Planning Houses

The planning of honsésisleft almost 'en ti rel y to men, and most women nre content to have it so, and to look tip011 1.I10 whole question of dovneslic architecture as oüo wiih vrhioh thcy liavo nothiug tó do, But if women would study this pulj"'.-t aiul have intelligent and practical ideas on the arrangement, finish, and coñveníence of t..e honsea thcy live in, Iheir sng;,. ions wouhl be oi' great valuc to architects, and doubtless rcsult iu an increasc of health and household comfort. "The wise woroan buikleth her house-" Takiug this in a literal senss, every woman who is "wise" will be able'to plan her kowc so tliat she wiil flnd it ptoaMUtt to live in. The ordinary way of buiUlinjr a honre is to decide how muph inoney can be put into it, theu what its sizu shall be, and then liovv it shatl be cut up into rooms. The reverse is the proper method. Tiie sittiiig-room or ianiily ro"ini sliould first bc deteitniuod on, and Yom this as a center all the others shonld radíate. Each ianiily will natumlly givc law to ils own habitation, and press its own individuality apon the house it livos iu. Every vvomrui lias her own way of doing house work; and if she i able to plan her house herself, shc will arrange its conveniences in Bïich a way as to make it easy for lier to go through the oi-dinary routine witli the loast possible frictión. She will not be likely to forget to pnt closets insleoping rooms, us the architect of Vassay College did. She will have water carried in and out of the house; she will so plan her pantry and kitchen and dining-room as to bring her work there into the smallest possible cornpass, and make the greatest saving ÓT sieps while doing it. She will not have the Uvo or three stair-stcps from the kitchen uto the wood-housethatareso üftcn fouml in country liouses. Sho will plan her house so that it eau be pleasantly furnished wlwi it'is done. How often do we ñncTbedrooms with no suitablo place in tliem for the bed, for the bureau, for the stove ; and sitting-rooma arranged, as tollght, heating, and ventilation, without any regard to comfort or couveniciice! As women pass most of their time in their own dwellings, thcy ought surely to kbow better than men how these dwellings shonld be arrang-ed and finishod so as to a.va the largest resulta in comfort and tastefulness, and be able to advise infnlliiroilllv .1 (O tllR hOSt lllCthod of sccui'iiiir these rcsults.-