y from the building, not crowded
together, will give more satisfaction than a grove and be less a
detriment to health. Ordinarily grass will not grow to advantage where
there is much shade; and a beautiful lawn, though open to the sunlight,
is not only more attractive but much more serviceable than ground in
heavy shadow and covered with sparse grass.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Prices of vacant property in different sections vary so greatly that
one cannot safely approximate the cost of a building lot. It is safe
to say, though, that if values are figured on a proper basis, a
satisfactory site for a moderate-priced home can be purchased for
$1,000 in the town of our choice.

We have made it clear to ourselves that a home--anyone's home--should
be much more than a house plumped down upon any bit of ground that will
hold it. When we come to consider the house itself, we are confronted
by the knowledge that here the tastes and habits, as well as the size
and resources of the family, must govern the decision of many problems
considered. Numbers alone are not always a fair guide, for sometimes
the man or the woman of the house, or the baby, counts for much more
than one in figuring space requirements.

We have in mind here that we are a family of four, that we have an
income of from $1,500 to $2,500, and that we are prepared to spend or
obligate ourselves to spend from $2,000 to $3,500 for a house to go on
a lot to cost $1,000. The house we think of would be not too large for
two and certainly would comfortably accommodate five or even six,
depending upon their relations to one another. The extremes of income
mentioned would scarcely affect our plans, and the difference in cost
is accounted for by the choice of nonessentials and not by differences
in the principal features of the house.

STYLE

Now, if we have already set our hearts upon having a house just like
that "love of a place" we saw in Wayout-on-the-Hill the other day, we
shall have to reconsider the entire lot proposition. We may as well
face the fact that the house which is everything appropriate and
artistic in one place may in another be simply grotesque. In this
phase of the selective work we will profit by the advice of the
architect, if he be something of an artist and not simply a
draughtsman. At any rate, if we have the lot, let us decide what style
of house should be on it; if we are surely settled upon the house, then
by all means l