easily into five small rooms. The parlor and dining room
coi;ld be 15 by 20 ft., and enough, say 5 ft., taken off the bed-
room to give extra room to the kitchen ; so that the latter
might be subdivided into kitchen and laundry. If the
front of the room is 40 ft., and the sides 30, this divison
would give a bedroom 15 by 15 ft., kitchen 15 by 15 ft., and
a laundry 10 by 15 ft., which is quite large enough providing
the classes are taught systematically. If the dimensions of
the room are 30 by 40 ft., 30 ft. front, instead of 40 by
30 ft., the three- back rooms would all be 10 by 20 ft. ; not
quite so convenient, but still could be used very well. As a
laundry should be a very light room, the rooms in the dia-
gram have been so arranged that the laundry is a side room
with a window on its longest side. This arrangement gives
a window to all the rooms except the parlor.
Partitions. — By what means is the room to be divided?
Ordinary roller blinds supported by pillars in the room
would probably be too expensive ; as would also be the case
if Venetian blinds were used. They could not be decorated
as walls, and would be hard to keep clean. Moreover, if
they were hung from the ceiling they would make the
room too dark. Curtains are not to be considered if it is
possible to get anything else. Kot only are they too expen-
sive, but become easily soiled. This necessitates the ex-
pense of having them washed. Besides, they collect and
hold dust, giving a room eventually a dusty odor.
Partitions: Matched Boards. — The best and perhaps the
cheapest partition could be made of matched boards stained
and varnished to match the other wood in the room. It
should be fastened to the floor, and, by cross pieces at the
top, to the wall to make it stand firmly. It should not be
more than 7 ft. high. This would give a wall a little higher
than a tall person, and yet allow room for light and circula-
tion of air over the screens to the compartments having no
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window. A partition 6 ft. high would be over an ordinary-
person's head, and allow more space for air and light.
The partition should not extend to the wall ; but there
should be allowed 3 ft. at each end of the screen for a door-
way.
Some cheap, pretty figured material, as cretonne, could be
used for portieres, and hung from the cross-bar that sup-
ports the partition.
Cost : Matched Boards. — If the room is 30 by 40 ft., taking
off 3 ft. at each end, there would be two screens or partitions
24 and 34 ft. long and 7 ft. high. These would cost about
$30. If an extra screen or partition is put up to diride the
laundry and kitchen, it would be an additional 84 sq. ft.,
and would cost about f 10 extra.
Small shelves, pictures, and looking glasses could be
hung on a wall like this, which could not be if ordinary
screens were used.
Screens. — Frames made of ordinary wood, stained and
varnished, large enough to cover this space, would cost from
$15 to $20 without the cloth. It would require about 53
square yards of cloth. And this at 25 cts. a yard would
cost $13.25, bringing the cost of the screens to that of the
partitions.
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easily into five small rooms. The parlor and dining room could be 15 by 20 ft., and enough, say 5 ft., taken off the bedroom to give extra room to the kitchen ; so that the latter might be subdivided into kitchen and laundry. If the front of the room is 40 ft., and the sides 30, this divison would give a bedroom 15 by 15 ft., kitchen 15 by 15 ft., and a laundry 10 by 15 ft., which is quite large enough providing the classes are taught systematically. If the dimensions of the room are 30 by 40 ft., 30 ft. front, instead of 40 by 30 ft., the three- back rooms would all be 10 by 20 ft. ; not quite so convenient, but still could be used very well. As a laundry should be a very light room, the rooms in the diagram have been so arranged that the laundry is a side room with a window on its longest side. This arrangement gives a window to all the rooms except the parlor.
Partitions. — By what means is the room to be divided? Ordinary roller blinds supported by pillars in the room would probably be too expensive ; as would also be the case if Venetian blinds were used. They could not be decorated as walls, and would be hard to keep clean. Moreover, if they were hung from the ceiling they would make the room too dark. Curtains are not to be considered if it is possible to get anything else. Kot only are they too expensive, but become easily soiled. This necessitates the expense of having them washed. Besides, they collect and hold dust, giving a room eventually a dusty odor.
Partitions: Matched Boards. — The best and perhaps the cheapest partition could be made of matched boards stained and varnished to match the other wood in the room. It should be fastened to the floor, and, by cross pieces at the top, to the wall to make it stand firmly. It should not be more than 7 ft. high. This would give a wall a little higher than a tall person, and yet allow room for light and circulation of air over the screens to the compartments having no window. A partition 6 ft. high would be over an ordinary person's head, and allow more space for air and light.
The partition should not extend to the wall ; but there should be allowed 3 ft. at each end of the screen for a doorway.
Some cheap, pretty figured material, as cretonne, could be used for portieres, and hung from the cross-bar that supports the partition.
Cost : Matched Boards. — If the room is 30 by 40 ft., taking off 3 ft. at each end, there would be two screens or partitions 24 and 34 ft. long and 7 ft. high. These would cost about $30. If an extra screen or partition is put up to diride the laundry and kitchen, it would be an additional 84 sq. ft., and would cost about f 10 extra.
Small shelves, pictures, and looking glasses could be hung on a wall like this, which could not be if ordinary screens were used.
Screens. — Frames made of ordinary wood, stained and varnished, large enough to cover this space, would cost from $15 to $20 without the cloth. It would require about 53 square yards of cloth. And this at 25 cts. a yard would cost $13.25, bringing the cost of the screens to that of the partitions.