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Show fERICAN jfSfffB'ti HOME Spgft'-iA.RADFORD SiHB7 EDITOR - J Mr. William A. Radford will answer juestions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining- to the subject of building- for the readers of ihis 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 these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, m., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The house here shown is a good example of the concrete block house. It will he noticed that the corner treatment treat-ment provides for blocks of a different color than those of the body of the wail. These blocks of a lighter color are also used about the doors and windows. win-dows. This gives a relief from the sameness of the wall. The house is 26 feet wide and 29 feet 4 inches long. It has a large porch and you enter from the porch into a good-sized hall. A living room 15 feet 3 inches long and 12 feet 6 inches wide is provided, and a pleasant feature of this room is the wide fireplace. The dining room, which is 13 feet by 15 feet, is well lighted and is convenient con-venient to the pantry. The kitchen is 11 feet square, large enough for the uses of a small family. The second floor is reached by the stairway leading from the front hall. The housekeeper will be pleased with the provision for a sewing room on this floor directly ovei the hall. There are three bedrooms and The concrete block house has become be-come firmly established throughout the country as a new type of American Ameri-can home construction. Like all other things new it has been abused in some Instances by block makers Who were ignorant of the proper methods to be 1'uUowed in manufacturing blocks, but with the information now at hand, both from experience and a careful study of the subject, concrete blocks now being used in home-building are fully equal if not superior to any other material. It has been proved that the block can be made waterproof by using a dense mixture of well-graded 0 Dining Room m 1 13 0 M0' KlTCHE.fi I H Hall J Livinc Room Popch a b i |