OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER l(0, 11)12.
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ALL THE COMFORTS OF -HOME
Condensed and Canned in Few
"Three-in-One" Apartment.
A NATIONAL CAPITAL NOVELTY
Homes that Are Different
87 ArUiur O. Clausen, Architect.
Some Details of tbe Condensation
and tke Skill Displayed la
Arranging Keceaaalea at
Home Life.
A good many years ago a song writer
evolved a popular ballad, the refrain of
which contained the line "It's Just a
Small Room, But Its Home." That
writer was something of. a prophet with
out being aware of the fact. One-room
homes, containing living room, bedroom,
bath, kitchen and clothes closet, are the
latest development in concentrated apart
mentstabloid residences, as It were
and there Is every prospect that Wash
. ingtonians will be given the opportunity
of living in them before a great many
months.
Builders of the new style of compressed
living quarters claim for the plan that
It will practically eliminate housework,
thus giving those who occupy the
"apartments" the same liberties they
would enjoy in a high-priced hotel, and
j at the same time leave them "all tbe
j comforts of home," to be obtained sim
ply by pressing buttons and performing
a few feats of modem legerdemain.
Out of the modern demand for concen
tration and efficiency In condensation
has come this new wonder, which, for
want of a better name, Is known at pres
ent as the "throe-ln-one apartment," or
the one-room suite.
On what is apparently the best of
foundations, the inventors assert the new
apartment will reduce housework to the
absolute minimum, lower rents and save
space, all without crowding, without any
1 sacrifice of privacy and under the best
of sanitary conditions. In the new apart
ment there will be no more cooking, dish
washing, sweeping, dusting or wrestling
with the servant girl problem. There will
' e nothing, in short, except the occupa
tion of making home life as attractive
"as It can possibly be made, unless, of
course, the housewife, voluntarily
chooses to assume labors which might
as well be disposed of by mechanical
means.
, Stewet of ihf Scheme.
The word "apartment" is a misnomer,
since the new style of home can be In
stalled in a cottage, bungalow, flat or
residence In any place at all where there
is one room of average Bize. The term
is employed here, however, for the rea
son that a company has been formed in
Washington to erect an apartment build
ing, In which the new "three-in-one" will
be used exclusively.
Reversible and convertible furniture,
which swings on strong pivots set per-
pendlcularly into the wallB, is the secret
of the "three-in-one. " Simply1 by releas
ing a lock and swinging a section of the
wall, one may convert the apartment
from a beautiful dining room to a cozy
living room or library. Another turn of
another section will add the charm of
a music room, with piano and music
cases, to the library.
Yet another swinging of the' wall sec
tion will, conceal all traces of din
ing room, living room, music room and
library, and convert the apartment 'Into
a bed room. Any number of combina
tions Is possible with the equipment. A
physician or other professional man,.,for
instance, may occupy a room as his office
during the day and convert it into a
living room by evening and a bed. room
by night without disturbing the arrange
ment of his office in the. Iea3t.
Like all modern apartments, the trans
formation one-room suite has a bath and
kitchen. Both, In reality, are a part of
the same big room, so far as the mere
division of floor space is concerned. They
are separated from each other, however,
not only by partitions, but by a hall af
fording access to the general public hall
The bath is complete in every detail, and
the kitchen ha a gas stove, sink, re
frigerator and all manner' of hooks and
cabinets for utensils, dishes and other
things necessary in the kitchen. Access
to bath and kitchen is afforded by sep-
. arate doors opening directly from the
main room. -
All Necessaries on Hand.
Where buildings devoted exclusively to
the new one-room suite have been built
the owners and operating company will
furnish everything necessary for house
keeping, if tenants so desire. This in
I eludes not only furniture, but such Items
1 as cut glass, silverware and decorative
details Of the home. There Is also a gen
eral kitchen and laundry 1n the basement,
. with which communication is maintained
1 through speaking tubes, ' telephones and
'a dumb-waiter.
The general kitchen is presided over
Jby 'a chef employed by the owning com
paoy and Is equipped with facilities for
I supplying all wants of the tenants. If
j the housewife does not feel like under
taking the task of preparing a meal, she
simply telephones her order to the chef,
who prepares the dinner and sends it up
by the dumb-waiter. When the meal is
ended the dishes can be placed In the
dumb-waiter and sent back to the kitchen
to be washed.
An objection in small apartments of
this kind has been poor ventilation, but
jthai problem seems to have been solved
by the Inventors of the one-room suite.
jNot only is each apartment equipped
with devices for circulating the air, but
jthe receiving closets Into which the furni
ture is turned when not in use, are ven
itilated thoroughly. The folding beds also
I are constructed in such a manner that
they are ventilated through and through
every day, although they are locked in
the. receiving cabinets and are out of
sight as well as out of mind.
Sweeping has no place in the lexicon
if the "three-ln-one apartment" All the
work usually classified as sweeping is
done by vacuum cleaners, operated by
servants employed by the company. The
apartments are rented by the month, and
a tenant upon leasing has only to buy
Jhls groceries and meats, for the com
pany furnishes everything else, including
furniture, dishes, kitchen utensils, bed
and table linen, heat, light, Ice in fact,
all the Items of the well-equipped apart
ment Two Is Compaar, Thlee a, Crowd.
For two people the three-ln-one suites
ordinarily are sufficient for all 1 needs.
Tor the accommodations of larger fami
lies, or for a family that has much' enter
taining to do; especially having" .guests
staying all night a flve-ln-two apart
ment will afford the opportunity of pri
' vacy, which, for more tna ntw people,
is lacking in the three-ln-one. Those win,
live . in ' hotels tnot Infrequently find it
necessary to rent extra rooms to enter
tain guests who come for an indefinite'
stay. -
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Types or styles in domestic architec
ture develop by gradual evolutions the
same as everything else In the world. A
few years ago the bungalow was little
known. Homes were then of two kinds,
the tall square full two-story type mostly
of colonial design and the low cottage
type with slanted ceilings' In the socond
story rooms. Many homes In both styles
are built today, the former having be
come more dignified and the latter more
picturesque.
Congested conditions in large cities, the
necessity of many people being nearer
their place of business, but who still de
sire more of a home than a hotel, but
who have little time and less inclination
to look after the chores of a home such
as earing for lawns, washing windows
and looking after the heating plant
finally resulted in that modern achieve
ment of home planning, the flat building.
While no one would call a flat homelike,
many of them are marvels of conveni
ence. They are not a place in which to
raise children or parrots for while all
normal people love children and can
stand alt the noise that their own make,
they always become greatly distressed
at the noise made by other people's chil
dren. The general rule among real estate
agents to keep children out of flats Is
really a kindness to the children.
Flats as homes have received many
Jocular Jibes, such as calling them "cliff
dwellings," "complete homes in a space
hardly wide enough for a dog to wag his
tall,"' while one man is quoted as saying
that he "had to go out doors when he
wanted to smile because he lives In a
flat." Still, as examples of convenience
of a home arranged all on 'one floor,
they are unsurpassed. People who have
lived in flats realize their convenience,
but" one of ' the' further advantages of
windows on all sides, more light and air
and the added beauty of a lawn with
trees and flowers receive the idea of
building the flat detached with Its own
basement roof and heating plant, then
someone remembered having seen similar
homes In the southwestern .part of the
country where selsmatic disturbances
made it practical to build as low as pos
sible and the heat of the sun made it
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possible to build the eaves as wide as
possible in order to protect the walls, with
the modern bungalow resulting from the
combination of these things.
In the northern parts of the country Jt
was discovered that the one floor de
tached flat or bungalow through greater
exposure to the weather required more
heat; also that the extra cost of root
and foundation when the means were
limited was hard to become reconciled
to. Out of these facts have grown what
Is known as the two-story bungalow.
Two-story bungalows at first were rather
unattractive and Impractical through try
ing to preserve the Jow roof effect and
still by the use of dormers obtain the
use of bedrooms t on the second floor.
These bedrooms had low, slanted ceil
ings and In the summertime were hot
Someone was finally brave enough to
raise the roof a little and the illustration
accompanying these articles has been se
lected as an example of the low, attract
ive roof lines giving a rather bungalow
effect that can be obtained and still have
full height, square celling rooms on the
second floor. This type of home could
not be called a cottage for it contains
practically the same amount of room as a
two-story home. It is plainly not a full
two-story house nor a one-story bunga
low. Until a better name for it Is found
it will have to be known as the modern
development of the two-story bungalow
idea.
There are times when a bedroom on the
first floor is a great convenience, but not
always needed. This condition is fie
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den with a davenport In It Sometimes
a closet and toilet room off this den
makes ( the arrangement complete.
Homes of the two-story bungalow type
should have a variety of materials on
the exterior appropriately chosen for pic
turesque effect. To build the entire Wall
surface of one material such as elding,
shingles, cement, stucco or brick Is
monotonous and while the one material
Idea can be carried out successfully on
homes of classlo or colonial style It does
not develop the picturesque effects neces
sary for attractiveness on homes of the
cottage or bungalow type. An appropri
ate place to change the materials of the
first and second stpry is at the top of
the first-story wondows; here a plain
board or moulded course extending en
tirely around the house makes a neater
division. In this little home cement
stucco was used on the first story with
shingles laid In alternate courses of two
Inches and three Inches to the weather
on the second story. The foundation was
of natural blue gray limestone laid Ash
ler Bond. The first story was pearl gray
cement obtained by using white cement
and fine graveL The shingles on the
second story gables and dormer walls are
of a medium brown, a little darker than
the stickley craftsman brown. The roof
shingles are a very dark olive green, the
chimney gives a touch of brilliant color
with Its dark red brick while the trim
mings, suoh as cornice, porch posts, win
dow casing etc., are painted cream
white, so creamy in fact that were the
paint placed beside a pure white it would
look yellow and still not so yellow that
It .appears so in connection with other
colors. Pure white is a cold color and
cold colors should be avoided as much as
possible.
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commencing Monday, October Twenty-first.
Monday we throw open that which has already been acknowledged the most ex
quisitely appointed and most generally modern Talking Machine Dept. In the West Spe
cial sound proof booths of highly artistic design will be used as demonstration quarters;
boothB built with the requirements of talking machines in view, acoustically perfect.
Every model VICTROLA made will bo on exhibition and sale; every record issued
by The Victor Co. will be here; everything will be arranged for the modern, scientific
handling of VICTROLA trade.
We crave a visit from you early often hear
you are bent on purchasing or not.
the late VICTOR records whether
Particular stress is laid
on our captivating ex
hibit ol the late styled
m idir!as
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"The Entertainers of Millions."
Then, too, the stock of Victor Records here is
complete to the last number issued.
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Send Check or Money Order
for $6.00 to C. M. Gordon, Cali
fornia, Mo., and get barrel of
pure sweet cider t 13 He per
gallon, yon pay freight. Only
good clean apples nsed.
SUNDAY BEE NOT
COMPLETE WITHOUT
COLORED COMIO
SUPPLEMENT.
The Twentieth Century Farmer
Is the leading Agricultural Journal of the weal. Its columns are
filled with the best thought of the day In matters pertaining to
the farm, the ranch and tbe orchard, and It Is factor In the
development of the great western country.
ants from four and seven rooms to one
and two enables four people to live In a
lss space than Is now occupied by two.
If anything more condensed Is Invented
by Yankee geniuses, it must be up and
down, with extra apartments hung onto
the walls like hanging gardens, or sus
pended from the roof like a sailor's hammock.
These "one-room suites" occupying 800
square feet of floor space, equipped with
pntent furniture, offer the following con
veniences for each suite:
A living room, a dining room, a bed
room, a buffet kitchen, a large ventilated
clothes closet, an entrance hall and a
bathroom.
The Eanfpmrat.
The fitting and furnishings are: A com
bination writing desk and bookcase when
used as a living room and out of the way
when used as a bedroom,' a sideboard
in the room when used as a dining room
and out when used as a bedroom.
A dresser in the room when a bedroom
and out of the room when a living or
dining room; a dressing room In the
clothes closet sufficiently large for use;
a telephone, a wall vault for jewelry
silver and valuables, a wardrobe couch,
a set of genuine Havlland china of dainty
pattern, a full set of silver, a dosen linen
napkins, towels and tablecloths, a dining
room radiator in each apartment to keep
dishes and food hot; a bed with double
deck springs containing 200 coils, a fine
curled mattress, sheets,' pillowcases,
blankets, electric curling iron, gas or
electric stove, full set of aluminum
cooking utensils, a refrigerator, kitchen
sink, a washtub, a clothes dryer and a
wire, basket m which all dirty dishes are
Uiiacea ana sent on aumo-waiter to tne
jjnaln kitchen, where the basket with the
jplshes is . passed through caldrons- filled
with boiling water, rinsed in a spray of
clean hot water, sterilized in a jet of
steam, returned hot and dry to the pan
try In very short time without being
touched by a band.
Besides the above a telephone girl will
save guests mucn annoyance by receiv
ing and delivering messages and by get
ting the party on the other end of the
line. And a maid thoroughly cleans the
apartment eai'h week. The future apart
ments, large or small, will be furnished,
equipped, heated, lighted and ready for
the family to move In with only their
wearing apparel, trinkets and keepsakes,
and move out, taking with them no part
of the furnishings. The family renting in
the modern apartment building will enter
and leave the same as the traveler now
enters and leaves our leading hotels.
Washington Star.
"THE BIG SKEEZE"
INVADES THE COUNTRY
Its Medical Name Is Coryza and It Is
Specially Fond of Women in
Low Necked Gowns.
' "Everybody's getting coryza, or soon
will be." declared the head of the Depart
ment of Contagious Diseases of the City
Health Bureau. The disease makes an
attack at this time of the year, and Is
particularly severe on women who wear
low cut gowns. Coryza Is termed "the
big sneeze"
When the tip of your nose starts to
blush, when your Hps and the roof of
your mouth begin to feel dry and hard,
and your eyes fill up with tears for no
apparent reason, you've got coryza, or
rather coryza has got you.
' Coryza comes Just when the time has
arrived to change underwear. Many meet
It when sitting at the open windows of
street cars. Particularly, say the Health
Department physicians, does ooryia at
tack women In low neck gowns Just after
they have danced.
That is why they believe coryza will be
a society epidemic. Coryza, however,
goes every place where there Is thick
black smoke. The smoke produces a car
bonic gas, the physicians say, which Is
the principal article of diet for the sol
diers of coryza' s army. Herald.
1 Dr. Humphrey's "Seventy-seven" for
Grip and Colds meets the epidemic condi
tion and breaks up the disease. At all
Drug Stores 23c.
Humphra? Homwi. Medldn Co., Cor. William
nd Ana StneU, fw Yrk. AdYertlnmeot,
"The Onion Pacific is the Best Road
Over Which I Have Ever Ridden"
Is the statement attributed by The Salt Lake
Tribune of October 8, 1912, to a high official
of one of the prominent eastern lines. Coming
from such a source, this worthy tribute to the
physical features of the West's greatest rail
road, carries much weight.
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The Union Pacific is doubled tracked three
fourths of the way to Ogden, is protected all
the way to California by Automatic Electric
Block Safety Signals, is ballasted with dustless
Sherman gravel, and is laid out in long easy
stretches, free from sharp curves and steep
grades. The recent addition of a nuifiber of
large and powerful passenger engines of the
newest type has further strengthened its motive
power. ; ' '
The above features, and many others that con
tribute to safe and comfortable railroad travel,
have given to the Union Pacific its title
Standard Road of the West
CERRIT FORT, P. T. M.
OMAHA. NEBRASKA