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Show i easy to manage and not compile I in construction. The cost of iu: ing a hot water system is morei that of a hot air furnace. The ar. of fuel it uses is less, butfora;: house the hot air furnace Is : often used. It has the advar: too, if properly heated and insi or supplying fresh air, while -other demands special means : ventilated room, or dependence be placed entirely upon openins-doors openins-doors and windows. It is true that both plumbing heating systems can be put into '- house more conveniently at tier the house is being built than lis has been built. The instaltae:: the plumbing may conflict vitb -routine of the household foras: but as all pipes should be $p- for sanitary reasons, aside frost' , ting through ceilings and IlK' little inconveniences are met inputting in-putting pipes and fixtures in place- convey drinking water into the house, for many people have died from lead poisoning. It is very important for each home to have a proper lighting system, lights arranged so that when reading strain should not be on the eyea. Good lighting prevents eye strain and nervousness. When a person reaat at night, table lamps and floor lamps that are shaded are best for reading. For cleaning purposes, the vacuum cleaner is the best, for it picks up the dust, instead of scattering it like the duster does. It removes the dust from the carpets, or rugs with ease, and without forcing it into the air. There are many more electric devices de-vices that make the home work more easy for mother, such as washers, irons, toasters, stoves and sweepers. Every home should have abundance abund-ance of water on the property, whether in the country or in the city In each home there should be cold and hot water for different washing purposes, especially for cooking and drinking purposes of the family. The health and comfort of the home entirely depends on a considerate consider-ate extent upon the heating appara-tis, appara-tis, which in important is second only to that of sanitary plumbing. Stoves are a development of the fireplaces of our ancestors. Their waste of fuel, their uncleaniness and their inability in-ability to properly heat even one room are features recognized by niost of the people. The ideal heating heat-ing apparatis is one that will prompt ly and continously supply every room in the house with enough warm fresh air to make it comfortable in the coldest weather. It must be ply should always enter the boiler at some distance below the point of the entrance of the hot water supply from the water front of the range. A copper tank is better than a galvi-nized galvi-nized tank, because the copper tank will last longer, and in fact will last a life time, and the galvinized tank will last only a few years, for it will rust. A refrigerator is very neces-, neces-, sary in every kitchen to cool foods, milk, meats, and fruits in" the summer sum-mer time. The bath room should be well ventilated, and the ,bath tub and wash basin installed with lead pipes used for all minor waste pipes, as it may be bent and cut to fit the possible possi-ble position and requires but few joints. Only lead pipes that are heavy should be used, as lead pipes are quite a soft material. It would not be practicable to use thread joints on it, as the joints are made by the use of solder. After the plumbing has been put into the house, to make it effective, a means must be provided to remove all liquid wastes as soon as possible, and to prevent the return of orders. The toilet should be put in a small room, with a window for air to come in. The water closet is the most important im-portant part in the house, and should be selected and put up with particular particu-lar care, done by a careful plumber, for it is a plumbers piece of work. Every plumbing fixture must have a trap to prevent foul air coming back from the drain through the drain pipes. Avoid if possible the plumbing fixtures in the cellar, but if the drain must, let it go under the floor. It is necessary to make connections con-nections which a fixture in the cellar, it is better that the main channel should run over the floor to or near the location of such fixture so that all or nearly all of its length should constitute a part of the main drain thoroughly flushed and ventilated like the rest of the ventilated system. Each family should have a sink without grease traps, bath tubs without with-out inaccossahle flows, wash basins as free as possible from fouling places, and water closets without valves, connecting rods, or machinery. machine-ry. The drainage system should be so constructed as to carry away com-pletly, com-pletly, automatically, and immediately immediate-ly every thing that might ho delivered deliver-ed into it. Every day see that it does not leak, It should be vented every day, and flushed and guarded carefully. care-fully. All drains, soil pipes, and waste water should bo absolutely tight against the leakage anywhere. Never have plumbing out of sight. Let each pipe bo in full view, and each closet, bath or basin be unhidden unhid-den by any kind of enclosed work. The reason for keeping it in sight is if it should leak, or cause accumulation accumula-tion of dirt, it could ho fixed, otherwise other-wise it would not be done. To safe guard against any possible contamination contami-nation it is important to see that plumbing is kept in good repair. Formaly lead pipes were used to i u ,One Of The Winning M. S. Lott Essays rurjiBisc: CONVENIENCES oe the noaiE The kind of the home that one lives in has much to do with health. Most of us spend the majority of our twenty four hours at home. If the house we live in has healthful surroundings, sur-roundings, proper heating, proper ventilation, proper plumbing, and plenty of sunshine, there would be more health. Every house that is built should have modern heating systems and plumbing systems planned. Most people like to he happy. In order to be happy we must be clean, so we must have plenty of fresh water, proper heating and plumbing in our homes. Each kitchen should be properly ventilated, have much light, and be perfectly clean. The sink should be of cast iron, plain galvinized or enameled, broad, and of a generous size, witli a high hack, to protect the wall from the water which is certain when drawn rapidly from pipes. A hot water supply may be furnished by a special heating apparatis in the cellar, a furnace connection, or as usual in small houses, by a boiler and water front attachment to a range. Each home should have a boiler, water front, and pipes for a successful water heating and circulating circu-lating system. The cold water sup- |