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Show ticed. The plastering Is often slighted slight-ed In much the same way, and when it comes to the painting of the house, hoth interior and exterior, too frequently fre-quently poor materials are used he-cause he-cause they can be had from some unscrupulous un-scrupulous paint dealer who claims they are "just as good," at a saving of $15 or $20 on the entire job. These are economies pertaining to Mr. 'illlam A. TtiKlforcl will answer qiH'stlons nnd rIvo. advice KKK10 OF COST on till aubjoi'ta in-rtalnliij; . to the Buhjc.'t if buil.iiiif; fur the roauVrs of this jiapor. On account of his wide experience expe-rience as Kdltor. Author and Manufacturer, Manufac-turer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address nil Inquiries to 'William A. Radford. No. VM Fifth Ave., Chlcairo, 111., and only en-clcse en-clcse two-cent stamp for reply. Home building Is pretty apt to be a matter of sentiment, especially for young people planning their first house. They always have tl'.o advice ad-vice -of a good many loving friends, not to mention the efforts of the real estate dealers, to the effect that to acquire a house by easy monthly payments pay-ments is far greater business wisdom wis-dom than to pay rent. Yet, no matter how strong and logical such arguments may be, the fact remains that it is sentiment that has the greatest influence influ-ence in making them decide to build. The joy and satisfaction of actually owning a plot of land and a snug little lit-tle dwelling; the magic influence of the word "home," these are the things that seem important. Still, castles in the air have to be brought down to earth before they can be built. It is a great pleasure to dream of having a fine home and to make plans for all the luxuries of home building that sentiment might inspire; but young people can't afford to really build in that way. It is right to start as soon as possible to build a home, but don't think that it has to be a mansion. Love in a cottage cot-tage is best, especially in the early years, for there the responsibilities are less, the work of housekeeping is slight, and the cost, both for the house itself and for its upkeep and management, is within reach. There are so many urgent uses for ruL- wim in Mm m ii Minium lIii rY V LJ BedRm.J I 1 lOlfc-Xi4-6" J Bld Rhfl E I5'6"XIIV LnJ Cl05. I lJj jfj Second Floor Plan. the quality and amount of materials used that are very shortsighted. Real economy in heme building comes through selecting the proper design for the building. In a dwelling, such as is illustrated herewith for instance, practically $300 Is saved by using the money in these days that every one 6hould be interested in planning and building a house as economically as possible. There are some places where It is good to economize, other places where economy is very shortsighted, short-sighted, and it is a strange thing that the inexperienced builders usually pick out those features to economize on where the saving of a few dollars in the first cost will result in hundreds of dollars of added expense throughout the life of thf building. An instance of this is the heating plant. One of the first parts of a dwelling to be slighted, If any economizing econo-mizing is to be done, is usually the heating plant. Competition is so keen between the heating contractors themselves that they have got into the habit of figuring the furnace size Just as small as possible so as to keep gambrel roof coming down low almost to the first story instead of having the walls go straight up tc a full two-story height with a gable roof attic above. Three hundred dollars Is a pretty big price to pay for an attic, which has very little use, except to store away old furniture in, and young people have usually very little of this. Such a design as this is also economical econom-ical In that Its general outline is very nearly square in form. It is not "cut up" as so many houses are, and the carpenters find such a building much easier to frame and finish and so are able to do the work very much less. At the same time a residence of simple sim-ple square outline contains a maximum maxi-mum of usable space inside, and If properly laid out the rooms are very convenient -and home-like. So we see that there are real econ- omies which should be considered In home building and some false economies econo-mies to be avoided. It Is sentiment that urges the building of the home to start with, but it Is sound '-usiness sense that parries the building project to a successful completion. The advice and counsel of a reliable reli-able architect who has made a special study of residence work is invaluable In this connection. The writer has been able to give practical advice to thousainds of home builders in every part of the country that has saved them a great deal of money. In offering offer-ing the accompanying design, which is estimated to cost $2,200, he feels confident con-fident that many helpful Ideas, both as to convenient arrangement of the interior and attractive outside appearance appear-ance may be gained by those who will build the coming year. Case LB LriCASE . r r Porch Dining Pm :TL . J-JlO'O-XlO'O- I Living 'Pm. Yffj S 14'0"XI5r0" n 5 fcr ftr Porch I5VX5V I I First Floor Plan. the amount of their bid dow n. Yet, even after that, I he owner In his shortsightedness often Induces the heating mun to put in a still smaller size furnace, so as to save $10 or $15 on the job. Really the safe way Is always to Insist on having a size larger than the furnace contractor recommends. A furnace of good size will heat a house easily without crowding crowd-ing the fire, and besides heating the house satisfactorily burns less coal than the small size furnace crowded hard to heat the building during cold weather. The furnace is just one instance of the false economy that Is often pre |