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��ing-porch is that the baby cannot get out, nor can flies and mosquitoes come in. Into this tiny compartment rolls, if desired, a baby carriage so that the effort of the mother in taking the baby in and out is reduced to the minimum.

For grown-ups a similar sleeping-porch has been devised. Of course it is much larger, much more elabo- rate and more expen- sive. In order to dimin- ish the high

���of a sleeping-porch usually entails, a western manufacturer has put on the market a hanging sleeping-porch to be suspended from stout ir(jn straps lugged to the side of the building. The porch fits over the window of the bedroom and is provided with curtains which can be raised by cords from the bed. The porch has been so carefully designed that, when properly installed, one of them will sustain a weight of about a thousand pounds. This contrivance will not disfigure the appearance of any dwell- ing and is not expensive.

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