tion, for in spite of rapid
transit some must live in the center of things.

Let a philanthropist or two, instead of building hospitals, set some
bright young architects and sanitarians to devising such suitable
housing conditions for city and suburbs as will obviate the necessity
for hospitals. Any lover of his kind, any one who longs for fame,
could find both it and the blessing of the homeless by this means, and
in the end get a fair return for his investment.

The Federal Department of Labor[7] has studied workingmen's houses,
but _living in the house_ has not been worked up. The housewife has no
station to which she may carry her trials, like the experiment
stations which have been provided for the farmer. Here is another
opportunity for the capitalist to hasten the time when the State will
supply these. The way will very soon be laid out and the first steps
taken.

[7] Bulletin No. 54.

For the immediate present some standard of healthful housing is
needed, and now that a similar type of house and of apartment house is
being built in all cities and towns from one ocean to the other, and
from Texas to Maine, such a standard is compatible with conditions.

A score card for houses to rent would save much wrangling. The agent
shows the card with this house's rating, and the tenant learns that
some of his wishes are incompatible with the standard, and some would
mean a much higher rent than he is willing to pay. Professor J. R.
Commons, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, has devised
a score card to serve the house hunter and householder as a standard
of comparison. This should serve the house builder as well, indicating
what the demand will be forty or fifty years hence.

At present the rating stands somewhat as follows:

Dwelling, 100 points

Location, 18 points out of 100
Congestion of buildings, 26 points
Common entrance for two or more, discredit 2 points
Basement, discredit 5 points
Sunlight, credit 16 points of the 26
Window openings, 11 points
Air and ventilation, 13 points
Structural condition, 6 points
House appurtenances, 26 points
Well outside, discredit 3 points

The final score card may vary somewhat.

For rent collectors there is also a score card.

Occupants, 100 points

Congestion of occupancy, 61 points cubic air space
1,000 cu. ft. per person, no discredit
600 cu. ft. per person discredits 20 points
Condition of air