HOUSE AND GARDEN 
464 
June, 
1914 
whether the sleeping is to be done on the “one-bed” or the “two- 
bed” plan. In the latter, beds are provided both in the bedroom 
and on the porch. This plan will often be the easier to follow in 
construction, and in alterations is sometimes the only one pos¬ 
sible, though an additional bed is needed, and the outer one be¬ 
comes rather cold 
after a cold day. 
In the “one-bed” 
plan the bed 
stands in the 
room during the 
day, and is 
wheeled out onto 
the porch at bed¬ 
time. For this ar¬ 
rangement, steps 
and saddles a t 
the doors should 
be avoided; doors 
must be of ample 
width, and the 
bed should be fit¬ 
ted with four and 
one-half - inch, 
rubber-tired cast¬ 
ers. A bed so fit- 
t e d may, even 
when occupied by 
a person of av¬ 
erage weight, be 
easily rolled in 
and out. This ar¬ 
rangement is far 
superior to the 
other, the porch 
being more gen¬ 
erally available 
for sitting out, 
while the bed is 
kept warm and 
comfortable i n- 
side the house. 
T h e “two-bed” 
plan is, however, 
in frequent use, 
and if conditions 
do not allow the 
adoption of the 
other it will be found a convenient and practical arrangement. 
As both of these plans require a full-size porch and a full-size 
bedroom, it may occur to someone to modify the "one-bed" plan 
by keeping the bed on the porch all the time; in which case the 
room might be cut down to dressing-room size. This method 
gives good results in sanatoria, where hospital facilities are avail¬ 
able in care of serious illness, but in private houses it is of doubt¬ 
ful value. 
Enthusiasts may be able to use a porch that is open on the sides 
and front, but the average person will demand enclosures for the 
sides, and the less robust will want them also for the front. At 
least seven types of enclosures are available: 
(1) Light frames covered with canvas. These are held in 
place by strong wood or iron buttons, and stacked in a pile on the 
floor when not in use. They answer very well when designed 
only to exclude driving storms, and in many sections of the coun¬ 
try will be found the cheapest type. Glazing the sash makes them 
too heavy and adds the risk of glass breakage. 
(2) A heavy type of Venetian blind. It is impossible to see 
through this or the first type when shut, and most persons will 
insist on a glazed inclosure, of which the first type to come to 
mind will probably be— 
(3) The ordinary double hung sash. This can never make 
over one-half of 
the total opening 
available, and, as 
it requires wide 
and clumsy mul- 
lions at frequent 
intervals, is sel¬ 
dom used in sleep- 
ing-porch work. 
(4) The single, 
hung sash (a 
single sash sliding 
down into a pock¬ 
et in the para¬ 
pet). If all the 
sash must be in 
one vertical plane, 
this requires the 
same mullion as 
the double hung, 
but if they can be 
placed alternately 
in and out in the 
positions of ordi¬ 
nary upper and 
lower sash, the 
width of the mul¬ 
lion can be cut 
nearly in half. If 
conditions permit 
its use this will be 
found one of the 
most satisfactory 
of all, as it is 
easy of adjust¬ 
ment and renders 
the entire opening 
available. It can 
b e readily i n- 
stalled in ground- 
floor porches of 
frame construc¬ 
tion, but in other 
positions the difficulty of finding room for the pocket, and of 
making it water-tight, will probably demand a type for which no 
pocket is required. 
(5) The “cellar” type (hinged at top to swing in at the bot¬ 
tom) demands no pocket; it requires only a narrow mullion, and 
makes available 100% of the opening, the lower part of the sash, 
when not in use, being hooked up to the ceiling, cellar style. 
The principal objection to this type is the difficulty of operation, 
though where frequent adjustment is not needed it is usually satis¬ 
factory. A type easy of adjustment is— 
(6) The “pantry” type, running on rollers and track at bot¬ 
tom, and guided at top by parting-beads let into the head of the 
frame. Is somewhat easier of adjustment than the one just de¬ 
scribed. The sash are usually arranged in groups of two, three 
or four, each sash in each group requiring a separate track, the 
efficiencies being one-half, two-thirds and three-fourths, re¬ 
spectively, but no mullions are required. The sill should be 
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A central porch showing a pleasing treatment. The 
sash enclosures at the side are of the cellar type illus¬ 
trated in detail below 
The entire wing of this cottage is devoted to outdoor 
sleeping. The enclosures are of the ordinary double¬ 
sash type, with transoms above 
Adjustable sliding sash running in 
wooden grooves 
Sash hung according to the swinging 
cellar type 
Large windows protected by dur¬ 
able Venetian blinds 
