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FOUR ROOMS ENOUGH.

MR. ARCHITECT: Dear Sir,-Once, in conversation with you, I made some inquiries
as to the feasibility of building houses, especially of brick, with reference to future
enlargement. My present ambition is bounded by a house of four rooms. One in which all
the household work shall be done, including the eating. It shall contain the cooking-stove,
the dining-table, laundry conveniences, etc., and may be called kitchen, dining-room,
laboratory, or simply work-room. An apartment to be used solely on account of its
facilities for doing house-work. It should be of good size, and a pleasant outlook is
desirable, but not necessary. A second room for ordinary and extraordinary use; to sit in,
to talk in, to read and write and visit in; the books are kept in it, and the sewing-machine,
the piano and the flower-stand, the birdcage and the pictures; a large, pleasant room,
where the sunlight loves to shine in upon us and we love to look out upon the sunshine. It
is parlor, library, drawing-room, living room; in fact, it is the house itself, to which
everything else is accessory. A family sleeping-room, sunny, simple, and airy, and a
guest-room of similar character, complete the establishment. More than these four
principal rooms would be a burden, less would hardly suffice for comfortable living. The
problem is to arrange a plan that shall be convenient and complete before it begins to
grow, and to which future additions may be made without serious loss. I also want
counsel concerning ventilation, both on general principles and with reference to the


unfortunate box in which I am daily compelled to breathe my own breath over and
over, variously flavored with the commingled exhalations of sixty pupils, with whom I
grow cross, restless, or stupid, according to the state of the school-room atmosphere. I
believe it is just as wicked to allow children to breathe impure air in their school-rooms or
their bedrooms as it would be to put poison in their dinner-pails and require them to
swallow it.
My friend, Mrs. John, takes a kindly interest in my quadruple plan, and assures me it
will be quite sufficient for a sensible housekeeper. Do you suppose such a one can be
found?
If convenient, I will call upon you in a few days.
Truly yours,
SCHOOLMASTER.


LETTER XXXV.
From Mrs. John.

 

 
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