. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . d uninjured through a severeearthquake, when the walls would be stripped of ordinarylime. All the rooms are plastered, down to the floor. Theceilings of the living-room, diiiing-room, and entrance-hallare coved. CHIMNEYS The mortar for the chimneys was gaged with many cities this is required by law to give strengthto the chimneys. As an added precaution against the dan-ger of the chimneys falling from earthquake shocks,
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . d uninjured through a severeearthquake, when the walls would be stripped of ordinarylime. All the rooms are plastered, down to the floor. Theceilings of the living-room, diiiing-room, and entrance-hallare coved. CHIMNEYS The mortar for the chimneys was gaged with many cities this is required by law to give strengthto the chimneys. As an added precaution against the dan-ger of the chimneys falling from earthquake shocks, theyare supported on each side by a two-by-four-inch joist. S u i? !>? e s t i o n s on B u i 1 d i n er 43 Fireside enjoyments—home-born happiness. —Cowper FINISH The finish is mountain pine, cut slashed-grain, and welldressed. It is light, beautiful, and inexpensive. Suchprettily grained wood should not be covered with natural grain can hardly be improved. BOOKCASES AND MANTEL The bookcases are built in, with adjustable shelvesthat can be arranged according to the size of the books tobe placed in them. These are more artistic than movable. A Comer of the Living-Room bookcases, and are less expensive. For economy and fit-ness, the mantel also is built of the finishing portion of the walls of the living-room back of thebookcases is finished six feet high, like the dining-room,with paneled wainscoting. This forms the back of thebookcases, and a pretty finish above them. 44 Home and Health Every wise woman buildeth her house. Prov. 14:1 WINDOW-SEATS The window-seats are fitted with blind panel drawersfor photographs and curios. A lid is liable to split orwarp. The space between the seat and window casing is
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