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Arrangement of a Modern House. 391
They may be occasionally built of brick and may be one
story high, but have seldom more than two or three rooms.
Those of the richer classes, on the other hand, are always
constructed of brick or some durable material, and, like the
houses of Pompeii, usually have an interior court or quad-
rangle. A door from the street, and sometimes a handsome
archway, opens into this quadrangle, which is surrounded on
all sides by high walls. Over the archway or entrance is
a large room, which serves as a meeting-place for the men
of the family and their male visitors. A similar large and
airy apartment occupies the whole front of the house in
every story.
It is a melancholy fact that, as a general rule, all the
well - lighted rooms with windows and verandahs looking
into the street are appropriated by the male members of
the household. On each floor a gallery running round the
entire court-yard leads to small chambers scarcely worthy
of the name of rooms, where the female members of the
family are to be found by those who have the right of
entree. When there is no court-yard the women occupy
the upper floor, to reach which there is usually in one corner
a steep wooden staircase. The women's apartments either
look into the quadrangle below—where the family cows
or goats are often the chief objects of interest—or on a
dead wall, never on a street. There is little or no furniture
anywhere in the house, but in one room is a strong box con-
taining the family jewelry. The ground floor has a kitchen,
which is usually also the dining-room. There are also the
store-rooms for grain and fuel, and even stalls for cattle. In
one of the lower apartments, or in an adjacent enclosure,
there is usually a well or reservoir for water. Here there are
numerous shelves with a store of well-burnished brass water-
vessels in constant readiness.
Another room on the ground floor is dedicated to daily
worship.
They may be occasionally built of brick and may be one
story high, but have seldom more than two or three rooms.
Those of the richer classes, on the other hand, are always
constructed of brick or some durable material, and, like the
houses of Pompeii, usually have an interior court or quad-
rangle. A door from the street, and sometimes a handsome
archway, opens into this quadrangle, which is surrounded on
all sides by high walls. Over the archway or entrance is
a large room, which serves as a meeting-place for the men
of the family and their male visitors. A similar large and
airy apartment occupies the whole front of the house in
every story.
It is a melancholy fact that, as a general rule, all the
well - lighted rooms with windows and verandahs looking
into the street are appropriated by the male members of
the household. On each floor a gallery running round the
entire court-yard leads to small chambers scarcely worthy
of the name of rooms, where the female members of the
family are to be found by those who have the right of
entree. When there is no court-yard the women occupy
the upper floor, to reach which there is usually in one corner
a steep wooden staircase. The women's apartments either
look into the quadrangle below—where the family cows
or goats are often the chief objects of interest—or on a
dead wall, never on a street. There is little or no furniture
anywhere in the house, but in one room is a strong box con-
taining the family jewelry. The ground floor has a kitchen,
which is usually also the dining-room. There are also the
store-rooms for grain and fuel, and even stalls for cattle. In
one of the lower apartments, or in an adjacent enclosure,
there is usually a well or reservoir for water. Here there are
numerous shelves with a store of well-burnished brass water-
vessels in constant readiness.
Another room on the ground floor is dedicated to daily
worship.