HOME AND EDUCATION
Hunt, Caroline L. & Follett, Belle Case La
HOME AND EDUCATION The borne is the real seat of government, and tie Wise Men oi all nations bring their gifts to the cradle. Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT An...
...These are less likely to be kept closed than windows because they make the cottage dark when they are on and unpleasant...
...This is accomplished by avoiding porches to be used simply as porches, and by making a very large portion of the entire cottage open...
...The main part of the cottage is 16x24 feet with 8 foot studding...
...i. e., it must be raised from the ground so that there can be a free circulation of air...
...The windows are provided with shutters which are kept out except in the case of a storm...
...Too frequently cottages are constructed with the apparent idea of making them air tight, and unless one is careful there is danger that the living room and sleeping rooms of the summer cottage may be as stuffy and as unhealthy as the rooms in the city dwelling frequently are...
...The fireplace is on Two sides of the room are given up to window and door space the outside of the living room at the east end and is constructed of solid re-inforced concrete...
...The roof may be of shingles or, as in the present case, of composition paper...
...Hot Weather Hints WE NEED as much nitrogen in our food in summer as in winter but less fat...
...A glass of buttermilk contains nearly as much nitrogen as a glass of milk and it has only about one-eighth as much fat...
...The outer form for the chimney was in this case made very hastily, but the consequent irregularity adds to rather than detracts from its appearance...
...By consulting tables showing the analysis of food materials it is possible to find out what foods have much nitrogen and little fat and are for that reason good hot weather foods...
...The cost of such a cottage would depend upon the local price of materials but in case a mechanic's help is dispensed with would not exceed $200...
...In the first place a cottage ought to be attractive in appearance and adapted to its situation...
...The outside of the cottage is finished with a shingle stain, a brownish red...
...At the south end 10 feet are partitioned off for a kitchen, leaving the other end 8x14 for a dining room...
...The beds are double deckers made to accomodate full sized beds...
...This tends to cool the body and what is better still, it adds on fuel to the fire within...
...The floors are hard pine, with the exception of the living room which is made from narrow boards, one and one-half inches wide, of maple and beech in alternate strips...
...One side of each bedroom is practically all window space...
...The parr titions are low so that there is free circulation of air...
...On the east side of the cottage (front) is a porch constructed to give the pergola effect...
...The present cottage was built entirely by the owner whose knowledge of the use of tools was entirely picked up...
...Secondly, it must be as dry as possible...
...It would of course be possible to use windows instead of these shutters, or in addition to them, and they could be arranged as sliding or as casement windows, but they could quite as satisfactorily be hinged art the top and fastened with a chain when swung up...
...The north and west sides of the living room are given up entirely to window and door space...
...A pound of fresh cod contains almost as much nitrogen as a pound of fresh salmon but only a very small fraction as much fat...
...With Edward Lear's command of adjectives, he might have said as Edward Lear did of his heroine, Violet, after she had stuck 26 red and blue parrot feathers in her bonnet: "It caused her to have a lovely and glittering appearance, highly prepossessing and efficacious...
...This location among the giant trees determined its particular form...
...if this is high, nitrogen is high and vice versa...
...The white of an egg contains two-thirds of all the nitrogen in the whole egg and practically no fat...
...Ice cream, unless it is of the poorest factory variety has a high per cent, of fat, the most heating of all the food principles...
...The simplicity of the washstands is also worthy of notice...
...This is 8x16...
...In front of the fireplace are two old fashioned high back settees, one of which serves as a hall tree...
...This arrangement was accidental but it adds much to the attractiveness of the room...
...The corners may be mitred but in the present instance the boards were left flush with the studding and the finish made by putting a 2x2 in place...
...THE REPORTER who wrote of a delegate to a recent convention that she was "the most gorgeously gowned woman present" and that "her coiffure was of the latest Parisian effect and crowning it was a steeple composed entirely of red roses, the brilliance of which drew much attention," had a great opper-tunity but was lacking in vocabulary...
...In the present case the cost was approximately $150...
...By means of these beds it is possible to accomodate very comfortably eight people in these two small bedrooms and at the same time furnish them with an abundance of pure air...
...Egg lemonade which is made by adding the beaten white of an egg to a glass of lemonade is a nourishing drink and one that is particularly suitable for use in summer...
...Thirdly, it should be so arranged that the occupants will be forced into the open air as much as possible...
...The expense of the large amount of glass which would ordinarily be required is avoided by the use of shutters...
...The partitions are of pine wainscoting...
...The window casings are very simple being made of 6 inch hemlock boards with one side surfaced...
...The construction of a cottage of this kind can be done by any person who is able to handle tools...
...To persnire may be inconvenient, but it is cooling...
...Even the construction of the fireplace required no outside help except the assistance of a ten year old boy...
...The nitrogen is indicated by the per cent, of proteids...
...A cup of hot water starts the perspiration...
...The usual plan of the summer cottage includes a few tight rooms to which is attached a porch of greater or less size where much of the life is supposed to be spent...
...Other forms equally simple would perhaps be more appropriate in other situations...
...The cottage under discussion is so constructed that it is difficult to avoid being in the open...
...The writer has built a small cottage which has been much admired by many who have seen it for its cheapness, practicability, attractiveness and artistic qualities...
...Before giving a detailed description of the cottage it might be well to consider briefly some of the principles which served to guide its construction...
...it may be flies, mosquitos, cold, breezes, etc...
...This cottage is located on a lot in an ancient forest of Northern Michigan...
...Other features of the cottage worth noting are the convenient arrangement of the kitchen and its relation to the dining room, and the furniture of the bedrooms...
...But it frequently happens that many things conspire to drive the family into the closed area...
...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT An Inexpensive Summer Cottage By W. D. FROST AGREAT MANY ARTICLES acre written nowadays giving plans of summer cottages, but most of these cost more than the average person can afford and it seems desirable that practical and attractive plans bt described that can be erected at moderate cost...
...A lean-to built on the west side is 8x16 feet...
...The under bed is somewhat lower than usual and the upper somewhat higher, which permits perfect circulation of air...
...The studdings are 3 feet apart and the siding is rough hemlock boards 10 inches wide and one inch thick...
...REMEMBER that the coldest foods are not necessarily the most cooling foods...
...These are laid overlapping in the same way as clapboards...
...This was done by building the from the fire-place out of fire brick and then pouring around it ordinary cement...
...The upper bed is furnished with a railing...
...The main part of the house is divided into a living room 13x16 and two bedrooms 8x11...
Vol. 3 • July 1911 • No. 28
