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12366	Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta)	The Cost of Shelter			.txt	text/plain	27406	1440	73	THE HOUSE AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES IN FAMILY LIFE; TYPIFIED IN to the dwelling-houses of the well-to-do family in any country to-day, but The colonial houses of New England with large living-room, dominated by Because the family ideal was the ruling motive, the house-building of the "The house" meant a family life, a gracious hospitality, a busy hive To-day how few of us live in the house we began life with! and clerks, so the boarding-house began as a real family home for the The housing of the twentieth-century family means location, central While this country life is the only thing for a family of young children the suburbs--and half the world lives in cities--its own idea of a house labor and to the cost of living, especially in old-style houses. The work required in an old house to bring living up house-building has about doubled in cost within twenty-five years, largely	./cache/12366.txt	./txt/12366.txt