MODERN HOUSES.
Many women declare that all architects and house-builders must be bachelors; they insist on making houses so unnecessarily inconvenient and troublesome for the servant and the housewife. Here, says "Everyday Science," are a few things that women' would like to find in a modern home:— Doorsteps and widowsills not. made of porous stoi\e / that .needs daily scrubbing. ''■'■' > 'Doors which do not let in draughts and are in the most convenient place. Windows which can be cleaned without neck-risking acrobatics. Passages and staircases arranged with an eye to their convenience. Woodwork, such as window-sashes, door mouldings, and balusters that do not collect dust. Why should interior widow and doorcases project beyond the wall?
A floor-covering that is at once sanitary, warm to the tread, not noisy and not expensive. . . Attractive fixed wash basins witn water laid on in all bedrooms.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9657, 14 July 1919, Page 5
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