Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 30, 1909, Page 14

THE OMAHA . 909. 7 B NEWS OF THE BUSY HOME 'BUILDERS The Difference between borrowing money on a ‘‘straight mortgage’’ and the ‘‘monthly payment plan’’ is vital. If you bor- row money on a ‘‘straight mnrtgagc" due in five or ten years you worry every day in the year, for every day hrmpze you nearer to the date upon which the mort« gage will be due. If you borrow money from us on onr mont,hlv pay- The Overcoated House is the Coming Fashion is si 3 i ment plan every day is a day of joy, for as each month i | By this sxmplc and nexpensive goes by your loan becomes smaller and in a few years ' process an old frame house may the home is your own. X | be made to look like a new stone Which is the best plan? | dwelling and last much longer. It will be more comfortable in omaha Loafl & Bllildillfl ASS[I. winter with less fuel and much S. E. Cor. 16th and Dodge Streets. cooler in summer. Geo. W. Loomis, Pres. G. M. Nattinger, Secy. and Treas, W. R. Adair, Ass't. Sec'y. D= DI1G - M12 S2.< Apply E ‘ pply Expanded Metal Lath Assets, $2,500,000.00. Reserve, $60,000.00, / AT P;L;Ji C CLAOCSESST ARCHITECT and plaster with Cement Mortar, ‘ s— — under directions, sent free to any address upon request. ‘ Northwestern Expanded Metal Co. Fe“ce Your Lawn | 84 Van Buren Street, Chicago CC AL, 1&% 149 : WESTERN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. NOTHING i METAL co. ADDS MORE TO YOUR PROPERTY c- vv - H U LL co. w THAN A FINE IRON ENCE. WE MAKE ANY KIND OF FENCE. SEE N | US FOR DESIGNS AND PRICES. : : : L AN 1G e ANCHOR FENCE CO. 205-7 NORTH 17TH STREET, OMAHA, NEB. Tried and Time Tested A durable light weight roofing for fiat or steep surface on Store Buildings, Ware- houses, Factories, Barns, Sheds, Farm Buildings, etc. Applied with a liberal guarantee by a responsible concern. Sunderfand Roofing and Supply Co. 1006-8-10 Douglas Streat Phoaes: Doug. 871; A 1225 -2 co . lexia-¢ re—r Call Us by ‘Phone I{e;mfly Yc;nr Lawns With Oor Wire and Iron Fences and Gllcs; Trellises for Vines, Tree Guards Lawn Vases, > Pactory 15th and Jackson—17 So. 16th St. Whonevet you Wit HITOR POSTS, WINDOW GUARDS, 'Smetlhmgzcsm ‘rdone : ouglas 2 an nake CLOTEES POSTS, CHICKEN FENCE % s Send for Catalogue, GREEN FPURNACES, it known (::ouxh . “The Xiud That Satisfys Bee Want Ad. Come in and see a good furnace ‘ CH AMPION FENCE COMPANY which- 18 a combination of all the mod- t ern features of furnace construction A. MUNROB, Bee Wani Ads Produce Results R Phones D. 4066 Ind. A-4392 Solvmg the Home Building Problem Arthur ©. Clausen, Architect. Note—For several Sundays answers to | questions of general interest on home | building will be given. | Question-—-Is a cottage practical for a small home? | E & % i’ Answer—Sentiment and reason both point b | | i |tical? Why is it called gambrel? | Answer s been the | most popular style for a small cottage for tions. The first examples of THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER °n {8 the author of a ||several ed book containing designs of modern nes are found principally in New | York and Pennsylvania, it having been {| Bomes, comy plans for _which : i fo Bee readers at || very popular with the early Dutch settlers to the cottage as the ideal American home. » | reduced prices. The book Is entl- ||of those states. Its close assock vi Life in & cottage, lived in a simple way, [| tied : g § Wl alppen. Hin een Apmcaiion. Wik the early Dutch settlers has given it the does not mean an aimless life, lived In al- | 4 most rustic primitiveness. Simplicity does | not mean barrenness, and an ideal cottage home need not lack any of the conven- lences and comforts that are an insepara- | ble part of our modern life. “Simplicity is the terminal point of all progress,” says Ruskin, to which Charles Wagner adds, | “One need not necessarily be rich to give grace and charm to his habitation.” The simplest home to plan, the simplest home to design and bulld, the simplest to decorate, furnish and live in, is & cottage. Still there are very fe mplete, well ar- | ranged and well designed cottage homes. This deplorable fact is due mainly to two | reasons: First, ‘the cottage, because of its THE ART, SCIENOE AND SENTL || p i e “Dutel MENT OF EOME BUILD somewhat misleading name of “Dutch NG, i Colonial,” many of the details having be: — borrowed from the color yles of New 46 Chapters—a00 Nlustrations. England. The principal characteristic of | the gambrel roof is the broken gable, the | A beautiful and practical book con- roof on the lower part of the gables being talning complete information on the at a much steeper pitch than the upper planning and designing of every kind piaining and dasls o part. It derives its name, “gambrel,” from on that popular stvie of howe aee || the fact that tne point made at the in- American Bungalow, also the Two. tersection of the two slants to the roof - r Story Bungalow, BU: \UAKO\\S | resembles the gambrel on a horse's hind BUIL FOR TWC omes of Dis- thnctive Character, leg. siven an awkward ap- . . 7 g Th w d 1 lled the 1 t Ces, ' porchoa, kitchens, - pantrios, Tiee in] € New 1ncandescen amp, calle e lungsien popularity, has drifted into the cold calcu- fing of Contracte, the Drasins 547 gambrel gable to the lower slant. The of Home Bullding, the Sentiment of is not governed by any set rule, | always good sellers. Reduced to a purely || Bild to readers of Whe Bee, 31, e business proposition, the cottage suffers architect. Studio, 1013 Lu,,,h.,.” Xy dows of varlous styles are used to a large n. extent in the Jesign of a gambrel roofed veniences that are necessary to make It| .o | house and ad, ¢ . . homelike. The second reason 18 & 1ack of | bur sty Lover proh PArts Of the house, | siderably to t e ]IL ft 65 CentS It Wlll pa-y you to Inakc the lnveStInenty ouse a paying in- | . . for themselves, of the proper arrangement |the architectural beauty wrought by 4 b th 1 th d bl th of the rooms and inabllity to adapt to| Question—How can I be .~\n.(g Im :r]u":rl‘“ii 1d a a4 ecause 1S amp glves more an ou e € should a duplex The roof on a cottage of this style has —t construction, articles on what certain relation of the lllwn-r lant of a | -4 1 e Tos i i o ' 40 Watt 32 C. P. is offered to every user of electric Home llulhlmn ete., ete. Price, post ds upon the d ner's judgment | L EEea———— h B Wake e srmtimant yhioh gee- || Cidnon Tenaar b o = o to us and we will sell you this wonderful lamp at | but should never be allowed to completely iex nouse & pa ,h,",,,»»‘ thelr interior arrangement an exterior de-|good lot? Is a lot on the outskirts of the | d”!'“rx S i light and burns ICSS electricity, Compared tO the uble to do with the desig Many nnl to do in bullding a home, the Let- many cottages are built to sell. They are . . DA o rendars of e Bes, i dons light at our cost price. Return the old style lamp vides the many little detalls and con-| T ——| house and if pror they add con- knowledge on the part of those who build|cover it. Viues should enhance, not hide, ch to build a duplex sign that will be in harmony and at-[city as desirable as one nearer the busi- i tractive. ness center? Answe | planned, is the combination of all the com- > 1 Question—Would & tower look well on a| ANswer—This must be chosen according | ld t 1 16 C I = e it e i 5 s, st | Frt e . s o 4 old style . P. lamp. e advise all our cus Answer—Don't bulld a tower on a house\l“'“k of the owner. If one prefers the angeme: 1 & dupl e I.I‘ . Th"g""’:' k l } ] th L t t ;;'.““.:.21;;," 7o tha sounizy, s @ i | STV 88 SRR DRt Detan o | tomers to make the change at once 1n the interes v“m.b.. for all ,.”‘um ,M‘ if the | Té@son why they are so popular and, there- | Spbietr 4% vopisommas b e e | oo 7 7 e 0 Joer sad et | of better light and economy. balances the freedom and fresh air of the | ffom & purely business standpoint, for unless it be in the English style. Towers | | ana colonial architecture do not mix well. | The tower is practically & thing of the past. \The object of the tower is to obtain an outlook from the top of it, but when|country place the requircments are not so | Pave we not, in reality, two bungalows, | . 4 Teur Belghbars thees ouk oft Al the ouk | sesly PG The.siy sot e apt o b | one Sbove the other Dui aiding tne et | Call, writ telephone today. look, it becomes an anomaly. Towers are small, often too all to allow’ the arch- | Pense of the roof, foundation, heating plant | a’ ’ rl e' Or e e expensive to bulld, hard to heat and never look well except in the Tudor Gothie style. This does not exclude the use of angle or compass bays. | Question—What is your opinion of vines on & house? Answer—Trailing vines can be used ap- in the way of pla nd lot between them. In other words, a | will bring as much rent as separate lots, | nts. The in- {tmity to the home. Questlon—What is the {roof for a cottage? 1s a gambrel roof prac | po— | and Pow Company : I BUILD OF BRICK ‘ OWwW € r O p Select the right Face Brick and you will have a v..m.n s ; b e S A Y.M. C. A Bldg. Tel D. 1062, Ind. A. 1278 | ! HREPLACE et play room—150 panels. o ks ) We carry a stock of high grade modern artistic andirons, fire sets, spark gua grates, et Make old fireplaces look up-to-the-minute by putting in Bew fixtures. Make new fireplaces look right by instalifng oar gns. See them. Price them. Buy them. T ——— — B