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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1909)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 18, 1909. 7 The Qvercoatcd House 5 is the Coming Fashion C By this simple and inexpensive process an old frame house may fS 3I$ be made to look like a new stone 'jE dwelling and last much longer. Jn It will be more comfortable in jjfeajj winter with less fuel and much is cooler in summer. , Jffi11 JjEX Apply Expanded Metal Lath JJf52 and plaster with Cement Mortar, X&i under directions, sent free to any jfyfrr! address upon request. u&j jfen northwestern Expanded nctal Co. irf 84 Van Burcn Street, Chicago NEWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS trying to persuade him to them out at the earliest possible moment. WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE C. W. HULL CO. BUILDING MATERIALS 1503 Fernem Street Omaha, Nebraska Carey's Roofing Tried and TimeTestedV. 1 5 A durable light weight roofing for flat or steep surface on Store Buildings, Ware houses, Factories, Bams, Sheds, Farm Buildings, etc. Applied with a liberal guarantee by a responsible concern. Sunderland Roofing and Supply Co. 1006-8-10 Douglas Street Phones: Doug. 871; A 1225 Hit 20 OFF EVERY THING. We Store Free Till Needed 20 Discount Sale 20$ EVERY DAY UNTIL MAY 1ST ON Lightning Fixtures Homebullders should immediately take ad vantage of this bis special offer of a 20 discount on all purchases made before May 1. It's a big opportunity make your selection, compare our price with that charged clse where and then we will chop off Just 20. You don't have to take the fixtures as soon as they aro bought. We will keep them here for you until you are ready to have them hung. Just buy before May 1st and save 20. An Iron-clad guarantee as to workmanship and material goes with everything we sell and you may have your money back If not satisfied. Omaha Lightning Fixture Co, 417 South 15th Street. Omaha Change of Timo Sunday, April 18 Chicago Flyer m Train No. 14, will leave Omaha 6:08 p. m. now leaves 6:28 p. m., will arrive Chicago 8:38 a. ra. now arrives 8 :58 a.m. , mak ing connection with early morn ing 24-hour trains to New York. This train will be equipped with Library-buffe and Pull mnn Standard Sleepers berth lighted chair car and dining car. Rocky Mountain Limited Train No. 7, will leave Omaha 11 :12 p. m. now leaves at 11 :17 p. in., arrival at Colorado unchanged. Tickets 14th and FARNAM " ;.V ;-' r ': ' ' ,:""v M i - ' . a w.i.rf ".. .. '?'-:" . :: ' , 1 !..('' ':; 'y":v4r';'i "f'H' .;. .-'y-'-tr;',...-,-5. j '. . i.. . . ,..fJ.,":- -ti . ,, " -i-' 't V - ' if .' ' . "V" ' '.; ; -. 't ','''! " ' ' . , ., - . i ' Hi Pi $ i i 8 j t - I " H ? s nnir E-ry horn. Is a nturty, .Inc. ntkrly very home Is dirfrr.nt from .11 other, which an .rchltct ha. vr had .nythlng to do with. An archi tect doe. not run h!s flnrers through hi. h.ir, giv. . wild ur Into the air. obtain a pontnoui Inoplratton sod create n .ntlrd houe In hi. mind aa om. peopl. r Inclined to think. Th. proper detlgnlns nd pl.nninc of a hem. requlr. careful tudy nnd the more tlm. sn architect la (iv.n In which to study th. owner', re quirement, th. better .re th. rr.utt. In very ra... An architect, after .tudylng a plin over a :cond tlm. In detail, when he la alven th. time to do to. will often make char.aee that will frov. of conelder- Ma value to hi. cll-ntg. For example. In the dcelgnlng of a achool hjuae reoently. the writer, after familiarising himself In moat detail, with It. requirement, that had been done In the quickly prepared pre liminary ahvtciies, mad a change which d!d not require ten minute, cf hi. time, but meant a savin. In the coat of the building of over 1300. Th. proper preparation of your plan, meana th. proper Investment of your entire building fund.. If your rlans sr. not right, you will not get th. full value out ef your money. Tou have witltcd rotalbly many year, for a horn, of your own. A week cr two apent with your archi tect In aasembllng your Idea. In proper form will make no great difference In the oourM of a lifetime and will certainly mean a greater return for the money ln vtated and a horn, which will be a Joy and plenaur. to you .1 long aa you live. You may nver build but one. aa take time to build your horre rlgiit. rttilldlnai ntea. Th ChemploTi rnre company has moved Ita factory frm Rlxtt:nth street to Fif teenth and Jsckt.cn. The fence around Tort Cro-V, worH en which was begun five month, ago, wa. completed laet week. The feme Is H.ftO feet around .nd five feat high. At regular Interval, .re cement peat, two feet In diameter. The fence la provided with hevy orn. mental Iron g.tc. eighteen feet wide .nd alt feet hlah The work was don. by the Ch.mplon renc. company. MonflcM ef Borneo. "There I. no country tn th. world mow Inviting to the natur.ll.t thin Borneo," write. Conaul Baker from Kandakan. "Her. are found tho flying anutrrel., flying foxes, flying llsirdr, flyln; iron, and th. notlvei report flying snakes. Among the moat noted blrda ia tl.. little .wlft Collocalla nldlflcs. Their neats are eaten by th. Chlneae .nd ar. rrg.rSfd . a great luxury. Theae blrda btilld their neMe In llmeaton. cave, of a glutinous a.llv. which they pro duce from their gland.; no stick, or any other foreign aubatance. are uaed. Th collection of theae neta la an Important Induetrv with the native., though they pay a tax on all they take to market. Th. value of thoae exported from Brltlah North Borneo In 1907 wa 55.934. They are .erved t the great feat of the Chinese, espe cially at wedding. " Nw Tork Tribune. mm k mm in the Omaha Loan ft Bulldinc Association, application is made on blanks furnished by us. stating th amount you desire to borrow and describing the property on which you want the loan. Your application ia considered and passed upon by our Eiamlnlnf Board. It the title to the property is good the papers are made out, completed, and the money is yours. No delay. The property is yours and you repay the loan In fixed monthly pay ments. Simply paying rent to yourself. Hundreds of others have paid for their homes in this manner. Why not you? It is successful. Omaha Loan & Building Assn. S. E. Cor. 16th trd Dodge Streets. Geo. W. Loomis, Pres. G. M. Nattlnger, Secy, and Treaa. W. II. Adair, Ass't. Sec'y. B Assets, 2,5O0,00O.00. 1 Reserve, fOO.OOO.OO. Troubles of An Architect Arthns O. Clausen, Architect. It Is eel (torn that troublea of any man are ot general Intereat, .Inc. everyone has trouble, of their own, no bu.lne. or pro feaalon being free from them, but sine, the rehearsing of a few of the trouble, which th. average architect ha. to daily contend with would be of educational value to th. prospective horn, builder, the writer dealrea to take the readers Into confidence and inform them frankly where they often make aerious error, and how they might profit to a considerable extent by avoiding them. If I were to go back thirteen year, to tho beginning of my professional experienco and decide over again, with my present knowledge, my choaen vocation would be the aame, and I do not think that I would change It In any respect. An architect's life la apent making beautiful things for happy people. At no time In the family history la there more contentment, enthus iasm and Joy limn when the time has com. when they are able to build a cozy little horn, of their own. The flr.t thought of very young wedded couple la to have a horn, of their own. If circumstance, do pot permit their having one at the start, its acquirement become. a foremost thought In their minds during the time which elapaea before they are about to gratify the cherished desire. It Is, there fore, always a happy couple, whether old or young, that first greet, the architect when they have arrived at the time when hi. service, are required, but before the .house can be built complete, there Is much hard work to be done and much thinking on th. part of both the architect and hi. client. The greatest p'roblem that the architect has to contend with Is to keep the client's Ideas within his meana. I After months, maybe years of thinking and I dreaming on the subject, th. average horn. 1 builder, especially the wife, haa formed a i crude idea of the home which they want I that Is mad. up of all the beautiful thing. I they have .een, and It Is a sad blow when the architect tell, them that for two good reaaon. they mu.t content themselvv. with but a very few of them, the one being that the amount of money which they have to spend would not pay for all the by win dows, oriels, nooks, fire places, art glass windows, etc., which they hav. aeen, ad mired and hoped to have. Th. other reason la thst you cannot get everything In on. house, not ev.n a large house of which th. coat was not a point up for consideration. This would not be a harmonious design of a practical plan If It Included all af the beautiful and admired things which on. might se. on their neighbor.' home, or In horn, building publication. For example: A beautiful entrance, taken from a home of English design, with Its hsnd carved Gothic wood work, w-u'd not st all be appropriate on a home deaigned In th. colonial .lyle, with tall portico and atately column, on th. front. Both of the, feature, look very admirable when appropriately as.rctated, but placed to gether it would be Inharmonious, would b. criticised by ev.n the horn, builder him telf after he had aeen them ao asaociated and would look ridiculous to a riealgner. Bt.il thla Is whst a highly educated busi ness man almost Inflated that th. writer do when designing a. handsom. hem. last summer. My well meaning client insisted that every feature looked hands-me nr.d hi. architect could not consistently deny THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER Through a special arrangement with Mr. Clausen Th. Omaha Bee I. able to offer ita readera the complete plana, details and specifications of the home Illustrated on this page with out change for 1)0. Mr. Clauaen Is the author of a well Illustrated book, TBI ART, SOUIICS AJTD 8EKTI MTBJTT Or BOMS BUXX.D UTO. 46 Chapters 800 Illustration a. A beautiful and practical book con taining complete information on the planning and designing of every kind of home. It contains extensive articles on that popular style of home, The American Bungalow, also the Two Story Rungdlnw, BUNGALOWS BUILT FOR TWO, Homes of Dia tlnctlve Character, Planning the Cot tage, the Country Home, the Farm Home, Homes for Special Places. Th. Duplex House, etc. There are ex tensive Illustrated article, on en trance., wlndowa, atairw.ya, fire places, porches, kitchens, pantries, cement construction, articlea on what not to do In building a home, the Let ting of Contracta. the Practical 8!do of Home Rulldlng, the Sentiment of Home Ruilri'lns-. etc.. etc. Price, post paid to readers of The Bee, fl. Send all orders to Arthur C. Clausen, architect. Studio. 1013 Lumber Ex change, Minneapolis, Minn. ADVERTISE IN THE OMAHA BEE BEST IN THE WEST D. C. SCOTT, D.V.S. (Successor to TtT. IL L BamacclottL) ASSXBTAsr STATS YXTXAOr AX1AJT. Office ana BoapitaJ. S810 Kasoa SUMS. Call. Promptly Answered at All Houra. It, since he was th. designer of both home, which were being admlrel, and It wa. only after considerable explanation that this man was finally educated up to where he realized the two prominent fca turca; ao widely different In architectural atyle, did not look well on the same lu use. If home builder, would only accept tha architect's advice In these matters In th. same way that they would accr pt the final decision, of their attorney or family physl dsn, a greater progress would be made In preparing s set of plans nnd more desir able results would b. a-rlved at more quickly, but the situation Is a little dif ferent, the physician and attorney havtng th. advantage over th. architect In th. fact that their clients are pot confronted with th. evidence of their profession on every hand and are not able to form erroneou. Idea, of how to proceed, and much depend, on their advice entirely. One of the meat satisfactory homes ever designed by the writer was for a banker In a small town, who had at the start a very ancient Idea of how a modern ho:re should appear. This particular mar. had never had an opportunity to aee the beautiful homes of our modern cities and had f imcd hla Ideas from the best work In his town, whilst were the resu'ts of iho very crude and commonplace creationa of the village con tractor. After looking over tha beautiful location where this home wvs to stand In getting a general idea rf this man's re quirements, th. writer being unlimited ss to Its coat, prepared preliminary sketches for a very prictx.l. homelike and beauti ful l.onu-. It was so modern, however, so up-to-date in both atyl. and plan and so difftrent from th. commonplace homes that thla man had been accustomed to seeing, thst he did not comprehend it at first and wa. very much disappointed. The next preliminary sketches wer. therefor, prepared according to his dictation, putting tn a number of th. feature, which h. had pointed out In the village, and a comparison mede of th. two, which, together with a little enlightenment on the part of my client a. to the proper association of styles and arrangement of modern homes, re sulted In a unat Imous terdlct with the en tire family for the first sketches made, but not until after the architect had gone to the trouble of taking him through soma of th. beautiful hemes of our city and j spending considerable time off and on for I two months to get him educsted up to the point where he would sppreclate what was originally done for him by his architect l.i a few hours. This Is another example of th. time that might have been saved had the owner left the matter entirely In the hands of his architect In the first place, recognising his superior Judgment In ail rr alters pertaining to the building of homes. It Is hardly to be expected that the sversge person can acquire the knowl. edge and ability to appreciate good work from a few week, of serious study of th. matter, when It takes an architect many years to acqulr. th. knowledge necessary to properly design and plan beautiful borne. Occa.lonally an architect will hav. a client, especially from some small town, who clings to the old Idea of a tower on the corner of his house, a uaeless, expen sive, cold and far from ornamental feature. Also many client, do not obtain th. full value of th. location of their home, through placing th. entr.nc. and atalr hall In on. of th. front corners, thereby mak ing useless for living purposes one of th. most vaiuaMa parts of th. house. When th. lot is narrow and the home small, this srrangement. of course, becomes n.cestary, but whenever It Is rosslble to make the house breed enough to allow for a central ; entrance, thereby using the two front eor- ' nera for living rooms snd obtaining the full value of the frcntagw on the street, thla plsn should b sdopled. It Is not dif ficult for a good archl'.ect to plan a well arranged nnd attractive home. It is, how ever, very difficult to get fopl. to build them for th. average horn, builder Insists on having certain thlnga which he seldom likes afterwards and which his architect la compelled to give Mm, reoognlalng th. fact that he Is entitled to snythlng he wiahe. to pay for whether It meet. th. technical and artistic Ideas ot the architect or not. It is th. architect', duty to frankly Inform Ms client, whtn they ar. In error, hut If th.y do not accept h' sdvic. they should b'STP. themselves and net the archi tect afterwards when they find thst they r-avi modi- n lr.lauk. (me of the most serious mistakes which the average horn, builder makes Is In rushing matters. The average man builds but one home. He should, therefore, take th. tlm. necessary to build that home right. When a family has deeded to build a home for themselves, they sre often too Impatlont to see their dream of possibly many year, realised In material form. About th. flrat question th.t they ask the srehltect Is how soon they csn hsve the plans. Her. Is where they make a great mistake. They should, on the contrary. Insist on his putting ss much time In the study and preparation of their plans ss Is necessary, Instjad of BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. NOTHING ADDS MORE TO YOUR PROPERTY THAN A FINE IRON FENCE. WE MAKE ANY KIND OF FENCE. SEE US FOR DESIGNS AND PRICES. : : : ANCHOR FENCE C 205-7 NORTH 17TH STREET, OMAHA, NEB. 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