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of divorce, be- 
cause each one 
lives to work for 
the other, as well 
as for old maids 
and bachelors left 
alone in _ the 
world. And to 
sell it, if needs 
be, why, it would 
“go like hot 
cakes” (expres- 
sive if not gram- 
matical) at any 
time, because it 
is so tiny, yet 
complete — so 
easily cared for 
without a_ serv- 
ant. With taxes 
at the minimum, 
insurance a mere 
bagatelle, fuel 
and lights hardly 
worth mentioning 
by comparison, 
who could not 
live in this 
twenty-five hun- 
dred dollar cot- 
tage profitably ? 
There is no 
waste room, no 
unused room, no 
unnecessary hall 
or passages. In- 
deed, is it not the 
limit of economi- 
cal house-plan- 
ning? Softwood 
and paint will an- 
swer for the in- 
terior trim, and a 
light gray texture 
to the plaster ob- 
viates _calcimine 
and wall-paper. 
The exterior 
shows shingles 
painted brown, 
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July, 1909 
material and 
other wood as 
may be most ad- 
vantageous. 
There is a 
laundry platform 
and two trays to 
set up in a corner 
of the cellar, coal 
bins and warm- 
air furnaces. The 
cottage is not to 
be piped for gas, 
except as to a gas- 
range connection, 
nor wired for 
electricity, as oil 
lamps are much 
more suitable to 
it, and much 
kindlier disposed 
to the eyesight. 
The _  architect’s 
commission has 
not been com- 
puted. But every- 
thing else to make 
the cottage live- 
able and comfor- 
table is included. 
The scope of 
this paper does 
not permit more 
than the _ brief 
description that 
has been given. 
But this is suffi- 
cient and ample. 
It is a modest 
house and needs 
but a modest de- 
scription. 
GUARANTEE 
Mr. Joy Wheel- 
er Dow has guar- 
anteed to build 
this house, as de- 
scribed, within 
sixty miles of the 
but the architect reserves the right to substitute stucco if city of New York, under normal conditions, for twenty-five 
necessary, also to build the cellar wall of either concrete, hundred dollars. This guarantee to hold good until Sep- 
concrete blocks, brick or stone; also to use such framing tember 1, 1909. 
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