Part 2

WEATHERBOARDS AND ROOFING 49

THE CUPOLA 57

OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM 63

THE HALL OR PASSAGE 71

OUR KITCHEN 77

THE EATING ROOM 84

FOOD AND FUEL 89

A PUMPING ENGINE 109

THE CARETAKER 118

THE BATH ROOM 129

HOW THE HOUSE IS HEATED 138

THE MUSIC ROOM 147

THE HEARING PASSAGE 151

SOME WONDERFUL WINDOWS 157

A GOOD SERVANT 165

A FAITHFUL WATCHMAN 173

A GENTLE NURSE 178

A WICKED THIEF 183

A CRUEL MURDERER 195

CHARACTER OF THE MASTER 207

THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN

HOUSES AND TEMPLES

HELEN: See this picture, mother. How pretty the house looks, with its wide windows and porches!

MOTHER: Yes, it is a fine picture, and such a house would make a lovely home. Men build better dwellings now than they did many years ago.

PERCY: Do people build the same kind of houses in all countries?

MOTHER: Oh, no! If we should visit the Indians, we would find them living in rude tents called wigwams, or teepees, made of mats and the bark of trees. In some countries people live in tents. Where it is very warm they build so they may keep cool. In cold climates they make their houses warm. Can you tell me some things which are used in building houses?

ELMER: Stone, brick, iron, wood, paper, earth, and straw. The Esquimau lives in a house made of large blocks of snow and ice.

MOTHER: You would not think such a house very warm, but it is the best he can make. Perhaps you have noticed that some houses are large and some are small. Some have many rooms, others but few. They are made in many shapes and colors, and in some countries there are hardly two which look alike.