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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1912)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 8, 1912. U-B ' WORRIES OF HOME BUILDERS any Detaila.in Modest Modest Cot ". tage Same as in Large Residence. . ' FLOOR PLANS MUST -COME FIEST V- m 1 Greet Number of People Make Cam moa Mistake of Fitting; Interior to Pretty Elevation Other : - .Building News. is' . '.' K iif ii. E' y i . "' -' - ' - ' - - ' ' - i .ssAlihough. there-are .sa-callejl cottars ... 'w at. KewDOrt and Bar Harhnr which , post f-0,ec?, $50,000 or $100,000, you will not please j :. it-. .. . . - r ' tii v. i l. . . I tin ttvtiagc Amerivain uy cabins iub uuui- Lie dtodo a cottage, says'.Hp'cert C..Spen-'-tV cir in fhe Architectural Record If It "' Isn't a bungalow It must . be a house, (or, j as ma araugnisman outlines it on ins ' Pativ" a . ''residence"), although it niay represent an outlay of not over $3,000. or " J1.0. Jt has "seven rooms" and a. bath ;.an.d is a foil two-storied structure. The Led.Monjs are not. in the roof space.. It -has a hot air heating system, a laundry . in tho- basement with a pair ot soapstone :: tubs, hot ami fold water supply, and in 499 cases out of 500 it is a very interest-. in? llttle'tlnder -box of a building, except ti the man who calls' It a home. ' ; Eut yoii rmftt not suggest to him that '. it Is merely a cottage;, f- '. A little roll pf "blue prints carefully put away.ln the. back of his bbokcase drawer . bears the testimony of the village architect-builder, that it. is a .residence for .Mr. .Reuben Bird, esq,, with heavy accent on the "esquire." Of. course It's a house, not" a cottage. Only the very well'to-do can "afford to be humble (?) 'cottage dwellers.'"" ' 1 -" ;" Then, how about these Uttle houses? They ought to ' be discussed here, since " the greater includes and is 'often but an " expansion and amplification of the less. sr-Tha average, small bouse - Is primarily f a, box wlh a, lid to covet- lt, pitched four V waytjarii ca'lfed a;bipJf o6f. or pitching :-ejava anct'eablisd.'. These are the main ... determining, i elements of Jjts solid shape a "' . .v tts mass Its: color (lncludingnaterial i. and -textura and, itsvsubsidiary fietaus, 'Bugli as Wings,', porches,: bays, openings, ' floVmers, etc-V -fn- the1-; order -: named, are th&lmportant factors In giving to the re cruiting composition--a pleasing, harmoni- rous effect or an awkward, clumsy and - foolish appearance. ; . ; '- In the designing of a house, as In the . designing of larger, buildings, the floor plana should, precede., ana musv pe w basis of the structure for two reasons: In ' the first- place, the planning of a house 'is essentially a practical problem ; and'" the arrangement pf.the'rooms must "conform' to the .possibilities' or demands of the site, the practical -needs of the owner op his family, and In the case of the house of moderate cost (economy, involy. In the elimination of the waste or. Uttle used 'space, must be kept constantly n .view. - At the, same time it Is usually ivi. mAt. the foregoing demands almost equally as .well In a number of. 1 , different ways In a Riven My. r . S tlcuiae way will , be .determined by the Y '0-serso.ral-predllectlona.of tfc. owner, on h . r v. the likes an3 dislikes of I S te,owner wife, The),win'ln nine cases Lt ' Vot of ten after tho JSl' - Weats have "been maetthe architect r s , .f ; jjaminal head SS . -S'of the family ft. realy fo'W the g; V ktUh:V. WtWttoao r jess fixed jBV,a'npr!)Prlati " ,vm " ft .a No matter how tarmlng. may be the w exterior to a passerby nor how attrac r tii and homelike the principal rooms to j " ' the guests who eome,to admire the archi 8 tcct s 'work will not be well done f the !! utmost in the way of comfort and livable convenience' be' not given the owner for 11 ri. ftonw.-whether the house cost $5,0OM ' ' ' or P3CC0. In either case It is probable that'the appropriation will be "retched to its elastic limit, If not beyond, and the architect never, knpws umu signed JusfytJat'Aoaulus of I elastf cir, to . assign to'bouse. Wfflng appropriation. Some ow'rs. are lfnpst frank ?on. thU point, wn. -others are! governed by the widesprend-'elief , that' bills of estraa and other unforeeen;' contingencies will bring the final cost , of any shouse to more than double the price5 originally set as a limit, "For a.veryamall house,' whlcjufs really merely a cottage and - which may cost anywhere from $5,000 to $6,000, the chief difficulty of he problem lies In eliminat ing waste space ' thout loss M desirable cand neess4ry features. J XJnle'saiVplaTis 'of the first, and second floors'' feinf be. worked out which are mutually'" satisfactory t$ the architect and his cjierit, it fe. really unnecessary to - make any elevations or other exterior "sketches 'whatever. For broadly speak . 'uig, ,a plan is an elevation. The experi enced des'ignr knows.-aMeast in a -gen-eral xwi.yi' whether his plan will yield a masf effect iwhlch will prg'duce, a pleasing or at eastv'n- Inoffensive .'exterior, , and he will; always have In m.ind the general character of ' Ms- design as he dei velops .his ..little' plan, ye't '. jnany archi tects who ought to' know 'Better make pretty freehand' sketch.es ;tor exterior wlthout'a definitely conceived plan, and try to. fit a -plan to a Jpretty' picture, thus reversing the natural , artd joglcal i?r4er. A vetyr-clever man-rnay" do this, but-he is working backward . nevertheless and placing the cart before the horse. . ? Innv simnl RectanKle. : In a' Vell designed house the main body r thi hniidine Is a simple rectangle, varfedn the ease pt the cottage only by such rnl nor features as cays ana porcnes or. possibly a ;small 'wing. ,';sxt .'tet'tlie' floor; plan In determining mass I; the. scheme 'Of -roofing, a . very v tmpbrttht.,facf of, the character of which i wli (.he'liix, partly by practical- and ?farby-??(!,ietic, conalderatlona The pfan ano fh ifoof scheme are also inter fleperident.partjcularly In. the story and a' half steep rW or the gambrelled cot- Jn the typical small house we have ions aso got. rid of the old petty, cramped, un liable clan with its separate little "par lor" and "sitting" room, or its parlor ,and library, in more dignified terms. After swinging to an extreme In trying to be comfortable all the year' round with ... the summer cot ;e type of draughty liv ing room, entrance hall and stair hall in ore, we have settled down. It would seem nrrmanentlv. to hall ' llvlnar -room end " dfning. rooni,' and, kitchen ja.. the main .- units of the first floor arrana:ment, ad ding according !to the- appropriation and ii; tne owner s special neeas a iiDrary, a - reception room, a separate' stair hall', a music room or a billiard room, one or 1 ( more, to the basic requirements,- with '" 1 ? occasional combinations . of living room I with dining room, music room or library fjt -pneaeVr, one generous apartment f Vhile'.reducfpg .: the kitchen in smaller ShoifS --to a kitchenette, or eliminating .peatries In favor of a complete built- in equipment; in short, a widespread desire .of er. ' a si- . ,( I j - for real -very day comfort, and -common sense planning to meet :tvha simplified and wonderfully improved pur houses. In houses ofmodesis size costing lest than $10,000, and frequently in those costing considerably more, it Is well to try to eliminate, the old fashioned back or servant's staircase, planning the one stair for private access from the kitchen and serving" pantry:' In a house costln less than seven or eight thousand, not t. eliminate It Is almost a crime. True, then are conservative Communities in which the sale of quite a smalt house would bt hampered If there were no "back stairs," or ' at least that somewhat misleading compromise, a "combination staircase.'- But we are getting trito the house b) the rear entrance. Few' Distinct Types. V Roughly" speaking, there are but; flvt or six really moi'e 'or less 'd'stlnct sites' of. plan for the .house of average . tUti each "susceptible Of variations and ntoll. ficatlons.' which giv'e a new form to!th basic Idea. ' : j' The ' shape,, slse and location ofj tht porch or porches have much to, do jwlth the outward appearance and .inferior comfort of the house. While t Isjtrut that- ' the unprogresslve speculative' builder still builds most of his hiuses with b'g porches across the front lit the old fashioned way (often shutting out the light and sunshine which are needed within, particularly on cold winter days),, the man who- goes to an architect In stead of to a builder has become quit sensible on, this point and Is not onto willing, but. often.- very glad to content himself with, a very modest entranc porch (which may be merely a hooded platform) for the sake of having a porch off his living, room or dining room or In the angle between the , two, so that ' it becomes an .outdoor living room and din ing room, which he may enclose, with glass In winter if he likes and use all the year. ! ' " European travel has done much to teach us the. delights of meals served practically out of doors, but the flies and mosqultos, with which we are generally, cursed during the summer months, for bid us to serve meals In the open gar den, however much we. would enjoy do ing so. Then too, most of us are de pendent '-upon one maid and her steps must be saved between kitchen and table, table.- '. - ." ' Ban on Sontnern Style. , , Much space could , be used in con demning the old fashioned southern gal lery' type ,of . jporch for the .northern ho'iise. Even " a summer home In tht vqods, In the mountains . or at the sea shore becomes damp - and . uncomfortable In wet weather and every room requires at least one open sunny exposure. . The boldly projecting room, or winged shaped , type .of. porch IS not only more effective architectually as a rule, but makes a pleasanter- outdoor room,'- par tlcularly. If It be . entirely .separate and distinct from, the entrance.,- It also In terferes less with, the natural- lighting of the rest of the house. '- -I.- Many customers at the open'ng ol the bungalow lot sale at Brightwaters, L. I., a week ago expressed themselves as more than pleased with1 the. numerous pretty, homes In the bungaloW 1 village and the homelike community appear ance of the settlement In which the lots offered are situated. -The 'T.' B. Acker son company expects as a result of this sale that possibly ItiO more bungalows Will be' erected In' this active section ol Brightwatera in' addition Ho the bunga lows the company contemplates building this fall and winter. The bungalow sectlonr while extremely active,' is only a small part of the larger and mere complet Brightwaters, for In the' OaVs, as Well as in the Pines, and the "Lake and Bay sections, the develop ers have been busily engaged since tht close of their, spr'ng 'market in building homes for the fall market, some for the open market, as they call it, and others on direct order for their lot purchasers. The bungalow village in the heart of the, pine- woods, lsa section admirably suited ' for , the 'artistic ' and economical 1 bungalow "Jhome - fot, gummer and all year round? use'i and" the popularity of this styieof home Is-'emphasised by tht interest', buyers are '.manifesting in well located, '.plots:' ,, The results eclipsed the company's most sanguine hop?s.. so tha? present; plans portend one of the most picturesque bungalow aeclSons on hong Island. '';': :. : f ' ,. ' Fall building activities in Omaha prom ise to surpass all others of any previous year. r. Builders f In Nebraska find fall wf ather - here most excellent time , for putting up buildings. . In past years, with the coming of fall the building season was considered practically at a close, but now builders are working the year round, and there Is really closely defined build ing season. Of course, real severe win ter weather puts a stop to all such ac tivities, but . nothing lesB than the severest of "winters "offerings can cause a cessation In the building construction. Homes that Are Different Br Arthur 0. Claasea. T HIS series of illustrated articles Will endeavor to show the artistic and picturesque de signs that are possible by the combination ot new and original designs with different materials. From each design ustd ss an example, lessons will be drawn which, it Is hoped, will lead prospective home; builders to the fact that an at tractive home dees not mean expensive icost-for nothing, but the simplest ma terials will be used In the drtsima nr- I sented in this series.'.- There is a great deal of sameness about American homes that Is quite noticeable to the student of such things ' Colonial homes, although some are Small and some large, tome Inexpensive and some very elaborate, all follow .-well known principles of de.iisns that give to all a suggestion of s molarity. . The same Is true of the English domestic style, the mission style and .bungalows. . There Is gradually being evolved, how ever in th9 country a style that fo.lowj no very well . defined lines, hich bor rows sometimes from many styles,. but which above all other , things has about it that undefi.-.able quality? which; we call .'home ' like. Sometimes we , -call it picturesque and anythingwhich is both picturesque and homelike m)ist neces sarily be art stic for art especially when applied to architecture, is the expression in material form of ideals. That home, which looks the most home like, Is the most perfect as an example of domestic architecture, ' the same as that building which is intended to be a capitol building, a' court house, an offic building, a school or flat building and which expresses In Its design the object of its existence In the most apparent and artlstio way is a perfect piece of architecture. - Amateur designers are apt to crlticic anything along original lines and them selves invariably follow the well known established styles for the reason that It is a safe road to travel. But those who design from book knowledge, while their work cannot be criticised, it lacks the life, the character of the . attractiveness that designs have that come from the heart. Every architect knows that de signers are In two classes, one class is the good mechanical draftsman, who makes a neat drawing, whose pride Is mostly In the appearance of that draw ing when finished and one who designs on paper. In the other class are often men who are not the neatest draftsmen, whose ' drawings do not. present quit as attractive appearance when finished, but who design In their heads and hearts picturing In their imagination the finished structure and merely put upon the draw ing tnat which Is necessary In the way of instruction to the workmen, who are to complete the picture in material form. An architect is . an artist who paints with materials. Pesign No. TM Is of frame construction with an exterior facing of shingles, cement, brick and field, stonv To get away from the square box with a ten foot porch, across the front Idea, the porch Is re:e:sed and In Its present location-Is suitable for either a west facing or . a north facing home, but the plan should be reversed for an east facing or south facing home. The living room, projecting out beyond the main body of the house, gives It a greater range of view and better circula tion of air than the average living room. This house could be built In many sites, a good slse would be thirty feet, by thirty-two feet. Since this Includes the porch, It would not cover more grounl than the average house enty teti b thirty-two feet would with a porch across the front. This slse gives a living room thirteen feet by twenty-nine feet (not Including bays). ' To break the stiff, straight lines of the first , story, large buttresses of cement have been extended from the corners and give It an appearance of support, strength and originality. In order to give the house that picturesque effect, always suggested by the use of native MR CLAUSEN'S BOOK "The Art,' Jtoleaoe and entlment ef lobn4l4ina'.', Thirty chapters, 909 illustrations. It oovers a wide range of snbjeots. - Inoludtnf the planning of bunga lows, suburban and city homes, ; costing from 3,000 to $30,000, let ting ooatraets, choosing materials, S roper design of entrance, win- owe, fireplaces, eto. Wew third edition, price, postpaid, Sl.OO. Address,' Arthur O. Clausen, - Architect, 1138-37-38 lumber ax change, Minneapolis, Minnesota. materials, large field stones are laid along the foundation, half embedded Into the wall with a few perfect free stones banked up Into corners. T&row a little dirt In around the crevices and ' let the moss grow. From tfie top of the stone course up to the under side of the first story window silts, Is vitrified brick and should either be' dark red or dark brown in color. Tapestry brick vould look very well when used for this purpose. An extended course of headers clear around the house at the top of the brick wall will act as window sl.li and shed off the water. The cement stucco should be a very coarse, heavy dash and should preferably be stained a bright terra cotta shade running somewhat Into the brown. The roof shingles should be of very dark moss green somewhat darker than the color preferred for all shingles, even with the best of stain will fade some. ' . The dormer shingles and the second story part of the bay window should be stained a rich wood brown, while the window casings, barge boards, projected roof rafters, etc., should -be painted a cream white, not a milk white, but white lead and oil with a little yellow ochre thrown In to give It a warm tone. The window sash can be either white or light green, when made the latter It gives It a bright touch of color. The brlok work up to the window sill and the chimney at the rear should be laid In natural cement mortar If red brick are used, or in cement mortar of the eame shade as the stucco work If brown or tapestry brick are used and la either cave the mortar joints should be at least one half Inch wide and recessed about one quarter Inch. , - Add to this combination of materials a green lawn, trees, shrubbery and flowers and you have a home, which passersby will stop to comment upon for It would certainly make a home artistically dif ferent from the average. - felted the v buil.dlng contract under a provision thereof permitting him on cer tificates by the architect to terminate the contract for failure to properly exe cute the work and to complete the work at the builder's cost, the cost of so do ing and any damages from the builder's breach of the contract to be certified by the architect, such certificate to be con elusive, the architect's certificates in the absence of any showing ot bad faith or collusion with the owner were admissible in evidence In the builder's suit for com pensation as against the objection that they were made after plaintiff's work en the building had ceased, and were merely ex parte and unsworn statements. -Taub agnlnst Woodruff, 134 S. V. (Tex.) 750. , One of the, most attractive brick build ings erected this season Is the apart ment which Dr. J. J. McMullen Is now completing at the southeast corner of Thirty-eighth and Dewey avenues. F. A. Hennlnger Is the architect who drew the plans. The principal feature of the exterior of any such structure is the brick work. For this building the owner and archi tect selected Sunderland's Navajo Tap estry effect brick , in which the many shades blend into a tone of rich mot tled tan color. These walls rest upon a foundation of greenish brown, round edge vitrified face brick known as Sun derland's autumn leaf pavers, ill has been discovered that the final result of using any particular kind of face brick depends very largely upon the uniformity, color, slse and shape ot the mortar joints.. In the McMullen apartments a most pleasing "llnal result" has been at tained and their completion Is due In a very few weeks. L v 3 . 1 M TO. 734 1 13 CHAASBtR.1 m I II BnaMMfl . mmmmmmn , la. -' ' I ; ... I ' e,mt.t) ..... I i I III I is s -ROcW f"J will ii i - ' '' I -.' Going through a crystal mase Is easy compared with passing through the streets and avenues of the.' Omaha Stove Repair Works, where repairs are carried In stock for every conceivable kind ' of stove, range, furnace, steam or hot. water heater, Their system of keeping track of stock Is practically perfect. Every one of the thousands of boxes Is recorded and It Is easy to f'nd any particular piece. Every convenience known Is used to facilitate the quick handling of re pairs. This must be done for the rush of business Is during the fall and winter months. There are, however, many fore handed people who have their furnace, steam and hot water heaters looked after and repaired during August and Sep tember. These realise that better service, mora care and more careful!- Inspection can be given during those months than later, when every attention is given to filling orders. Annually this firm ex amines hundreds .of furnaces, steam and hot water heaters when no charge Is made- This has the double advantage ot enabling you to know that your heater II perfect and also enables the company to make an of floe record ot your heater. This Is checked off with their stock, and, If repairs are not in stock, they are ordered and carried for future wants. It seems almost necessary that a cast Iron furnace, with Its more than fifty feet of cement joints, ' should be re mounted about every three years. The cement being mixed with varnish, this burns out and leaves the Joints porous which results in an air that causes the dull, heavy headache complained ot by so National FldeJltr ft Casualty company. Omaha, Is a leader among the bonding companies, and insures 'letter-perfect obedience to contractor. , , ' Home Builders, the successful builder of homes, for stockholders In this company, is doing a tremendous good for Omahans and 'other Neb'raakans. Hundreds of people are taking advantage of this simple'' plan 'to own a home. The man who pay rent soon realises the advan tages of Home Builders. ' Much moving is being done . In Omaha this fall. Hundreds- of families are get ting located for the - winter, and the wagons of ;,the . Omaha Van & Storage company are -very, .busy, faking care of a great majority of work in ttis line. ' The popularity ef ateam cured cement etone, the , kind made by the Ideal Ce ment Stone company, Is Increasing every month, according to authentic reports; The local company cannot keep pace with' its orders for these stone. ' People ( who, are borrowing- money to build homes report, that the terms offered by W. H. ThOmas, 601 City National Bank building.- are -Vlhost ' favorable.' Mr. .Thomas has the rental of the offices and store space In' the Omaha etate Bank (Oscar Keellne) building: He says nearly every 'office. In this modern building will be leased - by October ,' the date ot the opening of the building. The big new Woodmen of, the World building, will be opened about October 1.. The CommerclaJ , club will occupy the seventeenth and eighteenth floors. ' The Western Union Telegraph company will have the fifteenth and sixteenth floors. The Urge Woodmen forces will use much of the other space. ' .- ; " Nearly all Omaha's modern . buildings a?e. equipped with extension 'telephones. The wiring Is done by the Nebraska Tele phone company and is. done-properly. The contractor who erects your new building should be bonded properly.- Tho Among the fine residences creditablo to this season's building operations Is that which Dr. B-,M. Riley Is erecting at the northeast corner of Thirty-sixth and Poppleton streets. ; In this house, the architect. J. M. Nachtlgall, has. created an unusual and altogether pleasing effect In the use of an almost dead black vitrified, round edge, face brick made ' and . furnished especially for this building by Sunder land Brothers. As the walls near completion the at-, tentlon of the passerby is attracted to! the rich, cool, dignified appearance of the house and the whole effect la bright end by the grey stone of the Untels, sills, copings and steps, Omaha builders are rapidly realising the many advantages ef using hrak for residence construction, especially elnna the cost' is not more than 19 per cent over frames. Where a subcontractor agreed with a construction company to construct tubs for a brewery, the work to be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the construction company's architect, acting for the purpose of the contract as the a Rent of the owner, and the contract provided that all, payments should be mada upon written . certificate of the ar chitect that the payment had become due, the contract should be treated as one In which work or material was to be satisfactory to the person acquiring It rather than to a third person designated as arbiter, and a physical production of an architect's certificate Is not a pre requisite to recovery, but the good faith of the architect In withholding approval may be Inquired lnto.-r-Thaler sgalnst Wilhelm Grelser Construction company, 79 A.. Pa.) 147. Where the owner of a building for- One of Omaha's Newest ' Homes WMMMjM 2 v fers3t.-" A v" ds o ' hi Nil I-? .. .... J vm&i! iHH i ml Zr. ISA. ;zzzi rJtss;a" i -el f.V A. f 1 e-H . . ,i - fn ls. I iff Lin, j ' . 3 1 -Ml' a It ' X Ega i.ysxi , . - "- ' , f , '''.& many women. The , remounting of your furnace will overcome this. . A visit to their office and salesroom will enable one to personally Inspect their line of furnaces, combination heaters, hot water and steam boilers. Owing to their Increasing business the telephone used for years had to be taken out, and a new switch board, with the new number of Tyler 20 substituted. Memory Is only a photograph of pleas ant or unpleasant events of the past, Where Is your photograph of last win ter, when the temperature was for nearly . thirty days below sero, when you never though of checking your furnace until it was too hot or never thought of open ing the draft until the cold chills began creeping up and down your back? To this very fact you can probably trace 90 per cent of your doctor bills and 20 to 90 per cent additional expense for fuel. Many . homes are supplied with auto matic heat regulators, each of varying degrees of efficiency, and these miss the doctor bills There la now on the market a new heat regulator called the Marvel. It has many Improvements over the old systems. This regulator never sleeps, never rune down, and it has no weights, no springs. It regulatea the temperature from 40 to 109 degrees. Tou don't have to get up at I or 8 o'clock te shake your furnace or open the draft The Marvel does this tor Mou at any time of the day or night Just set the Indicator at any time you need the extra heat and if there Is any ooal In the furnace the Marvel will d the rest. - The Omaha Stove Repair Works. 1W-I Douglas street, has one set up in its show room and many people visit this store to see how much more than human a bit of mechanism can be. The offices of the modern business man must be properly equipped with furniture of character. First Impression in the office of a man who Is seeking to da business with a visitor Is many points In getting a deal closed. Business men of progress realise this fact and they do not heststate tor an Instant In spending plenty ot money to have beautiful, san itary desks, fine wood filing eases, excel lent sectional bookcases and other equip ment that will lend a good first Im pression. : Off ioe furniture In order t make the office look Inviting and give a tone of substantial business must be correct In design, harmonious In finish and dependable In service. The firm of Miller, Stewart ft Beaton company la equipping many ot the new offices la the Woodmen ot the World and Omaha State bank buildings with their excellent business furniture. This firm carries fine line ot modern office furniture. If the owner leads a contractor to be lieve that performance by the time fixed In the contract will not be required, thereby Inducing the contractor to ex pend money and material in completing the work, recovery of oompanaatlon can not be defeated on account of failure to complete on time. Bastrop & Austin Bayou Rice Growers' association vs. Cochran. 13S S. W. (Tex.). 1181 One contracting to construct work ac cording to plans and specifications can not, In the absence of fraud or mistake, excuse nonperformance on account ot defects In the' plans and specifications. Bastrop & Austin Bayou Rice Growers' association vs. Cochran, 13$ S. W. (Tex), 1188. .' 4 fe 3 J t a I "V i 'ifti k l 1. im.. ii VfV" . '.". RESIDENCE OF F. The extensive use of tile in this house is "one , pf the features which make it most attractive. It Is one of the- few bouses In the city with a porch floor of tile. This floor Is of gray quarry tiling which is, as lasting as it Is beautiful. Two pretty tile fireplaces-and hearths are on the pretty' floor in the library and ' i A. BR043AN, FORTT-FIRST AND DAVENPORT STREETS. living rooms. In the vestibule is ' a creamy tile floor pf tasteful design. Tile vestibules are rapidly increasing In the better class of homes In Omaha of late. In one of the rooms on the second floor Is a third tile fireplace. The two bath rooms are also floored with tile. This la one ef the most complete jobs In the city and was executed by Milton Rogers A Sons Co. Even in the very best homes this Omaha firm can handle the work as expertly as any foreign concern. Many hundreds of homes have been tiled by this old firm and excellent specimens of this work may be found Is many hotel lobbies, bank rooms r4 i piih!iQ build ings, ' Landlord: Don't build a flat without putting a Kewanee Garbage Burner in it. It doesn't cost a great deal, but it adds fifty per cent to the renting value of your building. It is a standing advertise ment for you. It will take the place of a lot of fancy and expensive fixings. People are asking for Health as well as comfort. They know that flics, rats, mice, filth, garbage and debris mean disease and unlimited misery. They know that this garbage burner keeps them all away. They arc free from the smells and polluted atmosphere that hang around the garbage can. They arc free from 'thegdrbage man and his horrible cart,. And you've got to remember that while this garbage burner b burning the garbage it is heating the water in your hot water tank and saving ydufronf 25 to 40 per cent on your summer and winter fuel bill. That's worth thinking about. The Kewanee Garbage Burner burns fresh garbage without odor. It is a blessing and an economy, not a burden or a nuisance. Better look into it, now, landlord, and be prepared for the advance of Sanitary Science. Kewanee, Illinois Makers ef ' BRICK-SET STEEL FIREBOX BOILERS, RADIATORS, TANKS' AND KEWANEE WATER HEATING GARBAGE BURNERS Kewanee B fvPANY I Bran&ei: ITsw YoUs, Chicago, St Louts, Kansas City and log Aagelei ! fj