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Show tlrlrk Tersna VVnn l -n llnrlllnr. Experience shows that the average two nnd one halt story house with tho usual fittings can be built for three or four dollurs per square foot of ground covered, according to the quality qual-ity of finish desired. The advance In tha cost of building hns been from twenty to thirty per cent. In the past tenyenro. Many architects urgo their clients, where they can afford It, to build of brick rntlier than wood. The cost of brick Is rclu ivcly Ies today thsn It used to bo. Wool shrinks, and swells, nnd burns. Wood has to he painted, nnd grows shabby with time. Ilrlck takes on a belter tone and texture text-ure with tl : doc not shrink nnd swell, nnd won't bum. Vines will grow on tho hrh-k wall: repairs nre less; liiKiiranco rates nro less; the hrlclc house Is cisiler In summer nnd much morn economically heated 111 winter, and built with n hollow wnll It Is en- tlrely freo from dampness. The cost j of a brick over n wooden bouse Is tea , -- to llfleen per cent., ns a general thing, r' ' Hut Ihe ilir.'crcnen Is mndn up In , smaller bills for coal and pnlut. UnoiL'' Housekeeping. |