Show W e 0 d LEa E a eo 0 PLANNING TI THE E HOUSE FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER gL exterior A nor will prove to be ver very much more efficient than an exterior covered with wood Although the first cost of cement is greater than wood it proves to be cheaper in the long run There are arc many kinds of surfaces for exterior cement work Much of it is what is is called rough is is the finished coat is corn com composed posed of gravel or pebbles coated wiLh cement mortar and thrown or cast upon the surface of the building where it adheres Another surface frequently used is what is known as rough sand finish Sand d In work of this kind th the final coat is cement and very coarse sand applied with a wooden trowel or a carpet float This leaves a coarse granular surface very pleasing to the eye Rough cast is probably more durable than the rough sand finish as the texture of the gravel makes a protecting surface On a small house however the rough sand finish is more tasteful This latter finish may become checked from shrinkage but as the tiny hair lines of the checks do not extend beyond the surface such a finish is s very durable and the lines do not mar its beauty The house illustrated is finished with witia rough sand finish on narrow laths with water waterproof waterproof proof building paper underneath to keep out the dampness Thc lie shingles on the roof and the nar narrow narrow row bands of wood around the windows are arc stained Gray sash just the shade of the gray plaster give gie ac accent accent cent to the lie design Ground The floor arrangement of a dwelling house is is not determined merely by the fancies and notions of either the he owner or the architect In approaching the problem it is always necessary to be become become come thoroughly familiar with the char characteristics of the building site its loca location lion tion as to the points of the compass its contour and grade the placing of the trees and its relation to adjoining prop property erty The must of cours course be ilS as large as possible with light on three sides if it can be obtained The Tho The entrance need not be on the front of the building contrary to ideas which I sometimes prevail a side entrance and especially the side porch a much bet better ter view is obtained from the front windows in the than if the entrance and veranda ere cre on the front of the building In arranging your floor plan be care careful ful to so 50 place the that it may open Up a good vista from rom the liv The plan should not be a segregation of individual rooms but rather an arrangement suggesting one onelar lar e room treated for th the different apartments Om Omit l all the doors possible between living rooms This is more economical an and secures more livable results Do not under any circumstances have a kitchen lar larger er than it need be Alter you have decided oil the size size of your kitchen you may I safely reduce it ten per cent more I AN ARTISTIC HOME FOR Harmony o of Co Cotor lorD The rooms on the ground floor which I open out of one another should have havethe the thc trim stained all in one color like wise vise the thc walls should be tinted in one color This uniformity in scheme is never monotonous and gives a refined and livable effect In the house illustrated the two front bedrooms may be converted into one bedroom by omitting tile the partItion indi indicted by the thc dotted lines hues Bedrooms I should always have light and air on two sides of the room where possible Cross ventilation of this sort will make the rooms very much cooler in the summer summertime I time Casement windows may be used freely throughout the thc house except in the kitchen It is not advisable to use them in In the kitchen as there is some difficulty where the flIes gather in large numbers number on the screens Casement windows should invariably be bc built in groups so that tIle the may he be more easily washed The They should of course always be hinged at the side to open out This house has been planned for the housekeeper that her work may bc e a acas as cas easy as possible She needs her time tim for herself and her children I Tho Boy and His Mother 1 Deep absorbing and tender in its yearning yearning is is a mothers love loe for her herbOY herboy bOY Her t L 4 i iff I I ff I II I c I t I I 91 i kt eJ eJA A CORNER OF THE SHOWING STAIRWAY I patient devotion is the greatest blessing he can have provided there is united to I it the honest desire to fulfill her obligations obligations True affection does not mean weak or foolish indulgence but tIle the intelligent love b by which a mother seeks to develop in her bo boy the strong and hardy qualities ties of manliness The Thc impressions made in boyhood mas be enduring inspirations through life n If boyhood is happy there will be happi happiness happiness ness years afterwards in the memory of it The key of many of the thc great moral morill problems is in a mothers hands A mother once wrote rote in her journal Noth Nothing Nothing ing keeps the heart so fresh and young saves it from bitterness through the cares and disappointments of life as the daily enjoyment of a happy happ home Max Mav MaxI MavI I always keep this in remembrance and do everything that lies in my power to tomake tomake make home the happiest spot on earth for my children Love Loo the Leading Porco Characteristics of the warmhearted days of boyhood are arc a boys love for his mother love loe for truth and justice love of God and beautiful ful things The rec recognition recognition o of these facts may help parents to guide a boy boyA A mother is s her boys earliest ideal of womanhood Through her he learns to respect womanhood Her ideals and standards w will be his through all time If her standards of life arc high and pure and noble they will be reflected in inthe inthe the words she speaks the deeds she does in the ordering of her household md and in her conscientious life I THE BOY AND HIS MOTHER The light of love loe in my mothers face made home bright and happy happ said saida Id Ida a man looking back tenderly tender to his days Her cheerful con contented contented tented spirit her calm caIrn way of meeting disappointments her charitable way a of Judging others her kind way of giving encouragement helped me mc to see how to take life She seemed to have a of joy in in her heart I know now that It came from her faith in God and her Iter love hove of all that is good goodHer goodHer Her ideas of dut duty were very clear direct and and simple rf If I had hild a task or a duty dUl to do and tried to avoid it or put it off or ex cx excuse cuse myself she would says say very gently Go and do it and her kind look her few but firm words inspired me at once to do as she said Then I the joy afterwards of having her praise and appreciation rhen I look back now I see sec that it was her way to go on quietly faith full fully uncomplainingly with every duty without expecting praise Watch tho Boys Mood When the th mood is in his heart is the moment to talk to a boy on serious sub subjects subjects The words spoken at bedtime are arc usually worth more than anything that has been said during the day Blessings will follow a mothers prayers made w with lh her boy In her boys Bible a beloved mother wrote rote Let this be your guide look into it every dat daj if you have only onh time for one verse Do not read it as a task but for the help it will give you in your daily life ife and listen to its teach teachings ings as the VOIce voice from Heaven Ac Aa tho Growth Comos The years from eight to twelve are a aun un unique que period The brain acquires near nearly ly I its adult size health is at Its best ac activity activity is great A boy begins to develop interests outside of his home and can absorb a large amount of information helpful or hurtful Gradually he should be given freedom as lie he learns how to use It IL Restraints which have been necessary durin during the years of irresponsibility should be removed when he is learning I how to use his reason and common sense I In n great md and important matters mallers that are arc of permanent value there should be still sonic some restraint in small and transient matters mallers there should be liberty When a boy sees that the curbing of wrong wong impulses and the cultivating of right conduct is the aim in his training when he may be trusted to do the right thing he is learning to use his liberty Tru Trust t tho Boys e eHe He knows know that independence and free freedom freedom dom do not mean a lack of but mean responsibility He must prove proe that he can and wants to be Too many rules should not be made in inI I bringing up up a boy Healthy vigorous boys boS are arc full of spirits and m energy and sh should uld not be restrained by perpetual repetitions of Dont At ten or eleven years of age a boys tastes arc for an ac active active tive life He usually cares little for books or study and cannot be expected to be very ven industrious He FTc is fortunate if he can have a gar garden garden den where he can dig and plant as lie he pleases If he has a dog or chickens pigeons or rabbits his active interest as astell well tell as his affectionate generous arc cultivated in caring for antl feeding his pets For a boy who lives in ina in ina a town interests may be provided in manual training or simple industrial work He FIe may mila have his tools and amid car carpentering carpentering I C he can or Oi mend little things for the house lie he will enjoy being helpfuL The old adage concern concerning concerning ing the work ork of idle hands should be bein in iii every mothers mind Tho Real o of tho Home Home is a bOYS training ground for forthe forthe the qualities which lead to manliness the chivalrous protection for those who rho are weaker gratitude love and generos EXTERIOR OF THIS ARTISTIC CE CEMENT HOUSE pr Acct i A f fi i I j r I I 1 t h ROOM II RD BED H HII II 6 iI I I II I I I II j HALL IT ITH i iI I I H T i I J FIRST BED lOOM oci H BE BD D 1 lIb J R ROOM O OJO JO JOI I PLA PLAN N OF D STORY ity it toward those to whom it is definitely due respect for authority courage to bear disappointments consideration for others the sense of how each elch must do dohis dohis his duty for the good of all The most beautiful characteristics of a manly na ima nature lure ture arc rc strength and amid tenderness and amid these are cultivated in the home associations Lions and amid through a mothers influence A boy should contribute toward the comfort and pleasure of everyone in the home by being cheerful reasonable cour courteous courteous punctual His mother teaches him that personal neatness and orderliness are essentials in home life She sees that his own room is an encouragement to neatness His tennis racquet bat school schoolbooks schoolbooks books hat clothing or other belongings are arc not to be scattered about but put ea each h in its place BuildinG is helped by having I a boy do some little tasks every day in use useful ul work at a yard in order going on necessary errands re someone of A good boy re remembers remembers members that home IS not made without rnest efforts on the part of his par parents emits an and he must do his share Ilis mother sees that his tasks are arc neither I difficult nor enforced and thus he is en encouraged encouraged to cultivate a glad willingness to help A i boy who is kept busy seldom gets into mischief A boys h heart rt is full and overflowing He needs someone who will listen to his confidences If IE he is r repelled and finds himself alone he becomes fretful indo lent or worse His affairs are arc not non nonsense nonsense sense A good mother never sas Run aWil away I am busy She list listens ns en encourages encourages Important discoveries may be made in iii these outpourings She g gives ves sympathy enters into his feelings sees things from his point of view If he tells of something which proves that h is at fault she does docs not reprimand at the time because this will check further confidences She g gives es her attention quietly tells him she he is glad gad he has confided in in her and that she will talk of it again with him cn and If a mother has insight she car solve many problems She is interested in in her boys s sports orts collections his school and companions companions The choice of his corn com companions should not be left to LO chance It ItI Itis I IS well if they the are arc from families known knowis I to h his S s and girls who liae hc i I I 4 g a I i if I 1 ej 2 J AN AMPLE HEARTH LENDS CHEER been brought up tn in homes where good principles arc standards of life In the teens a bo boy enters the age of I ideals and His soul is JL e S St So t o 0 2 PL r c I o 1 J i t tRAN LiviNG ROOM I 5 1 RAN Cf c J stirred by ideals of heroic the good the beautiful He selects ideals for im imitation imitation and these are strengthened by stories of persons whose tine fine actions or brave deeds have won admiration and praise It is within a mothers sphere to influence a boys bos reading so that trash books will nol attraCt Hi tor will vill teach him hini hran bravery r loyalty heroism biography will give him en I Iture for noble lives books of advert ture travel and exploration wilt will teach endurance and perseverance I If f good literature is loved ill in the home if there is a supply of interesting books and good collections of verse a boy will acquire a wholesome taste in reading Ii If he has a natural taste for books lie he has a joy of his own If f he has bas not the taste at least lie he can be kept away from undesirable reading He can be gIven the chance to be e interested in good things and to form his ideals by br them Tho Guiding Not tilo tho end When a bo boy is ery young lie he should hot be allowed to go olit out in in the evening When he grows older it is not wise to Use coercion A mothers heart can only follow her bo boy in hope and prayer when she he sees his life detaching Itself a little front from home Nothing is gained by lec lectures lures tures or qUeries nothing by or scolding coldinS TIme The surest dependence is to te tomake make home If possible th there re should be a room where lie he can have his ho boy friends and be amused with photo photography popping corn or tIme room of time the home must not he bc considered too good for this A must not be bc too much I interested in her sewing in iii the lie evening or ora ora a father with his The evening I may be a pleasant md amid put part of the lIar day A mothers tact will I home occupations reading aloud games talks and music She will make home a I hospitable place where her boys bos and feel it a privilege and delight to be invited to share inno innocent innocent cent amusements The sacrifice of a lit litlie the lie space will go far toward making a aboy aboy boy happy Tact is required by a mother in iii not letting a boy think he is being kept J Jat at home because lie he is not capable of resisting outside temptation With wholesome evening occupations for his thoughts and hands the moments glide Way away and bedtime comes Mother and So SoA Son SonA A manly boy thinks it a privilege and comfort to go to his mother with anything that has worried him As he heco co confides fides in her sympathy and counsel he be behas has a sure sense of relief A manly boy boyhas boyhas has a chivalrous sense of protection for his mother His loyalty and love would not grieve or disappoint her He would shield her from trouble or share with her in her sorrows In Iii her boy a mother hopes to find corn com comfort fort as life goes on pleasure in in his ca career reer pride in his success She teaches him that humblest life nobly lived has its influence its happiness in content contentment ment and in the knowledge of duty per performed performed formed a clear conscience an unimpeachable integrity She teaches him that the best preparation for manhood is is in making each day worth 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