They had built a thick-walled cottage, 25 feet high and with 15 × 16 feet ground dimensions. Roof and walls, inside and out, had been smoothed; and a coat of water had turned the snow house into a shimmering glaze. The interior was divided into four rooms, all bearing out the truthfulness of the sign tacked up without, which read: "House to let, three rooms and bath." Even the bath, modeled in snow, was there. Rugs, tables, chairs, and sofas made the Esquimau edifice cozy within; and an oil stove kept eggs and coffee sizzling merrily at dinner time. The builders were three days at their task. They are Tom Brown, of No. 516 East One Hundred and Forty-seventh Street; Arthur Carraher, of No. 430 Brook Avenue; and Walter Waller, of No. 525 East One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street. V. Notes and Queries 1. State the reason for the use of each capital letter and each mark of punctuation in the model. 2. Tell whether each sentence is simple, complex, or compound. 3. Explain the syntax of each adverb in the model. 4. Point out three words or phrases that have color, character, or distinction. 5. What is the subject of each paragraph? 6. Are the "Four W's" sufficiently indicated? Point them out. 7. Study the heading. The art of writing good headings is almost as difficult as that of writing good poetry, which it resembles in that, as the poet is limited to a certain number of syllables, the writer of headlines is limited to a fixed number of letters. VI. Suggested Time Schedule _Monday_ Discuss Sections I, II, and III of this chapter. Send the class to the board and dictate the model as an exercise in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Review last week's work. _Tuesday_ Recitation on Notes and Queries. _Wednesday_ Oral Composition: i.e., each pupil will bring to class his news article--not written but in his head--and be prepared to deliver it to the class as if he were a reporter dictating to a stenographer or telephoning his report to his paper. _Thursday_ Profiting by Wednesday's discussion, the pupils will write their articles and hand them to the teacher, who will proof-read them and return them on Monday. _Friday_ Public Speaking--Organize the class as a club. Let the officers arrange a program consisting of declamations, debates, essays, dialogues, etc. This day may also be used for the reading of the best articles that members of the class have written. VII. Organization of Material After you get your story, you must decide on a plan for its discussion. This will depend largely on its nature. Indeed, the plan and the style of any piece of writing are to the material as are the clothes to the body. They must fit the body. The body determines their shape. The model in Section IV is a bit of exposition composed partly of description and partly of narration. Its framework is as follows: