Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 8, 1920, Page 10

COLONIAL TYPE AlWAYS POPULAR Hanfy Interestmg Features Incor- | porated in This Design. M:AKES CHARMING. PICTURE 4 chl‘nf Attraction Lies in Its Quaintness, Roominess and Hospitable Appear- ance—Rooms Large and Well Arranged. By W."A. RADFORD. Mr, William A. Radford wll] %uwer uestions and give advice ST on all subjects Dermlnlng to the - subject of building, for the readers of this " paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he s, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquirics to Willlam A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairle avenue, Chicago. Ill. and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. In spite of the fagt that the Dutch icolonial home is over a century old and was brought over by our onrees- ‘tors, it is as popular as it has ever been, if not more so. Originally this itype of home was found in the E but in the last few years many colo- nial homes have been built in western communities. Its ef attraction lies in its quaintness, roofnin and hos- pitable appearance. This gives it the icharms that never fail to appeal. The modern colonial home contains all the innovations of building art and stands as a link between the modern age and the duys that have passed. Who could wish for a more attrae- [The slde entrance leads into a long re- ception hall from which exit is gained to the living room on one side and the dining room ou the other. In this home the living réom is by far the most striking feature, It is unusually large, being 13 ft. 3 in. by 27 feet. An ideal place for the family to gather in the evening, The large open Second Floor Plan, fire-place of course is there, being one of the essentials house. fI'wo very large doorways open on the covered porch 10 by 14 feet, which ean be easily converted into a sleeping porch with the addition of sereens. At the very end of the living room is a wull bookcase. The dining room on the other side of the hall is almest square being 13 ft. 3 in. by 15 feet. The kitchen is di- tive home than the one shown nere. 1 rectly in back of the dining room and is slightly smaller in size, built of frame with the attractive fat- tice on the lower story and drop sid- ing abave? It presents a very charm- ing appleal to all home lovers. The side entrance which is so characteristic of this type looks like the old ‘Tashioned door with its distinctive knocker. The First Floor Plan. roof dormers have been made unus- ually attractive by the arch in the center, while green shutters contrasted with the white background add con- siderably to the general appearance. of the kltchen Is an important feature of modern construction. The large kitchen of a few years ago is no long- er found. This is particularly due to the shortage of domestic help, and the housewife cannot take carc of the large room without help. As a result the hullder has reduced the size this room and heped in doing so to make it more efiicient. The kitchen in this home Is built with all modern cquipment. Opening from the pantry onto the porch is a wall door fce box. This eliminates the ne y of the ice man walking through the kitchen and disturbing the famlily, as he can put the ice in the hox from the porch. The bedrooms are all located on the are four of them size, 13 ft. 2 . 6 inches, each with a large clothes close and lighted by at least two windows. The bathroom completes the arrangement. In view of the present shortage of homes and the crowded conditions in many localities, families who have such a home s is shown here are in- deed fortunate. Too often in the con- struction of dwellings the children are overlooked, and in many eases are not tolerated by landlords. However, they are a necessity and attractive and comfortable homes like this type, will do much in developing them into healthy men and women, .WATER LlLiES IN PROFUSION Shaw Aquatic Gardens Near Washing. ton Are One of the Sights of the National Capital. \ One of the heautiful sights of Wash- fogton is the Shaw aquatic gardens at Kenilworth, now threatened with de- struction by the Anarostia reclamation ~project. The gardens, commonly . called “the water lily farm,” lie the Anacostia, above Anacostia island, close to the district boundary line. A car runs from the treasury to the ham- let of Kenilworth, from which a quar- ter-mile walk brings one to the clus- ter of pools or small pdnds constitut- 4ng the farm. The gardens, says the Christian Sci- “ence Monitor, are the result of the en- __terprise of W. B. Shaw and his daugh- ter, Mrs. L. Helen Fowler. Their market extends from Portland, Me., to Macon, Ga., and west to Chicago, ns far, indeed, as lily blooms can travel . ‘and arrive fresh. The garden con- sistgof 19 pools, covering six acres. TThey are irregular in shape, bordered by weeds and willows and separated y dikes six to eight feet wide. Ex- T t .for their angular outlines they . might be natural. £ Noture, however. never produced in. _actually one spot so many kinds of water lilies 75 varleties—with such an amazing yange of color. Purest frost-white, all $maginable ‘pastel -tints, blues, yellows, pinks, deep carmines, royal violeis and .purples. with various shadings nd combinations, are found here dur- the season. In size they vary the tiny Siberlan water Uiy (pymaea), mo larger than a quarter, to the whitetvirginalis, ten inches in di- ameter. By some mysterious time- sense, cach variety opens and closes at its own hours between dawn and dusk, except the night-blooming lilies, which open after dusk and should be visited by moonlight. \ . Garden 6,930 Feet High. One of the most extraordinary botanical gardens in the world is that laid out at an altitude of 6930 feet. and the “Little St. Bernard,” near the valley of Aosta. This garden, established by the Inte rector of the hospice. M. Chanoux. comprises specimens of practically all mountain flora, whether it grows in the Alps. the Carpa- thians, the the Himais tains of Ameri land. It was begun‘in 1892, but was not ready for inspectioy wuntli 1807 when thesrector of the hospice in- trosted it to' the care of Professor Vacearl.—Rochester Post-Express. Japan and New Zea- What: Attracts Women, Bacon—Why are all the women so . crazy: to get.into polities, do you sup- pose? Egbert—Oh, T guess they've heard about all the ‘bargains’ there are in ‘em. i Staying on Watch. “Not going away this suramer?” “And leave my husband alone with two cases of liquor in the cellar? 1 guess not.™ ] | in this kind of | The size | Five Minute Chats on Our Presidents i By JAMES MORGAN O: @opyright, 1920, by James Morgan.) AN UNHAPPY PRESIDENT ' 1788—John Adams elected vice president. 1792—Re-elected vice president. 1796—Elected president. 1797—Inaugurated second presi- dent, aged 61. 1800—Concluded peace with France. Defeated for sec- ond term by Jefferson. 1820—Member of Massachusetts constitutional convention. 1826—July 4, died, aged 90. ROBABLY John Adams was the unhappiest man who ever sat in | the presidential chair. One of a dozen unwanted presidents, who were faken only because the men that were want- ed could not be elected, this humble role embittered all the remaining days of the proudest man in the line of our chief magistrates. It was hard enough for Adams to ibe the understudy even of George Washingten, while serving as vice i president. When he became president it was maddening to his ego that he i should be expected to play second fid- {dle to Alexander Hamilton, the mas- ter spirit of the old governing class, left over from colonial times and which controlled the Federalist party. i The president made the fatal mis- i + take of keeping Washington’s cablneft, | John Adams. which really had passed under the control of Hamilton, who presumed to | direct the new administration, very much as a Tammany boss puts a Tam- many mayor through his paces. As Adams never had succeeded in ruling himself it was impossible for another to rule him. Like aristocracles everywhere, the Federalists were thrown into a state of panic by the French revolution and by the rise of the Jeffersonian democ- racy in our yet aristocratic republic. In thelr alarm they frantically rushed through congress the alien and sedl- tion ncts, which became only mill- gtones about their necks, sinking their party forever. Not isfled with shutting the revolution out of the New World, many of them were for join- in the Old World. In an uproarious quarrel with the absurd French direc- fory, the militia was called out and Washington summoned to command it, after which the president astonished the jingoes hy suddenly throwing them over and returning to a pacific policy. As he had been the first minister first president to take up his residence in Washington. As Mrs. (Adams had been the wife of the first American envoy in London she was also the first mistress of the White House, if for only a few months. On the way from Philadelphia she and the president lost their trall in the wikderness until a “straggling black” came to their as- sistance. The capitol was yet unfinished, and out of a desolate bog, far off, the un- finished White Touse rose to view. There was neither a fence nor a tree about theystructure, and the presi- deut’s nearest nelghbor dwelt half a mile away. Mrs. Adnms had o hard time to get wood enough to keep her family warm in the big, blenk man- sion, and she smiles at us still as her letters tell us of how she hung her washing to dry in the great east room. After sitting at his desk until mid- forestall his successor, Adams drove out of Washington at the dawning of the day of Jefferson’s inauguration. He, had no smiles to bestow on the trlumpl\ of his rival, and few enough to light his own pathway, through his remaining years. After his brave, good helpmeet had been taken from him, eight years more, lived to see what no other ex-president has seen, a son in the White House. At ninety, as he 1ay dving in the sunset of the fiftieth glorious Fourth and that his lips mur~ mured “Thomas Jefferson still sur- vives.” The author of the Declaration really had died a few hours before, and in their flight from earth the spirits of the two old patriots of '76 were strangely united agu(n_t P Subscribe for The Daily Pioneer. ing the monarchical coalition against it | to England, John Adams was also the | i gight hastily signing appointments, to he lived on Tourth of July, we are told that his thoughts turned to the first and most FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1920 LAST BLOW AT CAPITALISM Lenine’s Beautiful Scheme Puts End to All Possibility of Laying Away Any Money. Among the many strange frults of the war is the first national legislation on record that frankly champions the Prodigal Son and makes frugality not only undesirable, but also impractica- ble. This law, according to recent news from Copenhagen, has Been pro- mulgated by—yes, of course—by the inspired stutesmen of the Sovlets. They are issuing a new currency that’s guuranteed to be specific cure for all the [lls of capitalism. A differ- ent serles of notes comes out each month and every series has a different color, Besldes, a glorious innovation in finance is brought to pass through the proviso that every note becomes null, void, invalid, absolutely worthless at the expiration of the month for which it was emitted. Result: The social millenntum! All July wages. salary, profits, or income recelved in pale green July currency must be paid out by July 31. It can't be exchanged after that date for the glowing pink of August's issue; and, furthermore, it will seldom be accept- ed at its full face value, even in July, by any concern not thoroughly soviet- ized. Thus all of Comrade Lenine's oflicial, commercial, industrial, or agri- cultural undertakings are_assured of ample savings,” the creation of capital becomes ‘thenceforth impossible.—~New York Evening Post. TO WALK ACROSS COUNTRY Famous Swiss Pedestrian Will Make Exhaustive Study of Men and Conditions in America. Dr. Maxime Leuret, the Swiss globe- trotting. walker, recently arrived in this country. Dr. Leuret, a graduate in medicine of the University of Berne, has trod 4he humble path of the pedes- trlan through some 31,000 miles in Europe and the two Americas, ob- serves the Boston Transcript. Since he started his walking campaign in 1914 he has worn out over 100 stout and well-made pairs of shoes—102, to be exact, - Seeking new worlds to conquer Dr. Leuret now proposes to walk across the continent from New York to San Francisco. Moreover, it Is a “pay-as- Yyou-go” affair with the distinguished Swiss pedestrian. Spurning a walk- Ing trip with all expenses paid, he is determined to earn the expenses of his transcontinental venture by such occasional and temporary jobs as may pen to turn up. Lenret will meet and study in heir homes and villages all the types that make up the great American family. He will learn by actual con- tact, and not by reading g geography, the country's topographical features. ~ Odd Beer Labels. In certaln Amerlcan circles’ where bottled beer would readily circulate as money, If the laws were more oblig- ing, immediate approval will greet the late achievement of an Austrian brew- ery. This concern happens to be the “Krone” brewery, and that name means ‘“crown” in German. Also the present cost of such a label as the brewery has been pasting ion its bot- tled product is 10 Swiss centimes— approximately 2 American cents In normal times. But the brewery is now cnitlng down expenses and delighting connolsseursl by decorating each quart bottle with a one-crown note at a cost of 7% centimes. “Gone Are the Old Days.” We are all slaves. Wrists were made for' manactgs. One day back at the desk after a vacation and we are going through all the old motions with as much facility as if there never had been a lapse into Elysium. Yea, the pen is mightler than the mashie, the typewriter more .potent than the rac- quet, and as for the “call of the wild,” its ‘“urge” is not comparable with the Information that “the boss wants to sce you.” It was all very fine while it lasted. But its purpose was to make the harness feel a bit lighter. nd unless you had a voca- tion, there could not be such thing as vacation.—Cincinnatl Times-Star. LARGER CAPACITY OF ROAD.S Must. Be Doubled to Meet 'Augmnutln. Requirements of Transportatios ' Next Year, v § ‘We are confronted with the problent of increasing the capacity of our highways. This must be doubled to meet the augmenting requirements of the next year or two. Engineers ara wondering along what line this in- crease shall be provided. One sugges- tion is to double the width of the roads and Increase first cost and main- tenance 100 per cent. The most reason- able one is to provide a road of suffi- clent” strength to carry vehicles of 100 per cent greater capaclty for a given width of road, as the first cost of these strengthened roads would be only 10 to 20 per cent greater per mile than that of present inadequate highways, says a writer in an ex- change. In view of the fact that 50 per cent increase in hauling capacity gives a reduction of 15 per cent In transportation costs, the latter seems the wisest thing to do. Haul With Less Cost. Not only can a greater quantity ef products be hauled to market with less horse power on better highways, but there also will be a greater saving of wear and tear on the vehicles which carry the goods. N sentimentalists. 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