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Show HOUSING IN GREAT BRITAIN Problem Bids Fair to Be Successfully Worked Out Through Fair and United Effort. In connection with the problem of reconstruction In the united kingdom various housing schemes are contemplated. contem-plated. Variety In the model dwell Ings to bo erected has been encouraged encour-aged by the enterprise of the London Dally Mall, which offered prizes amounting to 110,000 for "designs best and most suitable In themselves and most nearly In line with the arebltee tural traditions of the several districts." dis-tricts." The country was divided Into four areas the northern, inlilliind and Welsh Industrial areas, nnd the southern south-ern nnd midland counties rural area, with a prize of $2,f00 In each section. Over 3..VH) designs were submitted. In the winning designs the need for economy econ-omy In all cases was apparent. In addition to these new model homes, a demand hns arisen for furniture furni-ture especially suitable for them, the construction of which would he of the simplest, combined with the required rigidity and strength. A SOCceaafttl nt tempt to meet this need lias been made by the Shoredlteh Technical Institute (London), nt which cottage furniture, designed In the carpentry shops of the Institute nnd executed by the hoys at the school, has been on exhibition, |