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Jim Farley, of The Pacific Lumber Company, has a young relative with similar viervs. Anyway, to satisfy the children's Christmas expectations, Al and Jim got together and planned the ideal playhouse. The finished product went over big, created a lot of favorable comment and caused numerous inquiries as to the practicability of placing such a house on the market, in "knock-down" form, at a price attractive enough to reach parents desiring so splendid a form of "life insurance" for their youngsters.
Selling miniature homes from the "life insurance" angle is something new but not so far fetched as one might imag- ine. The present day traffic hazard of the neighborhood street has put them "out" as a playground, and any m,eans of keeping the young ones satisfied in their own back-yard will go far towards alleviating the chance of injury through dangerous street plaving.
The way things look norv, The Pacific Lumber Company rvill be placing on the market a playhouse, similar to the one shown, to sell for around $35.00. So low a price. combined with the attractiveness of the product. ind backed by the many sales arguments in its favor. assures a ready sale for the miniature homes. Certain changes will be made in its design to facilitate assembly by inexperienced would-be carpenters.
The house is eight feet wide and six feet deep, standing four and a half feet high at the eaves, and about six feet at the ridge. All parts are made in proportion, the casings, sash, corner boards, door, chimney, etC., all being just the right size_to make the whole job harmonious. Thi 6uilding sets on three two by eight mud sills, and has two by sii girders_running crosiwis=e, and two by four joists on e'ighteen inch centers running lengthwise. The floor is a tiree piece Lindermanized board, as is also the porch floor. The chimney is made of wide boards painted to look-like brick. There are four windows, three with stationary sash. and one a casement, all frame parts being in proportion to the rest of the house. The roof sheathing is one by four T&G, with a V pattern on the inside which with surfaced rafters, studs, and plates makes the interior a finished iob without lining it. The siding is regular fux4 Novelty p"itetn which is. a_ very satisfactory size for this use. The skirting is srtx6 surfaced siding.
While it is unnecessary to line these small homes, these were lined with Hammond Lumber Company's Redwood Coreboard, and packed between studs rvith pjlco Redwood