January, 1913 
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one of them may be used as a maid’s room, and in that case en¬ 
tered from a passage leading to the kitchen. 
The service includes the kitchen, the pantry and possibly the 
laundry yard. The kitchen has exposures on two sides, thereby 
giving a free circulation of air, a feature extremely desirable 
during the summer months. Having its principal exposure on 
the east, the early morning light is to be had, while during the 
warm part of the day it is shaded, making the housework a much 
more comfortable and enjoyable performance. A butler's pantry 
is introduced between the dining end of the living-room and the 
kitchen. This effectually separates the two and prevents odors 
and disturbances from getting to the front or living part of the 
house. 
In designing the elevations the various interior elements should 
be expressed, and their relation to external conditions should be 
strongly borne in mind. At the dining end of the living-room the 
windows have been made large and the eaves kept high in order 
to acquire the full benefit of the early morning sunlight. The 
opposite end of the room is well protected from the hot southerly 
sun by extending the roof over the porch and dropping the eaves 
as low as is practicable. By so doing not only is comfort added 
but a very strong sense of seclusion and retirement is gained. 
The sleeping portion is expressed as secondary to the main 
living-room by its long low roof and its somewhat semi-detached 
character. 
The relative importance of the service is expressed by con¬ 
tinuing the slope of the roof, thereby dropping the gutter line to 
a much lower level than that of the dining end of the living- 
room. Its secondary character is further expressed by the use 
of small windows raised well above the floor, thus allowing the 
sink and set-tubs to be located directly beneath, giving them the 
best possible light. 
We have tried to show the owner how his problem should be 
conceived in its broader sense, locating the various features with 
regard to all the larger considerations; also, how in developing 
each separate unit the large governing facts should be kept con¬ 
stantly in mind, no minor portion being determined without first 
concluding that it distinctly plays into the general arrangement 
and compositiorb of the scheme as a 
whole. 
Assuming that we have been success¬ 
ful in convincing the owner of the value 
of considering these various factors, and 
have received his permission to proceed 
along these lines in the arrangement of 
his property, we have little doubt that he 
will derive more pleasure and enjoyment 
from his venture than would have been 
possible had we permitted him to go his 
own way without giving the problem 
painstaking study. 
There is one consideration that might 
bear emphasis at the conclusion of this 
discussion. That is the desirability of 
obtaining privacy for the porch. It is a 
modern tendency to designthisffeature for 
various uses so that it plays an important 
part in the living quarters of the house. 
In the plan suggested it may be used as 
a dining-room and in warm weather is 
occupied most of the time. We should 
break away from the senseless convention 
that places porches right along the street 
line if we wish to obtain such advantages 
of outdoor living. No one would wish 
to have the public gazing into his living 
room, why then should he make it pos¬ 
When the house must be close to a street, have the entrance porch small 
and let the true piazza features face on the land 
sible to the passerby to look in upon his porch ? The illustration 
on the top of this page shows the street appearance of a house that 
was planned with an eye to such things. The entrance is small but 
dignified, merely an entrance; the living' quarters are at the op¬ 
posite end and out of the way of curious eyes. Even if the kitchen 
is placed nearest the street to do this it is worth while, for the 
service end may be made quite attractive. The use of lattice as a 
framework for growing vines is often to be recommended. 
Thus we see that by overcoming our tendency to place the 
veranda of the house facing the street we increase the possibili¬ 
ties of arranging the rooms favorably with regard to light and 
air. Let the greatest dimension of the ground plan be other than 
parallel'to the street. 
The essential features of the paved terrace in conjunction with the covered porch, suggested in the 
plan, are employed here to good advantage of privacy and outlook 
