July, 1912 
be quickly and easily venti- 
lated. In the bathroom are 
wide shelves for linen and 
other articles and a man’s 
closet with a laundry basket. 
The high windows in the 
front bedroom give privacy 
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without the need of draw- Sone ‘ [Stove | 
ing shutters. These and | ae 
many other windows in the 
house are hinged at the bot- | Kans 
tom and when opened are 
held by a chain or rod, so 
that the rooms may be venti- 
lated at the top and without 
danger of the air blowing 
directly on the occupants. At 
a social gathering of men in 
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close to the pantry. This 
has been found a convenient 
arrangement on many _ oc- 
casions. 
VA 
des Opening from one corner 
: of the living-room is what 
the owner of this house 
terms the “‘loafery,” per- 
haps as fitting a word as 
“den.” It has green burlap 
walls, with a picture frieze, 
built-in seats and small high 
windows, making it alto- 
BEO gether a delightful retreat. 
Ker | From this room the stairs to 
the gallery lead. 
The house is fifty feet and 
six inches long by forty-two 
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the big living-room one feet and six inches wide, so 
evening cigars were lighted N that a very large basement 
and the room soon filled Ie ae OWN might be expected. As a 
with smoke. After the LOAFERY Beet Rom | matter of fact, only a part 
visitors had departed, the ine Ocal” / of the space has been exca- 
hinged windows in the ill vated, making so much less 
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gallery and in other parts of 
the house were opened and 
in ten or fifteen minutes the 
house was entirely free of 
smoke. 
A single chimney serves 
for kitchen range, fireplace 
and hot water heater, although there is a butler’s pantry 
between the living-room and the kitchen. The pipe from 
the range is covered with asbestos and passes through the 
top of this pantry. 
The square dining-room is so arranged that when the 
table is extended to its full length to accommodate guests, 
the maid may enter from the pantry, pass around the table 
and make her exit through the living-room door, which is 
The massive brick fireplace dominates the living-room 
Plan of the hollow tile bungalow 
to keep in order. In the 
basement is a laundry, a 
room for the maid and the 
main room, where _ the 
heater is located, and in one 
corner of which there is a 
little workshop. Special 
conditions governed the building of this bungalow, but it 
could be duplicated for from five to six thousand dollars, 
according to location. The great room of this house, occu- 
pying a midway situation, appears on plan form to be com- 
pletely flanked on all sides. But instead of being pent, 
every outer part is a vassal to its interior lines, so command- 
ing is its position, being just as accessible in its floor practice 
as its elevation is to light, to ventilation and to enjoyability. 
into the “‘Loafery”’ 
The gallery end of the living-room, looking 
