A WOMAN-LESS HOUSEHOLD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2972, 9 January 1917, Page 3

A WOMAN-LESS HOUSEHOLD

It would appear that E. J. Bell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has solved the problem of running a womanless household (says an exchange). His success is duo to tho compaotness of his living quarters, which makes for a high order of efficiency with the minimum of labour; in fact, the apartment consists of but one room, which, by the sliding of various doors which comprise tho walls, can be converted uito a. dining-room, a sit-ting-room, a kitchen, or a bedroom. The four-in-one flat, for such •it truly is, measures 18ft. by 20ft. When the owner desires to prepare a meal he has only to slide a few partitions aside rovealing a gas range, a kitchen, table, chairs, sink with miming water,-.and every other convenience that goes to make an ideal kitchen. When the meal is ready to bo served, a few partitions on the opposite side of the room aro moved, bringing into use a dining-taUe and the necessary tableware and chairs. Tho meal once disposed of, tho doors and partitions are closed so as to remove all traces of the dining-room and kitchen. Othor partitions are then shifted, bringing into viow a fow easy chairs, a library, table, electric lamps, and electric fans, all of which are to inako a comfortable sitting-room. Late in the evening, when the owner wishes to retiro, ho goes to tho remaining or fourth side of the room, and behind other sliding partitions , finds his big, double bed folded up against the wall. H<* lowers tho bed and moves aside a nearby partition, revealing a dresser. Still no house is complete without a bath. But the designer of tho four-in-ono has jiot overlooked this fact, two othor partitions concealing tho very necossary adjunct. /