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Show Basement Study Is Quiet, Private ' mm. -isstfcmiffil THE basement has passed through three stages of evolution. In olden days there was the earth-floored cellar, damp and dark, used only for storing vegetables, jams and bulbs a place of black spiders and festooned cobwebs. Small boys sent down In search of a jar of preserves entered it fearfully through a trap door In the kitchen, precariously balancing a lantern as they descended the, ladder-like stairs. Then there came the basement with cement floor, running water, electric light, windows and whitewashed walls. A vast Improvement, to be sure, but It had a tendency to become cluttered with a miscellany of garden tools, wash-tubs wash-tubs and boilers, empty bottles, cartons and oilier accumulations. Finally came the realization that the basement represents a third of all the available floor space in the average house. And as there seldom are enough rooms to take care of all the wants of a lively family, somebody's comfort or good time always is being sacrificed. So progressive builders are planning basements that will include one or two extra rooms In addition to the necessary compartments for heating, laundry and storage. The primary needs of the basement must receive first consideration. Coal bins must be placed conveniently for filling. The heatin? plant should be as near the center of the house as possible and of course close to the coal bia Laundry tubs must come beneath the kitchen sink or bathroom for economy's sake. The space that is left can be utilized for living or recipa-tlon recipa-tlon purposes. This space will be of considerable size If a super-circulating vauor-air heating plant Is installed; for, although It contains such Important new foa- tures as a fan uuit li I'm il Hi i mmm MibhiwhiI Hhiw-h l Ii i j which Is an Incompar- 4 able advance over the B fl gravity system of clr- fl STORAGE AND rT,.rv J relating air. nnd a U W?K'R2M V I liumldl"er wl . I . I evaporates from three I B to twenty-five gallons I - B of water a day In & T ' iflciy 1 C0AL n 1)l:u'e of llie ""on fi L- laundry i mm i .no, V ;ll,y dl,Tf ed ,,f b-v I I2'x 14' " H" the old-type water hi J fruRI&OltboM I i,an- tllfs flant is ,llore C0,nPct nn( Iff- j p'T TXnr 3 more attractive. It appearance than U FE3" - . I the ordinary furnace. E$ H -V g One of the technical features of. g . wsntooaBBCS r,g mo(jei 0f the Holland heating WLa tpa uroJj l''ant ij that the radiator Inside It Is , jr-- - piece. Also the two milts of its firebox fit together with douhte cup Joints. As ft result ot tuese construction features this furnace prevents Uie escape of dust, soot and coal-gHS, coal-gHS, and the consequent cleanliness nnd safety assure the housewife of the practicability of converting the waste space of the basement into additional recreation or work rooms. The layout shown here Is taken from an actual house plan and was planned in relation to the stairs and other practical considerations just mentioned. men-tioned. At little expense It may be comfortably finished o.T. and the cement floor will do as if it Is covered with rug. |