The Renter's Solution of his Problem: Eliminating Electric Bills and Property Taxes June 11.—When the landlord raises the rent or sells the house over your head, take to the road—and take your home with you! Oh, yes, it's being done this season! At least, we are so assured _hy William Mahon, writing in "The Highway. Magazine" (Chicago, June). Mr. Mahon says that motor. and horse-drawn bungalows are becoming popular here and abroad. From Paris, New York, and San Francisco, he is getting news that people are figuratively "hitching up" their homes and hitting the trail for freedom from "rent hogs' and '"'one-room pueblos.' The birds solved the problem centuries ago, argues our writer,' when they began to migrate north and south. Now, many families are taking a tip from the feathered creatures and are not only migrating with the seasons, but are moving their homes with them. He goes on to explore the idea with enthusiasm:
"And why not? No property taxes; no coal bills; no rent col: lectors—truly, it is the life!
"For instance we have Charles A Hyde, formerly a farmer of Hagerstown, Md., and his family who started hoboing in a house on wheels when' homes became scarce and expensive in their native State. Mr. Hyde designed the house,' which was built by an automobile concern at a cost of $16,000.
"The vehicle has accommodations for six, and is completely equipped with office and home furniture. There are two separate heating equipments and miniature electric-light plant, as well as a telephone system to be attached at any point along the road.
"There is also a phonograph, an adding-machine, and a typewriter. The house boasts of separate heating and cocking system and cellar' space.
"The family will spend the winter im Florida, travelling northwest in the spring, and probably settle in Caliiornia in the winter of 1922.
THE Parisian Way.
"The 'Live-Where-You-Like House' is the name of the residecevehicle recently introduced "to Paris. The Parisians are said io be surprised at nothing, but it is recorded 7 when this heuse-on-wheels was drawn of the capital, 8 Stood agha simple but take up a minimum of space. The house is 8 feed and 15 ject high, but through means of sliding walls the roof may be lowered like a teles-cop, thus reducing the height to about Gs fees when travelling under bridges, "Under ordi: ry conditions the house consists of two floors. En the ground floor is the living-room! on the 3rd. when 5.73 in. fell.
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