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Show I Planning a House. ' son, and Is it Urge enomjh to b -, renlent? "I am snr. there Is not enooga cop-boards." cop-boards." By this time the architect is taopp'- his brow. Small blame to blm If be sets himself to tbe preparation of a plan which shall apparently reconcile the wishes of his client's rather tbso tbe designing of a comfortable borne. Ills business is to carry oot their Instructions, In-structions, not to damp their enthusiasm by telling them that. Ilk. every other ideal, the perfect house is onsttainable. If his plans pleaio, be has earned his fee. If the bone, proves to be less delightful when erected than It appeared on paper, that Is not bis affair. It is much the best way, when consulting consult-ing with so architect, not ,t say: "I mast bavo this," sou "I most have that," but to state yoor requirements in tbe order to which yoo attach Importance to them, and to pnt first of all those essentials essen-tials of comfort sod health ventilation, llht and warmth. Then when the plans are ready, take them to tho proposed site, and have then marked out in tape or whitewash, like a tennis court, oa tho ground, Benin with the ground floor, and spend aa boar or two within the marked area every fine day until you sr. satisfied that yen hare what yoo want. In this way you can, so to speak, live In the haus. and test its soltsblllty, before be-fore spending a cent opon bricks and mortar Yon will lesxn that every well-deslgnW well-deslgnW house is a compromise and that sotno of your domestic ambltlona most be ttcrtflced If you are to have a ufoc. table dwelling. CriERE is a Spanish proverb to the effect that "Fools build houses for wise men to live in." Too often It buppeni'that tbe man who lis s built a house for blmsolf is. inclined to tho belief be-lief tbot tbe inhabitant is as big a tool as .the builder. Why Is It tbnt the house that hoe been specially designed and constructed for the occupation of Its owner so frequently falls to fulfil his anticipations of elegance nnd comfort? It is rurcly the fault of the architect His scope la limited to tbe purse of his client nnd tho nature of tlif building site. To fit In with these restrictions all tbe domestic requirements of his client would be a task of great difficulty. When, as Is frequently the case, tbe problem Is further complicated by the demaods of the client's wlfo, Its solution becomes almost Impossible, An architect of wide experience quotes tbe following as typical of n woman's practical criticism of a bolldlng plan: "What dlstauce will separate the kitchen kit-chen from the dlulng room? "Will the kitchen bo weU ventilated, or will it drive the cook to give notice in summer? "is tbe ball a passage way for servants, or can the front door be reached without passing through the ball? "Is tbe door In each room correctly placed, or will It make a draught with the windows a dranght not to be escaped in summer with the window opeo? "Coold dear llttlo Tom reach the nor-ory nor-ory window if he stood on his rocking horse? If so, will the window be guarded? guard-ed? "Is the paioted dado to be foor feet above the nursery floor, or v. U ln-Tlte ln-Tlte bnby to lick tbe pictures? "Does the bathroom face the morning e. ; Hew Tjj ' ' "SAEZSFfi j ' 33 Mm TL JWz( f.r U nrnrentn. J l - : - JsJ-, I I d ', urvmc m TLAZZjO. . x AJ-CC"- ' CL.O I a lWa: 1 1 in I, Is I ' ' ; FIKST kLOOU l'LAN. , y rr i SKCOMJ h'LQOli tfLAi. |