As now evolved by demand, the establishments renting from one to fifteen thousand a year are on progressive lines.

According to Mr.Wells, this shareholding class is on the way to extinction in any case, fortunately he also thinks, and the student of social economics need not concern himself with its future, only so far as its example influences the real bone and sinew of the republic, the working men and women who make the world the place it is.
Within the ten-mile radius it has been usual to include a front yard, if not a garden, in the house-lot.

The cost of keeping this in the trim fashion decreed as essential, of planting and pruning of shrubs, of maintaining in immaculate condition the sidewalks and front steps, like most of the items in cost of living, is due to changed standards, just as the cost of table-board has advanced from $3 to $6 without a corresponding betterment in quality.
Engle's law, "The lodging, warming, and lighting have an invariable proportion whatever the income," does not hold under modern conditions for the group we are considering, for our wise ones need the best, and not a few of them are unwilling to buy their family sanctity at the price of a closet in the basement for the faithful maid.
Plans may look well on paper, the completed house may seem attractive, but when the family _live_ in the house its deficiencies become apparent.
Cheap materials, flimsy construction, damp location, any one of a dozen possibilities may make the family uncomfortable, may cost in heating and doctor's bills, may compel a moving before the year is out.

Cheap houses in this decade are suspicious; the more need for a knowledge on the part of young people of what may be expected.
For this reason it is a part of sound education to give a certain amount of attention to living conditions in the high-school curriculum.

It is as important as book-keeping; for of what avail are money and business, if the home life is perilled?
Besides, some of the pupils may have attention called to deficiencies which they may show talent in overcoming.
Courses in Home Economics and Household Administration in colleges and universities should be directed to careful study of this branch of sociology.
There is a great opportunity before women's clubs and civic-improvement associations to arouse an interest in the provision of suitable shelter for the young families in their several neighborhoods.