Show TiE AMERICAN HOME rrs A voNDEnFCi AFFAIR UD CONTRASTED WITH FOR IQN JOE Nothing strikes an observing American upon hnjlrst visit to Europe Eu-rope with gnats farce than the lack of those comforts and convenience in dwellings of even the wealthiest classes which in his own country are considered Indispensable necessities neces-sities says the Jipulor Scientific cUa We n quick to seize upon the latest discoveries in science and the arts which can In any way render I ren-der our homes more attractive or the cares of housekeeping less burdensome burden-some while the more conservative Europeans a content to live as their fathers did before them and would consider it a sacrilegious extravagance travagance to tear up the floors or walls of their dwellings dwel-lings for the purpose of introducing introduc-ing steam of water pIp The elf mate of England is damp and cold but the almost universal way of warming is by open fireplaces cf aoft caul which I usually develop more smoke than heat Hot air or steam furnaces are practically unknown and the only means of heating railway rail-way carriages is by cans of hot water placed upon the for Under favorable favor-able drumlnt these will sometimes some-times prevent the soles of ones fet from freezing but their influence rarely extends any further Only the very wealthiest peraonsabread allow themselves thin luxury ota private bathroom and the idea of a set bowl with hot and cold water faucets in a ulecplngchamberisa effeminacy ef-feminacy and extrnvaganieatwhith even a monarch would hesitate The hOI of London r provided with a tank Into which the water allowed to flow for certailn eiiglh DrUm every day after which Ills turned ofTand there is no more to b laud until the visit of the water companys official the next day Thin bedroom candle to which such constant allusion is made in foreign noveJslis no figure speech but a very disagreeable reality for gas is rarely or never introduced into sleeping rooms A modern American house with all the recent improvement is a most wonderful alTalr and an Inspection In-spection I while being constructed i gives one a ood idea of the ex tent t which the arts and sciences crowded with tubes and plien are applied t minister to our comfort com-fort fhe space between the walls is of every description Steam gas g hot and cold water are carrIed to all parts of the building speaking tube and ventilating tlialta are connected with every room while great cables of Insulated wire a large as a ships hawser illustrate the manifold uses to which electricity may be pt Callbulb automatic gus lighting and incandescent lamps I are only I fwr these applications amid the day li not far II tnt when some simple form of electric motor to run the sewing machine and furnish a supply of lower for many other purposes will I befoundlO every first clasa dwelling As rujards sanitary Idd nt ry and drainage arrangements tin Ir construction has become a science sci-ence In itself Take it alt gether the American household I has no cause t rrgrtt his lot A recent writer has said Hint in i some thIngs we are measurably l > e hInd the European but In many tilings we are immeasurably ahead of them and in no respect i this more true than in our domestic arrangements ar-rangements I may b safely raid that there is not a royal place in I Great Britain or Europe which is as luxurious or even as comfortable as the house ot the average American can of moderate means and In no country in the world Is thin greatest blessing of JtI happy and comfortable com-fortable home to readily xvithln the reach of all as in our own land |