r
THE AWE
HOUE AJND G
1 A ft A ft & A !.i
1 14 Mi JS hi IV, Si fi- '
f A
s vsm t
iVl E
mjL HO
I 'v. V A' U f. , ,
-jsr -sar
"WEIL ORDERED HOME MAN'S BEST DESIRE TO MAKE"- JoItnsonSS
C gm)' r aMTiHiinnnr -t -laaMascg.'iniuMmm num in in i iiiim m m i t- - n-i- -wtnm 'nii"-- Bsj
DESIGNED BY JACK. MAN LEY PwOSE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Vr y
j HE very limiting of a well-ordered nud Ideal Home is
j a subject to which wo have given thought and mature
judgment and the greatest enthusiasm for the past year.
And we present to
our readers what we
believe to be the fin
est solution of the
homcbuilder's prob
lem a solution
well considered and
adequately suited to
conform to the de
mands of modern
life ; n home not without luxury, but com
prising every simple comfort : primarily
a country home within the city limits.
The demands of high living arc met
here, and the appeal of simple living
also. In the good outline of the house,
framed in its charming garden and
grounds, in the carefully planned in
terior, harmoniously furnished, is both
1 1 to acme of good taste, and the familiar
contours of a real home. A man well
blessed with worldly goods could live
hero with pride and respect among his
neighbors, a struggling city worker
would find his problem of existence
lightened in this home, and nu aesthetic
whoso desire for the beautiful has mado
average dwelling unattractive to him,
would here realize the homo of his
dreams all the joys of a country
home on the confines of a city lot.
WE do not believo that there is one
need of tho average home-builder
that not met here, nor one inch of
ground or room not utilized to the best
advantage. Every expense, exclusive of
costs of Ihe building lot, title searches,
of tho grading of a property not ideally
situated and leveled, of tho public serv
ice companies, or city, for bringing gas,
water, etc., from the street to the house,
of a superintending architect, and tho
actual cost oL tho home lurni
ture, has been considered and
noted. Outside of such ex
penses there aro no extras in
tho cost of the Ideal Home, a
fact greatly appreciated by
thoso who havo previously
builded to their sorrow.
Every economy has been
taken ndvautago of and yet
y nothing is skimped to mar
tho whole effect.
Wo aro locating tho Ideal
Home, for tho purpose
of discussion, just with
in tho city limits of
either a great metropo
lis or a small town,
where tho air is pure to
nrcatno and a man
jl .?7"'"'V f ?i ftf' 1 T..
V. -5V ' Oj
ii .- t O!
I b-"--(3p,p 07.) '. I U i:
rS-s (O ftl ti
i( ySv lusrl calaci
J 1 I V. J-ii. f . . '"" "" i
I . . ,lJ Inl la?
Jy . : r"f Is
" I x x n. m. K T
Ground Plan of the IDEAL HOME
may own enough ground to comfortably seclude himself
c I.!,. l 1.1 1 l n 1
num ins iiL-.iiu.il. uuijjiiuors, a reai requisite ol a nomo
and one so seldom considered. In doing so we reduce to a minimum tho
cost of transporting building materials, which lowers tho estimate of tho
job. Wo aro developing from Hat uninteresting building lots a homo com
plete in itself, doing away with tho
bare, unsettled aspect so common to
new residences and their grounds. If
ono is so fortunate as to bo building on
a tract already relieved from ugliness
by growth of somo sort, a certain
amount can be saved from the cost of
laying out tho grounds, but tho average
home-builder's problem generally con
cerns itself with the beautifying of
building lots newly laid out and boast
ing no more than a coating of grass
and a row of very young' sliado trees
along the sidewalk line.
AS you approach the Ideal Homo
from your trolley, subway or rail
road station, or in your automobile,
you will find tho outward aspect wholly
satisfying and delightful. Tho houso
itself is long and rambling, and faces
its own pretty gardens, endwise to the
street. This gives you not only the
greatest amount of space about your
house, (but allows for a satisfactory
cutting up of tho grounds in case en
croaching developments make it ad
vantageous to sell or dispose of n por
tion of the property). For if you aro
paying taxes on your entire plot of
ground, why not enjoy every inch of
it? This is tho idea wo aro carrying
out for you a country place, com
pletely developed within tho boundaries
of tho city. Tho average houso faces
tho street occupying all tho lot front
savo n driveway on ono sido and a little
grass plot on tho other. Tho tiny
front lawn shows some earo gener
ally, but tho part of tho property
helium tho house is considered
"back yard," a phico of
clothes poles, ash cans and
trodden down turf, Wo are
malting a garden of it, a gar
den that your own houso faces
and enjoys. Tho privet hedge
completely encircling tho place
and left to grow at least, five
feet high, though it 'h better nt
seven, gives tho grounds n de-
ligmtul leenng ot seclusion.
Tho long low lines of tho Eng-
Jisli root, with its deep over
hang, casts a pleasing shadow
on tho rough walls. The warm
neutral tan of tho stucco
and tho rich brown stain of
shingled roof and trim in
their setting of green foli
ago is not only charming
and quaint but dignified
and imposing according
it is considered. Lom
(Continucd on Pago 14)
to tho view point from which
bardy poplars planted in a
am