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Show 1 xmJ make every person look at the house as he passes by and it is one that will always sell if at any future time conditions should arise that would cause you to want to dispose of it. That you cannot do with a house that has no individuality like this one. There is a large living room sixteen feet square and at the right of this is the dining room thirteen feet six inches by twelve feet in dimensions. The kitchen is reached from the dining din-ing room through a passageway. This is a good arrangement, for the reason that all smoke and steam from the kitchen will be kept out of the dining room. One of the good features about Mr. William K. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience expe-rience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, Manufac-turer, he is. without doubt, the highest authority on all thesa subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford No 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose en-close two-cent stamp for reply. It is true that many thousands of city dwellers who have in the natural love of the country a love for a home with grounds and gardens are unable to have what they desire for various reasons, principally because of a lack of means. City dwellers are compelled for the most part to live in flats or apartments apart-ments with never a look at trees or grass. Privacy, so much to be desired, is shut oft by a common hallway, and the tramping of feet overhead is a constant con-stant reminder that the place Is not a home but merely a place to stay. The whole idea of the builders of city "homes" is to economize snace . .' . - Bed Rk J Jt-trxiz'o- I Clo57 CL05 -Hall jXTO-i J I jtj' HI O0 5. CL0 5. I 14'0-XIX'O- I . I l and get all the rooms possible on a given piece of ground in order to gain revenue. All sight is lost of the artistic, artis-tic, and everything must bend to the one purpose of income. The occupants occu-pants live along and constantly dream of a' little cottage with a few vines and a garden place in the back yard, and a place for the children to play where they will not be under the constant con-stant espionage of a janitor with a grouch. This is all wrong and it is unnecessary. unneces-sary. You may be a salaried man. You may think you cannot do any different. dif-ferent. You have not the money to buy the ground it is true and authorize author-ize a builder to put you up a house Second Floor Plan. this house is the fact that it is well lighted and every room will be brigh and cheery. The second floor Is reached by a stairway leading from the living room. On this floor are two bedrooms, which, with the one on the first floor provides pro-vides three in all. The bathroom is located at the end of a hall that extends ex-tends through the house, thus assuring assur-ing plenty of air on summer nights through the windows at each end. An unusual arrangement, and one that (will appeal to every housewife, is the fact that there are six closets in this such as you want. You have always thought that even if you bought a house you must take one already made by some real estate firm and pay their high price. Now, listen. The real estate man has selling expense. He has advertising advertis-ing bills, office rent, clerk hire, maintenance main-tenance of salesmen, and many other expenses in addition to his profit that figure in the price of any given house. W flu1-- v v0n vSv d-t'kjk F FT ; house, providing plenty of storage rlaces. It is safe to say that this real estate man would be glad to eliminate this expense if he could make a deal that did not Involve all these factors. He builds to sell. Suppose you were to take to him the plan of the house shown here and say: "Now, you are in the business of building and selling houses on small payments. You want your customers satisfied. Probably you are going to build a number of houses in the next few months. Now, here is a house that just suits me. If you will build it I will take it on the same terms you would ask for one that you might build from some other plan. I will sign the contract now." There is no probability that the ordinary or-dinary real estate man would refuse Anti-Handshaking Society. In Paris they have been seriouslj discussing the advisability of forming form-ing an anti-handshaking society. Its members, so it is suggested, should only be pledged to avoid this form ol salutation during the summer months But when once it is started it is believed, be-lieved, and sincerely hoped, that the practice of grasping all and sundry by the hand will be permanently discouraged. dis-couraged. There Is a good deal to be said on both sides. To have a hot and moiet hand clasp one's own on a day when one is already suffering all that seems possible from the heat is distinctly trying, to say the least. Furthermore, there are many people whose handshake hand-shake leaves one with a feeling of having touched a fish or something creepy-crawly. One looks forward to their clasp, if it can so be described, with a positive sense of horror, and It is almost with difficulty that one refrains re-frains from covertly wiping the hand after the operation. London Lady's Pictorial. j' Porch 1 1 j o- I "" 1 cl Kitchen S J BeldRm rax"X!W Living Room f J ife'o-xiw !! DlM,rsc Rm-;; Rm-;; wm.'o: B I Porch sa ra p. First Floor Plan. your terms. And what would you have? You would have the same house you would get if you owned a lot and built on it. Now, the house shown here is one of the popular bungalow type of houses and is especially attractive at-tractive on account of the fact that the porch is Included under the roof of the house. Nor is It expensive. Ths house is thirty-one feet six Inches wide and thirty-three feet long. It has an attractive porch with strong lines. The design is one that will |