THE FLAT-HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 510, 18 May 1909, Page 3

THE FLAT-HOUSE.

£ -:\:':lnv ...the ; ; "XadiesJ-i-Piotpnal■') ;';ihey' have o' , .gone., one;tetter.?'...than,-either ■'•'.- the:;English-or:;Ainericans>;in'.findingfa-.solu- :; -tion to i the • housing- problem '.'and the;domes- '■;!;' tic difficulty:. l . ■Wβ cannot accuse: Germane of ■'; - not.'. being ,; .a> domesticated people" - ; • therefore ! --', wo, see that the decline of domesticity in *this 60me would have. us- believe it; is,with modern : devioes itir', minimising•; housekeeping': cares, /•Vsmce^fte.-latertvidea'-m^.^rmaiiy-'ißv.to^.re- , ~duoe'..thesetovtheir -least. common ,-denomV "•■i nator: and .yet prodjice a'• comfortable, home- •.■■';.: like Yiesult.;; :The.'. idea ■ isi:to 1 establish flat .;::dwe^gs^vhorein'■tbe houses s ;:; i wife.can,:haTe,;eyerything donefor-her at-.a v/nuich. cheaper,rate than if-she.employed serBaths of ;:eyery?:description,: gym- .; :«asia/;creches',:.kindergartens', ■';'.restaurants, ; ; .'woineni.are;attached; aßa, : matter of course '■y, : .'which:>are : pro...'vided with;3/C?htral:heating apparatus::-If ',:;the; tenants..require a:personal servant, he ,:;or'ehe can.be --kept.'-of cousse,"but.the.idea is'.to'. reducei.the.jSeryant worry.: This seems .; to- be! the.'most.-'comfort'able: way of living' : ; as .yet:devised;,'; '■. After; all, each flat-house "is/complete in'itself; and canbe as home-like ; as its mistress likes to make it,' ; Slid the.real ;■■; :■'. house-wjfe.'and ■ woman will al:.'waysi'inake her dwelling-lome-like,,'whether ..y;\:it;-;is;>' J .195 ; /cabini' ; ;a'vropn ; try cottage,:.a■;flat, . vor.a mans-ion.r The .most -unhbirielike and iin- . ■ .comfortable ■ dwellings .■'are' : thoso. ; s'ervants.'are•'alwaysV, coming and■ going; and ; :. : domestip. worries are ever rife.':.-' :. V ; :: .