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Show Tif'ume "u-undle bed ri' S, traction of what the swe'it " Vaally costs, and the real happing mostly on the humble side;-fiy rate, divorce cases seldom sel-dom or, never emanate from pretty, well-kept cottage homes. Young folks often are ambitious, which is al! right so long as their ambition am-bition takes the right direction. Ambition, Am-bition, however, differs with individuals. individ-uals. One woman wants her children well educated, that they may become useful citizens; while another wants bpiilcv .m " iiaJi'ay, be cause! "il'in ith a house isvnot necesf t It is an easy house to do the v.. n, and it contains all ' the conveniences necessary for a small family. ', s There is need of just such houses in every, community. More cheap houses nieans more homes owned by the people living in them; and this means a better community, more general gen-eral improvements, and a higher standard stand-ard of jiving. Modern suburban transportation trans-portation is bringing the outlying sections sec-tions of cities and towns closer to issssK mvMm; to shine forth in all the latest finery, as soon as it is sanctioned by the most pernicious fashion mongers. Between these types there are all grades of ambition and all sorts of motives, among which, in a great many, perhaps per-haps most, cases, may be plainly seen the influence of wealthy neighbors all of which very well illustrates the fact that our wants are governed, for the most part, by our neighbor's supplies. sup-plies. A cottage house is easily furnished. It does not demand the expensive combination of furniture, rugs and I nyrc DIMHC ROOM f " "l t &TD ROOM XT H POKOt Floor Plan. drapery that fashion says should go with a large two-story house. The kind of furnishing that suits a cottage is more homelike, more in keeping with one's everyday life and business. Of course there are cottage houses furnished luxuriously in one general style throughout. This is especially noticeable in summer resorts, where people of means build cottage houses ; for holiday use, and furnish thein the ; same as they would stock a set of ' book shelves, in fancy bindings with colors to match, more for looks than j for use or comfort. The house plan I business, when measured by time, which in turn is increasing the demand de-mand for low-cost comfortable homes. Land is too valuable in or near business busi-ness districts to have such houses, because be-cause it does not pay to put a cheap house on a high-priced lot. |