HOUSE AND GARDEN 
33 2 
November, 
1914 
The Magazine 
of the Home 
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More Beauty 
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Reduced Illustration from The House Beautiful 
Two important changes for the better were inaugurated with the October number. 
The magazine appeared in a wholly new dress, including decorations and in¬ 
itials designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers. 
Also, the subscription price was changed from $ 3.00 to $ 2.00 per year — 
single copies 25 cents. In this manner, the publishers propose to make The 
House Beautiful the greatest value for price in its particular'field. 
Whilst the quality is being raised, the price is being lowered — whilst all things 
else are advancing, we are reducing costs. Today, The House Beautiful is 
unquestionably the magazine de luxe of its class, and it grows more helpful 
and more beautiful with every number! 
Note a few of the interesting articles in October :—- 
A Venture in Remodeling 
The Colonial Drawing Room 
The Hospitality of Doorways 
The Arch in Domestic Architecture 
The Art of Home Building 
A Planner of Pleasant Houses 
Town Planning on a Large Scale 
Noiseless and Frictionless Heating 
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ground above the top should be at least 
three feet deep; the entrance — the one side 
exposed to the air — had best face south, 
though its exposure may incline to the east 
or west, but never to the north. Ventila¬ 
tion must be provided, which can be ar¬ 
ranged by an inlet in the door and a flue 
carried up above the ground at the back. 
Though this is a perfect type of root cel¬ 
lar, it is not automatic with all degrees of 
temperature, and some regulation of the 
ventilation is necessary in extreme weather 
conditions. A concrete roof, which must 
drain as shown, is the best. In fact, such 
a structure is practically indestructible, 
and should serve its purpose as long as it 
is put to its use. 
Ice-House Construction 
After many experiments in building 
ice houses of various materials and 
placing them in various stages between en¬ 
tirely above and entirely below ground, it 
has been pretty well demonstrated that the 
structure of wood, placed, if possible, in 
the shade, serves its purpose better than 
any other type of construction. The plan 
calls for a building of 6-inch studs, 
sheathed on both sides and filled between 
with sawdust. Upon the outside sheath¬ 
ing, and placed vertically, are 2 x 4-inch 
studs, 24 inches apart, also sheathed or 
clapboarded and forming a 4-inch air space 
around the entire building. This space, 
left open at the bottom and the top, allows 
the air as it becomes heated by the rays of 
the sun to pass up and out. A ceiling is 
formed at the level of the tie beams, in¬ 
sulated with sawdust in the same manner 
as the side wall. It is necessary to 
ventilate the space between the ceiling and 
the roof, which in small houses (under 
200 tons) is adequately done by louvers at 
each end. In larger houses an additional 
ventilator — or two ventilators — on the 
roof is desirable. The earth itself forms 
the best floor, although it should be sup¬ 
plemented by a foot or eighteen inches of 
sawdust, upon which the ice is laid. The 
sawdust and the earth will absorb what¬ 
ever water may result from melting ice. 
A bell trap should never be put in the 
floor, as this allows the air to reach the ice 
and invariably causes it to melt faster at 
that point. The nearer the mass of ice in¬ 
tended to be stored approaches a cube, the 
better it will keep. With the construction 
described above, the ice may be put di¬ 
rectly against the outside wall, and with 
ice so placed 45 cubic feet of space is al¬ 
lowed for every ton. 
It seems impossible to do anything with 
the ice house towards making it sightly. 
The only thing, therefore, is to keep it out 
of sight, and the woods—a dense woods— 
is the best place for it. 
The author never builds an ice house, 
nor thinks of one, without recalling to 
mind an experience he had some years ago 
in connection with the construction of a 
large ice house at Skylands Farm. Wish¬ 
ing to obtain as much reliable information 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
