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Show miiwm iron u doors and windows being carefully placed for light and ventilation; and the proportions are such that the furniture is easily arranged to look right. There is also a back entrance to the sitting room, opening onto tha back porch. This back porch, communicating com-municating with the main part of the house, is almost part of the sitting room in summer time. A small table of books and a sewing machine are often found In just such places during the warm months. It is much better to read or Bew In the open air, when conditions are favorable. If the side porch looks to the north or east, it is sure to be comfortable In the afternoon. after-noon. If it faces the Bouth, a vine trained up to ward off the direct rays of the sun will make it almost as com-forable. com-forable. Every side porch should have a vine climbing to the eaves, for, ap- Mr. Williajn A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of tola paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, I1L, and only oclose two-cent stampeior reply. Four rooms, with the front and back stairs on the ground floor, and four rooms, with a good, comfortable bathroom, on the second floor, briefly describes the house-plan here shown. The house is 24 feet 6 inches wide and 44 feet long, without measuring the porch, and can be built, under favorable favor-able conditions of the market for material ma-terial and labor, for about $2,750. A distinctive feature is the front hall with its pretty, open, winding stairway stair-way with a closet underneath ' for hats and coats, and three doorways which give access to three different rooms an unusual feature In house construction. Of course, there are many long, winding halls that reach away back and communicate everywhere, every-where, but they are not economical of room. In this case the hall occupies occu-pies very little space; but the convenience con-venience and artistic effect are much greater than in most halls, although others may be much more pretentious. It is a great thing. In building, to utilize space to the best advantage. Measurements Measure-ments are arbitrary. In a given ground space, the fact must be recognized rec-ognized that the enlargement of one room means that the next one must be Bmaller. This hall is large enough for all practical purposes, and It leaves plenty of room for the parlor, dining room and sitting room. The parlor Is the smallest of the three, and rightly so. Parlors are fast rn it BCD oq 5 I CO ffl Second Floor Plan. going out of date. Their principal use has been for weddings and funerals, ind the way some of them are furnished fur-nished leaves a funeral flavor all the time. The conventional parlor is the most uncomfortable room in the house. The children must be excluded, exclud-ed, and the men folks are afraid of disarranging the chair tidies or getting get-ting a chair an inch or two out of Its proper place. The chairs usually are stiff-backed and uncomfortable, and too nice for a chair, as their principal occupation Is looking prim and unin- pearance, if for nothing else; but the direction should determine whether it be a heavy, broad-leafed vine fop shade, or one of the lighter, prettier vines for effect. There are a great many climbers that may be used for this purpose, and it is easy to select one suitable to the climate and to the needs of the situation. situ-ation. Every house could be improved by the addition of a vine somewhere, but the indiscriminate planting of any one kind of climber should be dis- .,, .,....,... ... --i - viting, and their only use is on state occasions and when ladies call to criticize and gather new matter for gossip. This, of course, means the conventional parlor that we were all familiar with as boys and girls, handed hand-ed down from our grandmothers' time couraged. Such vines as the Dutchman's Dutch-man's pipe are very suitable for verandas veran-das where deep shade is an object, because the leaves are large and heavy. It is impossible for the sun to pepetrate through a healthy growth of Dutchman's pipe vine leaves. The beauty of this vine is not in the blossom. The blossom is odd, and shaped like a Dutch pipe, but it is inconspicuous. in-conspicuous. The heavy foliage '.s the chief attraction. For front verandas, nothing can be prettier than the light Madeira vine, and English ivy where the winters are not too severe. There are a great many annuals that make a quick growth for screens, but they are not well calculated for the front of the house. Vines that climb to tha roof, leaving stalks bare and a bunch of foliage at the top, should be avoided avoid-ed on the front porch. This is a pe- cullarlty or the Virginia creeper, but it may be corrected by proper pruning. prun-ing. In selecting a house-plan, the direction direc-tion in which the house faces must be taken into consideration. Any frontage is good if the house is built to suit. It ia just as easy to select a plan with the kitchen on one side as to have it directly In the back. The difference in comfort, extending; ovr a number of years, will well repay re-pay a little careful consideration on this point. There are a groat many things to consider, and this is ona of the most important, but one that often Is Overlooked. By all means build a good, suitable kttehun and give the good wife a chance to enjoy her working hoars. First Ftoor Plan. and still retained In some communities. commun-ities. It does not In any way refer to the front room in this house-plan, with Its wide opening Into tho sitting room, and Its three pleasant windows looking look-ing out on a nlcoly-kopt lawn through a well-proportioned porch. The shape and plan of this room offer themselves easily to nrtlstlo decoration. The portiere por-tiere openings. In fact, make tha hall, parlor and sitting room almost l!ko one big room. Another Interesting feature of this plnn Is the aide entrance to the sitting sit-ting room. This Is tha most sociable room In tho house. Taken in connection connec-tion with the dining room, it offers r, very comfortable proposition, tha |