Show GARDEN CITY OF GERMANY description of helleran Helle rau the ideal town recently quilt built on the out skirts kirt of dreiden dresden just on the outskirts of dreiden dresden there baa has sprung into existence dur 1 ing the last two tuo years A garden city the first of its kind in germany berlin has made attempts in this direction but they ere more as a form of land speculation helleran Helle Ilelle rau Is in a healthy location two miles distant anil and about feet higher than dresden th the wooden parta parts are preserve preserved as much as poa pos sible the acres are divided into one section for cottages the other for villas the streets are al redy laid out and all are to ba provided with gas and water ater connections and with drains arrangements will niso also bo be nude made for ft a supply of electricity the cottage edtion Is built by the helleran Helle rau building null ding society and the houses are rented to members only i membership hi secured by taking a share hare equal to 47 CO 60 and the liability of the member members ends there interest up to 4 per cent rent Is in paid on these shares and any further profits are dl di vided among the community tenure Is fixed flied and the tenant may leave at a years notice cottages are built to rent at 62 to annually each cottage has a garden a large cellar separate tery lery with built in boiler pantry wa ter closet on the ground floor easily accessible attic attle gas for cooking electric light and bells belle water connection and if needed accommodation for do mettle animals the smallest cottage consists of four our rooms kitchen and living room on the ground floor and two bedrooms on the upper floor large enough for a family with two or three children during lart year of these cottages were built and ire tre now occupied for 1911 an ad dit lonal 1 are already planned in the villa quarter residences are to be had at a rent of to nd over with steam heat wilin wil wa in io wa ws ter to the bedrooms and other con ren lences cea construction Is under taken by the garden city company accord ic cording ing to the wishes of the in tending tenant the house and grounds round are then let at a rent proper to the cost of building and the value of the land 6 5 per cent of the former and 6 per cent of the latter the rhe lind Is valued at 13 2 cents per quare foot in the cottage quarter it t 9 93 3 cents per square foot the tenant must provide four tenths of the cost of building tind and 4 per cent later inter oat st Is paid on this sum an artistic uniformity of building ic c guaranteed by a building commis lion the sanction of which Is re ro jutted for all plans hectric light Is from tre rower power at of the german rf technical arts at a cost of 9 S 5 cents per kilowatt w nit hour gas erst 45 4 cents per 1000 and water 30 8 cents per 1000 1 feet preparatory schools are provided for the younger children there la is an institute of technical arts and a emall nursery which undertakes work in n the gardens of new houses and a small school of gardening could caa cas hy oy be attached to this there Is an electric tiec car service from the city out to the run taking about 20 NATIVE STONE IS THE BEST ranks first J a material for small houses with well chosen brick second in it materials native stone shipped tone concrete brick shingles and planks plunks are good in the order named afire stone deserves first place be ause it Is 1 sure to be good in color or the place in which litch it Is quarried I 1 specially after it Is somewhat ired shipped atone Is in often quite as rood load sometimes even better and occasionally casio nally bad in using either kind t f tone stone for small bouses houses a heavy ind clumsy effect may bo be obtained in intentionally if the tone stone Is very ough hewn the smoother the stoe sto e ir r the car narrower the layers of it the ess eta danger there Is of this heaviness concrete haa has a naturally good color i ind may be toned artificially it de ailred 11 brick if it well chosen Is a close second to native stone prom from that bat position it P rl Ps s ilowe ier the scale until it Is arcely bettar in quality I 1 than wood cud rud less agreeably agree abiL to look at A brick of ct staring red will be a horror to aay any cultivated eye and it I 1 1 you wish make such a n house a nightmare you have only to surround tt it with purple clematis scarlet salvia geraniums and crimson ramblers the result Is better imagined than seen wood the poorest of building carte forte rials la it discouraged by all our build log ing laws it need needs constant painting and worrying with and Is to 0 io o taken only as a last resort in place of a canvas lent tent if it it must be wood however we may console with the bought thought that chin thin ties aca take good stains and maat i et and if it he be house Is irrevocably of planks we ran can at least plan for an conable color scheme care of trae wound Wb whenever enever a urge limb Is awed I 1 rom the tr arc tbt th wound should be at ace covered with wax or thick paint |