July, 
Use a loosely twisted cotton floss in rope size for the 
darning, and in beginning a thread do not make a knot. In- 
stead, take a couple of back-stitches on the wrong side several 
stitches back of the hole in which the last thread ended; 
then bring the new thread up in the next space and clip off 
any superfluous ends. 
The hems on the net curtains are one and three-quarter 
inches wide, the narrow borders about one-half an inch, and 
the inside bands or borders about one and three-quarter 
inches wide, one inch being left between the two borders. 
Curtains of this stripe are preferably hung next to the 
glass, and should be rather scant in order to successfully show 
the worked pattern. Where the woodwork is painted white, 
it may be preferable to use white net, and if desired the 
design may be carried out with colored floss to harmonize 
with the coloring of the room. 
The fifth curtain is made of thin, rough-finished silk 
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pongee which can be purchased at the dress silk counter in 
widths varying from twenty to twenty-seven inches at from 
thirty-nine to seventy-five cents per yard. If a wider silk 
is required we must turn to the upholstery department, and, 
of course, pay a higher price. 
The hem—two inches wide—is held in place by a line of 
couching, four threads of rope silk, the same shade as the 
curtain, being couched down with a dark thread. In order 
to cover up the stitches on the wrong side of the curtain, 
work a second row of couching on this side, taking the 
stitches so that they come underneath the outer line of couch- 
ing and are thus invisible. 
A most effective cotton material called Sicilian tracery, 
forty inches wide and costing ninety cents a yard, is used 
for the sixth curtain. It comes in but two colors, cream- 
white and a very light blue, and it is in itself so attractive 
that it requires no other finish than a plain hem. 
The Healthiest House in the World 
By W. A. Du Puy 
=) HE Tuberculosis Congress, at its meeting 
Ae Se “9 last fall in Washington, awarded a prize 
ISS SAYT «for the plan submitted for a house which 
offered most conveniences as an abiding 
place for men, and at the same time least 
attractions as a breeding-place for germs. 
The prize plan for this healthiest house 
was submitted by Milton Dana Morrill, of Washington, a 
young architect who has ; 
studied much at home and 
abroad upon the plan for 
housing the industrial 
classes in a sanitary manner, 
and at the same_ time 
cheaply. 
Plans are going forward 
for the erection of the prize 
house in duplicate adjacent 
to many of the cities that it 
may stand as an object les- 
son. The house is of con- 
crete throughout, and is to 
be molded. It has six rooms 
on two floors, and in addi- 
tion a roof-garden. It will 
cost, after the molds have 
been made, $1,200. While 
primarily designed with the 
idea of offering a favorable 
place for the residence of 
those affected with tubercu- 
losis it will be offered when 
completed as an ideal living 
place for those who are well 
and desire to remain so. In 
addition to which it proffers 
at a minimum price such un- 
nomical. ‘The walls are broken front, back and side, by 
porches. There are three rooms on the ground floor besides 
the reception hall. The living-room is 11 feet 8 inches by 
15 feet 2 inches; the dining-room is 11 feet 8 inches by 15 
feet, and the kitchen is 8 feet 6 inches by g feet. Upstairs 
there are three similar rooms as sleeping apartments, with the 
bath instead of the reception hall. 
The house has the pebble-dash effect on the outside, and 
is as smooth inside as con- 
crete can be made. There 
is no paint and papering. 
The window-frames are of 
iron, as are the shelves and 
moldings. The whole when 
it hardens is one solid stone 
and absolutely imperishable. 
Neither fire nor time will 
affect it, and repairs will 
never be necessary, as paint 
and paper do not enter into 
it. ‘The floors are of a wa- 
terproof composition. 
There is not a corner in the 
house, as the intersections of 
all walls and of these with 
the floor and ceilings are 
curved so as to offer an 
oval which harbors no dirt. 
The intent is to use rugs 
on the floors, as carpets are 
the greatest breeders of dis- 
ease. hese, together with 
the furniture, may be 
shifted from a room, and it 
may be entered with a hose 
and flushed thoroughly, as 
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usual conveniences as are in- 
cluded not even in the 
houses of the wealthy. 
The house is almost box- 
like in appearance, this 
form offering the greatest 
amount of space with the 
CHAMBER 
118” x 14/2" 
there is nothing which wa- 
ter will injure. Soap anda 
scrubbing-brush may _ be 
added upon occasion, and 
the whole completely 
scoured. The floor tips 
| slightly, and there is a pipe 
| arranged for the carrying 
| Bae 
|| ROOF GARDEN | i | 
| | | coat | 
} HOLE || 
ois 
CHAMBER 
'0" x 11/9" | 
| | COMPARTMENTS FOR 
OUT OF DOOR SLEEPING 
least amount of wall, and 
being, therefore, most eco- 
at 
First Floor P 
Second Floor Plan 
off of the water. 
RoehiGarden The roof-garden consists 
