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A $3,500 DWELLING
AT A COST OF $2,700
Here is a Schedule Showing the Actual Market Prices
You will have to Pay for Materials
Millwork $442.43
Flooring and Finish
ing lumber 185.52
Building paper, pipe,
gutter and sash
weights 21.56
Hardware ' 50.44
Hot-air Heating
plant... 99.00
Painting material ... 35.75
Plumbing estimate.. 99.34
Lumber .. . , 437.60
Buffet and mantel.., 75.00
Excavation, masonry
and plastering.... 487.50
Labor 715.00
Total v ......... . $2,649.14 .
The prices quoted above are for
material, F. O. B. factory. With
freight added, the material can be
furnished and the house built for
Chicago and vicinity .. . . $2,799.00
Pittsburg, Pa., and vicin
ity.... 2,884.00
New York, and vicinity . . 2,924.00
St. Louis, Mo., and vicin-
ity 2,779.00
Portland, Me., and com- - -
mon points in New "
England 2,974.00
THIS house is coVercd entirely
with shingles on the exterior,
excepting for the small dormer
window in the roof over the
porch. It will be well to have this dor
mer entirely of smooth pine. The shin
gles should be butted at the corners of
Building, without using corner boards.
You can imagine the effect if the
hingles are stained gray, and the
dormer, trimmings "and sash are all
painted, cream white. With dull-red
trick chimneys and gray-green curtains
at the windows, the appearance will be
remarkably pleasing.
The plan shown in this bouse' is hot
an unusual one, although it has several
points out of the conventional It is
really nothing more nor less than a rect
angular plan with a hall in the center
and rooms on both sides, a type that has
been handed down from the days of our
Colonial ancestors and has always
proven a judicious one. The veranda,
'fcowever, is not like the ordinary porch
on a Colonial house, as it is placed at
one side and is entered only from the
living-room, through glass doors. This
makes of the veranda a private out-door
living-room, which may be screened in
the summer and glazed in the winter.
Of course, one could build steps from
the main entrance steps up to the veran
da floor if one desired to do so. By this
arrangen ent, though, the privacy of the
porch would be disturbed.
Three cement steps lead to a, broad
cement terrace at the front entrance.
The entrance is recessed under a little
archway. The vestibule is entered
through a glass door with side lights.
From the vestibule three steps lead up
to the main floor. leveL With the living
room opening on one side and the dining-room
on the opposite, a very pretty
view is obtained from the halt It is
preferable to case these openings up like
ordinary wide doorways, although, if
preferred, sliding-doors can be inserted.
The mantel in the living-room is
large and is composed entirely of brick,
with the exception of the wood shelf.
You will note that there is communica
tion from the kitchen to the front door
by means of a doorway beside the stairs
in the halL This is a great improve
ment on the many plans which require
one to walk through the dining-room
to get from the kitchen to the entrance.
The rear entrance is down under the
main stair-landing and opens on the
small rear porch.
The kitchen, serving-room and pantry
have been designed to attain the. utmost
MOST WOMEN NEGLECT
CARE OF THEIR EYES
Color Should be Studied to Enhance Appearance.
Over Fatigue and Imprudent Diet
OF all the features of the face
the eyes receive the least care,
probably because it is believed
that little can be done to im-
prove their appearance. This is a great
mistake. An otherwise ugly or plain
face can be redeemed by the eyes. The
coloring of the eyes, like that of the
hair, is made to match the complexion,
and fortunately cannot be changed; and
everyone should believe the fundamental
fact that the color of the eyes which
he or she has is just the right thing.
However, the effect of the color of the
fyes can be greatly enhanced by the
color of the dress or accessories worn
around the face.
Experiment with silks or ribbons and
find what is "your color." Brown eyes
are helped by shades of brown and yel
low; blue eyes with certain shades of
blue; but one must bear in mind that it
is not every shade of the blue or the
brown that helps accentuate the tfclor of
the eyes, for some will leaden their
color and take all Viphtness and ex
pression from them. This is especially
the case with blue eyes. Those -aho
tnaka study of appearance should nev
of convenience with a minimum of ex
ertion on the part of the housekeeper.
The pantry is amply large to hold food
supplies for a family of fifteen or more.
As this house is the most expensive
of the three, it is more liberally endowed
with cupboards and cabinets than the
others. With shelves and flour-bins in
the pantry, a china cabinet in the serv-
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ing-room, and a pretty little buffet in
the dining-room,' all of which are in
cluded in' the price, one will have a home
that is quite as choice as though it cost
three times as much.
The second floor lays out very nicely
as a four-bedroom scheme, with father's
and mother's room over the living-room,
a servants' room over the kitchen and
two other rooms for the balance of the
family. ' The bedroom over the living
room is really a double bedroom; that
is, it is twice as large as an ordinary
sized bedroom. Those families who re
quire fivfr bedrooms could partition it
into two. Like other houses of this se
ries, great care has been given, to the
construction as well as the design, in.
order to produce a house that would!
be as near perfection as it is possible to
obtain with the smallest expenditure of
money.
This house will prove very attractive
on a suburban site, or it would make a
comfortable modern farmhouse. It can
be placed with the broad side toward
the street, or with one end toward the
street,, according to the character of the
building site.
Avoid
er forget to put near the face, so that
the eyes will reflect it, just that shade
of coloring which will bring out that of
the eyes.
The whites of the eyes should be of a
clear blue whiteness, and the blood-vessels
should not show. When they do it
means an inflammation of the delicate;
cobweb tissue which covers the whites
of the eyes and lines the lids. When
the eyes are strained by overwork or
catching cold, jbr the use of wrong
glasses, this membrane becomes inflamed
and its tiny vessels enlarge. If the in
flammation occurs often or continues
for a long time, it is difficult Sd ever
restore them again to a condition where
they will not show. Those who have a
tendency tq this Inflammation should
find out the cause, so as to correct it in
order to have fine-looking eyes, and
what is more, useful eyes. Avoid eye
strain from too long use in bad light
Avoid the strain that comes from wear
ing heavily dotted veils, or those with
intricate, meshes, which try the eyes and
destroy their looks more than women
realise, 'it strengthens the eyes very
much to tithe them cither in very hot
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Scientific Disinfecting1
Killing Odors Does Not Necessarily
Mean Killing Germs Also.
DISINFECTION is a subject
with which every housekeeper
should be familiar. Aside from
the .comforting feeling that
everything around her is wholesome, the
woman who has some knowledge on this
subject will save the members of her
family avoidable illnesses by the consci
entious disinfection of her home and its
fittings.
After such a disease in the house as
diphtheria, for instance, or smallpox, the
local health officer will attend to disin
fection, and he should do it in a thor
ough manner. But there is often need
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of disinfection under circumstances over
which the health officers do not readily
concern themselves, and the object of
this article is to deal with the simpler
means of dSing it, such as the house
keeper should practise for herself.
There is a huge difference between dis
infectants and substances that merely kill
odors. A substance that will destroy an
odor will not necessarily kill a germ;
the smell may be banished and the dan
ger left, Disagreeable odors are due
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to obnoxious gases, and bear no neces
sary relation -to disease germs.
What to Use
The most satisfactory germicides for
household use are bichloride of mer
cury, carbolic acid, formaldehyde and
potassium permanganate. Many house
keepers now keep a bottle of bichloride
of mercury tablets. The mystery is that
all do not have this valuable germicide
at hand. Every; time that the flesh is
cut or torn the bichloride should be used.
These tablets contain each a trifle more
than seven grains of corrosive sublimate,
which is a violent poison, if swallowed,
but applied to wounds it has a beneficial
water or in very cold. Better yet is to
take a piece of absorbent cotton rounded
and made into a little pad to fit the
eyes, dip them in ice-water and place
them on the lids, changing them as they
become hot After a few minutes of
such treatment the eyes will feel com
forted and relieved to a great degree. I
This is especially grateful tc the eyes
after riding in the wind or after having
been subjected to the dust and cinders
of a railway or the glare of bright re
flections on the water when on a boat
Those who have a tendency to weak eyes
should daily use an eye-cup, in which
is placed some water slightly salted, or
a boracic acid "solutioa The saturated
solution diluted one-half is generally
the best and shoqld be made fresh for
each eye. The eye should be opersed
and shut in the solution a' htilf a dozen
times or more, so that it will thoroughly
bathe the eyeball as well as the lids.
The eyelashes and eyebrows next
come up for consideration. I have re
ceived many inquiries in regard to their
care from my correspondents, and I ask
them to look for their answers here.
The eyelashes are bound to be scanty
and straggling and uneven if the lids
are inflamed. This is the primary cause
of most of the poor growth of lashes.
Examine the eyelids, and if they are
red and inflamed take the measures to
relieve this inflammation. Many times
one or two hairs will grow in toward the
eyeball; these will cause great irrita
tion and should be removed by means
of pincers. Clip the ends of the lashes
with fine curved scissors. It is difficult
effect One of these tablets should be
dissolved in a pint of warm water, and
in this the wound should be thoroughly
bathed, then the flesh dried and band
aged. A thorough rinsing of the dish,
followed by the usual dish-washing, will
remove the last traces of poison. Bi
chloride of mercury is also extremely
valuable for washing floors, mop-bo3rds
or any wood-work. For this purpose
two tablets to a gallon of warm water
will make a solution of sufficient
strength. .
Carbolic acid is most useful when em
ployed on infected cloths, such as sheets,
towels and napkins, which should be
soaked for half an hour in a five per
cent, solution of carbolic acid, then
rinsed and boiled in clear water for half
an hour. Cloths so treated will not re
tain a trace of infection.
Boiling water is, actually, the best
germicide known. Dishes, bottles, knives,
forks and spoons can all be sterilized in
boiling water. When knives or other
sjeel implements are to be sterilized, the
addition of an ounce and a quarter of
washing not baking soda to each gal
lon of water will prevent "drawing" the
temper of the steel.. At any time when
a knife-blade is to be employed for
lancing a boil, the steel should first be
sterilized by the boiling method.
Disinfecting Booms
For thorough disinfection of rooms
nothing to-day, in the hands of the ama
teur, equals formaldehyde gas. There
are on the market, and sold through the
druggists, several makes of formalde
hyde lamps. These are employed to
convert wood alcohol into formaldehyde
and directions come with each lamp.
Neither grain nor denatured alcohol will
answer the purpose; wood alcohol must
be used! Each lamp will disinfect thor
oughly five hundred cubic feet, so a room
fifteen by twenty, and ten feet high
three thousand cubic feet would de
mand the use of six lamps. Economy
in the number of lamps must be paid
for by decreased efficiency in germicidal
power.
During the burning of the lamps the
room should be sealed tightly. At the
end of a few hours the windows may
be raised from the outside, after which
the operator can enter the room and ex
tinguish the lamps. Formaldehyde is a
sharp, pungent gas, but does not inflict
any lasting injury to the eyes or respira
tory passages. During tha disinfection
closet doors and bureau" drawers should
be left open, and garments spread. For
maldehyde does not in the least injure
paintings, gilt frames, metals or the most
delicate fabrics. Colds are now recog
nized as being germ-diseases.; In a home
whose rooms are from time to time dis
infected with formaldehyde, colds will be
far less frequent ,
For Sinks and Drains
Two ounces of potassium permanga
nate, dissolved ir a gallon of water,
makes the ideal germicide for sink pipes
and drains. From a quart to a gallon
of this fluid should be poured down a
pipe or drain, according to its size.
Crude commercial permanganate will an
swer. The bites of domestic animals, of
parrots, etc., should be immediately
washed in warm water, then wrapped
with absorbent cotton, which should be
kept saturated with alcohol until the
arrival of the physician, who should al
ways be called in the case o.f bites.
For destroying a disagreeable odor in
a room the best method is to volatilize
menthol. This can be simply done by
resting a tin plate across two - small
boxes on end. Place about a teaspoon
ful of menthol on the plate and a lighted
lamp beneath it. Then go out, closing
the" door behind you, and in two minutes
or so all the menthol will have been
volatilized, the room will smell de
liriously sweet, and be ready for airing.
Sunlight and outdoor air are two splen
did disinfectants.
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ANIMAL CAKES
Separate the whites and yolks of two
eggs. Drop the yolks into water, sim
mer for ten minutes; then drain, cool
and rub through sieve. Reserve whites
for icing. Cream three-quarters cupful
of butter, add one and a half cupful of
light-brown sugar and cream together.
Then add one egg, the powdered yolks,
half a teaspoonful of cinnamon, half a
teaspoonful of vanilla, a little, grated
lemon rind and flour to roll, making
the dough .no stiffer than necessary.
Decorate with icing and sugar.
to do this for one's self, and it must be
very carefully done, not to cut them
too much. Vaseline is excellent to pro
mote the growth of the lashes and the
eyebrows. One cannot do much to pro
mote the outward curve of the lashes,
which is the desirable way to have them
grow, but with the fingers one can shape
the eyebrows. If the hairs grow out of
the proper line or become coarse and
long, they can be removed with tweez
ers. The hair of the eyebrows retains
the color long after the hair of the head
has turned gray. Light and gray eye
brows detract from the appearance, and
not only is it justifiable to darken them,
but it is an easy process, as it can be
done with pomade pencils which come
for Ihe purpose. It is the only applica
tion of color that is in any way an improvement-
to the face. Some pencil
under the lower lid, thinking that it im
proves the looks. They are much de
ceived, for it gives a very artificial ap
pearance to the face, tbe same as paint
ing the cheeks or changing the color of
the hair. To stimulate the growth of the
eyebrows a lotion made of five parts
of camphor-and five parts of tincture of
cantharides to fifty parts of cologne
would be useful to alternate with the
vaseline applications.
Several correspondents have written
me about the dark circles which trouble
them under their eyes. Generally these
circles occur as the result of over
fatigue or some disturbance of the in
ternal organs. They are morj often
seen in brunettes, whose nall blood
vessels which surround the eye must be
Bleaching Clothes
Laundry Chemicals That Do Not
Destroy the Garments
IT seems to be a common impression
that most chemicals, or at least
nearly all effective ones, are acids.
It is an even more common belief
that acids are ruthlessly used in the
laundries that ttfrn- out the "whitest"
results. As a matter of fact,'the whiten
ing of washed fabrics is accomplished,
not by means of acids, but of bleaching
agents.
The most ancient of all bleaching
methods lay in spreading the washed
clothes over grass, which is done even
to-day. The people of olden times did
not know tahy bleaching resulted; the
modern housekeeper who has taken a
course in so-called "domestic science"
probably does. In the early morning
hours, when the dew is still upon the
grass, there is some ozone in the air,
more especially near the grass, and
ozone, which is a condensed form of the
ordinary oxygen of the atmosphere, is a
capable bleaching agent
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While the grass trick may be employed
for some household laundry needs, the
housekeeper who would do considerable
bleaching, and do it quickly, must take
a leaf from the book of the industrial
bleacher.
Modern Bleaching Agents
Most important among all the indus
trial substances used for bleaching fab
rics is chlorine, which exists as a green
ish, irritating gas with a disagreeable
odor. In some kinds of bleaching work
this gas is used directly; in others it
is employed "in the form of bleaching
powder so-called "chloride of lime." It
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nearer the surface. I would advise
those subject to the dark circles to avoid
excesses of all kinds. Over-fatigue and
imprudences in diet will cause them.
Often the liver is at fault and one
should avoid constipation. Such should
take a dose of Rochelle salts or Carls
bad salts, a teaspoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast a nauseous dose,
but exceedingly beneficial to the health,
bringing about results as admirable as
going to a water-cure establishment
Many are afflicted with puffiness under
the eyes. This isoften due to inflam
mation of the lower lid, and the puffiness
will be greatly benefited by removing it
Massage will help give a tone to the
skin. Lightly smooth the skin, while
exerting gentle pressure with the fore
finger and middle finger of each hand
applied to the corresponding eye. Also
rub with a circular motion the wrinkles
and crow's-feet that come at the corners
of the eyes. A few of these movements
when washing the face night and morn
ing will greatly help such conditions.
It is a great trial to have to wear eye
glasses, but one should not regard them
as such, but should be thankful for the
perfection to which these aids to the
sight have been carried in our day.
Women make a mistake in trying to put
off the time when, owing to their years,
they have to wear them. U.is very hard
on the eyes to y wlfhont glasses when
thy are jeedecL The best heautiSer of
the eyes is a happy, optimistic nature.
It gives a brightness and light which
nothing else can supply.
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Household Hints Germicides
ful Recipes and
er will be obliged to use this substance.
All of the bleaching effect that comes
from the employment of chloride of lime
is due to the amount of chlorine that is
set free in the presence of water. If
you would understand what this means
smell the dry bleaching powder then
when it is stirred in water.1 The wetted
powder gives off a much sharper,
stronger odor, which is that of the lib
erated chlorine.
"Botting-" and the Remedy
A large percentage of housekeepers
have had disagreeable experiences with
bleaching powder, and have given up its
use. They say that it "rots the wash,"
and so it does the way they employ
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it. After it has performed its legitimate
work of bleaching, chlorine carries its
action further, to the destruction of the
fabric The industrial bleacher knows
this, and he is aware also of the remedy.
His method is to dip the cloth in the
mixture of water and bleaching powder,
stirring the fabric about until bleaching
is accomplished, and then, (after rinsing
the cloth out to transfer it to another
bath known as the "anti-chlor," the term
meaning something that destroys the
further effects of the chlorine. For the
home laundry, the best anti-chlor is the
every-day hypo-sulphite of soda of the
photographer, which can be had at retail
at ten cents a pound.
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SWEETMEAT RECIPES
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
Fruit Pudding Swedish Cake Delicious Dishes made by
Cooks Overseas
An Old-Fashioned Pudding
IX well one cupful of chopped
beef suet, one tablespoonful of
softened butter, one-half cup
ful of chopped nut-meats, one
teacupful of bread-crumbs soaked in
milk and squeezed dry, two cupfuls of
sifted flour, two ounces each of chopped
citron and candied lemon and orange
peel, one teaspoonful of ground cloves,
two of cinnamon, one of mace, one
grated nutmeg, one cupful of sugar, six
beaten eggs and one cupful of milk. Dis
solve one teaspoonful of soda in a little
hot water and stir in. Let batter stand
two hours, then pour into a buttered
mold, cover closely, set on a trivet in a
kettle of boiling water and steam six
hours. Urtmold on heated serving-dish,
brush with a heavy sugar syrup flavored
to taste, and dredge thick with chopped
blanched rrot-meats.
Serve with golden sauce: Cream two
cupfuls of sugar and one-half cupful of
butter; place the bowl in hot water, and
add slowly six tafc'.espooftfuls of hot
orange juice; stir until smooth. When
ready to serve place the beaten whites
of the eggs on top.
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Information
When ready to bleach mix four ounces
of chloride of lime in each gallon of
water, stirring with a stick. Place the
washed fabric in this mixture, stirring '4
it about until well bleached! Now, lift- .
ing the fabric, rinsing and freeing it
fairly well from ' water, place it in a
solution of four ounces of hypo-sulphite-of
soda to each gallon of water. The
chlorine from the bleaching powder
that is, the portion which still remains
in , the fibers of the fabric goes into
chemical union with the hypo-sulphite
of soda, forming a new chemical com
pound that is harmless to cloth. Thus '
the fabric is bleached and the further
harmful effect of chlorine stopped. After
removing the fabric from the hypo-sulphite
of soda put it through the usual
rinsings.
Both the bleaching powder mixture
and the hypo-sulphite solution must be
made freshly for each wash-day's use. ,
This suggestioa being followed, there
will be no difficnlty encountered in thor
oughly whitening the wash, or such
special pieces as are considered worth
the extra effort .The hands should be
kept out of the bleaching powder mix
ture as much as possible. The hypo
sulphite solution is practically harmless
to the hands.
Sometimes, as a matter of economy,
the bleached cloth, when taken out of
the bleaching powder mixture, is rinsed,
and then the hypo-sulphite solution is
spread over it and rubbed in. This
method, however, is not as sure of harm
less results as is the soaking of the fabric
in a vessel containing enough of the
hypo-sulphite solution.' ' v
Chloride of lime bleaching is employed
only with linen and cottons. Animal
fibers, like wool, are yellowed, not
bleached, by this process.
Javelle Water
Not as good results in bleaching are
obtained with javelle water. The com
mon method of making this is to boil
four pounds of washing soda for ten
minutes in a gallon of water, then add
ing a pound of chloride of lime and
straining off the clear liquid when cool.
An improved javelle water is made by
substituting potassium bicarbonate for
the washing soda.. In either form pf the..-.
javelle water the intention is to do avay
with the rotting effect of the chlorine set
free from chloride of lime. The hypo- .
sulphite solution, however, is the most
reliable anti-chlor that is known for
household use.
SEA FOAM CANDY
Put three cupfuls of light-brown sug
ar, a cupful of water and a tablespoonful
of vinegar into a saucepan. Heat grad
ually to boiling, stirring only until the
sugar is dissolved ; then boil without
stirring until it forms a hard ball when
tested in cold water. Remove at once
from the fire, and when the syrup stops
bubbling pour gradually into the stiffly
beaten whites of two eggs, beating con
stantly. Continue the beating until the
mixture will hold its shape, -then add a
teaspoonful of vanilla and a cupful of
English walnut hickory-nut or pecan
nut meats cut. into pieces. Drop in small
rough-shaped piles on paraffin or but
tered paper. This dainty sweetmeat is
destined to become very popular.
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Turkish Nougat
One pound almonds, one of seeded
raisins, half of figs, a fourth of candied
cherries, a fourth of candied pineapple,
a fourth of hickory nuts, a fourth of
English walnuts, two of extra C sugar,
half a cupful of water and a cupful of
heavy cream. Blanch the almonds and
toast almonds, hickory nuts and walnuts
in the oven until a delicate brown; cut
figs into strips, cherries into halves and
pineapple into dice. Dissolve sugar in
the water, add cream and boil without
stirring, after boiling commences, until
a soft ball is formed when tested in cold
water. Remove from the fire, let stand '
until lukewarm, then beat to a cream.
Melt the cream by standing it in boiling
water, stirring constantly. When melted,
add the fruit and nuts and flavor with
vanilla.
Swedish Iced Cake
Cream one pound of butter, add two
unbeaten eggs, beating each one in sepa
rately ; next add in the same manner
four unbeaten yolks. Then stir in by the
spoonful one pound of sugar and half a
pound each of cornstarch and potato
flour. The whites of four eggs beaten
to a stiff froth are lightly folded in and
flavoring added. Success depends on
thoroughly beating before the whites of -.
the eggs are added. Cover with white
icing and garnish with marshmallows.
Hickory-nut Cream Cake
Mix two cupfuls of chopped hickory
nut kernels with a third of a cupful of
flour and a level teaspoonful of baking
powder. Beat the yolks of four eggs
until light then add half a teaspoonful
of vanilla and half a tablespoonful of
lemon juice. Beat the whites of four
eggs until stiff and dry, then fold in a
cupful of sifted granulated sugar, the
beaten yolks and the nut mixture. Bake
in a thick layer in a moderate oven.
Beat a cupful of heavy cream until stiff
and dry, add a third of a cupful of
sugar and flavor with vanilla, Spread
over cake and serve.
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