Show tive TI ve M am A E WILLIAM its ea L mr william A radford had ford will newer answer questions an and give advice aple OF 01 COST on all subjects pertain jus to the th subject of for the reader ot of this paper on account of his hi wite experience ai as editor author and it aai ifa fa be h in I 1 without doubt the acht rutho authority ity on all thene these subjects address all inquiries Inq ulric to AV lellam A radford no fifth ave chicago III and only sac 1 ose two cent tamp stamp for deply there Is no question about it that the best investment the average man can make ie in to buy a home of his own put your rent money into a home of your own hae has been good ad vice which the real estate men have been beets giving for years it has been maintained that this la Is the simplest and easiest method of making a real laving saying and it doer seem that for the man wan who Is paying out 23 25 30 or 35 every e month for rent no saving could bp be more easily 11 accomplished residence neel dence property la Is considered conat dered uch such good security that it Is very sel 1 dom dont that any difficulty Is encounter d in arranging arru nging for the financial end of a home building proposition in almost every locality especially in the suburbs adjacent to our large cities there are real estate operator operators vino who will build exactly as the horn home buyer desires according to his plans pos poe session of the property Is secured by a compa small amount down and a monthly mou tillY payment thereafter no larger than would be paid out as an rant rent for the same house the only difference bet between renting and buying according to this plan Is that after seven or eight years the man mar has in one case A bundle of old rent receipts to show tor for bis his money and in the other case a deed to the property if it the building Is properly located tn in r i 0 a growing community the natural advance in if its value will counter balance its depreciation by mean means of this method of home buying an naton astonishing labing number of ami lica lies are working up every year from the renting to the home owning class A great many have purchased aed two or three different bomea homes by these meth od ode starting in with a email small luex pensive cottage and as the needs of the family grew larger have sold the smaller louse using the money so received ai as a first payment on the larger more costly structure I 1 ible his Is sibly the ideal method of saving money morley through horn homer building for at ane end of 20 or 23 years a 1 1 PORCH S 6 TRY TO ht lutc BT A IZ 0 lf nod DINING RM PM LIVING livin G RM PM I 1 1 14 az 10 0 11 j PORCH za 0 X 5 tt rint floor plan man really tine fine property has been acquired cach each one of the series of homes has been adequate to the needs of the family at that time and all the war through no extra saving was needed in addition to the ordinary monthly rent the design shown herewith Is very suitable for the house to begin a series ot of homo bm building P ich as an haa been mentioned thi this Is a five room abory a and a half cottage which ought to at ar peal to any tw young people just starting out on lifes highway together although small and simple in design it has that cozy homelike home bome like air which Is s most dea des rable it Is plenty large enough for two tivo people with a guest room to spare A house of this mild always commands a ready sale and never stands vacant if it offend for tent even where there are a number of large houses landing standing vacant II 11 Is wry seldom that a desirable fly five or six room house can be faund this bouse la Is 25 feet air ix inches wide by 26 feet it Is covered on the outside with narrow aiding put on over tar building paper nod stud seven eighths inch rough sheathing the interior Is fint finished shed in birch downstairs and yellow pina pine upstairs the living and dining room floor floors are beet best quality red oak maile malle mai le flooring being used for the kitchen pantry back entry and bathroom for the remainder of the second door yellow pine flooring li Is used fur for a house of this lize size a surprising TH bw bed pm 8 second bloor vita amount cf room Is secured downstairs by the arrangement of living room jand dining room opening together with a columned archway the fireplace nook Is a cozy feature that will be appreciated in a house of this kind there should be a cemented basement or cellar under the entire bouse house and a warm air heating plant la Is to be recommended A square compa compan t house of this kind Is very easily beat ed by means of a warm air furnace which should be placed as near the center of the basement as possible the cost of this building not include ing the heating plant nor lighting Is estimated at 1700 A lost art in the home some reported utterances of arch blo bishop hop ireland provoked by the meat boycott but acaling with a more IM and fundamental matter will strike sympathetic chords in man many Y hearts and should load lead to practical ef forts for the correction of a great evil ot american domestic life the high prices of meats are deplorable but pull AM worse in dr irelands view are the extravagance and waste ot of arneri can housekeepers house keepen and their ignorance of the neglected art of cooking nor la Is the reference solely to the rich whose extravagance extra ls often descanted upon with all manner of variations and embellishments people of moderate and rea even scanty means are among the worst sinners they do not know how bow to purchase economical ly or do not care to do so and they do not know how to make the best beat use of that which they do purchase the same tendency which has led so man many Y young men away from farms to overcrowded professions or underpaid mercantile employment has led young wom women n to shun the occupations of the home and particularly of the kitchen in favor of work in factories shops or offices new york tribune A minute here and a minute there it Is really wonderful how much can be gained by improving odds and ends of time in keen analytical ob observing servin 9 thinking reading and studying think of the untold wealth locked up in the spare moments and long winter eve aings of every life it Is possible to pick up an education in the odds and ends of time which roost people throw away if it thoo thoa wao ha bar been deprived of a college erti auld only make up their minds to get a substitute for it they would be amazed to see what evel eye the evenings of ot a few weeks de vt conscientiously to the college salla is would accomplish U atri a noted literary man was asked how he Inan managed aged to accompli 1 so much with little friction or apparent effot effo t he replied dy by organizing izing my time to every hour its ap appointed taste task or duty with no overlapping or infringements them Is a great deal of time wasted even in the bubl st live lives which it properly organized 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