HOUSES OF THE FUTURE PROMOTE SMALL KITCHENS
The article argues for compact kitchens under 8 by 12 feet, arranged for step saving, and contrasts them with larger, lighter bathrooms that will gain space and sun. It highlights the shift in design from neglected baths to well-lit, health-focused rooms with modern machinery and preventive cleaning, plus the rise of home appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers shaping daily life.
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Ars
Apg
Richard the Lion Hearted
Palestine
Saladin
Richard
Marco Polo
Vienna
Catherine de Medici
Eversons
Those Good Old Days Reflections on Change and Progress
A reflective aphorism contrasts the feeble with the resilient mind in facing knowledge of the past and the future. It argues that pessimistic dread and prophesying of evil hinder progress and that longing for “the good old days” ignores possible improvements and growth through change.
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Albert Shawin
Wide Open Spaces Vv by Fannie Hurst
Doctor Meierberg, a once brilliant New York plastic surgeon, succumbs to tuberculosis at 31 and seeks healing in a desert town, Cactus Post. He longs for humanity and returns to the city, then realizes he belongs among the open spaces and finally comes back to his desert life with Clarissa waiting.
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Alonzo Meterberg
New York
America
Meierberg
Doctor Meierberg
Cactus Post
Devo Ut
Broadway
Cisrissa
East
Badges
Clarissa
Suppliant day and hurricane tales of the Virgin Islands
The article recounts 400 years of West Indian hurricanes with only ten touching Thomas and St. Croix on July 26, Suppli cation day. It describes signs on Signal Hill, bar up routines, shuttered homes, and the fearsome yet brief 1 1/2 hour storms. Devastation follows with ruined crops and toppled palms, yet a hopeful sky and community church gratitude conclude the account.
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Virgin Islands
Thomas and
St. Croix
Signal Hill
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United States
Chicago
Walla
Popular Mechanics
Wide Open
Fannie Hurst
McClura Newspaper Syndicate
Etc
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