Show CAMP ON A NEW YORK ROOF doctor built aco retreat on top of 0 his house for a sleeping room there Is a good deal ot of talk nowa days about the value of plenty of fresh air in sleeping rooms dr addison W baird tells in the survey about a root roof camp that be has built on the top of 0 his new york dwelling here lie he sleeps and here he finds rost rem lu in the open air Is quieter and deeper than indoors ono one may be sleepy when tile the alarm sounds bounds in the morning but bit rises refreshed and invigorated he says in fact this urban open air life has a number ot of pleasant features there is it a sense ot of remoteness of being away from tile noise and move more ment of the city looking out over the be loots the qc scene enc Is often one of 0 great beauty the electric light streaming upward on oil tho the tall bull bulldis din s of 0 the neighborhood is very cry and further on can be seen the palisades with their brilliant are arc lights and the dark river beD beneath cath in winter time glistening on tile the surrounding snow clad roofs forms a very attractive picture this root roof house is 12 feet square and consists ot of a steel framework covered in with fireproof materials to comply with avith the building code across the front extends a series of doors so that vils tills whole side can be thrown open the wals walls are double and the has openings top and bottom thus providing fr free e e circulation ot of air and the roof also is double with ven illation tia tion through a small cupola the effect or of this cellular construction Is to prevent the apartment from becoming o healed when the suns runs rays play upon it throughout the long summer days the whole cost was as less than aw M |