and door, the window and 

 fireplace, or the door and fireplace ; because a cold draught playing on 

 persons while sleeping is often dangerous to life, and always destruc- 

 tive of comfort. 



10. The doors of the apartments, besides not admitting cold air 

 when shut, ought not to admit cold air when open ; because the draught 

 thus produced not only destroys the comfort of the apartment, but 

 produces lumbago, rheumatism, neuralgia, etc., in the occupants. The 

 doors should, therefore, open out of a warmed lobby or corridor. 



