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Show it, and the kitchen. Four bedrooms, a small sewing room and the bathroom are on the second Ooor. The downstairs room arrangement follows the modern Ideas of home planning. plan-ning. The entrance is into a hall, out of which rise the front stairs. The living room is 13 by 1G feet G inches, and has an open fire-place. The dining room, connected with the living room by a colonnade, Is 13 by 16 feet. As the two rooms are practically one this arrangement gives a feeling of spaciousness. spa-ciousness. The office, or den, which is reached from both the front and back halls, Is 12 by 13 feet. Both this room IPiElis" Now Contains All Comforts and Conveniences. PLAN FOR EIGHT-ROOM HOME Design for Farm Home That Meets All Modern Requirements House Is Large Enough for a Good-sized Good-sized Family. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD, avenue Thi'. P' No- 1827 Prairie St,&r1Si1d on,y encl" No more can it be said that the lot of the farmer's wife is "woman's work Is never done," for the modern farm home contains all the comforts and conveniences that will be found in the average city' home. The reason the farm home of ten or fifteen years ago did not have running water and electric light and power was because they were Il'alia T r T1 rLC0EJa ' Second Floor Plan. and the dining room have large bay windows, adding to their attractiveness. attractive-ness. The kitchen, 11 by 14 feet 0 inches, is directly back of the dining room, and beside it are the pantry, of good size, and a washroom. . The front bedroom upstairs is 19 by 13 feet, and has a fire-place. There are two bedrooms In the center of tho house, separated by a central hall. At theend of the hall Is the bathroom, a smaller bedroom and a sewing room. Off the small bedroom Is a balcony, which can be enclosed for a sleeping porch. This house is large enough to provide pro-vide a modern, convenient and comfortable com-fortable horn for a good-sized family """uuuuic. j-ul milt is not irue now.- Both running -water, hot and cold, and electric lights are becoming part of the equipment of the homes on the farms, as the gas engine has solved the problem of power for these con-Tenlenees. con-Tenlenees. Comfort-giving and labor-saving home tqulpment are Just as much a part of the modern home as the roof or the Qoors. No one in a city would live In a house that did not have water, or light, either gas or electric They go with the home. The cost of Individual electric light and water plants up to a few years ago wns prohibitive for most farmers. But American invention inven-tion has changed things on the farm. An electric light plant does not cost much nowadays. Neither does a plant that puts running water Into the house X:V";.ji;':V-:.::-':V- Z'-iM V ' - . .:v'-V'.v: : A ! j and in the barn. And when It is considered con-sidered how much they add to the joy of living no one who can afford them can afford to be without them. Architects who plan farm homes have taken these facts Into consideration, considera-tion, and no house to be erected in rural ru-ral sections Is planned without a bath room, and electric fixtures and wiring Is Included in the architect's drawings. Such a modern farm home is shown In the accompanying Illustration. Its kitchen is laid out to provide for a sink and for the help the farmer needs both In the the house and In the fields. It Is the sort of a home that will keep the boys and girls on the farm and will enabJ- the owner to retain the services of his employees, which Is an advantage advan-tage that should not be overlooked, ln these days of scarcity of help on the farm. . - A good home, one ln which his family can enjoy living, Is the best Investment any man can make, whether he be farmer, business man or an employee. The money invested ln a home pays dividends ln comfort and happiness, two things that are well worth spending spend-ing money to obtain. There now is a great era of home building. Many thousands of families, in cities, towns and rural sections, alike, are building homes. And they will never regret the step. - I -Office DiningRm Ufff I .ffol 23k' i-0'' Porch . $ J First Floor Plan. with running water; a bathroom is Included In-cluded in the floor plans. Both require running water, and the architect has taken it for granted that a water plant will be Installed to supply the needs of these two rooms. This is an eight-room frame house. 3 feet 6 inches by 46. feet in dimensions. dimen-sions. The many gables, the hip roof and the irregular outline of the house, coupled with the attractive front porch and the rear porch with a balcony on ?he second floor make this exceptlonal-J exceptlonal-J good to look at. inside, its room arrangement, both as to size and location loca-tion is excellent, and those who bui d from this plan will have an exceedingly modern and comfortable home. , There are four rooms on ch of he two floors. On the first floor are liv ing |