. Health in home and town. people should be preserved as nationaltreasures. 5. Two thirds of the people of New York City live in tenements. 6. The dangers of overcrowding are the lack of air, light, cleanliness,and the presence of disease and fire. 7. It is better to avoid building too closely than it is to improveconditions afterwards. Questions. — 1. What can we do to make our neighborhood moreattractive? 2. Have you seen any yards or window-boxes planted and cared forby boys and girls? 3. Are there any beautiful residences in your vicinity? What helpsto make them beautiful? 4. Have you seen
. Health in home and town. people should be preserved as nationaltreasures. 5. Two thirds of the people of New York City live in tenements. 6. The dangers of overcrowding are the lack of air, light, cleanliness,and the presence of disease and fire. 7. It is better to avoid building too closely than it is to improveconditions afterwards. Questions. — 1. What can we do to make our neighborhood moreattractive? 2. Have you seen any yards or window-boxes planted and cared forby boys and girls? 3. Are there any beautiful residences in your vicinity? What helpsto make them beautiful? 4. Have you seen a model tenement house with plenty of light andair? 5. What are good arrangements for securing pure drinking waterand keeping food fresh at summer camps and cottages? III. THE ROOMS OF THE HOUSE As the body is to the mind,So is the house to the body. Old English Motto. Houses in the Olden Times. — Houses built onehundred or even two hundred and fifty years ago arestill standing. They contained few conveniences. There. A Colonial Kitchen were no water-works except the pump, and noplumbing to worry about. There were no gas-pipes toleak, as candles supplied the light. Coal-bills and fur-naces gave no trouble as all the fuel was cut on thefamily wood-lot, and burned in the great open fireplace. 22 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN The Twentieth Century House. — The modern housenot only provides shelter, but contains many conve-niences for lighting, heating, cooking, ventilating, andbathing. It should be dust-proof and sound-proof, fire-proof and vermin-proof. Especially should it be health-ful and beautiful. The Plan of the House. — In order to have a conve-nient house it is necessary to follow a satisfactory a single, detached house, the hall, living-room,dining-room, kitchen, and closets are usually on the firstfloor. On the second floor are located the bedroomsand bath-room. In the basement are the cellar andvegetable-closet. In apartment houses, one or moreapartments are
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