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KEITHS  MAGAZINE 


ON  HOME  BUILDING 

M.L.KEITH     PUBLISHER  .* 


828  MCKNIGHT  BLDG 
MINNEAPOLIS.    MINN. 


CONTENTS    FOR    JAN..    1915 


Just  a  Word -Editorial 8 

Frontispiece 8 

A  Well-Planned  Modern  Farmhouse— £.  /.  Farrlnglon 9 

Cobbleshack —  Virginia  Shortridge 13 

Decorative  Wall  Paneling-  A rihut  E.  QlaJ 17 

The  Farmer's  Wife  Gets  a  New  House- Henrietta  P.  Kcilh 19 

A  Home  in  the  Blue  Grass  Country-/?.  H.  McKee    23 

A  Talk  on  Woods-Article  Three-Oak-  W .  L.  Clafftu 25 

Interior  Studies 28 

A  Garden  That  Means  Something— Elizabeth  Qmuiold  Route 30 

A  Cement  Bungalow  for  a  Narrow  Lot 32 

A  Brick  Bungalow  for  a  Wide  Lot 33 

A  Commodious  $4.000  Cottage 35 

A  Semi-Bungalow  or  Story-tnd-a-Half  Home 36 

Stucco  House  with  Unique  Treatment  38 

An  Economical  Bungalow 39 

A  Story-and-a-Half  Cottage 40 

A  Southern  Home  in  Concrete  and  English  Half  Timber 42 

An  Inexpensive  Frame  Cottage 43 

A  Sunny  Room  House 44 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 46 

Answers  to  Questions 50 

Household  Economics '.....  54 

Table  Chat 56 

Notes  on  Building  Material 60 

Heating.  Lighting  and  Plumbing 62 

Painting  and  Finishing 64 

Architect's  Corner 66 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 68 

Trade  Notes 70 


Entered  January  1.  1899,  at  the  Post  Office  in  Minneapolis  Minn.,  for  transmission  through  the  maiU  as  second-class  matter. 

COPYBIGHT,  1914,  BY  M.  L.  KEITH. 


KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIII 


JANUARY.  1915 


No. 


A  Well-Planned  Modern 
Farm  House 

E.  I.  Farrington 


NTIL  a  few  years  ago  most  farm 
houses  were  built  to  conform  to 
one    of    two    or    three    familiar 
types.     The  New   England  type 
was  represented  by  a  square  frame  house, 
two  stories  high  and  bisected  by  a  wide 
hall.     Pennsylvania   had,  and  of  course 
.still  has,  its  oblong  farm  house  made  of 
stone ;  and  all  over  the  country  are  scat- 
tered plain  farm  cottages  with  roof  slop- 
ing toward  the  street  and  devoid  of  any 


frills  in  the  form  of  porches,  gables  or  bay 
windows.  In  all  these  types  compactness 
is  a  dominant  note  and  an  important  con- 
sideration is  easy  heating  by  means  of 
fireplace  or  stoves. 

Now,  however,  farmers  are  departing 
from  old  lines  when  they  plan  their 
houses  and  much  greater  variety  is  to  be 
found  in  country  homes.  It  is  an  unfor- 
tunate fact,  though,  that  in  many  in- 
stances the  plans  adopted  are  those  origi- 


The  home  of  Mr.  Geo.  Albree.  Concord.  Mass.     Designed  to  meet  the  special  requirements  of  his  farm  and  embodying 

all  the  modern  conveniences  of  a  city  house. 


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nally  drawn  for  a  city  or  suburban  dwell- 
ing and  by  no  means  as  well  adapted  to 
conditions  of  country  living  as  they  ought 
to  be  for  comfort  and  convenience. 

The  house  illustrated  is  thoroughly 
modern  in  design  and  arrangement  but  it 
would  be  difficult  to  find  a  house  better 
suited  to  the  needs  of  the  average  farm- 
er's family.  The  living  room  is  large  and 
well  separated  from  the  rest  of  the  house. 
The  dining  room  is  large,  too,  and  is  to 
be  reached  from  front  or  back  without 
passing  through  any  other  room  but  the 
kitchen.  A  large  dining  room  is  often 
necessary ;  the  owner  of  this  house,  Mr. 
George  Albree,  of  Concord,  Mass.,  has 
had  as  many  as  twelve  hired  men  to  feed 
at  one  time.  When  the  family  is  small, 
one  end  is  used  as  a  sitting  room  or  office. 

The  service  quarters  are  ideal.  The 
kitchen,  which  is  eighteen  feet  square,  has 


windows  on  two  sides  and  is  equipped 
with  a  range,  sanitary  sink  and  set  tubs. 
Over  the  range  is  a  large  Russia  iron 
hood  with  a  ventilator  above  and  below. 
This  is  a  valuable  feature  when  many 
men  are  to  be  cooked  for,  as  most  of  the 
odor  and  much  of  the  heat  is  carried  up 
the  chimney.  The  walls  back  of  the  sink 
and  the  set  tubs  are  faced  with  brick,  in 
order  that  they  may  easily  be  kept  clean. 
Connected  with  the  kitchen  is  a  pantry 
and  a  china  closet.  The  dining  room  is 
reached  through  the  latter,  which  is  an 
excellent  arrangement  because  the  kitch- 
en noises  are  excluded  from  the  rest  of 
the  house.  There  is  a  small  sink  under 
a  window  in  the  china  closet  which  is 
used  for  washing  the  table  ware  and  by 
means  of  which  many  steps  are  saved. 
The  dishes  are  kept  behind  glass  doors 
and  there  are  drawers  for  table  linen. 


A  view  into  the  dining  room  from  entrance  hall. 


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Directly  back  of  the  kitchen  and 
reached  by  a  separate  door  at  the  rear  of 
the  house  is  a  work  room  where  tools 
may  be  sharpened  and  various  odd  jobs 
done.  If  there  are  hired  men,  they  come 
into  the  house  through  this  room,  where 
they  leave  their  muddy  boots  and  work 
clothing.  A  bath  room  for  the  help  is  lo- 
cated just  above  on  the  second  floor  and 


away  over  the  kitchen  in  order  to  allow 
space  for  one  large  side  window. 
Through  this  window  the  owner  gets  an 
unbroken  view  of  the  front  doors  of  his 
barn  simply  by  raising  himself  on  his  el- 
bow in  bed,  and  as  there  is  an  electric 
light  in  front  of  the  barn  he  is  able  to  see 
in  a  moment  if  anything  is  wrong.  This 
room  has  a  large  fireplace  and  is  very  at- 


The  spacious  living  room. 


is  reached  by  stairs  leading  from  this 
work  room.  An  arrangement  of  this  kind 
is  a  great  help  to  the  housekeeper,  for  it 
greatly  reduces  the  amount  of  house 
cleaning  to  be  done.  Some  farmers  would 
doubtless  use  this  room  as  a  work  shop. 
There  are  five  chambers  on  the  second 
floor.  The  middle  chamber,  which  is  the 
owner's  room,  is  so  arranged  that  most 
of  the  farm  may  be  seen  from  its  win- 
dows. There  are  windows  front  and  back 
and  a  part  of  the  lower  story  was  cut 


tractive  and  airy.  One  door  leads  into 
the  front  hall  and  another  into  the  back 
hall.  If  the  owner  is  wearing  soiled 
working  clothes,  he  naturally  uses  the 
back  stairs. 

A  man  and  a  maid's  room  lead  from  the 
rear  hall  and  in  each  room  there  is  a 
commodious  closet.  There  is  also  a  large 
closet  in  the  hall  itself,  with  shelves  above 
and  drawers  below.  Just  across  the  hall 
from  these  two  chambers  the  extra  bath- 
room already  mentioned  is  located.  As 


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will  be  noticed,  what  may  be  called  the 
service  portion  of  the  house  is  kept  en- 
tirely separate  from  the  family's  quarters 
but  in  an  unobtrusive  way  and  without 
interfering  with  the  convenient  arrange- 
ment of  the  house.  The  two  chambers 
remaining  are  reached  from  the  front  hall 
and  each  has  a  pretty  little  corner  fire- 
place, the  owner  having  a  fondness  for 
decorative  features  of  this  kind.  All  in 
all,  there  are  five  fireplaces  in  the  house 
and  they  are  built  to  be  used,  too,  al- 
though they  are  not  needed  for  heat. 

The  interior  finish  of  the  parlor,  dining 
room  and  front  hall  is  English  oak,  in 
its  natural  color.  The  walls  are  papered 
and  both  parlor  and  dining  room  have 
large  brick  fireplaces.  These  rooms  are 
separated  from  the  hall  by  wide  door- 
ways in  which  portieres  are  hung.  White 
wood  is  used  on  the  second  floor  and  all 
the  trim  in  the  bedrooms  is  white.  The 
bath  room  is  finished  in  white  and  green. 
The  kitchen  and  some  of  the  other  serv- 
ice quarters  have  stained  or  painted  walls. 

This  house  faces  the  south  and  is  pro- 
tected on  the  north  by  an  elevation  known 
as  Revolutionary  Ridge.  Its  location  is 
historic,  for  Concord  had  a  prominent 
place  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  after- 
wards such  famous  men  as  Emerson, 
Hawthorne,  Alcott  and  Thoreau  came  to 
live  in  that  neighborhood.  Thoreau  has 
written  delightfully  of  the  very  view 
which  Mr.  Albree  is  able  to  enjoy  from 
his  front  windows. 

Like  most  farm  houses,  the  one  being 
described  is  exposed  to  the  weather  on  all 
sides,  although  the  elevation  at  the  rear 
helps  to  break  the  force  of  the  wind. 
Probably  an  ordinary  furnace  would  not 
be  sufficient  for  heating  the  house  but  a 
combination  system  gives  perfect  satis- 
faction. Each  room  has  a  register,  and 
pipes  carrying  water  heated  by  a  coil  in 
the  furnace  pot  supply  radiators  placed 
wherever  additional  heat  seems  needed. 
No  difficulty  in  heating  the  entire  house 


with  this  system  is  experienced.  The 
chimney  at  the  kitchen  end  carries  the 
furnace,  range,  dining  room  fireplace  and 
two  ventilating  flues.  The  other  chimney 
serves  the  parlor  fireplace  and  those  in 
two  of  the  chambers. 

This  house  presents  a  very  attractive 
exterior  appearance  and  the  cost  of  keep- 
ing it  looking  well  is  very  small.  As  the 
illustration  shows,  it  is  shingled  all  over, 
the  shingles  having  been  allowed  to 
weather.  The  only  paint  used  was  to 
make  the  door  and  window  trims  white 
and  the  blinds  green.  The  grouping  of 
the  windows  is  interesting  and  helps  to 
give  character  to  the  house.  The  com- 
fortable porch  is  so  arranged  that  it 
is  shaded  in  the  afternoon  and  it  com- 
mands a  beautiful  view.  A  shingle  house 
of  this  character  is  particularly  well 
adapted  to  the  country.  It  is  not  ob- 
trusive and  harmonizes  nicely  with  the 
landscape.  The  illustration  used  is  from 
a  photograph  which  was  made  before 
much  planting  had  been  done.  Now  the 
base  line  is  hidden  by  great  clumps  of 
California  privet  allowed  to  grow  in  its 
natural  form,  with  several  varieties  of  low 
growing  spirea  in  front  and  the  general 
appearance  of  the  grounds  has  been 
greatly  improved. 

The  house  is  very  substantially  built, 
with  two  by  twelve  floor  timbers.  The 
cellar  is  cemented  and  partitioned -off  for 
vegetable  storage  at  one  end.  It  is  also 
plastered  and  the  ceiling  over  the  fur- 
nace is  covered  with  asbestos.  In  a  farm- 
ing section  it  is  especially  important  to 
take  every  precaution  against  fire.  The 
house  is  wired  for  electricity  throughout, 
the  current  being  obtained  from  the  town. 
The  owner  of  the  house,  Mr.  Albree,  es- 
timates that  it  could  be  reproduced  for 
about  $7,500,  after  eliminating  some  of 
the  features  which  were  incorporated  into 
the  original  house  but  which  are  not  ab- 
solutely essential  and  yet  added  consid- 
erable to  the  cost. 


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Cobbleshack 

Virginia  Shortridge 


NE  is  tempted  to  believe  that  all 
the  stones  in  New  England  were 
certainly  obsessed  by  a  desire  to 
move  on  and  down  towards  the 
South,  and  that  centuries  ago  they  man- 
aged to  travel  as  far  as  the  beautiful  state 
of  Connecticut,  and  there,  being  dreary, 
laid  themselves  down  for  time  and  the 
good   brown    earth   to   cover   them   over 
with  a  blanket.    Many  of  them  rested  well 
until    the   owner 
o  f    Cobbleshack 
began   stirring 
them  out  of  their 
coveys    to   build 
Cobbleshack  and 
all    its    farm 
buildings. 

No  one  knows 
how  seldom  this 
was  done  in  Con- 
necticut in  the 
early  days,  and 
so1  from  the  first 
start  great  inter- 
est was  shown  in 
all  the  stages  of 
its  development. 
Professor  Wil- 
liam H.  Burr  was 
a  pioneer  in  the 
part  of  the  coun- 
try around  Stam- 
ford, in  the  mat- 
ter of  building 
a  house  out  of 
stones  taken 
from  fields  and 
fences.  Before 
this  the  farmers 
let  them  lie  and 

ploughed      OVer  The  approach. 


them,  or  else  took  them  up  in  a  desultory 
fashion  and  threw  them  against  the  stone 
walls.  Now  Cobbleshack  Earm  is  in  a 
large  measure  fireproof  in  all  of  its  build- 
ings, and  has  even  reinforced  concrete 
floors  in  the  main  house  on  the  first 
floor. 

This  building  crowns  the  hilltop,  and 
fertile  fields  with  their  golden  grain  cover 
the  landscape  almost  as  far  as  the  eye 

can  reach,  a 
wonderful  e  x  - 
ponent  of  what 
scientific  meth- 
ods have  done 
towards  redeem- 
ing an  abandon- 
ed farm. 

The  barns  and 
farm  buildings 
are  placed  o  n 
the  sharper 
slope  of  the  hill, 
and  are  obscured 
by  the  garden- 
er's cottage  and 
the  main  barn ; 
which  are,  of 
course,  all  of 
stone. 

By  such  clev- 
er placing,  little 
planting  was 
needed  to  give 
the  seclusion  re- 
quired for  the 
four-legged 
members,  and 
the  chickens 
and  ducks,  be- 
longing to  the 
farm  family. 


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Cobbleshack  from  the  garden  side. 


Gobbleshack 


A  cool  resting:  place  on  a  hot  afternoon  or  evening:- 


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Views 


The  living  room  with  glimpse  of  hall  thru  arched  opening. 


A  view  from  the  music  room  into  the  delightful,  sunny  dining  roon 


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Crowning  the  hill,  this  "adapted  colonial"  is  well  placed  for  both  appearance  and  utility. 


The  house,  "adapted  Colonial,"  is  very  in- 
teresting. The  front  door  is  decorated  by  an 
old  knocker,  taken  from  an  ancestor's  door, 
worn  somewhat  smooth  and  shiny  by  con- 
stant friction  applied  faithfully  by  many 
days  of  polishing  to  a  high  lustre. 

One  enters  under  the  porte-cochere, 
and,  after  mounting  several  steps,  one  is 
in  the  cool,  shaded,  front  hall.  An  arch 
is  over  the  entrance  to  the  living  room, 
making  a  clear-cut  line  of  white  wood  in 
sharp  contrast  to  the  walls  of  deep  colo- 
nial yellow. 

A  music  room  with  book  shelves  car- 
ried up  to  the.  ceiling,  and  with  French 
doors  leading  on  to  the  brick-floored  piaz- 
za, is  passed  through  on  the  way  to  the 
dining  room. 

From  the  music  room  one  can  also  pass 
into  the  new  wing  which  was  added  a 
short  time  ago,  and  which  includes  but- 
ler's pantry,  great  kitchen,  laundry,  large 
pantry,  and  a  writing  office  room  for  tran- 
sacting matters  pertaining  to  the  farm. 

The  woodwork  is  very  beautiful,  being 
simple  in  design  but  very  colonial,  white 
wood,  painted  many  coats  of  paint.  The 
windows  are  large,  recessed  and  have  gen- 
erous window  sills. 

There    are    four    bedrooms    and    three 


baths  on  the  second  floor,  and  several 
more  with  a  bath  on  the  third  floor.  The 
maids'  part  is  in  the  new  wing  and  com- 
pletely separated. 

Floors  are  covered  with  rugs  of  brown 
tone,  harmonizing  with  the  walls  of  yel- 
low, and  the  pretty  curtains  of  tan,  made 
with  valences. 

With  chairs  in  the  dining  room,  which 
have  been  one  hundred  and  seventy-five 
years  in  this  family,  and  other  lovely 
family  pieces,  old  but  younger  than  the 
chairs,  the  mellowness  and  charm  are 
very  evident  to  all  who  are  fortunate 
enough  to  step  within. 

There  are  solid  shutters  at  all  the  win- 
dows, including  even  those  in  the  cellar. 
These  latter  are  a  great  protection  from 
rain  and  bad  weather  and  one  seldom 
sees  them  used  on  the  cellar  windows  in 
modern  houses. 

They  also  make  the  house  delightfully 
cool  and  dark,  making  it  practical  and 
possible  to  go  without  window  screens 
in  a  land  where  "flies  fly." 

Cobbleshack  is  in  many  details  a  copy 
of  one  in  Watertown  in  which  the  owner 
lived  as  a  little  boy,  and  the  architect  who 
so  successfully  combined  the  old  and  the 
new  is  Mr.  Edward  Pearce  Casey  of  New 
York. 


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Decorative  Wall  Paneling 

Arthur  E.   Gleed 


NTERIOR  decoration  by  means 
of  wood  paneling  was  in  its 
prime  in  the  stately  and  substan- 
tial Tudor  period,  and  the  prac- 
tice of  lining  walls  and  ceiling  with  pol- 
ished oak  panels  enclosed  by  hand  made 
moldings  was  the  accepted  method  of  fin- 
ishing all  rooms.  Times  and  manners 
changed,  and  the  somewhat  gloomy  oak 
gave  way  to  plaster  panels  decorated  with 
delicate  coloring  and  gilding.  Today, 
with  its  rapid  changes  and  democratic 
art,  we  build  it 
a  lighter  style 
and  our  rooms 
are  usually  left 
with  but  plain 
plastered  walls 
and  that  rem- 
nant of  the  pan- 
eling of  olden 
days,  the  skirt- 
ing board. 

The  present 
day  has,  howev- 
er, its  advantage, 
for  never  was 
there  such  a 
number  of  excel- 
lent ways  of  dec- 
orating our  walls 
and  never  were 
there  such  op- 
portunities of 
getting  charm- 
ing interiors  at 
so  low  a  cost. 
We  can,  if  we 
wish,  overlay 
our  walls  with 
polished  oak, 


but  this  is  beyond  the  means  of  most  of 
us  and  perhaps  not  entirely  suited  to 
modern  taste,  and  it  will  be  found  possible 
to  adapt  present  day  methods  to  the  form 
of  light  wood  paneling  which  will  be 
quite  inexpensive  and  at  the  same  time 
pleasingly  suitable  for  our  everyday  life. 
Paneling  has  a  powerful  effect  in  ac- 
centuating any  pattern  we  apply  to  a 
wall,  and  so  makes  it  unnecessary  to  add 
much  in  the  way  of  decoration,  which 
consequently  should  lower  the  cost.  By 

keeping  the  pan- 
els light  in  con- 
struction it  can 
be  made  to  add 
dignity  to  even 
a  small  room.  In 
conjunction  with 
painted  surfaces, 
stenciling,  and 
printed  wall  pa- 
per, it  is  capa- 
b  1  e  of  endless 
variation,  mak- 
i  n  g  it  suitable 
for  the  delicate 
atmosphere  de- 
sirable in  a  bou- 
doir or  the  more 
formal  and  sub- 
stantial effect 
looked  for  in  a 
dining  room  or  a 
reception  hall. 

A  dining  room 
whose  chief  dec- 
oration was  a 
fine  collection  of 
pictures  and 
pottery  of  Dutch 


A  simple  treatment  that  could  be  carried  out  in  any  dining  room. 


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origin  had  the 
paneling  arrang- 
ed to  show  these 
to  advantage. 
The  plate  shelf 
was  placed  six 
feet  from  the 
floor  and  below 
i  t  were  panels 
twelve  inches 
square. 

These  were 
filled  by  Dutch 
landscape  decor- 
ations skilfully 
painted  in.  A 
similar  decora- 
tion could  be  cut 
from  a  Dutch 
wall  paper  a  t 
much  less  ex- 
pense. The 
scheme  of  color- 
i  n  g  used  was 
gray-blue  for  the 
panel  spaces 
with  the  land- 
scape border  in 
various  shades  of 
blue  and  gray.  The  upper  wall  and  ceil- 
ing were  tinted  deep  ivory  white,  and  the 
woodwork  a  dead  black ;  a  dark  shade  of 
bronze  green  could  be  substituted  if  pre- 
ferred. The  large,  plain  panels  had  been 
given  a  serviceable  finish  of  flat-toned  oil 
paint  over  a  sand-finished  plaster.  The 
same  scheme  might  be  carried  out  in  a 
blue-gray  burlap,  if  desired.  With  the  pan- 
eling constructed  of  oak  and  stained  and 
waxed  to  a  mellow  surface,  the  effect  was 
very  rich  against  the  blue-gray  background, 
and  the  spaces  for  the  pictures  prevented 
any  undue  crowding  of  them — a  condi- 
tion to  be  carefully  avoided  in  any  room. 

In  the  drawing  room  wall  illustrated, 
the  landscape  border  is  the  principal  deco- 
ration, and  this  is  placed  five  feet  from 


the  floor,  that  it 
may  be  well  on 
the  line  of  sight. 
The  s  h  el  f 
above  it  is  in- 
tended for  small 
pictures,  such  as 
water-  color 
drawings,  e  n  - 
grav'mgs,  and 
p  h  otographs, 
and  also  any  fine 
pottery  which 
would  be  suita- 
ble in  a  drawing 
room.  The  up- 
rights which  di- 
vide the  panels 
taper  slightly 
towards  the  top, 
giving  them  the 
appearance  o  f 
pilasters,  which 
support  the  shelf, 
and  also  add 
lightness  to  the 
structure.  The 
coloring  is  a  har- 
mony of  pale  dull 
blues  and  greens.  The  upper  part  of  the 
walls  above  the  shelf  is  tinted  a  light  blue- 
green,  the  large  plain  panels  below  are  col- 
ored with  a  delicate  warm  green,  the  land- 
scape border  combines  various  shades  of 
dull  blue  and  green,  and  the  woodwork  is 
painted  ivory  white  with  a  dull  surface.  The 
choice  of  coloring  is  most  important,  for 
with  such  large  surfaces  it  is  quite  neces- 
sary to  have  the  tones  very  subdued,  and 
it  would  be  advisable  in  mixing  the  colors 
to  use  a  pale  gray  as  a  base,  adding  the 
blue  and  green  in  small  quantities  until 
the  desired  shades  were  produced. 

The  landscape  border  could  be  either 
painted  or  stenciled.     If  neither  of  these 
methods  were  available  a  good  wall  paper 
(Continued  on  page  45.) 


Paneling  lends  itself  well  to  the  delicate  treatments  necessary 
in  the  boudoir. 


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The  Farmer's  Wife  Gets 
a  New  House 


Henrietta  P.  Keith 


ES,  the  farmer's  wife  is  going  to 
have  a  new  house.  She  means  to 
have  it  a  pretty  one  too,  and 
pleasant  and  commodious,  with 
sleeping  rooms  and  a  real  bath  room  up- 
stairs. It  is  to  be  a  pretty  house  too, 
with  a  lawn  and  flower-bordered  walks 
and  even  a  pergola. 

The  potato  patch  and  the  pigs  are  not 
coming  right  up  to  the  door  any  longer. 
She  will  have  a  barberry  hedge,  or  a  tall 
wire  netting  trellis  with  sweet  peas  cover- 
ing it,  screening  there  nord  utilities  from 
view  with  their  pink  loveliness.  She  plans 
to  have  water  piped  into  the  house  and 
sewerage  piped  away  from  it.  If  she  can't 
have  a  laundry  in  the  basement,  she  in- 
tends to  put  stationary,  zinc-lined  tubs  in 
an  enclosed  extension  of  the  back  porch, 
where  there  will  be  an  extra  toilet  also. 

She  will  have  the  kitchen  floor  painted, 


and  a  great  square  of  linoleum  in  the  cen- 
ter, so  her  strength  won't  all  go  to  scrub- 
bing. Her  kitchen  walls  will  be  painted  a 
pretty  blue  or  buff,  and  there  will  be 
white  muslin  curtains  with  shades  at  the 
windows  which  will  be  fitted  with  wire 
screens  to  keep  out  flies  and  mosquitoes. 
There  will  be  a  gas  range  too,  to  take 
the  place  of  the  old  wood  range  that  made 
such  drudgery  lugging  in  wood,  coal  or 
cobs  and  carrying  out  ashes,  besides 
roasting  the  farmer's  wife  and  daughters. 
Why  shouldn't  she?  The  farmer  has 
money  enough  to  pay  for  it.  His  thrifty, 
hardworking  wife,  has  worked  just  as 
hard  as  he  has  to  save  that  money  and 
get  ahead.  She  has  risen  at  four  in  the 
morning  and  gone  to  bed  long  after  the 
farmer,  because  the  late  evening  hours 
were  the  only  time  she  had  to  mend  stock- 
ings, patch  overalls  or  make  a  new  frock 


! 


The  countryside  feeling  in  harmony  with  rural  surroundings— yet.  not  lacking  in  dignity. 


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for  Alice.  She  has  lugged  wood  from  that 
shed  twenty  feet  away,  and  water  from 
the  well  for  twenty  years.  The  farmer 
thinks  the  wood  is  "handy."  Let  him  try 
it  himself,  carrying  in  a  dozen  or  two 
armfuls  a  day. 

The  ordinary  farmer  is  a  curiously  con- 
servative being.  We  may  say  he  is  "sot 
in  his  ways,."  He  calls  any  deviation 
from  the  old  accustomed  ways,  "non- 
sense," and  refuses  any  "new  fangled  no- 
tions." That  is — in  the  women's  depart- 


ment. New  ideas  in  reapers  and  binders 
are  all  right,  and  he  has  the  latest  and 
most  up-to-date  farm  machinery.  He  has 
just  built  a  fine  new  barn  too,  and  the 
horses  are  better  housed  than  his  wife. 
He  thinks  he  has  done  his  whole  duty 
by  "Mari'  and  the  girls,"  if  they  have 
got  an  "orgin"  in  the  little  stuffy  "par- 
lor," and  he  says  "wimmin  folks  hadn't 
orter  meddle." 

But  women  are  going  to  meddle,  my  as- 
tonished friend,  and  you  will  be  better 
off  for  it.  Improved  housing  will  pay  in 
dollars  and  cents,  as  well  as  in  looks.  It 
will  pay,  because  the  improved  sanitation 


in  the  houses  and  around  it  will  dispense 
with  the  doctor  and  the  drug  bill.  Coun- 
try people,  in  spite  of  their  outdoor  life, 
abundant  exercise  and  absence  of  city 
dissipations,  are  not  more  healthy  than 
city  people.  That  is,  the  men  may  be,  be- 
cause they  are  out  of  doors,  and  when 
their  work  is  done  they  can  go  to  bed 
and  sleep  undisturbed.  But  the  women 
are  often  half  dead.  To  say  nothing  of 
the  fearful  prevalence  of  insanity  among 
them — and  no  wonder,  for  they  are  not 


only  overworked,  but  their  surroundings 
are  depressing — they  are  lonely.  Pleasant 
homes,  convenient  arrangements,  would 
help  a  great  deal.  No  wonder  there  is 
malaria,  and  quinine  by  the  quart,  when 
the  slops  are  just  thrown  out  the  back 
door.  No  wonder  the  boy  won't  stay  on 
the  farm,  and  the  girls  "take  a  place"  in 
town,  so  long  as  country  life  is  destitute 
of  all  the  comforts  and  conveniences  to 
be  had  in  the  city,  to  say  nothing  of 
recreations  and  amusements.  Just  as 
long  as  these  conditions  prevail,  it  is  of 
no  use  for  social  economists  to  preach 
that  "the  hope  of  the  future  lies  in  the 


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return  of  the  peo- 
ple to  the   soil." 

The  ambitious 
young  men  a  n  d 
young  women  will 
continue  to  get 
away  from  the 
dead  level  of  mo- 
notony and  ugli- 
ness, just  as  fast 
as  they  can.  So  it 
is  well  that  the 
farmer's  wife  i  s 
waking  up.  The 
new  house,  care- 
fully planned,  and 
tastefully  n  1 1  e  d 
up,  will  put  new  heart  into  the  women 
folk,  besides  relieving  them  of  useless 
drudgery.  Necessary  hardship  and'  econ- 
omy is  one  thing;  but  there  is  no  virtue 
or  common  sense  in  eating  wormy  ap- 
ples from  the  north  side  of  the  orchard, 
while  ripe,  mellow  fruit  is  going  to 
waste  elsewhere.  By  the  same  token, 
a  woman  is  only  foolish,  and  not  worthy 
of  great  praise,  when  she  submits  year 
after  year  to  live  in  an  unpainted,  ugly 
shanty  of  a  house,  with  a  kitchen  and 
a  lean-to,  the  table  black  with  flies  and 
no  working  conveniences  where  there  is 
money  enough  to  get  something  better. 
What  ambition  can  she  have  to  get  up 
nice,  appetizing  meals,  in  a  cluttered-up 
place  like  that,  or  to  make  herself  tidy 
and  attractive  in  a  clean  blue  and  white 
calico,  with  a  pink  bow  perked  up  in 
her  hair?  Wouldn't  a  fresh,  pretty  room, 
with  ruffled  curtains  at  the  windows, 
with  a  clean  cloth  on  the  table  and  a 
bunch  of  flowers,  to  say  nothing  of  a  well- 
cooked  meal,  instead  of  the  regulation 
fried  ham  and  potatoes,  be  a  pleasant 
change,  and  wouldn't  the  farmer  like  the 
looks  of  it,  when  he  comes  in  hot  and 
tired  from  haying? 

He  would,  and  he  would  not  only  wash 
his   own    face   and   hands   but   brush   his 


hair    and     put    a 

11- 

cool  linen  coat  ov- 
er  his  wilted  shirt. 


s  a 


A  fetching  little  pergola  over  the  side  entrance. 


time 

for  such  rails. 
You  have  just  as 
much  time  as  oth- 
er people ;  and  it 
makes  the  differ- 
ence between  pigs 
and  people. 

The  possibilities 
of  charm  and  of 
comfort  in  farm 
homes,  are  just 
beginning  to  dawn 

upon  the  farmer's  wife.  Like  the  great 
American  nation,  she  stands  things  a  long 
time  without  a  fuss.  But  also,  when 
they  do  make  up  their  minds,  things  have 
to  move. 

Even  the  U.  S.  Government,  occupied 
as  it  is  with  weighty  affairs  of  state,  has 
through  its  Department  of  Agriculture, 
published  the  first  of  a  series  of  farm 
houses  designed  to  provide  more  attrac- 
tive and  comfortable  houses  at  a  mimi- 
mum  cost,  for  this  large  and  important 
class  of  its  people.  This  first  design  has 
appeared  in  a  number  of  publications,  and 
while  interesting  and  not  devoid  of  at- 
tractiveness, must  be  confessed  to  have 
rather  a  summer  cottage  aspect  with 
hardly  character  enough  for  a  permanent 
home.  We  have  observed  that  when  the 
farmer  does  build  a  new  house,  he  builds 
a  pretty  good  one — at  least  the  modern 
farmer  does.  Time  was,  when  the  coun- 
try carpenter  was  told  the  number  of 
rooms  wanted  and  allowed  to  put  them 
together  any  old  way.  But  the  farmer 
has  learned  that  it  pays  to  have  plans,  and 
good  ones.  It  not  only  pays  in  getting  a 
better  and  handsomer  house,  but  it  pays 
in  building  it,  to  have  a  good  set  of  plans 
and  specifications,  so  that  the  builder  or 
carpenter  does  not  have  to  stop  and  figure 


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it  out  as  he  goes  along,  or  spend  time 
and  money  rectifying  mistakes,  because 
he  has  it  all  plainly  figured  out  for  him 
from  the  start. 

To  illustrate  our  point,  we  have  shown 
here  the  plans  and  front  elevation  for  a 
most  attractive  and  convenient  farm 
house,  such  a  house  as  could  be  built  by 
any  average  well-to-do  farmer.  It  is  sym- 
pathetically designed,  that  is,  it  has  the 
countryside  feeling  in  harmony  with  rural 
surroundings — yet  does  not  lack  dignity, 
and  for  a  small  house  is  as  full  of  modern 
comfort  and  convenience  as  any  city  home. 
At  the  same  time  it  is  eminently  practi- 
cal. Just  look  over  the  plan  and  see 
how  everything  has  been  thought  of  and 
figured  out.  There  is  a  roomy  entrance 
hall,  large  enough  so  the  farmer  could 
have  an  office  desk  in  the  angle  of  the 
stairs,  for  a  sort  of  business  headquarters 
that  would  not  encroach  upon  the  domes- 
tic privacy ;  there  is  a  big  coat  closet  too, 
and  a  convenient  stairway  down  to  the 
basement. 

The  big  living  room  15x26  ft.  6  in.  has 
a  great  fireplace  centered  in  it,  with  the 
further  end  arranged  for  dining  room 
use,  the  idea  being  to  utilize  the  table  in 
the  evenings  for  other  purposes.  From 
this  dining  room  end  you  not  only  pass 
directly  through  to  a  commodious  and 
most  conveniently  equipped  kitchen,  but 
out  upon  a  rear,  enclosed  porch,  with  ac- 
cess to  a  toilet  and  lavatory  in  the  laun- 
dry. Here  the  farmer  can  come  in  from 
the  field  and  "slick  up"  for  supper;  and 
after  supper  there  is  the  long,  cool, 
screened  veranda  across  the  front  for  him 
to  rest  in.  As  to  the  rear  porch,  it  is 
large  enough  to  do  much  of  the  kitchen 
work  out  there  in  summer,  and  so  keep 
the  house  cooler.  If  a  wood  or  coal  range 
must  be  used  instead  of  gas,  a  most  con- 
venient fuel  bin  has  been  provided  at  one 
side  of  the  cupboard  for  cooking  utensils 
— which  fills  from  outside  the  house. 

Of  course  there  would  be  a  pneumatic 


water  engine,  to  supply  water  for  the 
kitchen,  the  laundry  and  the  bath,  and 
of  course  there  would  be  a  gas  machine 
of  some  kind — there  are  now  several  good 
ones — to  do  away  with  kerosene  lamps 
and  candles. 

Last,  but  not  least,  study  the  attrac- 
tive exterior,  with  the  arrangement  for 
walks  and  shrubbery,  and  extension  of 
the  front  walk  carried  round  to  the  side 
entrance  in  a  neat,  trim  orderliness  end- 
ing in  a  fetching  little  pergola  contain- 
ing a  vine-covered  seat,  at  the  entrance 
itself. 

Does  the  farmer  pooh  at  these  refine- 
ments and  say  he  can't  afford  such  non- 
sense? Then  let  him  not  wonder  nor 
complain  if  his  boys  and  girls  fly  to  the 
cities  just  as  soon  as  they  can.  There  is 
no  one  who  can  afford  it  better  than  the 
farmer. 

"The  strength  of  this  mighty  nation 

Is  not  in  the  palace  grand, 
But  in  the  houses  of  the  farmer 

Who  gathers  wealth  from  the  land." 

Good  buildings  on  his  farm — and  by 
that  we  don't  mean  only  barns — are  just 
as  much  an  indication  of  a  farmer's  suc- 
cess as  good  crops  and  money  in  the 
bank.  What  good  is  money  in  the  bank? 
Turn  a  reasonable  part  of  it  into  comfort 
and  pleasantness  for  the  farmer's  wife  and 
children,  and  see  if  it  doesn't  pay  good 
dividends. 

Estimate  of  Cost. 

Excavating  $45.00 

Mason  work 205.00 

Cement  floors 45.00 

Chimney  and  brick  work 175.00 

Lumber 600.00 

Millwork 650.00 

Interior  plaster 360.00 

Painting   225.00 

Carpenter  labor 510.00 

Hardware  220.00 

Electric  wiring 45.00 

Galvanized  iron  and  tin  work  70.00 

Heating — hot  air 150.00 

Plumbing 300.00 

Miscellaneous 50.00 

Architect's  fee 50.00 

Total J3y7007od 


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--  •   "" 


"Homes 

We 

Have  Built" 
Series 


A  Home  in  the  Blue  Grass  Country 

R.   H.   McKee 


F  you  owned  a  lot  that  was  eighty 
feet  by  two  hundred  and  fifty 
deep,  with  a  smooth  stretch  of 
lawn  and  a  border  of  fine  big 
maple  trees,  wouldn't  it  inspire  you  to 
build  a  bungalow?  It  did  us,  for  a  low, 
rambling  structure  seemed  to  "fit"  such 
a  setting  as  no  other  type  of  house  would. 
There  is  a  great  abundance  of  field 
stone  in  our  locality,  so  we  used  it  for  the 
foundation,  porch  pillars  and  chimney. 
The  irregular  shapes  set  in  concrete  give 
a  very  pleasing  effect  and  the  colors  blend 
beautifully  with  the  shingles  of  the  walls, 
which  we  stained  a  soft  brown. 
A  porch  ? 

0  f     course ; 
that     is     al- 
ways part  of 
the    "lure   of 
the    bunga- 

1  o  w,"    and 
ours   is   the 
wide,     invit- 
ing kind  that 
extends    a  1 1 
the      way 
around    one 
side    of    the 


The  huge  atone  chimney  that  some  of  the  natives  think  is  "mighty  Pooh-Folsky." 


house.  The  floor  is  of  concrete  and  the 
pillars  are  built  up  a  little  distance  with 
stone  capped  with  concrete  and  support- 
ing plain,  square  columns  of  ivory  white, 
like  the  trim. 

The  most  striking  features  of  the  ex- 
terior are  the  roof  with  its  long,  sloping 
lines  and  overhanging  eaves,  and  the  huge 
stone  chimney  that  some  of  the  natives 
think  is  "mighty  pooh-folksy."  We  used 
moss-green,  granite  shingles  for  the  roof 
on  account  of  fire  resisting  qualities,  and 
the  color  effect  is  very  harmonious.  A 
sleeping  balcony  on  the  south  side  over 
the  porch  is  a  delightful  feature  of  our 

house.  From 
the  porch 
you  enter  the 
living  room 
which  seems 
quite  spa- 
cious as  the 
dining  room 
is  separated 
from  it  only 
by  a  post  and 
panel  con- 
s  t  ruction. 
The  c  e  n  - 


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tral  feature  of  the  living-room  is  the  ingle- 
nook  with  its  immense  stone  fireplace, 
broad  hearth,  inviting  seats  and  book 
shelves  on  either  side.  The  nook  is  en- 
closed with  a  post  and  panel  construction 
similar  to  the  opening  into  the  dining- 
room.  Both  of  these  rooms  are  paneled  to 
a  height  of  five  and  a  half  feet  in  oak,  fin- 
ished in  Early  English ;  the  floors  are 
hardwood  in  natural  finish. 

The  windows  are  grouped  at  one  end  of 
the  living-room  and  under  them  is  a  built- 


A  narrow  hall  separates  the  bed-rooms 
from  the  rest  of  the  house.  These  two 
rooms  have  white  enameled  woodwork 
and  walls  of  flat  tone  paint ;  one  is  French 
grey  with  ivory  ceiling;  the  other  pale 
blue  with  ivory  ceiling.  Seats  built  under 
the  windows  forming  skirt  boxes,  and 
large  closets  are  good  features  of  the  bed- 
rooms. The  bath  at  the  end  of  the  hall, 
easily  accessible  to  the  bed-rooms,  is  fin- 
ished entirely  in  white. 

The  stairs  lead  up  from  this  hall  and  an 
opening  similar  to  a  window 
serves  the  double  purpose  of  seem- 
ing to  add  to  the  width  of  the  hall 
and  the  stairs,  and  provides  a 
place  for  the  brass  lantern  which 


in  sea,  covering  a  radia- 
tor ;  at  each  end  of  the  seat 
is  a  built-in  bookcase. 
In  the  dining  room,  the 
windows  are  grouped  in 
the  same  way,  and  under 
them  is  a  built-in  buffet,  which,  with  a 
china  closet  at  each  end,  covers  the 
whole  side  of  the  room.  The  finish  in 
these  two  rooms  is  Early  English,  fin- 
ished flat.  The  walls  are  russett  flat  tone, 
and  the  ceiling,  cream.  Black  iron  Crafts- 
man lanterns  with  amber  glass  harmo- 
nize with  the  general  color  scheme. 

A  swinging  door  leads  from  the  dining- 
room  to  the  kitchen,  which  is  small  but 
very  convenient.  It  is  finished  in  white 
enamel,  with  built-in  bins,  table  and  cup- 
boards. Over  the  sink  and  drainboard  is 
a  dish  cupboard  with  glass  doors.  In- 
stead of  an  entry  there  is  a  screened  porch 
the  length  of  kitchen  and  bath-room. 


The  inglenook  with  its  immense  stone  fireplace,  broad  hearth,  inviting  seats 
and  book-shelves  on  either  side. 


lights  the  hall  and  stairway.  Two'  rooms 
and  a  small  hall  were  finished  upstairs. 
Wallboard,  paneled  with  wooden  strips, 
was  used  for  the  upstairs  instead  of  plas- 
ter. From  the  south  room  a  glass  door 
leads  out  upon  the  sleeping  porch,  which 
is  sheltered  by  the  overhanging  eaves  of 
the  roof.  The  basement  under  the  kitchen 
and  bath  is  walled  and  floored  with  con- 
crete. Here  we  have  ample  room  for  a 
boiler  for  our  hot  water  heating  plant, 
pressure  tank  for  water  system,  storage 
for  coal,  etc.  Throughout  the  house  we 
have  utilized  every  inch  of  space. 

All  in  all,  we  are  pretty  well  satisfied 
with  our  home  in  the  blue  crass  countrv. 


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A  Talk  on  Woods 

Article  Three — Oak 


EDITOR'S  NOTE.— This  article,  by  Mr.  W.  L.  Claffey,  is  the  third  of  a 
series  we  are  publishing  concerning  the  uses  and  excellencies  of  various 
woods.  Statements  made  regarding  the  merits  or  demerits  of  products  or 
processes  represent  the  personal  opinion  of  the  writers. 


F  all  American  hardwoods,  prob- 
ably the  one  most  adaptable  to 
the  uses  of  the  homebuilder  is 
oak.  Beauty,  quality,  distinc- 
tiveness  and  durability,  the  prime  requi- 
sites of  our  American  hardwood  are  all 
found  in  oak  in  the  highest  degree  and  it 
rightly  merits  its  extreme  popularity. 

Oak  trees  are  separated  into  fifty  to 
sixty  species  in  the  United  States.  Bot- 
onists  disagree  among  themselves  as  to 


the  right  number.  Foresters  and  manu- 
facturers of  oak  lumber,  divide  all  the 
oaks  into  two  distinctive  and  commer- 
cial groups ;  the  white  oak  (quercus  alba) 
and  the  red  oak  (quercus  rubra).  The 
red  oak  requires  two  years  to  mature  its 
acorns  and  the  white  oak  but  one  year. 
The  wood  of  the  two  groups  are  struc- 
turally different.  In  physical  structure, 
the  white  oak  is  closer  grained  and  hard- 
er than  the  red  oak. 


Ballroom  in  the  Palace  Hotel.  San  Francisco,  floored  with  clear  quartered  oak  squares. 


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Woodworkers  and  lumber  manufac- 
turers usually  determine  the  color  of  the 
wood  before  the  log  is  cut  up.  It  often 
happens  that  the  color  is  decided  upon 
by  the  bark,  rather  than  by  the  wood  it- 
self. 

While  the  oak  is  separated  commercial- 
ly into  two  colors,  white  and  red,  it  is 
also  segregated  into  quarter-sawed  and 
plain-sawed.  The  plain-sawed  stock  is 
obtained  by  straight  cutting  and  the  quar- 


ter-sawed is  obtained  by  sawing  logs  in- 
to four  quarters,  then  sawing  boards  at 
right  angles  to  the  annual  rings  of  growth. 
This  makes  the  beautiful  flashy  effect. 

The  oak  tree  ranges  in  height  from  60 
ft.  to  100  ft.  and  in  diameter  1ft.  to  6  ft. 
The  location  of  growth  is  from  southern 
Maine  to  southwestern  Quebec  to  Central 
and  southern  Ontario,  the  lower  penin- 
sula of  Michingan,  southern  Wisconsin 
and  southern  Minnesota  and  to  southern 
Nebraska  and  southern  Kan- 
sas and  the  Southern  States. 
At  this  writing  there  is  more 
oak  stumpage,  meaning  stand- 
ing oak  timber,  in  the  state  of 
Arkansas  than  in  any  one 
state  in  the  United  States. 
Of  all  the  hardwoods,  oak 
leads  from  the  viewpoint  of 
lumber  production. 

The  wood  of  practically 
all  the  oaks  is  tough,  strong, 
hard  and  heavy,  with  the 
characteristic  plain  and  quar- 
tered figure,  which  has  al- 
ways made  oak  a  standard 
cabinet,  furniture,  finish  and 
flooring  wood,  in  addition 
to  its  many  uses  where 
strength  and  .beauty  of 
grain  is  essential.  Without 
regard  to  the  many  different 
species  of  oak,  the  manufac- 
turing uses  of  oak  are  here- 
with summarized : 


Manufacturing  Uses  of  Oak. 

PURPOSE  PER  CENT 

Furniture  and  fixtures 32 

Millwork,   including  oak  ffooring,   25 

Car  construction 15 

Vehicles  11 

Agricultural  implements  3 

Boxes  and  crates 3 

Ship  and  boat  building 2 

Refrigerators  and  kitchen  cabinets     2 

Musical  instruments 1 

Sewing  machines 1 

Other  uses  5 


34-: 


White  oak  tree. 


Total. 


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If  you  are  reading  this  ar- 
ticle in  your  home,  all  you 
need  do  is  look  around 
the  room  and  you  will  in- 
are  oak,  your  living  room 
table,  desk,  finish  and  pic- 
ture frames  oak  also.  If  you 
variably  find  that  your  floors 
have  any  knowledge  what- 
ever of  the  different  varie- 
ties of  woods,  you  will 
quickly  recognize  oak,  which 
is  usually  left  showing  its 
natural,  beautiful  figure 
and  color.  For  flooring 
purposes  it  is  classified  as 
America's  best  flooring.  It 
is  the  floor  that  the  woman 
of  today  demands  on  account 
of  its  rich  and  cheerful  color 
and  the  friendly  atmos- 
phere it  creates.  Then  again 
an  oak  floor  requires  less 
care  than  the  so-called  ma- 
hogany, that  is  birch  ma- 
hoganized,  or  other  hard- 
wood flooring  on  the  market. 
As  an  illustration,  a  birch 
mahoganized  floor  or  furni- 
ture shows  up  every  speck 
of  dust  and  scratches  where- 
as the  oak  floor,  due  to  its 
color,  will  not  parade  the 
dust  or  show  the  scratches. 

The  writer  of  this  article 
is    using   a    mahogany    desk 
on  the  eighth  floor  of  an  of- 
fice  building   which   requires   dusting  at 
least  two  times  a  day.    In  the  same  office 
is  a  golden  oak  desk  that  does  not  show 
the  dust   nearly   as   much   and   only   re- 
quires dusting  once  in  two  days. 

By  right  of  superior  merit  oak  when 


Red  oak  tree. 

made  into  a  finish  or  flooring  is  superior 
to  other  hardwoods.  A  home  floored  with 
oak  flooring  or  finished  in  oak,  commands 
a  better  selling  price  and  better  rentals, 
besides  attracting  a  better  class  of  ten- 
ants. 


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Interior  Studies 


(Study  No.  1.)  A  beautifully  appointed  dining  room  in  a  modern  city  home. 
Rugs,  furnishings  and  wall  and  ceiling  treatments  all  harmonize  to  present  a  very 
pleasing  picture. 

(Study  No.  2.)  The  multiplicity  of  small  things  in  this  large  country  house 
living  room  is  rather  confusing  and  unpleasant.  A  few  good  pieces  well  placed 
would  make  a  much  better  appearance. 

(Study  No.  3.  )  The  living  room  of  a  modest  suburban  cottage  which  would  be 
more  livable  if  the  selection  of  decorations  and  furnishings  had  been  studied  with 
greater  care. 


(Study  No.  1.) 


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(Study  No.  2.) 


(Study  No.  3) 


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Home  Grounds  and  Gardens 

A  Garden  That  Means 
Something 


Elizabeth  Griswold  Rowe 

(Next  month  an  interesting  sketch  will  be  presented 
by  Mr.  Phelps  Wyman,  Landscape  Architect) 


|T  was  last  year  that  I  started  my 
garden.  Our  lot  was  fairly  Jarge 
and  sunny  and,  in  California,  it  is 
so  seay  to  make  things  grow.  Of 
course,  I  enjoyed  planning  our  new  house, 
but  I  never  pictured  it  in  my  mind  with- 
out a  fringe  of  green  running  four  or  five 
feet  up  from  the  foundation,  some  flower- 
ing shrubs  peeping  around  the  corner,  and 
a  few  vines  climbing  over  porch  and  chim- 
ney. 

It  was  autumn  when  we  moved  in.  I 
had  taken  pains  to  send  for  several  cata- 
logues of  flowering  shrubs  and  hardy 
plants.  It  is  all  very  well  to  plant  seeds 
every  year  and  depend  on  them  for  a  gar- 
den when  you  do  not  feel  settled.  But 
this  was  to  be  our  permanent  home  and 
I  intended  to  fill  my  garden  with  plants 
and  roots  that  look  to  the  future. 

Some  of  the  larger  firms  send  out  very 
attractive,  illustrated  books  advertising 
their  productions.  They  really  are  fasci- 
nating to  read.  One  evening  as  I  sat  sur- 
rounded by  these  catalogues  making  out 
lists  and  having  a  most  delightful  time, 
my  husband  asked : 

''Don't  you  admire  Mr.  Brown's  gar- 
den? It  was  laid  out  by  a  landscape  gar- 
dener." 

"It  is  all  right  for  them,"  I  answered, 
"and  suits  their  place.  The  Brown  gar- 
den is  mostly  cement  walls  and  terraces 
with  svmmetrical  borders  that  don't  invite 


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you  to  pick  a  flower  or  take  off  a  slip  for 
your  neighbor.  But  I  want  our  garden 
to  mean  something." 

And  so  I  have  carried  out  my  idea.  I 
have  a  lilac  bush  that  is  an  offspring  of 
one  from  my  birthplace  and  I  hope  it  will 
smell  as  sweet  to  me  as  it  used  to  some — 
well,  some  years  ago.  In  the  background 
of  my  hardy  border  is  a  bridal  wreath  and 
a  syringa  from  the  New  Jersey  home  of 
my  husband's  grandfather.  A  clump  of 
peonies  that  have  been  growing  for  years 
in  Michigan  soil  were  divided  to  start  a 
new  cluster  in  a  California  garden,  and 
the  bulbs  that  went  into  my  wonderful 
iris  bed  were  given  to  me  for  Christmas 
presents. 

I  planned  my  hardy  border  myself  and 
kept  it  in  green  and  pink  and  white  with 
some  flowers  that  shade  into  rose.  There 
was  a  background  already  of  young,  fine- 
leaved  trees — my  neighbor  had  planted 
them  along  the  fence  to  the  north.  I 
planned  to  have  the  border  about  six  feet 
wide  curving  in  front  of  a  brick  terrace 
that  is  built  out  on  one  side  of  the  house. 
In  the  background,  I  planted  mock-orange 
or  syringa,  pink  and  white  hawthorns, 
azaleas,  a  snowball,  a  Japanese  rose  and 
a  smoke-tree.  In  front  of  these  went  deut- 
zias,  spireas,  hydrangeas  with  fox-gloves 
here  and  there.  Next  the  grass  is  a  thick, 
compact  edging  of  Shasta  daisies — a  bit 
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ed  to  the  new.  Here  in  California  they 
grow  so  thriftily  that  the  roots  can  be 
separated  every  year  and  passed  on  to  the 
neighbors.  For  three  months  they  make 
a  bright  gold  and  white  band  that  is  beau- 
tiful against  the  surrounding  greens. 

The  walk  is  on  one  side  of  the  yard  next 
the  drive-way,  so  immediately  in  front  of 
the  house  is  a  smooth,  gently-terraced 


and  saying,  "I  planted  that  tree  myself, 
when  I  was  ten  years  old." 

In  driving  through  the  grounds  of  the 
late  Senator  Stanford,  I  remember  to  have 
seen  a  number  of  trees  that  were  inter- 
esting because  they  had  been  planted  by 
U.  S.  Grant  and  other  famous  personages. 

Here  in  California  when  Chinese  New 
Year  comes  around,  if  you  have  a  Chinese 


A  corner  of  the  garden. 


lawn,  but  on  the  corner  next  the  driveway 
I  have  put  my  group  of  birches.  They 
are  three  in  number  and  can  anyone  tell 
me  why  they  are  always  planted  in 
threes?  In  our  family  there  are  three 
members  and  each  of  us  planted  and 
named  a  tree — another  bit  of  sentiment. 
Let  a  child  set  out  a  tree  for  himself  and 
won't  he  enjoy  looking  at  it  in  after  years 
when  it  spreads  great  branches  over  him 


working  for  you  or  bringing  you  vege- 
tables, you  will  always  get  a  present  of 
a  Chinese  lily  rooted  and  budded  ready 
to  blossom  out  in  water.  It  is  a  pretty 
custom  and  one  worth  copying.  Any 
garden  lover  would  be  delighted  to  re- 
ceive a  choice  rose  or  a  new  plant  to  put 
into  her  garden  as  a  birthday  or  any  other 
anniversary  present,  and  the  beauty  of 
such  a  gift  is  that  it  improves  as  time 
goes  by. 


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A  Cement  Bungalow  for  a  Narrow  Lot 


N  planning  a  home  that  is  to  be 
built  on  a  narrow  lot,  there  are 
many  problems  to  meet  which 
are  not  encountered  where  there 
are  no  confining  restrictions  to  the  ground 
plan.  If  the  owner  wishes  a  reception 
hall  it  must  always  go  to  the  side  in  a 
house  less  than  24  ft.  wide,  but  under 
these  conditions  it  is  much  better  to  plan 
for  direct  entrance  into  living  room. 


cream  white  in  color.  Trimmings  and  all 
woodwork  are  stained  brown  and  win- 
dow sash  painted  cream  white.  The  roof 
is  slated,  but  shingles  stained  gray,  green 
or  brown  would  be  equally  effective  and 
if  the  expense  of  a  tile  roof  can  be  borne, 
the  bungalow  would  be  very  striking  in 
appearance.  The  foundation  and  porch 
parapet  walls  are  of  red  brick  laid  up  in 
white  mortar. 


"It  is  difficult  to  adequately  describe  the  beauty  and  artistic  merit  of  this  bungalow  without 
overworking:  the  superlatives." — John  Henry  Newson,  Architect. 


One  of  our  frequent  contributors 
among  the  well  known  architects,  Mr. 
John  Henry  Newson,  gives  us  an  excel- 
lent solution  of  the  narrow  lot  problem 
in  his  design  for  "A  Cement  Bungalow." 
He  states  that  "it  is  difficult  to  adequately 
describe  the  beauty  and  artistic  merit  of 
this  bungalow  without  'overworking  the 
superlatives.'  "  The  reproduction  speaks 
for  itself  and  a  technical  description  is 
more  enlightening.  The  exterior  is  ce- 
ment on  hollow  tile,  water-proofed  and 


The  living  room  and  dining  room  have 
light  on  two  sides  and  a  large  closet  is 
provided  off  the  living  room  for  coats 
and  wraps.  A  pantry  connects  dining 
room  and  kitchen,  both  of  which  are  ar- 
ranged with  ample  cupboards.  The  re- 
frigerator is  wide  and  low  and  arranged 
to  be  iced  from  the  outside.  Two  bed- 
rooms and  a  bath  room  on  the  first  story 
and  two  bedrooms  on  the  second  or  attic 
story  with  large  linen  closets,  etc.,  makes 
a  most  complete  house. 


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The  Floor  Plans 

of  the 
Cement  Bungralow 


A  Brick  Bungalow  for  a  Wide  Lot 


Quite  opposite  both  as  to  the  plan  and 
style  of  architecture  to  the  foregoing,  is 
our  next  contribution  as  illustrated  by  a 
photograph  view  of  Mr.  Scott's  new  brick 
bungalow.  This  delightful  home  was 
built  early  in  1913  in  Chaska,  Minn.,  a 
busy  little  milling  town.  The  owner  had 
a  beautiful  building  site  with  a  corner 
frontage  of  150  feet,  which  accommodates 
so  nicely  this  type  of  residence  with  wide 
sweeping  porch  curving  in  graceful  lines 
and  extending  back  on  one  side  some 
fifteen  feet.  The  roof  is  treated  as  a 
broad  gable  running  through  from  front 
to  rear,  broken  in  the  middle  by  side 
gables  which  provide  for  two  well  lighted 
chambers.  The  front  bedroom  is  a  beauty, 
twenty  feet  long.  At  the  rear  is  a  com- 
modious bath  room  and  projected  over 


the  side  porch  is  a  wide  dormer  enclosing 
sleeping  porch. 

The  ground  plan  is  certainly  well  ar- 
ranged with  generous  sized  rooms.  The 
columned  opening  in  front  gives  just  the 
required  separation  of  ingle  nook  feature 
from  the  living  room  without  disturbing 
the  plan  for  a  large  living  room.  The  fine 
bedroom  with  wide  bay  has  private  con- 
nection to  bath  on  this  floor.  The  kitchen 
is  splendidly  arranged  with  adjoining 
pantry,  secured  within  the  house  proper 
and  not  projected  as  is  so  frequently  the 
case  by  an  awkward  jut  to  the  wall  line. 

In  construction  the  basement  walls  are 
of  concrete.  Above  grade  they  are  ce- 
mented over  and  left  as  rough  cast  work. 
The  porch  underfill  and  floors  are  all 
cement.  The  exterior  walls  of  the  first 


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The  owner  had  a  beautiful  corner  lot  which  so  nicely  accommodates  this  type  of  residence.  -Keith  &  Turdy,  A  rcAitecfj. 

story  are  brick  with  an  oriental  brick  fac-      are  of  oak,  while  the  kitchen  and  second 

ing  laid  up  in  chocolate  colored  mortar.          story  is  finished  in  pine  with  pine  floors. 

The  floors  and  finish  on  the  first  floor      The  bath  has  a  tile  floor  and  wainscot. 


JUft- 


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A  Commodious  $4,000  Cottage 


One  of  the  representative  architects  of 
the  Northwest,  Mr.  C.  S.  Sedgwick,  gives 
an  interesting  study  in  the  cottage  form 
of  building,  which,  as  I  have  previously 
commented,  is  the  most  economical  type 
for  the  same  number  of  rooms.  In  this 
form  of  building,  you  accomplish  the 
largest  amount  of  floor  space  at  the  lowest 
possible  cost  and  for  a  medium  sized 


the  front  10  ft.  wide.  The  treatment  of 
the  piazza  is  in  harmony  with  the  house 
with  a  broad  spreading  gable  roof. 

The  vestibule  entrance  is  in  the  center 
opening  into  a  hall  6  ft.  wide  with  stairs 
leading  to  the  second  story.  A  wide  col- 
umned opening  at  the  right  opens  into  a 
large  sized  living  room  and  into  a  small 
den ;  both  of  these  rooms  have  fireplaces. 


The  walls  are  cemented  on  the  outside.    The  gables  showing  half  timbers  and  verge  boards.— C.  S.  SeJgwtck,  Architect. 


dwelling,  the  cottage  design  generally 
looks  the  best  and  is  the  most  pleasing  in 
its  exterior. 

In  the  design  of  this  "commodious 
$4,000  cottage,"  the  walls  are  cemented 
on  the  outside,  the  gables  showing  half 
timbers  and  verge  boards.  Side  windows 
in  the  second  story  are  covered  by  low 
dormer  or  shed  roofs  in  keeping  with  the 
style.  The  size  of  the  house  is  31  ft. 
square  with  the  addition  of  a  piazza  across 


The  dining  room  is  located  directly  back 
of  the  living  room  and  is  connected  with 
sliding  doors.  The  kitchen  is  at  the  rear 
of  the  den.  The  interior  finish  of  this 
floor  is  \Yashington  fir,  stained.  Floors 
are  oak.  The  second  floor  has  four  good 
bedrooms  and  a  glazed-in  room  or  sleep- 
ing porch  at  the  rear,  14x8.  The  ar- 
rangement of  this  second  floor  is  very 
good,  the  main  stairs  landing  in  the  cen- 
ter of  a  wide  hall,  a  small  section  of 


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SLEX.PIKG  PSRCttl 

'•1-6x7-6  .  CHAMBER." 


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ROOF 


stairs  from  kitchen  connects  with  the 
main  stairs.  This  second  floor  is  finished 
in  pine,  enameled.  Flooring  is  birch. 

The  cottage  is  well  built.     The  walls 
are  sheathed  and  papered  on  the  outside 


and  cemented  over  metal  lath.  The  roof 
is  shingled  and  stained  red,  and  all  ex- 
terior trimmings  painted  white.  There  is 
a  full  basement  under  the  house  with  con- 
crete foundation. 


A  Semi-Bungalow  or  Story-and-a-Half  Home 


While  the  bungalow  with  its  wide  over- 
hang and  simple  treatment  of  the  cornice 
has  become  so  popular,  yet  there  are  a 
great  many  of  our  readers  who  still  hesi- 
tate at  the  idea  of  having  all  the  bed- 
rooms on  the  ground  floor.  It  is  for  this 
reason  that  the  so-called  "semi-bunga- 
low," or  better  still,  the  story  and  a  half 
cottage,  is  becoming  even  more  popular, 
especially  in  the  East,  Central  and  North 
Central  States. 

There  are  two  other  important  consid- 
erations in  favor  of  the  semi-bungalow  or 
"story  and  a  half  home."  The  fact  that 
much  less  ground  space  is  required,  en- 
abling one  to  build  on  a  comparatively 
small  lot  and  still  have  a  lawn  on  each 
side  of  the  house  and  the  even  still  greater 


item  of  importance,  less  costly  type  of 
home,  for  the  same  number  of  rooms. 
Bungalows  are  pretty,  artistic  and  have 
much  to  commend  them  under  favorable 
conditions,  but  it  is  a  well  established 
fact  that  for  the  equivalent  in  rooms,  in 
a  home  of  from  five  to  ten  rooms,  it  costs 
more  to  spread  them  out  on  one  floor  and 
they  are  more  difficult  to  heat  than  where 
rooms  are  both  up  and  down.  More  ex- 
cavation is  required  and  a  larger  amount 
of  foundation  work  for  the  one-story 
bungalow;  also  a  corresponding  amount 
of  roof  construction  while  the  perpendicu- 
lar walls  are  equal  to  those  of  the  story 
and  a  half  type.  In  spite  of  all  this,  the 
bungalow  is  the  choice  of  many  home- 
builders. 


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• 


A  rather  plain  yet  attractive  looking  story-and-a-half  cement  plaster  cottage.  —  Kcilh  &  Pardu.  Aichitects. 


Here  we  have  a  rather  plain  yet  attrac- 
tive looking  story  and  a  half  cement 
plaster  cottage,  with  a  well  planned  in- 
terior. It  has  besides  the  living,  dining 
rooms  and  kitchen,  a  bedroom  with  a 
large  closet  and  a  bath  on  the  first  floor. 
Two  large  chambers  and  sewing  room 
are  in  the  second  story,  with  ample  closet 


and  storage  space  under  the  roof.  The 
floors  throughout  are  of  hardwood  with 
hardwood  finish  for  living  and  dining 
room,  balance  finished  in  pine.  There  is 
a  full  basement  with  fuel  and  furnace 
room,  laundry  and  storage.  Poured  con- 
crete was  used  in  building  the  foundation 
walls. 


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Stucco  House  with  Unique  Treatment 


A  strictly  corner  entrance  is  the  notice- 
able feature  to  this  interesting  home-like 
residence  in  its  setting  of  trees  and 
shrubs.  One  instinctively  feels  the  quiet 
atmosphere  and  anticipation  upon  enter- 
ing, of  finding  a  home  complete  in  com- 
fort and  attractiveness.  Nor  will  one  be 
denied.  What  a  glorious  family  living 
room  with  its  splendid  array  of  casement 
windows,  fireplace  and  cushioned  seats. 
At  one  end  are  French  doors  leading  upon 
a  spacious  porch  which  must  be  a  delight 
to  the  family  and  visitors  on  hot  summer 
evenings.  Observe  the  excellent  lighting 


and  ventilation  of  the  "study"  set  so 
snugly  between  the  living  and  dining 
rooms.  The  convenient  kitchen  with  its 
double  pantry.  The  arrangement  of  the 
second  story  rooms  is  so  good  that  I 
would  suggest  a  careful  inspection  of  the 
floor  diagram.  Casement  windows  dupli- 
cate those  beneath ;  closets  there  are  ga- 
lore and  two  bath  rooms. 

The  servant's  room  and  bath  are  locat- 
ed off  the  rear  hall  with  a  stairway  to 
the  attic  where  another  servant's  room 
and  large  billiard  room  is  finished  off. 
In  the  basement  is  a  well  equipped  laun- 


A  corner  entrance  is  the  noticeable  feature  of  this  interesting  home-like  residence.— Lawrence  Buck,  Architect. 


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dry,  dry  room,  children's  play  room,  fur- 
nace room  containing  a  hot  water  heat- 
ing plant  and  fuel. 

The  exterior  walls  are  frame  with  ce- 
ment plaster  over  metal  lath ;  the  roof  is 
of  shingles,  stained.  The  floors  through- 
out are  of  white  quarter  sawed  oak. 
Kitchen  in  pine  to  be  covered  with  linole- 


um  with  tile  floors  and  wainscot  in  baths 
and  first  floor  toilet.  Brick  steps  in  en- 
trance. 

Finish  of  first  floor  in  white  quarter 
oak ;  kitchen  and  second  floor  in  pine, 
white  enameled  with  birch  doors  stained 
mahogany.  The  designer  is  Mr.  Laurence 
Buck. 


An  Economical  Bungalow 


(Description  and  Floor  Plan  on  following:  pagre) 


In  this  modest  little  bungalow  we  have  all  the  conveniences  of  a  higher  priced  home.—  Kellh  &  PurJu,  Architects. 


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In  this  modest  little  bun- 
galow we  have  all  the  con- 
veniences of  a  higher 
priced  home.  The  plan  is 
all  on  one  floor,  attic  for 
ventilation  only,  and  while 
the  rooms  are  not  large, 
the  house  will  accommo- 
date a  family  of  five. 

The  living  room  extends 
across  the  entire  front  and 
with  a  fireplace,  built-in 
bookcases  in  the  end  and 
French  doors  leading  into 
a  sun  room,  the  whole  com- 
position presents  a  very  at- 
tractive appearance.  The 
dining  room  has  a  built-in 
buffet.  The  kitchen  and 
very  complete  with  built 
a  place  for  refrigerator, 
range.  The  plumbing,  in 


rear  entry  are 
-in  cupboards, 
sink  and  gas 
fact  the  whole 


out  are  maple. 


house,  has  been  carefully 
studied  in  order  to  make 
this  "an  economical  bunga- 
low." 

Basement  contains  fur- 
nace, fuel  and  vegetable 
rooms,  besides  a  good 
laundry  and  a  large  storage 
space. 

Foundation  walls  are  of 
concrete  with  a  course 
of  boulders  above  grade. 
Wide  rough  sawed  drop 
siding  for  first  story, 
shingles  or  cement  plaster 
in  the  gables,  shingles  for 
roof  stained,  constitute  the 
materials  used  on  the  ex- 
terior. The  floors  through- 
Standing  finish  is  yellow 


pine,  stained.     Plastered  walls  left  rough 
and  tinted.    The  finish  is  all  very  simple. 


A  Story-and-a-Half  Cottage 


A  factor  in  keeping  down  the  cost  of 
a  modest  cottage  home  is  eliminating  an 
external  porch  to  the  house  proper  as 
shown  in  this  study.  In  this  design  the 
front  porch  is  merely  a  corner  recess  un- 
der the  overhang  of  the  second  story.  On 
the  opposite  side  the  space  is  occupied  by 
hall  and  stairs.  The  broad  gable  expanse 
is  broken  by  the  timber  work  surrounding 
the  second  story  double  window  and  the 
wide  shed  type  of  dormers  on  each  side 
provide  the  necessary  head  room  and  win- 
dows for  the  two  side  bedrooms  and  bath. 

The  exterior  perspective  gives  one  the 
impression  of  a  very  small  cottage,  but 
the  exterior  is  very  deceiving,  for  on 
studying  the  plan,  at  a  glance  one  sees 
quite  a  lay-out.  Four  large  chambers,  a 
large  bath  and  separate  toilet  space,  to- 


gether with  ample  closet  space  under  the 
roof  complete  the  second  floor  arrange- 
ment. Part  of  the  front  chamber  extends 
over  the  front  porch  which  accounts  for 
this  amount  of  room. 

The  first  floor  plan  calls  for  an  attrac- 
tive stair  in  the  front  hall.  Note  how 
convenient  the  kitchen  is  located  to  the 
front  part  of  the  house.  The  stairway 
to  the  basement  is  under  the  main  stairs 
with  a  grade  door  at  landing.  The  large 
living  room  with  projected  bay  and  brick 
fireplace,  is  very  attractive.  A  columned 
opening  separates  the  living  and  dining 
room,  which  has  a  built-in  buffet.  The 
rear  porch  entry  and  pantry  are  well  sit- 
uated. 

The  basement  extends  under  the  entire 
house  including  front  porch  and  is  very 


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The  front  porch  is  merely  a  corner  recess  under  the  overhang  of  the  second  story.— Keith  dr  Purdy,  Architects. 


complete  including  a  hot  water  plant. 

The  exterior  walls  are  covered  with 
metal  lath  over  which  the  cement  plaster 
(rough  cast),  has  been  applied.  The  half 
timber  work  in  the  gables  divides  this 
so  as  to  make  the  whole  front  unusually 
attractive.  It  is  suggested  to  make  the 


stucco  work  a  light  tan  or  cream  color, 
timber  and  cornice  work  a  brown,  roof 
shingles  maroon,  which  color  scheme  is 
warm  and  unobtrusive. 

The  foundation  walls  should  be  poured 
concrete  carried  above  grade  and  the 
stucco  finish  carried  down  over  same. 


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A  roomy,  inexpensive  frame  house  particularly  suitable  to  the  needs  of  a  large  family.— Keith  6  PurJu.  Architects. 


A  Southern  Home  in  Concrete  and  English 

Half  Timber 


The  easy  adaptability  of  cement  to  ex- 
terior stucco  work  makes  it  a  universal 
favorite  in  residence  building,  not  only  for 
the  South,  but  is  proving  an  entirely  sat- 
isfactory outside  wall  for  cold  climates. 

In  designing  a  home  for  a  southern 
client,  the  requirement  was  to  provide  at 
least  six  bedrooms,  a  big  square  living 


room  with  large  reception  hall  and  a  din- 
ing room  to  the  front.  In  other  words,  a 
roomy,  inexpensive  frame  house  particu- 
larly suitable  to  the  needs  of  a  large 
southern  family.  The  rooms  are  all  large, 
well  arranged  and  there  is  plenty  of  closet 
space.  There  is  a  front  and  back  stair- 
way, besides  a  separate  stair  to  basement 


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which  provides  an  additional  rear  entry  window  seats  and  two  fireplaces  which 
and  grade  door.  A  large  bedroom  and  serve  a  utilitarian  purpose  fall  and  winter 
bath  is  located  on  the  first  floor.  On  the 
second  floor  are  five  chambers  and  a  large 


sleeping  balcony.      Attic   space    for   ven- 
tilation and  storage  only. 

The  plans  provide  for  several  built-in      and  interior. 


as  well  as  a  decorative  feature  to  these 
Numerous    casement     windows 


rooms. 

add  to  the  attractiveness  of  both  exterior 


An  Inexpensive  Frame  Cottage 


(Description  follows  on  next  pare) 


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A  story-and-a-half  cottage  with  a  small  porch  placed  at  the  extreme  right.—  F.  E.  Colby.  Architect. 


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In  this  design  we  have  another  story 
and  a  half  cottage  with  a  large  bedroom 
and  bath  on  the  first  floor.  The  small 
porch  is  placed  to  the  extreme  right  so 
as  to  enter  into  a  reception  hall  with  the 
living  room  to  the  left.  The  rooms  are 
all  good  size  being  separated  by  sliding 
doors. 

There  are  two  chimneys,  the  one  in  the 
front  bedroom  permits  the  use  of  a  stove 
in  the  front  part  of  the  house  should  the 
ov.  ner  desire  to  omit  the  heating  plant. 
The  kitchen  chimney  is  built  up  from  the 


basement  in  order  to  accommodate  a  heat- 
ing plant  at  some  future  time. 

The  foundation  is  of  concrete  with 
brick  facing  above  grade. 

The  exterior  walls  are  covered  with 
siding ;  with  the  belt  course  as  shown  it 
would  not  be  expensive  and  would  make 
this  much  more  attractive  to  use  cement 
below  and  shingles  in  the  gables.  In  or- 
der to  reduce  the  expense  the  house  is 
finished  white  pine  but  has  hardwood 
floors. 


A  Sunny  Room  House 


In  this  design  we  have  a  very  popular 
plan  with  many  distinctive  features.  The 
central  hall  with  the  living  room  on  the 
one  side  and  dining  and  serving  quarters 
on  the  other,  make  a  very  practical,  con- 
venient and  artistic  arrangement.  The 
only  objection  to  the  lay-out  is  the  fact 
that  the  average  city  lot  is  from  40  to  50 
ft.  and  with  the  front  porch  placed  on 
the  side  as  a  sun  room,  the  plan  will  re- 
quire either  a  corner  or  a  double  lot. 

T^e  h66d  over  the  entrance  is  a  simple 
yet  attractive: shelter. 


On  entering  the  hall  your  attention  is 
drawn  to  the  massive  brick  fireplace  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  living  room  with 
French  doors  leading  into  the  sun  porch. 
As  we  step  under  the  columned  opening 
into  the  living  room  you  will  observe  the 
attractive  treatment  of  the  end  of  this 
room  with  a  broad  window  seat  in  the 
center  and  bookcases  on  each  side. 

The  dining  room,  closed  off  from  the 
balance  of  the  house  by  sliding  doors  has 
a  built-in  buffet  with  high  casement  win- 
dows above  this ;  this  too  is  seen  from 

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The  hood  over  the  entrance  is  simple  yet  attractive. — Keith  &  PurJy,  Architects. 


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the  living  room  when  the  doors  are  left 
open. 

The  kitchen  is  very  complete  with  work 
table  and  built-in  cupboards;  besides 
this,  there  is  a  serving  table.  A  good  size 
coat  closet  and  toilet  are  located  off  the 
rear  hall,  both  in  a  very  convenient  place. 
A  stairway  leads  from  this  hall  to  the 
second  story.  The  stairs  are  open,  yet 
are  shut  off  from  the  balance  of  the  rooms. 
This  plan  does  away  with  a  back  stair 
and  prevents  a  draft  down  the  stair  well, 
which  is  so  generally  the  case,  in  the  open 
stairway  treatment.  The  three  chambers 
on  the  second  floor  could  be  reduced  in 


size  in  order  to  obtain  an  additional  one 
if  desired,  or  the  sun  room  could  be  car- 
ried up  two  stories  thus  providing  a 
sleeping  porch.  There  is  a  full  basement 
with  concrete  foundation  walls ;  a  course 
of  brick  at  grade  provides  a  water-table. 
The  floors  throughout  are  birch  with 
pine  in  the  kitchen,  over  which  the  owner 
intends  to  lay  a  good  grade  of  linoleum. 
Tile  floor  is  provided  for  in  the  toilet  and 
bath.  The  finish  for  the  living  room  and 
hall  is  of  oak.  Kitchen  and  pantry  are  in 
yellow  pine  finished  natural  and  the  sec- 
ond floor  is  in  pine  for  white  enameling 
with  birch  doors. 


Decorative  Wall  Paneling 

(Continued  from  Page  18.) 

frieze  could  be  adapted,  and  the  coloring 
of  the  walls  made  to  harmonize  with  it. 

In  the  example  given  of  a  bedroom  wall 
the  desired  effect  is  a  delicate  orderly  ap- 
pearance suggestive  of  cleanliness  and 
light.  The  long  narrow  panels  reach  al- 
most from  floor  to  ceiling,  broken  only 
by  the  plain  horizontal  spaces  at  the  top. 
The  scheme  of  coloring  is  a  shade  of  pale 
old  rose  for  the  long  panels,  deep  ivory 
for  the  upper  panels  and  the  ceiling,  with 
pale  ivory  white  for  the  woodwork.  The 
floral  design  is  a  trailing  rose  pattern  in 
tones  of  subdued  green  for  the  foliage 


and  stems  and  old  rose  for  the  blossoms. 
This  could  be  executed  with  a  simple 
stencil  or  a  cut  paper  border  could  be 
used.  This  combination  of  tints  and  pan- 
eled spaces  would  form  a  restful  back- 
ground, making  pictures  almost  unneces- 
sary, but  if  desired  a  few  could  be  added, 
These  examples  will  show  that  panel- 
ing need  not  be  an  expensive  form  of 
decoration.  In  cases  where  the  wood- 
work is  to  be  painted  or  enamelled  there 
is  no  necessity  to  use  a  wood  having  a 
costly  grain,  and  when  used  in  conjunc- 
tion with  oil  painted  walls,  with  their 
lasting  qualities,  a  really  economical  deco- 
ration is  produced. 


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Conducted  br  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS.  Decorator.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Remodeling  An  Old  House. 

URING  the  past  autumn  the  deco- 
rator ran  across  a  remodeled 
house  in  which  some  of  the  prob- 
lems which  come  up  in  remaking 
the  country  house  of  a  commonplace  type 
had  been  very  well  met  and  their  solution 
may  be  of  use  to  some  of  our  readers  who 
are  meditating  reconstructions. 

The  house  was  one  built  some  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  years  ago  with  a  narrow  hall, 
a  small  room  at  the  right  of  the  entrance, 
a  dining  room  with  an  alcove  back  of  it, 
a  double  parlor  with  folding  doors  at  the 
left  of  the  hall.  No  scheme  of  decoration 
could  be  evolved  which  would  do  any- 
thing to  mitigate  the  contracted  effect 
given  the  minute  the  front  door  was  open. 
Otherwise  the  house  had  many  good 
points,  admirably  arranged  window  open- 
ings and  spacious  side  piazzas  and  an  en- 
chanting view  up  and  down  a  tidal  river. 

The  first  step  was  the  pulling  down  of 
the  partition  wall  opposite  the  staircase, 
making  a  single  room  of  the  hall  and  the 
space  at  its  right.  The  partition  between 
the  front  room  and  the  alcove  of  the  din- 
ing room  was  also  moved,  giving  them 
good  sized  rooms  on  the  first  floor,  ex- 
clusive of  the  kitchen,  servants'  dining 
room  and  laundry,  which  were  grouped  at 
the  rear  of  the  double  parlors. 

The  staircase  came  to  within  a  very 
short  distance  of  the  front  door.  Four 
steps  were  cut  off  and  a  square  landing 
made,  the  remaining  steps  attached  at  its 
right  side,  the  balustrade  facing  the  front 
door  being  an  extremely  decorative  fea- 
ture. The  space  beneath  this  landing  was 
used  for  a  shoe  and  rubber  closet.  After 
the  staircase  was  remade  the  partition  be- 
tween the  hall  and  the  parlor  was  re- 
moved, also  the  partition  and  sliding 


doors  between  the  back  and  front  parlors. 
The  beams  at  the  top  of  these  partitions 
were  retained  and  supported  by  fluted  pil- 
lars with  Corinthian  capitals  and  the 
opening  between  the  hall  and  the  dining 
room  was  also  pillared. 

The  chimney  pieces  were  brick  and 
their  rather  low  shelves  were  replaced  by 
high  ones  and  in  the  long  drawing  room 
a  Colonial  mantel  of  white  panelings  with 
a  narrow  shelf  was  built  in.  Narrow  re- 
cesses on  either  side  were  made  into 
closets  with  paneled  doors,  the  spaces 
above  them  also  paneled  so  that  the  en- 
tire end  of  the  room  was  of  wood,  with 
an  extremely  dignified  effect. 

The  woodwork  of  the  drawing  room 
and  of  the  square  hall  and  all  the  pillars 
were  painted  white.  In  the  dining  room 
the  woodwork  was  stained  mahogany. 
Here  a  useless  door  was  removed  and  the 
upper  part  of  the  vacant  space  was  filled 
by  a  shallow  cupboard  with  latticed  glass 
doors,  an  interesting  feature  in  that  side 
of  the  room. 

After  the  work  of  reconstruction  was 
done  the  walls  were  a  problem,  as  it 
seemed  inadvisable  to  reduce  the  apparent 
size  of  the  not  very  large  rooms,  much 
broken  by  window  and  door  openings. 
After  much  consideration  a  paper  in  inch 
wide  stripes  of  white  and  the  faintest  gray 
was  chosen  for  the  drawing  room  and  the 
hall.  A  fault  in  the  proportion  of  the  din- 
ing room  made  it  desirable  to  reduce  its 
height ;  however,  it  had  had  a  chair  rail 
which  could  not  be  removed.  An  import- 
ed paper  of  large  white  flowers  and  green 
leaves  was  laid  above  the  chair  rail,  with 
white  burlap  below  it.  The  electric  light 
dome  was  green  and  the  room  opened  into 
a  large  screened  side  porch  with  light 
green  side  walls  latticed  in  a  darker  green. 
In  this  setting  of  green,  white  and  mahog- 


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Satisfaction  Is  Assured 
When  You  Use 

Oak  Flooring 

q  OWNERS  and  BUILDERS  find  it  a  clinch- 
ing argument  to  say  "It's  Floored  with  OAK 
FLOORING."  It  means  that  the  tenant  or 
buyer  will  be  glad  to  pay  10  to  15  per  cent 
more.  In  color,  it  is  rich  and  cheerful,  and 
imparts  an  air  of  refinement  and  elegance 
to  a  home.  It  is  the  modern  Flooring. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  §•  thickness  by  1J"  or 
2"  fare  can  be  laid  over  old  floors  in  old 
homes,  or  over  cheap  sub-floors  in  new 
homes  at  a  very  low  cost.  It  is  cheaper 
than  carpets  or  Pine  Flooring. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  laid  forty  years  ago  in 
public  buildings,  after  very  hard  service,  is 
still  in  good  condition.  For  durability, 
OAK  is  the  best. 

q  There  is  a  solid  satisfaction  and  lasting 
pleasure  in  the  substantial  and  dignified 
appearance  of  OAK  FLOORING. 

q  A  carpenter  or  handy  man  can  lay  OAK 
FLOORING  successfully.  It  is  very  profit- 
able work  for  any  carpenter. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  is  made  in  seven  differ- 
ent grades — representing  different  prices  to 
fit  the  pocketbook  oj  condition  under  which 
they  are  used.  There  is  no  limit  to  the  uses 
of  OAK  FLOORING  and  the  prices  are 
such  that  there  is  one  or  more  grades  adapt- 
able to  every  class  of  construction. 

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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Continued 


any  woodwork  and  furniture  the  blue  and 
white  china  on  the  table,  sideboard  and 
shelves  fitted  admirably. 

In  the  hall  the  rug  and  upholstery  were 
dull  green,  the  curtains  an  American  cre- 
tonne in  a  blurred  design  of  roses  and 
leaves  over  others  of  white  madras.  In 
the  drawing  room  there  were  a  few  pieces 
of  good  mahogany,  a  long  sofa  covered 
with  the  rose  cretonne  and  the  same  cur- 
tains as  in  the  hall.  The  rugs  were  Scotch, 
gray  with  a  rose  border,  and  the  few  pic- 
tures carried  out  the  pink  suggestion, 
while  those  in  the  hall  had  a  predominant 
green  note. 

On  the  second  story  the  only  problem 
to  be  met  was  the  awkward  appearance  of 
doors  of  differing  heights,  the  rear  rooms 
of  the  house  being  lower  than  those  at 
the  front.  This  irregularity  was  corrected 
by  the  addition  of  a  panel  above  the  frame 
of  the  low  doors  framed  by  the  extension 
of  the  jambs  to  the  same  height  as  the 
others. 

Papering  the  Colonial  Bedroom. 

To  have  at  least  one  bedroom  with  an- 
tique furniture  is  the  desire  of  most  house 
mistresses,  but  too  often  its  good  effect  is 
marred  by  a  lack  of  attention  to  the  room 
itself.  The  figured  wall  paper  was  the 
rule  in  houses  of  any  pretensions,  but  not 
every  figured  paper  is  suitable  and  it  must 
be  remembered  that  whether  correct  or 
not  cretonne  furnishings  cannot  be  used 
with  a  wall  of  decided  pattern. 

For  a  room  of  fair  size  and  well  lighted 
the  foliage  papers  are  extremely  good, 
and  those  with  a  comparatively  small  pat- 
tern and  rather  set  effect  carry  out  the 
old  fashioned  idea  better  than  those  of 
more  modern  type.  Another  admirable 
paper  for  a  room  of  this  type  is  one  which 
reappears  year  after  year,  a  Japanese  look- 
ing design  of  pine  tree  branches  in  blue 
on  a  white  ground.  It  can  also  be  had  in 
green  but  that  coloring  is  far  less  pleas- 
ing. Still  another  sort  of  paper  for  the 
old  fashioned  room  has  a  white  ground 
with  big  branches  of  flowers  realistically 
treated,  the  design  surrounded  by  a  sug- 
gestion of  shadow  produced  by  the  use  of 


tiny  black  dots.  Occasionally  one  finds  a 
paper  scattered  over  with  tiny  landscapes 
enclosed  in  some  sort  of  scroll  work  and 
these  papers  are  excellent  for  this  purpose 
although  some  of  them  are  rather  color- 
less. 

With  these  strongly  patterned  walls, 
curtains  and  bed  hangings  should  be  of 
dimity  or  some  sort  of  striped  muslin. 
For  draping  the  four  poster  nothing  is  so 
good  as  dimity,  with  an  edging  of  narrow 
cotton  fringe  or  gimp,  and  the  sill  length 
window  curtains  should  match. 

It  is  quite  possible  to  have  an  old  fash- 
ioned room  without  any  upholstery,  using 
rush  seated  chairs  and  dispensing  with 
anything  in  the  shape  of  a  couch  or  easy 
chair,  thus  avoiding  the  conflict  of  two 
patterns,  one  on  the  walls,  another  on  the 
furniture.  A  compromise  is  possible  by 
covering  chairs  and  couch  with  a  striped 
material,  white  with  the  general  tone  of 
the  walls,  or  else  using  one  of  the  French 
cotton  fabrics,  jaspe  or  armure,  which  are 
specially  intended  for  wall  coverings.  In- 
deed it  is  a  pity  to  forego  the  air  of  ele- 
gance given  by  the  high  backed,  winged 
chair,  standing  by  the  fireplace. 

Washbowls  and  Pitchers. 

Even  if  the  occupant  of  the  old  fash- 
ioned room  is  invited  to  use  the  bathroom, 
the  effect  of  antiquity  is  not  complete 
without  a  visible  washstand  though  there 
may  be  a  set  bowl  in  an  adjoining  closet. 
For  the  blue  and  white  room  it  is  a  simple 
matter  to  find  a  toilet  set  in  old  blue, 
reproducing  the  willow  or  other  Stafford- 
shire wafe.  For  other  colorings  the  sets 
of  Colonial  glass  are  satisfactory,  if  not  so 
accurately  correct  as  china,  while  diligent 
search  may  disclose  some  printing  of  for- 
mal old  fashioned  flowers  on  shallow  bowl 
and  squatty  pitcher  which  will  suggest 
antiquity.  Sets  either  in  plain  color  or 
else  in  white  with  colored  bands,  which 
can  be  matched  for  the  bedside  table,  are 
inobtrusive  and  give  a  pleasanter  effect 
than  those  of  glass,  often  supplying  a 
needed  note  of  positive  color.  A  splasher 
of  dimity  or  muslin  should  match  the  cur- 
tains. 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS 

ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


Editor's  Note.— The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  Keith's  Magazine.  Inquiries 
pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general  in* 
>*re«t  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


Decorating  a  Remodeled   Interior. 

1>.  H.  W. :  "I  am  remodeling  my  home 
and  want  to  ask  for  some  information  as  to 
finishing;  woodwork,  furnishings,  etc." 

Ans. — A  remodeled  interior  always  pre- 
sents difficulties,  but  you  appear  to  have 
already  considered  yours  very  intelligently. 

First,  as  to  the  woodwork  thru  these 
rooms,  nothing  is  more  elegant,  especially 
in  a  southern  home,  than  a  white  or  ivory 
enamel  finish  with  mahogany  doors,  espe- 
cially if  much  of  the  furniture  is  mahogany, 
and  this  treatment  is  greatly  in  favor  at 
the  present  time.  Your  new  doors  will 
take  a  dark  mahogany  stain  beautifully  and 
we  advise  this  for  all  doors  except  those 
in  the  den ;  here  we  would  stain  the  doors 
brown  to  harmonize  with  the  Golden  Oak 
furniture,  particularly  as  these  are  service 
doors  opening  into  rear  entry  and  closet. 
The  door  which  opens  into  the  dining  room 
can  be  stained  mahogany  on  the  dining 
room  side. 

Much  as  we  dislike  to  cover  up  oak 
woodwork  with  paint,  it  is  the  only  thing 
to  be  done  in  your  dining  room,  as  it  would 
be  impossible  to  give  it  a  mahogany  finish 
now,  and  as  for  "graining,"  the  gods  for- 
bid !  Graining  is  a  thing  unknown  in  mod- 
ern housebuilding.  So  we  must  face  the 
music  and  paint  the  oak  trim.  As  to  ceil- 
ing beams,  they  may  either  be  mahogany 
like  the  doors  or  ivory  to  match  the  other 
woodwork.  As  this  room  has  only  west 
lighting,  we  advise  using  the  ivory  beams 
and  tinting  the  ceiling  panels  between  very 
pale  apple  green.  With  10- foot  ceiling  we 
would  divide  the  wall,  placing  a  chair  rail 
at  chair  height  with  either  leaf  green  burlap 
or  its  imitation  below  the  molding  and 
using  above  to  the  ceiling,  an  English  chintz 
paper,  cretonne  design,  having  large  bril- 
liant blossoms  and  birds  among  green 
boughs  on  a  white  ground.  Such  a  paper 
comes  at  $1.00  a  roll.  A  cretonne  hanging 


for  the  windows  comes  to  match,  which  we 
would  use  in  straight  draperies  to  the  win- 
dow sill  on  the  outer  sides  only  of  the 
double  window,  with  a  16"  valance  running 
across  the  top.  Then  have  the  floor  stained 
mahogany  and  a  rich  moss  green  rug,  plain, 
to  match  the  green  portieres.  It  will  be  a 
very  elegant  room. 

The  rose  in  your  parlor  will  be  charm- 
ing and  your  idea  of  white  wicker  furni- 
ture, delightful.  The  wicker  should  be 
painted,  however,  and  not  natural,  then  up- 
holster two  arm  chairs  in  cretonne,  having 
big  bunches  of  deep  rose  colored  hydrangeas 
on  white  ground  with  a  third  small  chair 
and  a  wicker  settee  having  seats  of  rose 
velvet. 

We  would  paint  the  woodwork  ivory  and 
hang  the  walls  with  shimmering  white  grass 
cloth,  with  a  frieze  of  rose  pink  garlands. 
Now  let  your  living  room  and  den  walls  be 
tinted  a  soft  ecru  which  will  open  very 
harmoniously  from  this  parlor  in  rose  and 
ivory.  Have  rug  and  hangings  in  living 
room  mulberry  color  and  in  den  use  shades 
of  brown  and  old  gold. 

For  the  Country  House. 

L.  L. :  "I  am  enclosing  the  floor  plans 
of  our  new  country  house  and  wish  sug- 
gestions in  the  finish  of  walls  and  wood- 
work. The  woodwork  and  floors  down- 
stairs, with  the  exception  of  the  kitchen, 
are  oak.  the  rest  of  the  house  is  pine,  down- 
stairs the  doors  are  two  panel  oak,  upstairs, 
one  panel  fir.  We  thought  to  leave  the 
wood  in  the  natural,  not  stain  it,  would 
you  advise  waxing  it  or  using  flat  varnish  ? 

We  have  very  little  furniture  to  take  into 
the  house,  a  Circassian  walnut  bed  and 
dresser  and  an  iron  bed  and  birdseye  maple 
dresser,  our  dining  room  table  and  chairs 
will  be  waxed  oak,  etc." 

Ans. — In  reply  to  your  letter  requesting 
suggestions  on  interior  decoration,  we  fear 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 


you  will  regret  it  if  you  finish  the  oak  wood- 
work entirely  natural  as  it  is  impossible  to 
get  furniture  that  will  harmonize  with  nat- 
ural oak,  in  the  living  room  at  least.  You 
speak  of  your  dining  room  furniture  as 
waxed  oak,  but  we  presume  you  mean  it 
has  a  dull  waxed  and  not  varnished  finish. 
We  do  not  think  you  could  find  dining  room 
pieces  finished  natural,  unless  made  to 
order. 

Our  advice  is  to  confine  the  natural  wood 
to  the  floors  alone  and  to  give  the  stand- 
ing trim  a  light  fumed  oak  stain  then  wax 
and  rub.  We  would  furnish  the  southeast 
front  room  as  a  library,  with  built  in  book- 
cases each  side  of  the  front  windows  and  a 
couch  or  davenport  along  the  stair  wall, 
with  a  library  table  in  the  center  of  the 
room.  These  pieces  we  would  purchase  in 
light  fumed  oak  and  upholster  the  couch 
or  davenport  in  a  cotton  tapestry  having  a 
tan  ground  with  small  figure  in  rose  and 
line  of  black.  We  would  tint  the  ceiling 
cream  color  and  the  walls  soft  tan  with  a 
rug  in  tones  of  brown,  tan  and  rose.  A 
stencil  band  beneath  the  picture  molding 
in  a  conventional  pattern  such  as  a  Tudor 
rose  in  dull  rose  with  dull  green  leaves, 
would  be  very  pleasing. 

In  the  living  room  we  would  carry  the 
same  tones  on  the  walls,  but  combine  it  with 
a  soft  green  rug,  green  draperies  and 
furnishings  and  wicker  furniture  uphol- 
stered in  a  foliage  design  in  greens  and 
blues. 

The  dining  room  we  would  do  with  old 
blue  walls,  blue  and  tan  rug  and  old  gold 
Sunfast  at  the  windows. 

In  regard  to  the  finish  of  the  upstairs 
woodwork,  we  do  not  see  how  you  can 
finish  it  natural  as  the  fir  doors  would  be 
entirely  different  from  the  pine  when  shel- 
laced and  varnished.  We  would  stain  the 
fir  doors  a  mission  brown  and  paint  the 
pine  woodwork  cream  color.  This  is  very 
effective  for  a  second  story  treatment. 


As  to  the  choice  between  painting  and 
tinting  the  plaster,  we  think  the  water  color 
finish  the  best  for  sand  finished  plaster,  par- 
ticularly for  ceilings. 

The  Living  Room. 

A.  E.  N. — Am  writing  you  for  advice 
about  furnishing  a  living  room  15j^'12', 
having  an  east  front,  with  an  alcove  and 
vestibule  on  the  east,  a  triple  window  on  the 
south,  door  to  den  and  stairway  on  west, 
and  colonades  to  dining  room  on  north. 

The  walls  are  in  pale  green  with  cream 
ceiling  and  woodworks  in  birch,  mahogany 
finish. 

We  have  a  piano  and  music  cabinet  in 
mahogany  and  book  cases  in  colonade,  and 
seat  in  the  alcove.  What  furniture  could 
we  use  that  would  go  well  with  them? 

What  colors  for  rugs  and  curtains? 

Also  a  bed  room  having  one  window  on 
the  north  walls  in  light  yellow.  Could  we 
use  white  enamel  furniture  or  would  that 
make  too  much  light  color? 

Would  you  advise  staining  the  yellow 
pine  floors  in  living  room  and  dining  room 
mahogany  or  oak  ? 

Ans. — In  regard  to  furniture  for  the  liv- 
ing room  described,  we  would  suggest  a 
library  table  in  mahogany  finish,  also  an 
easy  chair  with  mahogany  frame  and  up- 
holstered in  a  tapestry  of  mixed  color: 
green,  tans,  rose,  with  rug  showing  the 
same  coloring. 

If  there  is  room  for  a  davenport  uphol- 
stered to  match,  it  would  be  a  great  addi- 
tion. For  any  other  chair  we  would  get  a 
green  stained  wicker. 

Curtains  of  cream  figured  lace  with  side 
draperies  of  medium  green  Sunfast.  We 
would  use  a  slight  brown  stain  on  the  floors. 

White  woodwork  would  not  be  too  light 
in  the  north  bedroom,  but  would  be  very 
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Contents 

1.  Interior    Decoration, 

taking  up  Color 
Schemes,  Treat- 
ment of  Woodwork 
Walls,  Ceilings, 
etc.,  etc. 

2.  Entrances,  Vestibules. 

3.  Halls  and   Stairways. 

4.  Living  Rooms. 

5.  Dining  Rooms. 

6.  Sleeping  Rooms. 

7.  Billiard  Rooms. 

8.  Dens  and  Fireplaces. 

9.  Rustic  Bungalows. 
10.  Outdoor     Living 

Rooms. 


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Heat  Regulation  in  the  Home. 

|O  have  the  heating  plant  auto- 
matically controlled  for  a  change 
to  warmer  temperature  in  the 
morning  and  to  secure  with  only 
the  slightest  attention  a  fixed,  even  tem- 
perature throughout  the  day  is  a  condi- 
tion that  most  home- 
owners would  classify  as 
being  ideal.  However,  the 
manufacturer  of  a  certain 
heat  regulator  makes 
these  claims  for  his  prod- 
uct under  a  positive  guar- 
antee. 

Automatic  heat  regula- 
tion is  not  a  new  thing 
but  it  is  not  used  by  the 
average  class  of  people  to 
the  extent  it  should.  The 
general  impression  used  to 
be  that  it  was  too  expen- 
sive for  the  small  and 
medium  sized  houses. 
This  erroneous  idea  is 
gradually  disappearing  as 
people  discover  the  true 
economical  value  in  proper  heat  regula- 
tion. It  not  only  saves  worry  and  bother 
with  its  automatic  attention,  but  soon 
pays  for  itself  in  fuel  and  doctor's  bills 
saved. 

The  operation  is  so  simple,  positive  and 
so  automatic  that  the  slightest  change  of 
temperature  will  operate  the  drafts.  It 
renders  a  service  that  relieves  one  of  all 


care  and  worry.     It  thinks  and  acts  for 
you  day  and  night. 

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and  there,  will  clean  and  lift,  cook  and  bake 
and  wash  and  iron  for  us,  the  dream  of  the 
servantless  house  will  at  last  come  true. 
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plicitly trusted  to  start  the  cooking  of  your 
dinner  at  the  right  minute  and  keep  the  heat 
at  the  right  temperature  while  you  serenely 
shop  or  attend  the  theatre  miles  away.  The 
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foods  for  your  dinner  just  as  you  would  for 
a  fireless  cooker  and  adjust  a  little  mech- 
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any  point  desired  so  that  there  will  be 
no  danger  of  burning,  and  the  mysterious 
mechanism  will  also  turn  off  the  heat  if 
you  will  determine  beforehand  the  amount 
of  time  necessary  to  cook  or  bake  the  dish 
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TABLE  CHAT-Contmucd 


ery    leaves    and    garnished    with    rings    of 
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A  Violet  Luncheon. 

Clam  Bouillon  with  Whipped  Cream 

Breast  of  Chicken,  Heated  in  Cream 

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the  next  day  for  stuffed  egg  plant. 

For  the  violet  cream,  soak  half  a  box  of 
gelatine  in  half  a  tea  cup  of  water  for 
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about  a  third  of  it,  and  if  necessary  square 


the  angel  cake  in  squares  and  cover  each 
with  violet  icing.  Buttercups  can  be  had 
in  violet  and  may  be  mixed  with  pepper- 
mints. 

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Some  Notes  About  Concrete  Building. 

F.  H.  Sweet. 

NY  material  in  its  formative  state 
of  development  is  apt  to  be  mis- 
understood and  misused  by  de- 
signers. Concrete  being  still  in 
the  formative  stage,  meets  with  such  mal- 
treatment. Many  concrete  houses  of  to- 
day were  designed  for  stone,  brick  or  even 
frame,  and  then  by  chance  at  the  last  mo- 
ment the  material  was  changed  and  a  so- 
called  concrete  house  is  produced.  Nat- 
urally such  a  building  can  only  come  un- 
der the  classification  of  nondescript,  and 
good  results  even  structurally  can  hardly 
be  looked  for. 

It  must  be  clearly  borne  in  mind  that 
the  material  with  its  possibilities  and  limi- 
tations determines  a  style  or  design. 
Therefore,  unless  one  constructs  accord- 
ing to  his  material  it  is  impossible  to  ob- 
tain the  most  satisfactory  result  from 
either  an  architectural  or  a  practical  point 
of  view.  It  is  unfair  to  the  architect  and 
to  the  material  to  carry  out  a  house  in 
concrete  that  was  originally  designed  to 
be  built  of  something  else.  Reinforced 
concrete  construction  is  a  new  art,  and  to 
obtain  the  best  results  the  owner,  archi- 
tect and  engineer  must  work  together. 
Then  will  it  reveal  its  unlimited  possibili- 
ties. 

The  ideal  house  of  concrete,  as  we  see 
it,  is  one  with  a  flat  roof,  crowned  by  a 
parapet  or  some  simple  perforated  pat- 
terning such  as  one  sees  in  the  country 
barns  of  Italy  for  airing  the  hay.  It  is 
better  to  avoid  the  stereotype  balusters 
and  moldings  (which  have  so  long  been 
associated  with  stone  work),  not  because 
of  any  difficulty  in  casting,  but  simply  to 
avoid  stamping  concrete  an  imitation  of 


stone.  The  windows  should  be  grouped 
rather  than  separately  spaced,  for  the 
additional  span  is  a  simple  matter  with 
reinforcement,  and  then  one  can  concen- 
trate on  each  group  surrounding  it  with  a 
mosaic  or  scraffito  treatment  which  offers 
a  pleasant  relief  from  the  necessarily  bare 
reveals  of  the  plain  windows. 

The  flat  roof  is  suggested  in  preference 
to  the  pitched  because  it  is  obviously 
cheaper  and  is  the  natural  form.  Shingle 
or  slate  roofs  are  pitched  to  insure  a  dry 
interior;  a  flat  shingle  roof  would,  of 
course,  offer  but  little  protection  front 
water.  The  flat  concrete  roof,  when  com- 
posed of  a  rich  mixture  and  properly  done, 
is  a  perfectly  practical  roof. 

As  an  example  of  successful  collabora- 
tion between  architect  and  engineer, 
might  be  mentioned  some  recently  built 
columns  for  a  pergola.  They  were  inex- 
pensive to  construct  because  they  had 
been  intelligently  designed  with  twenty 
flat  sides  to  accommodate  the  material. 
They  could  thus  be  made  with  the  board 
marks  showing.  They  have  the  same 
play  of  light  and  shade  as  true  Doric  col- 
umns, and  at  a  short  distance  are  identi- 
cal. But  if  they  had  been  designed  as  true 
Doric  columns  with  hollow  flutes  the  cost. 
owing  to  the  difficult  forms  necessary  fof 
casting,  would  have  been  prohibitive — 
to  say  nothing  of  the  danger  of  break- 
ing the  sharp  arrises  of  the  flutings,  both 
during  the  construction  and  after. 

As  a  final  suggestion,  it  should  be  borne 
in  mind  that  concrete  is  a  cast  material, 
and  therein  lies  its  future.  The  scoring 
of  the  walls  in  imitation  of  stone  blocks, 
or  even  laying  up  the  walls  in  the  form 
of  stone  blocks  robs  it  of  its  great  individ- 
uality as  a  building  material. 


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Stained  with  Cabot's  Shingle  Stains 
Davis,  McGrath  6-  Shcpard,  Architects,  /V.  Y . 

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D 

Heating,  Lighting  and 
Plumbing 

D 

Reduction  of  Heat  Losses. 

ATURE  provides  winter  coats  for 
the  animals  that  must  remain  out 
in  the  cold.  We  learned  long  ago 
to  insulate  our  bodies  partially 
against  the  cold  with  warmer  winter  cloth- 
ing. Have  we  approached  seriously  the 
application  of  this  idea  to  our  buildings? 
We  refine  the  artificial  heating  plant,  spend 
time  and  dollars  and  skill  and  genius  in 
elaborating  the  heat  transmitting  appli- 
ances and  the  fuel  consuming  devices  with 
no  more  than  a  cursory  investigation  of  the 
type  of  construction  of  the  building,  and 
with  no  effort  to  influence  the  construction 
of  the  building  so  as  to  reduce  the  heat 
losses. 

Many  of  us,  I  believe,  stand  convicted  of 
crime  in  this  regard  against  future  genera- 
tions. There  are  instances  available  where 
5%  of  the  cost  of  the  building,  expended 
on  heat  transmission  insulation  rather  than 
on  a  larger  heating  plant,  saved  in  fuel 
charges  alone  its  cost  within  three  years. 
The  field  this  opens  up  is  almost  unex- 
plored. We  know,  however,  how  much 
more  efficient  as  regards  heat  insulation  is 
an  ordinary  sawdust  packed  icehouse  than 
an  ordinary  dwelling,  and  how  much 
longer  heat  is  retained  in  an  ordinary  fire- 
less  cooker  than  in  any  part  of  the  best  in- 
sulated transmission  department  of  an  ordi- 
nary heating  plant. 

Improvements  Needed  in  Building 

Construction. 

We  know  that  poor  insulation  of  walls 
and  windows  is  the  greatest  enemy  of  good 
ventilation,  preventing  proper  diffusion  of 
the  fresh  air.  We  know  that  tight  windows 
or  storm  sash  permit  of  very  considerable 
fuel  savings.  We  know  that  warm  winter 
buildings  are  cool  summer  buildings.  We 
know  that  a  $10,000  investment  with  a  5% 
interest  charge  is  better  for  the  borrower 
than  an  $8,000  investment  with  a  20%  in- 
terest charge.  We  seem,  however,  unable 
to  get  perspective  enough  to  use  this  knowl- 
edge, else  buildings  with  rattling  windows 
and  no  storm  sash,  thin  walls,  cold  attics 


and  cellars,  direct-indirect  radiators,  unduly 
high  ceilings,  single  slab  roofs,  etc.,  coupled 
with  the  most  elaborate  and  expensive  heat- 
ing plants,  would  cease  to  exist. — The  Heat- 
ing and  Ventilating  Magazine. 

Location  of  Heat  Source. 

In  our  practice  as  engineers  are  we  los- 
ing perspective  in  regard  to  the  location  in 
the  room  of  the  heat  source?  We  learned, 
very  early  in  our  experience,  that  the  heat 
transmission  varies,  among  other  things, 
in  a  certain  proportion  as  the  difference  in 
temperature  between  the  hot  and  cold  ob- 
jects varies.  Is  it  then  the  best  practice  to 
place  the  hottest  thing  in  a  room  against 
the  coldest  object?  The  dean  of  one  of 
our  greatest  engineering  schools  agreed 
with  me  that  in  most  instances  the  radiator 
location  was  far  more  a  factor  of  the  con- 
venience of  the  occupants  of  the  room  than 
of  their  comfort.  Granted  reasonably 
tight  windows  and  fairly  well  insulated 
walls,  the  radiator  may  be  alongside  the 
inside  wall  as  satisfactorily  as  alongside 
the  outside  wall.  May  not  the  radiator  be 
smaller — will  not  the  piping  be  less  expen- 
sive— will  not  the  fuel  cost  be  lower,  if 
this  procedure  is  carried  out  consistently? 

Cold  Air  for  Ventilation. 
It  is  not  a  loss  of  perspective  to  cling  to 
the  idea  that  air  for  ventilation  shall  all 
have  been  heated  prior  to  its  entry  to  a 
room?  Our  belief  in  this  is  traditional.  Is 
it  based  on  truth  ?  It  has  been  demon- 
strated that  unheated  air  may  be  intro- 
duced into  rooms  under  certain  peculiar 
ideal  conditions,  and  that  under  these  con- 
ditions the  air  feels  better  to  us  than  air 
which  has  been  heated.  This  process  has 
proven  good  for  street  cars.  Shall  we  not 
hope  for  the  development  of  the  process 
for  buildings,  so  perfected  that  it  shall 
operate  continuously  amj  effectively?  I 
believe  that  it  will  surely  follow  the  con- 
struction of  properly  insulated  buildings, 
and  that  we  cannot  attain  approximately 
perfect  ventilation  until  we  build  insulated 
buildings. — Heating  and  Ventilating  Maga- 


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PAINTIN 


FINISHING 


Cleaning  Paint  and  Varnish  Brushes. 


correspondent  asks  for  informa- 
tion on  cleaning  paint  pots  and 
brushes,  and  the  editor  has  thought 
it  well  to  have  an  article  dealing 
with  this  not  unimportant  topic,  says  Na- 
tional Builder.  Obviously  good  painting 
or  varnishing  cannot  be  done  with  unclean 
pots  and  brushes.  In  the  first  place  I  would 
say,  keep  them  clean.  Do  not  allow  them 
to  get  dirty.  In  warm  weather  paint  will 
be  apt  to  gum  up  brush  and  pot  if  too  much 
driers  are  used,  and  there  always  is,  even 
in  cold  and  wet  weather.  But  this  is  an- 
other story. 

Well  regulated  paint  shops  have  a  barrel 
of  sfrong  soda  or  lye  water,  in  which  dirty 
paint  pots  are  placed,  and  after  soaking  a 
few  days  are  taken  out,  scraped,  the  scrap- 
ings saved,  and  the  pot  made  clean  with 
water  and  rag  or  waste.  Another  method 
is  by  fire ;  place  some  paper  or  excelsior  in 
the  pot,  sprinkle  a  little  coal  oil  over  it,  and 
set  fire  to  it ;  do  this  where  no  danger  may 
follow.  With  care  the  soldering  will  not 
be  injured.  Scrape  with  a  putty  knife  as 
the  heat  softens  the  old  paint,  and  do  the 
inside  first,  scraping  down  into  the  slight 
blaze  until  the  insides  are  done,  then  re- 
move the  outside  stuff. 

As  to  the  dirty  paint  brush,  there  are 
various  ways  for  cleaning  it.  Any  fluid 
that  will  dissolve  oil  will  clean  the  brush. 
Ammonia  water,  creosote  oil,  benzine,  tur- 
pentine, fusel  oil,  hot  linseed  oil,  alkali 
water,  hot  water,  etc.  Some  use  the  liquid 
known  as  paint  and  varnish  remover,  but 
this  is  very  expensive  (though  it  ought  not 
to  be,  as  it  is  composed  of  a  cheap  mate- 
rial), besides  which  it  injures  the  bristles, 
taking  the  life  or  spring  out  of  the  bristles, 
making  the  brush  flabby  and  too  soft  to 
work  well.  When  the  paint  is  very  thick 
and  hard  on  the  outer  bristles,  do  not  cut 
these  bristles  away,  as  is  too  often  done, 
but  soften  up  the  old  paint,  then  scrape  it 
away.  Benzine  and  naphtha  gum  up  oil 


paint,  hence  are  not  really  good  for  clean- 
ing the  paint  brush.  If  the  brush  is  hard 
all  through  then  soak  it  in  diluted  ammonia 
or  hot  oil,  then  rinse  in  turpentine  and 
finally  wash  with  soap  and  water.  Or  by 
making  a  paste  with  washing  powder  and 
covering  the  bristles  with  it,  leaving  it  on 
over  night,  the  old  paint  will  be  softened 
up.  Or  soak  in  turpentine  and  wash  out 
with  soap  and  water,  then  rinse  in  clear 
water,  then  twirl  the  brush  between  the 
hands  to  expel  the  water.  Some  recom- 
mend the  use  of  hot  kerosene,  after  which 
rinse  in  ammonia  water.  Before  placing  a 
brush  in  any  hot  solution  wrap  it  in  paper, 
to  preserve  its  shape.  Hang  the  dirty 
brush  in  hot  water,  not  allowing  the  water 
to  be  above  the  bottom  of  the  ferrule,  and 
after  the  bristles  have  become  loose  from 
paint  work  same  with  the  fingers,  separat- 
ing the  bristles  as  much  as  possible.  Re- 
peat the  hot  water  treatment  until  the  heart 
of  the  brush  has  softened.  Next  place  the 
brush  in  turpentine  to  soak  a  few  hours, 
then  take  it  out  and  work  it  out  with  a  putty 
knife,  removing  the  loose  paint.  If  still 
there  is  hard  or  only  partly  softened  paint, 
place  the  brush  in  some  strong  soap  suds 
and  boil  until  old  paint  is  soft.  Heat  or 
hot  water  is  a  great  softener  of  paint. 
When  I  have  a  lot  of  hard  lead  or  zinc 
white  and  want  to  mix  up  a  pot  of  paint, 
I  take  the  hard  paint  out  of  the  keg  in 
small  bits  and  place  it  in  the  mixing  pot, 
then  pour  boiling  water  on  it  until  the  hard 
pigment  is  covered ;  I  set  the  pot  away  for 
anywhere  from  15  minutes  to  an  hour,  as  it 
does  not  require  a  very  long  time,  and  then 
the  lumps  of  lead  or  zinc  are  quite  soft  and 
may  easily  be  mixed  up  with  oil  or  turpen- 
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know  of  this  little  trick,  and  I  only 
stumbled  across  its  myself,  experimenting 
one  day.  Old  paint,  dried  on  pot  or  brush 
will  not  soften  up  as  quickly  as  the  hard 
lead,  yet  with  boiling  and  time  it  will,  par- 
ticularly when  assisted  with  a  little  alkali. 


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Imitation  Mahogany. 

B.  M.  R. — What  are  the  most  common 
substitutes  for  mahogany  and  how  are  they 
finished? 

Ans. — Baywood — a  sort  of  unacknowl- 
edged half-brother  of  mahogany,  hailing 
from  the  West  Indies — is  a  very  common 
substitute  for  mahogany,  to  the  extent,  in 
fact,  that  fully  two-thirds  of  the  so-called 
mahogany  trim  used  in  house  work  is  bay- 
wood,  and  no  one  the  wiser.  Similar  in 
texture,  though  somewhat  coarser  in  fibre 
and  lighter  in  color  and  weight  than  ma- 
hogany, it  is  difficult  to  distinguish  the  real 
from  the  spurious  when  the  finishing  proc- 
esses have  been  completed.  There  is, 
however,  little  economy  in  using  baywood 
for  the  reason  that  it  ranks  in  price  with 
the  lower  grades  of  mahogany. 

Among  the  most  practical  and  econom- 
ical of  the  imitators  of  mahogany  is  birch 
— particularly  the  curly  variety — a  wood 
combining  the  desirable  qualities  of  density, 
weight,  strength,  fine  grain  and  close  tex- 
ture. Further  than  this,  birch  has  a  bril- 
liancy all  its  own,  which  vies  successfully 
with  that  of  mahogany.  Birch  comes  in 
both  red  and  white,  a  point  to  remember 
in  matching  effects,  as  a  stain  that  produces 
a  satisfactory  effect  on  red  birch,  will  show 
with  less  character  and  diminished  intensity 
on  white  birch. 

Red  gum  easily  stands  third  in  the  list 
of  desirables ;  always  with  the  reservation 
that  gum  showing  a  good  grain  produces 
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than  straight  grained  pieces,  the  latter 
showing  but  a  lifeless  color-imitation  with- 
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In  the  finishing  of  all  the  woods  men- 
tioned above,  acid  stains  are  the  accepted 
color  media,  for  the  reason  that  they  pre- 
serve and  enhance  the  natural  brilliancy  of 
the  woods.  In  the  case  of  birch,  particu- 
larly, acid  stains  are  desirable;  this  wood 
having  an  unfortunate  propensity  for 
changing  color  after  a  period  of  time,  when 
the  wrong  stain  is  used,  due  to  a  chemical 
action  which  takes  place  between  the  stain 
and  wood.  This  peculiarity  of  birch  has 
given  rise  to  the  belief  existing  among  some 
finishers  that  birch  is  inherently  a  treacher- 
ous wood  to  finish.  No  difficulty  of  this 
kind  need  be  anticipated  when  acid  stains 
are  used. 

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In  regard  to  birch  to  be  finished  mahog- 
any, I  have  to  say  that  as  this  wood  is  a 
close  grained  wood  it  does  not  require  the 
use  of  a  filler.  The  wood  is  given  a  coat 
of  mahogany  stain  and  then  two  or  three 
coats  of  varnish  according  to  the  quality 
of  job  demanded. 

In  treating  oak,  which  is  a  splendid  wood 
for  dining  and  living  room  finish,  it  is 
customary  to  use  a  filler,  as  the  grain  is 
more  open.  If  you  want  one  of  the  popu- 
lar shades  such  as  English  oak,  fumed  oak 
or  weathered,  the  stain  is  put  right  into 
the  filler. 

Wood  for  bedrooms  and  the  bathroom 
finish  to  be  white  enameled,  can  be  either 
white  pine,  cypress  or  birch.  I  think  that 
for  bedrooms  the  dull  finish  is  preferable, 
but  for  the  bathroom  would  suggest  the 
gloss  enamel,  which  would  have  occasion  to 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


Exhibit  of  Clay  Industries  of  New  Jersey 

To  Be  Held  By  the  Newark 

Museum. 

N  exhibition  of  the  clay  industries 
of  New  Jersey  is  now  being  gath- 
ered by  the  Newark  Museum  Asso- 
ciation. It  will  open  for  six  weeks 
in  February. 

This  is  the  most  ambitious  work  the  As- 
sociation has  yet  undertaken — ambitious  in 
extent,  for  it  will  show  in  outline  the  whole 
range  of  clay  industries,  and  ambitious  also 
because  it  is,  as  far  as  can  be  learned,  the 
first  of  its  kind  undertaken  by  a  museum. 

"We  are  going  to  take  up  an  industry 
and  make  an  art  exhibition  of  it,"  says  one 
of  the  museum  officials.  "A  museum  can 
so  house,  display  and  explain  an  industry 
as  to  lend  to  it  a  certain  dignity  and  bring 
it  all  within  the  field  of  art.  And  every 
industry  is,  after  all,  an  art  in  practice,  an 
art  applied. 

"In  Germany  the  Werkbund,  a  union  of 
artists,  artisans  and  sellers  of  goods,  has 
done  a  similar  thing  in  a  small  way  for 
years.  It  has  brought  together  the  sig- 
nificant products  of  an  industry  or  craft — 
such  as  wall-paper  making,  textile  weaving 
and  iron  working,  grouped  it  about  a  cen- 
tral idea,  and  fully  and  carefully  labelled 
it.  The  resulting  exhibit  is  sent  in  turn  to 
many  cities  in  which  the  particular  industry 
it  exploits  is  fully  represented. 

"If  our  New  Jersey  clay  industries  ex- 
hibition is  as  successful  as  it  now  promises 
to  be  we  believe  that  other  cities  will  wish 
to  have  the  opportunity  to  borrow  and  dis- 
play it  before  it  is  distributed.  We  also 
believe  that  success  in  this  new  line  of 
museum  activity  will  make  it  easy  to  treat 
other  industries — some  local  to  Newark, 
some  state-wide,  in  a  similar  manner." 

The  clay  industries  were  chosen  for  this 
exhibition  partly  because  of  New  Jersey's 
prominence  in  these  manufactures  (she  is 
second  in  the  value  of  her  pottery  products 
in  the  union,  their  total  going  up  toward 
the  twenty-million  mark  in  late  years)  and 
partly  because  the  clay  and  brick  industries 


are  so  scattered  from  the  north  to  the  ex- 
treme south  end  of  the  state  that  through 
them  a  wide  interest  can  be  attracted  to  the 
museum's  educational-commercial  efforts. 

Manufacturers  of  brick,  hollow  tile, 
drain  pipe,  sanitary  and  electrical  wares,  as 
well  as  the  makers  of  architectural  terra 
cotta,  fine  and  common  china,  tiles  and 
decorative  pottery  have  signified  their  in- 
terest in  the  exhibit,  and  their  willingness 
to  help  to  make  it  a  success. 

The  co-operation  of  the  Women's  Clubs 
of  the  state  has  been  secured  to  assist  in 
bringing  together  an  historical  section  of 
the  exhibition,  to  include  pottery  and  porce- 
lain made  in  New  Jersey  before  1876.  To 
aid  in  collecting  these  historical  pieces  in- 
telligently, the  Museum  Association  is 
sending  to  all  clubs  and  many  individuals 
throughout  the  state  a  pamphlet  containing 
Dr.  E.  A.  Barber's  discussion  of  the  work 
of  New  Jersey  kilns  up  to  1876  as  it  occurs 
in  his  book,  "Pottery  and  Porcelain  of  the 
United  States,"  with  illustrations  of  the 
marks  of  potters.  All  the  pieces  collected 
in  Newark  will  be  authenticated  by  Dr. 
Barber,  who  is  conceded  to  be  the  leading 
authority  on  American  pottery. 

This  will  be  the  first  effort  made  within 
the  state  to  bring  together  a  collection  of 
pottery  and  china  for  local  making,  and 
the  Museum  Association  hopes  that  it  may 
be  the  beginning  of  a  keen  and  helpful 
local  interest  in  the  work  of  former  potters 
as  well  as  those  of  today. 

Complex  Duties  of  Architects. 

In  discussing  the  complex  duties  of 
the  practice  of  architecture  at  the  present 
day  a  writer  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  En- 
gineering Record  offers  the  following 
pertinent  comments. 

"Before  passing  hasty  judgment  upon 
the  architect  of  our  times,  think  a  mo- 
ment of  the  evil  days  upon  which  he  has 
fallen.  In  the  mediaeval  times  he  must 
perforce  know  only  the  technique  of  ma- 
sonry— the  rest  was  his  art.  If  he  were 
building  a  church,  the  fine  stimulus  of 


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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS-Continued 


the  Gothic  was  his  inspiration,  and  his 
medium  was  craftsmanship  in  stone.  To- 
day he  must  know  masonry  and  concrete, 
structural  steel,  and  sanitary  plumbing, 
lighting  and  heating,  electric  wiring  and 
acoustics.  His  predecessor  did  not  have 
to  plan  for  buying  his  stone  from  one 
source,  his  steel  from  another,  and  his 
woodwork  from  a  third ;  he  was  not 
hounded  by  agents  of  patented  devices, 
nor  pestered  by  circulars  of  supplies  of- 
fering him  'the  usual  architect's  commis- 
sion of  —  -  per  cent.' 

"All  these  things  the  architect  of  to- 
day has  to  endure,  besides  being  called 
a  slavish  copyist,  if  he  turns  to  the  best 
in  antiquity,  and  a  commonplace  inno- 
vator if  he  does  not.  His  chief  hope  is 
in  suiting  himself  as  best  he  may  to 
new  conditions,  calling  in  technical  ad- 
visers on  the  details  which  he  cannot  in 
the  nature  of  things  have  time  to  master, 
even  if  he  has  the  ability,  standing  the 
more  firmly  by  the  interests  of  his  client 
as  he  confronts  a  regiment  of  sub-con- 
tractors, and  remembering  that  he  must 
be  artist  before  being  engineer  or  con- 
tractor. —Building  Age. 

Owner's  Rights  to  Real  Estate  Limited. 

Ownership  of  the  fee  in  real  estate  does 
not  always  imply  absolute  ownership.  Fre- 
quently there  are  rights  held  by  other  per- 
sons, and,  while  there  are  several  different 
classes  of  "rights,"  the  most  of  them  are 
restrictions. 

A  restriction  is  created  by  an  owner, 
usually  by  deed,  for  the  benefit  of  land  ad- 
joining or  near  by,  and  usually  binds  the 
owner,  heirs  and  assigns,  either  not  to  erect 
certain  specified  buildings  or  not  to  use  the 
land  for  stated  purposes.  It  often  provides 
the  first  building  erected  on  the  land  shall 
be  of  a  stated  kind  and  shall  not  cost  less 
than  a  fixed  sum.  Such  restrictions  are  fre- 
quently limited  to  a  term  of  years,  and  even 
permanent  restrictions,  in  form  and  intent, 
may  lose  their  force  and  effect  as  a  result 
of  changed  conditions.  The  courts  have  so 
held. 

But  where  an  owner  contracts  to  sell  his 
property  free  and  clear,  and  it  turns  out 
there  is  a  restriction  of  record  against  it, 
the  buyer  can  refuse  to  carry  out  the  con- 
tract, even  though  such  a  state  of  facts 


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determine  the  facts  and  their  effect  and  the 
buyer  is  not  assumed  to  have  intended  to 

buy  a  lawsuit,  says  Real  Estate  News. 

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Some  real  estate  leases  are  such  formid- 
able looking  documents  that  not  a  few  per- 
sons will  not  take  the  time  or  make  an  ef- 
fort to  read  them  so  as  to  thoroughly  un- 
derstand the  document  to  which  they  are 
affixing  their  names.  They  are  apt  to  take 
it  for  granted  that  it  is  all  right.  But  it 
really  is  important  that  this  indenture  re- 
ceive more  than  a  glance.  Papers  that  en- 
ter into  various  agreements,  contracts  of 
sale,  mortgages,  building  contracts,  etc.,  are 
all  complex,  but  none  is  more  so  than  the 
average  dwelling  house  or  apartment  house 
lease.  In  fact,,  in  some  cities  they  are  re- 
garded as  "brain  tangling,"  and  becoming 
more  and  more  so.  Not  many  persons  are 
aware  of  the  fact  that  some  leases  of  flats 
in  the  city  have  a  chattel  clause  inserted 
that  places  the  tenant  at  the  mercy  of  the 
landlord  if  he  cannot  pay  the  rent. 

Cleaning  Terra  Cotta. 

In  connection  with  the  walls  of  a  brick 
building  it  was  desired  to  clean  and 
brighten  the  terra  cotta  trimming,  the 
bricks  being  of  a  deep  tan  color,  while 
the  terra  cotta  was  of  a  light  cream  that 
had  turned  dark  and  was  unsightly  from 
many  years'  exposure.  In  answer  to  this 
question  by  a  correspondent  of  the  Paint- 
ers' Magazine,  the  latter  furnishes  the 
following:  The  simplest  way  to  accom- 
plish this  is  to  mix  two  pounds  of  pow- 
dered pumice  and  one  pint  of  liquid  am- 
monia with  one  gallon  of  soft  soap,  ap- 
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cleaned  with  a  fibre  wall  brush,  allow- 
ing it  to  remain  about  thirty  minutes. 
Then  rub  briskly  with  a  good  scrubbing 
brush.  When  on  trial  it  shows  that  the 
compound  has  done  its  work,  clean  it 
off  with  lukewarm  water  by  using  a  large 
sponge  and  rinse,  if  possible,  with  a  hose, 
otherwise  with  the  sponge  and  a  liberal 
supply  of  clear  water.  If  after  drying  the 
terra  cotta  appears  dull,  it  may  be  re- 
vived by  'rubbing  it  over  with  a  cloth 
saturated  with  kerosene  oil,  which  will 
give  it  somewhat  of  a  "sheen." 


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KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL  XXXIII 


FEBRUARY.  1915 


No.  2 


Example  of  the  Newer  Domestic 

Architecture 

Residence  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Cardwell,  Chicago,  111. 
F.  D.  Chase,  Architect 

By  John  Sears  Robinson 


IHE  architect  of  today  has  a  uni- 
que opportunity  to  express  him- 
self in  domestic  design.  Not 
only  is  he  free  to  choose  any 
type  he  will  and  to  express  it  in  any  ma- 
terial, but  he  may  mingle  his  types  and 
combine  his  materials  with  absolute  free- 
dom from  all  conventions. 

He  is  as  full  of  surprises  and  new  con- 
ceits in  designs    as    was    Shakespeare's 
model  woman,  whose  charm  consisted  in 
her  "i  n  fi  n  i  t  e 
variety."  Some- 
times we  are  in- 
deed    reminded 
by  these  flights 
of  fancy  of "the 
unfinished  win- 
dow    in    Alad- 
din's     Tower," 
which    so    puz- 
zled   the    archi- 
tectural    critics 
of  his  time — for 
even  then  there 
were  those  who 
set    themselves 
up    as    author- 
ities,    even     as 
our    own    Rus- 
sell  S  t  u  r  g  i  s, 


Showing  unusual  ornamentation  of  the  white  terra  cotta  trim. 


from  whose  verdict  there  is  no  appeal. 
More  withering  yet  to  our  adventurers, 
faring  forth  after  new  "effects,"  is  the 
unexpected,  though  homely  comment  of 
the  passersby— the  plain  people— upon 
some  pretentious  masterpiece.  Like  the 
old  Scotchwoman,  who  beheld  for  the 
first  time  a  gorgeous  stained  glass  win- 
dow in  a  city  church  and  was  asked  how 
she  liked  it— "Ay,  it  is  handsome,"  she 
replied  dolefully,  "But  I  prefer  the  glass 

just  as  God 
made  it !"  So  it 
seems  to  quiet 
every  day  folk, 
when  viewing 
the  splendors  of 
some  modern 
architecture  — 
we  would  pre- 
fer the  good  old 
ways. 

It  is  fortun- 
ate that  in  the 
subject  of  this 
article  we  are 
able  to  present 
an  example  of 
truly  modern 
domestic  archi- 
tecture which  is 


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not  open  to  the  draw  backs  just  alluded 
to.  In  the  handsome  residence  just  com- 
pleted in  Chicago  suburbs,  several  photo- 
graphs of  which  are  here  presented,  we 
have  an  instance  in  which  a  high  degree 
of  artistic  excellence  is  united  with 
modern  convenience  and  the  supremely 
fit  to  result  in  a  composition  which  stands 
forth  with  a  note  of  distinction  among 
the  adjoining  dwellings. 
The  frontispiece  shows  a 
front  view  of  the  exterior 
whose  lines 
have  been  kept 
comparatively 


which  crown  the  brick  manor  houses  in 
the  valley  of  the  Loire,  producing  pic- 
turesque effects  of  great  beauty.  This 
particular  color  blend  of  brick  has  the 
unique  distinction  of  being  the  only  build- 
ing in  Chicago  in  which  it  is  used.  It  af- 
fords an  admirable  background  for  the 
white  trim,  which  has  enriched  it  with 
an  unsparing  hand,  and  of  which  prob- 
ably the  most  mark- 
ed and  important 
feature  is  shown  in 
the  illustration  giv- 
ing the  detail  of  the 
front  entrance. 

Square  pillars  of 
the  rich,  oriental 
brick,  terminate  in 


simple,  though 
this  facade  is 
rather  freely 
treated  with  ornamental  detail. 

The  setting  of  this  spacious 
and  handsome  house  is  gener- 
ous as  it  should  be,  and  the  fine 
trees  grouped  about  the  grounds 
and  near  the  house  lend  the  at- 
mosphere of  dignity  and  of 
warmth  which  nothing  but  an  environ- 
ment of  fine  trees  can  convey.  Nothing 
perhaps  in  the  planning  of  a  handsome- 
house  is  of  quite  so  much  importance  as 
its  setting — the  relation  of  the  house  to 
the  site  on  which  it  stands,  and  here  the 
cold  mansions  of  England  as  well  as  its 
cottages,  are  illuminating  commentaries 
on  the  value  of  this  principle. 

This  house  is  built  of  a  soft  wire  cut, 
or  rough  face  brick  in  a  number  of  shades 
of  green,  and  blending  perfectly  with  the 
green  tile  of  the  roof,  reminds  the  passer- 
by of  the  green  and  purple  slate  roofs 


square  caps  of  white  terra  cotta.  These  in 
turn  being  crowned  by  terra  cotta  urns, 
filled  with  flowers  and  vines  which  are  to 
trail  down  the  pillars  beneath.  The  faces 
of  the  square  terra  cotta  caps  are  embel- 
lished with  unusual  and  distinctive  orna- 
mentation carrying  German  suggestion, 
and  the  same  ideas  are  further  applied 
to  the  treatment  of  the  brick  buttresses  en- 
closing the  entrance  steps.  A  very  strik- 
ing example  of  lattice  ornamentation  is 


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employed  on  each  end  of  the  front  facade. 
All  of  the  trim  is  white  glazed  terra 
cotta.  This  includes  the  belt  courses,  the 
chimney  caps  and  the  urns  on  the  front 
porch.  The  exterior  wood  trim  is  all 
painted  white  to  match  the  terra  cotta. 
The  brick  is  a  soft  wire-cut,  or  rough  face 
brick  blending  in  a  number  of  shades  of 
green.  The  color  scheme  of  the  exterior, 
therefore,  is  green 
and  white,  the  iron 
fence  and  tile  roof 
also  being  green. 
The  trellises  which 
are  shown  on  either 
end  of  the  house  will 
be  co-yered  with 
climbing  rose  bush- 
es so  that  with  the 
abundant  green  foli- 
age for  a  setting,  the 
color  scheme  of 
white  and  green  is 
beautifully  carried 
out  in  detail. 

The  designing  of 
this  residence  pre- 
sented from  the 
Architect's  point  of 
view  an  exception- 
ally interesting  prob- 
lem, because  of  the 
fact  that  it  is  located 
on  the  northwest 
corner  of  a  street  in- 
tersection and  it  was 

not  only  necessary  to  place  the  dining 
room  on  the  east  or  street,  corner  of  the 
house  but  the  kitchen  and  service  wing 
also.  It  was  also  necessary  to  provide 
for  an  automobile  entrance  from  the  east. 

It  was  of  course  impossible  to  have  an 
entrance  on  the  east  side  and  separate  the 
dining  room  and  kitchen.  This  prob- 
lem was  solved,  as  you  may  notice,  by 
placing  the  porte-cochere  on  the  rear  with 
an  entrance  from  the  side  street,  which 


also  serves  as  a  service  drive  for  the  ice- 
man and  the  delivery  men.  A  concrete 
circle  was  placed  in  the  back  yard  which 
permits  of  the  turning  of  machines  and 
wagons. 

The  design  of  the  exterior  may  be  char- 
acterized as  modern  American  Residen- 
tial. Of  late  years'  a  distinct  style  has 
been  developed,  of  which  this  is  an  ex- 


The  finely  designed  Colonial  staircase  treated  in  white  enamel  and  mahogany. 


ample.  The  primary  intention  is  to  carry 
out  the  idea  of  breadth  by  emphasizing 
the  horizontal  lines.  The  cornice  is 
heavy,  the  roof  is  unbroken  by  dormers, 
and  the  belt  courses,  all  accentuate  this 
feature. 

The  entrance  through  the  brick  porch 
gives  upon  a  very  beautiful  interior,  in 
which  unusual  features  are  introduced 
with  taste  and  a  feeling  of  refinement. 
While  only  fourteen  feet  wide,  this  hall 


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Vista  into  library  showing  fireplace  of  Gothic  design. 


by  reason  of  its  perfect  proportions,  gives 
an  effect  of  spaciousness  and  beauty. 
Much  skillful  handling  of  this  space  has 
been  employed,  particularly  in  the  hand- 
ling of  the  finely  designed,  Colonial  stair- 
case and  landing,  treated  in  white  enamel 
and  mahogany.  The  graceful  curves  of 
the  stair  and  rail  converge  charmingly 
into  the  balustrade  of  the  wide  landing, 
which  stretches  quite  across  the  width  of 
the  hall  and  is  fitted  up  with  a  seat  in 
white  enamel,  running  beneath  the  group 
of  windows  which  is  richly  cushioned  in 
mulberry  velvet.  Under  this  seat  are 
cunningly  hidden  the  radiators,  which  per- 
form their  office  through  bronzed  grilles 
in  front. 

The  pure  Ivory  paneling  of  the  hall  is 
enhanced  by  the  soft  tone  of  mulberry 
which  glazes  the  wall  surfaces  and  by  the 
deeper,  richer  shade  used  in  the  hangings. 
This  color  effect  is  still  more  lovely  as  car- 


ried out  upon  the  ceiling  where  the  soft 
glow  from  the  porcelain  of  the  indirect 
lighting  fixture  is  reflected  upon  the  deli- 
cate plaster  ornamentation  and  the  rose 
color  of  the  ceiling. 

The  lure  of  color  does  indeed  form  no 
small  part  of  the  success  of  this  adven- 
ture in  house  building  for  its  lovely  soft 
quality  pervades  all  the  rooms.  By  its 
discreet  use,  warmth  is  imparted  where 
there  might  otherwise  have  been  a  feel- 
ing of  coldness  in  the  presence  of  so  much 
white  enamel  and  the  use  of  glazed  walls. 
The  detaching  of  the  heavy  cornice  and  of 
the  lovely  columns  while  simple  is  ele- 
gant, and  this  hall  is  a  felicitous  introduc- 
tion to  a  beautiful  home. 

One  other  detail  is  worthy  of  note — 
the  drinking  fountain,  which  is  visible 
on  one  of  the  walls  near  the  stairway. 
The  figure  of  this  fountain  is  a  beautiful 
bit  of  marble  depicting  a  boy  and  girl. 


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85 


floating  a  small  sail  boat,  which  is  set 
at  the  water's  level  in  the  fountain.  The 
rich  coloring  of  the  rugs  on  stair  and 
floor  furnish  the  additional  color  relief  in 
this  beautiful  hall. 

The  library,  which  opens  off  the  hall, 
at  the  right,  serves  also  as  a  reception 
room  and  is  finished  in  mahogany  with  a 
fireplace  of  terra  cotta  in  Gothic  design 


wainscoting,  was  covered  with  aluminum 
leaf,  over  which  was  wiped  or  stippled  a 
dark  blue  flat  paint,  just  heavy  enough  to 
fog  the  silver.  The  effect,  particularly 
under  lamp  light,  is  especially  beautiful. 
The  fireplace  and  mantel  are  pure  white 
of  classic  design  and  Skyros  marble  of 
white  and  gold  is  used  for  the  facing  and 
hearth.  All  of  the  hardware,  including 


View  of  nmnis  showing  the  beautiful  symetry  of  design. 


extending  to  the  ceiling.  This  fireplace 
is  of  a  beautiful  shade  of  greenish  blue, 
very  soft  in  texture,  and  with  the  ma- 
hogany woodwork,  is  an  admira'ble  con- 
trasting color  note. 

The  dining  room,  which  is  on  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  house  (the  house  fac- 
ing south)  is,  like  the  balance  of  this  floor, 
finished  in  white  enamel,  the  paneling 
extending  to  the  head  casing  of  the  doors. 
The  cove  cornice,  above  the  paneled 


the  electric  fixtures,  is  in  dull  gold  or 
brass,  and  the  hangings  and  rugs  are  a 
rich  dark  blue,  which  again  contrasts 
agreeably  with  the  ivory  of  the  wood- 
work while  the  touch  of  dull  gold  lights 
up  the  color  scheme. 

All  walls  throughout  the  house  have 
been  covered  with  muslin  and  then  paint- 
ed and  stippled.  All  of  the  woodwork 
shown,  and  in  practically  all  of  the  rooms, 
is  six  coat  white  enamel  rubbed  to  an  egg 


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shell  finish.  All  of  the  wall  surfaces  of 
the  stair  hall  and  landing,  and  upstairs 
hall,  are  glazed  with  a  delicate  mulberry 
shade  which  contrasts  softly  and  restfully 
with  the  ivory  enamel. 

Different  color  schemes  were  used  for 
the  principal  rooms  upstairs  and  living 
room,  all  of  which  were  worked  out  with 


entry  lead  down  to  the  basement  billiard 
room,  which  is  intended  for  billiards, 
dancing  and  a  general  lounging  and 
amusement  room.  An  elevated  seat, 
reached  by  two  steps  at  the  east  end  of 
this  room  permits  the  spectators  to  have 
an  elevated  view  of  the  billiard  table. 
The  owner's  room  and  sleeping  porch, 


Dining  room  haa  a  high  paneled  wainscot. 


stenciled   panels   and   borders  on   glazed, 
muslin  covered  walls. 

A  unique  feature  of  the  house  is  the 
convenient  entry  at  the  right  of  the  main 
stair  hall,  this  rear  entry  and  porch  serv- 
ing as  an  automobile  entrajice  direct  from 
the  driveway  leading  to  thfcgarage.  This 
permits  of  convenient  and  quick  access 
to  the  waiting  automobile  without  being 
exposed  to  the  weather.  The  stairs 
under  the  main  landing  and  from  this 


dressing  and  bathrooms,  form  a  delight- 
ful suite  on  the  southwest  corner  of  the 
house,  which  is  the  direction  from  which 
come  the  prevailing  winds  throughout  the 
summer.  An  additional  servants'  room 
is  located  on  the  third  floor,  which  is  not 
shown  on  the  plans,  and  a  room  and  bath 
for  chauffeur  are  provided  in  the  garage, 
having  accommodation  for  three  cars. 
Another  unique  feature  of  this  resi- 
( Continued  on  page  113.) 


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Sofas — and  How  to  Use  Them 

How  the  Sofa  Can  Be  Used  to  Best  Advantage  and 
Why  It  Has  Its  Place  Even  in  the  Smallest  Room 

William  B.   Powell 


HE  history  of  that  sofa  of  yours — 
now  probably  relegated  to  the  at- 
tic— would  furnish  a  wealth  of  in- 
teresting material  and  carry  you 
back  to  the  days  of  Xero,  when  the  ban- 
quet couches  played  an  important  role 
in  the  life  of  the  old  Romans.  Yes,  the 
sofa  has  always  been  an  important  fur- 
niture factor  but  about  the  time  that 
those  "pink  and  white"  reception  rooms 
and  period  furniture  sets  came  into  vogue, 
the  sofa  degenerated  into  merely  a  stiff, 
uncomfortable  article  and  often  into  a 


silly  little  tete-a-tete.  Once  in  a  while 
we  came  across  an  old  fashioned  wal- 
nut sofa  covered  with  black  horse-hair, 
but  these,  the  only  really  comfortable 
kind,  were  usually  "ousted"  in  favor  of 
the  frail  newcomers. 

Happily,  we  have  outgrown  most  of 
the  elements,  such  as  tete-a-tete,  which 
belonged  to  the  ginger  bread  period.  Peo- 
ple have  learned  the  comfort  to  be  had 
from  a  good  "sinky"  couch  and  also  the 
decorative  value  of  it.  Hut  a  great  many 
cottage,  flat,  and  small  house  dwellers 


The  "right  angled"  position  for  a  small  room.  — Not*  the  reading  lamp  and  tabaret. 


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rather   hesitate   to   use    couches     fearing  urally  develop.  For  instance  you  will  very 

that  it  will  dominate  their  small  rooms,  likely   place   a  comfortable   chair  by   the 

Of  course  this  would  be  so  if  one  went  side  of  the  table  and  perhaps    a    small 

ahead  and  purchased  a  seven-foot  couch  rocker  at  the  end.  The  table  then  has  a 

for  the  average  small  living  room.     But  real  use,  it  will  be  a  mecca  for  the  fam- 

there  are  many  couches  to  be  had  which  ily  to  gather  about  to  do  their  reading. 

are  built  on  good  lines  and  yet  also  are  If  you  haven't  an  appropriate  large  lamp, 

in    proportion   to   the   room — if   properly  use  smaller    lamps    at    each    end    of    the 


placed.  That  is 
the  secret.  If 
you  are  careful 
in  the  placing 
of  your  couch, 
it  will  not  be 
in  your  road 
nor  take  up  too 
much  room. 

The  first 
place  to  which 
one  naturally 
turns  in  placing 
a  couch  is  with 
the  back  to  the 
w  a  1 1— a  n  d  I 
grant  that  this 
usually  is  the 
best  place  for 
your  couch. 
But  it  is  not  the 
only  place  by 
any  means.  Let  -. 
me  suggest",  a 
few  good  pQs'i^ 
tions.  In  a  room 
with  a  fife- 
place  the  logi-  . 
cal  place  .for  a 


Solid  comfort  in  front  of  the  hearth— The  long  table  can  stand  two 
rather  than  one  center  lamp. 


table.  They 
should  have  the 
same  shades, 
and  be  of  the 
same  height.  If 
possible,  use 
duplicate  lamps. 
Now  you  do 
not  necessarily 
need  a  large 
room  to  enjoy 
this  arrange- 
ment of  a  "be- 
fo  r  e-t  h  e-fi  r  e- 
couch.  "Y  o  u 
often  fi  n  d  a 
fireplace  at  one 
end  of  a  room 
instead  of  at 
the  side.  Then, 
too,  in  those 
apartments 
whose  rooms 
open  into  each 
other  in  a  long 
row,  some  of 
the  tenants  are 
wise  enough  to 
throw  open  the 


couch  is  either  in  front  of  the  fireplace      dividing  doors,  or  else  omit  putting  up 


or  else  coming  out  at  the  side  of  it  at 
right  angles  to  the  wall.  If  the  room  is 
large  enough,  it  is  best  to  place  the  couch 
in  front  of  the  fireplace  and  it  is  always 
attractive  to  have  a  table  directly  back 
of  the  couch — the  table  of  course  to  have 
books,  magazines  and  a  large  reading 
lamp.  This  arangement  gives  you  a  good 
centre  to  work  from  and  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  rest  of  vour  room  will  nat- 


portieres,  and  thus  evolve  one  long  room 
of  character  rather  than  two  rooms  so' 
small  that  they  do  not  lend  themselves  to 
attractive  treatment.  With  such  an  ar- 
rangement I  have  often  found  it  possible 
to  place  a  couch  before  the  fireplace 
which  usually  is  at  one  end  of  this  double 
room. 

In  a  room  which  is  square  in  shape  with 
not  sufficient  space  to  allow  your  placing 


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a  couch  in  front  of  the  fireplace,  the  place 
for  it  is  either  directly  at  right  angles 
or  else  "cati-cornered"  at  one  side  of  the 
fireplace.  I  have  in  mind  a  rather  small 
room  where  an  air  of  spaciousness  was 
secured  by  this  right  angled  treatment. 
The  corner  back  of  the  couch  was  made 
useful  by  placing  in  it  a  desk  and  desk 
chair.  The  desk  had  a  lamp  on  the  top 
and  a  small  table  with  a  fern  on  it,  in  the 
window.  Many  people  might  have  thought 
the  space  too  small  for  anything  but  a 
chair,  but  by  using  small  sized  furniture, 
one  gained  the  effect  of  a  little  writing 
room  on  looking  beyond  the  couch  to- 
wards the  corner. 

Another  favorite  position  for  a  couch 
is  the  corner.  When  so  used  it  is  a  good 
idea  to  place  a  standing  lamp  back  of  it. 
If  you  haven't  one  of  these  lamps  you 
can  use  a  small  table  or  stand  large 
enough  to  hold  a  lamp. 


If  you  use  a  couch  in  the  usual  way — 
against  the  wall — do  one  of  the  follow- 
ing things.  Place  a  standing  lamp  at  one 
end — have  a  table  next  to  one  end  and 
a  lamp  on  it — or  use  a  low  magazine  or 
smoking  table.  These  adjuncts  will  help 
materially  towards  making  a  more  liv- 
able room — and  after  all,  you  will  find 
that  the  room  which  is  most  attractive 
is  really  the  most  livable  and  made  up  of 
these  comfortable  groupings  of  furniture 
and  furnishings. 

It  may  be  that  you  have  an  old  couch 
which  you  wish  you  could  use  and  which 
you  think  is  too  worn  in  upholstering  or 
in  woodwork  to  warrant  the  expense  of 
renovating  it.  But  there  is  a  way  to  get 
around  this.  Some  of  the  most  attractive 
couches  I  have  seen  have  had  a  slip  cover 
made  of  chintz  or  cretonne.  These  mate- 
rials are  very  much  in  vogue  and  are  be- 
ing used  in  the  smartest  homes.  More- 


What  a  pity  not  to  have  a  couch  before  or  at  the  side  of  this  fireplace. 


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An  old  worn  couch  made  new  by  a  chintz  cover.     Note  the  clever  way  the  space  back  of  the  couch 
has  been  utilized  in  this  small  room. 


over  it  is  a  surprising  fact  that  for  once 
there  is  a  fashionable  article  that  is  also 
cheap !  These  covers  are,  of  course,  most 
desirable  when  the  same  chintz  or  cre- 
tonne have  been  used  for  hangings  or  as 
coverings  for  chairs  in  the  room.  But  if 
you  have  never  used  this  material,  here 
is  your  chance  to  try  it  out  and  receive 
a  pleasant  surprise.  Take  your  old  couch 
and  make  a  slip  cover  for  it  and  two 
chairs  in  the  room.  These  three  pieces  of 


furniture  covered  in  the  same  goods  will 
be  sufficient  to  give  an  appearance  of 
unity  and  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  use 
the  goods  for  hangings  and  coverings  for 
the  other  pieces  of  furniture.  The  slip 
covers  can  be  made  either  plain  or  with  a 
flounce.  Both  chintz  and  cretonne  are  eas- 
ily washed  and  you  will  find  them  a  wise 
investment.  Your  old  couch  will  blossom 
out  into  a  "thing  of  beauty  and  a  joy 
forever." 


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The  Modest  House 


Eleanor  Allison  Cummins 


PIECE  of  work  has  been  done  in 
connection    with    the    Pratt  Insti- 


the  side  and  at  the  back  is  a  small  yard, 
inclosed  by  a  rather  high  wooden  fence, 


tute,  in  Brooklyn,  which  is  of  in-  trellised   for  the  roses   which   have   been 

cidental  interest  to  the  many  peo-  planted  but  at  this  stage  blossom  in  an- 

ple  living  in  city  houses  of  an  unpreten-  ticipation  only.     A  wide  bed  of  old  fash- 

tious    and    inartistic    type,    as    showing  ioned   flowers,   wall   flowers,   sweet   Wil- 

what  can  be  done  with  just  such  houses  Ham,  candytuft,  stocks,  nasturtiums  and 


in  the  hands  of  people  with  common  sense 
and  good  taste. 


a  dozen  other  familiar  sorts  follows  the 
line  of  the  fence,  and  at  one  corner  a  flight 
A  three-story,  attic  and  basement  frame      of   steps    leads   up   to   the   gate   into   the 
house,  one  of  a  block,  but  with  end  win-     campus  of  the  Institute. 

The  color  scheme  was  chosen  with  two 
ends  in  view,  one  to  increase  the  appar- 
ent  size  of  the 


dows  on  a  side  street,  has  been  decorated 
and  furnished,  and  is  used  as  a  club 
house  by  the 


students  of  the 
various  wom- 
en's depart- 
ments  in  the 
Institute.  The 
house  is  of  very 
moderate  d  i- 
meiisions,  and 
of  an  absolutely 
commonp  lace 
type,  such  a 
house  as  can  be 
duplicated  over 
and  over  again 
in  the  eastern 
cities.  External- 
ly it  is  nothing 
at  all  to  look  at, 
in  no  way  to  be 
distingui  shed 
from  its  neigh- 
bors on  the 
same  block, 
and  is  painted 
as  they  are  a 
light  drab.  At 


The  blue  and  gray  room  of  the  Library  Sch.ml.  — Note  the 
octagon-shaped  table. 


rooms,  no  one 
of  which  is 
more  than  fif- 
teen feet 
square,  the  oth- 
er to  make  a 
good  b  a  c  k- 
ground  for  the 
pictures,  flow- 
ers, pottery  and 
metal  which 
will  from  time 
to  time  become 
permanent  pos- 
sessions of  the 
house.  Both  of 
these  ends  have 
been  met  by  the 
use  of  varying 
tones  of  gray- 
ish brown  or 
brownish  gray, 
ranging  from 
the  putty  color 
of  most  of  the 
walls  to  the 


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fumed  oak  of  the  furniture.  A  single  im- 
portant structural  change  was  made.  This 
was  the  cutting  out  of  the  chimney  at  the 
rear.  The  installation  of  a  gas  range  in  the 
kitchen  made  this  second  chimney  useless, 
and  its  elimination  gave  perfectly  square 
rooms  at  the  rear  of  the  house,  with  a  long 
wall  space,  valuable  in  rooms  whose  other 
sides  are  much  broken  up. 

Throughout  the  house  the  woodwork, 
is  ivory  white,  the  floors  are  hardwood 
and  the  electric  lighting  is  from  the  sides 
of  the  room,  the  simple  fixtures  being  a 
very  little  above  the  eye  line.  The  furni- 
ture, with  some  exceptions  which  will  be 
noted  is  of  a  light  shade  of  fumed  oak. 
The  house  is  heated  by  steam  and  the 
radiators  are  placed  under  the  windows, 
with  seats  built  over  them.  The  limita- 
tions of  space  made  the  elimination  of 
fireplaces,  except  in  one  room  almost  a 
necessity.  But  the  very  limitations  of  the 
house  make  it  the  more  interesting. 

Passing  from  the  street  up  a  flight  of 
steps,  you  enter  a  rather  narrow  hall, 
with  a  door  at  the  farther  end  leading 
to  the  back  piazza.  The  walls  are  painted 
putty  color  and  both  hall  and  stairs  are 
carpeted  with  a  thick  piled  brownish 
gray  carpet  with  an  indeterminate  figure 
of  geometrical  lines  in  a  darker  tone.  A 
very  simple  oak  hat  rack  and  mirror  and 
three  reproductions  of  Holbein  portraits 
in  red  chalk  are  here,  and  a  corner  at 
the  rear  has  been  utilized  for  a  tiny  lava- 
tory, shut  off  by  a  curtain. 

At  the  right  of  this  hall  are  the  two 
reception  rooms,  with  the  same  putty  col- 
ored walls  and  white  woodwork  and  con- 
nected with  each  other  by  wide  sliding 
doors.  These  are  pushed  back  and  this 
and  the  other  doorways  are  filled  in  with 
portieres  of  a  double-faced  tapestry  with 
a  Renaissance  design  in  two  tones  of 
grayish  brown.  These  hangings  are  edged 
with  a  very  heavy  cord  of  the  same  tone. 
At  the  windows  are  curtains  of  thin  silk. 


light  apricot  in  color,  and  the  cushions 
of  the  window  seats  are  of  corduroy. 
Taupe,  or  moleskin  are  the  words  which 
best  indicate  the  color  used  for  the  up- 
holstery in  these  rooms.  The  rugs  are  of 
the  carpet  used  in  the  hall,  with  a  six- 
inch  border  to  match. 

The  furniture  is  mostly  upholstered,  in 
very  simple  shapes,  the  covering  of  ve- 
lour,  but  there  are  several  small  chairs 
with  seats  of  embossed  haircloth  of  the 
same  general  tone,  and  cane  backs.  Be- 
tween the  windows  in  both  rooms  are 
simple  desks  and  there  is  a  semicircular 
Chippendale  table  in  fumed  oak.  As  yet 
the  only  pictures  are  three  very  fine  Jap- 
anese prints,  masses  of  beautiful  color, 
in  dull  gold  frames.  The  waste  basket  at 
one  of  the  desks  is  interesting,  quaintly 
shaped  and  finely  woven  of  cane,  bought 
for  forty  cents  in  the  Chinese  quarter, 
where  it  had  been  used  for  some  sort  of 
packing.  In  one  of  the  upper  rooms  is  a 
similar  basket,  but  of  a  different  shape, 
this  having  been  used  in  packing  tea  pots 
and  sold  for  thirty  cents. 

On  the  upper  floors  are  the  rooms  de- 
voted to  the  use  of  the  members  of  the 
different  departments  of  the  Institute. 
Each  of  these  rooms  has  its  own  special 
decorative  note,  yet  the  treatment  of  each 
room  is  such  as  to  make  it  a  harmonious 
part  of  the  whole  scheme. 

At  the  rear  of  the  second  floor,  and  with 
a  southern  exposure,  is  the  room  of  the 
art  students.  Here  the  wall  is  covered 
with  a  silk  fibre  paper  of  a  little  deeper 
gray  tone  than  that  of  the  painted  walls, 
and  the  furniture  is  partly  oak,  partly 
wicker  in  a  brown  tone.  The  upholstery 
here  is  of  a  small  patterned  tapestry 
whose  general  effect  is  dull  blue,  and  the 
blue  is  repeated  in  pottery  jars  on  the 
shelf  above  the  writing  table.  The  pic- 
tures here  are  Japanese  landscape  prints 
in  rather  strong  tones,  and  their  green 
tones  are  accentuated  by  a  large  bowl  of 
green  pottery  on  a  table  in  the  middle  of 


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the  room.  The  rug  is  of  the  same  gray 
carpet  as  that  used  below,  and  the  win- 
dow curtains  are  Sunfast,  a  changeable 
blue  and  old  gold,  hemstitched. 

The  front  room  on  this  floor,  with  two 
north  windows  and  one  looking  west,  is 
the  one  which  is  the  most  unusual  of 
any  of  the  group,  and  is  that  belonging 


being  stained  to  match  the  antiques.  The 
window  seats  are  cushioned  in  mauve 
velveteen  or  cotton  velvet  and  the  win- 
dows have  net  curtains  with  side  curtains 
of  orange  Chinese  silk.  The  settle  is  cush- 
ioned with  orange  cotton  velvet,  and  the 
table  supports  a  lamp  whose  base  is  a 
brownish  orange  Ming  vase.  It  is  mounted 


The  orange  and  mauve  room. 


to  the  students  of  Household  Science  and 
Art.  The  color  scheme  was  derived  from 
two  old  Spanish  rugs  in  tones  of  orange 
and  purplish  red.  The  furniture  in  this 
room  consists  of  a  gate-legged  table,  a 
slat-backed  arm  chair  and  two  fiddle- 
backs,  all  three  with  rush  seats,  antiques 
of  natural  maple.  To  these  have  been 
added  a  long  settee,  not  at  all  unlike  those 
used  in  Sunday  schools,  a  small  desk  and 
a  winged  chair  of  wicker,  these  additions 


with  iron  and  the  shade  is  of  orange  pa- 
per with  black  ribs.  The  wall  paper  here 
is  a  gray,  fabric  effect. 

The  picture  in  this  room  are  three,  one 
a  very  beautiful  color  reprint  of  a  Holy 
Family  by  Piero  della  Francesca,  whose 
original  is  in  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  an- 
other a  Japanese  print  of  a  woman, 
framed  in  black  with  a  gold  mat,  the  third 
a  copy  of  Carpaccio's  quaint  picture  of 
St.  Ursula's  dream.  Both  of  the  color 


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prints  were 
varnished  b  e- 
fore  being 
glazed  to  deep- 
en the  tones  of 
the  coloring, 
and  the  frames 
of  both  are 
rather  orn  ate 
ones  of  bronze. 

In  this  room 
and  the  cor- 
responding one 
on  the  fl  o  o  r 
above  the  chim- 
ney projects  in- 
to the  room 
perhaps  eigh- 
teen inches. 
The  mantel 
piece  was  re- 
moved and  the 
opening  filled 
up  so  that  the 
face  of  the  pro- 
jection is  quite 
flat,  the  surbase  being  carried  around  it. 

The  room  of  the  Library  School  has 
a  northern  exposure  and  a  side  window, 
and  a  paper  with  a  sort  of  woven  splint 
effect  in  blue  and  gray.  The  rug  is  an 
East  Indian  drugget  in  blue  and  gray 
and  the  furniture  wicker,  in  the  natural 
color,  Chinese  cane  with  the  exception 
of  a  long  Craftsman  settle  cushioned  in 
dull  blue.  The  table  is  interesting,  an  octa- 
gon with  moulded  edges  and  four  legs  cross 
braced  at  exactly  the  floor  level,  and  it  has 
a  square  cover  of  canvas  printed  in  blue, 
gray,  yellow  and  apricot  with  touches  of 
black.  The  window  cushions  are  gray  cor- 
duroy, the  curtains  of  white  crepe  with  em- 
broidered figures  in  green  and  blue  and  the 
walls  are  adorned  by  three  Holbein  draw- 
ings of  women's  heads. 

The  attic  staircase  is  separated  from 
the  lower  hall  by  a  door  and  is  carpeted 
with  green  denim.  At  its  head  is  a  small 


Serving  tea  in  the  basement  dining  room. 


bedroom,  used 
by  one  of  the 
residents,  ceiled 
and  walled  with 
\v  h  i  t  e  painted 
wood  and  not 
unlike  a  ship's 
cabin.  This  is 
furnished  i  n 
brown  wood, 
has  a  gray  and 
green  rug,  a 
green  c  o  u  c  h 
cover,  a  green 
covered  screen 
and  many  cush- 
ions of  bright 
hued  chintz. 
The  open  spaces 
around  the  stair 
head,  used  for 
the  hanging  of 
clothes  and  the 
storing  of 
trunks,  are  cur- 
tained in  with  a 
very  decorative  chintz,  a  confusion  of  blos- 
soms in  pink,  lavender  and  blue  tones. 

The  dining  room  in  the  front  basement 
has  small  tables  and  light  chairs  and  is 
used  principally  for  the  serving  of  tea  and 
for  chafing  dish  suppers.  It  has  a  bare 
polished  floor  and  painted  walls,  and  at 
the  back,  on  its  only  long  wall  space  is 
a  set  of  recessed  shelves,  answering  the 
purpose  of  a  sideboard,  brave  with  brass 
and  copper  and  blue  china. 

It  seems  to  the  writer  that  this  house 
is  interesting  as  a  practical  example  of 
the  applications  of  the  principles  of  sim- 
plicity, of  harmony,  of  coloring  and  of 
wise  restraint  in  the  use  of  ornament; 
principles  whose  practice  is  essential  to 
the  successful  decoration  of  the  modest 
house,  which  is  all  that  most  of  us  can 
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THE    SISTERS 


A  little  glimpse  into  the  home  of  a  substantial  citizen  of  Holland— the  country  which  has  been  called  the  cleanest,  the  m.-l 
wholesome,  and  the  most  picturesque  in  all  the  world. 

This  picture,  a  reproduction  of  the  original  in  oil.  is  the  work  of  that  distinguished  Dutch  artist,  N.  Van  Der  Waay,  of  the 
Academy  of  Fine  Arts  in  Amsterdam.  It  well  reflects  tl  e  admirable  characteristics  of  that  practical,  industrious  and  horae- 
loving  people. 


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I  4MKL 


MURAL  ART  AT  THE  PANAMA-PACIFIC 
INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION 

The  illustration  at  the  top  left-hand  corner  of  the  page  is  one  of  four  representing  "The 
Four  Golds  of  California"  placed  in  the  dome  of  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts.  This  one  repre- 
sents "Golden  Metal  and  Its  Dominating  Influence."  Decoration  is  by  Robert  Reid.  Oppo- 
site in  the  right-hand  corner  is  another  panel  of  the  same  group  representing  "Poppies," 
also  by  Reid. 

Just  below,  in  the  semi-circular  shape,  is  reproduced  the  first  of  the  score  of  great  mural 
paintings  by  noted  American  and  English  artists  to  be  given  permanent  place  on  the  external 
walls  of  the  beautiful  festival  courts  of  the  Exposition.  This  decoration,  "The  Pursuit  of 
Pleasure,"  is  by  Charles  Holloway. 

In  the  lower  left-hand  corner  is  shown  "Festivity,"  one  of  the  ten  exquisite  outdoor 
mural  paintings  by  Milton  H.  Bancroft,  adorning  the  walls  of  the  Court  of  Four  Seasons. 
Opposite  is  given  "Winter,"  by  the  same  artist.  Mr.  Bancroft,  who  is  noted  for  his  master 
of  detail  and  for  handling  of  the  nude  in  mural  art,  has  many  scores  of  mural  paintings  to 
his  credit  throughout  the  United  States,  but  it  is  believed  that  the  ten  canvasses  which  he 
has  executed  for  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  show  him  at  his  best. 


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The  two  panels  shown  at  the  top,  "Seed  Time"  at  the  left  and  "Harvest"  at  the  right, 
are  also  by  Milton  H.  Bancroft.  They  adorn  the  Court  of  the  Four  Seasons.  The  two  center 
panels,  representing  "The  Conquest  of  the  Pacific,"  are  by  Frank  Vincent  DuMond.  and  are 
to  be  placed  beneath  the  arch  of  the  Setting:  Sun,  the  approach  from  the  west  to  the  Court 
of  the  Universe. 

In  the  upper  panel,  Youth  is  seen  bidding:  goodbye  to  his  people  and  his  eastern,  snow- 
bound home,  and  following  the  lure  of  Plenty  and  Adventure.  In  the  lower  panel  is  shown 
the  arrival  on  the  golden  shores. 

Two  more  murals  by  Bancroft  are  shown  at  the  bottom.  At  the  left,  "Art  Crowned  by 
Time,"  which  is  also  placed  in  the  Court  of  the  Four  Seasons,  and  at  the  right,  "Man  Re- 
ceiving Instructions  in  Nature's  Laws,"  which  Is  placed  at  the  west  entrance  to  the  colon- 
nades leading  from  the  half-dome  in  the  Court  of  Palms. 


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Planting  a  Forty  Foot  Lot 

Wyman  P.  Harper,  Landscape  Architect 


N  this  article  is  given  a  planting 
plan  complete  in  all  its  specifica- 
tions  so   that  any  one   may   pur- 
chase his  plants  and  by  following 
the  directions  as  laid  down,  be  reasonably 
sure  of  securing  a  most  satisfactory   re- 
sult. 

A  house  and  lawn  suitably  planted  with 
trees  and  shrubbery  has  a  homelikeness 
and  beauty  impossible  without  them  and 
all  out  of  proportion  to  their  cost  and 
care.  The  purpose  of  the  plan  under  dis- 
cussion this  month  is  to  arrange  for  as 
much  unbroken  lawn  as  possible  but 
ornamented  with  such  shrubbery  as  will 
help  the  appearance  of  both  house  and 
lawn.  A  good  lawn  is  the  first  essential 
but  without  planting,  it  and  the  house 
are  nothing  to  what  they  might  be  with 
planting  properly  chosen  and  arranged. 
As  will  be  noticed,  the  shrubbery  first 
clings  close  around  and  against  the  house, 
making  a  close  union  between  it  and  the 
ground ;  otherwise  any  house  appears 


like  a  box  set  down  on  the  lawn.  This 
planting  makes  the  same  finish  to  the 
appearance  of  a  house  that  a  necktie  and 
collar  do  to  that  of  a  man.  The  rest  of 
the  shrubbery  acts  as  a  border  to  the 
lawn  and  as  the  eye  looks  across  the 
lawn  it  rests  upon  an  interesting  group 
of  planting  instead  of  somebody's  ash- 
barrel  or  garbage  can,  to  which  the  lawn 
otherwise,  because  .  of  its  smoothness, 
would  inevitably  call  attention. 

The  planting  itself  should  give  some 
variety  without  becoming  a  museum  of 
plant  specimens  which  would  look  ragged 
and  artificial,  the  plants  chosen  of  a 
character  that  when  mature  and  even  af- 
ter the  first  growing  season  will  be  of  a 
size  and  height  to  fit  the  place  where 
they  are  standing  without  pruning. 

On  the  next  page  is  shown  a  planting 
plan  for  a  medium  size  city  lot,  which, 
with  a  little  adaptation,  will  be  found  ap- 
plicable to  any  lot  of  similar  size.  This  is 
an  ordinary  inside  lot,  40x120,  with  the 


Residence  planned  for  a  forty  foot  lot. 


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Planting  List. 

1.  American     Kim     (Ulmus    Americana),    2 
plants. 

2.  Bridal  Wreath  (Spiraea  Van  Houttei),  14 
plants,  4  feet  apart. 

3.  Japanese  Barberry  (Berberis  Thunbergi), 
18  plants,  2  feet  apart. 

4.  Hardy  Hydrangea   (Hydrangea  p.  g.),    9 
plants,  3  feet  apart. 

5.  Tree  Lilac  (Syringa  Japonica),  1  plant. 

6.  Ash  leaved  Spiraea  (Spiraea  sorbifolia),  7 
plants,  3  feet  apart. 

Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 

Regel 's  Privet   (Ligustrum  Regelianum). 

7.  Weigela   (Diervilla  rosea),  6  plants,  3% 
feet  apart. 

8.  Indian   Currant   (Symphoricarpus    vulga- 
ris),  18  plants,  2  feet  apart. 

Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 
Dwarf  Deutzia   (Deutzia  Gracilis). 

9.  Snowberry   (Symphoricarpus  racemosus), 
1  plant. 

Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 

Rose  of  Sharon  or  Althea  (Hibiscus  Sy- 

riacus). 

10.  Mixture  of  Lilacs    (20    plants),    4    feet 
apart. 

Common    Lilac     (Syringia     vulgaris),     5 

plants. 

White  Lilac   (Syringia  vulgaris  alba),  5 

plants. 

Persian  Lilac  (Syringia  Persica),  5  plants. 

Hugarian   Lilac    (Syringia   Josikaea),    5 

plants. 

11.  Lemoine's  Syringa  (Philadelphia  Lemoi- 
nei),  8  plants,  4  feet  apart. 

12.  Tartarian    Honeysuckle    (Lonicera    Tata- 
rica),  7  plants,  4  feet  apart. 

13.  European  Mountain  Ash  (Sorbus  aucupa- 
ria),  2  plants. 

Or,     American     Mountain     Ash     (Sorbus 

Americana). 

Or,  Oak-leaved    Mountain    Ash     (Sorbus 

quercifolia). 

14.  Siberian   Dogwood    (Cornus   Sibirica),    8 
plants,  4  feet  apart. 

Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 
Fortune's    Golden    Bell    (Forsythia    For- 
tunei). 

15.  Coral     Honeysuckle     (Lonicera     semper- 
virens),  4  plants. 

Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 
Wistaria   (Wistaria  Chinensis). 

16.  Engelman's   Woodbine    (Ampelopsis    En- 
genmanni),  6  plants. 

Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 
Boston  Ivy  (Ampelopsis  Veitchii). 

17.  Hackberry  (Celtis  occidentalis),  2  plants. 
Or  (For  St.  Louis  and  South) 

Tulip  Tree  (Liriodendron  tulipfera). 


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house  placed  a  little  nearer  the  North  lot 
line  than  the  South.  Had  the  house  faced 
East  instead  of  West  as  it  does  in  the 
plan,  the  house  plan  would  then  have 


living  room  would  still  be  at  the  South 
and  would  front  just  as  it  does  now. 

The  entire  area  where  the  planting  is 
indicated   is  to  he  dug  up   solidly   for  a 


been  reversed  in  all  its  details,  so  that  the     depth  of  eighteen  inches  and  if  the  soil 


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is  not  as  good  as  one  would  have  it  for 
an  ordinary  vegetable  garden,  it  should 
be  replaced  with  such  soil  as  will  make  it 
so.  If  the  soil  is  sandy,  the  first  four 
inches  of  the  eighteen  should  be  yellow 
clay,  if  obtainable.  Then  the  plant-beds 
at  the  proper  season  are  themselves  to 
be  planted  solidly  with  the  plants  indi- 
cated, at  the  distance  apart  shown  in  the 
Planting  List  so  as  to  be  distributed  even- 
ly. The  kind  to  be  planted  as  a  group 
in  any  area  is  indicated  by  the  first  of 
the  two  numbers  connected  by  a  hyphen, 
for  example,  2-5  means  that  the  plant 
indicated  by  No.  2,  which  is  the  Spiraea 
Van  Houttei  or  the  Bridal  Wreath  ac- 
cording to  the  Planting  List,  is  to  occupy 
that  entire  space  and  that  it  will  take 
five  Spireaen  Van  Houttei  to  do  it,  if 
placed  four  feet  apart,  the  spacing  speci- 
fied in  the  Planting  List.  Where  only  one 
plant  of  a  kind  is  to  be  placed  anywhere, 
it  is  shown  by  a  circle  with  a  number 
inside  indicating  the  kind. 

The  plants  should  be  watered  during 
planting  or  just  after  they  are  planted 
so  that  the  earth  is  thoroughly  soaked 
below  the  bottom  of  the  roots  and  for 
the  first  growing  season  they  should  have 
a  similarly  thorough  watering  every 
week  or  so,  except  during  a  rainy  period. 


This  is  more  necessary  in  the  Western 
than  in  the  Eastern  States.  Planting 
may  be  done  either  during  the  Spring  or 
Fall  seasons  when  the  plants  are  dormant 
and  when  the  ground  can  be  cultivated. 
The  root  is  the  part  requiring  the  great- 
est care  and  should  never  be  allowed  to 
dry  out.  If  it  is  not  convenient  to  plant 
the  stock  the  day  it  is  received  from  the 
nursery,  it  should  be  taken  from  its  pack- 
ing and  the  roots  placed  in  the  ground. 
If  a  plant  is  bought  with  the  roots  dry,  its 
chances  of  life  are  small.  When  plant- 
ing, tramp  the  earth  tightly  around  the 
roots  with  the  foot  to  further  decrease 
the  likelihood  of  the  roots  drying. 

Estimate    of    Cost. 
Cost  of  Plants. 

6  trees  @   $'2  $12.00 

127  shrubs  and  vines  @  25c 31.75 

10%  additional  for  freight  and 

package   charged   extra   4.37 


$48.12 


Cost  of  Preparation  of  Soil 

(Omitting  cost  of  extra  black  earth 
and   clay  if  needed). 

1  man  digging  1500  sq.  ft.  plant 

beds  6  days  @  $2  12.00 

1  man  planting  trees  and  shrub- 
bery 2  days  at  $2  -?..00 


16.00 


$64.12 


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Adapting  Different  Floor  Plans  to  Similar 
Exterior  Treatment 


KEITH  &  PURDY,  Architects 


THE   possibility   of   development   in 
floor  plan  arrangements  of  an  en- 
tirely  different  character   to  come 
within    the    same    specified    ground    area 
calls  for  the  exercise  of  considerable  in- 
genuity on  the  part  of  the  designer.  Good 
and  unique  variations  in  the  plan  will  be 
the  result  of  the  experience  and  training 
of  the  architect. 

An  illustration  of  what  may  be  accom- 
plished along  these  lines  is  presented  on 
these  pages  in  the  two  designs  of  an 
English  stuccoed  cottage.  Both  of  these 
houses  are  almost  identically  the  same 
size  on  the  ground  and  of  the  same  gen- 
eral exterior  type,  yet,  through  careful 
study  radically  different  floor  plans  have 
been  worked  out,  each  of  which  have  con- 
siderable merit,  and  it  would  be  difficult 
to  say  definitely  whether  one  is  better 


than  another — it  being  generally  a  mat- 
ter of  choice.  To  those  who  are  partial 
to  the  living  room  extending  clear  across 
the  face  of  the  house,  the  first  design  will 
probably  be  better  liked. 

Entrance,  slightly  recessed,  is  to  the 
side,  sheltered  by  the  projection  of  the 
main  roof.  A  coat  closet  is  always  a  de- 
sirable convenience,  and  should  be  pro- 
vided when  it  is  possible  to  do  so.  In  the 
plan  in  question  where  the  vestibule  has 
double  doors,  it  is  not  always  well  to 
have  the  coat  closet  open  off  of  vesti- 
bule unless  the  vestibule  is  real  large 
and  heated.  In  this  case  the  front  door 
opens  into  a  little  "L"  of  the  living  room, 
which  is  termed  vestibule,  and  the  coat 
closet  is  conveniently  arranged  at  the 
end. 

After  getting  inside  this  house,  one  is 


Entrance,  slightly  recessed,  i*  to  the  side,  sheltered  by 'the  projection  of  the  main  roof. 


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at  once  impressed  with  its  coziness  and 
the  opportunity,  with  modest  furnishings, 
to  make  it  an  ideal  home.  There  is  an  at- 
tractive brick  fireplace  with  bookcases 
on  each  side,  artistic  in  its  design,  and 
yet  very  simple.  There  are  French  doors 
opening  onto  a  fair-sized  sun  porch  and 
just  to  the  side  of  the  approach  to  the 
sun  parlor  is  located  the  stairs,  and  there 
is  ample  room  on  this  inside  wall  be- 
tween the  foot  of  the  stairs  and  the  cased 
opening  in  the  dining  room  to  place  a 
good-sized  davenport,  or  this  would  be 
a  good  position  for  the  piano  and  put  the 
davenport  against  the  other  wall,  which 
will  bring  it  somewhat  closer  to  the  fire- 
place. 

The  dining  room  is  well  proportioned 
and  of  good  size,  and  with  plate  rail, 
paneled  wall  and  built-in  buffet,  will  be 
most  complete.  Nothing  has  been  over- 
looked in  the  arrangement  of  this  kitchen, 
though  none  of  the  equipment  is  expen- 
sive, but  everything  is  right  up  to  the 
minute  in  its  cupboards,  work  table,  space 
for  refrigerator,  the  sink  and  gas  range — 
a  place  for  everything. 

The  owner's  chamber  is  the  principal 
room  on  the  second  floor,  and  is  handy 
to  the  bath  room.  There  are  two  other 
good-sized  chambers,  and  all  are  well 
provided  with  closets.  One  detail  of  the 
owner's  room  which  should  be  mentioned 


is  a  small  seat  under  the  casement  win- 
dows. 

Just  a  word  about  the  basement.  It 
extends  under  the  sun  room  as  well  as 
the  house  proper,  and  is  provided  with 
the  usual  fuel  bins,  carefully  enclosed  so 
as  to  eliminate  the  objection  to  coal  dust, 
which  is  quite  a  problem  to  contend  with, 
every  time  coal  is  delivered,  unless  the  bin 
is  sealed  pretty  tightly.  Even  though 
coal  is  generously  wet  down  when  it  is 
shoveled  into  the  bin  and  with  the  best 
of  precaution,  a  fine  coal  dust  seems  to 
get  into  the  air,  not  only  in  the  basement 
but  comes  right  up  and  settles  on  the 
floor  and  furniture  of  the  rooms  above. 
So  a  tightly  sealed  coal  bin  should  be 
provided. 

Taking  up  the  structural  materials,  you 
will  note  that  a  little  brick  has  been  used 
for  the  exposed  foundation  wall,  porch 
and  steps.  Above,  the  structure  is  frame 
covered  with  metal  lath  and  three  coats 
of  cement  stucco.  In  the  upper  gables 
a  little  paneled  work  is  shown  and  this 
same  treatment  is  carried  out  on  the 
dormer. 

The  interior  woodwork  to  be  the  choice 
of  the  owner,  and  for  a  house  of  this 
character  and  size,  probably  birch  for  the 
standing  finish  and  stairs,  and  pine,  paint- 
ed or  enameled,  above  with  birch,  beach 
or  oak  flooring. 


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Another  English  Stucco  Cottage 

KEITH  &  PURDY,  Architects 


AS  STATED  in  the  opening  of  the 
preceding  description,  we  have  un- 
der consideration  two  houses  of  a 
similar  type  as  to  exterior,  but  with  en- 
tirely different  floor  plans. 

In  this  second  English  cottage,  the  en- 
trance is  to  the  front,  directly  into  the 
end  of  the  living  room,  and  attention  is 


vided  in  this  plan  at  the  top  of  the  cellar 
stairs.  The  kitchen  is  equally  well 
equipped,  the  refrigerator  being  accommo- 
dated in  one  end  of  the  rear  entry. 

On  the  second  floor,  comparison  will 
show  that  the  chambers  and  bath  are 
practically  of  the  same  size,  but  the  sun 
room  in  the  plan  has  been  carried  up  to 


Exterior  treatment  similar  to  proceeding  design,  but  a  different  Boor  plan. 


called  to  the  fact  that  the  stairway,  which 
almost  opens  off  of  this  room,  is  protected 
against  direct  currents  of  draft  when- 
ever the  front  door  is  opened.  A  re- 
versal in  the  position  of  the  sun  room 
has  been  made  and  an  entirely  different 
location  given  to  the  dining  room,  which 
opens  from  the  living  room  by  a  wide 
casement. 

In  this  house  we  also  have  the  brick 
fireplace  with  built-in  bookcases  and  sim- 
ilar treatment  of  French  doors  onto  the 
sun  porch.  There  is  a  grade  door  pro- 


provide  a  splendid  sleeping  porch  above. 
We  would  like  to  suggest  for  a  color 
scheme  that  the  brick  work  be  a  Golden 
Mottled  Matt  brick.  This  should  be  used 
up  to  the  first  story  sills  with  a  tan- 
colored  Portland  cement  stucco  above. 
The  shingles  may  also  be  stained  a  dark 
tan,  but  if  this  color  should  not  be  de- 
sired, use  a  moss  green.  For  the  outside 
treatment,  use  a  dark  brown  stain,  and 
the  whole  will  be  found  to  harmonize  and 
give  a  very  satisfactory  result. 


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A  Small  Two-Story  Cottage 

JOHN  HENRY  NEWSON,  Architect 


WE  PRESENT  a  photograph  view 
of  a  very  small  two-story  house. 
The  picture  was  taken  a  little  too 
early  in  the  spring  before  the  leaves  were 
out,  and  is  therefore  not  quite  as  warm 


in  its  impression  as  it  otherwise  would 
be,  for  it  is  in  reality  a  very  charming 
and  interesting  little  home. 

This  place   will   look   quite   differently 
when   the   grounds   have   been    fixed    up 


On  the  conventional  square  type,  with  simple  hip  roof. 


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and  some  shrubbery  planted.  The  house 
is  of  the  conventional  square  type,  with 
simple  hip  roof,  and  is  probably  designed 
along  the  most  economical  lines  possible. 
There  is  no  waste  room  in  the  treatment 
of  the  floor  plan.  In  a  house  of  this 


Everything  is  provided  for  the  com- 
plete comfort  of  a  small  family,  with 
three  bedrooms  and  bath  on  the  second 
floor,  though  this  house  is  a  little  more 
than  24  feet  square. 

A  designer  gives  the  information  that 


SECOND  FLOOR 


FIRST  FLOOR 


size  every  square  inch  counts  for  a  good 
deal  more  than  it  does  in  a  larger  house, 
and  though  oftentimes  people  think  that 
because  they  are  going  to  build  a  modest 
little  .home  it  is  not  necessary  to  bother 
with  the  services  of  an  architect,  yet  the 
very  fact  of  the  importance  of  not  wast- 
ing room  would  seem  to  emphasize  the 
necessity  of  his  services. 


when  this  house  was  built,  large  shingles 
were  used  for  the  exterior  wall  in  place 
of  siding,  and  to  hold  the  expense  down 
wherever  possible,  the  exposed  chimney 
was  cemented  instead  of  using  face  brick. 
Another  feature  that  will  be  noticed  is  the 
lattice  supports  to  the  porch  in  place  of 
the  usual  square  or  round  columns. 


An  Inexpensive  Hip  Roof  Design 


PROBABLY     the     greatest     demand 
among  home  builders  is  for  a  medi- 
um-sized  house  that  contains   four 
bedrooms  and  can  be  built  for  approxi- 
mately $4,000.     To  best  meet  these  con- 
ditions, a  house  will  want  to  be  designed 
nearly  square,  and  hip-roofed  with  possi- 
bly one  dormer  and  no  attic,  excepting 
storage  space  reached  through  a  scuttle. 
The  design  before  us  comes  well  under 


the  above  requirements.  The  porch  is  a 
very  modest  and  attractive  feature,  ex- 
tending across  the  front  and  returning 
to  the  side  as  a  sun  porch. 

Treatment  of  the  exterior  walls  is  in 
rough-sawed  drop  siding,  used  up  to  the 
first  story  sills  and  shingles  above.  The 
design  of  the  porch  and  columns  of  same 
is  plain,  along  square  lines,  and  it  will 
be  found  an  easy  porch  to  screen  in  or 


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Treatment  of  exterior  walls  in  rough-sawed  drop  siding:,  used  up  to  first  story  sills  and  shingles  above. 


enclose  in  winter  with  storm  sash.  The  in- 
terior arrangement  is  very  practical.  The 
living  and  dining  rooms  are  scarcely  sep- 
arated, thereby  securing  the  benefits  of  one 
fine  large  room.  Two  of  the  bedrooms  are 
of  good  size,  and  two  moderate  in  size. 
No  room  is  wasted  on  this  floor  in  unneces- 
sary halls,  and  all  bedrooms  open  conveni- 


ently to  the  bath  room.  We  have  to  sug- 
gest that  it  would  be  possible  to  build  this 
house  fairly  close  to  the  amount  mentioned, 
and  to  secure  hardwood  floors  throughout, 
with  a  good  grade  of  interior  finish.  Full 
basement,  heating  plant  and  standard  grade 
of  plumbing. 


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Attractive  Exterior  with  Unusual  Floor  Plan 


IN  DECIDED  con- 
trast to  the  inter- 
esting homes  pre- 
ceding, we  have  here 
a  combination  of  boul- 
d  e  r  s  ,  rough  -  sawed 
boards  and  side  shin- 
gles, or  shakes,  as  ma- 
terials used  in  the  build- 
ing of  this  bungalow. 
The  designer  suggests  a 
brick  walk  and  brick 
steps  up  to  the  open 
porch  covered  with  per- 
gola beams.  This  porch, 
of  course,  will  be  cov- 
ered as  soon  as  growing 
vines  have  time  to  make 
a  covering  of  Nature. 

Here  we  have  a  large  vestibule  with 
coat  closet  accommodation  and  entrance 
into  the  middle  of  living  room,  which  ex- 
tends across  the  entire  width  of  house. 


This  living  room  is  a 
combination  of  dining 
and  living  room,  and  is 
planned  for  beam  ceiling 
and  provided  with  brick 
fire-place.  There  also 
are  French  doors  which 
open  from  this  room 
onto  the  sun  porch. 
Where  economy  of  space 
is  also  a  necessity,  as 
generally  is  the  case  in 
a  bungalow  residence,  a 
combination  living  and 
dining  room  is  a  very 
happy  thought,  in  fact, 
many  people  look  upon 
an  exclusive  dining 
room  as  really  unneces- 
sary, for  it  would  take  quite  a  chunk  out 
of  the  plan.  This  room,  if  separated  en- 
tirely as  a  dining  room,  would  hardly  be 
less  than  12x12.  This  is  approximately 


A  combination  of  boulderB,  rough  sawed  boards  and  side  shingles  or  shakes. 


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150  sq.  ft.  and  would  represent  as  its  pro- 
portionate share  of  the  cost,  an  investment 
of  about  $500.  This  would  be  about  half  as 
much  as  your  living  room  would  cost,  and 
when  you  consider  that  you  spend  about 
one-fifth  as  much  time  in  the  dining  room 
as  you  do  in  the  living  room,  it  will  be  seen 
from  the  standpoint  of  utility  that  the 
advantages  of  an  exclusive  dining  room 
are  not  so  important  after  all.  This  is 
particularly  true  where  a  small  breakfast 
room  may  be  provided  for,  adjoining  from 


the  kitchen.  This  room  can  be  about  the 
size  of  a  rear  porch ;  can  have  a  built-in 
table  and  benches  and  serve  as  an  eating 
place,  at  least  for  the  early  morning  meal, 
and  very  likely  for  the  luncheon  in  cases 
where  the  man  of  the  house  is  not  at 
home.  This  arrangement  will  save  a  great 
many  steps  for  the  housewife. 

A  good-sized  kitchen  has  a  rear  entry 
and  convenient  side  porch.  Three  good- 
sized  bedrooms  and  bath  room  make 
up  a  most  complete  bungalow  residence. 


A  Plain  Substantial  Home 

CHAS.  S.  SEDGWICK,  Architect 


THIS  illustrated  home  is  one  that 
was  recently  designed  for  a  West- 
ern city.  It  is  of  the  Italian  type, 
with  low-pitched,  hipped  roof,  bringing 
the  cornice  well  down,  giving  fine  shade 
to  the  second"  story  windows.  The  size 
is  38-foot  frontage  with  10-foot  piazza, 
making  total  width  of  48  feet  and  depth 
of  28  feet,  exclusive  of  porches.  It  is  es- 
timated to  build  exclusive  of  heating  and 
plumbing  for  $5,000  to  $6,000. 

It    is    designed    for    a    south    frontage, 


with  the  sun  piazza  on  the  west  side.  It 
is  of  frame  construction,  and  the  exterior 
cemented  with  "pebble  dash"  finish  to 
grade  line.  The  "glazed-in"  porch  en- 
trance is  on  the  right  and  opening  into  a 
reception  room  12x12  ft.,  with  main  stairs 
opposite,  leading  to  second  story  and  with 
combination  stairs  from  kitchen  in  the 
rear.  The  main  living  room  is  24x13  ft.  6  in. 
at  the  left  of  the  reception  room,  and  con- 
nected with  wide-columned  arch.  There 
is  one  central  chimney  with  broad  fire- 


Of  the  Italian  type,  with  low-pitched,  hip  roof. 


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place  in  the  living  room  and  book  shelves 
at  the  right  of  same.  The  dining  room 
connects  with  the  living  room  back,  and 
is  16  ft.  by  13  ft.  6  in.  These  two  rooms 
open  onto  the  sun  piazza  which  is  10  ft. 
by  17  ft.  with  French  windows.  The 
kitchen  is  fitted  with  cupboards  and  has 
a  good  rear  porch  and  also  a  sleeping 
room  9  ft.  by  10  ft.  6  in.  This  floor  is  fin- 
ished in  Washington  fir  in  mission  brown 
and  oak  floor.  There  is  a  full  basement 
under  the  house  complete  with  laundry. 
The  second  floor  has  four  good  cham- 
bers, entered  from  a  symmetrical  center 
hall  that  is  liberal  in  size,  and  each  room 
has  one  or  more  large  clothes  closets. 


A  rear  door  from  the  hall  opens  onto  a 
balcony.  The  bath  room  is  fitted  up  with 
modern  fixtures  and  shower  bath  and  is 
8  feet  by  9  feet  in  size.  Over  the  sun 
piazza  is  a  sleeping  porch  the  same  size 
as  the  piazza  and  connected  by  French 
window  with  one  chamber.  The  finish 
of  this  story  is  in  white  enamel  with  red 
mahogany  doors,  and  natural  birch  floor. 
The  attic  story  is  not  finished,  but  is  left 
open  for  storage  purposes.  The  roof  is 
low-pitched,  shingled  and  stained  with 
red.  The  overhang  of  the  cornice  is  3 
feet  in  width,  with  rafters  showing  on 
the  underside  and  painted  white  together 
with  all  other  outside  trimmings. 


Constructed  on  Substantial  Lines 


THE  substantiability  of  a  house  is  of 
even  more  importance  to  the  owner 
than  the  consideration  of  the  aes- 
thetic side,  though  there  is  no  reason  why 
the    artistic    and    the    substantial    should 
not  go  hand  in  hand. 

This  house  was  planned  for  a  client 
who  was  very  particular  about  observ- 
ing the  substantial  side  of  the  program, 
and  did  not  want  to  go  into  any  elaborate 
detail,  but  wanted  a  well-built  house  set 
on  concrete  footings  and  a  slate  roof.  He 
must  have  the  walls  hollow  tile,  faced 
with  brick,  and  the  porch  floors  and  steps 
concrete ;  certainly  very  substantial  ma- 


terials throughout.  He  said  he  would 
rather  pay  for  material  than  frills.  In 
this  connection  I  might  say  that  the  sec- 
ond story  could  just  as  well  have  been 
constructed  of  frame,  using  metal  lath 
and  cement  stucco,  as  the  more  expensive 
tile  work  and  the  results  quite  as  satis- 
factory at  less  expense. 

It  was  consented  by  the  owner  to  build 
the  dining  room  bay  of  frame ;  this  bay 
supported  on  brackets.  The  sun  porch 
was  carried  up  to  the  second  story  to 
provide  a  sleeping  porch.  A  further  sug- 
gestion is  made  that  will  enable  the  use 
of  this  design  on  a  narrow  building,  to 


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An  admirable  combination  of  the  artistic  and  the  substantial. 


slightly  increase  the  living  room  and  omit 
the  projections  of  the  hall,  as  it  is  planned 
for  this  house.  This  enlargement  of  the 
living  room  could  be  made  by  extending 
the  right  hand  wall  out  flush  with  the 
sun  room  and  then  run  the  stairway  up 
directly  out  of  the  living  room. 


The  dining  room  has  a  built-in  buffet, 
and  is  planned  for  a  beamed  ceiling  with  a 
paneled  wainscot  and  with  the  French 
doors  opening  onto  the  sun  porch,  makes 
a  very  light  and  airy  room.  A  specially 
good-sized  kitchen  was  planned,  and  the 
same  was  provided  with  built-in  cup- 


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boards.  It  has  a  small  entry  from  which 
leads  a  stairway  into  the  basement.  Up 
over  this  stairway  is  the  back  stairs  to 
second  floor. 

The    specifications    for    interior    finish 
calls  for  oak  on  the  first  floor,  excepting 


kitchen,  which  is  pine,  enameled.  The 
standing  finish  of  second  story  is  birch. 
Bath  room  has  a  tiled  wainscot.  Flooring 
was  oak  downstairs  and  maple  on  the 
second  floor.  The  entire  cost  is  estimated 
at  about  $8.500. 


The  Unpretentious  Frame  Cottage 


F.   E.   COLBY,  Architect 


AS  THERE  are  very  frequent  calls 
for  designs  of  moderate  cost,  story- 
and-a-half  cottages,  we  are  pleased 
to  present  a  photo  view  of  an  inexpensive 
frame  cottage  designed  by  Architect  F.  E. 
Colby. 

Not  a  dollar  has  gone  to  waste  in  the 
building  of  this  home,  and  the  plan  is  a 
very  practical  one.  The  porch  extends 
across  the  entire  front,  supported  by 
wooden  columns  and  terrace.  This  porch 


has  been  sided  up  to  the  rail  and  the 
underfill  is  latticed.  The  piers  from 
ground  to  rail  are  brick  and  the  founda- 
tion is  brick.  The  gables  run  from  front 
to  rear  and  side  to  side,  securing  three 
very  good-sized  bedrooms  and  bath  on 
second  floor.  There  is  also  a  bedroom 
on  the  first  floor;  in  fact,  there  is  a  good 
deal  of  room  in  this  house. 

The   inside   finish   is  very  plain,  being 
pine,  stained,  with  yellow  pine  flooring, 


v 


Designed  to  eliminate  all  passible  waste. 


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hot  air  heating  plant,  located  in  full  base- 
ment, which  also  has  laundry  trays.  This 
would  be  a  very  excellent  design  to  fol- 


low where  as  much  room  as  it  provides 
is  required  and  where  one's  means  are 
limited. 


The  One-and-a-Half  Story  Type 


SOMEWHAT  in  contrast  to  the   in- 
expensive   one-and-a-half-story    cot- 
tage preceding  this  illustration,  we 
have  a  cottage  designed  for  a  cement  ex- 
terior up  to  the  high  belt  course  running 
around  the  top  of  the  first  story  window 
sills  with  wide  shingles  used  above. 

This  cottage  embodies  the  very  latest 
ideas  in  designs  where  the  modern  sun 
parlor  and  sleeping  porch  are  features.  It 
should  be  built  well  above  grade  to  give 


the  proper  setting.  There  is  a  winding 
brick  path  leading  up  to  an  attractive 
entrance  protected  by  a  simple  stoop  roof. 
This  is  supported  by  brackets  and  this 
roof  further  extends  over  the  dining  room 
bay  window  as  a  protection  to  same. 

The  first  story  walls  are  constructed 
with  metal  lath  and  cement  plaster, 
which  walls  flare,  forming  a  buttress  of  all 
of  the  corners.  The  shingles  above  are 
laid  on  alternate  courses,  laid  10  inches 


The  lot  should  be  well  above  grade  to  give  this  design  the  proper  setting. 


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and  2  inches  to  the  weather.  A  very  pleas- 
ing scheme  of  decorating  the  exterior 
would  be  to  tint  the  cement  walls  a  cream 
color  and  stain  the  shingles  brown,  us- 
ing a  light  maroon  on  the  roof,  and  paint- 
ing the  exterior  trim  white.  Where  the 
cement  work  of  a  house  runs  down  to 
the  ground,  as  in  this  case,  the  addition 
of  shrubbery  and  vines  is  very  desirable. 
The  cement,  of  course,  offers  a  splendid 


this  porch,  placing  it  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  living  room  if  that  would  bet- 
ter meet  the  surroundings  of  the  building 
site.  There  is  no  pantry  provided,  though 
the  rear  entry  has  the  necessary  space 
to  accommodate  refrigerator,  and  there 
are  ample  cupboards  built  in  the  kitchen. 
Interior  finish  is  suggested  in  oak  with 
oak  flooring  and  with  maple  or  birch  floor- 
ing in  the  bedrooms.  The  owner  of  this 


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opportunity  for  climbing  roses,  woodbine 
or  other  vines. 

We  have  gone  rather  extensively  into 
a  discussion  of  the  exterior  of  this  design, 
and  space  does  not  permit  of  taking  up  in 
detail  the  interior,  excepting  to  say  that  it 
will  be  found  most  interesting  and  to  con- 
tain many  little  attractive  features.  A 
central  hall  has  a  wide  attractive  stair 
with  a  built-in  seat  and  French  doors  lead- 
ing onto  the  living  porch.  It  would  be 
quite  possible  to  reverse  the  position  of 


design  wanted  outside  light  in  the  closets, 
and  it  will  be  noted  that  small  windows 
provide  for  that  light  in  two  of  the  large 
closets.  Basement  extends  under  house, 
equipped  with  hot  water  heating  plant, 
laundry  trays  and  the  usual  fuel  bins, 
specifications  of  which  call  for  a  sealing 
of  the  bins  to  keep  out  the  coal  dust. 
This  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  cot- 
tage designs  that  we  are  privileged  to 
illustrate  this  month,  and  it  will  certainly 
appeal  to  many  of  our  readers. 


Example  of  the  Newer  Domestic  Architecture 


{Continued  from  page  86) 


dence  is  the  fact  that  every  closet  in  the 
house,  with  one  exception,  has  exterior 
windows.  The  one  exception  has  a  tran- 
som opening  into  another  closet,  which 
in  turn  has  an  outside  window.  The  large 
number  of  wardrobes,  linen  closets,  etc., 
may  be  noted,  in  addition  to  the  gener- 
ous closet  space. 

A  special  feature,  which  will  appeal  to 
the   average   man,   is   the   fact   that   Mr. 


Cardwell's  room  has  a  bath  with  shower, 
and  a  closet  for  his  personal  use,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  other  bath  and  dressing 
rooms  connected  with  his  suite. 

The  house  is  equipped  with  burglar 
alarm,  inter-communicating  telephones, 
and  Bell  telephones;  also  speaking  tubes 
and  water  filter,  vacuum  cleaning  plant 
and  hot  water  heater  and  all  other  modern 
appliances. 


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Conducted  bT  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS.  Decorator.  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 


The  Art  of  Miss  Elsie  De  Wolfe. 


F  all  the  women  decorators,  and 
their  name  is  legion,  Miss  De 
Wolfe  is  the  one  who  has  most 
distinctly  arrived.  She  has  lately 
published  a  book  in  which  she  sets  forth 
her  theories  and  her  achievements.  It  is 
extremely  interesting  reading  and  the  im- 
pression uppermost  in  one's  mind  at  the 
finish  is  one  of  extreme  simplicity.  The 
difference  between  the  Colony  Club  and 
the  least  pretentious  of  her  country  cot- 
tages is  merely  one  of  the  quality  of  the 
materials  used.  Miss  De  Wolfe's  prefer- 
ence is  for  the  classic  styles  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century,  Louis  Seize  and  its  English 
equivalents  in  terms  of  Chippendale  and 
the  Adam  Brothers.  She  likes  to  panel 
her  walls  and  beautify  them  with  delicate 
mouldings,  to  cover  her  floors  with  Persian 
rugs  and  range  Chinese  lacquered  cabinets 
along  the  sides  of  her  rooms,  but  she  is 
just  as  happy  in  working  with  cheap  cot- 
tons and  painted  furniture,  as  long  as  color 
and  line  are  good. 

So  many  decorators  show  a  preference 
for  browns  and  grays  that  it  is  interesting 
to  note  Miss  De  Wolfe's  liking  for  positive 
color.  Her  favorite  color  is  a  soft  rose 
red,  and  she  likes  to  combine  this  with  an 
old  blue.  One  very  interesting  room  was 
a  combination  of  violet  and  soft  green. 
These  combinations  of  positive  color  are 
tied  together  by  using  cretonnes  of  bold 
designs,  repeating  both,  and  are  generally 
relieved  against  a  background  of  cream  or 
ivory  wall.  Sometimes  a  narrow  line  of 
one  of  the  colors,  following  the  mouldings 
of  the  woodwork  helps  still  further. 

On  the  vexed  question  of  curtains  her 
practice  is  uniform.  Next  the  pane  she 
uses  the  thinnest  and  finest  of  plain  muslin 
curtains,  and  inside  others  of  heavy  fab- 
ric, cretonne,  tapestry,  silk  or  brocade, 


hanging  in  straight  folds  to  the  floor,  and 
her  preference  is  for  cretonne  of  bold  de- 
sign and  strong  color.  Lace  she  finds  out 
of  place  at  windows  but  she  lavishes  it  on 
bed  and  table  linen. 

All  of  her  rooms  have  the  possibility  of 
abundant  light  at  night.  She  affects  side 
brackets  for  permanent  fixtures  and  a  great 
many  lamps,  scattered  about  on  small 
tables.  Her  sofas  have  tables  and  lamps 
at  their  heads,  as  do  her  beds.  And  apropos 
of  beds  she  stands  the  familiar  four  poster 
with  its  side  to  a  long  wall,  rather  than  with 
its  foot  in  the  center  of  the  room. 

One  feature  of  many  of  her  rooms  is  the 
day  bed,  the  couch  of  generous  proportions 
which  can  be  made  into  a  bed  at  need.  In 
her  own  house  her  study  becomes  a  guest 
chamber,  with  the  aid  of  the  day  bed  and 
of  a  tall  mahogany  secretary,  whose  shelves 
house,  instead  of  books,  a  collection  of 
curios,  the  drawers  below  available  for  the 
clothes  of  the  guest. 

No  mention  of  this  book  would  be  com- 
plete without  referring  to  Miss  De  Wolfe's 
use  of  mirrors,  which  she  regards  as  a  very 
valuable  decorative  asset,  as  well  as  a  means 
of  increasing  the  apparent  size  of  rooms. 
She  describes  the  decoration  of  one  house 
with  a  very  small  hall,  which  was  trans- 
formed by  the  building  of  a  false  door  at 
one  side,  filled  in  with  small  panes  of  look- 
ing glass,  so  that  one  had  the  illusion  of 
looking  through  a  French  door  into  an- 
other room.  With  the  use  of  small  mirrors 
to  light  up  dark  corners  or  to  reflect  some 
ornament  at  a  different  angle  everyone  is 
familiar. 

Aside  from  its  simplicity  this  account  of 
Miss  De  Wolfe's  work  as  a  decorator  sug- 
gests the  fact  that  she  is  not  tied  down  too 
rigidly  to  conventions.  She  admits  to  oc- 
casionally covering  the  entire  floor  with  a 
nailed  down  carpet  (of  her  favorite  rose 


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White-Leaded  Nearly  Two 
Centuries 

The  Ladies'  Mount  Yernon  Association  holds  in  trust 
the  home  of  Washington  as  a  place  of  interest  to  our 
nation.  It  bids  fair  to  stand  an  imperishable  shrine  for 
all  lovers  of  freedom.  Mere  years  do  not  age  it. 

Mount  Vernon,  now  174  years  old,  is  remarkably  well 
preserved.  It  is  protected  against  moisture  and  decay 
by  a  weather-proof  coat  of  paint  mixed  from 

Dutch  Boy  White  Lead 

and  pure  linseed  oil — that  well-known,  reliable  and  lasting  paint. 

Give  your  home  the  same  protection.  Your  painter  can  mix  the 
Dutch  Boy  White  Lead  and  Dutch  Boy  Linseed  Oil  right  on  your 
premises  and  tint  it  any  color  you  wish. 

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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Continued 


red),  and  she  hangs  pictures  against  a  fig- 
ured wall,  and  strongly  figured  at  that,  but 
such  derelictions  are  so  informed  by  good 
taste  that  they  may  easily  be  forgiven.  It 
might  be  supposed  that  a  book  by  the  fa- 
vorite decorator  of  fashionable  New  York 
would  be  of  little  use  to  the  average  wo- 
man, but  in  reality  it  is  crammed  with  val- 
uable suggestions  for  the  short  purse. 

In  Neutral  Tone. 

Strongly  contrasted  to  Miss  De  Wolfe's 
work  is  a  house  in  Cambridge,  lately  exe- 
cuted under  the  supervision  of  a  well  known 
Boston  woman.  The  exterior  of  the  house 
is  charming,  of  white  concrete  with  green 
roof  and  shutters,  its  long  facade  giving 
it  much  dignity  and  distinction.  The  in- 
terior finish  is  partly  white  enamel,  partly 
gum  wood  in  warm  brown.  The  long  liv- 
ing room,  with  brown  wood  finish  has  a 
wall  covering  of  brownish  gray  Japanese 
grass  cloth,  against  which  hang  various 
photographs  in  brown  tones  and  frames. 
The  curtains  are  cretonne  with  a  conven- 
tional design  of  fruit  in  pink  and  green 
tones  on  a  grayish  brown  ground,  the  rug 
an  Arts  and  Crafts  one  in  brown  tones.  In 
the  dining  room  the  walls  are  papered  with 
a  design  of  trees  in  olive  tones  with  touches 
of  mulberry,  the  woodwork  is  white,  the 
furniture  cherry,  rather  red  in  tone,  the 
rug  an  olive  Arts  and  Crafts  with  touches 
of  bright  color. 

The  hall,  finished  in  gum  wood,  has  a 
foliage  paper  in  delicate  gray  tones,  which 
is  carried  to  the  top  of  the  house.  The 
three  front  rooms  on  the  second  floor,  a 
bedroom  and  the  day  and  night  nurseries 
are  all  papered  in  putty  color,  a  paper  with 
a  narrow  stripe  and  the  electric  fixtures  are 
gray,  the  woodwork  white,  the  only  color 
supplied  by  the  cretonne  furnishings.  In 
the  two  guest  chambers,  one  with  mahog- 
any furniture  has  a  tan  colored  paper  with 
a  cut  out  border  of  blurred  roses  and  match- 
ing cretonnes,  the  other  has  white  furni- 
ture, a  small  patterned  yellow  and  white 
paper  and  Liberty  cretonne  in  a  Persian 
pattern  of  blues  and  yellow  and  cream. 

Charming  in  warm  sunshine,  it  would 
seem  that  this  delicate  and  low  toned 
scheme  would  be  less  pleasing  in  the  gray 
days  of  winter.  It  takes  a  certain  courage 
to  adventure  with  the  bright  colors  and 
striking  accessories  which  are  needed  to 
relieve  such  somber  coloring. 


Suiting  the  Picture  to  the  Style. 

A  picture  dealer  advertises  "Pictures  for 
the  Colonial  House."  Some  of  the  old 
fashioned  interiors,  the  figures  in  the 
quaint  costume  of  the  bygone  days  of  our 
history  are  charming,  and  they  are  to  be 
recommended  for  the  upper  rooms  of  the 
house,  though  hardly  of  sufficient  merit  for 
the  library  or  the  drawing  room. 

One  never,  however,  makes  any  mistake 
in  getting  the  copies,  whether  in  color  or 
black  and  white  of  the  pictures  of  Dendy 
Saddler,  those  delightful  transcripts  of 
English  life  in  the  first  third  of  the  last 
century.  Nothing  lights  up  a  rather  dark 
dining  room  so  well  as  one  of  them  in  color, 
say  "The  Hunt  Breakfast"  or  "The  Toast." 
Some  of  the  more  sentimental  subjects  are 
charming  for  a  drawing  room,  and  there 
are  still  others,  so  prolific  is  the  fancy  of 
Mr.  Saddler,  which  meet  the  needs  of  the 
library  or  the  hall. 

A  type  of  picture  which  is  rather  new 
copies  in  color  some  old  miniature,  but  not 
only  the  miniature  but  also  its  frame  and 
the  wall  against  which  it  hangs,  the  wall 
paper  indicated  being  carefully  chosen  to 
bring  out  the  points  of  the  miniature.  The 
whole  is  framed  in  a  narrow  but  exquisitely 
made  frame  of  gold  or  gold  bronze. 

The  Goupil  photogravures,  in  color,  from 
old  pastel  portraits  are  charming  drawing 
room  pictures.  They  should  be  framed 
without  a  margin  in  gold,  and  it  is  admis- 
sible to  hang  them  by  a  silk  cord  or  a 
knotted  ribbon  from  the  picture  moulding. 

One  cannot  emphasize  too  strongly  the 
importance  of  having  pictures  of  some  indi- 
viduality, not  exactly  like  those  of  everyone 
else.  Reproduction  by  a  different  process 
may  make  an  ordinary  subject  distin- 
guished. Queen  Louise  and  her  staircase 
in  the  uncompromising  truthfulness  of  a 
photograph  is  quite  another  person  when 
her  graceful  lines  are  suggestively 
sketched  by  the  etcher's  needle.  A  photo- 
graph from  a  painting  is  often  common- 
place enough,  not  so  a  photograph  from  a 
print  of  the  same  painting,  showing  the 
engraver's  transcription  of  the  painter's 
conception.  Bartolozzi  made  many  prints 
from  the  portraits  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds 
and  other  artists  of  that  peiod  and  one  may 
sometimes  find  photogaphed  copies  of 
them,  uniting  the  charm  of  two  arts. 


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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Continued 


Making  the  Best  of  Old  Pictures. 

And  in  this  connection  one  is  often  con- 
fronted with  pictures  of  no  great  merit,  of 
an  archaic  type,  mostly  steel  engravings, 
"The  Signing  of  the  Emancipation  Proc- 
lamation" being  an  example.  Sentiment 
keeps  them  in  their  place  rather  than  any 
other  consideration.  Refraining  solves  the 
problem  in  this  case,  and  the  best  thing  for 
the  purpose  is  a  broad  band  of  plain  wood, 
black  or  mahogany,  set  close  to  the  print. 
So  treated,  the  objectionable  picture  will 
take  an  unassuming  place  in  the  corner  of 
a  room  of  brown  or  green  tones. 

The  same  plan  can  be  pursued  with  oil 
paintings  of  dubious  worth,  to  which  the 
customary  gold  frame  is  hardly  charitable. 
Here,  too,  the  flat  wooden  frame  is  in  or- 
der, either  brown  or  weathered  green,  as 
best  suits  the  tone  of  the  picture.  Some- 
times a  frame  of  unpolished  ash,  the  grain 
well  pulled  up,  is  advisable.  Stain  it  and 
give  it  a  wash  of  gold  paint,  not  too  bright, 
rubbing  it  in  with  a  woolen  cloth.  Mix  the 
gold  very  thin.  Another  thing  to  do  with 
an  oil  painting  is  to  use  it  for  a  panel  in 
the  center  of  a  wooden  chimney  piece,  with 
only  the  simplest  of  narrow  mouldings  to 
define  it. 

When  the  removal  of  the  gold  frame  is 
out  of  the  question  it  may  be  much  im- 
proved by  giving  it  a  coat  of  gold  paint 
toned  down  with  bronze  powder  of  green 
and  brown  bronze  together  being  usually 
successful.  It  would  be  well  if  we  could 
get  rid  of  the  feeling  that  an  oil  painting 
is  a  desirable  asset,  and  when  we  buy  pic- 
tures get  water  colors,  which  are  apt  to  be 
much  better  from  an  artistic  point  of  view, 
as  well  as  in  harmony  with  our  modest 
houses. 

The  Fancy  for  Black  and  White. 

The  German  Secession  movement  has 
brought  about  the  use  of  strongly  con- 
trasted black  and  white  in  carpets,  wall  pa- 
pers and  textiles  for  hangings  and  uphol- 
stery. Merely  reading  about  it,  not  seeing 


the  schemes  actually  worked  out,  the  idea 
seems  almost  grotesque,  and  it  must  be  ad- 
mitted that  many  of  its  developments  are 
decidedly  queer,  and  it  would  be  to  the  last 
degree  inadvisable  for  an  entire  house.  It 
may  be  accepted  as  a  revulsion  from  the 
craze  for  brilliant  coloring  and  for  intri- 
cate lines  which  characterized  its  prede- 
cessor, the  Art  Xouveau  movement,  and 
as  such  has  a  certain  merit  in  judicious 
hands. 

It  is  at  its  best  in  a  room  with  white  walls 
and  the  black  should  be  used  with  dis- 
crimination, confined  to  hangings  and  other 
furnishings,  and  in  moderation.  The  best 
designs  in  cretonnes  are  those  in  which  the 
black  and  white  are  about  evenly  divided 
and  the  black  is  well  distributed  rather  than 
in  strong  masses.  One  associates  wicker 
furniture  of  simple  outlines,  heavily  con- 
structed and  with  the  sides  and  backs  of 
chairs  and  couches  of  the  same  height,  with 
this  special  style  and  it  should  be  painted 
white.  It  may  be  varied  by  the  introduc- 
tion of  wooden  furniture  in  bright  black. 
Metal  work  in  the  room  should  be  of 
wrought  iron  and  the  small  objects  for 
which  ordinarily  brass  or  copper  would  be 
chosen,  candlesticks,  desk  furnishings  and 
the  like,  should  be  silver,  preferably  in  the 
gray  finish.  The  pictures  should  be  in 
black  and  white,  with  white  mats,  nar- 
rowly framed  in  black. 

The  needed  touch  of  vivid  color  is  sup- 
plied by  the  rug,  and  it  should  be  supple- 
mented by  a  single  cushion  and  if  possible 
flowers,  in  the  same  color.  This  color  may 
be  green  of  an  emerald  tone,  orange,  yel- 
low, or  old  rose  or  red.  This  rug  should 
be  of  velvet  carpet,  as  the  deep  pile  of  that 
goes  far  to  tone  down  what  might  be  a  too 
vivid  contrast.  It  goes  without  saying  that 
the  scheme  requires  great  care  in  the  work- 
ing out,  but  it  has  merit  and  interest  in 
judicious  hands,  and  is  worth  considering. 
It  should  be  added  that  whatever  is  used 
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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS 

ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


Editor's  Note.— The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  Keith's  Magazine.     Inquiries 
pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing;  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

<  Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general  in* 
tweet  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


General  Color  Scheme. 

W.  H.  N. — Please  tell  me  what  color 
scheme  to  use  for  the  living  room,  dining 
room  and  den,  trim  being  dark  oak  and 
floor  oak ;  fireplace  red  tapestry  brick — how 
to  curtain  the  windows  and  side  lights — 
what  to  have  in  front  of  fireplace  to  har- 
monize with  the  rough  red  brick.  Would  it 
be  all  right  to  use  this  same  red  brick  in- 
stead of  tile? 

What  kind  of  shades  should  I  have,  the 
house  being  shingle-stained  a  brown,  and 
the  sash  being  painted  white. 

What  color  scheme  of  rugs  would  you 
advise? 

Ans. — We  note  from  the  plan  you  submit 
that  the  living  room  runs  across  the  front 
of  the  house,  having  north  and  south  win- 
dows, while  the  dining  room  is  connected 
with  this  with  such  a  wide  opening  that  it 
is  practically  part  of  the  living  room  and 
should  be  given  the  same  general  color 
treatment.  As  this  room  has  a  southern 
exposure,  you  will  get  a  great  deal  of  light 
and  must  be  careful  to  use  shades  that  will 
not  affect  the  light  too  strongly.  With  a 
dark  oak  floor  and  trim  and  the  big  fire- 
place of  red  tapestry  brick  a  soft  creamy 
tan  would  make  a  good  background  for 
your  furnishing  but  one  word  of  caution, 
do  not  get  too  deep  a  shade  of  {his  for  your 
dining  room,  as  yellow  if  it  is  at  all  deep 
in  tone  is  far  too  warm  a  color  for  a  room 
having  strong  light.  You  might  use  a  little 
paler  tone  of  tan  in  the  dining  room  with 
good  effect.  If  the  walls  are  done  with  one 
of  the  flat  finishes,  or  a  plain  paper  is  used 
and  this  is  the  only  treatment  we  have  in 
mind,  use  a  frieze  or  stencil  design  in  gold 
and  bronzy-green  tones  in  the  living  room 
and  let  bronze  with  a  deeper  green  pre- 
dominate in  the  design  in  the  dining  room. 
For  the  living  room  secure  some  of  the 
admirable  designs  of  cretonne  for  the  dra- 
peries and  let  the  greens  predominate  in  the 


design.  For  the  dining  room  windows  use 
a  bronzy-green  Sunfast  for  the  draperies, 
with  the  white  curtains  back  of  it  to  form 
a  background.  If  shades  are  used  in  ad- 
dition to  your  overhangings  they  should 
be  white  or  a  dark  green,  as  you  do  not 
want  to  over-accent  the  tans,  simply  use 
them  as  a  background  for  your  colors. 

Could  you  procure  a  plaster  or  terra 
cotta  frieze  to  use  above  your  fireplace  of 
tapestry  brick?  It  would  introduce  just 
the  right  note  into  this  general  scheme. 
Carry  out  the  same  general  color  scheme 
in  your  rugs,  being  careful  to  use  just  a 
little  deeper  tone  of  the  shades  of  tan  and 
green  which  you  have  secured  for  draperies 
and  wall  decoration. 

The  den  has  a  northern  exposure ;  you 
could  introduce  quite  a  bit  of  reds  in  your 
treatment  of  this,  a  color  which  always 
suggests  a  great  deal  of  warmth  and  is  usu- 
ally difficult  to  use,  but  ought  to  give  a 
pleasing  effect  in  a  room  having  only  north- 
ern windows.  If  red  is  used  here,  the  wall 
might  be  given  a  soft  green  shade  that 
would  serve  as  a  foil  for  the  deep  red  in 
your  furnishings.  The  table  and  chairs 
here  should  be  mission  finish  and  in  the 
living  room,  since  the  atmosphere  here  is  to 
be  one  of  good  cheer,  we  would  suggest  the 
green  willow.  The  dining  room  furniture 
would  also  be  of  weathered  oak. 

Tan  and  Green  Scheme. 

A.  P. — I  am  building  a  home  and  would 
like  your  suggestions  on  wood  finishing, 
windows,  fireplace,  curtains,  rugs,  furni- 
ture, etc.  Would  like  a  tan  and  green  color 
scheme.  My  piano  and  music  cabinet  are 
in  mahogany  and  intend  to  get  chairs  to 
match  for  living  room.  How  would  you 
plan  the  opening  between  dining  and  living 
room  as  the  other  is  a  sliding  door?  Would 
you  advise  a  davenport  for  den  or  living 
room?  If  for  living  room,  please  arrange 


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20  Cars  of  Carey 
Ceil- Board 

more  than  one  million  square  feet  was  used  for  walls  and  ceilings  in  the  400 
attractive  houses  erected  a  year  ago  in  Badin,  N.  C.  This  is  the  largest  order 
for  Wallboard  ever  placed  and  Carey  Cell-Board  was  selected  not  because  it 
was  cheaper  than  other  wall  materials  but  only  after  tests  which  showed  it  to  be 
the  most  scientific  and  ideal  material  for  this  purpose. 

After  a  year's  observation  of  these  walls  and  ceilings  the  well  known  architect,  Mr. 
T.  H.  Pierson  of  New  York  City,  who  had  charge  of  the  building  of  this  town, 

says:  "All  of  the  houses  are  lined  with  Ceil-Board,  which  has  proved  very  satisfactory  to  date." 

Ceil-Board  is  made  on  scientific  lines  and  is  a  vast  improve- 
ment  over  plaster  and  other  wall   materials — it  is  also  more 
economical,  sanitary  and  ornamental.    Comes  in  four  finishes — 
Gray,  Tan,  Quartered  Oak  and  Circassian  Walnut. 
Is  supplied  in  large  panels  ready  for  applying.     No  waiting  for 
drying.     Nodirt.    Can  be  applied  at  any  season  of  the  year  and 
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windows  on  south  wall  for  piano  and  daven- 
port. Would  you  have  long  mirror  on  door 
leading  into  hall  from  den  ? 

Ans. — We  note  you  prefer  a  tan  and 
green  color  scheme  for  down  stairs  and 
say  that  you  already  have  piano  and  sev- 
eral other  pieces  in  mahogany  and  intend 
to  get  the  rest  of  the  furniture  to  match 
this  in  your  living  room.  We  do  not  ap- 
prove of  using  tan  and  green  in  these 
rooms.  If  you  expect  to  keep  your  ma- 
hogany furniture,  we  think  you  will  prob- 
ably have  to  sacrifice  one  or  the  other.  If 
you  can  exchange  your  mahogany  pieces 
for  some  of  the  dark  finishes  of  oak  and 
have  your  woodwork  finished  in  weathered 
oak  or  one  of  the  beautiful  green  oak  fin- 
ishes, you  could  then  carry  out  a  very  suc- 
cessful color  scheme,  using  tan  upon  the 
walls  with  cream  ceilings  and  introducing 
greens  and  browns  into  hangings  and  fur- 
nishings. If  you  prefer  the  mahogany 
furniture,  we  would  suggest  that  you  use 
a  gray  wall  treatment  which  forms  an  ad- 
mirable background  for  mahogany,  such 
a  living  room  would  be  charming  with 
gray  walls  and  a  big  fireplace  in  tile,  with 
greens  predominating  there. 

As  for  the  opening  between  dining  room 
and  living  room,  it  all  depends  whether  you 
want  to  be  able  to  close  off  these  rooms 
entirely.  If  so,  it  will  be  necessary  to 
use  the  sliding  door  treatment.  There  is 
a  strong  preference  at  present  for  treat- 
ing these  two  rooms  as  one  and  simply 
connecting  them  by  a  wide  cased  opening. 
This  really  depends  upon  the  personal 
preference  of  the  owner  and  is  a  matter 
for  him  to  decide,  as  the  appearance  of 
the  two  treatments  are  practically  the  same 
when  the  sliding  door  is  not  closed. 

A  davenport  is  always  a  very  suitable 
piece  of  furniture  for  the  den  and  if  the 
fumed  oak  furniture  is  selected  for  the 
den,  this  would  make  a  very  desirable  ad- 
dition to  your  furnishings.  A  very  good 
place  for  such  a  large  piece  of  furniture 
is  at  one  side  of  the  fireplace  and  this  is 
especially  attractive  if  high  windows  are 
placed  above,  with  built-in  book  shelves 
at  either  end. 

As  the  open  fireplace  is  in  the  room  that 
you  intend  to  use  as  a  den,  we  would  pre- 
fer having  the  davenport  in  this  room. 
The  piano  should  be  placed  against  an  in- 
side wall  as  severe  cold  or  dampness  is 


apt  to  cause  considerable  trouble. 

As  to  the  mirror  on  the  door  leading 
into  the  den,  while  this  is  frequently  found 
in  very  well  furnished  homes,  it  will  be 
usually  found  a  great  deal  more  useful  if 
placed  in  the  door  of  one  of  your  bedrooms, 
up  stairs,  say  your  guest  room.  Here  it  is 
quite  invaluable  and  is  utilitarian  as  well 
as  decorative. 

Paint  for  Bedroom. 

W.  C.  C. — What  color  paint  should  be 
used  for  walls  of  bed  room  with  mahog- 
any furniture?  What  color  with  Circas- 
sian walnut?  What  color  for  bird'seye 
maple?  Our  house  faces  South  with  liv- 
ing room  across  entire  front ;  dining  room 
back  of  it,  with  four  large  windows  in 
west.  An  opening  of  10  feet  between 
living  room  and  dining  room.  Am  plan- 
ning to  use  grayish-green  paper  with  rose 
hangings  for  windows  in  the  living  room. 
Have  a  green  dome  light  fixture,  must  use 
in  dining  room.  Will  use  oak  panels  in 
dining  room.  What  shade  of  paper  should 
I  use  above  paneling?  Have  to  buy  new 
rugs  for  both  rooms.  Woodwork  will  be 
oak,  golden  wax  finish.  I  think  furniture 
mostly  golden  oak.  All  of  dining  room 
is  golden  oak. 

Ans. — First  as  to  colors  for  bedroom 
walls,  almost  any  color  is  good  with  ma- 
hogany except  the  red  tones.  So  you  can 
have  gray  or  ecru  or  old  blue  or  pale 
green,  depending  on  the  exposure  of  the 
room.  With  Circassian  walnut,  if  the 
room  has  a  north  or  east  exposure,  we 
would  use  a  grey  wall,  but  not  a  bluish 
gray,  with  gay  English  flowered  chintz 
curtains,  etc.,  and  run  a  banding  round 
the  top  of  the  room  which  repeats  the  col- 
ors of  the  chintz.  Bird'seye  maple  looks 
best  with  soft  old  blue. 

In  your  dining  room  we  would  fill  in  the 
wall  space  between  panels  with  the  same 
color  as  you  use  on  living  room 
walls  and  above  this  paneling  put  a  deco- 
rative foliage  paper  in  dull  greens  and 
blues  on  grayish-green  ground.  There  is  a 
delightful  paper  of  this  description  at  $1.00 
a  roll. 

The  rug  can  be  mixed  blues  and  greens 
and  the  rug  in  living  room  plain  green, 
not  too  bright,  but  not  too  dark.  You  can 
find  such  colorings  in  the  Killmarnock 
Scotch  rugs  for  the  dining  room  and  in 
Wilton  or  Saxony  for  the  living  room. 


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An  Ivory  Enamel  Treatment. 

J.  P.  B. — We  had  thought  of  painting 
the  wood  work  ivory,  in  living  room  and 
dining  room  with  mahogany  stained  doors. 
I  have  a  mahogany  piano  and  two  old  ma- 
hogany tables.  What  kind  of  furniture 
would  you  use  for  dining  and  living  room? 
What  color  would  you  use  on  walls  of  these 
two  rooms?  Please  suggest  something  for 
curtains  for  windows,  French  doors  and 
the  two  archways,  etc. 

Ans. — We  like  your  plan  of  ivory  wood 
trim  with  mahogany  doors  very  much. 
Your  rooms  are  very  well  arranged  for  such 
a  treatment.  We  would  also  stain  the  china 
closet  in  dining  room,  mahogany  and  the 
living  room  mantel;  also  the  stairs.  This 
will  strengthen  the  room  and  be  easier  to 
take  care  of.  We  would  use  an  ivory  tone 
rather  than  white,  and  enamel  finish.  As 
the  living  room  has  an  east  and  north  ex- 
posure, we  would  do  the  walls  in  a  soft 
ecru  color  which  is  very  lovely  with  ma- 
hogany and  introduce  a  warm  mulberry  or 
deep  old  rose  into  the  rug  and  hangings. 
Nothing  could  be  prettier  than  plain  ecru 
net  or  voile  for  the  curtains  with  side  dra- 
peries of  mulberry  raw  silk  or  Sunfast  and 
door  hangings  of  mulberry  velvet  or  velour. 

Do  not  put  too  many  pieces  of  furniture 
in  the  room.  There  seems  a  good  chance 
for  a  couch  or  settee  along  the  stair  wall. 
The  frame  of  this  could  be  of  birch  stained 
mahogany  and  cushioned  with  mulberry 
tan  colored  rep,  a  little  darker  than  wall. 
One  of  your  small  tables  could  be  used  in 
this  room,  the  other  for  a  serving  table  in 
the  dining  room.  We  would  have  a  wicker 
fireside  chair  cushioned  in  a  rose  and  tan 
jute  material,  and  a  smaller  wicker  arm 
chair  the  same. 

You  could  get  mahoganized  birch  for  the 
dining  room  table  and  chairs  and  this  would 
look  the  best  with  the  woodwork.  The  din- 
ing room  wall  we  would  do  in  old  blue 
with  ecru  ceiling  same  as  living  room.  It 
would  make  a  nice  effect  to  run  a  molding 
or  chair  rail  around  the  room  with  the  same 
ecru  color  as  livine  room  wall  continued  up 
to  this  molding  and  the  soft  old  blue  above. 
Curtains  of  the  ecru  voile  with  little 
crocheted  finishing  edge. 

Mission   Furniture. 

O.  R.  W. — Will  you  kindly  give  me  ad- 
vice as  to  the  color  scheme  to  use  in  the 


house  we  are  building.  Have  found  many 
helpful  suggestions  in  your  magazine,  which 
we  appreciate  very  much. 

The  exterior  of  the  house  is  to  be  painted 
white,  foundation  red  tapestry  brick  and 
white  mortar.  The  living  and  dining  rooms 
are  to  be  finished  in  oak  (dark  brown)  ; 
will  have  to  have  new  rug  for  living  room 
(domestic  rug,  and  not  too  expensive),  for 
furniture,  have  mission  davenport,  Morris 
chair,  large  rocker,  etc. 

Ans. — We  note  you  have  quite  a  bit  of 
mission  furniture  for  your  living  and  din- 
ing rooms,  and  the  color  scheme  selected 
must  necessarily  provide  a  suitable  back- 
ground for  these.  As  the  living  room  runs 
across  the  front  of  the  house  and  has  plenty 
of  light,  you  might  like  the  wall  finished 
in  an  apple  green  with  green  ceiling,  sepa- 
rated by  a  deep  band  of  gold.  With  this 
treatment  a  tile  fire-place  would  be  very 
charming  and  would  not  be  much  more  ex- 
pensive than  brick.  It  comes  in  the  delight- 
ful shades  and  can  also  be  secured  with  ad- 
mirable pictural  effects.  However,  if  vou 
prefer  the  brick,  a  dark  red  brick  would  fit 
in  admirably  with  this  color  scheme.  A  two- 
toned  green,  deepening  the  tones  of  green 
used  in  the  wall,  would  be  very  good.  The 
deep  bronze  in  the  furnishings  will  tone 
down  your  general  scheme.  The  rug  you 
have  for  your  dining  room  does  present 
rather  a  difficult  problem,  but  if  you  would 
used  a  soft  putty  gray  on  the  walls  here, 
with  a  frieze  repeating  the  predominating 
tones  of  vour  rug,  we  think  it  may  solve 
your  difficulty.  Of  course  this  scheme 
brings  out  the  rose  and  green  tints  in  the 
rest  of  the  furnishings  so  that  these  may 
be  made  to  the  color  notes  that  will  be  ac- 
cented in  the  general  treatment  of  the  room. 

For  the  bedroom  in  which  you  expect  to 
use  the  mahogany  dresser  and  furnishings 
in  which  the  yellow  predominates,  we  think 
you  would  find  an  old  blue  wall  treatment 
very  successful.  This  will  throw  into  relief 
the  yellow  and  cretonne  and  makes  an  ad- 
mirable background  for  mahogany.  For  the 
bedroom  in  which  you  expect  to  use  the 
maple  dresser,  a  very  pretty  color  scheme 
here,  would  be  a  pale  pink  for  the  walls 
with  deep  green  ceiling,  the  pink  deepening 
to  a  rose  tone  in  the  draperies.  Where  the 
colored  over-draperies  are  used  the  shades 
should  be  white. 


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HOUSEHOI/D  ECONOMICS   f 


A  Few  Building  Devices  to  Consider 


F.   H.   Sweet 


|NE  of  the  comparatively  recent 
triumphs  of  building  is  the  inven- 
tion of  a  door  hinge  that  will  not 
allow  the  door  to  sag.  The  thing 
is  so  very  simple  that  it  is  a  wonder  you 
did  not  think  of  it  yourself  long  ago.  In- 
stead of  attaching  a  hinge  to  the  door 
frame  and  joining  it  to  the  door,  a  metal 
disk  is  clamped  on  the  floor,  and  directly 
over  it,  in  the  upper  corner  of  the  frame, 
another  one  is  placed.  The  door  swings 
between  these  on  a  pivot,  and  there  is  no 
chance  for  it  to  sag  or  stick.  This  attach- 
ment has  every  advantage  over  the  old 
hinge,  and  it  may  be  applied  both  to 
swinging  doors  and  to  those  of  the  ordi- 
nary type. 

The  heating  of  the  country  house  often 
presents  a  very  serious  problem. 

Every  room  should  be  supplied  with 
an  automatic  appliance  by  which  the  heat 
is  shut  off  from  the  pipes,  and  warn- 
ing given  of  the  change  by  a  shrill  whistle, 
immediately  upon  a  previously  deter- 
mined degree  of  temperature  being 
reached.  When  the  room  has  cooled  to 
another  given  degree,  the  heat  is  auto- 
matically returned  to  the  pipes.  Thus, 
without  thought  on  your  part,  the  varia- 
tions that  occur  in  the  temperature  of 
your  room  may  be  kept  within  the  nar- 
rowest of  limits.  Anything  that  will  pre- 
serve you  from  the  evil  effects  resultant 
upon  a  morning  spent  in  a  room  the  tem- 
perature of  which  is  marked  by  extremes 
of  heat  and  cold,  is  without  any  manner 
of  doubt  worthy  of  the  very  highest  com- 


mendation. All  radiators  should,  for  two 
reasons,  be  placed  directly  beneath  the 
windows.  First,  and  more  important,  no 
room  can  be  properly  heated  when  there 
is  no  warmth  added  to  the  cold  air  that 
to  a  greater  or  lesser  degree  sifts  through 
the  crevices  of  the  windows.  The  other 
reason  is  one  of  pure  utility.  A  consulta- 
tion with  the  upholsterers  will  usually 
show  you  some  plan  for  making  your 
radiator  an  excellent  base  for  a  broad  and 
comfortable  window  seat  during  the 
warm  months.  There  is  no  better  or  more 
attractive  use  that  can  be  made  of  a  more 
or  less  unsightly  object. 

Nor  does  the  utility  of  the  steam  ap- 
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poses save  baking.  In  a  very  large  house 
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ily  remedied,  however,  by  having  the 
chimney  fitted  with  a  contrivance  like  a 
stovepipe  damper  of  large  proportions. 
By  doing  this,  you  have  at  once  a  means 
of  ventilation  and  an  efficacious  method  of 
shutting  off  draughts.  Neither  is  there 
any  difficulty  about  burning  an  open  fire 
when  this  is  used,  for  a  slight  opening  of 
the  damper  is  sufficient  to  permit  the  pass- 
age of  smoke  and  to  create  a  draught  for 
the  fire.  The  knob  or  handle  by  which  it 
is  turned  may  be  of  an  ornate  pattern, 
thus  forming  an  attractive  center  in  the 
panel  above  the  fireplace. 


two  schemes  have  raised  the  electric  light 
from  the  position  of  a  doubtful  advantage 
to  that  of  an  unquestioned  comfort. 


If  you  are  so  fortunate  as  to  live  in  a 
suburb,  or  near  a  township  where  electric 
power  is  obtainable,  your  list  of  comforts 
is  materially  increased ;  and  of  these  elec- 
tric lighting  is  not  the  least  important. 
But  even  this  almost  ideal  form  of  light- 
ing has  its  drawbacks.  It  is  impossible, 
for  instance,  to  retain  in  a  Colonial  room 
the  classic  lines  of  lengthy  perspective 
when  a  chandelier  or  hanging  light  in- 
trudes upon  the  view.  But  by  the  exceed- 
ingly simple  plan  of  having  no  hanging 
lights,  and  of  placing  the  bulbs  within  an 
opalescent  bowl,  the  rim  of  which  is  laid 
flush  to  the  ceiling,  this  objection  is  over- 
come. The  ceiling  surrounding  the  bowl 
may  be  frescoed,  or  otherwise  so  decorat- 
ed that  an  additional  beauty  is  given  to 
the  room.  Drawing  room,  library  and 
dining  room  are  rendered  thrice  attractive 
by  having  ceiling  lights  instead  of  the 
usual  chandelier. 

An  exceedingly  ingenious  device  has 
been  invented,  by  means  of  which  electric 
lights  may  be  dimmed  to  any  degree  de- 
sired, thus  doing  away  with  another  great 
objection  to  their  use.  Of  course  the  dif- 
ference is  in  the  bulb.  This  is  fitted  with 
two  distinct  incandescent  fibres,  the 
smaller  of  which  is  made  of  a  substance 
possessing  less  power  of  resistance  than 
the  usual  filament.  When  the  bulb  is 
turned  slightly,  a  portion  of  the  current 
is  shut  off  and  the  light  disappears  from 
the  smaller  fibre,  leaving  a  brilliancy  di- 
minished by  a  third  or  two-thirds,  according 
to  the  construction  of  the  bulb.  These 


Owing  to  the  excellence  of  pumping 
methods,  we  are  not  compelled,  for  the 
sake  of  living  in  the  country,  to  forego 
the  satisfaction  of  having  plenty  of  water 
in  the  house.  A  gasoline  engine  or  a 
pneumatic  pump  in  the  cellar  will  furnish 
enough  water  for  two  bathrooms  and  a 
goodly  number  of  stationary  wash  basins. 
One  of  the  latest  things  in  bathroom  ap- 
pliances is  a  fixture  which  does  away  with 
the  use  of  the  flush  tank.  To  the  unini- 
tiated, this  appears  to  consist  of  nothing 
but  a  short  crank  attached  to  a  piece  of 
nickel  pipe.  In  reality,  it  performs  all  the 
functions  of  the  ball  and  valves  of  the 
flush  tank ;  and  not  only  is  it  neater  and 
more  attractive  in  appearance,  but  should 
any  disorder  arise,  a  few  turns  with  a 
wrench  will  reveal  its  cause  immediately. 
This  fixture  is  a  striking  example  of  the 
tendency  we  possess  toward  compactness 
and  the  consideration  of  space  economy  in 
all  things. 

An  outside  fire  escape  is  an  ugly  blot 
on  a  fair  exterior,  but  there  are  times 
when  the  need  of  one  is  most  sorely  felt. 
But  what  is  the  use  of  having  one  when 
you  can  put  at  your  hall  window  a  port- 
able, folding  steel  ladder?  A  child  can 
throw  one  end  of  this  device  from  the  win- 
dow, and,  if  necessary,  climb  down  by  it 
while  it  is  still  in  the  act  of  unfolding. 
There  is  no  longer  any  excuse  for  the  ab- 
sence of  any  means  of  escaping  from  the 
upper  stories  of  a  burning  house,  when 
such  an  easy  and  cheap  fixture  as  this  can 
be  installed. 

The  foregoing  are  but  a  few  of  the  mass 
of  small  things  the  use  of  which  lightens 
the  burdens  of  many  a  householder. 

There  must,  however,  be  reason  in  all 
things.  Consult  your  architect  or  builder 
concerning  the  worth  of  any  device  that 
you  may  wish  to  use.  Remember  always, 
that  although  your  house  may  be  perfect 
in  its  larger  details,  it  is  in  the  ease  with 
which  the  small  cogs  work  that  your  true 
comfort  lies. 


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Lighting  the  Dinner  Table. 

N  the  rooms  in  which  there  is  no 
overhead  system  of  lighting,  in 
which  the  electric  fixtures  are  at 
the  sides  of  the  room,  the  problem 
of  sufficient  light  for  the  dinner  table  is 
often  difficult.  Yet  nothing  is  more  un- 
comfortable than  a  poorly  lighted  table.  In- 
deed, so  closely  are  the  senses  of  sight  and 
taste  connected  that  food  imperfectly  seen 
lacks  the  flavor  of  that  whose  color  and 
form  is  distinctly  apparent. 

The  most  artistic  sort  of  lighting  is 
candle  light.  The  young  housekeeper  can 
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the  purchase  of  a  pair  of  candelabra  not 
too  low  and  each  holding  four  candles.  One 
prefers  silver  plate,  but  an  acceptable  sub- 
stitute is  found  in  the  clear  glass  which 
copies  that  of  our  colonial  workers.  Shades 
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the  effect  of  candelabra,  whether  of  glass 
or  silver.  The  glass  candelabra  look  best 
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HESS  STEEL 
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TABLE  CHAT-Contmued 


much  other  color  the  shades  of  embossed 
silver  openwork  over  white  silk  are  charm- 
ing. One  adornment  too  often  seen  on 
shades  should  be  dispensed  with,  the  fringe 
of  beads,  which  gives  a  distressingly  striped 
effect  to  the  light. 

It  cannot  be  denied  that  candles  are 
troublesome  and  also  expensive,  and  they 
may  very  well  be  relegated  to  the  side- 
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and  hard  to  find  that  they  must  be  dis- 
missed from  the  category  of  possibilities, 
although  once  in  a  while  one  is  seen  which 
is  wholly  admirable.  The  practical  lamp 
for  the  table  may  have  to  be  sought  in  a 
second  hand  shop,  inquiring  for  what  used 
to  be  called  a  banquet  lamp.  These  lamps 
had  a  solid  base  and  a  long  stem  support- 
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dimensions  and  a  food  burner,  such  a  lamp 
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The  one  objection  to  the  use  of  a  lamp 
is  that  it  prevents  the  use  of  a  central  bas- 
ket of  flowers  or  ferns.  This  objection  is 
not  insuperable,  as  flowers  can  be  arranged 
in  small  dishes  around  the  base  of  the  lamp, 
or  else  it  can  be  flanked  by  four  vases  of 
flowers.  On  the  other  hand,  if  flowers  are 
unattainable,  as  they  so  often  are  in  cold 
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Building  Material 


AND  NOTES  ON 


I    Heating,  Lighting  &  Plumbing 


Birch  Coming  Into  Its  Own. 

RCH  should  never  have  been  sub- 
stituted for  mahogany  or  cherry. 
It  should  have  stood  on  its  own 
merit  from  the  first.  It  is  not  a 
second-place  wood,  not  an  apology  for  or 
a  substitute  for  anything.  While  it  may  be 
a  compliment  to  birch  that  it  has  passed  for 
mahogany  for  a  hundred  years,  the  time  for 
compliments  of  that  kind  is  now  over,  and 
the  day  is  not  distant  when  no  one  will  wish 
to  conceal  real  birch  behind  the  false  claim 
that  it  is  a  tropical  wood.  Without  detract- 
ing one  iota  from  the  genuine  worth  of 
mahogany,  it  can  be  stated  that  birch  pos- 
sesses certain  qualities  which  are  superior 
to  mahogany.  It  is  stronger.  It  stands 
strains  which  would  snap  the  tropical  wood. 
It  cannot  be  truthfully  asserted  that  in 
beauty  of  grain  when  properly  finished  birch 
goes  ahead  of  mahogany,  because  it  does 
not — no  wood  does.  But  in  combining 
strength  and  beauty,  it  ranks  above  ma- 
hogany. It  takes  finishes  which  no  mahog- 
any has  ever  yet  received. 

At  the  recent  furniture  show  in  Chicago 
the  display  of  birch  was  instructive.  When 
employed  as  an  imitation  of  mahogany  it 
was  given  the  load  to  carry.  If  it  was  a  bed- 
stead, the  rails  were  birch,  because  the 
strains  fell  there ;  if  a  chair,  the  arms  and 
others  parts  were  of  the  American  wood, 
where  strength  as  well  as  beauty  were  de- 
manded ;  if  a  hatrack  or  coat  tree  of  slender 
central  spindle,  more  than  likely  the  strain 
fell  on  a  birch  piece.  That  rule  was  gen- 
eral, though  it  was  not  universal. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  claim  for  birch  that 
it  is  superior  as  a  furniture  and  finish  wood 
to  all  others  in  America.  There  are  other 
extremely  high-grade  cabinet  woods  in  this 
country,  and  all  that  need  be  claimed  for 


birch  is  that  it  ranks  with  the  best  of  them. 
It  is  strong,  hard,  stiff,  takes  fine  polish, 
responds  remarkably  well  to  the  application 
of  stains  and  fillers,  and  if  a  figured  wood 
is  wanted,  selected  birch  supplies  it.  All 
of  the  qualities  of  a  superb  cabinet  material 
are  here.  It  is  no  experiment.  It  has  held 
its  place  and  gained  ground  from  the  first, 
and  it  has  reached  a  point  where  it  is  able 
to  stand  on  its  own  merits  and  against  all 
comers,  either  domestic  or  foreign.  This 
claim  extends  to  lower  as  well  as  to  the 
best  grades  of  highly  colored  and  finely 
figured  stock.  Birch  fills  plebian  as  well  as 
aristocratic  places ;  it  is  the  camp  stool  as 
well  as  the  rocker;  the  bed  slat  as  well  as 
the  carved  legs  of  the  grand  piano.  It  is 
fit  for  nearly  every  part  and  class  of  wood- 
work. It  detracts  nothing  from  its  long 
and  honorable  reputation  to  know  that  ex- 
cavations have  been  shown  that  the  terrible 
war  chariots  of  the  Assyrians,  with  scythe 
blades  on  the  hubs  and  spears  on  the  ends 
of  the  poles,  were  made  of  birch — rims, 
hubs,  spokes,  axles,  poles  and  body.  Then 
why  hide  the  identity  of  this  splendid  wood 
under  aliases  and  disguises? — Hardivood 
Record,  Sept.  25,  1914. 

Waterproofing  Concrete. 

Many  articles  are  appearing  in  the  tech- 
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cementworkers  of  the  country,  and  the 
makers  of  standard  waterproofing  material 
have  great  numbers  of  tests,  by  reliable 
authorities,  which  show  not  the  slightest 
injurious  effect  on  strength. 

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Novel  Concrete  Construction. 

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with  all  the  parts  of  concrete  instead  of 
wood,  a  Los  Angeles  structure  is  unique 
in  construction.  All  the  material  is  poured 
in  forms  "at  the  job"  so  that  none  of  the 
thin  clapboards,  two  by  fours  or  other  parts 
will  be  injured  in  handling.  The  boards 
are  reinforced  with  wire  netting  and  are 
about  as  thick  as  the  ordinary  lumber  used 
in  building.  While  the  concrete  is  soft, 
they  are  pierced  at  the  proper  points  to 
admit  the  nails  that  attach  them  to  the 
frame.  The  2  x  4's  are  reinforced  with 
steel  rods,  as  are  the  stair  frames  and  other 
concrete  timbers.  The  method  of  attaching 
the  boards  to  the  frame  is  original :  to  the 
outside  of  each  2  x  4  is  wired  a  strip  of 
wood  just  heavy  enough  to  receive  the  nails. 
The  concrete  foundation  is  poured  in  ordi- 
nary forms  as  for  any  frame  structure. 

The  advantage  of  this  form  of  concrete 
building  is  economy  of  material,  as  far  less 
cement  is  required  than  to  build  solid  con- 
crete walls.  The  air  space  between  the 
outer  wall  and  the  plaster  within  is  another 
decided  advantage,  making  for  even  tem- 
perature. Ease  of  setting  up  is  claimed 
for  this  style  of  building,  for  apparently 
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penter could  not  handle.  Of  course,  the 
"forms"  are  designed  to  be  used  repeatedly 
and  are  bolted  together  and  taken  apart 
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Effect  of  Ventilating  System  on  Room 
Acoustics. 

In  a  report  on  the  acoustics  of  auditori- 
ums, based  on  an  investigation  of  the  acous- 
tical properties  of  the  auditorium  at  the 
University  of  Illinois,  and  published  under 
the  authorship  of  F.  R.  Watson  as  Bulletin 
No.  73  of  the  Engineering  Experiment  Sta- 
tion of  the  University  of  Illinois,  the  writer 
has  the  following  to  say  on  the  effect  of  the 
ventilating  system  on  the  acoustics : 

"It  is  found,  that  the  effect  of  the  usual 
ventilation  currents  on  the  acoustics  in  an 
auditorium  is  small.  The  temperature  dif- 
ference between  the  heated  current  and  the 
air  in  the  room  is  not  great  enough  to  affect 
the  sound  appreciably,  and  the  motion  of 
the  current  is  too  slow  and  over  too  short 
a  distance  to  change  the  action  of  the  sound 
to  any  marked  extent. 

"Under  special  circumstances,  the  heat- 
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seriously  disturb  the  action  of  sound.  Any 
irregularity  in  the  air  current  so  that  sheets 
of  cold  and  heated  air  fluctuate  about  the 
room  will  also  modify  the  regular  action  of 
the  sound  and  produce  confusion.  The  ob- 
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the  room  as  homogeneous  and  steady  as 
possible.  Hot  stoves,  radiators,  and  cur- 
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walls  and  out  of  the  center  of  the  room.  It 
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tilation current  go  in  the  same  direction  that 
the  sound  is  to  go,  since  a  wind,  as  we  all 
know,  tends  to  carry  the  sound  with  it."- 
Heating  and  Vent.  Mag. 

Odors  and  Their  Composition. 

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them  as  compared  to  the  energy  that  is 
given  off;  when  you  come  to  study  smells 
such  as  the  odor  that  is  given  off  by  a  piece 
of  sandalwood  that  has  been  giving  off  an 
odor  for  2,000  years ;  when  you  come  to 
consider  how  small  must  be  the  particles 
that  have  been  given  off  from  that  sandal- 
wood  during  all  that  period  and  that  it  is 
still  giving  off  particles  sufficiently  power- 
ful, however  small  they  are,  to  affect  the 
olfactory  membrane,  you  will  see  that  you 
are  dealing  with  a  very  difficult  subject. 

"I  do  not  think  it  is  possible  at  the  pres- 
ent time  to  tell  whether  we  oxidize  odors 
or  not,  because  we  do  not  know  the  chemical 
composition  of  odors.  We  are  dealing  with 
too  minute  particles  to  be  able  to  analyze 
them,  and  the  question  arises  in  my  mind 
whether  after  all  the  ozone,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  does  act  by  oxidization." — Heating 
and  Vent.  Mag. 

Proper  Installation  of  Service  Pipes. 

The  following  notes  on  the  proper  in- 
stallation of  service  pipes  are  taken  from  the 
latest  annual  report  of  the  Lincoln,  Neb., 
Water  Department,  Mr.  James  Tyler,  Wa- 
ter Commissioner  :  Just  inside  the  basement 
wall  of  the  dwelling,  or  building,  into  which 
the  service  pipe  extends,  a  stop  and  waste 
cock  should  be  conveniently  located,  and 
arranged  so  that  the  water  may  be  drawn 
back  and  all  the  pipes  within  the  dwelling, 
or  building,  emptied  through  the  stop  and 
waste  by  opening  the  faucets  at  the  highest 
points  therein  and  allowing  the  air  to  enter 
the  pipes.  All  of  the  pipes  connected  with 
the  service  inside  the  dwelling,  or  building, 
should  be  laid  with  an  inclination  toward 
the  point  in  the  cellar  where  the  stop  and 
waste  is  located,  without  any  sags  or  pock- 
ets, so  that  the  pipes  may  thoroughly  empty 
themselves  from  water  when  the  waste  is 
opened.  But  in  cases  where  such  sags  or 
traps  are  unavoidable  an  additional  stop 
and  waste  should  be  put  in.  The  service 
pipes  in  the  dwelling  or  building  should  be 
located  in  the  parts  thereof  best  protected 
from  frost,  and  should  in  no  case  be  carried 
any  considerable  distance  along  side  walls, 
or  in  same  trench  with  sewer. 

— Building  &  Engineering  News. 

Rendering  a  Cellar  Water  Tight. 

A  remedy  for  this  trouble  is  the  applica- 
tion of  a  plaster  coat  of  oil-mixed  mortar 


in  the  proportions  of  one  part  cement,  two 
parts  sand  and  5  per  cent  of  oil,  mixed 
with  enough  water  to  form  a  rather  stiff 
mortar.  From  what  I  know  of  dry  walls 
I  am  inclined  to  think  the  correspondent 
wrote  "pointed"  instead  of  "painted."  If  I 
am  right  he  will  have  to  dig  into  the  joints 
an  inch  or  so  all  around  the  inside  of  the 
wall  with  a  light  pick  so  that  the  plaster 
will  key  well  into  them.  The  wall  should 
then  be  washed  with  a  composition  of  one 
part  hydrochloric  acid  and  five  parts  of 
water.  After  the  elapse  of  half  an  hour 
the  acid  should  be  washed  off  with  clean 
water,  then  the  surface  should  be  gone  over 
with  a  wire  brush  to  remove  the  loose  par- 
ticles. 

This  treatment,  however,  cannot  be  fol- 
lowed if  water  is  seeping  through,  as  it 
must  be  done  in  dry  weather.  A  wash  of 
cement  and  water  mixed  to  the  consistency 
of  cream  applied  before  the  oil-mixed  mor- 
tar will  aid  the  new  mortar  in  sticking  to 
the  old  work.  The  old  wall  must  be  thor- 
oughly wet  before  the  new  mortar  is  ap- 
plied. 

The  floor  is  treated  in  the  same  way. 
If  it  is  now  concreted  the  surface  must  be 
roughened  with  a  stone  hammer;  if  not 
concreted  it  must  be  done  with  oil-mixed 
concrete.  The  new  mortar  must  be  kept 
damp  for  the  period  of  at  least  a  week. 

It  will  be  well  if  the  underlying  soil  is 
very  wet  to  lay  a  6-in.  foundation  of  sand, 
cinders,  broken  stone  or  gravel,  compact- 
ing these  materials  well  by  tamping.  In 
addition,  it  will  be  advantageous  to  employ 
drain  tiles  in  this  porous  foundation,  lead- 
ing them  to  a  sewer  if  possible.  On  top 
of  this  should  be  placed  a  4-in.  layer  of 
concrete  in  the  proportions  of  one  part 
Portland  cement,  two  and  one-half  parts 
sand  and  five  parts  broken  stone  or  gravel 
with  10  per  cent  of  petroleum  residuum 
oil.  It  may  be  noted  that  10  per  cent  will 
equal  five  quarts  to  the  bag  of  cement. 
This  treatment  will  make  the  cellar  wanner 
and  healthier  in  every  way.  Oil-mixed 
mortar  containing  10  per  cent  of  oil  is  abso- 
lutely water  tight  under  a  pressure  of  40 
Ib.  per  square  inch.  The  oil  should  have 
a  specific  gravity  of  not  less  than  0.93  nor 
more  than  0.94  at  25  degrees  C.  It  should 
be  soluble  in  carbon  disulphide  at  air  tem- 
perature to  at  least  99.9  per  cent. — Building 
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Waxing  Floors. 

F.  C.  V. — Kindly  give  me  information 
regarding  proper  way  to  apply  wax  finish 
to  new  floors.  Should  shellac  be  used  un- 
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Ans. — We  note  that  you  are  building  a 
new  bouse,  and  are  interested  in  finishing 
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going  to  give  you  a  glossy  surface,  and  as 
soon  as  the  wax  wears  off,  the  shellac  will 
show  heel-marks  and  scratches,  therefore, 
we  never  recommend  the  use  of  shellac. 

It  is  a  fact  that  some  painters  recommend 
shellac  for  obvious  reasons.  In  the  first 
place  a  great  many  of  them  are  not  familiar 
with  the  up-to-date  way  of  finishing  waxed 
floors,  and  they  are  against  this  method  for 
the  simple  reason  that  it  does  not  give  them 
a  chance  to  make  so  much  money  on  the 
job.  When  shellac  is  used  it  makes  the 
material  cost  that  much  more,  and  then 
there  is  extra  labor  for  applying  it.  We 
merely  mention  these  things  as  we  are  sure 
you  want  both  sides  of  the  story,  and  we 
have  endeavored  to  give  same  to  you  from 
an  unbiased  view. 

B.  H.  W. — Can  you  give  me  any  informa- 
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I  understand  they  are  very  successfully 
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Ans. — We  have  seen  oil  burners  in  opera- 
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hot  water  heater,  and  we  believe  are  eco- 
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economical  and  successful  where  the  oil 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


Should  the  Architect's  Decision  Be  Final? 

T  a  conference  of  architects  and 
contractors  last  month  in  Philadel- 
phia the  contractors  sought  to  en- 
large the  field  of  arbitration  as  a 
means  of  final  decision  in  case  of  appeal 
from  the  dictum  of  the  architect.  On  this 
ground  the  architects  met  the  contractors 
half  way  and  from  all  accounts,  all  who 
were  in  the  conference  showed  an  admira- 
ble inclination  to  be  fair  and  reasonable, 
says  the  Improvement  Bulletin.  The  archi- 
tects did  not  think  it  fair  that  they  should 
yield  entirely  to  the  plan  of  arbitration. 
That  is,  they  could  not  agree  with  the  con- 
tractors that  no  decision  of  the  architect 
should  be  final. 

That  is  the  continual  live  question  be- 
tween architects  and  builders,  in  the  west 
as  well  as  in  the  east.  But  there  seems  to 
be  less  inclination  at  present  in  the  west 
to  appeal  from  the  judgment  and  requests 
of  the  architect. 

In  France,  according  to  a  recent  state- 
ment by  an  authority  the  architect  is  su- 
preme. He  is  the  financier  as  well  as  the 
maker  of  the  plans ;  and  he  is  wholly  re- 
sponsible to  the  owner  for  results.  In  the 
construction  of  a  building  the  French  plan 
is  to  have  one  head  and  hold  him  account- 
able, on  his  agreement  with  or  his  commis- 
sion from  the  owner.  The  principle  of  gov- 
ernment in  this  is  very  similar  to  the  prin- 
ciple of  the  commission  form  of  govern- 
ment, the  form  which  has  won  over  so  many 
communities  in  the  United  States,  and  is 
now  proposed  for  a  nation,  Mexico.  A 
commission  government  reduces  the  coun- 
cil to  a  minimum  number,  but  gives  each  of 
the  few  men  full  authority  in  a  department. 
Then  it  holds  him  responsible  for  results. 
This  system  undoubtedly  has  its  advantages. 
The  idea  of  centralized  authority  always  has 
had  many  supporters  and  among  them  al- 
ways have  been  able  men.  The  larger  the 
building  the  more  the  need  of  one  final  au- 
thority. The  owner  sees  his  architect  first 
and  the  contractor  later,  if  at  all.  The 


owner  outlines  his  ideas  to  the  architect  and 
the  architect  produces  a  plan  to  meet  his 
desires  insofar  as  practical.  The  owner 
and  designer  reach  a  final  agreement.  Then 
the  contractor  appears  on  the  scene  to  real- 
ize the  ideas  of  the  owner  and  the  ideas,  or 
plans  and  specifications  of  the  architect. 
Thus  it  seems  clear  that  the  architect,  rep- 
resenting the  owner,  should  have  the  final 
say. 

But  are  all  architects  fully  prepared  to 
make  every  detail  of  their  plans  and  speci- 
fications right  and  practical  ?  In  the  words 
of  Hamlet,  "That  is  the  question."  If  he 
is  a  youngster  and  the  contractor  is  an  old 
experienced  builder,  the  relation  is  not  the 
same  as  when  the  architect  is  thoroughly 
equipped  and  experienced.  We  have  seen 
some  complaints  of  old  contractors  on  pub- 
lic improvements  against  the  placing  of 
young  engineers  just  out  of  college  over 
them.  Building  contractors  may  feel  the 
same  inclination  at  times,  for  there  is,  in 
the  building  world,  as  in  all  walks  of  life, 
nothing  like  experience. 

Then  there  is  another  consideration  :  This 
is  a  free  country.  It  is  founded  not  only 
on  the  idea  of  equality  before  the  law  and 
in  opportunity,  but  also  on  the  fraternal 
feeling  which  is  shown  in  the  fine  old  say- 
ing, "One  touch  of  nature,  makes  the  whole 
world  kin."  There  is  a  strong  get-together 
feeling  in  these  United  States.  It  is  grow- 
ing. The  report  of  the  conference  of  the 
architects  and  contractors  in  Philadelphia, 
showing  an  "increase  in  the  field  of  arbi- 
tration" is  one  of  a  great  many  instances. 
It  is  the  proper  spirit  and  it  will  establish 
and  maintain  a  general  practice  of  open- 
minded  consultation  between  the  designer 
and  the  builder.  The  young  architect  should 
have  respect  for  the  suggestions  of  an  ex- 
perienced contractor  of  standing.  The  rule 
works  both  ways.  But  in  instances  of  un- 
successful consultation  over  points,  the 
owner's  lack  of  technical  knowledge  having 
eliminated  him,  the  plans  and  specifications 
accepted  by  the  owner,  in  authorizing  his 
architect  to  go  ahead,  must  be  followed. 


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cannot  lose  pennies  between  cracks  or  play 
mumbledy-peg-on  them. 

In  all  its  splinter-sprouting  glory,  the 
wooden  sidewalk  buoyed  many  a  traveler 
on  his  way  in  the  old  days.  The  wooden 
sidewalk  reached  its  greatest  length  in  1894. 
Since  then  fewer  wooden  walks  were  laid, 
gradually  being  replaced  by  cement  and  to- 
dav  the  wooden  plank  walk  is  gone. 

Where  cement  walks  are  being  laid,  a 
surprising  number  of  things  may  be  done 
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of  the  streets  are  marked  in  such  walks 
at  the  corners,  and  these  are  much  more 
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maple  leaf  in  the  next,  a  chestnut  leaf  in  the 
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828  MCKNIGHT  BLOG. 
MINNEAPOLIS.    MINN 


CONTENTS    FOR    MARCH.    1915 


Making  the  Old  House  New— A  Labor  and  Its  Reward - 

WarfcUWetk 153 

A  Bungalow  Home  in  the  Ramapoe  Mountains— lohn  S.  Edmund. .  159 

Fixing  the  Mantel-  Wm.  B.  Powell 162 

A  Big  Problem  Solved  by  a  Little  House-  Una  Nlion  Hofklnt     ...  166 

How  to  Plant  a  Fifty-Foot  Lot—  Wuman  P.  Warper 170 

A  Little  Spanish  Mission  Design 173 

An  Attractive  Bungalow 175 

A  Home  for  a  Prosperous  Business  Man   177 

A  Small  Summer  Cottage 179 

A  Brick  Cottage  with  Spacious  Porches 180 

A  Home  with  Elaborate  Colonial  Treatment 182 

A  Wide  Front  Cottage 183 

A  Small  Cottage-Bungal.>w 185 

A  New  Seven-Room  Bungalow 186 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing. 188 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  192 

Household  Economies 196 

Table  Chat  200 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating,  Lighting  and  Plumbing    204 

The  Architect's  Corner 208 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 210 

New  Booklets  and  Trade  Notes  ...  216 


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VOL.  XXXIII 


MARCH.  1915 


No.  3 


Making  the  Old  House  New—A 
Labor  and  Its  Reward 


Warfield  Webb 


the    topic    a  n  y 
consideration 
readily  concede 
that  it  is  more 
difficult  to 
transform 
an  old  home  in- 
to an  ideal  and 
livable  one  than 
to  build  a  new 
structure    from 
plans,  prepared 
by  a  profession- 
al. However,  one's  resourcefulness  is  here 
given  ample  play,  and  is  the  strongest  evi- 
dence of  how  it  is  possible  to  transform 
the  old,  ugly  and  entirely  inartistic  abode 
to  the  most  ideal  and  at  the  same  time 
architecturally  effective  dwelling  possible. 
There   are  many  old   houses  that  will 
permit  of  this  metamorphosis.    To  realize 
the     highest     ideals,     however,     in     this 
change,  there  is  demanded  of  the  owner, 
architect  and  builder  a  full  appreciation 
of  the  work   to  be  undertaken,   likewise 
an   ideal  realization   that  will   make  pos- 
sible    the     radical     rearrangement.       To 
make  the  plans  work  out  successfully,  in 
such  instances,  there  must  be  given  first 
thought  and  study  and  care  in  the  plan- 
ning so   as   to   bring  about   the   ends   ?o 


The  house  as  it  looked  in  the  olden  days 


desired,  and  at 
the    same    time 
keep  the  archi- 
tectural    o  u  t  - 
lines  intact.     If 
we  are  to  tear 
down  and   re- 
build,   there    is 
the   danger  of 
too    much    cost 
without  suffi- 
cient returns.  If 
there  is  simply 
to    be    a    rear- 
rangement    o  f 
the  plans,  mak- 
ing   radical    in- 
novations, and   still   keeping  the  general 
outlines  true,  we  have  a  labor  that  will 
prove   the   real   test  of  our   artistic   tem- 
perament. 

This  old    home  at    Evanston,    111.,    had 
been  erected  thirty-five  years  prior  to  its 
present  ownership.     It  was  of  a  French 
type    of    architecture    by    Blondell.    and 
while  stately  and   well   constructed,   had 
many  architectural  features  and  other  fac- 
tors  badly    planned   and   lacking   in    har- 
mony.    In  a  word,  it  was  the  home  of  an- 
other age.  and  did  not  possess  some  im- 
portant   features    which    make    the    ideal 
home  of  today.     To  transform   this  old 
mansion    into   a    modern    house,    so    that 
these  glaring  evils  might  be  removed,  was 
a  work  that  demanded  lots  of  studv. 


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It  is  of  brick,  well  builded,  and  with 
outlines  that  easily  permitted  of  such 
changes  as  would  be  demanded  to  make  it 
the  newer  planned  home.  It  was  a  sub- 
stantial home,  with  a  hundred  foot  front 
of  yard  space  by  two  hundred  fifteen 
feet  deep.  The  lawn  was  in  good  condi- 
tion and  the  high  iron  fence  gave  the 
whole  an  aspect  of  gentility. 


made  to  withstand  the  most  severe  attack 
of  the  elements. 

Upon  entering  the  hall,  one  was  im- 
mediately impressed  with  the  gloom. 
The  stairway  leading  to  the  second 
floor  was  dark  and  sombre,  being 
an  old-fashioned  hand  rail  and  jig- 
sawed  balustrade  that  led,  with  a  single 
turn,  to  the  upper  hallway,  and  this,  to- 


It  is  hard  to  recognize  the  old  house  in  this  modern,  up-to-date  facade. 


The  front  porch  with  its  filigree  work 
and  its  design  of  another  age,  instead  of 
being  a  part  of  the  house,  was  rather  in 
the  nature  of  an  appendage,  detracting 
from  the  effect  that  had  been  presuma- 
bly thought  a  feature  for  added  comfort 
and  beauty.  The  large  windows  on  either 
side  of  the  entrance  were  out  of  propor- 
tion, one  being  at  least  a  foot  broader 
than  the  other.  The  hall  doors  had  been 


gether  with  the  double  doors  of  solid  oak 
and  dark  walls,  made  the  hall  very  dark 
and  gruesome. 

On  the  first  floor  to  the  right  was  the 
reception  room,  with  the  larger  of  the 
two  front  windows  and  one  other  smaller 
window  looking  out  over  the  lawn.  The 
woodwork  in  this  room  and  in  the  living 
room  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  hall  was 
very  dark  and  the  walls  were  equally 


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sombre.  This  latter  room  was 
large,  with  high  ceiling,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  the  porch  window  had  but 
one  small  window  two  feet  wide  so 
that  the  amount  of  sunshine  which 
was  possible  in  these  rooms,  even 
on  bright  days,  was  only  limited. 

Directly    back    of    the    reception 
room    was  the   dining   room.      How 
forbidding   in    appearance    was   this 
apartment!     The  black  beams  with 
dark    ceiling    and    walls    gave    the 
whole  a  sad  and  depressing  aspect. 
Only  a  half  section  of  a  window,  be- 
low   which    was   a   sideboard,   gave 
such  meagre  light  to  the  diners  as 
to  be  of  little  value.    A  door  led  directly 
to  the  butler's  pantry ;  from  there  to  the 
kitchen,  which  was  more  cheerful,  being 
amply    lighted    and    opening   off    onto    a 
small  rear  porch. 

At  the  southwest  end  of  the  house, 
directly  back  of  the  living  room,  there 
had.  seemingly  as  an  afterthought,  been 


A  rear  view  before  the  rejuvenation. 

erected  a  double  porch,  noted  in  one  of 
the  old  views,  and  this  had  been  used  as 
an  outdoor  sitting  room  and  upstairs  for 
sleeping  quarters.  It  was  the  one  mod- 
ern feature  of  the  old  home.  How  to 
transform  this  abode  into  an  ideal  home, 
such  as  has  been  made  possible  now,  was 
indeed  a  work  of  more  than  passing  fancy. 


The  back  lawn  has  been  much  improved  by  the  addition  of  shrubbery  on  all  sides  and  the  bird  bath  and  circle  bench  of  concrete. 


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A  beginning  was  made  by  tearing 
away  the  front  porch,  which  was  replaced 
with  a  double  one  of  Colonial  type,  with 
a  sweep  that  added  to  the  dignity  of  the 
exterior  and  gave  the  entire  house  a  new 
plan.  The  old  wooden  floor  and  steps 
were  discarded  for  the  more  pleasing  type 
of  red  paving  brick,  which  added  to  the 
effect  in  a  wonderful  measure.  Messrs. 
Childs  and  Smith,  architects,  had  been  in- 
vited to  make  the  old  home  new.  and 
the  labor  was  to  be  one  fraught  with  ob- 
stacles which  would  melt  away  with  care 
and  good  taste.  What  a  revelation  was 
the  removal  of  the  old  impossible  porch! 

The  two  large  windows  facing  the 
porch  had  to  be  made  to  harmonize  in 
size.  The  dark,  massive  doors  were  light- 
ened with  long  glass  panels,  permitting  a 
flood  of  light  to  enter  the  hallway.  The 


balustrade  was  removed  and  a  new  pat- 
tern, with  intermingling  design,  was 
placed  therein.  The  reception  room  was 
brightened  with  a  simple  grapy  plaster 
paneling,  and  a  new  mantel  of  exquisite 
design.  Over  the  latter  has  been  placed 
a  mirror  framed  on  the  wall,  the  frame 
being  the  same  as  was  used  for  panelling, 
and  the  effect  is  truly  inspiring.  This 
idea  does  away  with  the  necessity  for  a 
mirror  frame.  It  might  be  noted  here 
that  this  mantel,  as  well  as  that  installed 
in  the  living  room,  likewise  of  a  simple 
and  delicate  pattern,  are  reproductions  of 
Adam  mantels  by  Arthur  Todhunter,  of 
New  York,  these  being  the  highest  type 
of  mantels  found  in  this  country.  There 
has  been  placed  in  this  room  an  Adam 
type  of  electric  light  fixture,  which  is  as 
effective  as  it  is  rare.  As  a  part  of  the 


The  notable  features  of  this  living  room  are  the  lighting  arrangements  and  the  Adam  mantel. 


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157 


Dark  walnut  panels  nine  feet  high,  a  copy  from  an  old  castle  in  Staffordshire.  England,  have  been  added  in  the  dining  room. 


decorative  scheme  here,  the  medallions 
on-  the  lighting  fixtures  harmonize  with 
others  on  the  sides  of  the  mantel,  being  of 
Wedgewood. 

A  wonderful  transformation  has  made 
the  living  room  the  most  truly  ideal.  The 
single  window  that  had  looked  out  over 
the  lawn  was  torn  out  and  a  large  square 
bay  placed  therein  with  ample  light  from 
three  sides,  having  French  windows 
reaching  to  the  floor,  which  make  it  pos- 
sible to  have  light  at  all  seasons  of 
the  year.  The  front  window  has  also 
been  lowered  to  an  equal  depth.  There  is 
a  distance  of  fifty  feet  from  the  adjoining 
house,  and  the  space  is  wide  enough  to 
permit  plenty  of  sunshine  and  light.  Just 
opposite  the  bay  window  there  has  been 
built  in  a  fireplace,  having  Colonial  man- 
tel with  Bedford  stone  trimmings,  and 


over  it  hangs  a  painting,  lighted  from 
the  same  circuit  as  the  lamp  which  is 
seen  on  the  Adam  table,  which  serves 
to  light  up  the  room  sufficiently  for  con- 
versational purposes.  In  this  room  there 
are  no  ceiling  lights,  but  additional  light 
is  afforded  from  three  Roman  lamps  of 
ancient  make  which  have  been  wired  for 
electric  light.  Then  there  are  two  old 
Chinese  vases  that  have  been  converted 
into  lamps,  the  color  scheme  of  which 
is  a  rare  combination,  so  notable  in  their 
artistic  pottery  work. 

The  decorative  scheme  in  this  room, 
which  was  formerly  a  dismal  hue,  is  now 
of  mulberry  of  different  shades,  the  tones 
being  most  restful  and  delicate.  There 
have  been  added  such  furnishings  as  will 
add  to  the  carefree  aspect,  and  the  strik- 
ing and  prominent  feature  here,  as  is  not- 


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ed  in  all  other  parts  of  the  house,  is  the 
marked  simplicity.  The  walls  and  floors 
are  of  hardwood  and  decorations  and  ar- 
rangements embody  that  studied  simplic- 
ity which  is  the  best  evidence  of  artistic 
environment.  It  soothes  and  charms  and 
becomes  at  the  same  time  the  rare  secret 
that  makes  the  home  the  real  place  of  rest 
and  solace  to  the  tired  body  and  brain. 

The  dining  room  has  been  relieved  of 
its  sombreness.  It  has  undergone  a 
change  that  is  short  of  a  miracle.  The 
sideboard  has  been  torn  out  and  the  win- 
dows lowered  to  within  a  foot  of  the  floor. 
Leaded  glass  has  taken  the  place  of  the 
ordinary  panes,  and  at  least  twice  as  much 
daylight  permitted.  The  dark  beamed 
ceiling  has  been  brightened ;  the  beams 
are  lighter  in  color  and  the  spaces  be- 
tween these  painted  with  a  golden  hue, 
thus  making  the  effect  very  artistic. 
Dark  walnut  panels,  nine  feet  high,  a 
copy  from  an  old  castle  in  Staffordshire, 
England,  have  been  placed  about  the  en- 
tire room. 

The  table,  a  copy  of  an  old  refectory 
table,  and  the  hand-carved  chairs,  are  of 
the  Elizabethan  period,  the  latter  having 
been  made  in  the  workhouse  at  Milan, 
Italy.  The  sideboard  is  nine  feet  long, 
and  is  of  artistic  workmanship,  harmon- 
izing with  the  entire  setting  of  the  room. 
The  chandelier  is  of  carved  wood,  English 
design,  very  old  and  quite  an  oddity. 
When  the  owners  purchased  it,  there  were 
spikes  in  the  brackets  over  which  the 
candles  were  forced,  it  having  been  made 
at  least  several  hundred  years  before 
either  oil  or  gas  had  come  into  use.  The 
chandelier  has  been  gilded,  the  effect  lie- 
ing  most  pleasing  to  the  eye,  and  hung 
with  a  silk  cord  and  tassel  which  blend 
with  the  ceiling  in  an  attractive  manner. 
The  curtains  are  of  orange  tone  and  the 
effect  is  such  as  to  inspire  where  formerly 
it  repelled  the  dweller.  Over  the  side- 
board hangs  an  ancient  painting,  a  work 
of  art,  purchased  in  Italy. 


At  the  end  of  the  hall  on  the  first  floor 
there  has  been  placed  a  lavatory,  also  a 
coat  closet,  where  formerly  had  been 
placed  the  icebox,  and  the  air  has  been 
made  sweet  and  pure  by  a  system  of  ven- 
tilating. 

Upstairs  one  sees  the  large  and  airy 
bedroom.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  there 
is  a  great  deal  of  furniture  in  this  apart- 
ment, the  walls  were  paneled,  then  stip- 
pled and  painted,  and  the  rug  is  a  plain 
blue.  The  dresser  is  an  odd  piece.  It 
does  not  have  the  usual  mirror  attached ; 
on  the  contrary,  it  has  an  Adam  mirror 
in  gilt  frame,  hung  over  the  dresser  with 
cords,  thereby  giving  the  same  a  simple 
yet  well  defined  setting.  One  sees  the 
electric  lighting  fixtures  of  the  same  sim- 
ple design  also.  This  room  was  enlarged 
several  feet  so  as  to  make  the  effect  more 
notable.  Just  off  this  room  the  old  bath 
room  has  been  transformed  into  the  lat- 
est ideal  of  this  kind,  using  Vitrolite  or 
white  glass  to  replace  the  old  wood  wains- 
coting, and  the  fixtures  are  of  the  latest 
design. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  bedroom 
is  the  sewing  room,  which  is  furnished  in 
a  simple  and  yet  pleasing  manner.  It 
opens  directly  into  a  small  bath  room 
that  has  been  installed  by  the  new  own- 
ers, utilizing  a  former  closet,  and  from 
this  there  is  a  door  leading  into  the  guest 
room,  with  the  same  simple  furnishings 
as  have  been  noted  elsewhere.  Over  to 
the  south  side  there  is  the  nursery  and 
its  simple  white  enameled  beds  and  closet 
for  the  children's  toys  adds  to  the  charm 
that  has  been  seen  on  every  side.  From 
the  rear  end  of  the  hall  we  enter  into  the 
anteroom  leading  to  the  sleeping  porch. 
This  is  a  dream  place.  The  windows,  pro- 
tected with  awnings,  open  inward,  thus 
obviating  the  common  error  of  placing 
them  so  as  to  open  outward.  There  is 
every  reason  why  the  brain-weary  human 
could  find  sweet  repose  here. 

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159 


Bungalow  Home  in  the  Ramapoe 

Mountains 

Home  of  Mr.  G.  C.  Watts,  Cragmere  Park,  N.  J. 
John  S.   Edmund 


ESIGNED  on  simple  lines  that 
harmonize  most  beautifully  with 
the  surrounding  country,  with 
details  and  proportions  that  have 
been  thoughtfully  worked  out,  this  bunga- 
low may  well  be  called  a  home  ideal.  Sit- 
uated in  that  part  of  the  Ramapoe  Moun- 
tains of  New  Jersey  known  as  Cragmere 
Park,  overlooking  the  beautiful  Ramapoe 
valley  and  river  is  this  bungalow  home 
of  Mr.  G.  C.  Watts  with  its  walls  of  field 
stone  and  asbestos  boards,  and  broad 
sheltering  shingle  roof,  the  straight  sweep 
of  which  is  broken  by  a  large  dormer  that 
adds  a  structural  charm  to  the  building. 


Field  stone  carefully  selected  and  gath- 
ered from  the  immediate  neighborhood 
has  been  used  in  the  construction  of  the 
foundation,  first  story  and  chimney  walls. 
There  is  perhaps  no  one  of  the  external 
structural  features  of  a  house  or  bunga- 
low which  can  so  add  or  detract  to  the 
picturesqueness  as  the  chimney.  The 
chimney  of  this  bungalow  is  very  satis- 
fying as  a  decorative  structural  feature- 
on  account  of  its  well  proportioned  lines, 
ruggedness  and  solidity.  The  idea  of 
strength  and  ruggedness  is  excellently 
caried  out  throughout  the  walls  where  the 
larger  stones  are  more  at  the  bottom  than 


Field  stone  has  been  used  in  the  construction  of  the  foundation,  first  story  and  chimney  walla. 


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FIRST      FLOOR 


SECOND    FLOOR 


at  the  top  and  suggest  more  or  less  a 
loose  pile  of  stones  through  the  use  of 
the  raked  joints.  The  use  of  field  stone 
tends  to  keep  the  building  in  harmony 
with  the  environment  and  is  also  an  item 
in  keeping  the  cost  down. 

Asbestos  boards  one-quarter  of  an  inch 
thick  are  used  to  cover  the  walls  of  the 
second  story,  the  joints  of  which  are  cov- 
ered with  eight- 
inch  wide  cy- 
press boards,  be- 
ing used  after 
the  manner  of 
half  timber  con- 
struction. The 
dormers  are  also 
covered  in  the 
same  manner. 
The  panels  are 
one  of  the  most 
interesting  fea- 
tures and  form 
one  of  the  deco- 
rations of  the 
bungalow.  Prac- 
tically the  only 
other  decorations 
are  the  French 


View  of  reception  hall  showing  staircase  which  is  one  of  th< 
features  of  this  commodious  interior. 


doors  and  windows.  The  windows  are  of 
two  styles,  casement  and  double  double- 
hung.  The  casement  windows  are  used 
throughout  the  first  floor  and  are  made 
to  swing  outward,  each  sash  is  divided 
up  into  a  number  of  small  panes.  Dou- 
ble-hung windows  are  used  throughout 
the  second  floor,  the  upper  sash  being  di- 
vided into  a  number  of  small  panes.  The 

panes  of  the  case- 
ment windows  of 
the  first  floor  are 
larger  in  propor- 
tion than  the 
ones  of  the 
d  o  u  b  1  e-h  u  n  g 
windows  in  the 
second  story. 

Four  massive 
round  wood  pil- 
lars support  the 
porch  roof. 
Flower  boxes  are 
placed  between 
the  pillars  not 
only  as  a  decora- 
tive feature  but 
also  to  afford 


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place  of  a  rail.  The  porch  is  very  spaci- 
ous, extending  across  the  full  width  of 
the  bungalow,  affording  plenty  of  room 
for  out-door  living.  The  porch  at  the 
rear  is  used  as  an  outdoor  dining  room. 
Both  porch  floors  are  of  wood. 

The  entrance  door  is  at  the  side  of  the 
porch  and  opens  directly  into  the  recep- 
tion hall  which  is  particularly  well 
lighted.  The  view  of  the  reception  hall 
is  taken  from  a  point  just  inside  the  liv- 
ing room.  On  one  side  of  the  hall  a  wide 
opening  leads  to  the 
living  room  with  its 
open  fireplace  built 
of  field  stone  and 
built-in  bookcases  on 
each  side,  and  these 
bookcases  with  the 
tmilt-in  seat  form 
the  nucleus  of  the 
furnishings.  On  the 
other  side  of  the  hall 
are  the  stairs  leading 
to  the  second  floor. 
On  the  first  landing 
of  the  stairs  is  a 
small  hat  and  cloak- 
closet,  also  a  win- 
dow which  helps  to 
light  the  reception 


of  the  living  room  to  give  it  an  individ- 
uality of  its  own. 

The  kitchen  is  of  good  size  and  the  fa- 
cilities are  conveniently  arranged.  The 
entry  is  also  used  as  a  pantry,  the  ice- 
box being  placed  in  a  recess  as  shown. 
The  laundry  and  heating  apparatus  are  in 
the  cellar. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  servant's 
room  is  located  on  the  first  floor.  This 
arrangement  is  especially  desirable  for 
the  reason  that  it  gives  the  maid  her  own 


hall.     The    stairwav 


One  corner  of  the  dining  room  showing  window  seat  and  treatment  of  woodwork. 


is  lighted  also  at  the 

second  landing  with  a  medium  sized  win- 
dow. 

A  view  is  given  here  of  the  dining  room 
showing  the  window  seat  and  door  lead- 
ing to  the  dining  porch  and  also  gives  a 
general  impression  of  the  various  fea- 
tures of  the  decorative  treatment  of  the 
woodwork.  The  dining  room  is  sep- 
arated from  the  living  room  only  by  the 
partial  partitions  and  to  all  intents  and 
purposes  a  part  of  the  same  room  and 
shows  the  same  woodwork  and  color 
scheme ;  there  is  however,  enough  varia- 
tion in  the  structural  features  from  those 


quarters  where  she  can  come  and  go  with- 
out disturbing  the  rest  of  the  house. 

Chestnut  trim  and  oak  floors  are  used 
throughout  the  first  floor. 

The  second  story  has  two  bedrooms, 
one  guest's  room,  nursery,  bathroom. 
These  are  all  light  and  airy  and  the  win- 
dows with  the  upper  sash  made  of  small 
panes  add  greatly  to  the  charm  of  the 
interior.  A  closet  of  good  size  is  pro- 
vided for  each  bedroom,  etc.,  and  a  linen 
closet  is  located  in  the  hall  convenient  to 
all  rooms.  The  bathroom  is  finished  off 
with  white  tile. 


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Fixing  the  Mantel 

William  B.   Powell 


s  u  P  - 

pose 
there  is 
noth- 
ing   which    has 
so     much 
do      wit  h 


had 

to 

the 


More  thought  should  be  given  toivards 
ornamenting  the  mantel — it  should  be  made 
as  decorative  as  possible  and  not  merely 
used  as  a  depository  for  bric-a-brac. 


develop- 
ment  of  the  home  as  the  fireplace.  The 
primeval  man  came  nearest  to  knowing 
what  home  meant  when  he  started  his 
fire  with  pieces  of  flint.  For  the  Indian, 
a  fire  was  the 
centre  of  all 
life.  To  the 
O  1  d  Romans, 
one  of  the  most 
sacred  of  all  the 
d  i  e  t  i  e  s  was 
Vesta,  Goddess 
of  the  hearth. 
Yes,  the  fire- 
place has  devel- 
oped from  a 
bunch  of  twigs 
in  a  virgin  for- 
est to  its  most 
modern  form  of 
a  natural  gas 
grate ! 

What  a 
wealth  of 
scenes  the  mere 
word  fireplace 
brings  up. 
Now  I  see  a 
group  of  Feudal 
lords  gathered 
round  a  roaring 
log  fire,  turning 
a  sizzling 
Boars  head 


(Fig.  2.)     A  good  arrangement  of  candlesticks  and  vases. 


and  sipping  hot 
wassail  from  a 
bowl.  Again  I 
can  picture  a 
Puritan  mother 
reading  the  Bi- 
ble to  her  fam- 
ily gathered 

around  a  cheery  fire  on  a  rugged  hearth. 
Even  in  this  day  it  is  around  the  fire- 
place that  we  naturally  gather,  tho 
that  fireplace  may  contain  nothing  more 

than  immacu- 
late artificial 
logs  out  of 
which  come 
blue  jets  of  gas 
at  too  regular 
intervals. 

Granted  that 
the  fireplace  is 
nearest  to  the 
heart  of  the 
home,  how  will 
you  decorate 
the  mantel 
above  that  im- 
portant fire- 
place ?  Too 
often  it  is  used 
as  a  depository 
for  photo- 
graphs,  bric-a- 
brac,  and  for 
various  matter 
for  which  there 
is  no  specially 
suited  place. 
You  will  find 
that  usually  a 
fireplace  is  ei- 
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fireplaces  -  I 
m  e  a  n  about 
their  architec- 
tural construc- 
tion. It  is  not 
my  intention  to 
go  into  this 
subject  at  all — 
I  merely  want 
to  have  a  little 
chat  about  how 
to  fix  the  fire- 
place you  now 
have.  So  let's 
look  at  a  few  of 
the  most  com- 
mon type. 

There  are 
certain  kinds  of 
fireplaces  which 

(Fig.  3.)     Crowded  with  too  many  things  lacking  in  character.  aCCOUHt      of 

their  elaborate  and  decorative  construc- 
tion   require,   and   in   fact   can    stand,   no 
decoration.     Fig.    1   illustrates  my  point. 
(See  Frontispiece) 
But  the  average  fireplace  is  built  along 


crowded,  un- 
der -  decorated, 
or  else  decorat- 
ed with  inap- 
propriate arti- 
cles. Of  course 
there  are  many 
cases  where  the 
mantel  has 
been  artistical- 
ly treated  and  I 
am  showing  il- 
lustrations of 
these.  But  I 
am  addressing 
those  of  you 
who  may  not 
have  given 
much  thought 
to  your  mantel 
and  fireplace, 

nor  to  the  decorative  possibilities  afford- 
ed by  "fixing"  them  in  the  most  appro- 
priate way. 

There   have   been    many     articles    and 
even    books    written    on    the    subject   of 


(Fig.  4.)     An  example  of  inexcusable  negligence.    Such  a  clock  has  no  place  in  this  room. 


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simple  lines  and  really  requires  a  care- 
fully thought-out  arrangement  of  its 
ornaments.  In  regard  to  the  wall  space 
above  the  mantel — I  think  that  unless 
it  is  a  part  of  the  mantel  and  ornamental 
in  itself,  the  best  way  to  fill  the  space 
is  to  use  a  mirror.  If  you  have  a  pic- 
ture that  is  exceptionally  good  and  of  a 
proportionate  size,  the  space  above  your 
mantel  will  display  it  mure  prominently 


the  smaller  towards  the  centre.  Here 
again  an  exceptionally  graceful  mirror 
fills  up  the  wall  space  so  artistically  that 
it  seems  as  though  it  were  just  made  for 
the  space.  The  pair  of  vases  help  divide 
off  the  mantel  symmetrically. 

If  you  look  at  Fig.  3  you  will  sec 
where  candlesticks  have  again  been  used, 
but  not  to  good  advantage.  I  might  bet- 
ter call  them  lamps  but  they  are  serving 


(Fig.  5.)     This  style  mantel  needs  very  little  ornamentation,  but  the  arrangement  here  is  very  good. 


than  any  other  place.  But  the  mirror 
has  the  advantage  of  adding  size  to  your 
room.  You  can  obtain  charming  mir- 
rors copied  after  the  old-fashioned  de- 
signs. Those  in  sectional  form  seem  to 
divide  off  your  mantel-space  better  than 
the  plain  ones.  Although  if  you  want 
to  make  the  mantel  seem  longer,  the 
plain  mirror  is  more  desirable. 

Right  here  let  me  urge  the  use  of 
candlesticks  on  your  mantel.  You  will 
find  them  very  helpful  and  decorative. 
Fig.  2  shows  four  candlesticks  cleverly 
placed.  The  larger  pair  are  at  either  end, 


the  same  purpose  as  large  candlesticks. 
Now  these  old-fashioned  glass  lamps  are 
good, — especially  so  on  a  plain  mantel 
such  as  this.  But  the  trouble  here  is 
that  they  are  too  tall  for  the  height  of 
the  ceiling.  You  will  see  that  your  eye 
is  drawn  to  the  centre  of  the  mantel  and 
that  the  whole  presents  an  unpleasing, 
unbalanced  appearance.  Then,  too,  the 
other  articles  on  the  mantel  do  not  seem 
to  have  enough  character — I  am  afraid 
they  were  put  there  because  "there  was 
no  other  place."  Now.  mind  you,  this 
mantel  isn't  very  badly  arranged,  but  I 


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am  suggesting  how 
it  can  be  improved. 
If  a  mirror  had  been 
placed  above  it, 
smaller  candlesticks 
used,  and  if  instead 
of  tsvo  pieces  be- 
tween the  clock  and 
each  candlestick,  a 
single  article,  lower 
and  larger  had  been 
used — I  feel  sure  the 
fireplace  would  be 
very  much  better. 

( )ne  of  the  many 
cases  of  inexcusable 
negligence  in  ,  fire- 
place decoration  is 
brought  out  in  Fig.  4. 
Here  we  have  a  beau- 
tiful, substantial  fireplace  in  a  room  that 
seems  to  be  in  very  good  taste.  But  the  own- 
er has  evidently  given  no  thought  at  all  to 
the  fireplace.  To  begin  with,  the  ornate 
clock  is  not  in  keeping  with  the  rest  ot 
the  room.  A  broad  clock  built  on  sturdy 
lines  would  be  far  more  appropriate.  Of 
course  the  two  photographs  have  no  dec- 
orative value  whatever.  Here  is  a  case 
where  heavy  candelabra  with  several 
branches  are  essential  to  conform  to  the 
proportion  of  room  and  mantle,  or  else 
some  pottery  with  rich  coloring  and  sim- 
ple lines  could  have  been  used. 

Fig.  5  is  a  good  looking  type  of  man- 
tel, whose  very  construction  requires  lit- 
tle, if  any,  ornamentation.  I  think  the 
three  articles  now  on  the  mantel  are  very 
good,  but  the  china  vase  on  the  left  does 
not  look  as  well  with  the  brick  as  the 
brass  vase  on  the  right.  Although  it  is  a 
little  away  from  my  subject,  one  reason 
I  have  shown  this  illustration  is  on  ac- 
count of  the  arrangement  oi  the  furniture 
which  makes  the  fireplace  the  center  of 


(Fisr.  6.)     One  place  where  the  arrangement  of  ornaments  do  not  matter. 


interest.  There  is  nothing  original  about 
the  arrangement  of  this  room,  but  it  is 
very  livable — the  comfortable  couch  in 
front  of  the  fireplace — the  broad  table 
back  of  it — a  good  reading  lamp  to  throw 
the  lamp  over  your  shoulder — what  more 
could  you  ask  for  solid  comfort? 

Speaking  of  solid  comfort — just  look 
at  Fig.  6.  Last,  but  not  least,  we  come 
to  a  real,  true,  "homey"  hearth.  It  would 
be  sacrilege  to  find  fault  with  this  cor- 
ner, dear  to  the  heart  of  some  camper. 
Too  many  sacred  memories  would  be 
desecrated  if  we  even  suggested  to  teai 
down  that  pine-cone  or  to  remove  the 
wasp's  nest,  hanging  before  the  mirror. 
No,  when  one  is  fortunate  enough  to 
live  amid  such  peaceful,  comfortable  sur- 
roundings, anything  is  permissible.  The 
warm  "comfys"  waiting  patiently  seem 
to  have  more  value  than  the  finest  Chi- 
nese porcelain  jardiniere  on  a  Fifth  Ave- 
nue hearth — if  we  may  speak  of  hearths 
on  Fifth  Avenue ! 


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A  Big  Problem  Solved  by  a 
Little  House 


Una  Nixon  Hopkins 


HEN  a  certain  young  woman  mar- 
ries a  certain  young  man,  there 
is  usually  a  long  discussion  rela- 
tive to  the  location  and  specific 
kind  of  a  roof  beneath  which  they  shall 
make  their  home.  Pro  represents  a  little 
house  in  the  country  perhaps,  and  Con 
stands  for  an  apartment  in  town  at  the 
outset. 

When  the  certain  young  man  is  on  a 
salary  he  will  likely  feel  that  forty  dol- 
lars a  month  is  the  limit  price  for  an 
unfurnished  apartment — which  consists 
of  about  two  rooms,  a  bath  and  a  kitch- 
enette— probably  a  blind  kitchenette  with- 
out a  window.  This  means  an  investment 
for  rent  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  dol- 
lars a  year. 

While  discussing  a  house  in  the  coun- 
try he  will  find,  if  he  makes  careful  in- 


vestigation, that  in  almost  any  state  then; 
are  good  lots  to  be  had,  suitable  for  small 
houses,  in  pleasant  sub-divisions,  for 
five  hundred  dollars;  in  size,  somewhere 
in  the  neighborhood  of  fifty  feet  front  by 
one  hundred  in  depth. 

A  small  house  like  the  illustration  can 
be  built  for  fourteen  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars,  making  an  investment  altogether 
of  nineteen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars, 
which  would  make  the  rent,  figuring  on 
the  basis  six  per  cent,  on  the  investment, 
come  to  one  hundred  and  fourteen  dollars 
a  year,  thereby  saving  the  difference  be- 
tween four  hundred  eighty  and  one  hun- 
dred fourteen,  or  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
six  dollars  a  year. 

The  investment  is  an  amount  a  sen- 
sible young  man  has  usually  saved  before 
his  wedding  day.  Not  only  is  there  the 


A  charming  little  home  that  is  well  within  the  means  of  many  a  young  couple. 


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joy  of  having 
one's  own 
house  on  the 
side  of  a  little 
country  or  sub- 
urbs, but  the 
saving  in  rent 
will  in  a  few 
years  bring  up 
the  bank  bal- 
a  n  c  e  to  the 
original 
amount. 

Such  a  house 
to  have  char- 
acter must  not 
be  designed 
along  cut  and 
dried  lines.  A 
place  in  the 
little  box  of  a  sitting  room  behind  where 
there  is  another  little  box  of  a  dining  room 
is  not  pretty.  Neither  is  a  small  house 
livable  even  when  the  living  room  and 
dining  room  are  combined  in  one  good 
room  if  this  room  opens  into  a  kitchen. 

The  details  of  arangement  of  the  lit- 
tle house  are  usually  overlooked,  it  being 
taken  for  granted  by  the  average  home 
maker  that  nothing  interesting  can  be  pro- 
duced with  little  money  and  little  space. 
Whereas,  if  the  same  degree  of  interest 
and  ingenuity  be  brought  to  bear  on  a 
small  home  as  on  a  large  one,  the  result 
will  be  surprising. 

The  lot  here  faces  east.  You  enter  the 
house  by  way  of  a  porch  on  the  north- 
east corner.  It  admits  you  immediately 
into  the  main  room.  At  one  end  is  an 
alcove  divided  -from  the  room  proper  by 
a  heavy  beam  next  the  ceiling.  Under  a 
row  of  four  casement  windows  is  a  wide 
box  couch,  especially  made  with  extra 
fine  springs.  This  constitutes  the  guest 
room,  for  there  are  curtains  suspended 
from  the  beam  at  either  end,  which  may 
be  drawn  at  night.  This  was  a  clever 


scheme  origin- 
ated in  order 
to  be  able  to  of- 
fer hospitality 
over  night.  For 
to  have  built  in 
a  folding  bed 
would  have 
taken  space  out 
of  the  room, 
where  here  it  is 
all  included  in 
the  room.  Piled 
with  pillows, 
this  couch 
makes  a  pleas- 
ing piece  of  fur- 
niture. 

There  are 
low  bookcases 
at  either  end  of  the  alcove  and  over  one  is 
an  old  fashioned  mirror  before  which  one 
may  make  a  toilet.  The  bath  and  a  clothes 
closet  are  nearby  and  altogether  a  more 
comfortable  guest  corner  is  provided  than 
would  be  possible  in  a  tiny  city  apart- 
ment, where  in  truth,  one  could  hardly 
be  provided  at  all.  There  is  a  large  fire- 
place in  the  center  of  the  big  room,  with 
casement  windows  opposite  on  the  east. 
Some  one  fortunately  told  the  new  home 
builders  in  the  beginning  no  doubt  that 
a  small  house  must  have  small  windows 
in  order  to  be  picturesque,  cosey,  and  for- 
tunately they  heeded  the  advice. 

The  bath  room  is  off  a  passage-way 
which  lies  between  the  living  room  and 
bedroom.  To  save  space  and  the  expense 
of  plumbing  fixtures,  the  wash  bowl  is 
at  the  head  of  the  tub  and  over  it,  the 
two  fixtures  included  in  one. 

On  the  other  end  of  the  passage  is  a 
closet,  part  of  which  is  occupied  in  the 
daytime  by  the  folding  bed,  the  other 
half  of  the  bed  making  a  couch  during 
the  day  in  the  bedroom.  This  style  is 
among  the  best  of  the  many  designs  in 


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folding  beds  and  easily  procurable.  The 
closet  is  well  ventilated  over  head.  This 
is  rather  a  pleasing  arrangement  for  so 
small  a  house,  for  it  converts  the  bed- 
room into  a  den  in  the  daytime. 

Next  the  bath  is  a  second  closet  with 
drawers — one  or  two  of  which  are  de- 
signed for  the  bed  linen,  the  table  linen 
being  kept  in  the  kitchen. 

On  the  south-west,  opening  off  the  bed- 
room by  French  doors  is  a  cosey  corner 
porch,  enclosed  with  glass  and  furnished 
with  two  large  comfortable  chairs  from 
where  you  may  look  out  onto  the  garden. 
The  effect  here  may  be  added  to  material- 
ly by  reproducing  the  coloring  of  the  cre- 
tonne at  the  bedroom  windows  in  the 
flower  beds  just  outside,  giving  the  im- 
pression that  the  house  extends  into  the 
garden. 

Between  the  bedroom  and  the  kitchen 
is  a  little  dressing  room,  with  built-in 
drawers  and  a  tiny  window,  just  even  at 
the  bottom  with  the  top  drawer  which 
has  a  mirror  above  and  is  used  as  a  dress- 
er. The  dressing  room  is  not  only  a 
great  convenience,  but  cuts  off  the  bed- 
room from  the  kitchen.  At  the  same  time 
if  a  certain  new  housekeeper  is  in  the 
kitchen  and  the  door  bell  rings  she  can 
quickly  reach  her  bedroom  for  any  article 
of  toilet  she  may  quickly  want  to  don  be- 
fore going  to  the  door. 

Between  the  living  room  and  kitchen  is 
a  passage  which  separates  the  former 
from  the  noise  and  odor  of  the  kitchen. 
It  has  two  little  casements  on  the  east  and 
two  on  the  north,  with  room  on  the  ledge 
for  flower  pots.  Under  the  windows,  on 
the  east  is  a  drop  shelf  large  enough  to 
hold  a  good  sized  tray  and  there  are  two 
wicker  stools  under  the  north  window. 
When  the  breakfast  tray  is  prepared  the 
shelf  is  raised  and  the  tray  is  put  on  it. 
Then  when  the  stools  are  drawn  up, 
breakfast  is  ready. 


Breakfast  over,  the  tray  is  carried  1o 
the  kitchen  and  the  drop  shelf  is  low- 
ered out  of  the  way. 

The  dining  table  in  the  big  room  should 
be  round,  since  it  would  take  up  less  space 
than  a  square  or  oblong  one  and  it  can 
be  pressed  into  service  as  a  library  table 
when  not  used  for  dining. 

The  living  room  fireplace  has  a  flue  for 
the  kitchen  in  case  gas  is  not  used.  As 
a  cellar  was  not  thought  necessary  for  so 
small  a  house  the  boiler  is  shown  on  the 
kitchen  plan. 

The  kitchen  is  most  complete.  There  is 
an  ample  dish  cupboard  with  drawers  be- 
neath for  linen,  with  a  sink  flanked  by 
little  cupboards  above  and  large  cup- 
boards beneath.  One  laundry  tub  in  the 
kitchen  has  a  pine  cover  with  hinges,  and 
on  this  cover  the  moulding  board  may  be 
put,  the  bins  being  nearby  to  the  left  of 
the  sink.  On  this  cover  the  ironing  may 
be  done  also.  In  any  case  it  is  to  be  pre- 
ferred to  a  tub  beneath  sink  such  as  are 
arranged  in  apartments,  which  necessi- 
tates raising  the  sink  tray  whenever  used, 
and  besides  a  tub  beneath  is  not  easy  to 
keep  clean. 

The  icebox  conveniently  at  hand  may 
be  filled  from  the  outside  as  in  any  house. 
And  next  it  is  a  cupboard  for  brooms.  In 
the  outside  door  is  a  window  which  opens 
independent  of  the  door  and  gives  ven- 
tilation. 

The  whole  interior  is  finished  in  pine 
wood,  that  of  the  living  room  being 
stained  a  light  golden  brown  with  light 
buff  paint  in  the  bedroom,  bath  and 
kitchen,  three  coats  of  it;  the  walls  being 
light  buff  throughout  the  house.  Cement 
was  put  in  the  plaster  here,  not  only  to 
deaden  sound  in  so  small  a  house,  but 
because  of  the  smallness  to  protect  the 
walls  as  they  might  easily  be  injured. 

The  light  walls  lend  a  feeling  of  space 
to  the  rooms  and  the  plainness  of  them 
adds  to  the  impression. 


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169 


The  floors  are  hardwood,  excepting  in 
the  linoleum  covered  kitchen. 

Though  the  heat  in  living  room  and 
kitchen  is  assured,  a  gas  radiator  is  placed 
in  every  room.  These  radiators  are  of 
two  kinds — one  a  floor  radiator,  very 
much  like  the  ones  provided  for  hot  air, 
and  the  other  stands  on  the  floor  the  same 
as  steam  radiators.  Both  are  good.  In 
districts  where  gas  is  not  available  a  fur- 
nace might  be  installed  in  even  so  small 
a  house  as  this;  furnace  room  and  furnace 
coming  within  a  hundred  and  twenty-five 
dollar  limit. 

On  the  back  of  the  house  just  over  the 
rear  steps,  perhaps  five  feet  high,  two 
wood  straps  have  been  nailed  and  a  nar- 
row strip  of  wood  runs  through  them. 
When  ice  is  wanted  the  sign  is  hung  on 
the  end  of  the  wood  strip  when  it  is 
pushed  outward,  being  brought  back  out 
of  the  way  when  the  sign  is  not  needed. 


It  saves  defacing  the  front  of  a  pretty  cot- 
tage by  hanging  no  sign  in  front. 

Outside  the  house  is  stained  brown 
with  light  buff  lattices  on  the  front  for 
roses  to  climb  over,  and  the  roof  is 
brown,  for  to  divide  the  outside  color  of 
small  houses  is  to  make  them  appear  still 
smaller. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  it  is  a  little 
house  it  has  the  important  thing,  one 
large  room  with  an  open  fire,  where  one 
is  at  liberty  to  have  a  pussy  on  the  hearth 
if  one  wishes  without  fear  of  being 
ejected  by  a  landlord  as  would  be  the  case 
in  an  apartment. 

There  is  a  real  kitchen  with  light  and 
air.  It  is  in  reality  a  home,  where  a  gar- 
den and  trees  are  possible — all  surrounded 
by  the  great  outdoors  which  cannot  fail 
to  make  for  health  and  happiness  and 
sane  living. 

Between  this  and  the  apartment  there 
is  no  comparison. 


Making  the  Old  House  New — A  Labor  and  Its  Reward 


(Continued  from  page  158) 


The  servant's  quarters  are  on  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  hall.  A  rear  stair,  with 
••door  glass-paneled,  leads  to  the  down- 
stairs, thus  making  the  living  abode  and 
the  servants'  section  entirely  separate 
from  one  another.  In  this  connection 
there  is  to  be  noted  an  innovation  that  is 
unique.  You  will  recall  the  small  rear 
porch.  This  has  been  enclosed  and  the 
northern  section  has  been  utilized  for  a 
servants'  eating  alcove,  fitted  with  a  re- 
movable table  and  seats  that  much  re- 
semble pews.  Ample  window  space  and 
cozy  effects  add  a  charm  that  is  inviting. 
On  the  south  side  of  the  porch  there  has 
been  built  an  enclosure  for  the  ice  box 
and  pantry.  The  kitchen  is  bright,  airy 
and  cheerful  and  sanitary  in  its  highest 
possible  degree. 

Out  into  the  yard  one  goes  with  a  sense 


of  having  noted  a  marvelous  change  in- 
side the  home.  There  has  been  added  to 
the  lawn  shrubbery  on  all  sides  that  gives 
it  an  air  of  seclusion  that  is  poetic. 
There  is  a  large  bird  bath  of  concrete,  a 
stone  circle  bench  about  a  tree  and  the 
other  effects  that  have  transformed  the 
lawn  into  a  thing  of  beauty.  An  immense 
Dutchman's  pipe  vine,  with  the  hedge, 
hiding  the  servants'  section  and  garage, 
has  the  effect  so  much  sought — that  of 
privacy  and  comfort.  A  hedge  of  box- 
wood trees  has  added  much  to  the  effec- 
tive view  of  the  whole,  while  the  two 
sixty-foot  elms  act  as  stately  guardians 
of  the  abode.  Another  hedge  in  the  side 
yard  obstructs  the  view  from  the  street, 
and  altogether  the  setting  is  truly  one 
that  demands  admiration  and  a  home-like 
sweetness  that  is  ideal. 


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How  to  Plant  a  Fifty-Foot  Lot 

Wyman  P.  Harper,  Landscape  Architect 


HE  planting  plan  accompanying 
this  sketch  is  for  a  slightly  larg- 
er lot  than  the  one  given  in  the 
February  number.  The  house 
illustrated  is  a  somewhat  more  preten- 
tious one  and  requires  for  its  best  ap- 
pearance a  larger  piece  of  land.  It  is, 
however,  like  the  February  plan,  complete 
in  its  specifications,  so  that  with  similar 
conditions  one  can  order  his  plants  from 
a  nursery  by  the  planting  list,  dig  his 
plant-beds,  do  his  planting  complete  and 
thereby  secure  most  pleasing  and  satisfac- 
tory results. 

In  choosing  the  kinds  of  nursery  stock 
for  a  plan  like  this,  the  first  requisite  is 
that  they  shall  be  hardy.  Xo  matter  how 
fine  the  appearance  in  another  climate,  if 
a  plant  here  is  not  in  its  full  health  and 
luxuriance  it  is  only  a  disappointment. 
Its  branching  and  leafage  is  expected  to 
be  strong  and  full  in  order  to  perform  the 


work  expected  of  it.  If  they  are  thin 
and  ungainly  they  are  worse  than  if  the 
place  were  not  planted  at  all.  The  first 
tendency  in  choosing  such  a  list  is  to 
select  those  things  that  are  rare,  but  after 
a  while  one  comes  to  depend  only  upon 
the  old  substantial  kinds  which  stay  year 
in  and  year  out :  only  relenting  if  one  has 
a  particular  fondness  for  a  tender  kind, 
and  wishes  to  coddle  it  by  putting  it  in 
some  secluded  and  sheltered  corner, 
where,  should  it  disappear,  it  will  have  no 
ill  effects  on  the  general  scheme. 

Next  in  importance  after  hardiness  is 
height,  after  a  plant  shall  have  arrived 
at  some  degree  of  maturity.  The  in- 
tention of  the  accompanying  plan  is  to 
have  a  strong  background  of  high-grow- 
ing shrubs  and  no  plant  fills  that  specifi- 
cation better  than  the  Lilac,  which  one 
can  never  have  too  much  of.  Around  the 
sun  porch  something  is  wanted  that  will 


Residence  planned  for  a  fifty-foot  lot. 


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Planting  List. 


No.      Feet 
Plants  Apart 


1.  American    Elm    (Ulmus   Ameri- 

cana)         2 

2.  Mountain    Ash     (Sorbus    aucu- 

paria,  or  S.  Americana,  or 
S.  quercifolia) 1 

3.  Ash    (Fraxinus   Americana)....     1 

4.  Apple    Tree    2 

5.  Bridal     Wreath     (Spiraea    Van 

Houttei)    3          4 

6.  Common    Lilac     (Syringa    vul- 

garis)    7          4y2 

7.  Mock      Orange      (Philadelphia 

coronarius)  or  (For  St.  Louis 
and  South)  Rose  of  Sharon 
(Hibiscus  Syriacus) 3 

8.  Hedge,  Bridal   Wreath   (Spiraea 

Van  Houttei)  or  (For  St. 
Louis  and  South)  Cali- 
fornia Privet  (Ligustrum 
ovalifolium)  57  1 

9.  Persian   Lilac    (Syringa   Persica 

or  Chinensis)    4          4 

10.  Japanese    Rose — cut    back   each 

spring  (Rosa  rugosa) 16          2'/2 

11.  Hydrangea  p.  g. — cut  back  each 

spring    15  3 

12.  Snowball    Hydrangea    (Hydran- 

gea arborescens  sterilis) 4          3 

13.  Weigela  (Diervilla  rosea) 5          4 

14.  Snowberry         (Symphoricarpus 

racemosus)  or  (For  St.  Louis 
and  South;  Regel's  Privet 
(Ligustrum  Regelianum) 13  3 

15.  Highbush  Cranberry  (Viburnum 

Opulus)   5          4 

16.  Snowball      (Viburnum      Opulus 

sterilis)  or  (For  St.  Louis 
and  South)  Japanese  Snow- 
ball (Viburnum  plicatum) ...  1 

17.  Indian    Currant    (Symphoricar- 

'  pus  vulgaris)  or  (For  St. 
Louis  and  South)  Dwarf 
Deutzia  (Deutzia  gracilis)..  8  2 

18.  Tartarian    Honeysuckle    (Loni- 

cera  Tatarica)  or  (For  St. 
Louis  and  South)  Deutzia 
(Deutzia  crenata  fl.  pi.)....  8  4 

19.  Tree   Lilac    (Syringa   Japonica)     1 

20.  Ash-leaved  Spirea  (Spiraea  sor- 

bifolia)  or  (For  St.  Louis  and 
South)  Weeping  Golden  Bell 
(Forsythia  suspensa) 10  3]/2 

21.  Engelmann's    Woodbine     (Am- 

pelopsis  Engelmanni)  or  (For 
St.  Louis  and  South)  Boston 
Ivy  (Ampelopsis  Veitchii)..  12 

22.  Bitter    Sweet    (Celastrus    scan- 

dens)  or  (For  St.  Louis  and 
South)  Hall's  Honeysuckle 
(Lonicera  Halliana) 15 

23.  Japanese     Clematis      (Clematis 

paniculate)   6 

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in  a  plant-bed  indicates  the  quantity  of  that 
kind  needed  to  fill  the  space.  Circles  repre- 
sent individual  plants,  half-circles  represent 
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grow  nearly  up  to  the  window  sills,  but 
not  quite.  The  Bridal  Wreath  will  do  so. 
and  since  that  position  is  the  most  con- 
spicuous of  the  whole  planting,  the  Bridal 
Wreath,  because  of  the  refinement  of  its 
delicate  branches,  leaves  and  flowers,  fills 
the  place  perfectly  for  that  reason  also. 
If  the  house  were  farther  from  the  street 
or  in  a  more  isolated  position,  it  might 
have  been  desirable  to  have  the  border 
planting  between  the  house  and  street  of 
some  considerable  height.  Under  exist- 
ing conditions,  it 
is  best  if  the 
border  starts 
low,  rising  later 
to  a  high  point 
before  the  house 
is  reached.  A 
suitable  plant  for 
the  purpose  is 
the  Japanese 
Rose  or  Rosa 
rugosa,  which 
is  comparatively 
low-growing  and 
should  anyway 
be  cut  back  early 
every  spring  in 


ESTIMATE   OF   COST. 
Cost  of  Plants: 

3  large  growing  trees  at  $2. .   $6.00 

4  small  growing  trees  at$l.  .     4.00 
193  shrubs  and  vines  at  2Sc . . .   48.25 

10  per  cent  additional  for 
freight  and  packing 
charged  extra  5.82 


Cost  of  Preparation  of  Soil: 
(Omitting  cost  of  extra  black 

earth  and  clay  if  needed.) 
1  man    digging    1.800     sq.     ft. 

plant  beds  7  days  at  $2.  $14.00 
1   man      planting      trees      and 

shrubbery  2y2  days  at  $2     5.00 


order  to  make  its  growth  more  stocky.  The 
Japanese  Barberry  might  have  been  used 
instead,  as  similarly  filling  the  specifications 
of  a  low,  bushy  shrub  looking  well  in  a 
mass  and  of  enough  refinement  so  that  one 
does  not  tire  of  seeing  it  always  before  the 
eyes. 

Almost  as  important  as  height  is  color. 
A  planting  plan  which  makes  much  of 
high-colored  leaves  like  the  purples  and 
yellows  is  to  be  avoided.  Plants  whose 
leaves  have  only  a  variety  of  green  are 

most  satisfying 
in  the  long  run. 
The  beauty  of 
the  forest  comes 
so  far  as  color  is 
concerned  in  the 
delicacy  of  its 
shadings  rather 
than  in  its  riot 
of  color.  Yet  in 
such  a  planting 
as  the  plan  ex- 
presses some 
color  is  wanted, 
and  the  more  of 
the  right  kind 
the  better.  Color 


$64.07 


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$83.07 


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173 


should  come  from  flowers  only.  That  is 
half  the  glory  of  the  Lilac  and  iiridal 
Wreath,  even  though  the  other  half  is  the 
form  and  texture  of  its  foliage  and  habit. 
The  flowering  is  transient,  to  be  sure,  but 
if  the  same  flowers  were  to  be  seen  every 
day  for  all  summer  they  would  become 
just  as  tiresome  as  colored  foliage. 

The  house  in  the  plan  is  placed  as  near 
the  north  line  as  will  permit  a  narrow 
walk  to  pass  around  to  the  back  door  and 
leave  a  narrow  margin  for  planting  next 
the  property  line.  It  stands  30  feet  from 
the  street  with  some  little  lawn  in  front. 
and  to  the  south,  as  well  as  on  part  of  the 
rear  lot,  where  there  is  room  enough  for 


a  view  of  the  lawn  and  planting  out  of 
the  dining  room  window  and  still  have 
space  for  a  little  vegetable  garden  next 
the  kitchen.  A  hedge  makes  a  barrier 
between  the  two  rear  spaces,  and  in  front 
of  it  next  the  lawn,  if  one  desires  it,  a 
flower  bed  can  be  dug,  a  little  deeper  and 
richer  still  than  the  planting  beds  de- 
scribed in  the  February  number,  which 
in  all  other  respects  will  apply  to  the 
planting  in  this  number  also.  The  total 
depth  of  the  lot  is  130  feet.  The  size  of  a 
lot  has  less  to  do  with  its  beauty  than 
many  other  things,  and  as  much  comfort 
can  often  be  found  on  an  area  of  thi.=  size 
as  on  many  having  greater  seemuu;  ad- 
vantages. 


A  Little  Spanish  Mission  Design 


KEITH  &  FURDY,  Architects 


THROUGHOUT     the     South     and 
Southwestern       portion       of       the 
United  States  are  to  be  seen  many 
homes  exceedingly  artistic  in  their  design 
where  the  noticeable   Spanish   character- 


istics of  architecture  are  introduced.  As 
a  general  rule  these  homes  are  treated 
with  stucco  for  the  outside  walls  and  this 
type  of  finish  is  more  and  more  being 
adopted  throughout  the  entire  country. 


This  type  of  dnicn  i»  becoming  more  popular. 


174 


KEITH'S    MAGAZINE 


We  can  say,  therefore,  that  the  Spanish  or 
Mission  house  is  not  very  commonly  seen 
east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

There  are  frequent  requests  of  us,  how- 
ever, to  show  designs  of  this  type  and  the 
accompanying  illustration  is  a  pleasing 
example  of  the  same.  This  house  should 
appeal  to  a  great  many  who  desire  a  sub- 
stantial, well  built  home  of  moderate  cost. 

The  construction  of  the  walls  is  hollow 
tile  covered  with  a  coating  of  cement  plas- 
ter and  it  is  intended  to  use  red  tile  of 


kitchen  with  but  two  risers  to  platform, 
so  that  one  can  go  directly  to  front  door 
without  passing  clear  around  through  the 
dining  room. 

There  are  three  chamber?  ;  one  of  which 
is  somewhat  smaller  and  intended  to  be 
used  as  a  maid's  room  with  a  good  size 
bath  on  the  second  floor.  The  plan  is  en- 
tirely free  from  breaks  in  the  walls ;  that 
is,  the  wall  lines  are  perfectly  square,  the 
cost  of  building  being  held  down  to  as 
close  a  figure  as  it  is  possible  to  get  a 


Spanish  design  on  the  roof.  The  coping 
of  porch  and  window  caps  is  of  cement 
which  has  been  troweled  smooth.  From 
the  basement  floor  to  grade  the  founda- 
tion wall  is  poured  concrete ;  above  grade, 
brick,  and  the  steps  leading  to  the  cement 
port  are  also  of  brick. 

Turning  to  a  consideration  of  the  in- 
terior arrangement,  we  find  a  very  simple 
plan.  Provision  is  made  for  vestibule 
with  coat  closet  and  the  entrance  is  di- 
rectly from  the  vestibule  into  the  splendid 
living  room  extending  across  the  entire 
front.  Combination  stairs  lead  from 


house  of  this  size.  We  would  say  that 
under  present  favorable  conditions,  with 
lower  prices  prevailing  than  for  some 
time,  this  house  should  be  completed  in- 
side of  $4,000. 

Take  another  look  at  the  living  room 
which,  as  you  enter,  gives  you  the  im- 
pression of  getting  inside  of  a  mansion, 
it  is  so  generous  and  roomy.  The  fire- 
place is  treated  on  low  broad  lines.  There 
are  French  doors  leading  into  the  dining 
room.  The  windows  have  been  artisti- 
cally treated  with  many  little  diamond 
lights  adding  a  touch  of  beauty. 


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175 


An  Attractive  Bungalow 


JUD  YOHO,  Architect 


THE  outlook  has  much  to  do  with 
the  happy  appearance  of  this  bun- 
galow, and  the  bungalow's  design, 
per  contra,  was  much  actuated  by  the  lo- 
cality. It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that 
when  another  summer's  growth  of  plant 
and  flower  adorns  this  bungalow  it  will 
be  one  of  the  prettiest  in  the  west. 

First  let  us  study  the  plan.  The  short 
flight  of  steps  from  the  lawn  to  the  porch 
is  eight  feet  in  width.  The  days  of  the 
narrow  flight  of  entrance  steps  are  over,  as 
far  as  the  bungalow  proper  is  concerned ; 
the  wide  step  lends  itself  to  heavy  detail, 
whereas  the  narrow  '"cozy"  step  must 
have  with  it  other  "cozy"  detail,  and  all 
must  be  designed  in  accord  therewith. 
In  a  word,  the  modern  bungalow  steps 
are  not  the  "cottage"  steps  of  old. 

Here  also  is  an  extremely  wide  porch, 


nine  feet  from  the  front  wall  to  the  out- 
side of  the  porch  wall ;  and  this  porch  ex- 
tends from  wall  to  wall,  clear  across  the 
width.  The  stretch  of  this  porch  now 
provides  for  the  long  arch  type  of  front, 
and  this  is  the  conspicuous  feature  of  the 
elevation. 

We  now  step  within  the  house.  The 
main  entrance  door  is  placed  in  the  cen- 
ter, and  is  of  good  width,  three  and  one- 
half  feet  by  seven  feet  in  height,  and  in 
thickness  one  and  three-quarter  inches. 
On  each  side  of  this  front  door  are  large 
windows,  the  glass  being  American  pol- 
ished plate.  These,  you  would  say,  make 
fine  windows,  and  indeed  they  do ;  a 
beautiful  view  is  to  be  had  from  all  win- 
dows of  the  front  and  the  left  side  of  the 
house  (the  front,  by  the  way,  facing  east, 
towards  the  Cascade  Mountains),  and 


The  long  arch  over  front  of  porch  if  the  conspicuous  feature  of  the  deration. 


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this  fact  is  well  considered  in  the  pro- 
vision of  fine  windows ;  all  the  view  win- 
dow glass  in  the  living  room  is  plate. 
The  living  room  is  a  magnificent  room, 
occupying  the  full  width  of  the  house,  and 
including  the  ingle-nook  is  thirty  feet 
long;  the  width  of  the  living  room  is  four- 
teen feet.  The  ceiling  of  this  room  is  richly 
beamed,  and  exquisite 
electric  fixtures  are  sus- 
pended from  two  out- 
lets centered  in  the 
panels.  The  fireplace 
scheme  is  a  genuine 
ingle-nook,  ''encased" 
as  it  were  with  beam 
overhead  and  its  own 
specific  treatment,  and 
having  cozy  corner 
seats  to  right  and  left 
and  art  glass  windows 
above. 

Now  the  living  room 
is  directly  open  to  the 
dining  room,  so  that 
here  again  the  principle 
of  largeness  and  spaci- 
ousness obtained  by 
this  method  is  followed. 

The  dining  room  is 
approximately  twelve 
and  one-half  feet  by 
sixteen  feet  in  size  and 
has  a  large,  square  bay  window  occupied 
by  a  seat,  and  under  the  seat  is  the  cold 
air  inlet  for  the  furnace. 

The  dining  room  has  also  a  beam  ceil- 
ing with  a  center  electric  pendant  fixture. 

A  very  good  arrangement  of  the  floor 
plan  is  seen  in  the  hall,  which  is  entered 
from  the  dining  room  or  from  the  bed- 
room adjoining  the  dining  room,  giving 
access  to  stairs  going  down  to  the  base- 
ment, up  to  the  attic,  and  also  to  the 
bathroom,  the  rear  bedroom  and  the 
kitchen.  It  is  seldom  one  sees  a  plan 
which  places  the  rear  hall  in  such  a  handy 
manner  to  the  larger  number  of  units  of 
the  floor  plan. 


The  larger  bedroom  has  a  large  closet 
on  the  outside  wall  and  the  door  to  this 
closet  has  for  a  panel  a  full  length  bevel 
plate  glass  mirror.  It  is  to  be  remarked 
also  that  this  closet  has  an  outside  win- 
dow, always  a  very  desirable  thing  in  a 
closet.  Another  feature  of  this  bedroom 
is  the  clever  location  of  the  large  win- 
dows. It  is  possible  in 
this  bedroom  to  set  the 
bed  in  any  of  two  or 
even  three  positions, 
and  comfortably. 

A  clever  color  scheme 
for  this  larger  bedroom 
is  old  rose  and  soft 
whitish  cream  tints  for 
the  walls  and  ceilings 
and  white  enamel 
woodwork.  The  smaller 
bedroom  a  ceiling  of 
white,  and  walls  of 
quiet  blue,  the  wood- 
work again  in  white 
enamel. 

The  bathroom  is  of 
very  liberal  size,  being 
about  six  feet  by  ten 
feet  in  the  clear.  The 
cupboard,  or  "medicine 
case,"  as  it  is  com- 
monly called,  is  cleverly 
set  along  side  the 
kitchen  porch  cupboard.  The  hot  water 
heater  is  placed  in  the  bathroom  and 
when  treated  in  white  is  not  an  obtrusive 
piece  of  furniture  in  a  bathroom  where 
everything  is  white. 

In  considering  the  kitchen,  the  "kitchen 
porch"  feature  must  be  included.  Here 
we  have  a  kitchen  and  what  might  be 
termed  a  "rough  kitchen,"  or  a  "kitchen 
porch,"  adjoining,  this  kitchen  porch 
being  completely  an  exterior  member  of 
the  house,  and  being  screened  in  on  all 
sides  with  fine  wire  screen.  A  large  cup- 
board is  placed,  as  part  of  the  equipment 
of  this  exterior  porch,  against  the  interior 
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equipped.  There  are  two  large  cup- 
boards, a  broom  closet,  a  cooler  and  a 
large  sink  and  drainboard.  Both  cup- 
boards are  provided  with  work  table  and 
with  bins,  and  all  other  conveniences. 

This  bungalow,  though  not  showing  in 
the  exterior  any  particular  earmarks  of 
being  a  two-story  structure,  has,  in  fact, 
a  very  spacious  upstairs.  The  stairs  lead- 
ing to  the  second  floor,  which  is  really  an 
attic,  are  three  and  one-half  feet  wide. 
One  great  room,  a  bedroom,  with  four 
large  closets,  and  a  fine  sleeping  porch 
constitutes  the  floor  plan  of  this  attic. 
Would  not  such  a  room  as  this,  with  big 
windows  in  each  end,  treated  with  liberal 
bungalow  art,  and  with  the  ceiling  all 
raftered  to  the  ridge,  make  a  grand  room? 
This  is  a  suggestion.  Occasionally  one 
sees  a  treatment  of  this  kind,  but  it  is  rare. 


The  sleeping  porch  is  nicely  designated, 
with  a  center  window  group,  and  two 
small  windows  at  each  side  of  this  group, 
underneath  each  of  the  latter  a  little  seat. 

The  exterior  of  this  bungalow  is  of  dis- 
tinctly utilitarian  design,  yet  is  unique 
and  attractive.  The  long  side  lines  are 
excellent,  and  show  a  boldness  and 
breadth  of  treatment  very  handsome 
and  satisfying.  The  shingles,  of  red 
cedar,  set  alternately  two  inches  and 
six  inches  to  weather,  make  the  material 
for  the  side  walls,  and  the  roof  is  entirely 
shingles.  The  clinker  brick  chimney,  it 
will  be  noted,  tapers  from  a  width  of  six 
feet  at  the  ground  line,  to  three  feet  at 
the  top,  and  this  tapering  feature  makes 
it  unusual  and  also  highly  attractive. 

The  arches  of  the  front  porch  work  are 
done  in  cement  stucco  worked  on  metal 
lath. 


A  Home  for  a  Prosperous 
Business  Man 


TODAY  the  slogan  one  hears  all  over 
the    country    is,    "Talk    prosperity 
and    you     have    prosperity,"    and 
much  proof  is  back  of  it.     An  interesting 
study    in    modern    house    architecture    is 
here  presented  in  a  design  for  a  "prosper- 
ous  business   man."     In  other   words,   a 
well  built,  well  planned,  roomy  home,  not 
pretentious,   but   of   the    substantial    and 
even  simple  type. 

This  home  is  built  on  broad,  low  lines ; 
it  has  a  wide  projecting  cornice,  the  soffit 
or  under  part  of  which  is  plastered  with 
cement.  The  roof  is  of  very  simple  hip 
construction  with  red  Spanish  tile  and 
with  a  heavy  tile  ridge  roll.  Just  beneath 
the  second  story  window  sills  runs  a  belt- 
course,  relieving  nicely  any  tendency 
toward  monotony  in  the  plain  cement 
wall.  The  window  treatment  is  a  par- 


ticularly noticeable  feature  of  this  design. 
There  are  plenty  of  windows  of  the  triple 
type,  well  proportioned  and  correctly 
spaced.  They  are  of  plate  glass,  simple 
in  design  and  yet  harmonious  with  the 
lines  of  the  cornice,  sill  course,  etc.,  which 
are  somewhat  severe  in  character.  A 
very  simple  bracketed  hood,  together 
with  the  wide  cement  steps  and  but- 
tresses constitute  the  only  entrance.  The 
same  idea  has  been  carried  out  in  the 
designing  of  the  flower  urns  resting  on 
these  buttresses ;  they  are  of  a  low,  broad 
style,  matching  the  house. 

Let  us  go  into  this  attractive  residence 
and  see  what  we  have  in  the  interior.  The 
first  impression  is  that  of  spaciousness. 
The  central  hall  feature,  always  so  popu- 
lar where  there  is  sufficient  room  to  use 
it,  leads  us  at  the  left  into  an  ideal  living 


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room,  with  fireplace  occupying  the  center 
of  the  end  of  this  room.  A  pair  of  French 
windows  open  onto  the  sun  porch,  while  a 
single  glass  door  opens  into  a  small  den 
just  back  of  the  sun  room. 

Crossing  over  to  the  other  side  of  the 
hall  we  enter  a  beautiful  dining  room 
with  beam  ceiling.  One  is  impressed 
with  the  simple  details  of  this  room,  the 
quiet,  unobtrusive  design  of  the  buffet, 
the  pleasing  wainscot  panel  in  oak  finish, 


porch,  divided  for  privacy  into  two  rooms, 
each  opening  off  separate  chambers. 
There  is  a  spare  room  of  generous  size, 
back  of  which  is  the  maids'  room,  and  all 
chambers  are  convenient  to  the  bath. 

Before  closing  the  description  of  this 
residence,  desire  to  speak  of  the  com- 
pletely equipped  basement  and  of  one 
specially  important  feature  in  connec- 
tion with  the  heating  arrangement.  The 
brick  or  tile  construction  of  the  outside 


Built  on  broad,  low  lines  with  wide  projecting  cornice. 


making  a  room  in  which  one  certainly 
delights  to  dine. 

Considerable  study  has  been  given  to 
the  kitchen  and  pantry  features  of  this 
house.  Kitchen  has  a  white  tile  wains- 
cot, the  woodwork  is  enameled  and  the 
ceiling  tinted  in  pale  blue.  The  pantry 
has  an  abundance  of  built-in  cupboards 
for  dishes,  plenty  of  drawers  and  apart- 
ments for  cooking  utensils. 

One's  enthusiasm  over  this  plan  is 
heightened  after  going  over  the  second 
floor,  noting  the  splendid  arrangement 
of  owner's  chamber,  off  of  which  is  the 
study  and  sleeping  porch.  There  are 
two  sleeping  porches,  or  rather  one  long 


wall  permits  of  recessing  and  partly  con- 
cealing the  radiator.  The  balance  of  the 
radiators  may  be  covered  by  window  seats 
with  a  wooden  grill. 

In  a  home  of  this  character  the  question 
of  interior  finish  and  decorating  is  of 
much  importance.  If  the  woodwork  and 
the  color  scheme  suggested  and  specified 
by  the  architect  is  not  closely  adhered  to, 
the  owner  will  be  wise  to  employ  the  ser- 
vices of  a  strictly  first-class  decorator. 
In  this  house  the  finish  of  the  living  room, 
dining  room  and  hall  is  white  quarter- 
sawed  oak,  to  be  treated  in  a  soft  tone  of 
light  fumed  finish  left  in  the  dull  or  waxed 
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sawed  white  oak  and  are  indeed  beauti- 
ful. The  floor  of  the  kitchen  and  pantry, 
carried  out  into  the  entry,  is  laid  in  yellow 
pine,  very  inexpensive,  the  idea  being  to 
cover  these  floors  with  a  good  grade  of 
linoleum.  In  the  bathroom  and  vesti- 
bule floors  are  of  tile,  otherwise  through- 
out the  second  floor  beechwood  is  used, 


the  standing  finish  being  white  pine, 
enameled,  with  birch  doors  stained  ma- 
hogany. Fir  lumber  is  used  for  the  floors 
of  the  sleeping  porches,  which  being  en- 
closed, are  finished  with  plastered  walls 
and  ceilings.  All  in  all,  this  is  a  splendid 
home  for  the  prosperous  business  man. 


A  Small  Summer  Cottage 

JOHN  HENRY  NEWSON,  Architect 

(Description  and  floor  plan  follow  on  next  page) 

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A  RESIDENCE  greatly  in  contrast 
to  the  preceding  house,  just  de- 
scribed as  a  prosperous  business 
man's  house,  is  the  little  summer  cottage 
of  five  rooms.  It  is  a  pretty  little  home 
with  a  roomy  porch,  always  wanted  on  a 
summer  residence.  The  porch  is  covered 
by  extending  the  main  roof  beyond  the 
wall  line  of  the  house  proper,  and  the 
porch  is  enclosed.  Wide  shiplap  siding 
is  used  on  the  outside.  There  is  a  founda- 
tion wall  of  concrete  blocks,  smooth  face, 


and  basement  provided  for  furnace. 

In  this  design  we  have  a  plan  which  is 
admirably  suited  for  a  seaside  cottage. 
The  bedroom  on  the  first  floor  could 
readily  be  changed  into  a  dining  room  if 
desired.  This  would  probably  be  done  by 
anyone  using  this  design  as  a  city  resi- 
dence for  an  all-the-year-round  home. 
The  first  floor  has  a  combination  living 
and  dining  room.  On  the  second  floor 
there  are  two  chambers  and  sleeping 
porch. 


SECOND  FLOOR 


A  Brick  Cottage  with  Spacious 

Porches 


THERE  are  a  number  of  excellent  in- 
expensive bricks  on  the  market, 
and  as  this  material  always  makes 
a  most  permanent  construction,  though 
somewhat  more  expensive  than  frame,  we 
are  glad  to  illustrate  an  interesting  design 
of  the  cottage  type  for  brick  construction. 
You  will  note  the  roof  lines  of  the  spacious 
porch  are  the  predominating  feature.  The 
house  was  designed  for  a  west  front  ex- 
posure, with  large  porch  on  the  front  and 
side  facing  the  south  and  west.  The  ex- 


terior lines  are  quite  simple.  The  brick 
work  is  laid  up  in  colored  cement  mortar. 
The  roof  is  shingled,  and  for  this  house 
the  shingle  stain  should  be  moss  green. 

Entering  through  a  large  vestibule  we 
come  into  a  generous  size  hall  running 
clear  through  the  center  of  plan.  The  liv- 
ing room  is  of  generous  size  and  opens 
by  wide  casement  into  a  den.  The  latter 
room  is  provided  with  a  group  of  four 
windows  facing  the  east ;  just  at  the  rear 
of  the  hall  is  provided  a  toilet.  On  the 


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The  roof  line  of  the  spacious  porch  is  the  predominating  feature. 


opposite  side  of  the  house  we  have  an 
interesting  arrangement  of  dining  room 
with  intervening  pantry  to  kitchen.  Stair- 
way is  combination,  which  reduces  the 
expense  hv  eliminating  the  necessity  of  a 
separate  back  stairs. 

Three  good  chambers  are  provided  on 
the  second  floor,  opening  from  a  central 


hall.     There    is    also     a    bathroom     and 
large  storage  room  flanking  the  stairs. 

On  account  of  the  low  lines  of  roof 
there  is  no  attic,  but  the  house  is  lars;v 
on  the  ground  and  the  basement  provides 
ample  opportunity  for  storage  in  addi- 
tion to  the  usual  heating  plant,  laundry, 
etc. 


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A  Home  with  Elaborate  Colonial 

Treatment 


THE  good  old  Colonial  treatment  is 
just  as   popular   in   this   twentieth 
century  as  it  was  in  the  middle  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  when  so  many 
of  the  historic  Colonial  houses  were  erect- 
ed;  in    the    eastern    part    of    the    United 
States.     The  only  difference  between  the 
home  builders  of  today  and  those  of  the 


for  the  antique  grandfather's  clock.  The 
opening  between  the  living  and  dining 
rooms  into  this  hall  must  be  of  generous 
width.  Hence,  with  a  hall  from  ten  to 
fifteen  feet  in  width  a  living  room  on 
the  one  side  of  some  fifteen  feet  wide,  a 
dining  room  on  the  opposite  of  the  same 
width,  we  have  for  the  house  alone  a  total 


A  small  entrance  porch  is  shown  in  front  while  the  main  porch  is  at  the  rear. 


seventeenth  century  is  the  builder  was  not 
bound  by  the  limits  of  a  city  lot. 

To  erect  a  real  Colonial  home,  with  its 
elaborate  Colonial  treatment,  both  as  to 
exterior  and  interior,  requires  consider- 
able ground,  for  it  is  in  this  treatment 
more  than  any  other  type,  that  the  large 
center  hall  is  the  predominating  feature. 
To  carry  out  in  detail  the  spacious  stair- 
ways found  in  the  old  Colonial  mansions 
requires  considerable  space.  The  stair 
treads  are  liberal  and  width  of  stairs  will 
vary  from  five  to  seven  feet.  The  land- 
ing should  be  spacious  to  provide  space 


area  of  some  forty-five  to  fifty  feet.  This 
requires  two  of  the  average  width  city 
lots,  while  three  or  four  are  much  to  be 
preferred. 

In  the  design  shown  in  the  illustration 
the  main  porch  is  to  the  rear,  with  a  small 
Colonial  entrance  porch  in  front,  the 
width  of  the  vestibule.  The  plan  is  most 
complete  in  all  its  details,  the  rooms  are 
large,  airy  and  well  lighted.  A  front  and 
back  stairs  is  provided,  the  back  stairs 
extending  from  basement  to  attic,  where 
a  good  ball  room  with  good  ceiling  height, 
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in  the  gable  ends,  provide  good  light  and 
ventilation. 

The  chambers  are  all  roomy,  each  hav- 
ing at  least  three  windows,  providing 
cross  ventilation,  and  each  having  an 
extra  large  closet.  The  owner's  chamber 
connects  with  a  private  bath  and  two 
large  closets,  one  with  an  outside  window. 

In  the  basement  is  a  large  billiard  or 
amusement  room,  a  laundry,  dry  room, 


fruit  and  vegetable  rooms,  fuel  bins  and 
furnace  room. 

The  exterior  walls  are  of  tile,  with  a 
four-inch  veneer  of  Colonial  brick,  with 
a  slate  roof;  all  exterior  woodwork 
painted  white. 

The  floors  for  the  first  floor  are  quarter- 
sawed  white  oak;  second  floor  in  birch; 
bath  in  tile.  Woodwork  white  enamel 
with  mahogany  doors,  further  carrying 
out  the  Colonial  effect  in  this  home. 


A  Wide  Front  Cottage 

CHAS.   S.  SEDGWICK,  Architect 


THIS  cottage  has  had  careful  study 
to  secure  all  possible  conveniences 
with  a  wide  front  and  shallow 
depth  at  lowest  cost.  The  plan  is  regu- 
lar in  outline,  with  a  very  simple  roof 
treatment  and  the  outside  walls  kept 
low,  using  fourteen-foot  studs.  The  first 
story  is  eight  feet  six  inches  high,  second 
story  eight  feet  high.  The  chambers  are 
full  height  with  square  ceilings.  Esti- 
mated cost  from  $3,000  to  $3,300,  not  in- 
cluding heating  plant.  The  central  vesti- 


bule entrance  opens  into  a  large  living 
room  thirteen  feet  by  twenty-one  feet, 
finished  with  a  plain,  heavy  beam  ceiling, 
the  main  stairs  leading  up  from  the  rear 
are  liberal  in  width  and  made  with  a 
wide  platform  with  seat  and  small  case- 
ment window  on  the  landing.  The  base- 
ment stairs  underneath  lead  down  from 
kitchen,  with  a  grade  entrance  on  the 
rear,  a  very  convenient  feature.  The  ar- 
rangement of  cupboards,  china  closet,  etc., 
is  complete  and  the  liberal  rear  porch 


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The  plan  is  regular  in  outline  with  simple  roof  treatment. 


glazed-in  affords  a  good  space  for  refrig- 
erator and  space  for  shelves,  also  a  side 
entrance  to  kitchen. 

The  first  floor  is  simply  cased  with  pine 
or  fir  casings  stained  brown,  and  the  floor 
is  birch.  There  is  a  basement  under  the 
main  house  with  cement  floor.  The  sec- 
ond story  has  three  good  chambers  and  a 
fine  sleeping  porch,  all  provided  with 
ample  closets.  The  bathroom,  directly 
over  kitchen,  is  ample  size,  with  shower 
bath  and  a  store  room  opening  back  over 


rear  porch.  This  second  floor  is  also  fin- 
ished in  stained  pine  with  birch  floor.  It 
is  designed  to  build  the  cottage  in  a  thor- 
ough and  substantial  manner,  with  the 
outside  covered  with  cement  stucco  and 
all  trimmings,  cornices,  etc.,  stained 
brown  and  shingles  stained  red.  All  win- 
dow sash  painted  white  and  the  entrance 
front  door  white  and  enameled,  this  will 
give  a  very  pretty  effect.  The  piazza  and 
sleeping  porch  are  plastered  and  finished 
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Rough-sawed  drop  siding,  cement  and  shingles  combine  to  make  a  very  pretty  exterior  treatment. 


A  Small  Cottage-Bungalow 

INQUIRIES   frequently    come   to   this  combination  of  materials  in  its  construc- 

magazine   to   publish    designs   of   the  tion,  namely,  rough-sawed  drop  siding,  to 

bungalow  order,  but  with  second  floor  be  stained  and  to  be  used  up  to  the  first 

room  accommodations.  We  have  designed  story  sills.    Above,  a  beltcourse  of  cement 

a   small  bungalow  of  this  type,  using   a  to   top  of  window  sills  and   then   in  the 


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gables  stained  shingles.  There  is  an  ex- 
treme overhang  to  the  roof,  with  exposed 
rafters,  and  we  might  term  this  cottage  a 
semi-bungalow. 

The  interior  arrangement  is  quite  a 
little  different  from  the  planning  of  many 
cottage  homes  and  has  been  given  much 
study  in  getting  accommodations  for 
three  bedrooms.  This  is  secured  by  di- 
rect approach  from  the  entrance  into  liv- 
ing room  or  living  room  hall,  and  plan- 
ning a  bedroom  on  the  opposite  side.  This 
bedroom  can  have  direct  connection  with 


the  bath  if  desired  by  reducing  the  size  of 
the  large  closet  separating  bath  from  bed- 
room. 

On  the  second  floor,  while  the  wall 
height  is  not  much,  it  is  sufficient  to  get 
two  sleeping  apartments.  This  bunga- 
low, constructed  as  we  have  just  de- 
scribed, is  very  inexpensive  and  would 
be  an  excellent  one  to  build  for  a  summer 
residence  without  full  basement.  Prob- 
ably it  could  be  completed  for  close  to 
$2,500  or  $2,600. 


A  New  Seven-Room  Bungalow 

BUNGALOWCRAFT  CO.,  Architects 


Designed  to  make  housekeeping  and  home-making  easy. 


A  COMMODIOUS,  convenient  bun- 
galow home  with  a  fine  atmosphere 
of  hospitality  inside  and  out.     It  is 
not   pretentious    nor   showy,   but   just   a 
good,  well  arranged  house.     A  home  that 
any    family   would   delight   to    call    their 
home.     This  bungalow  has  recently  been 
built  in  California  for  $3,200,  without  cel- 
lar or  furnace.     In  Vermont,  with  warm 


construction  (sheathed  and  papered),  with 
full  basement,  including  hot  air  heating 
and  plumbing,  it  cost  $3,650  complete, 
ready  to  move  into. 

Exterior  is  weatherboarded,  robf 
shingled,  front  porch  work  of  artificial 
stone,  porch  floor  and  steps  are  of  ce- 
ment. The  inside  arrangement  should 
be  noted  carefully.  It  is  designed  to 


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make     housekeeping     and     homemaking 

easy,  and  this  house  is  a  good  example  of  There  are  four  large  closets  and  a  linen 

the  results  obtained.  closet  on  second  floor.     The  bedrooms  are 

The  stair  arrangement  (front  and  rear)  large.     An    open-air    sleeping    porch,    so 

is  especially  good ;  the  dining  room,  with  much  in  demand,  is  well  provided  within 

broad  swell  bay,  is  an  attractive  feature,  the  walls  proper  of  the  building. 


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Conducted  by  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS.  Decorator.  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 


The  Combined  Living  Room 


HE  average  house  of  the  detached 
type  is  small,  its  floor  surface  lim- 
ited and  cut  up  into  several 
rooms.  When  the  ground  floor  is 
divided  into  several  rooms,  no  one  of 
which  is  more  than  ten  feet  square,  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  get  a  good  general 
effect.  When,  as  often  happens,  each  of 
these  rooms  has  a  distinct  color  scheme 
of  its  own,  the  result  is  really  distressing. 

Anyone  who  has  lived  in  lodgings  on 
the  other  side  has  become  familiar  with 
the  room  which  frankly  combines  the  of- 
fices of  a  dining  room  and  a  sitting  room. 
Space  is  precious,  the  housekeeper  argues, 
therefore  why  sacrifice  a  whole  room  to 
a  use  which  only  occurs  three  times  a 
day.  Therefore,  sideboard  and  dinner  ta- 
ble have  their  end  of  the  sitting  room. 

The  standard  of  middle  class  living  is 
much  better  in  America  than  in  Great 
Britain,  and  few  of  us  would  put  up  per- 
manently with  their  somewhat  higgledy- 
piggledy  arrangements,  but  a  modifica- 
tion of  their  plan  might  be  adopted  in 
many  houses  with  good  results.  The 
small  sitting  room  and  the  smaller  dining- 
room  might  be  merged  into  one  large 
room  without  much  inconvenience  or 
change  in  the  household  arrangements. 

In  planning  a  house  with  this  arrange- 
ment, it  is  well  to  make  a  little  more  of 
the  hall  than  might  otherwise  be  done. 
If  it  is  a  long,  straight  one  at  one  side  of 
the  house,  a  bay  or  jut  thrown  out  at  its 
side  will  give  a  corner  in  which  the  casual 
guest  can  be  entertained  at  need,  and  a 
couple  of  feet  added  to  its  width  will  con- 
vert it  from  a  passage  into  a  room,  espe- 
ciallv  if  the  stairs  are  on  the  inner  side. 


Another  point  to  be  borne  in  mind  is 
the  necessity  of  a  china  closet  between 
the  living  room  and  the  kitchen,  large 
enough  to  hold  everything  required  for 
the  service  of  the  meals,  and  equipped 
with  a  swinging  door  at  either  end.  In  the 
arrangement  of  the  room  you  should  lay 
as  little  stress  as  possible  on  its  use  as  a 
dining  room.  It  is  such  for  a  short  part 
of  the  day.  The  rest  of  the  time  it  is  a 
sitting  room. 

Naturally  the  rear  end  of  the  room  is 
the  one  to  use  for  meals.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  it  is  well  lighted,  for  nothing 
is  so  melancholy  as  to  eat  in  a  dim  light, 
and  some  special  arrangement  for  arti- 
ficial light  should  be  made.  If  electricity 
is  used,  a  single  pendant  bulb  of  high 
power  well  shaded  is  ample  lighting  for 
an  ordinary  table.  In  a  recent  article  I 
had  something  to  say  about  the  use  of 
lamps  on  the  dinner  table,  and  a  lamp  is 
specially  convenient  in  this  case,  as  it  can 
be  left  on  the  table  between  meals  and 
furnish  it  sufficiently. 

The  dining  table  should  be  almost  any- 
thing rather  than  the  ordinary  extension 
table.  A  round  table  looks  much  better 
than  a  square  one,  and  if  the  room  is  fur- 
nished in  mahogany  there  is  quite  a 
choice  of  circular  tables,  not  strictly  din- 
ing tables,  but  available  for  that  use.  For 
the  family  of  two,  one  of  the  swing-top 
tables  which  become  settles  when  the  top 
is  swung  over  is  an  excellent  choice.  They 
are  not  expensive,  costing  something  like 
eight  dollars  in  hardwood,  finished  in  any 
desired  tone.  Most  of  them  have  a  sort  of 
box  beneath  the  seat,  which  is  very  use- 


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shown  real  samples 
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You  may  know  in  a  general  way  what  you  desire  in  artistic  woodwork,  hut  you  may  not  be  able  to  express  your 
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Our  Service  Department  exhibits  over  one  thousand  different  effects  obtained  with 


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These  effects  are  shown  on  real  average  house  trim  and  not 
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ful  for  holding  small  silver  and  napkins 
between  meals. 

Where  many  people  are  to  be  served, 
a  corner  of  the  room  can  be  used  for  the 
table,  with  a  built-in  seat  carried  around 
it.  The  table  is  set  in  front  of  this  seat, 
and  chairs  are  used  for  those  sitting  at 
its  outer  end  and  side.  When  the  table 
is  not  in  use  for  eating  it  is  convenient 
for  writing  or  drawing.  A  table  for  this 
use  would  generally  have  to  be  made  to 
order,  although  some  of  the  Mission  tables 
are  of  the  right  length  and  proportion.  If 
one  has  to  be  made,  the  sort  which  has  a 
heavy  top  resting  on  supports  of  the 
trestle  order  is  the  best  kind  to  have. 

Tablecloths  are  rather  out  of  order  for 
this  impromptu  sort  of  eating.  A  center- 
piece and  doilies  and  a  long  runner  with 
square  doilies  for  the  places  at  the  sides 
of  the  table  are  less  trouble  than  the  tra- 
ditional damask  and  look  much  better. 
Between  meals  the  table  should  be  sup- 
plied with  some  sort  of  a  cover,  a  length 
of  tapestry  or  velveteen,  or  a  piece  of 
embroidery  in  colors. 

A  large  screen  of  some  sort  is  almost 
essential  to  this  double  use  of  the  room. 
Behind  it  a  meal  can  be  finished  in  decent 
seclusion,  if  visitors  arrive,  or  the  table 
be  laid  for  the  next.  To  be  really  ef- 
ficient, such  a  screen  should  be  six  feet 
high  and  four-fold.  It  is  much  less  ex- 
pensive than  buying  one  ready-made  to 
have  a  frame  made  by  a  carpenter,  with 
the  lower  crosspieces  weighted,  so  that 
the  screen  will  stand  firm,  and  with  a 
second  crosspiece  inserted  midway  of  each 
panel.  A  good  width  for  the  panels  is 
twenty-four  inches,  as  they  can  then  be 
covered  with  the  half-width  of  any  of  the 
wide  upholstery  materials.  When  a  less 
expensive  covering  is  desirable,  a  very 
good-loking  screen  can  be  made  with  bur- 
lap. In  this  material  the  most  satisfac- 
tory color  is  tobacco  brown,  which  fits 
into  most  rooms  well.  The  screen  will 
look  much  better  if  the  covering  is  put 
on  with  ornamental  nails,  those  of 
wrought  iron  being  best  for  the  purpose. 
As  I  have  so  often  occasion  to  remark, 
it  is  a  great  help  in  getting  up  anything 
of  the  sort  to  study  the  finish  of  those  of 
its  kind  shown  at  a  good  furniture  shop. 
Especially  in  the  use  of  nails  does  the 
amateur  too  often  betray  himself.  Al- 


ways drive  in  the  first  nail  in  the  exact 
center  of  the  section,  the  next  one  in  the 
middle  of  the  half-section,  and  so  on,  each 
nail  bisecting  the  space  left. 

While  a  sideboard  is  out  of  the  ques- 
tion for  a  room  of  this  sort,  a  built-in 
closet  with  glass  doors  is  always  a  pretty 
feature,  and  while  its  shelves  are  used  for 
silver  and  china,  the  drawers  beneath  will 
be  useful  for  papers  and  work  as  well  as 
for  table  linen. 

Fender  Cushions  and  Cushions. 

The  fender  stool,  long,  narrow  and 
without  a  back  is  very  popular  in  Eng- 
land and  occasionally  finds  a  place  before 
our  own  open  fires.  The  fender  cushion 
is  intended  for  people  who  like  to  get  on 
a  level  with  the  blaze.  It  is  not  unlike  a 
round  bolster,  heavily  stuffed  with  hair. 
Three  feet  by  ten  or  twelve  inches  is  a 
good  size.  The  material  is  usually  gath- 
ered together  at  the  ends,  finished  off 
with  either  a  tassel  or  a  pompon. 

The  handsome  embroidered  sofa  cush- 
ion is  brought  up  to  date  by  ripping  its 
ends,  sewing  on  two  strips  of  gold  braid 
over  the  lines  of  union  with  the  plain  silk 
back  and  gathering  the  ripped  ends  to- 
gether making  a  cylindrical  cushion. 

Other  cushions  are  shaped  exactly  like 
a  long,  narrow  bed  pillow  and  are  finished 
at  either  end  with  a  rather  scant  double 
ruffle  headed  by  a  cord  and  tassels  going 
around  the  pillow  and  tied  in  a  bow. 

What  To  Do  With  a  Landscape  In  Oils. 

As  a  rule  oil  paintings  are  not  striking- 
ly successful  in  the  average  house.  They 
do  not  harmonize  with  either  water-col- 
ors, blacks  and  whites  or  brown  photo- 
graphs and  if  hung  in  the  same  room  need 
a  wall  space  to  themselves.  Often,  too, 
the  color  of  the  wall  is  not  a  good  back- 
ground for  an  oil.  A  delightful  disposi- 
tion for  a  low  toned  landscape  or  for  just 
the  right  sort  of  a  figure  study  is  to  leave 
it  unframed  and  fit  it  in  to  the  central 
space  of  a  wooden  chimney  piece.  The 
picture,  thus  made  a  part  of  the  structure 
of  the  room  and  surrounded  by  dark 
wood,  has  a  dignity  and  value  which  it 
would  never  achieve  in  a  gold  frame  and 
hanging  on  a  wall. 


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Guest  Chambers. 

A  writer  in  a  recent  number  of  the  Lon- 
don Spectator  calls  attention  to  the  fact 
that  only  the  Anglo-Saxon  races  consider 
a  guest  chamber  indispensable,  only  they 
admit  strangers  to  the  intimacy  of  their 
family  life,  and  he  attributes  to  this  fact 
the  breadth  of  mind  which  distinguishes 
them  from  the  continental  nations,  in 
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Whatever  the  psychological  explana- 
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ered essential  in  American  families,  and 
a  great  deal  of  thought  and  care  is  lav- 
ished on  its  furniture  and  equipment.  Too 
much,  in  fact.  Most  of  us  could 
write  a  chapter  on  "Guest  Rooms  I  Have 
Known"  which  would  not  bev  unmixed 
eulogy,  but  rather  a  chronicle  of  fussy 
elaboration  defeating  its  own  end  of  min- 
istering to  the  pleasure  and  comfort  of 
the  guest. 

In  many  houses  the  double  bed  lingers 
in  the  guest  chamber  alone.  Worse  still, 
a  penchant  for  the  antique  has  prompted 
the  acquisition  of  a  four-poster  bedstead, 
upon  which  the  guest  lies  in  state,  as  on 
a  catafalque,  and  from  whose  dizzy 
height,  when  occupied  by  two  people,  one 
of  them  has  been  known  to  fall  to  the 
floor.  Not  that  it  is  not  quite  possible 
to  make  an  antique  bedstead  perfectly 
comfortable,  but  it  is  very  seldom  done. 
And  if  one  must  be  used  for  a  guest,  at 
least  supply  a  stool  or  a  set  of  steps  with 
which  to  make  the  ascent  to  it  easy. 

If  you  have  people  to  stay  with  you  for 
long  visits,  the  more  nearly  the'  guest 
chamber  approximates  to  a  sitting  room 
the  better.  Instead  of  a  bedstead  have  a 
comfortable  three-foot  cot  which  can  be 
made  up  in  the  morning  and  covered  with 
some  sort  of  a  drapery.  Have  a  couple  of 
tables,  one  of  which  can  be  used  for  writ- 
ing, the  other  one  with  drawers,  in  which 
all  the  apparatus  of  the  toilet,  pin  cushion, 
combs  and  brushes  and  hand  mirror  can 
be  shut  away  from  sight,  and  with  a  mir- 
ror hung  above  it.  For  holding  clothes, 
use  a  tall  chiffonier,  or  better,  have  a  good 
sized  desk  with  drawers  in  the  lower  part. 
If  it  is  not  convenient  to  have  your  guest 
use  the  bathroom,  conceal  the  washing 
airargements  behind  a  screen.  Two  or 


three  basket  chairs,  a  simple  rug  and  a 
few  good  pictures,  a  good  candlestick,  a 
vase  or  two  for  flowers,  a  reliable  clock, 
a  waste  basket  and  a  shelf  of  interesting 
books,  and  you, will  have  a  room  in  which 
your  friends  can  be  comfortable  and 
pleasantly  occupied  in  the  morning  hours 
when  you  are  busy  with  your  own  affairs, 
and  where  they  can  see  special  friends 
who  are  not  your  friends.  Too  many 
hostesses  make  the  mistake  of  ignoring 
the  fact  that  the  guest  has  interests  of 
her  own  which  she  may  not  care  to  share, 
any  more  than  she  expects  to  share  all 
theirs.  Also  the  most  devoted  friends  can 
see  too  much  of  each  other. 

But  take  the  guest  room  of  the  more 
conventional  type.  Spend  as  much 
money  as  you  like  upon  its  fittings,  but 
do  not  let  it  be  fussy.  Do  not  regard  it 
as  the  proper  place  for  all  the  elaborate 
fancywork  which  your  friends  have  given 
you  from  time  to  time,  or  for  the  bric-a- 
brac  which  does  not  harmonize  with  the 
decorative  scheme  of  your  lower  rooms. 
Nor,  worst  of  all,  equip  it  with  piles  of 
old  magazines,  on  the  assumption  that 
they  will  acceptably  pass  the  time  for 
your  guest.  But  if  you  should  be  moved 
to  place  in  it  a  large  inkstand,  clean  and 
full,  two  or  three  usable  pens  and  pen- 
cils, a  sheet  of  blotting  paper  and  a  sup- 
ply of  plain  white  paper  and  envelopes, 
you  will  earn  many  a  grateful  thought. 

For  the  Chippendale  Sofa. 

It  is  very  easy  to  spoil  a  room  by  choos- 
ing the  wrong  fabric.  The  delicate  out- 
lines of  the  Chippendale  chairs  and  sofas 
demand  an  inconspicuous  upholstering, 
and  the  material  should  at  least  suggest 
silk.  Armures  and  other  small  patterned 
silks  are  the  best  choice,  and  the  material 
may  well  be  fine,  as  the  quantity  needed  is 
so  small.  Never  obscure  the  beautiful  back 
of  a  Chippendale  chair  or  sofa  with  any 
sort  of  a  cushion.  The  canework  of  a  good 
piece  is  as  interesting  as  carving.  The 
same  thing  applies  to  the  Jacobean  pieces. 

A  dull  violet,  by  the  way,  is  most  effec- 
tive as  cushions  for  a  long  Chippendale 
sofa  with  a  back  in  cane  filled  sections. 
Another  good  color  is  a  dark  old  rose,  the 
rather  faded  pastel  shade,  which  tones  in 
so  beautifully  with  dark  wood. 


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Satisfaction  Is  Assured 
When  You  Use 

Oak  Flooring 

q  OWNERS  and  BUILDERS  find  it  a  clinch- 
ing argument  to  say  "It's  Floored  with  OAK 
FLOORING."  It  means  that  the  tenant  or 
buyer  will  be  glad  to  pay  10  to  15  per  cent 
more.  In  color,  it  is  rich  and  cheerful,  and 
imparts  an  air  of  refinement  and  elegance 
to  a  home.  It  is  the  modern  Flooring. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  |"  thickness  by  1J"  or 

face   can   be   laid  over  old  floors    in    old 

homes,    or   over    cheap    sub-floors   in    new 

homes  at  a  very  low  cost.     It  is  cheaper 

than  carpets  or  Pine  Flooring. 

q  °^  FLOORING  laid  forty  years  ago  in 
public  buildings,  after  very  hard  service,  is 
still  in  good  condition.  For  durability, 
OAK  is  the  best. 

«I  There  is  a  solid  satisfaction  and  lasting 
pleasure  in  the  substantial  and  dignified 
appearance  of  OAK  FLOORING. 
*I  A  carpenter  or  handy  man  can  lay  OAK 
FLOORING  successfully.  It  is  very  profit- 
able  work  for  any  carpenter. 
§  OAK  FLOORING  is  made  in  seven  differ- 
ent  grades— representing   different  prices  to 
:  the  pocketbook  or  condition  under  which 
they  are  used.     There  is  no  limit  to  the  uses 
,°^K    FLOORING  and  the  prices  are 
such  that  there  is  one  or  more  grades  adapt- 
able to  every  class  of  construction. 
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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS 

ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


Editor's  Note.— The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  Keith's  Magazine.     Inquiries 
pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

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panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.     Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.     Such  replies  as  are  of  general  in 
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then  should  have  much  old  rose  running 
into  mahogany.  The  dining  room  wall  be- 
low plate  rail  we  would  have  a  russet  or 
reddish  brown,  and  it  should  be  protected 
by  using  burlaps  or  paper  imitation.  Then 
above,  the  prettiest  wall  would  be  old 
gold  with  cream  ceiling.  Curtains  of  old 
gold  Sun  Dure,  and  no  other  curtains. 

Your  plans  for  the  second  floor  rooms 
are  very  good,  except  that  we  should  re- 
verse your  idea  of  the  doors  and  wood- 
work, making  the  doofs  mahogany  stain, 
and  the  remaining  woodwork  and  window 
sash  white  or  cream.  In  this  way  the 
doors  will  look  right -from  the  hall,  and 
the  rooms  will  be  prettier. 

For  the  Small  House. 

F.  A.  H. — Having  just  bought  a  small 
house,  we  wish  to  make  some  changes  in 
decorations.  The  room  on  front  of  house 
we  will  have  to  use  as  a  bedroom  at 
present.  Kindly  let  me  know  what  cur- 
tains and  paper  to  use  on  this  room,  with 
white  bedroom  set. 

The  living  room  opens  on  the  west 
side  of  house.  We  have  a  three-piece 
mahogany  set  with  dark  green  curtains ; 
also  large  green  rug  with  tan  and  white 
in  oriental  design.  Would  like  your  idea 
about  paper  and  window  drapery. 

The  dining  room  opens  off  living  room, 
and  also  has  westerly  exposure.  Having 
dining  room  set  of  dark  oak,  please  sug- 
gest window  drapery  and  paper  for  walls. 

Ans. — We  see  no  reason  why  you  should 
wish  to  make  any  change  in  the  woodwork 
of  your  house,  as  dark  mahogany,  especially 
if  it  has  a  brownish  cast,  is  not  objection- 
able with  the  dark  oak  furniture  of  the 
dining  room.  The  principal  trouble  comes 
in  the  front  room  where  white  furniture 
is  to  be  used,  for  while  dark  furniture  is 
good  with  white  wood  trim,  the  reverse  is 
not  so.  It  would  be  better  to  put  dark 


s  published  in  these  columns. 

Curtains  and  Hangings. 

H.  H.  R. — I  am  enclosing  interior  plans 
of  first  floor.  The  living  room  extends 
across  the  west  side  of  the  house  with  large 
private  porch  in  front.  As  the  living  room 
has  so  many  windows,  I  thought  I  would 
like  gray-green  tinted  walls  and  have  old 
rose-flowered  chintz  over-hangings  at  the 
windows,  with  cream  voile  curtains.  The 
hall  I  think  I  shall  have  in  light  gray  with 
red  hangings  as  I  have  a  gray  Navajo  rug 
with  red  and  black  figures  which  I  wish  to 
use  in  this  room.  The  dining  room  puzzles 
me. 

Can  you  give  me  suggestions  for  color- 
ing my  north  dining  room ;  also  I  would  be 
grateful  for  any  other  suggestions  you 
could  offer,  etc. 

Ans. — You  have  indeed  a  nicely  planned 
house,  and  your  own  ideas  as  to  decora- 
tion and  furnishing  are  in  the  main  very 
good  indeed.  You  have  evidently  read 
Keith's  to  some  purpose. 

In  regard  to  the  lower  floor,  your  plans 
for  hall  and  living  room  are  good,  except 
in  the  matter  of  curtains.  The  chintz  is 
not  suitable  for  living  room  furnishings. 
The  coloring  and  pattern  are  very  pretty, 
and  for  use  in  a  sun  parlor,  or  even  a  den 
furnished  in  wicker,  it  would  be  excellent, 
but  it  is  not  good  enough  for  living  room 
curtains,  especially  to  use  with  mahogany 
furniture.  Nor  would  we  advise  scrim, 
which  has  been  done  to  death.  In  this 
living  room,  we  would  use  a  soft  cream 
Madras  with  rose-colored  pattern  in  all 
over-design,  and  no  other  curtains.  We 
would  veil  the  French  doors  with  the 
same,  having  very  slight  fullness  shirred 
on  small  brass  rods  placed  top  and  bot- 
tom of  the  door  itself.  Or,  if  you  cannot 
find  such  material,  though  we  have  it  here, 
you  can  use  a  simple  sprigged  net  for 
glass  curtains  and  over-curtains  of  old 
rose  Sun  Dure  in  plain  material.  The  rug 


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Heat  Bill  Only  $2O2-5 
Fox*   1O   Rooms 


M 


IS 


The 


to  %  Saving  Guaranteed 

t_I  ERE'S  a  big  house  in  cold  Illinois. 

•*••*•    10  rooms,  exposed  on  all  sides.    The  kind 
that's  usually  hard  to  heat.     Yet  read  the 
letter.     We  have  thousands  of  others  like 
it  from  Underfeed  users  telling  of  warmer, 
cozier  homes,  and  a  saving  in  fuel  bills  of 
from  one-half  to  two-thirds. 


Carbondale,  III.,  March  11,  1914. 
Gentlemen:    I  have   used  one  of  your   Underfeeds  three  winters  and  am  highly 
pleased  with  it.     From  the  day  my  furnace  was  installed  in  October  to  the  20th  day  of 
March  my  coal  bill  was  $20.25.     I  have  a  ten-room  residence  and  the  entire  building 
was  heated  all  through  the  winter.     We  are  not  bothered  with  dust,  gas  nor  smoke. 

Yours  truly,  (Signed )     W.  J.  Brown. 

And  30,000  other  Underfeed  users  are  equally  enthusiastic  over  the  greatly  reduced  fuel  expense; 
the  better,  cleaner  heat;  the  small  amount  of  care  and  attention  required. 


CUT 

.rVKW-F-EED  COAL 

/N   DECREED        BILLS 


Cut-Out  View 
of  Furnace 

Showing  how  live 
coals  are  always  on 
top.  This  is  the 
candle  principle.  A 
candle  gives  aclean, 
smokeless  flame 
only  when  flame  is 
at  top.  Turn  a 
lighted  candle  up- 
side down  and  see 
the  difference. 


In  the  Williamson  Underfeed,  the  live  body  of 
fire  is  always  on  top  in  direct  contact  with  the  most 
effective  radiating  surfaces.  Coal  is  fed  from  below, 
underneath  the  fire.  No  smoke,  no  gas,  no  dirt. 
All  these  are  consumed,  giving  more  heat.  Every 
bit  of  coal  burnt  to  a  clean  white  ash.  Clinkers 
virtually  unknown.  And  this  year  sees  the  Under- 
feed brought  to  a  still  higher  degree  of  perfection  in  the  New-Feed  UNDERFEED. 
No  stooping  to  feed  in  coal  or  shake  down  ashes. 

Burns  Any  Size  of  Coal 

No  special  coal  is  prescribed  for  the  Williamson  New- Feed  UNDERFEED.      Any  size  can  be 
used  successfully.     Cheap,  slack  soft  coal;   and  pea  or~~ 
buckwheat  hard  coal,   or  larger  sites  if  desired.     It's    fm 
all  the  same  to  the  Underfeed.     Adapted  to  warm  air, 
steam  or  hot  water.     May  be  installed  in  any  building, 
new  or  old,  or  to  replace  ordinary  furnaces,  boilers, 
stoves  or  grates. 

50  Per  Cent  Saving  Guaranteed. 

We  guarantee  a  saving  of  your  present  coal  bills  of  at  least  one- 
half  where  the  Williamson  New  Feed  UNDF.RFEF.D  is  properly 
installed  and  operated.  This  guarantee  is  backed  by  a  $1.000.000 
company.  Send  the  attached  coupon  todav,  for  our  great  free 
book  "Prom  Overfed  to  Underfeed  which  fultv  explains  just  how 
the  New-Feed  is  operated  and  how  it  effects  this  great  saving. 

THE  WILLIAMSON  HEATER  CO. 

(Formerly  The  Peck- Williamson  Co.) 

66  Fifth  Avenue  Cincinnati,  Ohio 


THE  WILLIAMSON  HEATER  CO. 
66  Fifth  Avo.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Tell  me  how  to  cut  my  coal  bills  H  to  %  with 
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(Mark  X  after  System  interested  in) 

NAME 

ADDRESS 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS— Continued 


furniture  with  such  woodwork.  In  either 
case  we  would  paper  the  walls  with  one 
of  the  pretty  small-patterned  gray  papers, 
have  a  rug  with  old  blue  predominating, 
and  carry  the  blue  in  plain  material,  into 
over-draperies  at  the  windows,  with  ruf- 
fled white  muslin  under-curtains. 

For  the  living  room  walls  we  advice 
a  soft  ecru  paper  in  some  plain  or  small 
design  textile  effect,  with  cream  scrim  on 
a  figured  net  for  curtains.  We  should  not 
want  any  more  plain  green  in  this  room 
than  the  covering  of  the  mahogany  pieces 
unless  it  is  well  lighted.  In  that  case, 
green  sunfast  could  be  used  at  the  win- 
dows at  side  hangings.  The  fireside 
chairs  would  be  prettiest  in  green  wicker, 
with  cretonne  upholstery  in  rich  colors, 
like  bunches  of  dull  pink  rhodendrons 
with  green  foliage. 

We  do  not  think  a  grass  rug  suitable 
for  dining  room  use,  and  in  this  northwest 
room  we  would  not  use  green.  We  ad- 
vise a  Scotch  or  body  brussels  rug  in 
brown  tones  with  light  golden  brown 
grass  cloth  paper  on  the  walls  and  old 
gold  sunfast  for  curtains.  No  other  cur- 
tains are  needed.  We  suggest  Wilton 
or  Saxony  rug  for  the  hall  in  oriental  de- 
sign with  rose  or  mulberry  tones  shading 
into  maroon  predominating,  with  old  rose 
colored  madras  or  figured  sunfast  at  the 
windows,  though  cream  figured  lace  or 
net  could  be  used.  A  6x9  rug  on  the  main 
part  of  the  hall  floor,  if  supplanted  by  a 
stair  runner  in  the  same  pattern  running 
out  in  front  of  the  entrance  door,  would 
be  the  ideal  arrangement. 

Pine  Finished  Interior. 

J.  E.  R. — Am  sending  a  diagram  of  the 
first  floor  of  the  new  home  we  are  build- 
ing. The  house  faces  the  west. 

All  woodwork  used  in  the  interior  is 
pine,  stained  oak.  Entire  hall  has  hard- 
wood floor.  Living  and  dining  rooms 
have  3  ft.  of  hardwood  around  floor. 
Please  give  me  information  as  to  what 
colors  to  use  in  hall,  living  and  dining 
rooms;  also  please  state  what  kind  of  cur- 
tains and  blinds  to  use. 

An  examination  of  your  floor  plans 
shows  well  arranged  rooms  but  not  very 
large. 

As  the  fireplace  projection  takes  up 
much  of  the  living  room  space,  we  would 


not  think  many  pieces  of  furniture  would 
be  advisable.  "However,  a  very  good  ar- 
rangement would  be  to  place  the  daven- 
port or  sofa  directly  in  front  of  the  fire- 
place with  the  library  table  backing  up 
to  it.  This  would  permit  utilizing  the  cur- 
rent from  the  center  light  fixture  for  the 
reading  lamp  on  the  library  table.  In  the 
recess  on  each  side  of  the  fireplace  you 
could  place  fireside  chairs,  and  these  can 
very  well  be  of  wicker,  stained  brown  and 
upholstered  in  a  printed  linen  or  cretonne 
to  harmonize  with  the  room.  The  re- 
maining pieces  we  would  advise  to  be  in 
fumed  oak.  A  fern  stand  in  oak.  with 
cane  panels,  placed  in  the  bay  window, 
would  be  very  attractive. 

We  would  keep  the  three  main  rooms 
in  tones  of  ecru  and  golden  browns,  using 
soft  ecru  tints  on  the  walls  of  the  living 
room  and  hall,  and  an  old  gold  in  the  din- 
ing room.  The  rug  in  the  living  room 
we  would  have  in  brown,  cream  and  rose 
tones,  and  in  the  hall  let  rose  or  a  soft 
old  red  predominate  in  small  rugs  and 
stair  carpet. 

A  small  table  for  card  tray  and  a  hall 
chair  seem  to  be  all  the  furniture  that  the 
hall  space  will  permit.  These  pieces  in 
fumed  oak  also. 

In  the  dining  room  we  would  have  a 
green  rug  and  green  and  gold  sunfast 
draperies  at  the  windows.  The  living 
room  curtains  of  cream-colored  net  or 
lace  in  an  all-over  design,  with  the  same 
in  the  hall. 

As  you  have  given  no  intimation  re- 
garding the  color  of  your  exterior,  we 
can  not  advise  you  as  to  the  color  of 
your  window  shades,  but  we  would  re- 
verse your  plan,  using  white  on  the  inside 
of  the  shades  with  a  color  harmonizing 
with  the  exterior  for  the  outside. 

General  Criticism. 

E.  E.  C. — May  I  avail  myself  of  your 
kind  offer  of  help  in  meeting  interior  dec- 
oration problems?  My  home  faces  the 
west  and  north.  The  living  room  and 
vestibule  are  tinted  ecru  with  reddish 
brown  stenciling,  woodwork,  Oregon  fir, 
stairred  mahogany,  mahogany  furniture, 
wide  Queen  Anne  windows.  Have  Wil- 
ton rug  with  ecru  ground,  brown,  red 
brown  and  dull  green.  Please  criticize. 
Dining  room  woodwork,  fir-stained  gold- 


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FIREPLACES  THAT  ARE  RIGHT 

A  smoky  fireplace  makes  your  living  room 
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it.  It  wears  so  miu-fi  better  that  in  the  end  it  is  the  cheapest 
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I  Carey  Cell-Board  | 

in  Circassian  Walnut  Finish 

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1  The  board  reproduces  the  wood  itself  exactly  in     I 

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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS— Continued 

en  oak.  Wall  above  plate  rail  tinted 
greenish  gray,  stenciled  a  dull  green ; 
group  of  narrow  Queen  Anne  windows 
with  south  exposure;  small  library  north 
of  dining  room  with  pair  of  small  leaded 
glass  casement  .windows ;  furniture  of 
both  of  rooms,  golden  oak.  Bookcase 
colonnade  separates  the  rooms  with  leaded 
glass  doors  to  buttresses.  Please  sugges 
treatment  of  casement  windows  as  to 
hangings.  The  northeast  bedroom  has 
casement  window  also ;  walls  tinted  ca- 
nary yellow-cream  stenciling.  Walls  of 
library  a  little  lighter  than  dining  room 
stenciled  a  darker  shade  of  same  color. 
Please  suggest  rugs  for  dining  room  and 
library ;  also  color  of  tinting  for  upstairs 
rooms  with  low  ceilings ;  one  room  with 
west  and  north  low  double  windows ;  fur- 
niture, light  oak;  the  other  room  with 
east  window,  same  shape. 

Ans. — We  have  no  criticism  on  your 
treatment  of  the  living  room,  which  is 
very  good. 

We  regret,  however,  that  you  did  not 
use  a  bog-oak  stain  on  the  dining  room 
and  library  fir,  as  these  rooms  divided  by 
colonnade  must  have  continuity  in  the 
treatment.  You  have  given  this,  but  the 
color  selected  for  the  wall  tint  is  unfor- 
tunate for  the  library.  This  north  room, 
with  its  small  casement  windows,  needs 
lighting  up  badly,  and  the  greenish  gray 
wall  is  the  worst  possible  background. 
However,  something  can  be  done. 

As  the  dining  room,  notwithstanding 
its  group  of  south  windows,  is  not  very 
light,  touches  of  yellow  can  be  introduced. 
We  advise  rugs  alike  in  both  these  rooms, 
and  would  choose  a  moss-green  with  red- 
dish brown  and  yellowish  or  old  gold 
tones  combined.  At  the  group  of  win- 
dows we  would  use  old  gold  sunfast 
draperies  on  the  outer  sides  only  of  the 
group,  with  a  valance  running  across  the 
top.  No  other  curtains. 

The  yellow  or  old  gold  can  be  carried 
into  the  library  with  silk  hangings  on  the 
casement  windows  well  pushed  back  to 
show  the  leading.  If  the  casements  open 
inside,  these  must  be  run  on  small  brass 
rods  on  the  sash  itself,  preferably  top 
and  bottom.  If  you  could  also  add  to 
your  stencil  decoration  some  touches  of 
yellow  and  brighter  green  it  would  help 
very  much. 


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199 


Before  You  Build 

GET  the  set  of  Six  Birch  Panels  here  illustrated.     Each  Panel 
is  3  x  5  inches  in  size  and  carries  a  stain  of  proven  reliability 
on  Birch.     Full  directions  for  the  application  of  the  stains 
are  printed  on  the  back  of  the  Panels,  and  the  whole  set  is  sub- 
stantially strung  on  heavy  cord  ready  to  hang  up. 

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illustrates  in  detail  the  many  uses  of  Birch  for  interior  trim, 
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desired.  They  last  twice  as  long  as  brush-coated  shingles  or  natural 
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HOUSEHOI/D "  ECONOMICS 


By  "The  Economist' 


ITH  the  importance  that  electric- 
ity now  plays  in  the  lives  of 
home  builders,  it  is  necessary  to 
keep  in  touch  with  the  new  ar- 
ticles of  equipment,  that  the  greatest 
economical  value  may  be  derived  from 
their  electrical  systems. 

Several  such  articles  have  recently 
come  to  the  notice  of  the  "Economist," 
and  a  short  description  with  illustrations 
is  here  given. 

Dead  Front  Distributing  Panel. 

This  new  distributing  panel  is  for  use 
in  residences,  office  buildings,  stores,  fac- 
tories, etc. 

All  connections  and  conductors  are 
concealed  and  separated  from  the  front 
of  the  panel  by  a  continuous  sheet  of 
insulating  material.  There  are  no  live 
parts  exposed. 

In  case  a  switch  mechanism  requires 
adjustment,  the  cover  of  the  particular 
unit  affected  can  be  quickly  removed,  and 
the  switch  mechanism  can  be  replaced  or 
a  new  one  substituted  just  as  quickly. 

"On"  and  "Off"  appear  in  plain  English 
— the  former  is  in  black  letters  on  a  white 
background,  and  the  latter  in  white  let- 


ters on  a  black  background,  so  that  the 
condition  of  each  switch  may  be  distin- 
guished at  a  distance.  The  fuses  are  self- 
indicating,  and  can  be  replaced  by  any 
one  without  the  slightest  danger  of  con- 
tact with  the  circuit,  and  without  the  use 
of  screw  drivers  or  other  tools  and  the 
attendant  danger  of  using  them. 

It  is  claimed  that  the  same  service 
cannot  be  obtained  for  as  little  money 
by  any  other  system.  The  ease  with 
which  the  parts  are  assembled  mini- 
mizes installation  cost,  and  the  device 
itself,  on  account  of  its  stability,  is 
inexpensive.  Panels  can  be  assembled 
for  considerably  less  than  $1  per 
circuit. 


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The  serviceable    and    sensible    handling    of    home  heating  has  been 
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HOUSEHOLD  ECONOMICS-Continued 


The  regular  finish  of  these  panels 
is  dull  black  covers  and  black  switch 
handles.  White  enamel  covers  and 
white  handles  can  be  had  without 
additional  cost,  and  a  large  variety 
of  finishes  on  covers  is  available  for 
those  willing  to  pay  the  extra  ex- 
pense. 

A    New    Push-Button    Switch. 

A  new  push-button  switch  with  a 
substantial,  molded  insulation  cover 
for  the  mechanism  instead  of  the 
usual  sheet-fibre  cover. 

This  leaves  nothing  of  a  brittle 
nature  for  workmen  to  chip  or  damage  be- 
fore or  during  installation.  It  makes  the 
switch  dirt-proof,  and  eliminates  opportu- 
nity for  grounding  because  it  is  thus  com- 
pletely enclosed. 

The  supporting  yoke  shown  to  the  left 
of  the  accompanying  illustration  is  not  in 
contact  with  any  metal  parts  of  the 
switch.  Slots  in  the  recessed  ears  of  this 
supporting  yoke  used  in  connection  with 
special  head  screws,  furnished  with  each 
switch,  permit  any  necessary  adjustment. 

Automatic  spring-tension  adjustment 
bushing  for  the  face-plate  screws  prevents 
over-tightening  of  these  screws  and  pre- 
vents "buckling"  of  the  face-plate.  The 
liability  of  the  screw  driver  to  slip  and 
mar  the  screw  or  face-plate  is  minimized. 


These  springs  also  adjust  the  screw  heads 
to  the  counter-sinks  in  the  face-plate. 

The  escapement  spring  of  this  new 
switch  performs  no  other  function.  The 
switch  will  operate  even  if  the  actuating 
spring  is  broken.  The  actuating  spring 
is  large  in  diameter  and  has  more  coils 
than  are  usually  employed,  insuring  easy 
action  and  long  life. 

The  screws  which  hold  the  mechanism 
to  the  base  are  staked  to  a  brass  strip 
in  the  groove  on  the  back  of  the  base  be- 
fore being  covered  with  insulating  wax. 
Thus  these  screws  cannot  be  loosened. 

The  "out"  button  projects  only  5-16  of 
an  inch  beyond  the  face-plate.  The  stroke 
of  the  buttons  is  only  3-16  of  an  inch, 
which  effectively  overcomes  oscillation  or 
"hanging"  below  the  plate. 


You  Build  for  a  Life-Time, 
DO  IT  RIGHT" 


Twenty-five  Years  of  Proof 

"I  built  a  house  25  years  ago  and  the  same  shingles 
on  today.  Rebuilt  another  5  years  ago,  and  in  each 
case  Cabot's  Creosote  Stain  in  good  shape.  Candidly, 
I'm  afraid  to  build  without  using  it." 

EDWIN  F.  CARMAN,  Bellefonte,  Pa. 

Cabot's  Creosote  Stains 

saved  him  the  expense  of  re-shingling  and  re-staining.  They 
preserve  the  wood  and  lastingly  beautify  it.  You  protect  your- 
self from  tawdry,  fading  colors  and  rotting  shingles  by  being 
sure  that  Cabot's  are  used. 

You  can  get  Cabot's  Stains  all  over  the  country-     Send 
for  samples  on    wood   and    name  of  nearest  agent. 

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Residence  of  Thomas  Shields  Clark.  Esq.,  Lenox.  Stalre 
ulith  Cakol's  Shingle  Stains  and  lined  vith  Cabal's  Sheathin 
Quill  for  warmth.  Wilson  Eyre,  A  rchilect,  Philadelphia. 

"On  tne  back  page  of  your  catalogue  I  find  a  picture  of  my 
house  in  Lenox.  Maes.,  which  I  built  in  1902  and  used  your 
btains  and  Quilt— both  satisfactory."  (Signed) 

New  York,  May  9, 1910.  TnoaAS  SHLELDS  CLARKE. 


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why  you  should  wait.  The 

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Varying  the  Midwinter  Table. 

Y  the  middle  of  February  the  table 
is  apt  to  settle  down  to  a  dead 
monotony  of  heavy  food,  nourish- 
ing, doubtless,  and  rich  in  the  heat 
producing  elements,  but  not  especially  ap- 
petizing. This  is  a  deplorable  state  of 
things,  and  one  for  which  there  is  no  ex- 
cuse. It  does  not  require  very  much  inven- 
tion to  provide  a  succession  of  vegetable 
soups  and  vegetable  entrees,  palatable,  nu- 
tritious and  economical. 

Take  the  vegetable  soups :  tomato,  po- 
tato, onion,  beet,  lentil,  white  or  black  bean, 
celery,  split  pea,  green  pea,  corn,  cabbage, 
there  you  have  a  sufficient  variety  to  keep 
you  going  for  two  weeks,  and  many  of 
them  are  susceptible  of  several  variations. 
Take  tomato  soup,  so  easily  made  from 
canned  vegetable.  You  may  have  it  plain, 
with  a  flavoring  of  onion,  celery  seed  and 
paprika.  The  addition  of  milk  makes  it  a 
bisque  to  be  served  with  croutons,  and  a 
third  delicious  soup  results  when  you  add 
its  own  bulk  of  beef  stock. 

Common  white  beans,  the  cheapest  of 
all  the  legumes,  make  a  capital  soup,  either 
alone,  when  they  may  have  an  addition  of 
milk,  or  with  the  addition  of  tomatoes.  One 
way  to  vary  a  white  bean  soup  is  to  chop 
an  onion,  a  carrot,  two  or  three  stalks  of 
celery  and  a  bunch  of  parsley  verv  fine,  fry 
them  in  butter  and  add  them  to  the  strained 
soup.  This  is  the  chef's  way  of  accentuat- 
ing the  flavor  of  hisr  soup  greens. 

Black  bean  soup  is  so  very  good  that  it 
ought  to  be  better  known.  Its  making  is 
rather  complicated  but  the  routine  of  the 


processes  is  easily  acquired.  It  is  a  good 
plan  to  have  it  for  the  beginning  of  a  picked 
up  dinner,  as  it  is  so  substantial,  but  do 
not  follow  it  with  an  omelet  or  any  other 
preparation  of  eggs,  or  top  off  with  a  cus- 
tard. One  appearance  of  eggs  is  sufficient 
for  a  single  dinner. 

The  various  cream  soups  are  all  good, 
despite  a  certain  similarity  of  taste.  They 
depend  for  their  goodness  upon  a  liberal 
allowance  of  milk  and  butter,  and  the  thick- 
ening should  be  put  in  the  form  of  a  roux 
of  butter  and  flour  cooked  together.  It  is 
a  good  plan  to  pass  grated  cheese  with 
them.  It  may  be  Parmesan,  but  a  sharp 
American  cheese  answers  very  well.  Your 
grocer  will  often  sell  the  odds  and  ends  of 
a  large  cheese  very  cheaply,  and  you  can 
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The  fashion  of  serving  a  vegetable  as  a 
course  by  itself  might  well  be  popularized. 
It  gives  a  desirable  variety  to  a  simple  meal 
and  the  vegetable  gains  in  appreciation 
when  eaten  by  itself.  There  are  two  sorts 
usually  served,  those  which  are  stuffed  and 
those  which  are  cooked  au  gratin,  either 
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To  be  stuffed  a  vegetable  must  have  a 
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TABLE  CHAT— Continued 


Stuffed  cabbage. 


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season,  tomatoes  and  sweet  peppers,  all  stuff 
well.  The  stuffing  may  be  either  of  the 
vegetable  itself  chopped  or  mashed  and 
highly  seasoned,  or  it  may  be  of  some  sort 
of  force-meat.  The  odds  and  ends  of  meat 
which  accumulate  in  the  course  of  the  week 
can  be  utilized  in  this  way,  and  so  can  the 
accumulation  of  meat  and  vegetables  which 
remain  after  the  solid  part  of  a  beef  stew 
has  been  eaten.  Mutton  or  lamb,  however, 
are  seldom  very  good  when  used  in  this 
way.  Chopped  green  pepper,  parsley,  or 
even  a  few  oysters  are  a  great  addition  to 
a  forcemeat,  and  a  very  little  crisp  bacon, 
finely  chopped,  will  redeem  an  otherwise 
tasteless  mixture. 

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Why  are  Lumber  Prices  Low. 

The  following  paragraphs  are  extracts 
from  an  interesting  discussion  on  the  exist- 
ing conditions  in  the  lumber  industry  by 
H.  R.  MacMillan,  Chief  Forester  of  British 
Columbia : 

| HE  paramount  position  of  the  for- 
est industries  in  the  Northwest 
cannot  be  stated  too  often  nor  in 
too  striking  terms.  In  our  com- 
mercial fabric  it  is  the  warp  around  which 
other  industries  are  woven.  The  produc- 
tion of  lumber  is  the  pioneer  occupation 
which  opens  up  the  new  districts,  brings 
employment,  transportation,  clears  the 
land,  furnishes  markets  for  the  settler  and 
brings  into  the  country  the  wealth  upon 
which  other  industries  are  supported. 

"Measured  in  terms  of  annual  produc- 
tion of  wealth  the  lumber  industry  both 
in  British  Columbia  and  in  the  northwest- 
ern states  ranks  high  above  its  nearest 
competitors  —  agriculture,  mining  and 
fisheries.  In  British  Columbia  of  every 
dollar  in  the  pocket  of  the  wage  earner, 
merchant  or  financier,  33  cents  is  from 
the  forest.  In  Washington,  Oregon  and 
Idaho  the  lumbermen  are  still  more  pro- 
ductive— 42  per  cent  of  the  public  wealth 
of  Washington,  45  per  cent  of  the  public 
wealth  of  Oregon  and  31  per  cent  of  the 
public  wealth  of  Idaho  is  derived  directly 
from  the  logging  camps,  saw  mills  and 
other  forest  occupations. 

"We  in  the  Pacific  Northwest  pride  our- 
selves justly  on  the  beauty  and  size  of 
our  cities,  upon  our  growth  in  population, 
upon  the  magnitude  and  stability  of  our 
financial  institutions,  factories  and  sup- 
ply houses  and  upon  our  transportation 
facilities.  These  institutions  are  the  con- 


spicuous organs  of  our  commercial  body. 
The  lumber  industry  is  the  heart  of  that 
organization,  constantly  pumping  through 
it  the  nourishing  financial  blood  without 
which  it  could  never  have  grown,  and 
without  which  it  could  not  maintain  even 
its  present  size. 

"It  is  unnecessary  to  state  here  that  the 
wealth  brought  into  the  country  by  the 
lumber  industry  does  not  remain  in  the 
hands  of  the  lumberman.  The  lumber- 
man's dollar  is  one  of  the  world's  best 
travelers ;  of  every  dollar,  40  cents  goes 
to  transportation  companies,  35  cents  to 
labor  directly  employed  in  the  industry, 
15  cents  to  merchants  for  equipment  and 
supplies,  10  cents  for  interest  on  capital 
invested.  This  analysis  of  the  lumber- 
man's dollar  discloses  the  source  of  our 
prosperity. 

"The  lumberman  of  this  forest  region 
may  pay  directly  each  year  to  transporta- 
tion companies  $80,000,000,  to  wage-earn- 
ers, $70,000,000,  to  merchants,  $30,000,000, 
and  for  the  use  of  borrowed  working  cap- 
ital, $20,000,000.  This  money  is  later  cir- 
culated into  every  portion  of  the  commu- 
nity, and  forms  an  important  factor  in 
the  livelihood  of  those  few  people  who 
do  not  come  into  direct  contact  with  the 
lumber  industry. 

"The  manufacture  of  lumber  at  the 
present  time  is  the  one  great  industry  of 
North  America  which  is  operating  at  a 
serious  loss.  The  situation  can  be  stated 
in  a  few  words.  It  costs  on  the  average 
$15  per  thousand  to  produce  lumber.  This 
lumber  is  now  being  sold  at  $10  to  $12 
per  thousand,  and  the  public  at  large  is 
not  sufficiently  informed  concerning  the 
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BUILDING  MATERIAL  AND  NOTES  ON  HEATING,  LIGHTING  AND  PLUMBING-Cominued 


"The  low  price  of  forest  products  is 
brought  about  by  unrestrained  competi- 
tion between  producers  of  these  products, 
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"One-third  of  the  saw  mills  must  stand 
idle  all  the  time.  Lumber  prices  are  kept 
low  by  the  bitter  fight  maintained  by 
mill  owners  endeavoring  to  keep  their 
mills  in  the  operating  column. 

"The  public  may  ask,  'Why  are  so  many 
saw  mills  built?'  The  answer  is  to  be 
found  in  the  cost  of  carrying  timber. 
There  are  890  billion  feet  of  standing  tim- 
ber in  private  ownership  in  Oregon, 
Washington,  Idaho  and  British  Columbia. 
The  470  billion  feet  of  publicly  owned 
timber  is  also  coming  gradually  into  the 
market.  The  private  owner  must,  there- 
fore, even  after  allowing  for  a  greatly  in- 
creased consumption  of  lumber,  look  for- 
ward to  the  possibility  of  carrying  his 
timber  for  fifty  years. 

"Great  quantities  of  this  timber  were 
purchased  at  $1  per  thousand.  To  repay 
interest  at  six  per  cent  on  the  investment 
with  no  allowance  for  profit,  this  timber 
must  double  in  value  every  ten  years. 
During  the  past  five  years  the  annual  tax 
rate  has  increased  rapidly,  some  owners 
having  found  it  to  treble  in  this  period.  In- 
vestments in  standing  timber  produce  no 
annual  income.  Taxes  and  fire  protection 
require  a  continual  increasing  annual  in- 
vestment of  fresh  capital.  Many  timber 
investors  in  British  Columbia  and  proba- 
bly the  same  is  true  in  the  northwestern 
states,  invested  too  large  a  proportion  of 
this  capital  in  timber  and  are  embarrassed 
by  the  lack  of  income  or  the  necessity  of 
finding  fresh  capital  to  meet  carrying 
charges.  These  conditions,  the  certainty 
of  interest  charges,  the  uncertainty  of 
increasing  tax  rates,  the  necessity  of  turn- 
ing timber  into  cash,  even  at  a  loss,  have 
decided  many  owners  to  build  mills  even 
when  they  know  that  the  mills  cannot  be 
expected  to  return  more  than  a  portion 
of  what  they  have  invested  in  cash  in  the 
stumpage." 


Building  a  Concrete  Chimney. 

An  examination  of  fire  statistics  would 
show  that  defective  flues  are  the  cause  of 
a  great  majority  of  the  fires  that  occur  in 
dwellings.  It  is  an  old  saying  among 
architects  that  money  put  into  a  thor- 
oughly good  chimney  is  never  wasted.  So 
far  as  safety  from  fire  is  concerned,  the 
chimney  is  the  most  important  structural 
feature  of  a  building.  But  almost  count- 
less fires  have  shown  that  careless  work- 
manship, and  in  some  cases  bad  design, 
in  chimney  construction  prevail  to  an 
alarming  extent. 

A  properly  constructed  chimney  should 
be  a  'seamless  monolith,  and  in  recogni- 
tion of  this  fact  builders  are  now  using 
concrete.  Concrete  chimneys  are  poured 
in  a  plastic  state  and  harden  into  so  much 
solid  stone.  They  have  no  joints,  and 
sparks  or  burning  soot  cannot  come  into 
contact  with  surrounding  woodwork. 

Small  concrete  chimneys  can  be  con- 
structed in  two  ways.  An  outer  and  inner 
wooden  form,  between  which  the  concrete 
is  poured,  can  be  used,  or  the  inner  form 
may  consist  of  a  clay  or  concrete  tile, 
either  round  or  square  in  section.  Where 
the  tiles  may  be  procured  easily,  it  is  a 
more  simple  operation  to  use  them  for 
the  inner  form. 

All  chimneys,  regardless  of  size,  should 
have  good  foundations.  If  the  chimney 
is  not  carried  down  to  the  depth  of  the 
cellar,  it  should  have  the  foundations  at 
least  below  frost  line.  For  ordinary  con- 
ditions a  depth  of  three  feet  below  ground 
level  will  suffice.  The  foundation  con- 
sists of  a  concrete  slab  12  or  18  inches 
thick  and  9  inches  larger  on  every  side 
than  the  outside  dimensions  of  the  chim- 
ney. Where  the  house  is  constructed  with 
concrete  walls,  the  chimney  is  cast  as  an 
integral  part  of  the  walls,  and,  consequent- 
ly, needs  no  separate  foundation. — Amer- 
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The  Farmer  and  the  Radiator. 

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It  is  a  losing  proposition,  for  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  dollars  must  be  spent  to 
get  it  out  of  the  way  of  the  heels  and 
wheels  of  traffic.  But  out  in  the  country 
it's  different — snow  is  received  with  open 
arms.  It  is  the  protector  of  tender  plants 
that  are  waiting  to  produce  crops  in  the 


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BUILDING  MATERIAL  AND  NOTES  ON  HEATING,  LIGHTING  AND  PLUMBING-Cootimied 


spring  and  summer,  and  it  fills  the  soil 
with  moisture. 

While  New  Yorkers  and  Philadelphians 
were  wading  ankle-deep  in  slush,  and  the 
street  departments  were  spending  all  the 
money  they  could  get,  the  Kansas  farmer, 
with  his  feet  on  the  radiator — formerly 
the  baseburner — was  contentedly  figuring 
up  what  the  last  five-inch  snowfall  should 
be  worth  in  wheat  or  corn. — New  York 
Times. 

Wooden  Houses  in  Europe. 

Wood  holds  its  own  in  parts  of  Europe 
where  timber  is  much  scarcer  and  of 
higher  price  than  in  America.  This  is 
true  particularly  of  house  building  in 
rural  communities.  The  special  measures 
taken  by  the  Swedish  government  in  re- 
cent years  to  promote  the  increase  of 
small  holdings  and  the  widespread  use 
of  timber  in  the  construction  of  houses 
and  farm  buildings  in  Sweden  attracted 
attention  sufficiently  in  England  the  past 
year  to  cause  the  sending  of  a  committee 
to  Scandinavia  to  study  the  subject  at 
first  hand.  The  committee's  report  brings 
out  some  interesting  points  regarding  the 
universal  -use  of  timber  for  constructive 
purposes  in  Scandinavia.  The  commit- 
tee found,  what  is  often  a  surprise  to  vis- 
itors to  a  country  where  timber  is  a  nat- 
ural product,  that  house  construction  in 
wood  is  not  appreciably  cheaper  than 
brick,  even  in  Sweden.  Outside  the  large 
towns  first-class  houses  constructed  en- 
tirely of  wood  are  in  great  favor,  and  in 
many  cases  afford  striking  architectural 
studies,  which  the  sylvan  surroundings 
invariably  blend  into  a  charming  picture. 
Indeed,  Swedish  experience  affords  val- 
uable evidence  of  the  durability  of  good 
timber  construction,  and  Swedish  archi- 
tects say  that  timber  buildings  may  be 
relied  upon  to  last  fully  fifty  years. 

Comparatively  little  trouble  seems  to 
be  experienced  from  dry  rot  or  insects. 
This  is  largely  accounted  for  by  the  fact 
that  timber  buildings  are  always  well 
elevated  on  a  stone  or  other  foundation, 
which  permits  of  free  circulation  of  the 
air,  and  in  most  cases  the  ground  is  dug 
out  over  the  whole  or  part  of  the  site  to 
form  a  cellar.  Further,  Stockholm  tar  is 
frequently  used  as  a  preservative.  The 
report  includes  particulars  in  the  form  of 


specifications  and  priced  schedules  of 
quantities  for  the  construction  of  timber 
houses  and  stone  and  timber  farm  build- 
ings for  a  typical  Swedish  small  holding. 
The  subject  of  wooden  houses  in  Eng- 
land is  being  investigated  along  other 
lines.  A  writer  in  one  of  the  London 
papers  has  been  digging  among  old  rec- 
ords in  Ireland  and  finds  that  framed 
houses  were  dispatched  with  immigrants 
from  London  in  1613  and  erected  in  the 
Diamond  at  Londonderry  and  in  the  Dia- 
mond at  Coleraine  for  occupation  by  the 
English  settlers.  Some  of  these  houses 
were  in  existence  and  tenanted  up  to 
about  1850. — The  Building  Age. 

Ventilation. 

The  art  of  ventilation  has  even  a  broad- 
er field  than  that  of  heating,  as  there  is 
scarcely  an  industry  in  which  human  en- 
deavor is  engaged  that  could  not  employ 
the  art  of  ventilation  in  some  form  to  its 
advantage. 

The  ventilating  engineer  has  done  a 
great  deal  towards  improving  the  health- 
ful condition  of  our  buildings  by  provid- 
ing means  for  adequately  removing  the 
vitiated  air  from  the  rooms  and  replacing 
it  with  pure,  fresh  air  from  the  outside 
and  he  has  still  further  demonstrated  the 
advantage  of  cleaning  or  washing  the 
fresh  air  before  delivering  it  into  the 
building.  He  has  also  found  that  the 
quantity  of  moisture  in  the  air  is  a  fac- 
tor that  affects  man's  condition  and  effi- 
ciency. That  the  regulation  of  this  mois- 
ture is  beneficial  and  the  term  "condition- 
ing" is  becoming  a  familiar  word  and  will 
soon  become  as  frequently  used  in  the 
trade  as  the  word  "heating"  is  in  its  con- 
nection with  ventilation. 

There  is  still  some  unexplained  differ- 
ence between  the  air  as  delivered  into  our 
buildings  and  the  outer  air,  that  makes 
the  latter  more  healthful.  Probably  the 
most  frequently  suggested  remedy  for  ills 
by  physicians  'is  "keep  out  of  doors  all 
you  can."  There  is  a  reason  for  this,  and 
it  is  within  our  province  to  search  for  the 
causes  of,  or  the  reasons  for,  this  differ- 
ence. The  search  will  probably  enable 
us  to  demonstrate  that  air  can  be  still 
further  conditioned  to  make  the  inside  air 
as  beneficial  as  the  outer. — Heating  and 
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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

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Dead  Air  Space  to  Keep  Out  Dampness. 

T.  L.  D. — I  would  like  to  inquire  in 
regard  to  ventilation  in  cement  buildings. 
I  have  constructed  a  building  28x70  ft. 
by  18  ft.  high  of  cement  blocks  6x12x24 
in.  with  an  air  space  in  them.  The  walls 
of  building  are  now  closed  at  the  top  and 
bottom,  having  a  dead  air  space  between. 
I  have  been  told  by  a  party  that  there 
should  be  outside  openings  in  the  wall 
to  allow  free  circulation  of  air,  and  that 
it  would  prevent  the  building  from  be- 
coming frosty  and  damp. 

What  would  be  the  best — to  leave  it 
as  it  now  stands,  with  the  dead  air  spaces, 
or  put  openings  at  top  and  bottom  in  the 
outside  face  of  the  wall  for  air  circula- 
tion? I  want  to  prevent  the  building  from 
frosting,  as  I  have  machinery  installed 
which  would  be  damaged  by  the  damp- 
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Ans. — I  do  not  consider  your  building 
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to  secure  the  best  ventilation.  That  is, 
the  air  should  not  be  in  motion.  Do  not, 
therefore,  put  any  openings  in  your  walls 
in  the  effort  to  secure  a  circulation  of  air 
in  them.  If  you  do,  the  results  will  be 
contrary  to  what  you  are  seeking  to  se- 
cure— a  preventive  from  frost  and  damp- 
ness, and  the  smaller  the  air  space  the 
better. 

Gutters. 

W.  L.  S. — Will  you  kindly  tell  me  if 
you  prefer  a  hanging  gutter  to  a  box  gut- 
ter on  a  brick  house  34x30  ft.  Kindly 
state  how  much  cheaper  the  hanging  gut- 
ter would  be. 

What  is  your  opinion  on  building  a 
stone  mantel  in  the  living  room,  or  do 
you  recommend  a  brick? 

Ans. — In  the  building  of  a  good  brick 
house  as  large  as  you  state,  30x34,  it 
would  be  better  to  have  a  built-in  gutter 
and  not  consider  using  a  hanging  gutter. 
The  latter,  of  course,  are  less  expensive, 
and  the  difference  in  cost  would  depend 
somewhat  on  the  style  used,  as  there  are 
several  different  styles  of  hanging  gutters. 
A  simple  one  is  a  half-round  galvanized 
iron  gutter,  which  is  tied  to  the  building 
with  galvanized  iron  straps.  This  is  prob- 
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Regarding  the  matter  of  a  stone  mantel 
would  say  that  a  brick  mantel  is  much 
preferable.  It  is  rather  uncommon  to  see 
a  fireplace  built  of  stone,  excepting  in  the 
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Adapting   the    Exterior   to   the    Building 
Site. 

|OTHING  is  quite  so  attractive  and 
suitable  for  a  house  situated  on  a 
rocky  elevation  or  in  a  rolling 
country,  with  rocks  and  trees  as 
the  background,  as  a  house  with  a  lower 
story  of  field  stone,  with  an  upper  story  of 
either  shingles  or  stucco,  with  a  tile  roof  to 
brighten  the  color  scheme. 

Such  a  house  seems  to  spring  naturally 
•out  of  its  surroundings  and  lends  itself  well 
to  the  landscape.  Field  stone  has  a  variety 
in  color  that  makes  it  a  charming  founda- 
tion for  a  house  so  situated ;  add  to  this  an 
tipper  story  of  stucco  in  a  warm  tone,  per- 
haps decorated  with  trim  that  relieves  plain- 
ness. 

A  type  of  house  that  is  suitable  for  almost 
any  suburban  locality  is  the  frame  house, 
with  the  exterior  walls  of  clapboards  or 
shingles.  In  building  a  frame  house,  how- 
ever, it  is  necessary  to  have  a  design  that 
is  fitted  for  the  site.  With  either  clapboards 
or  shingles  an  exposed  foundation  of  brick 
or  stone  is  correct.  Solid  concrete  as  well 
as  the  stucco  finish  on  a  wooden  frame  lend 
themselves  to  certain  styles  of  architectural 
work. 

The  Tile  Roof. 

A  frame  house  should  have  a  roof  of 
•shingles  and  stucco  finish  should  prefer- 
ably be  roofed  with  tile,  in  harmony  with 
the  design  of  the  house.  A  great  deal  of 
attention  is  given  nowadays  to  the  archi- 
tecture of  roofs.  First  of  all,  a  roof  must 
fulfil  its  functions  of  protecting  the  in- 
terior of  the  house,  but  it  should  also  bear 
some  relation  to  the  landscape. 

A  home  that  will  fit  into  almost  any  land- 
scape in  coloring  is  a  combination  of  brick 
;and  shingles,  with  shingle  or  tile  roof,  tile 
being  preferable  owing  to  its  fire-resisting 
qualities.  A  pretty  variation  in  a  house  of 
this  kind  is  a  use  of  tapestry  brick  over 
doors  and  windows. 

Weathered  shingles  for  the  second  story 
.are  in  some  cases  an  attractive  combination, 
•especially  where  the  house  is  near  a  shore. 


Stained  shingles  of  a  dull  green  make  a 
neat  upper  story  combination  with  the  brick 
and  tile  roof,  and  they  can  be  carried  into 
the  construction  of  the  porch  with  excellent 
effect. 

Another  attractive  combination  is  the 
first  story  of  concrete  or  stucco,  with  an 
upper  story  of  shingles. 

An  attractive  combination  is  a  dark  red 
stucco  lower  story  with  green  or  weathered 
shingles  above.  The  roof  of  this  type  of 
house  should  be  tile  and  should  be  of  a 
sloping  and  rambling  construction,  so  as  to 
bring  into  play  all  the  color  in  the  roof 
material  to  offset  the  upper  story  of  the 
house. 

Entrance  the  Keynote. 

The  most  careful  attention  should  be 
given  to  the  architecture  of  this  important 
exterior  feature  of  the  house,  for  the  door- 
way, by  its  very  character,  either  invites 
or  repels.  A  broad,  inviting  doorway  sug- 
gests hospitality,  and,  no  matter  how  un- 
pretentious, it  should  harmonize  with  the 
general  architectural  scheme. 

The  living  porch  should  open  from  one 
of  the  family  rooms  and  should  have  an  ex- 
posure that  will  give  plenty  of  air  and  sun- 
light. Such  a  living  porch  can  be  made  to 
serve  the  purpose  of  a  dining  porch,  one 
end  of  it  being  reserved  for  that  purpose; 
but  a  large  number  of  the  modern  sub- 
urban homes  are  now  planned  with  a  special 
dining  room  porch  opening  off  the  interior 
dining  room,  where  an  out-of-door  meal 
may  be  enjoyed  during  fine  weather. 

Lease  Law  Change. 

U'ould  Make  It  Easier  to  Finance  Building 
Operations,  Legislators  Are  Told. 

Members  of  the  Hennepin  county  delega- 
tion to  the  house  and  senate  were  asked 
lately  by  members  of  the  Minneapolis  Real 
Estate  Board  to  support  a  bill  that  will 
make  it  easier  to  finance  new  buildings  on 
long  leaseholds  of  city  property. 

It  was  explained  that  under  the  present 
law,  it  is  difficult  to  finance  buildings  on 
long  leaseholds  because  men  with  money 
to  lend  do  not  like  to  take  chances  on  mort- 


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gages  of  such  property.  Leases  may  be 
canceled  in  30  days,  and  the  mortgagee  may 
be  left  in  the  lurch.  The  proposed  bill  is  to 
create  a  receivership  as  soon  as  proceedings 
are  taken  to  foreclose  a  mortgage,  putting 
the  mortgagee  or  a  receiver  named  by  the 
court  in  possession  of  the  property,  with 
provision  for  settlement  with  the  mortgagor 
at  the  end  of  the  year  of  redemption. 

Fifteen  per  cent  of  Minneapolis  down-- 
town  property  is  now  held  on  long  leases, 
and  such  a  law  would  materially  aid  in  im- 
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impossible  on  unplatted  lands. 

New  Style  of  Dormer  Casement  Window. 

For  the  special  purpose  of  providing  a 
cheap  form  of  dormer  window  for  work- 
men's houses  and  small  cottages  and 
which  can  be  placed  on  a  roof  as  easily 
as  an  ordinary  skylight,  a  member  of  a 
firm  of  architects  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
has  devised  the  construction  which  we 
illustrate  herewith. 


This  window,  it  will  be  seen,  gives  the 
advantages  of  light  and  air  of  a  skylight 
and  the  appearance  of  a  dormer  window 
at  a  comparatively  small  cost.  The  case- 
ment window  is  made  of  cast  iron  and 
is  fixed  in  the  same  manner  as  a  roof 
light,  the  slates  or  tiles  going  over  the 
top  and  sides  and  under  the  bottom 
frame  in  such  a  way  that  any  ordinary 
mechanic  can  put  the  window  in  place. 
There  are  two  sizes,  one  measuring  16 
in.  by  25  in.  and  the  other  32  in.  by  25  in. 
and  known  as  single  and  double  dormer 
windows.  They  are  fitted  with  casement 


sashes  hinged  at  the  sides  and  opening 
outwards  with  regulating  quadrants  and 
constitute  strong,  durable  and  water- 
tight dormer  windows. 

—The  Building   Age. 

Cities  of  Refuge  Built  In  Holland  for  the 
Belgians. 

A  new  Belgian  town  in  Gelderland  has 
arisen  in  the  last  month. 

The  town  is  one  of  the  cities  of  refuge 
for  the  Belgian  fugitives  that  are  being,  or 
have  been  constructed  in  various  parts  of 
Holland,  and  this  particular  city  is  made 
ready  for  a  population  of  13,000.  A  large 
tract  of  heather  grown  soil  has  been  fenced 
in  with  barbed  wire  and  within  this  inclo- 
sure  has  been  built  a  town  of  wooden  build- 
ings, a  town  in  three  parts,  each  separated 
from  the  others  by  long  wide  stretches  of 
heather. 

The  wooden  sheds  have  double  walls  to 
exclude  cold,  and  are  covered  with  plates 
of  eternite  (a  kind  of  asbest-granito,  im- 
pervious to  the  wet).  Each  building  can 
shelter  250  persons  who  sleep  in  little  rooms 
designed  for  five  persons  each.  The  build- 
ings are  heated  by  huge  stoves. 

Have   Common  Dining  Room. 

Meals  are  eaten  in  great  common  dining 
rooms  for  1,000  persons  each,  with  long 
tables  and  benches  along  side. 

No  separate  cooking  is  allowed  in  the 
living  and  sleeping  buildings,  and  no  smok- 
ing, either — all  for  fear  of  a  possible  fire. 
The  whole  town  is  electrically  lighted. 

Character  of  Surroundings  Affect  Color 
Scheme. 

Have  an  eye  on  the  natural  surroundings 
when  deciding  on  the  exterior  color  scheme 
of  the  house  and  remember  that  the  color 
scheme  should  not  be  too  assertive.  An 
abundance  of  whites,  grays,  soft  greens  and 
browns  of  various  shades  will  always  har- 
monize with  nature.  Red  needs  an  abun- 
dance of  green  as  a  background,  and  only 
the  dullest  of  shades  should  be  used. 

In  the  case  of  brick,  concrete,  cement, 
and  stone  dwellings,  the  color  scheme  is 
in  a  sense  automatic,  being  determined 
largely  by  the  color  of  the  materials  select- 
ed. The  frame  house  admits  of  greater 
variety  of  exterior  color  than  any  other 
material.  In  the  shingle  house  the  shingles 


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are  stained  or  oiled.  The  clapboard  house 
is  painted. 

A  house  which  is  set  closely  among  trees 
should  not  be  painted  green  or  olive.  Col- 
ors contrasting  with  the  surroundings  are 
better  for  the  body  of  the  house,  but  it  may 
have  green  trimmings  and  roof  if  desired. 

A  house  with  shingled  upper  stories,  as 
a  rule,  should  be  painted  on  the  lower  story 
a  lighter  shade  than  the  shingles,  which 
may  be  Indian  red,  dark  brown,  dark  green, 
or  some  olive  shade.  The  body  should  har- 
monize as,  for  instance,  light  or  dark  olive 
with  Indian  red,  cream  with  browns,  the 
grays  with  dark  green  or  dull  red.  Pure 
white  with  green  trimmings  is  one  of  the 
prettiest  color  schemes  for  a  suburban  house 
set  against  a  green  background. 

A  good  color  scheme  for  the  colonial 
type  of  house  is  a  warm  buff  with  white 
trim. 

A  Time  to  Build. 

Manufacturers  in  all  lines  have  had 
reason  to  know  that  building  and  equip- 
ment prices  are  exceedingly  low.  It  is 
naturally  expected  that  municipal  and 
other  public  work  will  be  undertaken 
under  such  conditions  as  have  existed  for 
months,  and  some  trades  have  benefited 
from  public  contracts,  but  by  no  means 
to  the  extent  needed  for  taking  up  the 
slack  everywhere  in  evidence. 

Leaving  the  war  out  of  account,  there 
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CONTENTS    FOR    APRIL.    1915 


Just  a  Word 

A  Boulder  Bungalow  (Frontispiece)  .......................................  232 

A  Bachelor's  Bungalow  —  Una  Nixon  Hopklnt 233 

What  to  Put  Into  the  Bungalow- H.  P.  Keith 237 

Building  the  Bungalow  Aloft— Monroe  Waolty 242 

Government  Free  Architectural  Service  for  the  Farmer    243 

Why  Bungalows  Are  So  Popular-  WarfieU  WcU, 245 

The  American  Bungalow  and  Its  Significance — Evelyn  M.  Watson 250 

Building  the  Bungalow  Fire-Proof —£.  /.  Farrington 253 

A  Suggestion  for  the  Summer  Bungalow  Living  Room—  Arthur  E,  Qleed. . .  255 

The  Bungalow 257 

A  Group  of  Western  Bungalows—  JuJ  Yoho 258 

Planting  the  Bungalow—  Wuman  H.  Harper 262 

Three-Bedrooms-on-a-Side  Bungalow 265 

Bungalow  for  Father  and  Mother 266 

A  California  Home 267 

A  Rustic  Bungalow  Design 268 

A  Cobble-Stone  Front  Bungalow 269 

A  Real  Bungalow   270 

A  California  Bungalow  with  Long  Sweeping  Roof  Lines 272 

An  Eight-Room  Bungalow 273 

A  Bungalow  Cottage 274 

A  Western  Shingled  Bungalow 275 

A  Cement  Bungalow 277 

A  Simple  Bungalow  with  Log  Pergola    278 

A  Suburbanite's  Bungalow 279 

A  Bungalow  with  Large  Porch 280 

A  Small  Bungalow  ". 281 

Bungalow  with  An  Unusual  Floor  Plan  282 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  an  I  Furnishing 286 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  292 

Household  Economics 298 

Table  Chat -. 302 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating.  Lighting  and  Plumbing  308 

The  Architect's  Corner 314 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 318 


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COPTBIQHT,  1915,  BY  M.  L.  KEITH. 


KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIII 


APRIL,  1915 


No.  4 


A  Bachelor's  Bungalow 

Una  Nixon  Hopkins 
Designed  by  R.  F.  Foss 


OMEN  have  a  notion  that  they 
are  the  homemakers  of  the  world, 
and,  generally  speaking,  they  are, 
but  given  a  chance— an  opportu- 
nity to  put  his  mind  to  it — man  will  often 
accomplish  wonders.  And  always  a  man- 
made  establishment  elicits  a  great  deal  of 
interest  from  the  fair  sex. 

In  Pasadena,  Cal.,  there  is  a  charm- 
ing bungalow,  which,  as  the  man  might 
say,  in  the  phraseology  of  business,  is 
herewith  shown.  In  this  no  woman  has 
had  a  hand ;  no  woman  was  consulted  rel- 


ative to  color  schemes,  furniture  or  hang- 
ings ;  from  no  feminine  mind  came  a  hint 
or  a  suggestion,  yet  the  house  is  super- 
latively most  successful. 

Though  moderate  in  size,  considered  as 
a  whole,  it  is  so  planned  that  it  is  adequate 
for  extensive  entertaining — especially  for 
dancing.  The  living  room  and  dining 
room  are  combined  in  one,  thereby  gain- 
ing one  delightful  room  forty  feet  long. 
A  spacious  porch,  uncovered  but  for  the 
pergola  beams,  runs  across  the  front  of 
the  house.  You  enter  practically  the 


The  spacious  porch,  uncovered  but  for  the  pergola  beams.  IB  shaded  by  large  eucalvptua  trees. 


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center  of  the  living  room.  The  wide  en- 
trance door  is  made  up  of  small  panels 
of  glass,  wood  mullioned,  and  is  flanked 
by  narrower  doors  of  the  same  design. 
Exactly  opposite  on  the  other  side  of  the 
big  room  these  three  doors  are  duplicated, 
opening  onto  a  tile  floored  patio.  The 
wall  space  of  the 
main  room  is  re- 
lieved by  a  wain- 
scot some  four  and 
a  half  feet  high, 
and  the  ceiling  is 
broken  by  heavy 
beams  running  the 
short  way  of  the 
room  with  flat 
m  o  u 1 d  i  ngs  the 
long  way,  dividing 


brick  extending  across  the  end  and 
around  the  corner  of  the  room,  interrupt- 
ed by  spaces  for  bookcases  at  either  side, 
and  to  the  right  and  left  of  them  are 
seats.  A  large  couch  is  drawn  up  in  front 
of  the  fireplace  with  a  writing  table  just 
back  of  it.,  giving  a  livable,  usable  appear- 


A  corner  of  the  garden. 

the  ceiling  into  equal  spaces.  These  same 
mouldings  continue  the  perpendicular 
lines  of  the  door  and  window  casings  up- 
ward and  join  the  beams.  Woodwork  of 
redwood  has  a  mahogany  stain,  dull  fin- 
ish, and  the  walls  here  are  light  tan,  al- 
most buff,  making  a  very  beautiful  effect. 
The  fireplace  is  of  pressed  brick,  the 


The  Swimming  Pool. 

ance  to   this  end  of 
the  room. 

A  beautiful  piece 
of  bronze  is  the  only 
ornament  on  the 
mantel.  Dull  green- 
ish-blue velvet  has 
been  used  to  cover 
the  couch,  the  cush- 
ions and  pillows  on 
the  seats  being  of 
the  same  material. 

Several  large  chairs  are  upholstered  in 
green  leather  so  low  in  tone  as  to  be 
practically  neutral.  And  the  mahogany 
table  is  covered  in  the  center  with  a  piece 
of  blue  and  gold  embroidery. 

Especially  pleasing  is  the  end  of  the 
room  devoted  to  dining.  A  simple  side- 
board with  a  mirror  above  it  occupies  the 


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space  between  the  east  win- 
dows, and  on  each  side  of 
the  door  going  into  the  pass 
pantry  are  pretty  serving  ta- 
bles. The  dining  table  and 
chairs,  like  the  other  pieces 
of  furniture,  are  of  plain  ma- 
hogany. 

Silver  in  excellent  design 
forms  the  chief  decoration 
here,  for  there  are  no  pic- 
tures in  the  room.  A  deep 
ecru  net  curtains  the  win- 
dows and  heavy  silk  of  the 
same  blue  tone  as  that  used 
for  the  upholstery  hangs  at 
the  side.  On  the  floor  there 
are  exquisite  Oriental  rugs, 
in  which  the  blue  greatly  predominates. 

The  owner's  room  is  finished  like  the 
large  room,  in  redwood,  mahogany 
stained.  This  room  is  a  combination  of 
den  and  bedroom.  To  begin  with,  the 
room  opens  onto  a  screen-enclosed  porch 


which  is  fitted  with  a  couch  and  folding 
screen  and  used  for  sleeping  in  summer. 
In  the  bedroom  there  is  a  large  mahogany 
folding  couch  bed  and  the  writing  desk 
is  built  in  with  book  shelves  above  it. 
There  are  three  exposures  to  the  room 


The  combination  living:  and  dining  room— Note  the  tasteful  arrangement  of  furniture. 


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with  the  bath  situated  between  this  and 
the  guest  room. 

The  latter  is  daintily  furnished  in  ecru 
and  blue,  the  walls  being  entirely  paneled 
in  wood  with  a  cretonne  frieze  in  which 
blue  and  ecru  prevail.  Cretonne,  like  the 
frieze,  constitutes  the  side  hangings  at  the 
windows  and  the  chest  of  drawers  is  cre- 


The  real  masterpiece  of  the  place,  how- 
ever, is  a  swimming  pool  of  large  extent, 
reflecting  the  white  columns  of  the  per- 
golas which  encompass  it  on  three 
sides,  the  green  pines  planted  close  by, 
and  the  deep  blue  of  the  sky.  Some  day 
it  will  also  reflect  a  bower  of  roses,  for 
thev  are  planted  at  the  base  of  the  col- 


The  guest  room,  daintily  fu 

tonne  covered  with  the  dressing  table, 
bed  and  chairs  enameled  like  the  wall. 
Light  blue  and  ecru  washable  rugs  cover 
the  floor,  and  altogether  the  room  is  the 
most  cozy  and  dainty  imaginable. 

Neither  does  the  service  part  of  the 
house  show  the  lack  of  woman's  hand  in 
the  equipment.  Everything  here  is  spot- 
less— blue  and  white,  including  dishes  and 
cooking  utensils. 


shed  in  ecru  and  blue. 

umns  and  are  already  beginning  to  en- 
twine them. 

Away  off  in  the  distance  among  the 
pepper  trees  is  a  wee  little  house  where 
the  man  and  woman  servant  live,  for 
following  the  only  southern  custom,  no 
servants'  quarters  have  been  provided 
within  the  house. 

Altogether  the  place  within  and  with- 
out is  characterized  by  charm  and  good 
taste. 


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What  to  Put  in  the  Bungalow 

H.   P.   Keith 


INCE  the  bungalow  type  of  dwell- 
ing   has    become    so    universally 
popular,  it  is  not  strange  that  spe- 
cial attention  has  been  given  to 
its  furnishing. 

There  is  no  denying  that  the  large  ma- 
jority of  bungalow  homes  are  fitted  out  as 
to  their  furniture  with  whatever  belong- 
ings their  builders  possess.  With  necessi- 
ties of  this  nature,  we  are  not  now  con- 
cerned, except,  a  little  further  on,  to  show 
how  ugly  and  discordant  and  unrelated 
furnishings  may  become ;  as  different  as 
the  ugly  duckling  that  was  turned  into  a 
swan — by  the  intervention  of  patient  la- 
bor wisely  directed — and  a  small  expendi- 
ture. 

But  first  we  would  like  to  remind  our 
bungalow  builders  that  in  no  other  class 
of  homes  is  there  greater  opportunity  for 
success  in  furnishing  if  the  law  of  fitness 
be. faithfully  observed;  also  the  converse 
is  equally  true,  that  no  other  style  of 
dwelling  is  so  unhappy 
if  this  law  is  disre- 
garded. 

It    is    true    that    the 
term      "bungalow" 
applied    to    some   very 
expensive  dwellings, 
set  amid  very  luxuri- 
o  u  s      surroundings. 
But  even  these  exotic 
bungalows  should 
carry    out    a    certain 
note  of  simplicity  in 
their     furnishings. 
They  may  be  as  re- 
fined,    as     carefully 
studied,     as    charm- 


ing  in  every  detail  as  it  is  possible  to 
make  them,  but  they  must  not  be 
treated  like  a  Fifth  Avenue  marble 
front,  in  respect  to  their  furnishings. 
Priceless  rugs,  mirrors,  oriental  coverings, 
statuary,  rich  mahogany  furniture  --do 
not  belong  inside  a  bungalow,  no  matter 
what  it  has  cost  or  how  rich  is  its  owner. 
It  is  this  use  of  mahogany  in  bungalow 
interiors  that  is  perhaps  one  of  the  most 
frequent  and  most  fatal  mistakes.  Polished 
mahogany  surfaces  do  not  "belong"  with 
a  bungalow,  which  is  in  its  very  essence 
an  unpretentious  dwelling. 

Marie  Antoinette,  the  queen  of  France, 
had  too  much  taste  to  furnish  the  Petit 
Trianon — which  was  her  substitute  for 
the  bungalow  idea — in  the  prevailing  lux- 
urious mode,  but  used  painted  furniture 
throughout — nor  has  anything  ever 
L  been  more  charming, 
w  Our  furniture  makers  are  wide 

•**  awake  to  this   law  of   fitness   in 

bungalow  appointments,  and  the 
offerings  of  specially  de- 
signed furniture  are  most  at- 
tractive and  satisfying. 

If  a  rather  substan- 
tial effect  is  preferred, 
there  is  oak  in  a  kaizer 
grey  finish,  with  a 
large  library  table  at 
$29,  an  arm  chair  and 
a  smaller  straight  chair 
*«fck  with  spring  seats  uphol- 

^P  stered  in  a  new  shade  ot 

red  leather  at  $13  and  $10, 
respectively.  Tapestry  or 
furniture  cretonne  could 
be  substituted  for  the  red 


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leather  if  desired,  and  a  very  delightful 
bungalow  living  room  could  be  achieved 
by  employing  a  deep  shade  of  wisteria- 
colored  velvet  on  the  chair  seats  and 
for  the  covering  of  a  couch,  these  oak 
pieces  being  supplemented  by  a  couple 
of  wicker  fireside  chairs,  the  wicker 
stained  grey  and  upholstered  in  a  cre- 
tonne, having  large  lavender  blossoms 
on  a  grey  ground.  With  a  background 
of  grey  grass  cloth  on  the  walls,  and  a 
grey  stain  used  on  the  woodwork,  such 


ivory  would  be  most  happy,  though  the 
grey-stained  wood  would  be  in  harmony. 
A  most  fetching  offering  for  dining 
room  furniture  was  one  of  the  new  Eng- 
lish hand-painted  sets  of  round  table,  arm 
chair  and  four  straight  chairs.  The  finish 
a  deep  ivory,  the  color  of  parchment,  and 
the  decorations  charming  bunches  of  old- 
fashioned  flowers  on  the  table  top  and  the 
backs  of  the  chairs.  Old-fashioned  mad- 
der-red blossoms  were  mixed  with  corn 
flowers  and  clover  and  the  chair  seats 


A  pretty  green  and  white  bungalow  in  the  California  desert.    The  home  of  painted  furniture. 


furniture  would  be  beautiful  and  appro- 
priate in  the  handsomest  of  bungalows. 
Or,  if  a  lighter  effect  were  preferred,  all 
the  furniture  could  be  of  the  grey  stained 
wicker,  including  the  library  table,  the 
desk  and  the  davenport.  These  wicker 
davenports  are  now  very  substantial 
pieces  of  furniture,  and  range  in  price 
from  $30  to  $50.  They  may  have  the  seat 
cushioned  only  or  both  seat  and  back,  and 
are  thoroughly  in  harmony  with  the  bun- 
galow idea.  A  very  substantial  library 
table,  fitted  with  drawer  and  magazine 
shelves,  can  be  bought  for  $22.  With  such 
furniture,  pine  woodwork,  painted  deep 


were  of  rush,  in  a  deeper  ivory  tone. 
It  must  be  confessed  that  in  the  matter 
of  cost,  this  cottage  simplicity  resembles 
the  dressmaker's  "little  frocks"  that  look 
so  simple  and  are  so  dear.  For  the  price 
of  the  little  round  table  is  $87,  the  arm 
chair,  $24,  and  the  straight  chairs,  $18 
each. 

However,  if  one  can  paint  flowers — as 
so  many  can — they  can  buy  on  the  same 
floor  a  little  dining  room  set,  consisting 
of  round  table  with  simple  square  legs 
and  cross-bar  pieces,  enameled  in  white 
for  only  $7  and  rush-bottomed  chairs  with 
slat  backs  in  the  same  finish  for  $2.25 


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each, 
goes    over 


Then  if  one 
the    set 

with  a  coat  of  deep 
ivory  enamel  and 
can  put  on  the  flow- 
er decorations  in 
oil,  with  a  coat  of 
varnish  to  finish — 
they  will  have  near- 
ly the  counterpart 
of  the  very  exclu- 
sive  imported 
pieces  first  de- 
scribed. 

It  goes  without  saying  that  the  wood- 
work to  go  with  this  furniture  should  be 
painted  ivory  enamel.  The  walls  could 
be  tinted  either  the  pale  green  of  the  flow- 
er decorations,  primrose,  yellow  or  rose 
color — with  rug  to  match,  depending  on 
the  exposure  of  the  room. 

One  of  the  prettiest  dining  rooms  we 
ever  saw  had  ivory  white  woodwork  and 
soft,  but  deep,  rose-colored  walls.  A  round 
table  with  the  square  mission  style  of 


Pine  tree  design  to  be  used  on  burlap. 


legs  and  cross- 
pieces  and  a  dark 
brown  mission 
stain  was  brought 
home  from  the  sec- 
ond-hand shop, 
along  with  four  or 
five  straight,  high- 
backed  chairs,  with 
old-fashioned  rush 
seats.  The  dark 
brown  stains  re- 
quired three  coats 
of  ivory  paint  with 

a  finish  of  ivory  enamel,  the  rush  seats 
being  painted  a  considerably  deeper 
shade  of  ivory — about  like  vellum.  There 
was  a  dresser  with  square  spindle  legs 
and  that,  too,  was  painted  deep  ivory, 
and  had  drawer  handles  of  dull  brass. 
On  the  dresser  stood  a  pair  of  pink  and 
white  china  candelabra,  with  a  pink  and 
white  Dresden  vase  between  them  filled 
with  deep  pink  stock.  There  was  a  faded 
Axminster  rug  which  had  been  dyed  a 


Simple,  painted  furniture  for  the  bunxalow  diningr  roam. 


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Rush  seated  chair  with  stencil  design. 


deep  crimson,  and  the  curtains 
were  of  cream  madras  with  an  all- 
over  design  of  pink  peach  blos- 
soms. This  is  not  a  fancy  picture, 
but  a  true  story. 

It   is   in   fact   wonderful   what 
can  be  done  with  paint  in  fur- 
nishing a  bungalow.  There 
are   those   who    think   that 
all  the  discarded  odds  and 
ends    of    furniture     which 
may  have  been  accumulat- 
ing for  years   will   answer 
every  need  for  the  bunga- 
low.    The  old   golden  oak 
dresser  is  mated  to  a  shab- 
by    iron     bed.     much     the 
worse   for   wear,   a   couple 
of  heavy  old  dining  chairs  and  a  Brussels 
art  square  are  added,  and  the  bedroom  is 
supposed  to  be   equipped. 

The  owner  probably  writes  to  the  dec- 
orating department  of  Keith's  Magazine 
for  a  color  scheme  for  the  walls,  and  then 
wonders  why  the  room  is  not  "attract- 
ive." 

It  nearly  always  follo'ws  that  this  owner 
or  at  least  the  man  in  the  case,  would  con- 
sider it  a  sacrilege  to  paint  "nice  oak  fur- 
niture." But  what  wonders  could  be 
wrought  even  with  these  very  unpromis- 
ing materials,  if  they  were  brought  into 
harmony  with  each  other  and  the  room, 
by  a  few  coats  of  paint.  The  dingy  oak 
dresser,  which  now  is  so  out  of  tune  with 


the  white  woodwork  and 
dainty  grey  walls,  if  given 
two  coats  of  white  paint,  fol- 
lowed by  one  of  enamel  and 
furnished  with  glass  knobs 
for  the  drawers — would  be 
transformed  into  something 
elegant,  especially  if  a  pair  of 
Dresden  china  candlesticks 
were  placed  on  the  dresser 
top,  each  side  of  the  mir- 
ror, as  a  crowning  touch. 
Suppose,  then,  that  the 
shabby  iron  bed  received 
two  coats  of  reddish  laven- 
der enamel,  and  that  a 
wicker  rocker,  after  being 
treated  in  the  same  way,  is 
cushioned  in  a  grey  and  reddish  lavender 
cretonne,  and  that  side  hangings  of  the 
same  cretonne  are  hung  at  the  windows 
over  the  simplest  of  white  voile  or  muslin 
curtains ;  also  that  a  valance  of  the  cre- 
tonne is  used  around  the  under  part  of 
the  bed.  Suppose  that  a  shabby  little  eld 
golden  oak  desk,  such  as  nearly  evv'V*. 
family  possesses,  is  painted  white  like  tne 
dresser;  also  one  of  the  straight  chairs  in 
front  of  it.  Suppose  the  old  rug  is  sent  to 
the  dye  house,  the  old  color  partly  dis- 
charged and  then  dyed  a  dark  shade  of  the 
reddish  lavender.  It  doesn't  take  a  very 
vivid  imagination  to  see  a  beautiful  room. 
Yet  you  have  bought  no  new  furniture ; 
you  have  merely  expended  a  few  dollars 


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for  paint  and  quite  a  good  deal  of  time 
and  trouble.  But  isn't  it  a  paying  invest- 
ment, for  such  a  result,  and  has  the  paint 
hurt  the  old  pieces  of  higgledy,  piggledy 
furniture  one  bit? 

Of  course  one  would  not  care  to  fur- 
nish all  the  rooms,  even  of  a  bungalow, 
with  painted  furniture,  but  for  the  dining 
room  and  the  chambers  it  is  both  appro- 
priate and  charming. 

If  one  prefers  paper  to  painted  or  tinted 
walls,  there  is  now  a  great  revival  of  "old- 
fashioned"  effects  in  paper,  and  the  dainty 
flowered  stripes  and  quaint  little  nose- 
gays of  Colonial  days  make  most  delight- 
ful backgrounds  for  bungalow  bedrooms. 

There  is  still  another  type  of  bungalow 
where  the  rustic  quality  is  emphasized. 
Such  bungalows  usually  have  only  ceiled 
or  battened  walls,  without  plaster,  and  re- 
quire a  different  style  of  furnishing.  The 
growing  fashion  of  building  in  the  furni- 
ture to  these  bungalows  is  well  adapted  to 
them,  and  in  harmony  with  the  style  of 
the  dwelling.  Usually  these  bungalows  are 
built  of  undressed  boards  or  shakes, 
stained  brown  with  interior  trim  of  yel- 
low pine,  on  which  one  coat  of  dull  stain 
is  used.  Not  only  are  fireside  seats  or 
settees  and  window  seats  built  in,  but  the 
bedroom  dressers  and  dressing  tables,  the 
living  room  desk  and,  of  course,  the  din- 
ing room  cupboard  and  buffet.  These 
are  of  the  wood  used  in  the  trim  and  have 


the  same  finish.  They  are  supplemented 
by  some  very  simple  chairs  and  tables  to 
match,  or  by  rustic  wicker,_stained  a  light 
brown. 

In  one  such  bungalow  lately  seen  there 
was  a  battened  wainscot  six  feet  high  in 
living  and  dining  room,  which  were  prac- 
tically one  room,  the  wide  opening  be- 
ing furnished  with  a  tall  burlap  screen 
framed  in  the  brown  pine.  Above  the 
wainscot  there  ran  around  the  rooms  a 
frieze  of  the  natural  burlap,  on  which 
was  stencilled  a  dull  bluish  green,  a  de- 
sign of  pine  trees,  irregularly  placed.  The 
same  design  was  supplied  to  the  burlap 
screen  and  on  the  bottom  of  the  burlap 
window  hangings — in  reduced  size.  Chi- 
nese blue  and  white  toweling  was  laid 
across  the  dining  table  both  ways,  and 
formed  the  inner  curtains. 

The  brown  wood  shelf  of  the  cobble 
stone  fireplace  had  for  its  chief  orna- 
ment a  great  brown  water  jar  of  Mexican 
glazed  pottery,  and  this  held  branches  of 
glossy  green  foliage  without  flowers. 

The  rugs  used  were  Navajo  blankets, 
and  such  an  environment  is  almost  the 
only  place  where  these  rugs  are  happy. 
Even  the  bedrooms  had  outer  hangings 
of  the  burlaps  to  run  across  the  thin  voile 
ones  at  night,  as  shades  were  dispensed 
with.  The  couches  were  upholstered  in 
the  burlaps,  with  the  gayest  of  pillows 
heaped  upon  them  for  color. 


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Building  Bungalows  Aloft 

Monroe  Wooley 


I  HE    first    essential    in    building   a 
bungalow  is  to  get  a  suitable  site. 
A  bungalow  built  in  a  bog  is  like 
an  observation   tower  sunk  in  a 
shaft.    Modern  man  demands  a  bounteous 
amount  of  view  these  days  along  with  his 
sleep  and  his  meals. 
With  these  ideas  in 
mind    a    San    Diego 
builder  has  resorted 
to  a  novel  scheme  in 
architecture.  He  has 
built    his    bungalow 
on  the  roof  of  a  mod- 
est skyscraper  --  at 
the  top  of  an  apart- 
ment    house.       This 
bungalow  has  many 
of  the  advantages  of- 
fered    by     suburban 
residence,    including 
view     and     freedom 
from  certain  city  nui- 
sances, yet  its  occu- 
pants   are    near    the 
markets,    the    shops 
and     the     places     of 
amusement. 

So  taken  with  this  peculiar  home  was 
a  citizen  of  the  town  that  he  forthwith 
offered  to  rent  it,  and  it  has  been  leased 
for  a  period  of  twenty-four  years.  The 
San  Diego  bungalow  is  located  on  the  top 
of  the  Golden  View  apartments,  a  build- 
ing that  is,  in  itself,  a  thoroughly  modern 
and  comfortable  home  of  the  kind. 

The  apartment  house  is  built  of  rein- 
forced concrete,  and  the  same  material  is 
used  in  the  construction  of  the  bungalow 
which  rests  on  the  roof,  or  where  the  roof 
ought  to  be.  The  bungalow  portion  is 
not  visible  from  the  street  below,  for  the 


Bungalow  home  on  the  roof  of  a  San  Diego  apartment. 


reason  that  the  walls  of  the  bungalow 
come  up  flush  from  the  walls  of  the  apart- 
ment. But  to  one  who  goes  to  the  top 
of  the  building  the  bungalow  home  is  at 
once  conspicuous. 

The  house  contains  ten  rooms.  For 
a  bungalow  it  is  no 
toy  affair.  Made 
smaller  it  might 
have  been  located  in 
the  center  of  the  roof 
and  left  with  a  lawn 
on  all  four  sides.  But 
for  reasons  of  his 
own  the  builder 
chose  to  have  his 
"yard"  in  patio  form 
in  the  middle  of  the 
apartment  roof.  The 
garden,  or  "yard,"  is 
on  the  east  side  of 
the  building  roof. 
Here  also  a  concrete 
court  has  been  built 
for  amusement  pur- 
poses. About  this 
court  sun  parlors, 
built  to  revolve  for 
the  pleasure  of  those  feasting  on  the  won- 
derful view  the  altitude  and  location  af- 
fords, are  situated.  These  parlors  are  so 
built  that  they  may  be  rotated  toward  the 
sun,  or  they  may  be  moved  so  they  will 
be  converted  into  just  the  reverse  thing 
from  a  sun  room,  thus  becoming  shade 
rooms. 

Thus  the  owner  of  downtown  business 
blocks  who  detests  trolley  trips  and 
wishes  to  be  in  the  heart  of  the  city, 
close  to  his  business,  but  well  away 
from  the  dirt  and  noise  of  the  streets, 
may  have  his  bungalow  aloft. 


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Government  Free  Architectural 
Service  for  the  Farmer 


|HE  Department  of  Agriculture 
has  just  made  public  the  first  of 
a  series  of  plans  for  farmhouses 
to  be  prepared  by  its  specialists 
with  a  view  to  enabling  farmers  to  con- 
struct inexpensive  and  better  homes.  The 
basis  of  the  inquiry  is  the  belief  that  the 
farmhouse  is  the  most  important  build- 
ing on  the  farm,  and  money  judiciously 
expended  in  its  planning  and  construc- 
tion is  well  invested.  The  objects  sought 
in  the  plans  are  to  provide  structures  rea- 
sonable in  cost  and  of  good  material,  and 
so  arranged  as  to  give  the  maximum  in 
health,  comfort,  and  happiness  to  the 
family,  and  added  convenience  to  the 
housewife  in  her  domestic  operations. 

The  plans  made  public  are  for  the  con- 
struction of  an  inexpensive  farm  tenant 
house,  although  the  house  as  planned 
contains  many  valuable  suggestions  for 


owners  with  small  families.  The  provi- 
sion of  proper  tenant  houses  on  farms,  it 
is  believed,  is  of  increasing  importance  to 
farm  management  because  of  the  increas- 
ing number  of  rented  farms,  the  growing 
demand  of  tenants  for  modern  houses, 
and  a  better  understanding  of  the  influ- 
ences of  the  home  upon  farm  labor  and 
field  efficiency.  The  cost  of  these  houses 
commonly  is  inconsistent  with  the  value 
of  the  farms,  and  the  lack  of  improve- 
ments in  them  too  often  is  in  striking 
contrast  with  the  outbuildings,  farming 
machinery,  and  field  equipment. 

The  important  principles  of  planning, 
applicable  to  all  buildings,  which  effect 
saving  in  construction  and  in  the  per- 
formance of  indoor  work  have  been  care- 
fully considered  in  these  plans.  En- 
deavor has  been  made  to  provide  good 
lines  and  pleasing  proportions  which  are 


An  inexpensive  farm  house. 


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essentials  to  genuine  beauty  in  all  struc- 
tures, and  are  the  production  of  skilful 
designing  rather  than  of  additional  ma- 
terial and  labor. 

Special  emphasis  has  been  put  upon 
providing  a  little  home  that  will  be  con- 
ducive to  the  health  of  the  family,  pro- 
vide for  its  social  and  domestic  needs,  and 
save  unnecessary  steps  and  operations  on 
the  part  of  the  housekeeper. 


KITCHEN       YARD 


The  architects'  studies  seem  to  make 
it  clear  that  many  homes  in  towns  as 
well  as  in  the  country  could  have  been 
greatly  improved  and  at  the  same  time 
built  at  less  expense  if  they  had  been 
studiously  planned  to  meet  the  family 
needs,  skillfully  designed,  and  carefully 
constructed. 

The  tenant  house,  perspective  drawing 
and  plans  of  which  are  shown,  is  a  simple, 
four-cornered  structure,  without  bay 
windows,  gables  and  dormers,  or  any  pro- 
jection save  the  cornice,  which  overhangs 
and  protects  the  walls  and  window  open- 
ings. The  house  is  planned  for  the 
smallest  dimensions  and  the  most  inex- 
pensive arrangement  consistent  with  the 
needs  and  the  convenience  of  a  small 
family.  It  has  but  one  chimney  and  but 
one  outside  entrance. 


The  home  has  but  one  entrance  which 
would  be  insufficient  in  a  town  house  and 
it  may  be  in  this  one ;  but  another  door 
can  be  gotten  into  the  plan  only  by  a 
sacrifice  of  wall  and  floor  space  which 
cannot  be  spared,  or  by  increasing  the 
size  and  cost  of  the  house,  which  in  con- 
nection with  this  problem  cannot  be  done. 
If  a  door  is  substituted  for  one  of  the 
three  windows  in  the  south  end  of  the 
living  room  the  best 
part  of  the  room  will 
be  ruined.  Moving 
the  entrance  door  to 
the  south  side  of  the 
porch  would  not  only 
restrict  the  uses  of 
the  porch,  but  neces- 
sitate an  outside  door 
in  the  kitchen  which, 
in  turn,  would  neces- 
sitate a  corresponding 
increase  in  the  floor 
and  wall  space  of  the 
kitchen.  If  the  door 
that  opens  from  living 

room  to  porch  were  moved  farther  from  the 
fireplace,  valuable  floor  and  wall  space  in 
both  room  and  porch  would  be  sacrificed. 

These  little  details  affect  the  size  of 
rooms  and  of  the  building  and,  therefore, 
the  cost.  They  are  sometimes,  and  of 
necessity,  influenced  more  by  economy 
than  by  convenience;  but  by  careful 
study  they  may  often  be  made  consistent 
with  both. 

Notwithstanding  the  simplicity  and 
the  playhouse  appearance  of  the  building 
suggested  by  the  Department,  it  provides 
more  usable  space  for  the  daily  activities 
of  the  family  than  many  larger  houses.  It 
is  more  convenient  for  a  small  family, 
more  comfortable,  healthful,  and  delight- 
ful than  many  farmhouses  costing  twice 
as  much. 


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Why  Bungalows  Are  So  Popular 

Warfield  Webb 


types 


O  'one  who  has  given  the  topic 
any  thoughtful  consideration  at 
all  will  deny  that  the  bungalow 
is  one  of  the  most  widely  built 

of  houses  of  today.  It  has 
been  the  direct  out- 
growth of  a  keen  desire  ?• 
to  live  the  more  simple 
life — to  live  more  in  the 
open,  and  to  get  away 
from  the  stuffy  home 
life  that  for  a  time  at 
least  seemed  likely  to 
gain  the  ascendancy. 
However,  as  one  widely 
known  architect  ex- 
pressed it  recently,  it 
is  a  desire  to  get  away 
from  physical  labor — in 
other  words,  because 
of  its  conveniences  it 
has  .come  to  be  known 
as  the  lazy  type  of 
home.  Of  course  this 
is  a  facetious  aspect, 
though  its  underlying 
truth  in  reality  be  ad- 
mitted. Not  so  much 
a  lazy  type,  as  one  that 
has  come  to  meet  the 
present-day  demands  of 
the  housewife  who  is 
many  times  compelled 
to  do  her  own  work. 

This  idea  is  the  one 
that  best  expresses  the 
term,  when  applied  to 
the  bungalow.  It  is  a 
direct  outgrowth  of  the 
modern  apartment  or 


Typical  Bengal  "  Bangla  "  or  Native  Hat 


Planter's  Bungalow  —  India  in  the  Early  Day* 


Englishman's  Bungalow  in  India— Early  Form 


flat  building,  in  a  large  number  of  sections. 
In  this  way  many  housekeepers  have 
become  educated  to  the  advantages  of 
living  in  an  abode  that  has  but  the  single 
floor  for  every  requirement.  In  a  word, 
the  apartment,  while 
not  a  forerunner  of  the 
bungalow,  at  least  has 
been  one  of  the  largely 
contributing  causes  for 
its  increased  popularity 
in  many  localities 
where  it  might  not  oth- 
erwise have  become  so 
general.  Its  very  charm 
lies  in  its  compactness, 
its  arrangement,  and  its 
homelike  attributes  for 
coziness. 

If  we  were  to  attempt 
a  history  of  the  bunga- 
low it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  go  to  the  far- 
away clime  of  East  In- 
dia, where  the  idea  and 
name  originated  with 
*  the  natives'  hut  of  grass 
and  bamboo,  called  the 
"Bangla,"  which  grad- 
ually assumed  the  more 
modern  type  of  one- 
story  home.  Even  our 
cabins,  as  built  several 
hundred  years  ago, 
might  be  termed  bun- 
galows, insofar  as  the 
type  is  concerned,  for 
they  are  in  several  im- 
portant details  identi- 
cal with  the  more  re- 


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A  thousand  dollar  bungalow  built  entirely  of  cypress.    This  is  a  close  approach  to  the  true  bungalow  type. 


cently  adopted  style  of  this  house.  Of 
course  to  some  people  any  cottage  might 
be  so  called,  but  this  is  not  correct.  There 
are  also  a  large  number  of  so-called  bun- 
galows that  are  architecturally  incorrect, 
and  that  still  sail  under  the  term  bunga- 
low. 

There    is   a   tangible   reason    why   this 
type  of  home  has  become  so  universally 
popular  with  all  classes  of  home  people. 
Despite    the    increasing   number   of   peo- 
ple who  have  come  to  the  cities  in  the 
past  generation,  and  notwithstanding  the 
increased  number  of  apartments  erected  in 
our  cities   and  even  in  our  towns,  there 
has  been  an  ever-increasing  desire  to  get 
back  to  the  single  or  detached  house  as 
a  haven.     Much  as  we  love  modern  con- 
veniences and  labor-saving  devices,   and 
comforts,  we  still,  as  a  people,  love  the 
home  above  all   else.  .  As  this  term   im- 
plies   so    many    soul-stirring    desires,    it 
keeps  alive  the  great  love,  and  the  deter- 
mination to  possess  a  home,  even  though 
it  is  but  a  modest  affair. 


For  this   reason,  added  to  the  others 
that    have    made    it    a    general    favorite, 
the  bungalow  has  and  will  continue  to  be 
a  greater  and  more  generally  used  type 
of  house  in  the  future.     But  there   are 
other  reasons  also,  and  one  of  these  per- 
tains to  the  possibilities  that  the  bunga- 
low   type    offers    for    modest   outlay   or 
elaboration.     The  designs  are  many,  and 
the  types  myriad  in  their  complexity.  The 
living  room,   for  instance,  has  a  certain 
charm  that  abounds  with  cheeriness,  and 
that  has  been  one  of  the  strongest  fac- 
tors   in   creating   a   greater   love   for  the 
bungalow.     Properly   viewed,  the   living 
room  is  the  main  feature  of  the  bungalow. 
Around  it  is  built  the  other  apartments 
that  are  as  a  complement  to  this  apart- 
ment.   The  home  in  this  way  can  be  made 
the    ideal   that   is   not   possible   with   the 
ordinary  type  of  home.    The  bungalow,  in 
a  word,  has  made  it  possible  to  get  away 
from    this    two-story    hideous,    barn-like 
house,  that  lacked  all  the  essentials  that 


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are   so   strong   a   feature   with   the   ideal 
bungalow. 

In  the  old  days  we  had  the  cabin,  the 
home  of  one  or  two  rooms,  with  possibly 
a  room  upstairs,  the  same  as  we  find  in 
a  large  number  of  bungalows  today.  This, 
then,  was,  in  a  sense,  the  forerunner  of 
the  modern  bungalow,  and  with  the  added 
conveniences,  the  newer  type  of  materials, 
and  the  water  and  heat,  the  bath  and  gas 


nient  building  followed,  and  this,  with  its 
charm,  and  its  appeal  to  the  housewife  as 
a  solving  of  the  vexatious  question  of 
help,  made  her  crave  the  single  home 
where  these  things  might  be  enjoyed 
without  the  inconvenience  of  hiring  serv- 
ants. There  was  a  desire  to  get  away,  and 
to  still  make  possible  the  labor-saving 
devices  that  were  so  much  the  charm  of 
the  apartment. 


Interior  of  a  California  redwood  type  of  bungalow. 


range;  these  have  only  embellished  the 
home  that  was  in  those  days  the  best  that 
many  could  afford.  After  the  cabin  of 
logs,  came  the  frame  house  of  logs  and 
clapboards,  and  the  rough  stone  struc- 
ture, and  the  brick  that  was  common- 
place, but  more  pretentious.  We  increased 
the  number  of  rooms,  added  a  story  or 
two  as  the  case  demanded.  But  the  mat- 
ter of  servant  help  came  to  be  viewed 
as  part  of  the  well-regulated  family,  and 
the  inconveniences  of  upstairs  did  not  find 
its  serious  obstacles  until  then.  The  apart- 


In  the  materials  that  are  used  for  the 
building  of  bungalows  lies  another  charm. 
The  bungalow  is  adapted  to  any  and  every 
style  of  structural  material  that  is  used 
for  home  building.  The  specific  kind  is 
only  a  matter  to  be  determined  by  the 
owner,  and  in  keeping  with  the  cost  of 
the  house  itself.  Wood,  concrete,  brick, 
stone — any  kind  of  these  or  a  combina- 
tion of  any — have  been  used  with  results 
entirely  satisfactory  and  with  effects  more 
than  promising.  The  cost  of  the  bunga- 
low is  only  determined  by  the  owner,  who 


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may  erect  one  to  cost  from  a  thousand 
dollars,  to  one  that  costs  many  thousands 
of  dollars,  according  to  his  individual 
tastes  and  desires. 

As  the  most  appropriate  kind  of  ma- 
terial is  wood  for  the  construction  of  the 
bungalow,  it  being  the  material  with 
which  the  true  type  is  always  built, 
there  might  be  a  word  noted  in  this  con- 
nection. We  in  America  first  came  to 
know  the  bungalow  in  California.  This 


Patio  type  of  bungalow,  as  erected  in  the  Adirondacks. 


the  foundation  of  either.  If  brick  is  used 
for  building  the  house,  the  stone  chimney 
is  sometimes  adopted.  If  stone,  the  boul- 
der chimney  and  the  foundation.  Stucco 
can  be  used  in  conjunction  with  wood, 
brick  or  any  other  material.  However, 
wood  is  the  typically  correct  material 
where  we  adhere  to  strict  plans  in  the 
bungalow  type  of  home. 

What  is  most  to  be  sought  after  in  the 
building     of     the     bungalow     might     be 
summed  up  in  two  or 
three   very   important 
attributes.     First,  the 
house  should  be  built 
of  good  materials,  of 
whatever   kind.     The 
setting  should  be  on  a 
plot  of  ground  so  as 
to   permit    its   having 
breathing    space,    we 
might    term    it,    and 
lastly,  that  it  be  along 
artistic  lines  architec- 
turally.    The  first  of 
these  pertains  to   the 
class    of    materials 
used.       If    it    be    of 
wood,  use  one  of  sev- 


became the  popular  type  of  home  there, 
as  the  climate  was  particularly  suited  to 
this  style  of  home.  The  patterns  were 
brought  from  the  East  Indian  shores,  and 
somehow  it  seemed  to  fit  in  with  the  cli- 
mate, and  at  once  became  very  popular 
there.  Lumber  finds  itself  a  very  impor- 
tant adjunct  in  the  construction  of  the 
ideal  bungalow.  Still  there  are  many 
types  of  bungalows  that  are  constructed 
with  other  materials.  The  bungalow 
lends  itself  to  so  many  adaptations  in  the 
way  of  artistically  perfected  plans  that 
this  becomes  a  striking  point  in  its  favor, 
and  some  very  pleasing  results  are  ob- 
tained with  only  a  nominal  outlay  and  a 
little  care  in  the  planning. 

If  we  use  lumber  there  is  the  exterior 
chimney  of  stone,  brick  or  boulders,  with 


eral  kinds  that  are  specially  adapted  to  this 
class  of  construction.  These  include  red- 
wood, cypress,  white  pine,  gum,  poplar  and 
other  kinds.  If  brick,  use  only  the  best  of 
face  brick.  Common  brick  is  not  adapted  to 
bungalow  construction.  If  stucco  is  used, 
have  only  the  best  of  both  metal  lath  and 
Portland  cement. 

Some  builders  make  the  error  of  seeking 
to  get  low-cost  material  and  then  hope  to 
obtain  a  first-class  home.  It  must  be 
borne  in  mind  that  the  quality  of  the  ma- 
terial has  much  to  do  with  the  quality  of 
the  bungalow.  The  best  wood  construc- 
tion will  insure  this,  and  it  is  a  topic  that 
should  be  kept  well  in  mind.  Then,  too, 
if  the  house  lacks  an  artistic  setting,  there 
will  be  a  decided  decrease  in  its  value  and 
popularity.  Some  people  make  the  serious 


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Summer  bungalow  residence,  built  in  Madison,  Wisconsin. 


error  of  utilizing  a  small  lot  upon  which 
to  erect  this  type  of  house.  The  lot 
should  never  be  less  than  fifty  feet  front, 
but  a  much  larger  space  would  be  found 
far  more  profitable  and  satisfactory.  Have 
the  bungalow  an  artistic  one.  This  can  be 
realized  with  several  kinds  of  good  ma- 
terial where  the  plans  are  made  with  some 
degree  of  art.  The  ideal  bungalow  is  the 
home  with  the  most  home-like  setting. 

There  are  many  kinds  and  types  of 
bungalows.  Those  that  are  built  in  the 
far  west,  where  the  climate  is  warm,  are 
not  suited  to  the  sections  where  the  win- 
ters are  long  and  severe,  and  the  atmos- 
phere damp.  The  California  redwood 
type  originated  there,  but  each  section 
has  its  own  peculiar  type,  and  the  origin 
of  styles,  we  have  cited  above.  Strictly 
speaking,  the  bungalow  is  not  new.  How- 
ever, in  the  past  ten  or  fifteen  years  it 


has  become  extremely  popular  with  many 
people,  and  it  will  continue  to  do  so  as 
the  development  of  the  idea  gains  promi- 
nence. It  is  the  ideal  home,  and  hs 
charms  are  best  realized  by  those  who 
have  come  to  see  in  it  the  convenient, 
compact  and  cozy  home  for  the  man  of 
small  or  large  means. 

For  some  unknown  reason,  the  bun- 
galow has  not  as  yet  become  very  popular 
with  the  farmer,  which  doubtless  is  due  to 
the  fact  that  he  is  usually  slow  in  adopt- 
ing a  radical  change.  The  bungalow 
should,  and  no  doubt  will,  appeal  to  him 
as  an  ideal  home  when  its  real  charm  and 
its  artistic  side  is  made  plain  to  him,  and 
think  it  but  a  matter  of  time  before  the 
country  bungalow,  with  its  many  vantage 
points  for  the  farmer's  wife,  will  meet 
with  general  favor. 


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The  American  Bungalow  and  Its 
Significance" 


Evelyn  M.  Watson 


MERE  FAD"  someone  remarked 
referring  to  a  road  of  bungalows 
in  the  suburbs  of  Buffalo.  Alas, 
are  bungalows  a  fad ;  are  there 
any  real  fads  in  the  building  world  when  it 
somes  to  the  fundamental  line  of  con- 
struction? There  may  be  fads  in  wall 
decorations  and  freak  sporadic  move- 
ments in  exterior  trims  but  can  the  in- 
troduction of  any  new  type  of  building 
be  regarded  a  fad?  The  writer  feels  not. 
A  new  type  of  building  may  be  the 
fashion  for  a  time  and  then  leave  the 
limelight  for  another  style  but  the  very 
durability  and  inelasticity  of  the  mate^ 
rials  used  preclude  the  use  of  the  word 
fad.  Once  a  construction  is  developed 
and  introduced  it  stamps  its  mark  on 
the  entire  history  of  architecture  and 
claims  its  place — be  it  small  or  large. 
There  may  be  fads  in  wall  paper  patterns 
and  in  druggets,  in  color  schemes  and  in- 
terior treatments,  but  even  these  are 
more  like  fashions  that  either  repeat  what 
has  gone  before  or  represent  on  their 
own  responsibility  a  new  type.  In  the 
construction  of  buildings  definite  types 
are  more  or  less  represented  and  more 
than  in  many  other  fields  of  self  expression 
the  whims  of  an  individual  or  of  a  period 
are  subordinated  to  broader  ideals  of  the 
public  as  expressed  in  its  architecture  (as 
all  ideals  of  each  age  are  always  ex- 
pansed  in  architecture). 

Types  of  constructions,  distinct  enough 
to  be  called  such,  are  the  result  of  devel- 
opment and  are  not  the  result  of  a  passing 
fancy.  They  may  appeal  to  fancy  but 
their  cause  is  deeper.  Take  the  bungalow 
for  instance,  it  first  grew  up  in  India — it  re- 


flects the  same  temperament  as  is  found 
wherever  there  is  a  bungalow  type  build- 
ing— Japan,  China  and  the  parts  of  the 
world  where  climatic  or  financial  condi- 
tions dictate  simplicity. 

The  bungalow  of  the  West  represents 
the  conception  of  a  movement  which  is 
broad  sweeping.  The  Western  bungalow 
with  the  tent  roof  and  occasional  pergola 
extension  combines  a  touch  of  the  Japa- 
nese and  a  touch  of  the  Spanish  Mission 
Architecture  with  this  modern  type  of 
construction,  and  a  bungalow  is  a  type  of 
construction. 

The  bungalow  meets  the  demands  of 
our  people.  It  is  not  only  a  development, 
in  architecture  due  to  the  foreign  influence 
but  it  is  a  spontaneous  development  an- 
swering the  demand  of  the  average  man 
and  woman  for  a  modest  priced  conve- 
nient home.  The  bungalow  comes  at  a 
period  when  home  building  and  owning 
is  the  object  of  definite  promotion  not  only 
among  the  manufacturers  of  constructing 
materials  but  among  those  who  get  the 
drift  of  our  social  awakening. 

The  bungalow  has  a  mission  to  fulfill 
and  it  belongs  to  a  period  in  our  archi- 
tectural development  that  is  American, 
democratic  and  wholesomely  progressive. 

The  bungalow  is  American  as  we  have 
it  here ;  it  combines  colonial  simplicity 
with  American  craftsman  detail  which,  as 
we  know,  is  at  once  homelike  and  digni- 
fied, yet  simple.  The  bungalow  as  we 
know  it  is  a  movement  sweeping  from 
coast  to  coast,  stamping  our  architecture 
with  an  adaptability  and  adjustment  to 
conditions  that  is  as  ingenious  as  the 
American  himself. 


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The  bungalow  is  democratic.  It  is 
suited  as  the  basis  for  elegant  and  elab- 
orate homes.  It  is  adapted  to  homes  ele- 
gant in  their  strict  simplicity.  It  is  suited 
to  the  modest  dwelling,  and  with  no  dis- 
credit to  it,  it  is  suited  to  the  most  modest 
type  of  construction — the  temporary 
house  and  the  summer  house  and  farm 
cottage. 

The  bungalow  is  wholesome  with  its 
many  windows  and  in  its  demand  for  green 
setting  it  implies 
out-of-door  life. 
It  implies  simple 
living  and  neigh- 
borliness.  It  sug- 
gests the  close  to 
nature  movement 
from  its  vine 
hung  porches  to 
its  outdoor  sleep- 
ing rooms,  from 
its  pergolas  run- 
ning gardenward. 


"The  knoivlcdgc  that  age  improves  archi- 
tecture as  well  as  wine  is  not  new,  but  the 
realization  that  the  improvement  is  due  to 
the  texture  of  the  surfaces  and  the  soften- 
ing of  the  rigid  lines  is  recent  and  has  not 
yet  by  any  means  become  general." 

—Extract  from  Aymar  Embury's  "One 
Hundred  Country  Homes." 


houses,  or  houses  with  only  Queen  Anne 
windows,  just  as  we  have  colonial  public 
buildings  with  colonial  facades,  so  we 
will  continue  to  have  bungalows — or  bun- 
galow roofs,  porches  and  windows  and 
the  bungalow  treatment. 

For  a  few  favored  persons  who  can  see 
their  way  free  to  a  half  dozen  residences, 
bungalows  may  be  a  fad,  just  as  top  boots 
may  be  a  fad  and  wicker  furniture  mav 
be  a  fad,  but  for  the  rank  and  file  top 

boots     will     have 
their    place    with 


The  bungalow  is  pro- 
gressive, adjusting  itself  to  the  needs  of 
people  in  all  circumstances.  It  seems  to 
speak  for  the  future  of  American  democ- 
racy, for  a  time  when  the  poor  man  will  not 
have  to  feel  that  his  neighbor's  place  is  dif- 
ferent from  his  little  cottage — for  a  time 
when  the  houses  of  the  rich  will  be  recog- 
nized to  have  the  same  fundamental  lines  as 
the  homes  of  the  poor — just  as  rich  men  are 
now  being  recognized  as  being  con- 
structed as  individuals  along  the  same 
lines  as  their  less  favored  brothers.  As 
the  time  grows  closer  and  the  likeness 
of  all  men  is  more  recognized  in  our  na- 
tional and  industrial  conduct  it  is  logical 
that  architecture  should  reflect  this  con- 
dition and  so  far  it,  is  doing  so  in  the 
bungalow. 

The  bungalow  is  not  a  fad,  it  is  a  part 
of  a  movement.  Like  all  movements  it  will 
have  its  day  but  like  all  worthy  move- 
ments in  architecture  it  will  not  pass  out 
—it  cannot.  Just  as  we  have  Queen  Anne 


certain  people  and 
wicker  furniture 
will  have  its  per- 
ennial charm  in 
season,  and  bun- 
galows will  re- 
main a  special 
type  of  construc- 
tion adapted  or 
adaptable  for  a 

broad  number  of  requirements.  Fads? 
It's  a  discredit  to  our  judgment  that  we'd 
follow  mere  whims  in  the  building  of 
our  homes.  Perhaps  we  may  pursue  a 
delightful  vagary  in  the  decoration  of 
them  — but  in  the  fundamental  lines  — 
no.  We  are  not  faddists  of  heart,  we  are 
anxious  and  in  building  our  homes  we 
haven't  enough  money  to  be  (if  we  did 
we  would  no  doubt  follow  more  elaborate 
types).  We  are  a  "conservatively  pro- 
gressive" people  and  the  bungalow  rep- 
resents our  relations  to  the  world  and 
our  present  accomplishment  in  the  un- 
derlying movement  for  establishing  bet- 
ter homes  and  houses. 

Freaks  of  construction  born  of  an  un- 
wholesome period  of  time  die — these  are 
fads:  the  bungalow  is  no  freak — it  is  a 
natural  development  and  as  such  has  an 
enviable  place  in  the  history  and  trend 
of  American  architecture. 

Once  again  the  bungalow  is  an  expo- 
nent of  modern  life.  The  bungalow  calls 
for  all  our  latest  improvements  partic- 


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ularly  the  devices  that  make  for  the  sav- 
ing of  time,  space  and  labor.  The  electric 
iron,  the  electric  toaster,  the  built-in  book 
rack,  the  vanishing  bed,  the  folding  par- 
tition, built-in  drawers  of  cabinets,  like- 
wise the  bungalow  calls  for  all  our  most 
attractive  interior  decorations,  dainty 
chintzes,  reed  rockers,  tapestry,  brick 
fireplaces,  wall  board  walls  and  diamond 
paned  casements  calling  for  latest  im- 
provements and  most  modern  decorations 
flanked  by  sun  parlors  and  sleeping  ve- 
randas, porches  and  pergolas,  the  bunga- 
low is  indeed  an  exponent  of  modern 
life. 

One  feature  in  particular  is  offered  by 
the  bungalow — it  embodies  the  craftsman 
style  of  architecture  and  the  craftsman 
type  of  architecture  is  distinctly  modern 
and  distinctly  American.  The  bungalow 
also  permits  the  use  of  modern  construc- 
tion and  decorative  materials — tapestry 
brick,  washable  wall  paints,  stenciled ; 
and  metal  shingles  and  lath  and  wall 
boards. 

A  more  practical  building  than  the  bun- 
galow cannot  be  conceived — it  combines 
the  beauty  and  simplicity  of  the  cottage 
with  the  beauty  and  sublimity  of  the 
castle.  It  is  a  colossal  little  house  where 
the  home  spirit  is  given  every  freedom 
and  enjoyment.  It  is  an  efficient  little 
house  with  the  maximum  of  expense  and 
face.  It  is  a  place  where  stern  reality 
takes  upon  the  air  of  romance  and  ro- 
mance .finds  expression  in  reality.  It  is  a 
very  good  type  of  home,  friendly  and 
kindly.  Artistic,  durable,  practical,  it  is 
a  modern  house  of  dreams  made  real ; 
bungalows  are  castles  in  Spain  brought 
to  earth  in  a  way  that  either  country 
families  or  the  city  householders  can  en- 
joy them  so  that  every  man  has  a  chance 
for  living  the  life  that  claims  all  of  the 
home  life.  Whatever  the  criticism  that 
might  be  made  of  the  bungalow,  this 
much  is  certain — this  little  house  marks 
an  epoch  of  independence  among  Amer- 


ican citizens  who  not  only  are  encouraged  to 
break  loose  from  the  shackles  of  their 
overlords — the  renting  agency,  but  are 
led  to  save  and  invest  in  property  of 
their  own  and  build  for  themselves.  The 
bungalow  is  not  a  mirage  in  the 
desert;  a  dream  palace  never  to  be  real- 
ized but  a  practical  tested  out  product 
of  modern  civilization. 

The  critic  of  the  bungalow  is  among  its 
best  advertisers  for  the  simple  reason  that 
he  may  object  to  one  feature  in  this  type 
of  architecture  but  he  cannot  object  to  all. 
He  always  has  to  acknowledge  points  of 
superiority  and  however  he  may  object 
to  certain  features  he  is  led  to  point  out 
advantages  and  to  make  favorable  com- 
ment whenever  he  criticizes.  He  has  to 
acknowledge  that  the  bungalow,  with  its 
restful  lines,  follows  certain  laws  of  har- 
mony and  the  laws  of  harmony  are  un- 
changing— they  outlast  any  passing  fancy, 
fad  or  whim.  Good  taste  is  based  upon 
laws  of  harmony  and,  therefore,  the  bun- 
galow is  at  least  in  good  taste.  It  may, 
it  is  true,  be  in  unusual  temporary  de- 
mand, but  this  is  more  an  argument  that 
it  is  in  good  taste  than  that  it  is  a  fad. 
The  bungalow  is  not  a  hobby  of  the  pub- 
lic because  it  is  profitable,  and  as  an  in- 
vestment pays  for  itself,  while  hobbies 
are  pursued  for  the  mere  love  of  them 
without  regard  for  returns,  and  returns 
are  something  the  average  bungalow 
owner  is  interested  in — desire  for  returns 
is  an  expression  of  ever  protective  in- 
stinct. It  is  not  a  hobby  in  the  sense  of 
its  being  promoted  by  architects  and 
builders  as  such,  for  these  men  are  not 
working  for  their  health  and  whatever 
they  build  up  must  not  only  reflect  their 
ability  but  do  so  in  a  permanent  way.  The 
bungalow  is  not  a  whim,  a  freak  of  archi- 
tecture— this  has  already  been  brought 
out.  It  is  not  the  result  of  passing  fancies 
but  is  a  natural  outgrowth  of  over  na- 
tional spirit,  democratic  and  wholesome. 


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Building  the  Bungalow  Fire-Proof 


E.   I.   Farrington 


OOKING  from  the  window  of  my 
home  in  a  suburban  town  I  have 
seen  the  flames  rising  from  one 
house  after  another,  as  half  a 
dozen  wooden  dwellings  have  been  de- 
stroyed by  fire  in  the  past  few  years.  It 
is  usually  the  case  in  small  communities 
that  but  little  of  the  taxpayer's  money  is 
expended  for  fire  equipment ;  sometimes 
horses  have  to  be  obtained  from  livery 
stables  before  the  horse  carriage  or 
steamer  can  be  dispatched  to  the  con- 
flagration. It  is  in  these  communities, 
therefore,  that  there  is  most  need  of 
building  with  materials  which  are  fire- 
proof, and  builders  of  bungalows  are 
keeping  this  thought  in  mind  more  and 
more  when  they  plan  their  new  homes. 
As  used  in  a  popular  way  the  term  fire- 


proof does  not  mean  that  there  is  nothing 
inflammable  about  the  structure  to  which 
it  is  applied,  but  that  the  walls,  at  least, 
and  perhaps  the  roof,  are  so  constructed 
that  they  will  not  burn. 

Stone,  brick,  cement  and  terra  cotta 
hollow  tile  are  the  materials  used  in  the 
construction  of  fireproof  bungalows. 
Stone  is  too  expensive  to  be  used  in  most 
sections,  but  it  offers  excellent  possibil- 
ities, as  may  be  judged  by  the  accom- 
panying illustration  of  a  beautiful  stone 
bungalow.  This  little  home  is  most  at- 
tractive, both  inside  and  out.  The  per- 
manent character  of  the  material  used  re- 
duces the  upkeep  expense  to  a  very  small 
amount  and  the  substantial  appearance  of 
the  bungalow  is  carried  even  to  the  in- 
terior, where  a  great  stone  fireplace,  with 


A  New  England  stone  bungalow. 


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the  chinmney  breast  exposed,  dominates 
the  living  room,  even  though  partially  se- 
cluded in  an  inglenook. 

Brick  bungalows  with  tiled  or  abestos 
roofs  are  attractive  in  appearance  and  are 
fire  resisting,  even  though  all  the  interior 
is  made  of  wood.  Metal  lath  is  used  on 
the  inside  of  brick  walls,  although  it  is 
possible  to  plaster  directly  on  the  walls, 
if  wooden  strips  are  built  into  them.  Fur- 


The  fireplace  inglenook  in  the  stone  bungalow. 


ring  and  lathing  is  desirable,  though,  be- 
cause it  helps  to  create  an  air  space 
which  keeps  the  house  dry,  as  well  as 
cooler  in  summer  and  warmer  in  winter. 
Brick  bungalows  have  so  much  to  recom- 
mend them,  that  they  deserve  wider  pop- 
ularity than  has  come  to  them.  When 
skillfully  designed,  they  have  much  more 
character  and  individual  charm  than  the 
ordinary  frame  or  stucco  bungalow,  with 
the  additional  advantage  of  being  more 
nearly  fireproof  and  less  susceptible  to 
variations  in  temperature. 

While  stone  and  brick  have  merits  all 
their  own,  the  most  popular  material  for 
the  construction  of  fireproof  bungalows  is 


terra  cotta  hollow  tile,  and  in  many  ways 
it  is  the  most  adaptable  and  satisfactory. 
When  plaster  is  laid  on  hollow  tile,  the 
walls  become  fireproof  and  the  job  is  a 
permanent  one.  By  using  tile  on  the  roof 
and  making  the  floors  of  hollow  tile  cov- 
ered with  smooth  cement,  the  danger  of 
fire  is  practically  eliminated  for  good  and 
all. 

Clay   or  mud   has   been   used   for   cen- 
turies by  the  Indians 

•^••I^BI^H  of  Mexico  and  of  our 
own  great  West,  in 
the  construction  of 
their  simple  houses, 
but  these  adobe  struc- 
tures, while  proof 
against  fire,  disinte- 
grate and  return  to 
mud  if  exposed  to  an 
abnormal  downpour. 
Terra  cotta  hollow 
blocks  are  prepared 
in  a  manner  which 
seems  to  leave  no 
limits  to  their  durabil- 
ity. They  come  in 
different  sizes,  12x12 
x8  being  a  common 
size  for  outside  walls, 
while  those  used  in- 
side are  most  often 

three  instead  of  eight  inches  thick.  The 
tiles  are  laid  on  edge  and  the  stucco  is  ap- 
plied directly  to  them,  both  on  the  exterior 
and  interior  walls.  Being  grooved,  the  tiles 
hold  the  cement  firmly  and  there  is  no  oc- 
casion to  use  furring  or  lathing,  as  the  air 
spaces  make  the  walls  perfectly  dry.  The 
work  of  laying  the  tiles  is  done  rapidly.  Of 
course  this  material  is  less  flexible  than 
wood,  but  the  tiles  can  be  chipped  off  like 
bricks  to  make  odd  sizes.  Concrete  slabs 
may  be  used  over' the  windows  and  doors  if 
they  are  wide. 

The  majority  of  hollow  tile  bungalows 
have    wooden    floor    construction,    but    if 


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the  house  is  to  be  really  fireproof  in  any- 
thing like  a  literal  sense  the  floors  must 
be  made  of  hollow  tile,  too,  and  the  addi- 
tional expense  is  not  an  item  of  serious 
moment.  The  necessary  wires  and  pipes 
are  laid  on  the  tile,  after  which  a  cement 
coating  is  made  to  flow  over  the  entire 
surface  and  may  be  rounded  up  at  the 
sides  if  deemed  desirable,  to  get  rid  of 
all  square  corners  and  so  facilitate  clean- 
ing. Most  people,  however,  prefer  wooden 
floors,  even  if  it  is  necessary  to  introduce 
a  little  wood ;  therefore  strips  are  laid  in 
the  concrete,  the  finish  boards  being 
nailed  to  them.  In  order  to  provide  for 
wooden  trim  on  the  walls,  specially  pre- 
pared metal  plugs  are  driven  into  the 
joints  between  the  tiles  before  the  plaster 
is  applied.  The  ceiling  is  formed  by  plas- 
tering directly  on  the  hollow  tile,  in  the 
same  manner  as  on  the  walls. 

The  outside  plastering  should  be  done 
by  an  expert  in  order  to  get  really  satis- 
factory results.  Stucco  in  a  soft  cream 
shade  is  very  attractive,  but  it  is  de- 
pressing and  most  undesirable  when  it 
has  the  bluish  tint  often  seen  on  suburban 
houses.  Neither  red  tiles  nor  red  slate 
combines  harmoniouslv  with  cream  col- 


ored stucco,  and  plastered  bungalows 
with  red  roofs  are  fast  becoming  a  feature 
of  suburban  communities  all  over  the 
country,  bringing  in  a  note  of  life  and 
animation  which  is  most  acceptable. 

Some  people,  however,  have  a  prejudice 
against  stucco  in  any  form  or  color  and 
yet  desire  to  use  hollow  tile  because  of 
its  fireproof  qualities  and  its  other  un- 
doubted good  points.  On  homes  of  this 
type  the  outside  walls  will  be  faced  with 
a  brick  veneer.  When  finished,  the  bun- 
galow has  all  the  attractive  features  of  a 
solid  brick  structure  and  retaining  all  the 
advantages  associated  with  hollow  tile. 
Such  a  house,  with  the  proper  inside  con- 
struction and  a  tile  or  asbestos  roof,  is 
thoroughly  fireproof. 

In  addition  to  reducing  or  eliminating 
fire  risks  and  insurance  charges,  the  dif- 
ference in  the  price  of  a  frame  bungalow 
and  one  constructed  of  brick  or  hollow 
tile  is  more  than  equalized  in  a  few  years 
by  the  additional  cost  of  upkeep.  The  in- 
creased first  cost  of  a  fireproof  bungalow 
is  soon  forgotten,  but  the  bills  for  paint- 
ing and  other  repairs  continue  year  after 
year  and  continually  grow  larger,  when 
one  owns  a  frame  dwelling. 


A  Suggestion  for  the  Summer 
Bungalow  Living  Room 

Arthur  E.   Gleed 


I  HE  most  important  room  in  the 
summer  bungalow  is  the  living 
room,  and  as  much  space  as  pos- 
sible should  be  devoted  to  it  when 
laying  out  the  plan.  During  the  warm 
weather  we  can  be  satisfied  with  a  tiny 
kitchen  and  even  manage  with  small  bed- 
rooms, providing  there  is  good  ventila- 
tion, but  in  the  room  shared  by  all  the 
occupants  of  the  house,  a  feeling  of  space 


is  absolutely  necessary  and  a  thing  to  be 
thankful  for.  This  being  true,  and  where 
it  is  not  desirable  to  build  upon  a  large 
plan,  there  are  good  reasons  for  combin- 
ing sitting  room  and  dining  room  in  one 
large  apartment  and  calling  it  the  living 
room.  This,  in  conjunction  with  a  small 
kitchen  and  a  handy  pantry,  should  meet 
the  requirements  of  the  usual  family. 
The  accompanying  sketch  is  a  sugges- 


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tion  for  such  an  arrangement  which  could 
be  carried  out  to  an  artistic  finish  at  a 
moderate  expenditure.  One  of  the  prin- 
cipal features  of  the  room  is  the  deep 
window  seat  at  one  end  of  the  room  hay- 
ing a  large  cupboard  at  the  side.  This 
cupboard  is  fitted  with  a  small  outside 
window  for  light  and  ventilation  and  is 
arranged  to  serve  as  a  pantry.  Another 
item  of  interest  is  an  inglenook  with 
settle  seats  and  book  cupboards  on  either 


durability  and  permanence.  The  walls  are 
wood  paneled  to  a  height  of  about  seven 
feet,  and  above  that  are  either  plastered 
or  overlaid  with  plaster  board.  The  ceil- 
ing has  the  beams  left  exposed,  with  the 
spaces  between  filled  in  by  the  same 
method  as  used  for  the  upper  walls.  The 
open  fireplace  is  built  of  brick  and  cement 
blocks,  cement  also  being  used  for  the 
hearth.  A  distinctive  appearance  is  given 
to  the  inglenook  by  raising  it  about  six 


A  summer  bunzalow  living  room  in  tones  of  subdued  green  and  deep  ivory. 


side  of  the  fireplace.  Over  the  book  cup- 
boards are  leaded  glass  windows  which 
give  adequate  light  and  make  the  side 
seats  comfortable  places  for  reading  or 
work.  A  simple  form  of  sideboard  is 
built  against  the  wall  near  the  pantry,  it 
being  large  enough  to  hold  all  the  china 
in  daily  use  and  having  two  drawers  for 
linen  and  cutlery. 

The  decorative  treatment  of  the  room 
is  such  that  if  carried  out  in  one  of  the 
cheaper  woods,  such  as  Georgia  pine  or 
cypress,  it  need  not  necessitate  a  large 
outlay,  especially  when  we  consider  its 


inches  from  the  main  floor.  This  could 
be  done  by  laying  a  cement  floor  or  one 
of  red  brick,  but  if  preferred,  floor  boards 
could  be  used  with  a  finish  to  match  the 
rest  of  the  room. 

A  pleasing  color  scheme  would  be  to 
stain  all  the  woodwork  a  subdued  green 
and  tint  the  plaster  deep  ivory.  The  plain 
effect  of  the  space  above  the  paneling 
could  be  relieved  with  a  stenciled  floral 
motif,  placed  at  each  corner  of  the  room 
and  at  points  where  the  paneling  was 
broken  into  by  the  ingle  and  the  win- 
dows. Suitable  coloring  for  the  stenciling 


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would  be  dull  green  with  a  touch  of 
Venetian  red.  The  cement  work  of  the 
fireplace  should  be  tinted  ivory,  and  with 
the  brickwork  left  its  natural  shade,  the 
whole  will  then  harmonize  with  the  other 
coloring  of  the  room.  The  doors  of  the 
cupboards  are  fitted  with  glass  panels,  and 
copper  latches  are  used  as  fastenings. 
Ivory  tinted  linen  is  used  for  the  cur- 
tains, table  cover,  and  cushions,  the  dull 
green  and  Venetian  red  being  repeated  on 
them  by  means  of  embroidery  and  stencil 
work. 

Such  a  room,  although  distinctive  in 
style,  would  be  comfortable  and  desirable 
for  every-day  use.  As  a  sitting  room  the 


ample  space  and  absence  of  unnecessary 
ornament  would  make  it  restful  and  pleas- 
ant in  summer,  and  the  inglenook  could 
be  made  a  cheerful  center  on  chilly  even- 
ings. As  a  dining  room  the  arrangement 
of  sideboard  and  pantry  would  be  appre- 
ciated by  those  responsible  for  the  meals, 
and  if  the  color  scheme  was  continued  in 
the  china  used  at  the  table,  the  simplest 
meal  would  be  artistic.  Where  there  is 
to  be  economy  in  building  and  housework 
is  to  be  minimized,  the  combination  of 
sitting  room  and  dining  room  is  well 
worth  considering;  and  if  a  durable  style 
of  decoration  is  adopted  the  result  should 
prove  satisfactory  from  all  points  of  view. 


The  Bungalow 

"Among  shrubbery  and  shade  trees 

The  brisk  little  bungalow  stands, 
Its  swinging  white  gate  speaking  welcome 
While  its  dignified  doorhook  commands. 

"Its  windows  so  clear  and  so  gleaming 
Look  out  with  suggestions  of  pride, 
The  walls  neatly  shingled  and  beaming 
Speak  well  for  the  cosy  inside. 

"Here  neighborly  spirits  shine  clearly 

And  family  life  is  implied 
From  the  smoke  of  the  brick-built  dutch 

chimnev 
To  the  billowy  curtains  inside. 

"Here's  the  home  of  American  manhood 

Independent  and  true  in  his  life 
With  a  welcome  for  friends  and  for  neigh- 
bors 
To  share  with  his  children  and  wife." 


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An  open  effect  to  the  porch  is  gained  by  a  single  span  between  corner  pillars. 


A  Group  of  Western  Bungalows 


By  Jud  Yoho 


|  HE  distinctive  type  of  the  western 
bungalow   is   quickly   recognized. 
It    has    a   freedom    of   execution, 
characteristic  of  the  West,  where 
one  feels  free  of  any  necessity  of  crowd- 
ing, and  this  very  quality  makes  the  bun- 
galow the  present  popular  residence. 


In  this  group  of  western  bungalows, 
the  first  design-  is  especially  suited  for  a 
corner  lot.  The  arch  extending  between 
the  corner  pillars  in  a  single  span  gives 
an  open  effect  to  the  porch,  and  provides 
space  for  light,  which  is  appreciated  in 
the  large  living  room.  The  dining  room 


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The  surrounding:  grounds  are  beautifully  adorned. 


is  second  only  to  this  spacious  room  in 
point  of  attractiveness  and  utility,  being 
well  lighted  with  windows  on  two  sides. 
The  kitchen  is  of  good  size  and  the  pass 
entry  is  especially  well  fitted  with  cup- 
boards. The  small  hall  which  enables  one 
to  reach  the  bath  room  from  any  of  the 


three  bedrooms  or  living  room,  without 
passing  through  the  kitchen  or  dining 
room,  is  an  important  item. 

The  construction  is  frame  with  outside 
walls  shingled  and  stained.  Clinker  brick 
of  variegated  shades  is  used  for  the  porch 
wall,  with  a  cement  slab  cap  and  trim 


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"Solid  and  Sensible." 

around  the  corner  piers.  There  is  no  sec- 
ond floor,  but  the  low  attic  is  well  venti- 
lated. 

The  next  bungalow  was  built  as  a  sub- 
urban home  in  the  state  of  Washington 
and  is  of  a  more  pretentious  order,  though 
quite  simple  of  construction.  The  sur- 
rounding grounds  are  beautifully  adorned 
with  a  big  bed  of  daisies  banking  the  fore- 
ground. 

The  color  scheme  for  this  bungalow,  set 
among  flowers,  is  gray.  For  the  walls 
and  for  the  roof,  green.  Another  popular 
method  of  treating  a  wall  and  roof  scheme 
such  as  this  is  the  staining  of  the  wall 
shingles  a  golden  tan,  while  the  roof  may 
be  any  of  the  warm  darker  shades, 
preferably  a  brown  tint.  This  golden 
tan  is  a  stain  that  seems  to  rel- 
ish the  shingle.  The  white  trim  of 
this  bungalow  also  enhances  the  effect, 
making  for  a  complete  harmony.  To  those 
who  would  criticise  the  golden  tan  stain 
as  not  being  "home-like"  in  feeling,  it 
should  be  pointed  out  that  it  does  little 
more  than  give  brilliance  to  the  natural 
color  or  tint  of  the  shingle  itself,  and  is 
not  an  abnormal  tint  at  all.  If  put  on  of 
the  right  depth,  it  is  truly  quiet  in  feeling. 
The  interior  devotes  the  front  to  a  gener- 


ous living  room,  four- 
teen feet  wide  by  the 
house  width.     In  the 
dining  room  the  ceil- 
ing is  beamed  and  the 
walls  are  wainscoted, 
with    a    wood    panel 
running    to   a   height 
of  four  feet.     At  the 
rear  is  a  large  sleep- 
ing porch.     The   ex- 
terior    wall     of     the 
sleeping     porch     has 
casement  sash,  which 
can   be    thrown    wide 
or  partly   opened,   as 
required.    This  porch, 
it  will  be  noted,  has 
sufficient   room   for  a  bed  and   four   feet 
to  spare,  and  also  that  it  is  immediately 
adjoining  the  rear  bedroom  and  can  be 
reached  directly  from  the  front  bedroom 
through  the  hall.     The  kitchen  is  of  the 


3J DINING  ROOM 

3     H;0xl6'- 


HALL  [s 

:  LIVING  ROOM 


FLOOR  PLAN 

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cabinet  form,  where 
everything  used  may 
be  kept  under  cover 
and  free  from  dust. 
This  home  is  good  to 
the  eye  and  very  well 
planned. 

When  one  looks  at 
the  next  bungalow  in 
this  group,  it  is  hard 
to  keep  from  getting 
enthusiastic  about  as 
pretty  a  bungalow  as 
this,  especially  after 
an  inspection  of  the 
house  itself.  "Solid 
and  sensible"  justly 
describes  it.  Where 
large  room  and  closet 

space  is  needed,  it  would  be  hard  to  find  a 
nicer  plan.  The  entrance  is  into  a  vesti- 
bule which  opens  into  a  reception  hall,  with 


FLOOR  PL  AH 

NO  249 


Cobble-Btone  and  brick  lined  on  front  porch  with  artistic  effect. 


living  and  dining  rooms  on  opposite  sides. 

The  porch  floor  is  cement  on  dirt  filling. 

The  house  is  very  well  planned  with  all 
the  rooms  independent  of  each 
other,  yet  easy  of  access.  The  din- 
ing room  has  an  exceptionally  fine 
buffet.  The  living  room  is  large 
and  has  a  large  open  fireplace  of 
a  new  design  in  pressed  brick.  The 
brick  chimney  with  step  effect  is  an 
architectural  feature  of  the  design 
and  the  union  of  roof  lines  produc- 
ing a  parallelogram  in  front.  Our 
fourth  bungalow  is  elaborate  both 
as  to  the  outside  and  inside  design. 
This  bungalow  will  attract  the  bet- 
ter class  of  house  owners,  not  only 
by  its  pretentious  appearance,  but 
by  the  features  of  the  interior, 
which  include  a  cozy  vestibule  and 
reception  hall,  fireplace  in  both  liv- 
ing room  and  dining  rooms,  a  buf- 
fet in  the  last  named  room,  and, 
best  of  all,  a  breakfast  room,  prac- 
tically enclosed  in  glass,  available 
to  the  kitchen  with  the  same  easy 
access  as  the  dining  room.  The  ex- 
terior employs  cobblestones  and 
brick  with  artistic  effect. 


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Planting  the  Bungalow 

Wyman  P.  Harper,  Landscape  Architect 


O  PLANT  the  bungalow  effect- 
ively is  easier  than  with  the  tall- 
er house.  The  latter  stands  too 
far  above  the  ground  so  that  a 
part  of  the  object  in  planting  is  to  reduce 
the  appearance  of  height  and  so  to  make 
the  house  nestle  more  closely  to  the 
ground.  This  has  already  been  done  by 


In  planting  for  ornament,  of  course 
different  seasons  must  be  considered. 
Spring  is  the  glorious  flowering  time  for 
almost  all  the  tree  and  shrubby  groups, 
the  only  exceptions  of  consequence  being 
the  Hydrangea  of  our  northern  latitudes 
and  the  Rose  of  Sharon  or  Althaea  of  the 
middle  states.  If  flowers  are  wanted  at 


For  the  bungalow,  a  somewhat  lower  planting  is  permissible. 


the  design  of  the  bungalow  itself,  the 
planting  coming  to  be  for  the  purpose  of 
ornament  only. 

The  method  of  planting  about  a  bunga- 
low is  no  different,  however,  than  with 
a  house.  One  plants  the  blank  spaces 
and  leaves  the  others  open,  and  the 
choice  of  plants  is  no  different,  one  being 
governed,  first,  by  a  plant's  hardiness 
and,  secondly,  by  its  height.  This  was 
pointed  out  in  the  March  number.  As 
a  rule,  a  somewhat  lower  planting  is  per- 
missible but  practically  the  difference  in 
planting  is  trifling,  while  considerable  in 
effect. 


other  seasons,  then,  excepting  for  the 
shrubs  mentioned,  the  shrubbery  would 
have  to  be  supplemented  by  hardy  and 
annual  flowers.  Both  of  my  articles  in 
February  and  March  gave  the  method  for 
a  planting  scheme  of  this  kind,  and  other 
suggestions  will  be  noticed  more  in  de- 
tail in  a  later  number. 

There  are  other  ways  by  which  shrub- 
bery can  give  ornament  than  by  their 
flowers.  Since  the  Spring  is  the  only  sea- 
son in  which  flowers  appear  in  abun- 
dance, some  of  the  shrubbery  must  be 
selected  because  of  its  beauty  in  other 
particulars. 


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PLANTING  LIST. 

Xo.     Ft. 
Pits.  Apt. 

1.  American  Elm  (Ulmns 
Americana)  or  (St.  Louis 
and  south)  Oriental  Plane 
(  Platanus  onen talis ) ] 

2.  American     Linden     iTilia 
Americana)  or  (St.  Louis 
and  south)  Norway  Maple 
(Acer  platinoides) 

3.  Ash      (Fraxinns      Ameri- 
cana)   or    (St.    Louis   and 
south)    Sweet    Gum    (Li- 
quidambar    stj-raciflua) . . . 

4.  Mountain     Ash      (Sorbns 
Americana  or  S.  ancuparia 
or  S.  qnercifolia)  or  (St. 
Louis  and  south)  Maiden 
Hair    Tree    (Ginkgo    bil-' 
oba) 

5.  Buckeye    t  Aesculus 

ra)  or  (St.  Louis  and 
south)  Bechtel's  Crab 
( Pyrus  Bechtel)  1 


(Spiraea 


-    - 


6.  Bridal     Wreath 

Van  Honttei )   

7.  Japanese    Barberry    (Ber-' 
beris    Thunbergi)    or    (St. 
Louis  and   south)    Dwarf 
Dentzia       i  Deutzia       gra- 
cilis)    *   2 

8.  Japanese  Rose  (Rosa  ru- 
gosa)   35   •> 

9.  Siberian     Pea     (Caragana 
arborescens)        or        (St. 
Louis  and  south)  Rose  of 
Sharon     (Hibiscus     Svri- 
acus)    

lft  Mo?k  Orange  or  Garland 
Syringa  (Phildelphns  cor- 
onarius )  

11.  Tree   Lilac  (Syringa  jap^ 
onica)   or  (St.   Louis  and 
south*    Red    Bud    (Cercis 
Canadensis)     j  || 

12.  Snowberry  ( Symphoricar-! 
pus  racemosus)  ~     : 

13.  Russian    Olive    (Eleagnusl 
angustifolia)    |  1 

14.  Siberian    Dogwood    (Cor- 
nns      Siberica)      or      (St. 
Louis   and   south)    Aralia 

i*   ^ei?cla  'Diervilb,  rosea).'?  2?  j 

16.  Persian    or    Rouen    Lilac 
(Synnga   Persica   or   Chi-! 
nensis)    j    ^ 

17.  Hydrangea       (  Hydrangea '  * 
P-  g-)   or   (St.   Louis  and 
south)     Japanese    Quince 

Cydonia  Japonka)  .  i  03  -, 

la  Highbush        Cranberry        (Vlburtium    1 

Opnlus)     

19.  Common   Snowball    (Vibrnnnm  "bpnl    * 

Ins  stenlis)  or  (St.  Louis  and  south)! 

Japanese   Snowball   (Viburnum  plica- 

tnm)    

Hobble  Bush  ( Viburnum"  Lantana)  or 
Louis  and  south)  Common  Bar- 

;rry  (Berberis  vulgaris) 1 

Hedge  Tartarian  Honeysuckle  (Loni- 
cera  Tatarica)   u»  , 


22.  Hybrid    Snow    Garland    (Spiraea    ar-' 
guta)  or  (St.  Louis  and  south)  Snowl 
Garland  (Spiraea  Thunbergi  i  ; 

23.  Tartanan       Honeysuckle       (Lonicera 
Tatarica)     ................ 

24.  Mountain  Ash  (Sorbus  Americana  or 
S.  aucuparia  or  S.  qnercifolia) 

£>.  Engelmann's   Woodbine   (Ampelopsis 
tngelmanm)  or  (  St.  Louis  and  south) 


. 

Boston    Ivy    (Ampelopsis    Veitchii)  . 
Hittersweet    (Celastrus    scandens)    or 
(St.  Louis  and  south)  Wistaria  (Wis- 
taria  Chinensisl 


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Many  shrubs  fruit  in  an  attractive 
manner.  The  fruit  often  comes  late  in 
the  summer  and  continues  far  into  the 
winter.  It  sometimes  constitutes  an  even 
greater  source  of  beauty  than  flowers. 
The  little  Japanese  Barberry  is  notable  in 
this  respect,  its  berries  appearing  with 
as  bright  a  color, 
and  with  as  great 
abundance  as  the 
flowers  of  other 
plants.  So  with 
the  H  i  g  h  b  u  s  h 
Cranberry,  a  tall 
hardy  native  bush 
with  fruit  as  large 
and  of  the  same 
color  as  the  com- 
mercial trailing 
cranberry  of  the 
bogs.  Again  is  it 


ESTIMATE  OF  COST. 
Cost  of  Plants. 

6  large  growing  trees  at  $2 $12.00 

7  small  growing  trees  at  $1 7.00 

160  shrubs  and  vines  at  $0.25 40.00 

10  per  cent  additional  for  freight 

and  packing  charged  extra. .      5.90 


$64.90 


Cost  of  Preparation  of  Soil. 
(Omitting  cost  of  extra  black  earth 

and  clay  if  needed.) 
1  man    1,600   sq.   ft.   plant   beds   6 

days  at  $2  per  day $12.00 

1  man   planting   trees   and   shrub- 
bery 2  days  at  $2 4.00 


true  with  the  Jap- 
anese Rose,  the 
Rosa  rugosti, 
whose  large  hips 
last  late  into  the 
winter.  So  with 

the  Mountain  Ash,  covered  in  the  fall  with 
clusters  of  minute  apples  the  size  of  berries 
and  highly  appreciated  by  the  birds.    Much 
of  the  charm  of  the  Bittersweet  vine  and 
the  Woodbine  comes  from  the  same  source. 
The  Woodbine  especially  is  as  famed 
for  the  Fall  coloring  of  its  leaves  as  many 
other  shrubs  are  for  the  beauty  of  their 
flowers.      The   Oaks    and     Sugar    Maple 
also  are  notable  in  this  respect,  with  their 
shades  of  red;  while  the   Bittersweet   is 
brightly  golden.    The  Fall  color  of  many 
shrubs  is  bright  but  fading  gradually  to 
the  brown  of  winter.    The  Japanese  Rose 
retains  its  dark  rich  green  to  the  last  and 
in    contrast    is   beautiful.      This   kind    of 
leaf  coloring  is  most  interesting  and  quite 
different  from  that  of  the  artificially  de- 
veloped varieties  which  I  condemned  in 
the  March  number. 


A  source  of  winter  interest  among 
shrubs  is  the  color  and  grace  of  the 
branches.  Leading  in  these  are  the  Dog- 
woods with  their  bright  reds  and  the  Gar- 
land Syringa  or  Mock  Orange  with  its 
golden  yellow.  The  Bridal  Wreath  in 
winter  is  of  a  bright  clear  brown  which, 

combined     with 
the    delicate    tex- 
ture of  its  twigs 
makes   it  a  plant 
of  high  ornamen- 
tal value   at  any 
time.     The  Cara- 
gana  or   Siberian 
Pea  is  of  a  bright 
green.     One  can- 
not    omit     from 
this  list  the  ever- 
greens which  are 
by  all  means  the 
most      prominent 
in     this     respect, 
but  because  ever- 
greens    are     not 

easy  to  plant  and 

cultivate  and  be- 
cause these  planting  lists  are  meant  to  in- 
clude only  the  kinds  which  are  both  har- 
diest and  best,  the  evergreens  have  been 
omitted  from  them  until  planting  is  more 
commonly  understood,  as  it  ought  to  be 
and  will  be. 

The  planting  plan  of  this  number,  con- 
templates the  inclusion  of  as  many  inter- 
esting kinds  as  is  compatible  with  good 
effect,  and  in  reality,  for  good  effect,  the 
fewer  the  better.  People,  however,  like 
plants  for  their  own  sake,  hence  the  neces- 
sity of  using  as  many  kinds  as  possible 
without  spoiling  the  appearance.  If  the 
bungalow  illustrated  is  built  upon  a  fifty 
foot  corner  lot,  the  planting  plan  is  spe- 
cific enough  so  that  one  can  prepare  his 
ground  and  do  his  planting  complete  with 
the  help  of  the  cultural  directions  given 
in  the  February  number. 


16.00 


$80.90 


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The  treatment  of  the  sun  porch  with  flat  roof  and  pergola  beanu  i.  rather  unique. 


Three-Bedrooms-on-a-Side  Bungalow 


IN  this  bungalow  de- 
sign the  details  are 
simple.  The  treat- 
ment of  a  sun  porch 
with  a  flat  roof  and 
pergola  beams  is  rather 
unique ;  the  addition 
of  vines  clinging  to  the 
cement  and  beams  will 
add  much  to  its  charm. 
The  floor  plan  places 
the  living  quarters  on 
the  south,  with  the  bed- 
rooms on  the  north,  if 
this  were  built  on  a 
west  front  lot  as  orig- 
inally planned. 

The  plan  contains 
everything  that  could 
be  asked  for.  The  liv- 
ing room  has  built-in 
bookcases  and  fire- 
place ;  the  dining  room, 
buffet  and  china  cup- 


boards.   The  owner  of 
this    place    will    surely 
never  complain  for  lack 
of  closet  room.   Often- 
times     badly      needed 
closet    space    is    sacri- 
ficed   for  the   sake  of 
large     bedrooms.       In 
this  case,  the  bedrooms 
are  all  good  sized,  each 
provided  with  a  large 
closet.       In     fact    the 
closet    space     for    the 
bedrooms  totals  about 
17%   of   the   bedroom 
space.     This  does  not 
include    a    large    coat 
closet    and    an    extra 
large  china  closet. 

The  design  does  not 
provide  for  finishing 
off  any  rooms  in  the 
attic,  but  the  roof  is 
of  sufficient  height  to 


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provide  good  ventilation  during  the  sum- 
mer, and  is  steep  enough  to  freely  carry  off 
water  from  rain  and  melting  snows.  If 
desired  one  or  two  rooms  with  low  ceilings 
could  be  finished  off;  a  stairway  provided 
over  the  basement  stairs. 

A    full    basement    would    furnish    an 


abundance    of    space ;    laundry,    dry    and 
vegetable  rooms,  etc. 

A  suggested  color  scheme  would  be  tan 
colored  cement  (rough  cast)  with  white 
cement  base,  coarse,  trowelled  smooth. 
Shingles  stained  brown  and  roof  green, 
the  trim  to  be  painted  white. 


Wide,  rough-sawed  drop  siding,  and  rough-cast  cement  above  are  used  for  the  exterior  walls. 


Bungalow  for  Father  and  Mother 


A    HOME     planned     for     just     two 
people,  where  every  household  con- 
venience has  been  arranged  to  re- 
duce steps — just  the  home  for  father  and 
mother. 

The  exterior  is  very  pleasing  with  its 
wide  projecting  cornice  and  its  low 
sweeping  roof,  extended  out  over  the 
front  porch  and  amply  supported  at  each 
side  by  massive  cement  piers.  The  ex- 
terior walls  from  grade  to  window  sills 
are  of  wide  rough-sawed  drop  siding, 
stained,  and  rough-cast  white  cement 
plaster  above.  Shingle  or  composition 
roofing  is  used. 


The  floor  plan  is  ideal  for  such  a  home. 
The  large  room  at  the  left  is  really  a  liv- 
ing room,  with  boulder  fireplace  and  seats 
on  each  side.  This  room  is  convenient 
to  kitchen  and  the  intention  is  to  use  it  as 
a  dining  room  as  well.  In  a  home  like 
this,  why  separate  rooms?  What  a  glor- 
ious room  for  entertaining.  The  long 
window  seat  and  the  fireplace  seats  help 
to  provide  ample  seating  capacity,  as  the 
furniture  of  this  little  home  is  rather 
limited. 

The  owner  has  provided  for  a  fair  sized 
bedroom  with  a  built-in  wardrobe  across 
the  entire  end.  There  is  a  convenient  little 


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bath,  the  plumbing  being  arranged 
most  economically. 

A  small  kitchen  or  kitchenette 
completes  the  arrangement.  Here, 
space  has  been  provided  for  an  ice- 
box, to  be  iced  from  the  grade  door 
entrance ;  a  small  gas  range,  kitch- 
en cupboard,  a  built-in  table.  Note 
the  extra  large  linen  closet  off  the 
hall.  Stairway  leads  to  grade  door 
or  to  basement,  where  the  owner 
has  installed  a  little  hot  water  heat- 
ing plant. 

Good  storage  space.  A  laundry 
could  be  easily  added  if  desired. 

This  would  make  an  ideal  little 
home  for  the  "newlywed."  The 
little  bungalow,  if  finished  in 
"true  mission,"  plain  square  lines 
of  the  furniture,  as  well  as  the 
woodwork,  predominating,  is  estimated 
could  be  built  complete  as  described  for 


PUtH- 


from  twenty-three  to  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars. 


A  California  Home 

(Description  and  floor  plan  on  following:  page) 


E.   W.  Sttlluxll.  Architect. 
The  broad  expanse  of  the  front  (cables  i>  carried  by  a  heavy  beam  from  cornice  to  coreice. 


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TURNING  our  attention  to  the  Cali- 
fornia type  of  bungalow,  we  give 
a  design  by  Mr.  Stillwell,  one  of 
his  latest  and  most  attractive  homes.  A 
splendid  picture  of  this  home  taken  from 
a  photograph  after  completion,  shows 
what  a  beautiful  residence  this  is  with  its 
well  placed  gables;  the  broad  expanse 
of  the  front  gables  is  carried  by  a  heavy 
beam  from  cornice  to  cornice.  The  sup- 
ports are  built  up  half  way  of  brick  with 
cement  stone  caps.  The  porch  steps  and 
floor  are  also  of  cement. 

The  interior  has  five  principal  rooms 
besides  bath  and  enclosed  kitchen  porch 
and  breakfast  room.  This  latter  could 
readily  be  converted  into  a  sewing  room 
or  an  emergency  bed  room.  There  are  no 
rooms  finished  on  the  second  floor  but  the 
attic  at  the  ridge  has  a  clearance  of  7  ft. 
and  a  good  maid's  room  could  easily  be 
partitioned  off  in  the  front. 


A  Rustic  Bungalow  Design 


This  bungalow  rests  upon  a  shallow  foundation  wall  built  of  two  courses  of  field  stone. 


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_/~~\_the  building  of  the  bungalow  may 
be  made  most  effective.  In  this  de- 
sign has  been  secured  a  somewhat  rustic 
effect  by  the  use  of  cobblestones  for  the 
chimney  and  the  porch  supporting  col- 
umns. The  bungalow  rests  upon  a  shal- 
low foundation  wall  built  of  two  courses  of 
field  stone ;  no  basement.  The  outside 
walls  are  sided  with  wide  rough  sawed 
boards  to  be  stained  and  further  empha- 
sizing the  rustic  appearance  of  the  design. 

The  interior  is  planned  so  as  to  secure 
the  benefit  of  practically  one  large  room 
by  merely  separating  dining  room  from 
living  room  by  wide  columned  opening. 
This  is  a  simple  little  bungalow  which 
will  appeal  to  a  great  many  desiring  an 
inexpensive  summer  residence. 


The  Cobble-Stone  Front  Bungalow 


MANY  people  are  fond  of  the  some- 
what rustic  effect,  which  may  be 
added  to  a  house,  by  using  the 
field  stone  or  cobble  stone,  in  chimney, 
porch  piers,  etc.  We  illustrate  an  excel- 
lent example  of  this  rustic  and  somewhat 


free  hand  architecture ;  a  combination  of 
rough  frame  work  and  stone.  The  por- 
tecochere  may  be  omitted,  if  desired, 
without  detracting  from  the  artistic 
beauty  of  the  house. 

The   exterior   may   be    either   weather- 


Bungalowcraft  Co.,  Architects. 
The  roof,  with  good  pitch,  i-  well  braced  so  that  it  will  be  secure  under  any  amount  of  mow  or  rain. 


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boarded  or  shingled  and  the  roof 
is  of  shingles  with  a  good  pitch 
and  well  braced  so  that  it  will 
be  perfectly  secure  under  any 
amount  of  snow  or  rain. 

Inside  we  have  a  library  with 
built-in  bookcases  and  seats  sep- 
arated from  the  living  room  by 
a  handsome  buttressed  opening. 
The  rooms  are  all  of  good  size 
and  are  cleverly  arranged.  One 
can  get  from  any  part  of  the 
house  to  any  other  part  by  two 
different  routes  —  sometimes  a 
much  appreciated  feature,  espe- 
cially when  unexpected  company 
arrives. 

The  living  room  has  beamed 
ceilings  and  paneled  wainscoting 
and  the  dining  room  has  paneled 
wainscoting  with  plate  rail. 
There  is  a  handsome  built-in 
buffet  in  the  dining  room  and  a 
large  comfortable  fireplace  in 
the  library  end  of  the  living 
room. 

The    abundance    of    windows 
will  be  valued  when  light  and  ventilation 
are  considered  and  the   large  closets  and 
buffet  kitchen,  with  every  built-in  conveni- 


ence, are  features  which  will  be  recognized 
as  most  desirable,  and  which  will  be  appre- 
ciated bv  the  housewife. 


A  Real  Bungalow 


WE  have  considered  many  types  of 
bungalows,   semi-bungalows   and 
bungalow   cottages.     In  this   de- 
sign we  have  the  pure  bungalow  type,  a 
striking  little  home  which  should  be  con- 
structed   very    economically.      The    wall 
lines  are  not  broken   by  bays  or  projec- 
tions, with  one  exception,  that  of  the  sun 
room.    There  is  an  outside  chimney,  mak- 
ing the  exterior  more  attractive.    The  con- 


struction of  the  roof  has  been  given  spe- 
cial study  in  order  to  get  the  correct  pro- 
portions and  at  the  same  time  secure  a 
practical  roof,  one  that  will  stand  the  test 
of  the  Northern  climate  where  there  are 
frequent  snow  falls  of  anywhere  up  to  10 
or  12  inches.  A  roof  that  is  full  of  breaks, 
ridges  and  valleys,  while  exceedingly  ar- 
tistic and  pleasing  to  the  eye,  can  not  be 
built  economically  and  is  not  a  practical 


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The  outoide  chimney  makes  the  exterior  more  attractive. 


type  of  roof  for  the  Northern  climate 
where  one  encounters  heavy  snows.  In 
this  roof  the  heavy  projection  is  sup- 
ported by  massive  brackets. 

Outside  walls  are  finished  in  rough 
sawn  siding  carried  from  ground  to  the 
w  i  n  d  o  w  sills. 
These  are  to  be 
stained  in  brown 
and  white  cement 
plaster  used 
above.  Trim  also 
in  white.  There 
is  just  a  little 
cobblestone  work 
to  give  the  right 
touch  and  relieve 
the  plainness. 
Flower  boxes  also 
rest  on  cobble- 
stone buttresses 
which  help  in  this 
respect. 

The  interior 
will  bear  close 
examination.  The 
entrance  is  into  a 
small  reception 


hall  which  has  a  built-in  seat  across  its  end. 
There  is  also  a  coat  closet  and  the  hall  has 
wide  cased  opening  to  living  room.  Here 
we  have  a  large  boulder  fireplace  with 
built-in  bookcases  on  one  side  and  a  French 
door  on  the  other  which  leads  to  a  sun 

room.  This  sun 
room  is  so  ar- 
ranged as  to  serve 
two  purposes. 
With  a  French 
door  leading  into 
the  dining  room, 
it  can  be  used  in 
s  u  in  m  e  r  as  a 
breakfast  porch 
or  it  may  be  used 
as  a  sun  room. 
This  would  make 
a  very  attractive 
and  practical  res- 
idence for  a  fam- 
ily of  three  or 
four  and  would 
be  an  ideal  home 
for  the  "newly 
weds"  with  room 
for  entertaining. 


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A  California  Bungalow  with  Long 
Sweeping  Roof  Lines 


Large  enough  to  serve  the  requirements  of  a  good-sized  family. 


THIS    bungalow    with    its    extensive 
porch  and  large  cobblestone  chim- 
ney is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
bungalows  ever  built  in  that  land  of  sun 
and  flowers.     Furthermore,  it  serves  all 
the  requirements  of  a  good-sized  family, 
having   besides   the   large   reception    hall 
extending  clear  through  the  house,  a  large 
living   room,    dining    room,   kitchen    and 


four  bed  chambers.  While  the  style  of 
this  home  does  not  necessarily  confine  it 
to  the  southern  district,  it  needs  must 
have  a  generous  attractive  ground,  beau- 
tifully planted  for  a  setting  to  do  it  jus- 
tice. 

The  plan  is  a  very  roomy  one  indeed. 
Look  at  the  large  hall,  practically  a  part 
of  the  living  room,  making  to  all  intents 


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and  purposes  one  large  room,  22  feet  by 
26.  The  fireplace  inside  is  of  brick.  The 
dining  room  is  of  very  pleasing  propor- 
tions and  large  in  size.  The  stairway  is 
so  designed  and  planned  that  it  serves  the 
purpose  for  both  a  front  and  back  stair. 
The  cellar  stairs  go  down  in  under  the 
main  stairway,  first  three  steps  to  a  grade 
landing,  on  which  is  a  door  giving  access 


to  both  cellar  and  kitchen.  This  is  a  con- 
venient arrangement  as  it  makes  it  un- 
necessary to  build  the  usual  outside  bulk- 
head which  is  so  unsightly  and  inconven- 
ient. \Yhere  can  one  find  as  spacious  a 
hall  on  the  second  floor  as  is  shown  in 
this  design,  so  well  lighted  by  a  beautiful 
group  of  five  leaded  glass  windows  on  the 
stairway? 


An  Eight-Room  Bungalow 


Rough-sawed  drop  siding  has  been  used  for  exterior  walls  with  shingles  in  the  gables. 


FROM    the    consideration    of    strictly 
California  bungalows,  we  turn  our 
attention  to  a  design  for  a  semi-bun- 
galow   or    bungalow    cottage    with    low 
sweeping  roof  lines  and  wide  projecting 
dormers. 

In  the  construction  of  this  house,  rough 
sawn  drop  siding  has  been  used  for  the 
exterior  walls  with  shingles  in  the  gables, 
both  to  be  stained.  This  is  a  very  roomy 
plan,  providing  five  bed  rooms  and  two 
bath  rooms.  The  kitchen  and  rear  entry 

(Floor  plan  at  top 


extend  somewhat  beyond  the  rear  wall  of 
the  house  proper  as  a  one  story  L.  There 
is  a  dividing  pantry  between  kitchen  and 
dining  room  and  the  bath  is  located  most 
conveniently  on  this  floor  for  the  service 
of  the  two  downstairs  bed  rooms.  An- 
other bath  room  is  provided  on  second 
floor. 

Living  room  is  equipped  with  brick  fire- 
place and  built-in  book  cases.  This  home 
is  planned  for  full  basement  and  intended 
to  use  either  furnace  or  hot  water  heat. 

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A  Bungalow  Cottage 


A  bungalow  with  a  touch  of  the  Colonial. 


Ernest  McConncll,  Architect. 


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A  BUNGALOW  with  a  touch  of  the 
Colonial  and  a  combination  of  ce- 
ment  and  shingles  is  presented  in 
this  study. 

The  living  room  is  furnished  with 
French  door  opening  on  to  front  porch 
and  the  same  is  true  of  the  dining  room 


on  to  the  rear  porch.  You  thereby  get  a 
vista  from  the  front  door  clear  through 
the  house  to  a  garden  at  the  back.  The 
inside  finish  is  soft  wood,  left  in  the  nat- 
ural,  and  the  interior  detail  very  plain  and 
simple  for  an  inexpensive  home,  for  a  small 
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A  Western  Shingled  Bungalow 


ILLUSTRATED   herewith  is  a  west- 
ern, shingled  bungalow  designed  for 
a   suburban   home ;   the   site   being   a 
corner  plot  two  acres  in  extent,  the  broad 
side  of  the  house  being  to  the  east  and 
the  living  room  to  the  north.    It  will  thus 
be  noticed  that  all  the  rooms,  excepting 
the   dining   room   and   kitchen,   have   the 
east  facing. 

This  bungalow  is  provided  with  full 
basement  containing  a  hot  air  heating 
system  and  the  usual  fuel  and  vegetable 
rooms.  The  foundation  is  of  concrete  and 
the  superstructure  walls  are  of  shingles 
with  stucco  panels  in  the  gables.  The 


porch  walls  are  of  concrete  with  rein- 
forced concrete  floor.  The  porch  piers 
are  of  clinker  brick  as  is  also  the  outside 
face  brick  of  the  chimney. 

The  vestibule  provides  space  for  ward- 
robe and  rubbers.  The  living  room  is  de- 
signed with  a  fireplace  of  pressed  brick 
and  built-in  bookcases.  The  dining  room 
and  living  room  are  connected  by  a  col- 
umned opening.  The  dining  room  is 
equipped  with  a  built-in  buffet,  five-foot 
wainscot  and  plate  rail.  The  windows  of 
the  dining  room  are  small  casement  sash. 

The  owner's  bedroom,  on  the  first  floor, 
is  reached  through  a  small  hall  from 


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A  well  designed  suburban  home  on  a  two-acre  plot. 


Ceo.  H.  Keith.  Architect. 


which  access  is  also  gained  to  the  bath, 
den,  dining  room,  kitchen  and  the  stair- 
way going  up  to  the  second  story.  There 
is  a  clothes  chute  from  this  hall  to  the 
basement  and  a  built-in  linen  cabinet. 
The  den  can  readily  be  used  as  a  bed- 
room, if  desired. 


The  kitchen  is  completely  equipped 
with  built-in  cupboards,  provision  being 
so  made  for  dishes,  cooking  utensils, 
brooms,  mops,  etc.  There  is  also  a  built- 
in  wood  box.  The  back  porch  is  screened 
in  as  is  also  the  balcony  on  the  second 
story. 


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ECOND  FLOOE  PLAN 


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The  second  floor  provides  three  nice 
bedrooms,  balcony,  toilet  and  ample  stor- 
age space  under  the  slope  of  the  roof. 

Living  room,  dining  room  and  den  are 
finished  in  fir  with  oak  floors.  The  balance 
of  the  house  is  finished  in  white  enameled 
pine. 

The  cost  of  the  building  complete,  as 
described,  would  be  about  $3,300.00. -The 
garage  costs  about  $300  additional.  It 
contains  a  plastered  room  and  has  cement 
floor. 


The 


A  Cement  Bungalow 


Chas.  S.  ScJgwlck,  Architect. 
The  over-hang  of  the  cornice  is  wide,  giving  deep  shadows  and  adding  much  to  the  appearance. 


THE  size  of  our  cement  bungalow  as 
illustrated  is  24  ft.  in  width  by  41 
ft.  in  depth,  including  the  front 
piazza  which  is  8  ft.  wide.  There  are  six 
rooms  in  this  bungalow.  The  plan  as  ar- 
ranged provides  a  living  room,  dining 
room  and  kitchen  and  three  medium  sized 
bedrooms.  In  planning  this  home  the 
endeavor  was  to  get  as  much  accommo- 
dation in  small  space  and  at  small  ex- 
pense as  possible.  None  of  the  rooms  are 
large  but  the  arrangement  is  carefully 
studied  and  convenient.  To  begin  with, 


each  of  the  bedrooms  is  provided  with  a 
good  coat  closet  and  in  addition  there  is 
a  good  coat  closet  in  living  room.  A  small 
but  convenient  bath  room  is  located  at 
the  rear.  At  the  right  end  of  the  living 
room  is  a  fireplace  with  a  flue  for  fur- 
nace in  the  basement ;  there  is  also  a 
kitchen  chimney. 

The  stairs  lead  up  from  living  room  to 
attic,  inclosed  with  partitions  on  either 
side.  Basement  stairs  from  kitchen. 
There  is  a  stairway  provided  leading  to 
the  second  story  and  a  good  floor  laid, 


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but  nothing  finished.  The  space  can  be 
use  for  storage  or  two  small  rooms  could 
be  finished.  There  is  a  good  birch  floor 
throughout  the  first  story  left  in  natural 
color  and  varnished  and  all  the  wood- 
work, casings,  doors,  etc.,  are  Washing- 
ton fir,  stained  dark  brown. 

The  exterior  of  this  cottage  is  covered 
with  cement  stucco  down  to  the  grade 
line  and  all  of  the  cornices,  casings,  etc., 
are  either  stained  brown  or  painted  white 
and  the  roof  shingles  stained  green.  This 
makes  a  very  pretty  and  economical  cot- 
tage and  one  that  is  well  suited  to  a  city 
lot.  The  "overhang"  of  the  cornice  is 
wide,  giving  deep  shadows  and  adding 
much  to  the  appearance. 

It  is  estimated  to  build  this  bungalow, 
for  $2,500  to  $3,000,  exclusive  of  heating 
and  plumbing. 


A  Simple  Bungalow  with  Log 


Pergola 


Could  in'  built  advantageously  in  the  country. 


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Sl'CH  a  home  might  be  built  with 
good  advantage  in  the  country  where 
there  were  woods  near  at  hand 
and  logs  could  be  readily  secured.  The 
construction  is  frame  with  siding  for 
the  exterior.  The  front  entrance  is 
flanked  by  a  rough  log  pergola  and  the 
same  treatment  is  given  as  a  roof  for  the 
wide  porch.  The  up-rights  of  the  porch 
are  also  logs  which  are  bisected  by  the 
double  beamed  porch  roof. 

Interior  is  of  unusual  treatment.  On 
one  side  of  the  central  hall  is  the  living 
room  with  dining  room  opposite  and  the 
bed  rooms  and  connecting  bath  are  at 
the  back.  The  whole  scheme  is  conceived 
on  very  simple  and  plain  lines.  Interior 
is  finished  natural.  Windows  are  case- 
ment. 


A  Suburbanite's  Bungalow 

(Description  and  floor  plan  on  following  page) 


The  wide  porch  Eives  a  countryside  atmosphere. 


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WE  have  termed  this  design  a  surburb- 
anite's  bungalow  because  of  the 
enormous  porch  and  country  side 
atmosphere  of  the  place.  The  height  of  the 
roof  permits  of  securing  very  good  stor- 
age space  in  attic  or  a  couple  of  rooms 
could  be  finished  off  here  with  low  ceil- 
ings if  the  space  were  desired  for  more 
extra  bed  room  accommodation. 

The  roof  is  extended  and  forms  a  shel- 
ter for  the  entrance  and  steps  which,  with 
the  buttress,  are  constructed  of  brick.  As 
in  preceding  designs,  the  exterior  walls 
are  constructed  of  rough  sawn  drop  sid- 
ing and  shingles  in  the  gables.  The  porch 
roof  is  flat  and  has  pergola  beams. 

All  rooms  are  on  first  floor,  there  being 
two  good  sized  bed  rooms.  The  living 
room  is  of  unusual  size,  connected  with 
dining  room  by  folding  doors.  At  the 
rear  is  a  sleeping  porch,  on  the  second 
floor.  The  interior  finish  is  oak  with 
birch  floors  in  living  room  and  dining 
room  and  fir  for  the  flooring  in  bed  rooms, 
kitchen  and  bath,  also  in  these  rooms  the 


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standing  finish  is  fir,  stained.  Full  base- 
ment with  fuel  bin,  vegetable  room  and 
laundry  and  attic  space  for  storage  pur- 
poses. 


A  Bungalow  with  Large  Porch 


Field  stone  is  used  in  the  construction  of  the  porch  walls  and  columns,  also  on  the  interior  fireplaces  and  chimney. 


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WE  are  pleased  to  show  in  our  next 
sketch  a  very  popular  plan,  a 
bungalow  with  large  porch  ex- 
tending across  the  front  and  returning 
back  two-thirds  the  length  of  the  house. 
Intention  is  to  screen  in  the  side  porch 
and  to  use  it  as  a  sleeping  porch.  It  con- 
veniently opens  off  of  the  three  bed 
rooms.  The  porch  wall  and  columns  are 
built  of  field  stone,  likewise  the  interior 
fireplaces  and  chimney.  All  rooms  are 
on  the  ground  floor.  There  is  a  stairway 
to  a  well  ventilated  attic. 

The  outside  walls  are  shingled  or  lap 
sided,  as  preferred,  and  the  plans  provide 
for  a  foundation  wall  of  brick.  Full  base- 
ment with  heating  plant. 


A  Small  Bungalow 

(Description  and  floor  plan  on  following  page) 


Simple  low  pitch  (table  roof  with  wide  overhanging  cornice. 


Chat.  S.  ScJgwIck, 


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THERE  are  many 
people  in  the  cities 
who  have  small 
means  and  desire  to  build 
a  cottage  or  bungalow  on 
a  narrow  lot  and  find  it 
difficult  to  get  a  plan  that 
will  accommodate  them 
and  not  cost  too  much. 
This  little  bungalow  de- 
sign is  intended  to  meet 
just  such  a  want,  but  it 
must  be  remembered  that 
where  a  number  of  rooms 
are  required,  including 
two  bedrooms,  that  the 
rooms  must  necessarily 
be  small. 

In  this  plan  there  is  a 
pleasant  living  room  with 
a  small  front  porch  en- 
trance, and  at  the  right, 
a  screened-in  sun  porch, 
the  same  to  be  inclosed 
with  storm  sash  during  winter  months. 
The  living  room  opens  with  a  wide  arch 
with  the  dining  room  which  is  just  back, 
these  two  rooms  giving  the  appearance  of 
increased  size  and  comfort.  In  the  rear  is 
a  small  kitchen  with  one  chimney  with 
ample  flue  for  furnace  and  for  kitchen  use. 
The  stairs  in  rear  provide  an  outside  grade 


entrance  to  kitchen  and 
also  to  basement  which  is 
only  under  the  main 
rooms,  but  giving  ample 
space  for  heater,  fuel  bin 
and  laundry  if  desired. 
The  two  bedrooms  are  on 
the  right  side  and  have  a 
small  connecting  hall  and 
bathroom  between.  This 
is  a  very  convenient  ar- 
rangement, making  the 
bath  and  bedrooms  quite 
private  and  retired.  The 
inside  finish  is  in  pine 
stained  mission  brown 
and  the  floors  of  birch. 
The  outside  walls  are  cov- 
ered with  cement  stucco 
and  the  inside  plastered, 
making  a  warm  house.  The 
roof  treatment  is  a  simple 
low  pitched  gable  roof 
with  wide  overhanging 
eaves,  giving  a  very  pretty  and  cosy  appear- 
ance. The  shingles  to  be  stained  and  all 
the  wood  trimmings  left  natural  with  creo- 
sote stain  or  painted  white  to  suit  the  taste 
of  owner.  The  cost  is  estimated  from 
$1,400  to  $1,600  exclusive  of  heating  and 
plumbing.  All  in  all,  it  makes  a  cheap, 
practical  home. 


Bungalow  with  an  Unusual 
Floor  Plan 


IN  this  design  we  have  a  little  bunga- 
low with  an  unusual  floor  plan.     In- 
stead  of   the   living   room    extending 
across   the   entire   front,   there   is    an   al- 
cove taken  off  one  end,  directly  opposite 
the  fireplace,  with  built-in  seats. 

The  corner  fireplace  permits  the  pipe 
from   the    kitchen    range    to    enter    this 


chimney  by  running  it  through  the  coat 
closet.  There  is  not  the  usual  outside  en- 
trance to  the  kitchen  in  the  rear;  the 
grade  door  is  intended  to  serve  as  the 
rear  entrance. 

The  entrance  into  the  dining  room  is 
direct  from  the  kitchen.  Should  one  desire 
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Tiles  and  Sash  Curtains. 

N  the  first  few  days  of  one's  ar- 
rival in  a  strange  place,  one's  im- 
pressions are  naturally  some- 
what blurred.  Later  comes  the 
clear  perception  of  detail.  And  my  first 
impression  of  the  exterior  of  the  London 
houses  is  largely  made  up  of  tiles  and 
sash  curtains.  In  America  we  have  never 
taken  greatly  to  tiles  and  the  day  of  the 
half  curtain  passed  long  ago.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  the  sash  curtain,  covering  only 
the  lower  half  of  the  window  implies  the 
heavy  curtain,  hanging  in  straight  folds 
to  the  floor,  another  thing  which  we  do 
not  appreciate  at  its  proper  value.  Be 
that  as  it  may,  a  very  large  proportion 
of  the  London  houses  have  half  curtains 
of  material  more  or  less  thin,  and  of 
greater  or  less  elaboration,  quite  often 
well  drawn  back,  so  that  you  get  a 
glimpse  of  the  pretty  furnishings  within. 
In  the  old  part  of  Boston,  which  is  so 
much  more  English  than  American,  you 
get  just  the  same  pleasant  bits  of  interior 
as  you  pass  the  red  brick  and  white- 
doored  houses. 

A  favorite  sash  curtain  is  a  combination 
of  some  decorative  lace  with  scrim  or 
batiste,  the  straight  edge  of  the  lace  mak- 
ing the  upper  and  lower  edges  of  the  cur- 
tain, the  scallops  or  points  being  sewed 
firmly  to  the  plain  material  which  is  then 
cut  away.  Filet,  antique  and  the  various 
sorts  of  braid  laces  are  all  used,  and  this 
is  a  suggestion  for  utilizing  pieces  of 
antique  lace  which  many  of  us  must  pos- 
sess. I  have  seen  some  very  good  look- 
ing curtains  of  drawnwork  scrim,  with 
which  a  crocheted  lace  in  a  geometrical 
design  was  used.  So  many  people  like 
to  crochet  trimming  and  yet  do  not  find 
any  very  definite  use  for  it  after  it 


is  made.  It  would  not  be  a  great  under- 
taking to  make  enough  for  sash  curtains 
for  the  front  of  a  city  house,  with  an  in- 
sertion at  the  top  and  an  edging  for  the 
bottom. 

Inside  these  sash  curtains,  which  usual- 
ly hang  loose  at  the  bottom,  the  Holland 
shade  is  drawn  uncompromisingly  to  the 
top  of  the  window,  to  let  in  all  the  light 
possible,  and  one  gets  a  glimpse  of  the 
inner  curtains,  which  quite  often  are  of 
silk,  rose,  old  blue,  or  dull  green.  Pongee 
in  the  natural  shade  is  a  favorite  material 
for  long  curtains.  When  the  inner  cur- 
tain is  lined  it  is  probably  quite  safe  to 
assume  that  it  is  made  of  cretonne  or 
printed  linen. 

While  most  of  the  houses  one  passes 
have  some  sort  of  thin  curtains,  quite  a 
number  dispense  with  them  and  have 
only  the  long  inner  curtains,  or  some- 
times none  at  all.  Sir  Frederick  Leigh- 
ton's  house  is  quite  guiltless  of  any  but 
heavy  curtains,  and,  as  I  remember,  there 
are  no  shades  in  the  northern  windows 
of  the  dining  room  and  the  drawing  room. 

One  feature  of  the  average  London 
house  is  horribly  ugly — the  Venetian 
blinds,  which  some  of  us  remember  in 
our  childhood,  a  distressing  arrangement 
of  wooden  slats  strung  on  tapes  and  run- 
ning up  and  down  with  cords.  Most 
shades  are  of  plain  ecru  Holland,  very 
many  with  lace  edgings  and  insertions, 
this,  too,  a  fashion  which  we  have  dis- 
carded. 

A  Touch  of  Color. 

The  window  box  is  much  in  evidence, 
and  it  is  very  frequently  made  of  tiles. 
Once  in  a  while  they  are  patterned,  but 
more  often  are  of  plain  color.  Glazed 
tiles  are  used  and  they  seem  to  be  avail- 
able in  different  shades  of  yellow,  green, 


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Fine  for  Floors,  Pianos,  Automobiles,  Linoleum 
and  All  Woodwork 

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A  good  wax  produces  that  beautiful  lustre  on  the 
floor  of  the  library,  dining  room  or  living  room  which 
unconsciously  shows  good  taste. 

Old  English  Floor  Wax  is  of  the  highest  repute  be- 
cause it  is  made  of  the  hard,  substantial  wax  which 
not  only  gives  the  most  beautiful  finish  but  is  most 
durable. 

Finish  your  floors  with  Old  English — it's  easy— just 
a  rag  and  a  can— no  odor  and  in  an  hour  you  can  use 
the  room. 

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Old  English  Floor  Wax,  because  of  its  high-      «•* 
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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Continued 


rose  and  turquoise  blue.  The  interest 
which  these  vividly  colored  window 
boxes  give  to  a  house  of  dingy  brick  or 
dull  colored  stone  is  not  easily  estimated, 
even  though  they  are  empty  in  winter 
time. 

The  common  red  tiles  are  used  a  good 
deal  for  kitchen  and  hall  floors.  Artisti- 
cally they  have  a  great  advantage  over 
linoleum,  though  they  are  rather  cold  to 
the  feet,  a  matter  rectified  by  a  rug  at 
points  where  the  worker  stands. 

The  Apotheosis  of  Linoleum. 

Linoleum  is  in  its  glory  in  the  British 
Isles.  In  America  we  do  not  consider  it 
a  suitable  covering  for  drawing  room 
floors,  but  relegate  it  to  the  kitchen  and 
side  hall.  But  in  plain  colors  and  of  a 
good  quality  it  is  a  really  desirable  cov- 
ering for  floors  which  are  not  very  good, 
when  a  large  rug  is  used  in  the  center  of 
the  room.  Some  of  the  best  English  lin- 
oleums, and  they  can  be  had  in  America 
as  well,  are  really  creditable  copies  of 
good  designs  in  mosaic.  I  have  seen  one 
charming  arrangement  of  circles  inter- 
secting each  other  irregularly,  worked 
out  in  two  shades  of  dull  green,  which 
would  be  a  constant  pleasure  to  see.  Cer- 
tainly an  artistic  linoleum,  which  can  be 
thoroughly  washed  is  far  better  for  a 
vestibule,  an  upper  hall,  or  a  bathroom, 
than  a  shabby  stained  floor,  which  makes 
a  poor  pretense  at  imitating  oak  or  ma- 
hogany and  can  never  be  satisfactorily 
cleaned.  And  for  the  hard  usage  of  a 
boy's  room  a  linoleum,  with  a  few  small 
rugs  is  a  very  good  investment. 

The  Cult  of  the  Washstand. 

Another  thing  which  is  not  emphasized 
among  ourselves  is  the  washstand.  We 
have  a  great  deal  of  stationary  plumb- 
ing, we  are  quite  gregarious  in  our  use  of 
a  common  bathroom,  and  we  are  apt  to 
push  the  washstand,  if  it  is  used  at  all, 
into  a  corner  and  hide  it  as  much  as  pos- 
sible. In  England  it  is  a  very  important 
article  of  furniture.  It  has  a  marble  or 
tiled  top,  which  is  always  left  uncovered, 
and  a  high  back  of  some  sort,  very  often 
inlaid  with  handsome  tiles.  Sometimes 
a  separate  towel  rack  is  provided,  some- 
times there  are  bars  attached  to  the  ends 
of  the  stand.  You  never  see  our  slovenly 
hanging  of  towels  over  the  back  of  the 
washstand. 


When  the  back  of  the  washstand  is  not 
solid,  merely  a  bar  between  two  uprights, 
it  is  filled  in  with  a  full  curtain  of  cre- 
tonne matching  the  other  furnishings  of 
the  room.  I  saw  a  beautiful  bedroom 
set  of  very  dark  oak,  with  twisted  up- 
rights with  which  a  printed  linen  in 
purple  tones  on  an  ecru  ground  was  used 
for  coverings  and  for  the  back  of  the 
washstand,  with  admirable  effect.  Indeed, 
everywhere  you  go  over  here  you  are 
struck  with  the  use  made  of  violet  tones. 

Much  attention  is  given  by  English 
potteries  to  the  making  of  artistic  toilet 
services,  and  there  is  a  large  choice  of 
graceful  shapes  in  plain  color,  some  of 
which  are  very  cleverly  shaded.  There 
are  beautiful  ones  in  shell  pink,  and  you 
can  duplicate  almost  any  tone  of  color. 
Among  many  good  shapes,  some  of  the 
best  are  very  simple  in  outline,  the 
pitchers  merely  tall,  narrow  lipped  jugs, 
very  easy  to  handle  and  pour  from.  You 
get  also  special  services  for  double  rooms, 
with  most  of  the  pieces  duplicated. 

Portable  Wardrobes. 

In  England,  where  they  do  not  build 
closets  into  houses,  or  at  least  not  always, 
one  realizes  that  the  wardrobes  of  our 
childhood  are  still  in  existence.  A  ward- 
robe is  a  part  of  a  set  of  bedroom  furni- 
ture, and  is  often  very  handsome,  with 
mirrored  panels,  a  really  dignified  article 
of  furniture.  There  must  be  many  of 
these  wardrobes  put  away  among  our- 
selves, which  could  be  fitted  with  mirrors 
and  take  their  places  once  more,  and  in 
a  large  room  one  would  be  a  useful  addi- 
tion to  the  existing  closets,  the  mirror 
supplying  the  place  of  a  cheval  glass. 
They  were  always  made  of  hard  wood 
and  if  the  layers  of  varnish  were  removed 
and  the  wood  polished  a  really  handsome 
piece  of  furniture  would  often  result. 

"Golden  Ash." 

Here  they  have  not  our  horror  of  light 
wood  and  accept  the  natural  color  quite 
frankly,  advertising  sets  of  golden  ash. 
The  wood  is  well  polished,  the  shapes 
very  good  and  the  general  effect  about 
that  of  white  mahogany.  Dining  room 
furniture  has  seats  of  dark  blue  leather 
and  I  can  think  how  well  it  might  look 
with  a  plain  wall  of  rather  lighter  blue 
and  a  judicious  decoration  of  blue  Nankin 
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The  Return  of  Red. 

After  many  years  of  the  undisputed 
sway  of  green,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  note  that 
red  is  once  more  coming  to  the  front.  Not 
the  conventional  red  which  is  always  to 
be  had  and  is  usually  artistically  impos- 
sible, but  the  tones  with  a  suggestion  of 
rose,- the  sort  of  shade  which  old  Italian 
crimson  velvet  takes  with  the  progress  of 
years.  As  yet  these  reds  are  found  only 
in  the  more  expensive  fabrics,  brocades, 
velours  and  the  like,  but  a  little  of  them 
goes  a  great  way,  especially  in  a  piled 
fabric,  and  in  furnishing  a  large  room 
they  can  be  associated  with  cretonne  in 
blending  tones. 

The  color  looks  better  in  association 
with  brown  oak  than  with  mahogany,  un- 
less the  latter  is  very  dark  in  tone.  It 
is  at  its  best  with  a  wall  coloring  of  gray, 
the  light  warm  tone  which  we  call  putty 
color. 

Gray  Upholstery  Fabrics. 

A  material  which  is  used  a  good  deal 
for  grandfather's  chairs  and  similar  large 
stuffed  pieces  is  grey  velvet,  either  in 
stripes  or  in  two-toned  arabesque  de- 
signs. It  looks  extremely  well  and  is  a 
little  different  from  the  usual  thing. 
These  velvets,  striped,  figured,  or  plain; 
are  made  entirely  of  cotton  and  very  dur- 
able. We  do  not,  I  think,  make  sufficient 
use  of  the  piled  cotton  materials,  so  popu- 
lar in  England.  They  are  to  be  had  in 
America  wherever  the  Liberty  fabrics 
are  sold,  and  are  durable  as  well  as  beau- 
tiful, far  more  so  than  any  silk  material, 
and  as  nearly  unfading  as  anything  can 
be. 

Inexpensive  Rugs. 

The  rug  question  is  always  to  the  fore 
in  furnishing,  if  Orientals  are  out  of  the 
question.  For  hard  usage  in  living  rooms 
the  Indian  carpets  are  to  be  commended, 
if  the  decorative  scheme  is  such  as  to  ad- 
mit of  their  strong  coloring,  and  their 
cost  is  very  considerably  less  than  that 
of  most  rugs.  If  one  is  contented  with  a 
rug  of  good  wearing  qualities,  in  perfect- 
ly good  taste,  but  wholly  negative  in  its 
general  impression,  his  needs  will  prob- 
ably be  met  by  the  East  Indian  rugs,  sold 
in  all  our  large  cities. 

It  is  greatly  to  be  desired  that  some  of 
our  carpet  manufacturers  would  follow 


the  lead  of  the  English  factories  and  give 
us  the  very  admirable  Oriental  de- 
signs in  dull  hues,  greens  and  yellows  on 
a  dark  red  ground,  which  are  so  cheap 
and  so  universally  liked  on  this  side  of 
the  water.  The  Orientalism  is  suggestive 
rather  than  imitative,  pleasing  to  the  eye 
and  harmonious  in  coloring. 

Summer  Rugs  for  All  the  Year. 

Quite  a  number  of  the  rugs,  which  are 
avowedly  for  summer  use,  look  well  and 
do  excellent  service  for  the  whole  year. 
Making  all  needed  allowance  for  their  de- 
terioration in  a  dry  atmosphere,  the  brown 
grass  rugs  look  as  well  in  winter  as  in 
summer,  especially  if  they  are  supple- 
mented by  smaller  rugs  of  positive  color. 
There  is  a  Japanese  fiber  rug,  of  extremely 
good  weave  and  texture,  with  a  conven- 
tional design  in  a  medium  brown  on  a  rath- 
er dark  tan  which  is  admirable  for  a  simple 
room,  having  also  the  advantage  of  being 
very  reasonable  in  price,  something  like 
seven  dollars  for  the  nine  by  twelve  size. 
The  pattern,  moreover,  is  interesting,  which 
is  more  than  can  be  said  of  most  of  the 
domestic  summer  rugs  which  attempt  any 
sort  of  ornamentation. 

Down  on  Cape  Cod  they  make  rush  mats 
which  are  as  good  in  general  effect  as  the 
Dutch  ones,  at  a  fraction  of  their  cost.  The 
only  apparent  difference  is  that  our  own 
are  made  of  a  flat  braid  of  rush,  about  three 
inches  wide,  sewed  into  the  desired  shape, 
oval  or  round,  while  the  Dutch  rush  mats 
are  woven  in  one  piece.  Either  sort  are 
charming,  the  natural  color  of  the  rushes 
being  relieved  by  a  line  of  black  at  the 
edge.  They  are  specially  pretty  for  old 
fashioned  bedrooms. 

Woolen  Rag  Rugs. 

Occasionally  one  has  an  accumulation  of 
old  woolens  and  then  it  is  worth  while  hav- 
ing them  made  into  a  rug,  as  a  woolen  rag 
rug  is  far  more  durable  and  less  liable  to 
get  soiled  than  the  cotton  ones.  If  the  rags 
are  light  colored  they  can  be  dyed  before 
being  cut.  Green  and  brown  are  the  most 
satisfactory  colors,  and  brown  rags  should 
be  woven  with  an  orange  or  brown  warp, 
green  with  a  blue  warp  thread.  Old  woolen 
blankets  make  the  best  sort  of  a  rug,  as 
they  take  color  beautifully.  The  thicker 
the  material  the  narrower  the  strips  should 
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Satisfaction  Is  Assured 
When  You  Use 

Oak  Flooring 

q  OWNERS  and  BUILDERS  find  it  a  clinch- 
ing argument  to  say  "It's  Floored  with  OAK 
FLOORING."  It  means  that  the  tenant  or 
buyer  will  be  glad  to  pay  10  to  15  per  cent 
more.  In  color,  it  is  rich  and  cheerful,  and 
imparts  an  air  of  refinement  and  elegance 
to  a  home.  It  is  the  modern  Flooring. 

Q  .OAK  FLOORING  |"  thickness  by  1J"  or 
2"  face  can  be  laid  over  old  floors  in  old 
homes,  or  over  cheap  sub-floors  in  new 
homes  at  a  very  low  cost.  It  is  cheaper 
than  carpets  or  Pine  Flooring. 

«J  OAK  FLOORING  laid  forty  years  ago  in 
public  buildings,  after  very  hard  service,  is 
still  in  good  condition.  For  durability, 
OAK  is  the  best. 

q  There  is  a  solid  satisfaction  and  lasting 
pleasure  in  the  substantial  and  dignified 
appearance  of  OAK  FLOORING. 

q  A  carpenter  or  handy  man  can  lay  OAK 
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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS 

ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


Editor's  Note.— The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  Keith's  Magazine.  Inquiries 
pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general  in* 
taroet  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


Harmonizing     Walls     and     Furnishings. 

C.  C.  E. — ''I  inclose  first  floor  plan  of  a 
house  we  are  building,  which  is  situated 
on  a  lot  75  ft.  front,  and  facing  south.  The 
house  is  frame,  painted  lemon  yellow, 
with  white  trimmings,  and  sets  back  in 
the  yard  among  hard  maple  trees,  and 
has  a  good  deal  of  shade  on  the  east.  Will 
you  kindly  suggest  color  scheme  for 
walls,  rugs,  draperies  and  furniture?  On 
the  second  floor  there  will  be  five  bed- 
rooms, all  finished  in  white  enamel.  Will 
you  include  those  in  your  suggestions? 
Would  you  suggest  oak  paneling  for  the 
dining  room?  All  the  floors  are  to  be 
oak." 

Ans. — It  is  inferred  that  the  furniture 
to  be  used  in  the  three  rooms  treated  in 
dark  oak  is  also  oak,  in  some  of  the  brown 
finishes.  Our  first  suggestion  is  to  change 
the  location  of  the  davenport  in  liv- 
ing room  or  library,  placing  it  along  the 
stair  wall  and  placing  the  two  bookcases 
in  the  end  of  the  room  with  the  west 
window  between  them.  This  will  give 
a  much  better  balance  to  the  room.  We 
think  a  wall  tone  of  soft  putty  grey  will 
be  the  best  choice  here,  with  rug  and 
draperies  of  sage  or  reseda  green.  The 
rug,  one  of  the  plain  weaves,  either  Hart- 
ford Saxony  or  Rosslyn,  with  border  in 
darker  tones  than  center.  We  would 
carry  the  putty  grey  tone  through  into 
the  dining  room  as  a  wainscot  or  dado  up 
to  chair  rail  and  above  this  a  decorative 
paper  in  a  foliage  tapestry  design  of 
blended  dull  but  not  dark  blues,  olives 
and  greys.  Here  we  would  use  a  Body 
Brussels  or  a  Wilton  rug  with  mixed 
blues  and  greens. 

In  the  den,  with  its  red  brick  fireplace, 
and  heavy  furniture,  we  would  still  use 
a  grey  wall,  but  different.  There  is  a  pa- 
per imitation  of  rough  grey  crash,  which 
is  fine  for  such  a  wall,  and  it  should 


have  a  frieze  decoration  in  strong,  rich, 
Bulgarian  colors,  with  one  of  the  black 
ground  cretonnes  or  rich  printed  linens 
used  in  chair  cushions,  etc.  The  rug,  a 
Scotch  Killmarnock,  dark  grey  ground 
and  dark  rich  border. 

We  would  make  the  first  floor  cham- 
ber trim,  deep  ivory,  instead  of  white, 
with  fumed  oak  doors  and  furnish  in 
Circassian  Walnut,  with  soft,  old  blue 
walls  and  ivory  ceiling.  Old  blue  Wilton 
rug. 

It  is  impossible,  in  this  free  service,  to 
furnish  detailed  advice  for  so  many 
rooms.  We  must,  therefore,  merely  say 
that  the  five  chambers  on  second  floor, 
at  least  the  family  room,  should  have 
white  enamel  trim  and  light,  dainty  treat- 
ment. 

Bungalow  with  Southern   Exposure. 

E.  D.  V. — "Will  you  kindly  give  me  in- 
formation as  to  the  following: 

"My  new  bungalow  faces  south.  The 
living  room  is  on  the  southeast.  The 
dining  room  is  just  back,  has  eastern  ex- 
posure. These  two  rooms  are  to  be  sep- 
arated by  a  colonnade,  throwing  both 
rooms  in  one.  The  dining  room  furniture 
is  Early  English.  The  living  room  is 
furnished  in  mahogany,  hardwood  floors. 
Please  tell  me  what  stain  to  apply  to 
floors  and  standing  woodwork  of  both 
rooms,  and  how  to  treat  the  plastered 
walls.  Must  they  be  rough  plastered 
and  what  shade?  Both  rooms  will  be 
wood-paneled  as  high  as  a  wainscoting. 
What  must  this  wood  and  colonnade  be 
stained?  Dining  room  is  Oriental,  with 
red  predominating,  though  a  shade  light- 
er than  golden  brown  and  a  deep  blue 
are  prominent.  Living  room  rug  is  pas- 
tel shades  old  blues,  rose,  blue  green,  etc. 

"Also,  please  tell  me  if  casement  win- 
dows can  be  bought  readv-made  and 


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Have  An 

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room,  is  set  at  the  degree  of  warmth  you  wish  to  maintain. 
Its  action  is  automatic — a  change  of  one  degree  operating  the 
dampers. 

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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-ConBnued 


where  to  buy  them,  or  whether  any  win- 
dow sash  can  be  fitted  into  a  casing  and 
opened  as  a  casement." 

Ans. — In  reply  to  your  inquiries  as  to 
finish  of  woodwork,  etc.,  in  your  bunga- 
low, the  living  and  dining  rooms  thrown 
together  by  an  open  colonnade  should 
have  the  same  wood  finish,  as  the  col- 
umns make  this  a  necessity.  The  wains- 
cot and  colonnade  must  be  the  same  as 
the  balance  of  the  trim.  In  view  of  your 
furnishings  we  do  not  think  either  silver 
grey  or  bog  oak  would  be  a  good  finish, 
though  pine  takes  these  and  most  stains 
excellently.  We  think,  considering  ev- 
erything, that  dark  mahogany  would  be 
the  best  choice,  and  we  would  even  in- 
crease the  brownish  cast  of  this  stain  by 
adding  about  one-third  brown  stain  to 
the  dark  mahogany. 

As  to  walls — if  the  plaster  is  to  be 
tinted,  a  sand  float  is  better  than  the  hard 
putty  coat,  though  it  should  not  be 
"rough."  In  the  dining  room  we  would 
ignore  the  red  of  the  rug  and  tint  the 
wall  above  wainscot  a  soft  tan  or  ecru 
shade.  The  living  room  we  would  make 
a  putty  grey  and  emphasize  the  old  blue 
of  the  rug  in  all  the  furnishings. 

Almost  any  window  can  be  hung  as  a 
casement,  but  the  window  frame  must 
be  especially  made,  to  permit  a  casement 
window  to  swing  either  in  or  out.  It  is 
also  necessary  to  have  special  hardware 
fixtures  for  casements.  Any  sash  and 
door  manufacturer  in  your  vicinity  can 
furnish  such  windows  if  you  give  the  size 
of  the  openings,  but,  as  before  stated,  the 
frame,  especially  the  sill,  is  different  from 
the  ordinary,  double-hung  window.  Your 
plan  should  provide  for  all  these  points. 

Rugs  and  Hangings. 

C.  A.  S.- — "I  would  like  your  advice  on 
rugs  and  hangings  for  my  living  and  din- 
ing rooms.  The  walls  of  both  are  the 
color  of  rough  plaster — sand  finished,  and 
the  woodwork  is  dark  fumed  oak. 

"Living  room  is  well  lighted  on  east 
and  north,  while  dining  room  has  only 
north  lighting.  As  they  open  together, 
I  would  not  like  the  colors  in  the  two 
rooms  to  clash. 

"I  had  thought  of  a  dull  blue  plain  rug 
for  dining  room  and  a  small  Persian  de- 
sign in  rich  brown  with  blue  and  green 


for  living  room.  How  shall  I  curtain  the 
windows?" 

Ans. — We  think  your  interior  as  far  as 
you  have  gone  very  well  thought  out. 
The  putty  colored  natural  plaster  is  a 
good  background  for  simple  furnishings 
and  a  good  wall  tone  for  northeast  rooms. 
The  blue  rug  will  be  very  good  in  the 
dining  room  if  you  combine  it  with  old 
gold  or  dull  yellow,  but  in  the  north  room 
you  must  have  some  effect  of  sunshine. 
We  have  seen  blue  and  old  gold  or  dull 
yellow  and  deep  cream  combined  in  rugs 
and  this  would  be  better  than  plain  blue, 
especially  for  dining  room  use.  At  the 
windows  we  would  have  curtains  of  plain, 
dull  yellow  Sunfast  material  and  if  you 
could  have  an  18-inch  frieze  in  blue  and 
yellow  at  the  top  of  the  wall,  it  would 
add  very  much. 

Your  suggestion  for  living  room  rug 
is  good,  but  we  would  prefer  a  rug  com- 
bining brown,  cream  and  rose  tones.  A 
Persian  pattern  usually  has  rose  tones,  so 
would  be  all  right.  Then  we  would  intro- 
duce deep  rose  in  other  ways.  For  in- 
stance, with  your  rough  plaster  walls, 
cretonne  of  good  design  and  good  quality, 
would  be  excellent  for  overdraperies  at 
windows  and  to  upholster  a  couple  of 
reed  chairs.  Such  a  cretonne  would  cost 
a  dollar  a  yard.  The  design  should  cover 
closely  and  have  dull  red  or  deep  rose 
combined  with  browns,  dull  green,  deep 
cream,  a  touch  of  blue,  etc. 

Scheme  for  a  Semi-Bungalow. 

A.  W.  H.  requests  suggestions  for 
interior  decorating  scheme  for  a  story 
and  a  half  semi-bungalow.  Exterior  walls 
are  shingles,  stained  brown  and  trim  is 
white.  Roof  is  of  red  tile. 

Ans. — First,  we  do  not  think  the  height 
of  your  rooms,  8  ft.  6  in.,  sufficient  for 
beamed  ceilings  and  as  you  are  using  the 
oak  wainscoting  throughout  the  first 
floor  these  low  rooms  will  have  a  very 
heavy  appearance.  We  think,  consider- 
ing the  character  of  your  furniture,  it  will 
be  better  to  use  some  stain  on  the  oak 
woodwork;  though  it  need  not  be  as  dark 
as  the  furniture;  it  should  have  a  brown- 
ish tone  that  would  be  in  harmony.  We 
know  of  nothing  better  to  suggest  than  a 
fumed  oak  stain  for  all  the  three  rooms. 

In  the  dining  room  the  red  rug  deter- 


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mines  the  color  scheme.  We  do  not  great- 
ly care  for  the  tree  frieze  suggested,  in 
this  environment.  We  think  if  the  space 
above  the  high  wainscot  is  painted  a 
warm,  rich  red  and  if  inch-thick  wood 
strips  about  3  or  4  inches  wide  be  used 
to  panel  off  the  ceiling  in  place  of  regu- 
lation ceiling  beams  and  the  paneled 
spaces  between  painted  a  deep  ivory,  that 
the  whole  effect  would  be  rich  and  har- 
monious. 

The  living  room  scheme  is  again  de- 
termined by  the  rug,  with  blue  center. 
We  should  paint  the  walls  a  warm  putty 
grey  and  use  blue  hangings,  etc.,  to  har- 
monize in  tone  with  the  rug.  The  ceil- 
ing should  be  a  shade  lighter  grey  than 
the  walls.  The  hall  is  the  place  where  we 
should  use  paper,  or  a  fabric,  above  the 
wainscot.  In  lieu  of  real  tapestry,  we  have 
lately  seen  a  very  perfect  imitation  hav- 
ing broad  8-inch  stripes  of  rich  tapestry- 
coloring  and  pattern  alternating  with  soft 
dark  grey  stripes  the  same  width.  This 
paper  costs  only  $1.00  a  roll  and  if  used 
to  a  depth  of  about  4  ft.  above  the  wains- 
cot and  finished  at  the  top  by  a  narrow 
wood  molding,  would  have  all  the  effect 
of  tapestry.  Above  this,  the  plaster  can 
be  tinted  the  grey  of  the  paper,  this  color 
carried  on  the  walls  of  the  upper  hall. 
The  rug  should  be  an  Oriental  having 
soft,  old  red,  dull  blues,  etc. 

The  best  color  for  music  room  walls  is 
deep  old  ivory.  The  first  floor  chamber 
with  only  a  north  window  should  have 
deep,  warm  rose,  but  not  pink,  walls  and 
white  ceiling. 

The  kitchen  wainscot  should  be  painted 
light  brown,  the  walls  deep  cream,  the 
woodwork  white. 

The  bathroom  wainscot  we  would 
paint  white  and  the  walls  pale  rose. 

The  large  northwest  chamber,  white 
woodwork  and  soft  ecru,  but  not  grey 
walls. 

The  southeast  chamber  can  be  done  in 
pale  green. 

The  billiard  room  woodwork  we  would 
paint  forest  green  and  paint  the  walls 
dull  yellow  or  old  gold. 

For  a  Florida  Home. 

G.  H.  S. — "We  would  like  to  have  your 
ideas  of  the  finish  of  walls,  the  finish  of 
woodwork  and  suggestions  for  draperies 
for  our  new  home. 


"Floors  will  be  of  hardwood.  All  in- 
side finish  to  be  of  yellow  pine.  Ceilings 
9  ft.  6  in.  Brick  fireplace. 

"Will  have  French  glass  doors  between 
living  and  dining  room.  What  would 
you  suggest  between  living  room  and 
parlor,  and  between  parlor  and  hall,  col- 
onnade or  French  doors?  What  between 
hall  and  dining  room?  WTe  have  French 
doors  at  end  of  dining  room  leading  out 
to  the  porch." 

Ans. — Your  floor  sketch  shows  very 
large  rooms  and  we  think  the  long  stretch 
of  ceiling  space  in  living  and  dining 
rooms  would  be  relieved  by  throwing  two 
beams  crossways  of  the  living  room  each 
side  of  the  fireplace,  dividing  the  ceiling 
into  three  panels  and  regularly  beaming 
the  dining  room. 

As  to  the  finish  of  woodwork,  the  liv- 
ing room  should  have  a  brown  stain, 
which  southern  pine  takes  very  well.  The 
dining  room  we  should  finish  in  ivory 
white  enamel,  as  pine  stained  mahogany 
is  not  rich  enough  to  go  with  handsome 
mahogany  furniture.  The  parlor  and  hall 
trim  we  should  paint  deep  ivory,  but 
make  the  stair  treads  and  rail  with  this 
dark  mahogany.  The  teakwood  furniture 
will  look  well  with  this  setting.  The  door 
from  hall  to  dining  room  should  certain- 
ly be  one  large,  single  door.  From  hall 
to  parlor  the  same ;  from  parlor  to  living 
room  a  plain  cased  arch  with  portieres, 
with  a  similar  opening  from  living  room 
to  hall.  As  the  hall  faces  north  the  white 
trim  is  almost  imperative.  We  should  use 
an  old  gold  tint  on  the  walls  with  old  gold 
introduced  in  the  furnishings. 

The  parlor  walls  we  would  hang  with 
one  of  the  Colonial  revivals  of  raised, 
flock  papers ;  there  is  a  lovely  one  with 
the  embossed  design  in  deep  ivory  on  a 
soft  tan  ground.  The  portieres  and  over- 
draperies  at  windows  should  be  deep  rose 
velvet  or  velour,  or  Armure.  The  living 
room  walls  we  would  tint  a  warm,  soft, 
ecru,  with  cream  ceiling. 

The  portieres  should  be  double  between 
living  room  and  parlor ;  wood  brown  on 
living  room  side,  deep  rose  on  parlor  side. 

The  dining  room  walls  we  would  do  in 
soft  blue  with  a  rug  in  deep  rich  tones  of 
blue.  The  panels  between  ceiling  beams, 
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The  Finishing  Touch  to  Your  Bungalow 

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CONTENTS 

The  Wood      • 

Halls  and  Stairways   - 

Living  Rooms 

Dining  Rooms   • 

Varied  Uses  of  Birch 

Birch  Doors       -       -       . 

Stains     .... 

Birch  Furniture 

Birch  Finished  Residences 

Where  to  Get  Birch 


.  3 

4 

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28 

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40 


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and  contains  40  beautiful  pages 
illustrating  modern  halls,  stair- 
ways, living  rooms,  dining 
rooms,  fireplaces  and  fl  o  o  r 
plans — shows  styles  of  interior 
finish  and  color  schemes  that 
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Heating  a  Bungalow  Without  a  Basement 

By  Geo.  C.  Andrews 


HIS  seems  to  be  a  bungalow  era 
and  the  heating  of  this  type  of 
house  is  of  special  interest  to 
home  builders.  No  matter  in 
what  section  of  the  country  the  bungalow 
is  built,  the  hot  water  plant  means  a  most 
efficient  heating,  contrary  to  a  very  com- 
mon and  mistaken  idea  that  hot  water  is 
too  ideal  and  expensive  in  mild  climates, 
which  is  the  true  home  of  the  bungalow 
and  where  the  heating  question  is  not 
always  given  the  attention  it  deserves. 

Stoves,  furnace,  steam  and  hot  water 
have  all  been  tried.  Stoves  are  not  to  be 
thought  of  for  a  modern  house.  Stoves 
in  regard  to  heating  are  in  the  same  class 
as  the  ox-team  for  traveling.  Stoves 
served  the  purpose  at  one  time,  but  mod- 
ern conditions  and  improvements  have 
made  better  methods  possible  at  slightly 
increased  cost. 

The  bungalow  need  not  be  constructed 
along  certain  lines  in  order  to  install  a 
hot  water  heating  plant.  There  frequent- 
ly happen  cases  where  heating  plants 
•.nust  be  furnished  for  houses  without 
basements.  Such  installations  call  for  an 
intimate  understanding  of  the  basic  prin- 
ciples of  circulation  and  are  therefore  not 
always  successful  when  planned  by  the 
"rule  of  thumb  mechanic";  but  when 
designed  by  competent  heating  engineers 
such  systems  may  be  provided  with  the 
furnace  or  heating  boiler  on  the  first  floor 
level  which  will  give  perfect  satisfaction. 

Usually    with    hot    water    heating    the 


ooiler  is  installed  at  the  rear  of  the  house 
either  in  the  kitchen  or  perhaps  in  a  room 
off  the  kitchen  which  may  have  been  spe- 
cially provided  for  this  purpose.  If  a 
room  for  the  boiler  is  built,  it  is  desirable 
to  have  the  boiler  room  floor  lower  than 
the  first  floor  level  of  the  house,  as  on  the 
ground  level  in  cases  when  the  first  floor 
is  from  one  to  two  feet  above  the  ground. 
The  purpose  of  this  is  to  allow  the  return 
pipe  from  the  radiators  to  be  run  under 
the  first  floor  so  as  to  drain  back  to  the 
boiler.  This,  however,  is  not  a  strict  re- 
quirement ;  the  boiler  may  be  on  the  same 
level  as  the  radiators  if  necessary. 

In  a  properly  designed  hot  water  sys- 
tem it  is  not  necessary  to  mar  the  appear- 
ance of  the  rooms  by  running  the  main 
supply  pipes  on  the  ceiling  of  the  first 
floor,  as  is  often  done.  It  is  better  to  rise 
from  the  boiler  to  the  attic,  where  possi- 
ble, running  the  main  to  desired  points, 
dropping  down  from  the  attic  to  feed  the 
radiators  on  first  and  second  floors. 

When  so  planned  there  will  be  no  ex- 
posed piping  except  risers  and  these  may 
be  concealed  by  running  inside  the  parti- 
tion walls  if  desired.  The  return  main,  of 
course,  is  run  out  of  sight  underneath  the 
floor,  making  the  complete  system  as  'fin- 
ished and  sightly  as  though  the  boiler 
was  placed  in  the  basement  in  the  usual 
way. 

It  is  desirable  to  cover  main  supply  and 
return  pipes  as  well  as  the  boiler  in  such 
installations,  as  the  different  parts  are 


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fect upon  others.  But  this  sort  of  thing, 
if  practiced  universally  would  entail  wide- 
spread distress  to  a  large  part  of  the  com- 
munity, reducing  many  to  the  acceptance 
of  charity,  who  might  otherwise  earn  an 
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which  absolute  retrenchment  in  every  de- 
partment is  essential ;  but,  when  it  is  not, 
judicious  expenditure  is  the  best  thing 
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There    is    another    consideration.      In 


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difficult,  some  sort  of  social  diversion  is 
almost  essential,  to  keep  the  mind  from 
dwelling  upon  unavoidable  difficulties 
and  trials.  The  more  expensive  forms  of 
entertaining  may  have  to  be  disused,  but 
it  is  well  to  continue  the  simpler  forms 
of  hospitality  as  long  as  may  be. 

Spring  Luncheons  and  Dinners. 

Perhaps  some  of  our  readers  will  find 
some  menus  for  simple  dinners  and 
luncheons  suggestive.  By  May  fruits  and 
vegetables  are  fairly  abundant  and  rea- 
sonable in  cost,  and  they  may  well  form 
a  large  part  of  the  company  meal,  wheth- 
er served  at  noon  or  at  night. 


Fillet  of  veal  with  rice. 


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Spring  Dinners. 

I. 

Unhulled   Strawberries. 
Fillets  of  Fish,  steamed.      New  Potatoes. 

Fore-quarter  of  Lamb,  stuffed. 

Turnips.  Radishes. 

Lettuce  Salad.  Cheese  Wafers. 

Arrowroot    Blanc-mange    with    Whipped 

Cream. 
Preserved  Ginger. 

II. 

Clam  Bouillon. 
Stuffed  Smelts.  Cucumbers. 


which  will  answer  for  both  potatoes  and 
fish.  A  rich  drawn  butter  is  as  good  as 
anything,  with  hard  boiled  eggs  chopped 
up  in  it.  Lemons  cut  into  eighths  and 
olives  should  be  on  the  table. 

The  fore-quarter  of  young  lamb  is  quite 
as  good  as  the  leg  and  considerably 
cheaper.  Have  the  neck  and  breast 
trimmed  off,  also  the  small  ribs.  From 
the  thick  shoulder  piece  which  remains 
have  the  shoulder  blade  removed,  also 
the  small  bones  on  the  lower  side.  Fill 
the  cavity  with  a  highly  seasoned  stuff- 
ing, dredge  well  with  flour  and  roast, 


Fish  in  tomato  sauce. 


Smothered  Chicken.  Peas,  Potatoes. 

Tomato  and  Lettuce  Salad. 

Lemon  Mould  with  Custard. 

The  strawberries  for  the  first  dinner 
should  be  as  large  as  possible.  A  pretty 
way  to  serve  them  is  to  put  them  on  a 
glass  plate,  around  the  base  of  a  tiny 
tumbler  filled  with  sifted  powdered  sugar, 
into  which  they  are  to  be  dipped. 

The  fillets  of  fish  can  be  cut  from  a 
small  haddock,  and  the  skin  should  be 
removed.  Salt  them  lightly  and  arrange 
them  on  a  buttered  plate.  Set  the  plate 
into  a  steamer  and  cook  over  boiling 
water  for  half  an  hour.  Get  very  small 
new  potatoes  and  boil  them  carefully  so 
that  they  will  keep  their  shape.  Serve 
two  or  three  with  each  fillet  of  fish,  pass- 
ing with  the  course  some  sort  of  sauce, 


cooking  the  rib  piece  at  the  same  time. 
Before  serving  separate  the  ribs  and  give 
each  person  a  rib  and  a  slice  of  the  stuffed 
meat.  The  turnips  should  be  small, 
white  ones  and  served  whole  in  a  cream 
sauce. 

For  the  salad  use  the  smaller  leaves  of 
the  lettuce  and  put  a  generous  spoonful 
of  mayonnaise  on  the  side  of  each  plate. 
For  the  wafers  cream  together  a  table- 
spoonful  of  butter,  two  of  sharp  Amer- 
ican cheese  and  one  of  Roquefort.  Spread 
the  mixture  on  thin  crackers  and  brown 
them  in  the  oven. 

Arrowroot  is  used  just  like  cornstarch, 
but  is  very  delicate.  Flavor  it  with  bit- 
ter almonds.  Any  good  jam  may  be  used 
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In  preparing  the  second  dinner,  use 
soft  shell  clams  for  the  bouillon,  putting 
in  enough  milk  to  make  it  creamy,  with 
a  spoonful  of  whipped  cream  in  each  cup. 

Have  the  smelts  as  large  as  you  can 
get  and  of  the  same  size.  Make  the  stuff- 
ing of  bread  and  butter  and  season  it 
highly  with  parsley  and  finely  chopped 
onion  browned  in  butter.  Sew  the  open- 
ing of  each  fish  with  fine  thread  and  bake 
them  in  a  buttered  pan.  When  you  make 
the  mayonnaise  for  the  salad  take  out  a 
portion  and  add  to  it  chopped  capers, 
pickles  and  olives  for  the  tartar  sauce  for 
the  fish. 

The  chicken  is  to  be  dressed,  disjointed 
and  each  piece  carefully  wiped  with  a 
damp  cloth.  Sprinkle  lightly  with  salt 
and  cook  in  a  covered  pan  in  a  moderate 
oven,  with  half  a  cup  of  hot  water,  un- 
til it  is  quite  tender.  Make  a  brown  sauce 
with  the  liquor  in  the  bottom  of  the  pan, 
reinforcing  it  with  bouillon  capsules  if 
necessary,  and  if  you  wish  adding  a  few 
mushrooms  to  it. 

The  tomatoes  for  the  salad  should  be  of 
the  same  size,  carefully  pared  and  soaked 
in  French  dressing  for  an  hour  or  two. 
Lay  each  upon  a  bed  of  lettuce  leaves  and 
fill  the  cavity  at  the  top  with  mayon- 
naise. Serve  with  brown  bread  and  but- 
ter. 

For  the  dessert  beat  together  the  yolks 
of  four  eggs,  the  juice  of  three  lemons, 
two  cups  of  sugar  and  a  cup  and  a  half 
of  water.  Soak  a  large  tablespoonful  of 
granulated  gelatine  in  cold  water.  Cook 
the  egg  mixture  in  a  small  saucepan  until 
it  thickens,  add  the  soaked  gelatine  and 
mould.  Make  a  soft  custard  in  the  usual 
way  with  milk  and  the  whites  of  the  eggs, 
flavoring  it  with  wine  and  pour  it  around 
the  mould  after  it  is  turned  out. 


The  Important  Thing  with  a  Luncheon. 

In  planning  a  luncheon  menu  the  im- 
portant thing  is  the  principal  dish.  The 
invention  of  most  people  refuses  to  go 
beyond  chops  and  peas,  which  are  often 
expensive  and  not  always  good.  When- 
ever possible  the  meal  should  begin  with 
some  sort  of  fruit,  and  happily  grapefruit 
is  almost  always  available  and  generally 
acceptable.  Some  sort  of  a  fish  entree 
comes  next,  and  is  prettily  served  in 
ramekins  or  tiny  casseroles.  In  this  con- 
nection deviled  clams  with  green  peppers 
are  an  agreeable  change  from  the  usual 
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An  omelet  of  some  sort  is  a  capital 
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minute.  Less  trouble  and  quite  as  good 
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Our  illustrations  show  two  dishes,  one 
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The  entree  consists  of  circles  of  toast 
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Building  Material 

AND  NOTES  ON 

Heating,  Lighting  &  Plumbing 


Something    About    Casement    Windows. 

A   Comparison   With  Double  Hung   Win- 
dows—Features of  Beauty— A  Legacy 
from  the  Days  of  Romance. 
IT    is    curious    how    architectural 
habits    prevail    year    after    year, 
even    when    there    is    very    little 

reason  for  their  acceptance.  Thus 

the  10  000  architects  said  to  be  practicing 
in  the  United  States  would  find  it  hard  to 
present  a  convincing  argument  in  favor 
of  the  form  of  window  in  general  use  in 
\merica  and  yet  its  use  persists, 
window  is  commonly  known  as  the  double 
hung     or      guillotine      type.      It     is     dii- 
ficult  and  dangerous  to  clean.    It  gets  o 
of  order.     It  is  not  beautiful. 


Apartment  House  Windows. 
Examine   the   windows   of   an    average 
city  residence  or  an  apartment  house.  In 
nine  cases  out  of  ten  they  will  be  found 
to  consist  of  two  sashes  each  filled  with 
one  pane  of  glass,  wholly  without  either 
character    or     beauty.      The     somewhat 
blank  expression  of  these  buildings  is  due, 
very  largely,  to  the  arrangement  of  their 
windows  and  to  the  failure  of  the  win- 
dows to  perform  the  full  measure  of  then- 
service      It  must  be  remembered  that  to 
admit  light   into  a  room  is  not  the  sole 
function  of  a  window.     One  of  its  duties 
is  to  give  definite  expression  and  charac- 
ter to  the  building  in  which  it  is  placed. 
To  appreciate  the  truth  of  this  theory 
one  need   only  to  examine  a  number  of 
city  residences,  in  the  older  part  of  New 
York    for  example,  where  many  of  the 
houses    still    have    small    panes    in    their 
windows.      The    small     paned     windows 
possess  a  dignity  and  decision   which  is 
wholly  lacking  to  their  neighbors.     Aln 


of  the  grace  of  the  New  York  City  Hall 
is  the  result  of  very  careful  and  architec- 
tural treatment  of  its  many  windows. 
Result    of    a    Careful    Treatment    of    the 

Windows. 

Any  one  who  is  familiar  with  the  man- 
ner of  building  abroad  knows  that  much 
of  the  balance  and  dignity  of  the  struc- 
tures is  the  direct  result  of  careful  treat- 
ment of  the  windows,  which  are  arranged 
not  in  the  double  hung  or  guillotine  man- 
ner, but  with  casements  which,  instead  < 
sliding  up  and  down,  are  made  to  open 
either  in   or    out    much    as    shutters    or 
blinds.     Whether  the  building  examined 
be  an  Elizabethan  manor  house,  a  halt 
timbered  cottage  in  France,  or  a  modern 
shop  building,  business  block,  apartment 
house  or  residence  in  London,  Pans,     or 
Vienna,  it  will  be  found  to  have  windows 
arranged   in    casements   which    give    at- 
tractive variety  and  character. 

The  casement  possesses  every  advant- 
age which  is  conspicuously  lacking  in  the 
double  hung  window.  The  proper  clean- 
ing of  such  windows  is  extremely  simple. 
Being  hinged  to  the  window  frame,  case- 
ments require  no  weights,  chains  or  cords 
to  be  repaired  or  renewed  and  there  is 
therefore  no  reason  for  the  removing  and 
defacing  of  the  window  frames  to  ex- 
amine them. 

Upon  the  score  of  beauty  of  effect 
may  be  said  that  the  casement  possesses 
every  decorative  quality  which  the  double 
hung  window  lacks.  The  use  of  leaded 
glass  in  casement  windows  has  contrib- 
uted wonderfully  to  their  popularity. 

The  arrangement  of  casement  windows 
renders  the  hanging  of  suitable  draperies 
exceedingly  simple.  Such  windows  are 
apt  to  be  far  too  beautiful  architecturally 


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to  cover  up  or  conceal  beneath  many 
curtains,  and  such  draperies  as  are  used 
are  apt  to  be  quite  the  reverse  of  elab- 
orate. 

Casement  Windows  as  a  Means  of  Ven- 
tilation. 

The  casement  window  possesses  an- 
other and  a  highly  practical  advantage 
over  the  guillotine  variety  which  perhaps 
more  than  any  one  of  its  many  excellent 
qualities  will  appeal  to  Americans.  Who 
has  not  been  driven  to  exasperation  dur- 
ing the  torrid  days  and  nights  to  find  that 
the  windows  could  be  opened  at  best  no 
more  than  half  way?  With  the  casement 
window  the  case  is  wholly  different,  for 
by  its  very  nature  it  may  be  entirely  open 
— it  is  100  per  cent,  window  and  repre- 
sents efficiency  raised  to  its  highest 
power. 

Windows  of  this  type,  besides  fulfilling 
every  practical  purpose,  are  sufficiently 
beautiful  to  win  ready  acceptance  any- 
where. They  are  a  legacy  from  the  days 
of  romance  and  the  forms  in  which  they 
appear  today  have,  in  many  instances, 
been  adapted  from  ancient  and  very  beau- 
tiful examples,  while  the  hinges  and  metal 
fastenings  which  lock  them  and  the  stays 
which  hold  them  open  at  any  desired 
angle  are  themselves  studies  from  ex- 
amples made  during  the  golden  age  of 
craftsmanship. — The  Building  Age. 

The  Concrete  House. 

That  "the  concrete  house"  is  elusive  of 
definition  is  made  evident  by  the  houses 
now  seen.  Cast-in-place  houses  with  solid 
walls,  with  steel  forms,  and  with  unit 
wall  apparatus ;  houses  of  pre-cast  units 
varying  from  the  relatively  small  block 
units  to  light  thin  sections  for  double 
walls  and  large  two  and  three-ton  units 
handled  by  an  electric  crane — all  these 
are  in  evidence.  Then  in  the  matter  of 
architectural  development  there  are  var- 
ious stucco  treatments,  brushed  and 
rubbed  surfaces  and  beautiful  color  ef- 
fects. The  concrete  house  is  not  one  kind 
of  house.  Concrete  is  a  universal  ma- 
terial and  its  variety  of  applications  does 
not  lag  in  realization  through  any  inher- 
ent sameness  in  the  material  itself,  either 
structurally  or  architecturally.  The  ap- 
plications merely  wait  upon  a  skilled 


hand  to  work  them.  That  they  are  being 
worked  out  to  meet  various  demands  of 
purse  and  taste  is  evidenced  by  the  many 
examples  in  all  parts  of  the  country. — 
Concrete-Cement  Age. 

Porcelain  Tile  in  House  Construction. 

Until  comparatively  recent  times 
houses  were  built  either  of  wood  or  brick. 
Buildings  in  the  suburbs  and  rural  dis- 
tricts were  of  frame  and  those  in  the  city 
brick.  Stucco  was  introduced  a  few  years 
ago,  and  on  the  heels  of  that  came  con- 
crete, hollow  tile  and  concrete  blocks. 
If  a  scheme  that  has  had  the  attention  of 
a  man  for  many  years  materializes,  and 
he  says  it  will,  houses  built  of  porcelain 
will  be  the  next  seen  in  the  suburbs  of 
New  York.  This  man  is  in  the  porcelain 
business  and  is  of  a  family  of  porcelain 
makers  and  has  had  such  a  building  in 
mind  for  forty  years. 

After  years  of  experimenting  he  suc- 
ceeded in  making  a  porcelain  tile  strong 
enough  for  building  purposes  and  soon 
will  erect  a  house  of  porcelain.  The  tile 
will  be  built  around  the  skeleton  frame 
of  a  skyscraper.  In  other  words,  the 
house  will  have  a  skeleton  frame  of 
steel  and  the  tile  will  be  nothing  more 
than  a  finish. 

The  tile  will  be  an  inch  thick  and  of 
strength  not  expected  of  such  brittle  ma- 
terial as  porcelain.  It  is  a  composition 
which  has  taken  years  to  find,  and  the 
maker  proposes  to  guard  his  secret.  Be- 
sides strength  and  remarkable  wearing 
qualities  the  porcelain  house  will  be 
waterproof  and  steam  proof.  Except  for 
the  steel  frame  it  will  be  porcelain.  The 
walls,  floors,  ceilings,  halls,  stairs  and 
everything  else  found  in  a  well  con- 
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It  would  be  possible  to  wash  down  such 
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is  said  that  it  can  be  built  cheaper  and 
quicker  than  any  other  type  of  house  at 
the  present  time. 

Wood  Construction. 

With  the  title  "Wood  Construction  vs. 
Substitutes,"  F.  J.  Martin,  secretary  of 
the  Northwestern  Mutual  Fire  Associa- 
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a  pamphlet  in  which  he  advocates  the  use 
of  wood  for  structural  purposes.  Mr. 
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wood  all  have  their  place  in  the  world  and 
does  not  pretend  to  advocate  the  use  of 
wood  where  other  materials  are  better, 
but  he  says  "if  wood  occupied  the  place  it 
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That  wood  is  not  more  generally  used 
and  that  it  is  being  replaced  with  other 
materials  Mr.  Martin  believes  is  because 
the  public  has  not  been  properly  educated. 
He  says :  ''The  remedy  lies  in  a  cam- 
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prospective  builders  so  as  to  stand  the 
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material.  Cities  must  be  shown  that  they 
should  encourage  the  ownership  of  small 
homes ;  that  this  can  only  be  done  by  per- 
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dwellings  and  shingle  roofs  in  the  main 
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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

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Stucco  Finish. 

H.  O.  S. — "Several  builders  have  ad- 
vised against  building  a  stucco  house, 
saying  that  the  expansion  and  contraction 
around  doors  and  windows  makes  it  im- 
possible to  get  them  tight.  What  is  your 
opinion?" 

Ans. — When  applying  stucco  to  the  ex- 
terior much  care  should  be  taken  with 
this  material.  Do  not  try  to  get  along 
with  the  service  of  just  a  plasterer,  but 
get  a  man  to  do  it  who  is  experienced  in 
handling  outside  work.  It  is,  of  course, 
pretty  difficult  to  get  a  guarantee  against 
stucco  cracking  because  sometimes  the 
frame  work  will  settle  or,  due  to  contrac- 
tion and  expansion,  cracks  will  open  up. 
Stucco  finish  on  my  own  house  has  been 
on  nine  years  and  I  don't  think  there  is 
a  crack  anywhere.  It  is  used  a  good  deal 
and  with  much  success. 

Quality  of  Sand. 

F.  E. — "I  will  build  this  summer  and 
will  use  plaster,  concrete,  stucco  and 
Keene's  cement  in  different  parts  of  the 
building  and  we  have  two  qualities  of 
sand  handled  here  by  competitive  dealers 
and  each  dealer  finds  fault  with  the  other 
fellow's  sand.  I  think  the  sand  plays  quite 
an  important  part  in  securing  a  good  job 
in  using  the  above  and  wish  you  would 
tell  me  which  of  the  samples  enclosed  is 
the  better  for  me  to  use.  I  have  marked 
them  'A'  and  'B'." 

Ans. — Have  examined  the  samples  of 
sand  which  you  sent  me  and  report  that 
for  first  class  cement  work  I  recommend 
that  you  use  the  fine  sharp  sand,  sample 
"A."  The  other  sand  is  all  right  for  grout- 
ing or  rough  foundation  work.  It  is 
gritty  but  is  pretty  dark  and  where  you 
want  a  nice  looking  job  it  should  not  be 
used. 


Question  of  Wood  to  Use. 

H.  E.  R. — "In  the  finishing  of  my  new 
home  I  am  undecided  what  kind  of  wood 
to  use  for  interior  trim  for  first  floor.  I 
like  walnut,  oak  and  cherry  very  much, 
but  do  not  know  which  to  use.  Could  I 
combine  two  or  all  of  these  woods?  Please 
give  me  your  advice." 

Ans. — Certainly  the  American  walnut 
is  a  beautiful  wood  for  interior  finish.  I 
wouldn't  make  too  much  of  a  mixture  of 
woods  if  I  were  you,  but  it  would  be  a 
beautiful  wood  to  use  in  your  dining 
room.  If  you  are  going  to  have  columned 
openings,  however,  from  the  living  room 
into  the  dining  room,  then  the  same  wood 
would  be  used  in  both  rooms  for,  of  course, 
it  would  look  funny  to  have  cherry  finish 
in  the  living  room,  walnut  in  the  dining 
room  and  then  have  walnut  columns  or 
vice  versa.  This  would  apply  equally  as 
well  to  the  columned  opening  in  front  of 
the  stairs.  Therefore,  in  consideration  of 
the  columned  openings,  it  would  be  best 
to  have  one  wood  only  in  the  living  room, 
reception  hall  and  dining  rooms.  You 
might  use  the  walnut  in  the  den.  If  I  had 
my  choice  I  think  I  would  use  cherry  in 
these  rooms  and  walnut  in  the  den,  but  if 
you  should  like  cherry  the  least  of  the 
three  woods,  then  make  it  oak. 

Beam  for  Twelve-foot  Span. 

E.  H.  P. — "Taking  advantage  of  your 
generosity  in  answering  questions  for 
your  subscribers,  I  would  like  very  much 
if  you  would  give  me  your  opinion  on  the 
following: 

"I  am  building  a  brick  veneer  house 
33x33  first  floor,  and  33x24  second  floor. 
What  I  want  to  know  is,  is  it  practicable 
to  carry  the  rear  brick  wall  of  second 
story  on  2x8s  spiked  together.  The  long- 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


Now  is  the  Time  to  Build. 

LL  over  the  country  the  papers 
have  been  laying  particular  stress 
on  this  being  the  time  to  build. 
Some  of  the  arguments  put  forth 
have  been  well  worth  serious  considera- 
tion, and  all  of  them  are  timely  and  ought 
to  be  acted  on  by  those  who  have  the 
money  to  build.  The  Northern,  Western 
and  Southern  papers  have  been  publish- 
ing a  good  deal  of  matter  of  this  kind.  A 
recent  issue  of  the  Albany  Herald,  of  Al- 
bany, Ga.,  has  a  good  article  along  this 
line,  saying  among  other  things  the  fol- 
lowing: 

"The  war  in  Europe  is  not  going  to 
last  forever.  It  must  end  some  time,  and 
conditions  are  not  apt  to  grow  worse  than 
they  are  now.  They  are  more  apt  to 
gradually  improve  as  the  industrial  and 
commercial  world  recovers  from  the 
shock  of  changed  conditions  and  adjusts 
itself  to  the  new  order  of  things. 

"In  the  meantime,  consider  this: 

"Labor  is  cheaper  now  than  in  many 
years. 

"So  is  building  material  of  all  kinds — 
lumber,  brick,  lime,  cement,  and  almost 
everything  else  that  goes  into  the  con- 
struction of  a  dwelling  house  or  a  busi- 
ness structure. 

"Therefore,  those  who  are  in  position 
to  do  so  should  seize  the  golden  oppor- 
tunity and  get  ready  to  take  advantage  of 
the  'good  times'  which  are  sure  to  return 
before  very  long. 

"Such  a  policy,  if  adopted  on  a  con- 
siderable scale,  would  stimulate  all  lines 
of  business.  The  unemployed  would  be 
given  employment.  They  would  have 
money  to  spend  and  it  would  be  spent 
with  the  merchants  in  all  lines  of  trade. 
Business  would  pick  up  in  gratifying 
manner  through  all  channels  of  trade. 

"Then  there  are  those  who  could  take 
advantage  of  the  low  cost  of  labor  and 
material  by  making  minor  improvements 
if  not  in  position  to  embark  on  more  ex- 
tensive building  operations.  Homes  could 


be  repaired  and  painted.  Premises  could 
be  put  in  first-class  condition.  The  whole 
town  could  be  made  to  look  better  and 
numbers  of  people  would  receive  employ- 
ment who  are  now  out  of  work." — St. 
Louis  Lumberman. 

Authority  to  Employ  Architect. 

A  corporation  is  not  liable  on  a  contract 
employing  a  firm  of  architects  to  prepare 
plans  for  a  building,  if  the  agreement  was 
not  authorized  by  the  Board  of  Directors 
and  if  the  proposed  building  would  in- 
volve an  expenditure  largely  in  excess  of 
the  capitalization  of  the  company.  This 
is,  in  effect,  the  decision  announced  by 
the  Appellate  Term  of  the  New  York 
Supreme  Court  in  the  case  of  Thompson 
&  Frohling  vs.  Marseillaise  French  Bak- 
ing Company,  147  New  York  Supplement, 
402.  Plaintiffs,  a  firm  of  architects  in 
New  York  City,  sued  for  $700  as  com- 
pensation for  preparing  plans  for  a  build- 
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its  president,  with  whom  the  contract  was 
made,  had  no  expressed  or  implied 
authority  to  contract  concerning  so  ex- 
pensive a  building  when  the  capital  stock 
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president's  general  authority,  and  that 
plaintiffs  were  bound  to  take  notice  of 
the  limitation  upon  his  authority  in  this 
respect. — Building  Age. 

Salem's  New  Building  Code. 

The  new  building  code  which  was 
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Rebuilding  Commission  of  the  city  of 
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trict, the  roofs  must  be  of  slate,  tile,  terra 
cotta,  metal  or  some  other  equally  in- 
combustible material.  The  code  allows 


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No  Matter 

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for  factory  and  mill  construction,  but 
these  buildings  must  be  of  first  or  second 
class  construction  or  built  with  a  mill 
frame  and  an  exterior  of  metal  or  other 
incombustible  material. 

In  regard  to  the  residential  section  the 
Code  reads  as  follows : 

''No  building  will  be  allowed  to  run 
nearer  than  5  ft.  to  the  adjoining  lot,  and 
there  must  be  a  distance  of  at  least  10  ft. 
between  buildings  on  the  same  lot.  No 
building  shall  occupy  more  than  75  per 
cent,  of  the  lot  on  which  it  is  built,  unless 
it  be  on  a  corner,  then  it  may  occupy  80 
per  cent,  of  the  lot." 

The  new  regulations  apply  only  to  the 
burned  district. 

Limiting  Frame  Houses. 

The  suggestion  of  placing  a  limit  in  the 
suburban  districts  of  New  York  outside 
of  the  fire  limits  within  which  frame 
construction  will  be  restricted  to  de- 
tached dwellings  appears  to  be  meeting 
with  considerable  favor.  Reports  from 
the  boroughs  affected  show  that  many  of 
the  real  estate  operators  as  well  as  the 
residents  approve  of  the  project  and  the 
feeling  is  quite  general  that  all  sections 
of  the  city  in  which  development  of  any 
kind  has  started  might  very  properly  be 
included.  In  view  of  this  general  senti- 
ment the  outlines  for  the  suburban  limits 
have  been  drawn  to  include  large  areas 
where  heretofore  there  was  no  restriction. 

Tree-Breathing. 

Trees  breathe  the  same  as  animals  says 
an  exchange.  They  inhale  oxygen  and 
exhale  carbonic  acid  gas.  The  oxygen  is 
taken  in  through  the  leaves  and  through 
the  minute  openings  in  the  bark,  called 
lenticels.  This  process  of  breathing  goes 
on  in  the  tree  day  and  night  but  assimi- 
lation takes  place  only  in  the  daylight. 

Plant  a  Tree. 

Whether  it  be  a  fruit  tree,  an  ornamen- 
tal tree  or  a  timber  tree,  the  time  devoted 
to  planting  it  is  well  and  worthily  spent, 
says  the  Louifi'ille  Courier-Journal. 
Within  the  last  two  decades  the  whole 
country  has  awakened  to  the  importance 
of  the  forestry  question.  All  states  should 
be  interested  in  preserving  the  remnants 


of  our  goodly  forest  heritage,  and  in  pass- 
ing on  to  future  generations  a  land  beau- 
tified and  glorified  by  its  wealth  of  trees. 
It  requires  years  for  Nature  to  build  a 
perfect  tree,  and  it  requires  only  a  few 
moments  for  a  man  to  destroy  Nature's 
work.  The  time  has  come  when  Nature 
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of  reforestation. 

Hints  on  House  Planning. 

When  you  commence  to  plan  your  new 
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and  furniture.  We  all  run  across  such 
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Budapest,  Hungary. — The  municipality 
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only  for  the  staircases  and  courtyards, 
but  also  the  sidewalks  around  the  houses. 

There  is,  however,  one  institution 
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such  a  high  standard  of  cleanliness  and 
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taneously  in  various  parts  of  one  build- 
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around  the  house  is  full  of  dust.  Gen- 
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dustry. 

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CONTENTS    FOR    MAY.    1915 


Just  a  Word  (Editorial) 

Frontispiece  334 

A^r^r^r;^re<"^mo-fl^-^:  •  - 

Constructing  a  "C.stlette"-A/onroe  Wooltu  34Z 

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A  Planting  P,an  for  .  ,„'£  Yard-,?        T^*"  "  tuC* «• 

A  Group  of  Briek  Colonia,  Hon,es  "         ^  ""*"'  La^'^A,cht. . .  358 

A  Suburban  Residence. ...  362 

A  Brick  Colonial  Residence  365 

A  Substantial  Western  Bunwlow  368 

An  English  Desig-n  in  Brick  370 

A  Small  Brick  House 371 

A  Cozy  Six-Room  Bungalow  373 

English  Half  Timber  Design  with  Brick  Terrace  374 

A  Frame  Cottage  with  Cambrel  Roof  37S 

A  Departure  from  the  Conventional  37« 

378 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 

Answer,  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  38° 

Household  Economics  386 

TableChat..  392 

Si^^ 

Splinter's  and  Shavings  406 

410 


Entered  January  1.  1899.  at  the  pMt  Qffloe  ^  , 


s  a>  second-claw  nutter. 


Hewitt  (-1  Brown.  Architects. 
A  charming  and  well  balanced  entrance  to  a  beautiful  Minneapolis  residence. 


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VOL.  XXXIII 


MAY,  1915 


No.  5 


A  present-day  Colonial  cottage  in  Pennsylvania.    The  Cambrel  roof  and  Dutch  dormers  make  plenty  of  space  upstairs. 

Brick-Built  Homes  on  Colonial 

Lines 

William  Draper  Brinckloe,  Architect 


He's  a  wonder;  he  can  turn 
a  brown  stone  house  into  a  colonial  man- 
sion tvith  a  pot  of  yellow  paint." 

— John  Kendrick  Bangs. 

XACTLY ;   that's   the   conception 
of    "colonial,"    to    many    modern 
minds:     *     *     *     Some    great 
yellow,  sponge-cake  of  a  house, 
iced  over  with  a  weird  white  crust  of  col- 
umns, cornices,   friezes,   pilasters,  panels 
and  what  not ! 


And  yet  nothing  could  be  further  from 
the  real  colonial ;  the  simple,  homelike 
houses  of  the  Eighteenth  century  farm- 
folk  who  lived  along  the  Atltantic  sea- 
board from  northern  New  York  to  south- 
ern Virginia.  The  New  England  farm- 
cottages,  though  with  a  certain  pictur- 
esqueness,  are  apt  to  be  rather  crude 
frame  or  shingle  affairs ;  while  the  far 
southern  houses  are  either  huge  man- 
sions or  mere  wooden  cabins.  But  the 


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IS 


Middle  Colonies  nearly   always  built  of 
good  red  brick,  with  practically  no  orna- 
ment   save    a   white-columned   porch    or 
something  of  that  sort.     But  the  propor- 
tions of  these  houses  are  most  wonder- 
fully good ;  and  therein  lies  their  charm. 
Further,  the  plan  is  nearly  always  sane 
and  simple-a  central  stair-hall,  running 
through     the    building,     with     balam 
rooms  on  either 
side;  then  a 
kitchen  is  thrust 
out  in  a  little 
wing  of  its  own, 
keeping  heat  and 
odors  well  away 
from    the    main 
house. 

Many  of  these 
old-time    homes 
are  of  the  bung- 
alow type— story 
and  a  half ;  some 
have     gambrel 
roofs,  while  oth- 
ers keep  the  sim- 
ple   straight 
pitch.  Then  there 
are  also  the  reg- 
u  1  a  r  two-story 
houses,  with  at- 
tic   above.      So, 
n  o  w,  let's  see 
what    may    be 
done  along  these  lines. 

Figure  1,  for  example,  shows  a  modern 
gambrel-roofed   home,   following   strictly 
the  spirit  of  the  Eighteenth  century,  yet 
fully  fitted  to  the  needs  of  the  Twentieth. 
There  is  no  superfluous  ornament;  effects 
are  had  through   the  proportion   of   the 
house,  the  grouping  of  the  windows,  and 
such    like.      All    good    colonial   builders, 
however,   spent   some   time   and   trouble 
over  the  entrance-way— a  bit  of  elabora- 
tion there  to  relieve  the  severe  simplicity 
of  the  rest  of  the  structure.     And  so  it 


is  here;  delicately  designed  side-lights 
and  fan-light,  quaintly  paneled  doors  and 
white-pillared  porch;  all  carefully  propor- 
tioned to  the  rest  of  the  house. 

The  brickwork  is  colonial  in  feeling, 
though  just  a  little  out  of  the  ordinary.  In- 
stead of  the  usual  "Flemish  bond,"  with 
black  headers  and  red  stretchers,  this  is 
laid  up  with  all  headers  and  no  stretchers. 

In  other  words, 
we  went  through 
a  local  brick- 
yard  and  picked 
out    the    rough, 
dark,  over-burn- 
ed brick ;  then 
we  laid  these  up 
in  the  wall  with 
the  ends  out- 
ward,   using 
grayish   white 
mortar  and  very 
wide  joints.  The 
effect  was  won- 
derfully good- 
no  raw  redness, 
but  just  a  dark, 
brownish      tone, 
with  a  sparkle  of 
light  and  shade, 
and  a  p  i  c  t  u  r- 
esque  suggestion 
of  ripe  age.  The 
gables,    dormers 

and   gambrel   roof   are   covered  with   gray 
shingles;  also  the  little  wing  at  the  left. 

Inside  the  house  a  central  hall  rui 
through,  with  a  most  interesting  double 
stairway  at  the  rear.  Beneath  the  tending 
comes  the  pantry,  connecting  kitchen  and 
dining  room.  At  the  front  a  living  room 
lies  at  the  left,  with  a  bedroom  balancing 
it  on  the  right;  the  private  bath  is  thrust 
out  in  the  wing. 

In  the  second  story  we  work  three  good 
bedrooms,  a  sewing  room  and  a  servant's 
room,  besides  a  second  bathroom.  In  an 


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alcove  of  the  servant's  room,  by  the  way, 
a  bath  tub  ,s  set,  screened  off  with  a  cur- 
tain or  some  such  thing. 
A  back  stair  runs  down  from  the  land- 
f  the  main  stairway  and  above  one 
the  rooms  a  trap  door  and  step  ladder 
reached  the  low  attic 

Figure    II    is    another    type -a    plain 
hipped   roof   instead   of   a 
gambrel.     The  brick  walls 
are  built  all  headers,  as  in 
the  first ;  the  porch,  too,  is 
somewhat  the  same.     But 
the     proportions     of     the 
house  are  totally  different. 
A  stone-walled  terrace 
paved  with  brick,  runs  all 
across  the  front ;  it  is  bor- 
dered   by    a    close-clipped 
privet  hedge.  The  roof  lines 
are  low ;  indeed,  the  whole 
effect  is  horizontal. 

On  the  first  floor  is  the 

Characteristic   central    hall; 

a  house  without  this  feature 

s  really  not  a  colonial  one ! 

Off  to  the  right  we  have  a 


usual. 


sewmg  room   (or  sitting  room)    and  two 
bedrooms;  the  bathroom  is  beneath  the  stair 
The  dining  room  is  partly  under 
landmg,  and  partly  projecting  out  to 
the  rear,  In  a  bay  window.     This  bay  is 
quite  a   feature;  it  makes  a  most  bright 
unny  dmmg  room,  with  a  wonderful  view- 
out  over  the  old-fashioned  garden  to  the 


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rear,  and  the  beautiful  scenery  beyond. 
The  little  pantry  connects  with  a  serv- 
ant's dining  room  ;  from  this  latter  the  cel- 
lar stairs  go  down,  and  the  back  stairs  go 
up.  Off  beyond  this  is  the  kitchen  wing, 
fully  separated  from  the  main  part  of  the 
house,  and  having  light  and  air  on  three 
sides. 

The  living  room  or  "parlor"  is  at  the 
front,  on  the  left.  Now,  I  haven't  shown 
the  second  story  plan  of  this  house,  he- 


space  for  a  full  dining  room  out  there. 
Then  the  present  dining  room  could  serve 
as  an  extra  bedroom,  and  another  bath  be 
put  in,  either  on  the  first  or  second  floor. 

But  now  we  come  to  the  third  type  of 
colonial  house ;  the  more  usual  one 
(Fig.  III.) 

Here  nearly  everything  clings  quite 
closely  to  precedent.  The  bricks  are  laid 
with  red  stretchers  and  black  headers, 
the  corners  of  the  house  show  brick 


A  modern  Colonial  house  keeping  close  to  the  simplicity  and  refinement  of  eighteenth  century  models. 


cause  it  is  rather  unimportant.  There  are 
three  fair-sized  bedrooms  and  a  very 
large  store  space ;  but  the  roof  slopes 
down,  cutting  off  some  little  head-room, 
except  where  the  dormer  windows  come. 
Indeed,  this  particular  house  was  designed 
to  fit  the  needs  of  two  elderly  ladies — 
both  over  80  years,  at  the  time  they  built 
— and  the  upstairs  bedrooms  were  meant 
merely  for  servants  and  an  occasional 
guest.  If  a  larger  family  should  want  a 
home  of  this  type,  the  kitchen  wing  might 
readily  be  extended  somewhat,  giving 


quoins,  and  a  belt-course  of  brick  on  edge 
runs  beneath  the  upper  windows.  The 
arches  over  the  first  story  windows  are, 
however,  a  variation  from  the  ordinary ; 
and  the  plainness  of  the  chimney  is  re- 
lieved by  brick  paneling.  The  entrance 
porch,  too,  is  just  a  trifle  more  extensive 
than  usual,  and  the  balcony  is  decidedly 
more  convenient  than  the  mere  pent  hood 
that  sheltered  most  Eighteenth  century 
doorways. 

The  first  floor  plan  might  stand  for  any 
Eighteenth     century     home — central     hall, 


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with  doors  at  either  end,  library  to  the  right, 
dining  room  and  pantry  to  the  left.  Then 
the  kitchen  is  entirely  out  at  the  rear;  its 
flue,  by  the  way,  racks  over  in  the  wall, 
above  the  pantry  window,  until  it  joins  the 
main  chimney. 

The  second  floor  is  a  trifle  unusual.  Or- 
dinarily, there  would  be  just  four  balanced 
bedrooms,  with  possibly  a  bath  at  front ; 
but  the  owner  wished  a  den,  so  we  sacrificed 
one  of  the  bedrooms  and  put  in  separate 
bathroom  and  toilet.  The  servant's  room, 
out  over  the  kitchen,  is  cut  off  from  the 
front  of  the  house,  save  by  way  of  the 
landing  on  the  front  stairs.  Of  course  it 


would  be  easy  to  change  this  and  make  the 
rear  bedroom  into  a  guest  room. 

The  attic  isn't  finished,  though  there  is 
ample  space  for  two  good  large  bed- 
rooms, and  a  very  decent  storage  room. 
If  we  choose  we  can  run  the  main  stair- 
way on  up,  instead  of  depending  on  that 
little  closet  off  staircase — it  rests  on  the 
personal  preference  of  the  owner. 


So,  now,  here  are  three  types  of  brick 
houses  of  colonial  feeling.  Surely  you 
must  be  hard  to  suit  if  one  or  another  of 
them  doesn't  appeal  to  you! 


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A  California  Country  Home 


Margaret  Craig 


OTORING  south  from  Santa 
Barbara,  along  the  road  that 
commands  a  beautiful  outlook 
upon  the  vineyards  and  moun- 
tains of  the  west  and  the  wharfed  harbor 
of  the  old  town  on  the  right,  the  visitor 
finally  reaches  Montecito,  a  suburb  of 
beautiful  residences. 

It  is  two  miles  away  from  the  old  mis- 
sion city,  and  as  it  is  not  connected  by  a 
car  service,  it  has  remained  exclusively  a 
place  for  country  homes.  Most  of  the 
houses  are  some  distance  apart  and  usual- 
ly approached  by  long  driveways.  Some- 
times they  are  built  in  a  grove  of  trees, 
or  high  up  on  the  mountain  sides,  and 
sometimes  near  the  edge  of  the  ocean- — 


all  according  to  the  choice  of  the  builders. 

Swinging  away  from  the  intersection  of 
the  main  roads,  which  is  marked  by  a 
large  white  public  fountain,  the  car  ap- 
proaches the  very  attractive  home  of  Mr. 
Augustus  Higginson,  at  the  end  of  a  line 
of  eucalyptus  trees.  It  is  situated  within 
a  few  rods  of  a  promontory  reaching  over 
the  sands  of  the  beach  and  commanding  a 
wonderful  view  of  the  opalescent  islands 
in  the  distance,  and  of  the  rolling  hills 
toward  the  west. 

It  is  a  house  simple  and  substantial  in 
structure,  and  is  thoroughly  related  in 
lines  and  material  to  its  surroundings.  In 
fact,  it  seems  to  belong  to  the  land,  and  as 
if  it  had  been  there  always. 


The  attractive  home  of  Mr.  Augustus  Higginson,  Montecito,  Cal.     Designed  by  J.  Corbley  Poole. 


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Mr.  J.  Corbley  Poole  was  the  architect, 
and  he  has  shown  here  his  unusual  skill 
and  taste  in  handling  the  material  and 
making  a  perfect  adaptation  of  an  old 
English  country  home.  This  is  shown  in 
the  combination  of  red  brick,  which  is 
used  for  the  exterior  of  the  lower  part, 
and  in  the  Elizabethan  half-timber  used 
for  the  upper  half  of  the  structure.  The 
gables,  three  in  front  and  three  in  the 
rear,  are  well  placed,  and,  of  course, 
form  an  important  feature. 


to  be  entered.  The  heavy  oaken  door 
opens  into  the  spacious  living  room.  Just 
inside  of  the  entrance  door  is  a  carved 
wooden  screen  and  chair,  placed  so  as  to 
form  an  ante  room  for  the  incoming 
guests. 

This  larger  room  is  square,  but  the 
fact  is  not  obvious,  due  to  the  wise  break- 
ing up  of  spaces.  For  instance,  one  cor- 
ner is  devoted  to  the  piano  and  a  huge 
carved  high-backed  seat ;  another  to  the 
fireplace  and  comfortable  chairs  gathered 


A  very  unique  feature  of  the  house  ia  the  court,  framed  on  two  Bides  by  the  rear  wing8. 


A  soft  green  lawn  surrounds  the  house, 
and  is  only  broken  by  the  long  line  of 
dahlias  on  the  north,  and  by  the  walk 
that  leads  from  the  curving  roadway  to 
the  front  door.  The  live  oak  at  the  cor- 
ner of  the  lawn,  with  its  widespreading 
branches,  has  been  saved,  and  the  house 
placed  so  as  still  to  preserve  the  view. 

The  entrance  is  very  simple  and  effect- 
ive, marked  only  by  a  stone  platform  or 
porch  and  a  wrought  iron  lantern  at  the 
side.  This  doorway  is  placed  at  the  side 
of  the  front  of  the  house,  as  if  it,  as  well 
as  the  tree,  were  willing  to  be  a  subordi- 
nate feature,  so  as  to  give  dominance  to 
the  landscape  windows  of  the  room  about 


around  it,  and  the  third  to  a  place  nearer 
the  front  door  devoted  to  entertaining 
more  formal  guests.  Great  taste  is  dis- 
played in  the  arrangement  of  huge  sprays 
of  wild  grasses  or  odd  colored  flowers  in 
bronze  or  dull-colored  vases.  They  take 
away  the  stiffness  and  unite  the  lines  of 
the  room. 

In  the  space  before  the  fireplace  is  a 
broad,  carved  table  and  near  it  a  wide 
bench — also  carved  by  the  owner  of  the 
house.  The  fireplaces  throughout  the 
house  are  most  carefully  planned  and 
vary  in  regard  to  the  color  and  to  the 
laying  of  the  brick.  Here  the  fireplace 
has  a  raised  hearth  and  the  heavy  mantel 


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is  supported  by  four  substantial  corbels, 
made  in  the  same  pattern  as  those  sup- 
porting the  ceiling  beams,  and  in  different 
parts  of  the  exterior  construction.  The 
west  wall  of  the  room  is  broken  by  the 
broad  landscape  windows  and  the  east 
wall  by  the  series  of  French  doors  that 
lead  to  the  brick-paved  court  without. 

At  the  edge  of  the  fireplace  is  a  door 
leading  into   the   library.     This   room   is 


dull  greens,  accented  more  broadly  in  a 
line  of  tiles  across  the  front  of  the  fire- 
place. 

In  all  of  these  lower  rooms,  the  drap- 
eries are  of  a  soft  tan  scrim  bordered  with 
an  old  rose  and  dull  yellow  flowered  cre- 
tonne. This  corresponds  to  the  rose  col- 
oring used,  especially  in  the  living  room, 
in  the  rugs,  lamp-shade  and  cushions. 

The  most  unique  feature  of  the  house 


In  front  of  the  well-planned  fireplace  in  this  spacious  living  room  is  an  interesting:  table  and  bench,  carved 

by  the  owner  of  the  house. 


finished  similarly  to  the  living  room. 
The  book  shelves  are  built  in  and  the 
terra  cotta  brick  fireplace  has  been  made 
:more  interesting  by  inlaid  blue  and  brown 
Moravian  tiles. 

The  dining  room,  at  the  left  of  the  liv- 
ing room,  carries  out  the  same  ideas  in 
regard  to  the  woodwork  and  the  cool, 
grey  ceiling.  The  Sheraton  furniture  in 
mahogany  is  appropriately  placed  and 
-corresponds  to  the  brownish  color  of  the 
woodwork.  The  prevailing  color  here  is 


is  the  court  that  is  formed  by  the  two 
rear  wings  of  the  house  that  extend  on 
either  side.  The  south  wing  is  reserved 
for  the  three  guest  rooms  and  two  baths, 
while  the  north  wing  is  given  over  to 
the  service  part  of  the  house  and  the 
garage. 

These  wings  are  called  decks,  and  are 
used  for  -sleeping  porches  and  for  out-of- 
door  living  rooms.  They  command  glori- 
ous outlook  over  the  country  and  take  the 
place  of  the  usual  piazzas. 


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The  court,  thus 
formed  by  the  wings, 
is  paved  with  brick 
and  is  made  most  at- 
tractive with  bushes 
of  orange-colored  ber- 
ries and  plants  with 
purple  blossoms.  In 
the  season  the  Gold  of 
Ophir  roses  bloom 
and  soften  the  lines  of 
the  brick.  The  large 
bas-relief  of  the 
"Swinging  Boy  s," 
above  the  doorway 
leading  into  the  living 
room,  is  creamy  white, 
and  in  its  simplicity 
makes  a  very  success- 
ful combination  of 
sculpture  and  archi- 
tecture. The  master- 
ly execution  shown  in  the  varied  manner  of 
laying  the  bricks  in  this  house  is  also  appar- 
ent here. 

The  open  work,  shown  in  the  parapet 
around  the  top  of  the  decks  is  admirably 
constructed,  and  care  is  shown  in  the  lay- 
ing of  the  bricks  on  the  wall  surfaces. 
Often  the  ends  of  bricks  painted  a  deep  blue 
make  a  good  decorative  scheme.  The  ga- 
rage, placed  at  the  end  of  the  north  wing, 


Another  view  of  the  living  room  with  a  glimpse  into  dining  room  beyond. 

makes  a  very  good  use  of  a  part  of  the 
house  and  eliminates  the  unprepossessing 
garage  that  so  frequently  spoils  the  appear- 
ance of  a  rear  yard. 

Altogether  the  house  answers  the  req- 
uisites of  a  successful  dwelling. 

In  view  of  the  sea  and  mountains,  in 
a  climate  that  is  affable  in  summer  and 
winter,  it  forms  an  ideal  home  for  one 
who  appreciates  California. 


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Constructing  a  "Castlette" 

Dwarfed  Dwellings  the  Latest 
Creations  of  Thrifty  Americans 

Monroe  Wooley 


ASTLETTES  are  coming  into 
vogue  as  suitable  companions 
for  kitchenettes  and  built-in 
conveniences.  Incidentally, 
castlettes  are  designed  to  fit  scant  purses 
and  to  defeat  the  profits  of  the  pay-as-you- 
can  man.  Cash  and  castlettes  are  chum- 
my, and  if  you  wish  a  cozy  home,  minus 
interest  to  cover  deferred  payments,  all 
you  need  do  is  get  the  castlette  craze. 

In  the  past  it  has  always  been  the  cus- 
tom of  the  people  to  build  their  houses 
as  large  as  possible.  The  bigger  the  pock- 
etbook  the  bigger  the  house,  regardless 
of  the  size  of  the  owner's  family  or  the 
needs  of  the  occupants.  Hitherto  houses 
have  been  built  for  show  as  well  as  for 
shelter.  Castlettes  are  the  opposite  ex- 


treme. Dwarfed  dwellings  may  be  made 
as  comfortable  as  compartment  cars  and 
suites  de  luxe  afloat.  The  requirements 
are  few :  a  few  hundred  dollars,  ingenuity 
for  designing,  and  a  determination  to  be 
comfortable  in  close  quarters. 

The  builder  of  a  castlette  living  in  the 
west  has  dubbed  his  admirable  little  ar- 
chitectural creation  a  "sort  of  a  two-by- 
four  sample  of  beaux  arts  craftsman- 
ship." That  explains  the  little  dwelling 
in  a  nutshell.  Like  all  grim  old  castles, 
the  castlette  is  not  much  for  looks  from 
without.  That  is  because  the  structures, 
the  same  as  more  pretentious  homes,  are 
built  to  live  in.  Its  tiny  size,  perhaps,  is 
its  most  startling  feature. 

It    is    the    interior    arrangement    and 


The  house  at  the  beginning. 


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equipment  that  fills  the  visitor  used  to 
big  rooms  with  delight.  It  may  so  hap- 
pen that  a  room  of  dry-goods  box  dimen- 
sions may  have  as  much  living  space  in 
it  by  resorting  to  built-in  accessories  as 
a  room  of  town-hall  measurements.  If 
your  taste  is  not  all  in  your  palate,  then 
you  can  arrange  a  nine-by-nine  cubby- 
hole to  suit  your  living  whims  from  every 
standpoint.  It  is  a  physical  impossibility 
to  be  in  more  than  one  room  at  a  time. 


and  for  old  people  whose  children  have 
all  married  off,  the  new  style  in  home 
building  meets  a  real  necessity.  Cas- 
tlettes  save  time,  worry  and  expense  in 
daily  household  drudgery.  Less  fuel  is 
required  to  heat  them,  repair  and  repaint- 
ing bills  are  less — in  fact,  there  is  but  one 
true  indictment  against  them.  That's 
their  size.  To  people  who  are  always 
bigger  than  their  homes  the  castlette  of- 
fers no  salvation. 


In  an  early  stage  of  development. 


Therefore,  make  them  all  small.  This  is 
the  spirit  of  the  conceiver  of  the  castlette. 
The  smaller  the  rooms,  the  smaller  the 
house,  and  the  smaller  the  house  the  less 
labor  and  material  required.  Then  just 
think  of  the  ground  space  saved  for  grow- 
ing things  that  need  oodles  of  room  and 
earthly  nourishment. 

Of  course  castlettes  are  not  for  fami- 
lies numbering  their  offspring  as  twins  • 
and  triplets ;  but  for  childless  couples,  or 
those  who  have  but  one  or  two  children, 


A  castlette  has  many  novel  features  of 
interior  construction.  A  lilliputian  fire- 
place, say  twenty-four  inches  square,  of 
fancy  pressed  brick,  is  sufficient  to  heat 
small  rooms.  It  'may  be  double  and  rest 
between  the  wall  of  a  living  room  and 
bedroom,  having  a  fireplace  opening  in 
each  room.  Built-in  recesses,  covered 
with  glass  doors  of  fancy  design,  for 
books,  chinaware;  glassware  .and  odd 
bric-a-bric,  save  space  for  small  tables  and 
chairs.  Marble  washbasins  in  the  bed- 


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The  finished  "Castlette"— Total  cost  four  hundred  dollars. 


rooms  may  be  installed  to  fold  into  the 
wall  when  out  of  use,  and  clothes  lockers 
may  draw  out  from  interior  walls.  In 
cool  climates,  where  ice  is  little  needed, 
a  screened  food  safe  may  be  built  in  the 
wall  with  an  opening  in  the  kitchen  for 
taking  out  and  putting  in  food  supplies 
without  going  onto  the  porch,  while  the 
surface  outside  should  be  screened  to  let 
in  pure,  fresh  air.  All  pots  and  pans  and 
dishes  find  hiding  places  the  same  as  they 
do  in  any  kitchenette,  and  a  table  in  the 
form  of  a  wide,  dressed  board  may  be  let 
down  out  of  the  kitchenette  wall  and  be 
held  in  place  by  gilded  chains.  The  hot- 
water  heating  boiler  of'  the  range  or  oil 
stove  should  find  a  resting  place  in  the 
loft  above  the  kitchenette.  In  a  pure-bred 
castlette  there  is  no  diningette.  A  dining 
room  is  fit  only  to  eat  in  and  play  bil- 
liards— and  the  owner  of  a  castlette  must 
pay  toll  over  public  tables  to  take  part 
in  the  game. 


Eternal  vigilance  must  be  practiced 
in  furnishing  a  castlette.  Too  much  fur- 
niture will  spoil  a  dwarfed  dwelling,  and 
make  the  owner  wish  for  something  larg- 
er. Get  what  is  needed,  and  stop  at  that. 
Don't  buy  beds  and  chairs  and  other 
things  for  the  long-expected  guests  who 
never  really  come.  If  visitors  do  come 
get  into  them  at  the  start  the  spirit  of 
your  experiment,  and  show  them  how 
resourceful  you  are  in  the  face  of  odds 
by  "hanging  them  on  obliging  nails." 
When  they  go  home  they  will  not  soon 
forget  what  a  novel  experience  they  had, 
and  maybe  they  will  become  castlette 
converts  when  the  proper  time  comes. 

The  cost  of  castlettes  depends  on  you 
and  your  environment.  These  cute  lit- 
tle structures  look  fine  sitting  on  a  half- 
acre.  Often  the  house  may  cost  less  than 
the  land,  much  less.  According  to  plan 
books  sold  by  architects,  ordinary  houses 
run  from  five  hundred  dollars  up.  A 


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cottage  shown  at  less  than  a  thousand 
usually  is  not  much  of  a  house.  Comfy 
castlettes  run  the  other  way  down  the 
scale.  They  cost  from  two  hundred  to 
five  hundred  dollars,  and  a  prize-winner 
may  be  put  up  for  the  maximum  figure. 
The  little  houses  make  for  civic  beauty 
in  cities.  An  overgrown  mansion  on  a 
cramped  city  lot  looks  like  a  prisoner  in 
stocks. 


all  the  requirements  of  any  other  type 
of  house  in  everything  save  the  matter 
of  size.  As  long  as  we  are  handicapped 
and  yoked  to  city  lots,  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  a  paternal  government  yet  has 
land  to  deliberately  give  away,  just  so 
long  will  castlette  construction  be  popu- 
lar. 

Small  houses  should  go  with  small 
tracts  of  land.  A  big  house  on  a  little 
plot  means  that  the  owner 
is  not  producing  anything 
for  himself — that  all  he 
gets  to  eat  comes  from 
some  one  who  has  not  hid- 
den all  his  soil  under  floors 
and  roofs.  The  castlette 
and  a  small  tract  of  land, 
even  though  but  a  city  lot, 
should  be  to  the  moderate 


"Castlettes"  leave  room  on  the  small 
plot  of  ground  for  gardens,  hot. 
houses,  chicken  coups  and  other 
money-saving  institutions. 


For  the  man  who  has  had 
hatchet-and-saw  experience, 
the  building  of  a  castlette 
will  cost  much  less  than  if 
all  the  labor  is  hired.  Little 
scaffolding  is  needed  and 
after  graduating  from  hen- 
house architecture,  with  the  aid  of  a  first- 
class  mechanic,  for  saving's  sake  it  is  per- 
missible and  advisable  to  become  a  helper 
at  castlette  carpentry.  Inside,  the  Mrs.  may 
prove  a  big  help  tacking  on  wall-board  and 
staining  the  woodwork. 

Care  should  be  had  in  designing  the 
windows  of  the  rooms  to  see  that  the 
ventilation  will  be  adequate  and  proper- 
ly distributed.  A  toy-palace  does  not 
completely  fill  a  want  unless  it  meets 


wage-earner  what  the  country  estate  is  to 
the  multi-millionaire.  Unless  a  rich  uncle 
has  just  bestowed  on  you  what  he  could 
not  take  with  him  on  a  long  journey,  when 
you  get  ready  to  build  just  devote  a  little 
investigation  to  castlette  construction  and 
get  away  from  the  old  folly  of  building  to 
impress  and  please  people  who  pass  by. 
Keep  the  "love  in  a  cottage  lore"  constantly 
before  you. 


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How  to  Get  "Comfort  Efficiency" 
by  Arrangement  of  Furniture 

William  Powell 


EARLY  everyone  likes  to  "change 
things  around,"  if  not  to  obtain  a 
more  livable  and  attractive  look- 
ing room,  why  then  just  because 
we  have  an  inherent  desire  to  change  our 
room  or  rooms  every  so  often.  The  next 
time  you  change  your  belongings,  do  it 
with  the  idea  of  obtaining  the  greatest 
amount  of  "comfort  efficiency"  out  of 
them.  You  can  get  this  by  possessing 
just  one  thing — taste.  But  I  will  divide 
this  into  taste  for  decoration  and  taste  of 
arrangement.  There  are  many  articles 


and  even  books  which  tell  you  how  to  im- 
prove your  rooms  by  redecorating,  so  let 
me  tell  you  a  few  ways  to  improve  them 
by  arranging  your  furniture  to  best  ad- 
vantage. 

I  shall  deal  with  the  living  room,  which 
fortunately  is  taking  the  place  of  "par- 
lors" and  those  stiff,  uncomfortable  little 
"reception  rooms."  Yes,  even  in  large 
houses  with  many  rooms  you  don't  find 
each  one  labelled  with  such  names  as  "the 
blue  parlor"  or  "the  Louis  the  Fourteenth 
Room."  Most  likely  they  are  all  just  liv- 


! 


Comfort  was  the  keynote  in  the  placing  of  this  room's  furniture-a  good  reading:  lamp  back  of  the  comfortable  chair,  a  roomy 
desk  with  good  light  by  night  and  day.  a  couch  with  a  broad  window  back  of  it.  and  a  fine  old  chair  by  the  hearth. 


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ing  rooms — and  this  is  a  very  optimistic 
sign  for  our  modern  method  of  living. 

When  you  change  your  living  room, 
look  just  at  the  furniture.  Are  all  the 
chairs  comfortable?  Are  they  placed  near 
a  window,  next  to  a  reading  light,  or  in 
groups  conducive  to  easy  conversation? 
If  not,  make  them  so.  Remove  the  stiff, 


it  wisely  you  can  avoid  this  bad  feature. 
Try  placing  your  chairs  around  or  next 
to  a  table.  On  this  table  you  will  have  a 
reading  lamp,  books  kept  together  by 
racks,  magazines  in  neat,  overlapping 
piles,  and  maybe  a  vase,  or  framed  photo- 
graph. While  we  are  on  this  subject,  let 
me  urge  you  not  to  put  too  much  on  your 


This  room  would  be  more  comfortable— and  attractive— if  the  couch  next  to  the  door  had  been  get  either  before  the  fireplace  or  at 

its  side,  right-angled  to  the  wall,  and  with  one  of  the  morris  chairs  drawn  up  to  the  reading  table, 

don't  you  think  the  room  would  be  more  inviting? 


uncomfortable  chairs.  They  are  out  of 
place  in  the  living  room.  Place  them  in  a 
bedroom,  dining  room,  or  hall — not  that 
these  places  need  uncomfortable  furni- 
ture, but  they  can  stand  a  certain  amount 
of  "stiff"  furniture.  Next,  don't  have 
your  chairs  so  placed  that  they  become 
cluttered  up  in  the  center  of  a  room.  Of 
course,  this  is  most  likely  to  happen  in  a 
small  room  where  the  furniture  cannot  be 
divided  into  groups,  but  by  manipulating 


tables — don't  allow  magazines  or  books 
to  pile  up  and  don't  have  bric-a-brac 
around.  I  mean  the  useless  little  orna- 
ments, statues,  etc.  They  detract  from 
the  restfulness  and  good  appearance  of 
the  room  and  are  not  found  in  houses  of 
best  taste.  Of  course,  a  collection  of 
porcelain,  bronze,  or  valuable  curios  is 
a  different  proposition,  and  they  are  near- 
ly always  put  together  on  one  table,  cabi- 
net, or  mantel.  This  "keeping  together" 


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of  things  is  really  the  secret  of  a  neat 
room.  I  have  already  urged  you  to  apply 
it  to  your  books  and  magazines,  but  I 
might  add  that  you  follow  it  out  in  your 
framed  photographs.  Put  them  all  on 
one  table  and  they  will  look  all  right. 
Many  people  are  returning  to  the  "family 
album"  idea  because  they  realize  the  bad 
effect  of  having  so  many  photographs  to 


livable  while  others  seem  most  un-home- 
like?  If  you  have  given  thought  to  this 
subject,  you  will  find  that  the  money 
spent  in  the  decorating  and  furnishing  of 
the  room  had  little  to  do  with  its  livabil- 
ity  or  attractiveness.  We  all  know  those 
rooms  which  fairly  scream  money  the  mo- 
ment you  get  a  glimpse  through  the  en- 
trance, but  which  would  be  the  last  place 


The  unsightly  circle  of  chairs  which  results  when  the  furniture  is  carelessly  placed. 


break  up  wall  space  and  litter  up  mantels 
and  tables. 

Carry  out  this  collecting  idea  if  you 
have  a  smoker  in  the  house.  Put  his 
pipes,  cigar  box,  humidor,  matches,  ash 
receiver  and  all  the  other  paraphernalia 
of  Lady  Nicotine  on  one  table,  if  possible 
a  small  low  table  next  to  his  favorite  read- 
ing chair. 

This  leads  me  to  another  point  in  re- 
gard to  livable  rooms.  Have  you  ever 
stopped  to  analyze  why  certain  rooms  are 


we  would  seek  for  real  comfort  and  cheer. 
Of  course  one  can  produce  a  more  attrac- 
tive room  if  one  has  money  to  spend  on 
it,  but  the  point  I  want  to  drive  home  is 
that  money  is  not  essential  to  a  room's 
livability  or  even  to  its  attractiveness. 

Some  rooms  which  may  be  chuck  full 
of  expensive  furnishings  seem  dead,  with 
no  individuality  to  them.  The  other  day 
I  was  in  a  room — and  one  very  simply 
furnished — which  fairly  radiated  good 
cheer  and  life.  On  analyzing  why  this 


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was  so,  I  discovered  that  one  of  the  great- 
est promoters  of  this  room's  individuality 
was  its  collection  of  plants  and  flowers 
— and  its  canary !  They  were  living 
things.  They  made  you  feel  that  the 
owner  cared  for  something  more  than 
mere  furniture  and  upholsterings;  that  he 
had  an  interesting  personality.  Try  using 
more  potted  plants  and  bulbs  in  your 
room.  If  you  have  a  nice  broad  window, 
or  better  still,  a  bay,  place  them  on  one 
wide  table,  hang  them  from  the  top  of  the 
window  and  let  a  canary  sing  in  their 
midst.  You  will  possess  the  joys  of  a 
miniature  conservatory  and  have  a  breath 
of  summer  even  in  the  coldest  night  of 
winter.  What's  more,  you  will  have  made 
one  more  step  towards  "comfort  effi- 
ciency." 

I  have  wandered  away  from  the  placing 
of  the  furniture,  so  next  to  the  arrange- 
ment of  your  chairs  in  the  most  useful 
way,  let's  look  at  your  couch  or  sofa. 
Very  likely  it  is  up  against  a  wall,  and 
this  is  often  a  very  good  position  for  it. 
But  if  you  want  a  change,  there  are  sev- 
eral other  very  good  ways  of  placing  your 
sofa.  For  instance,  if  your  room  is  large 
enough,  it  is  always  an  ideal  arrangement 
to  place  the  couch  in  front  of  a  fireplace 
and  have  a  table  directly  back  of  it.  Put  a 
lamp  on  the  table  and  you  will  know  what 
solid  comfort  really  is  when  curled  up  on 
the  sofa,  with  the  fire  crackling  (even  a 
gas  grate  can  fill  you  with  romance  if  a 
little  imagination  is  used),  a  good  book 
in  your  hand  and  a  fine  light  at  your  back. 
If  your  space  won't  allow  you  to  have  a 
couch  before  the  fireplace,  place  it  at  one 
side,  letting  it  come  out  at  right  angles  to 
the  wall.  This  position  will  be  found  al- 
most as  comfortable  as  the  other,  but  a 
light  should  be  at  the  back  or  end  of  the 


couch.  In  fact,  you  should  remember  this 
no  matter  where  you  place  your  couch — it 
is  just  little  things  such  as  these,  lamps 
where  they  are  most  useful,  tables  next  to 
chairs,  foot-stools,  etc.,  that  make  up  a 
comfortable,  and  also  an  attractive,  room. 

If  you  haven't  a  desk  in  your  living 
room,  put  one  there  if  possible.  It  will 
add  greatly  to  the  room's  usefulness  and 
comfort.  What's  more,  with  a  desk  in 
the  room,  you  will  find  that  you  will  ac- 
complish more  of  the  writing  you  have  to 
do,  and  your  correspondence  will  not 
seem  such  a  drudgery.  Probably  you  have 
an  old  desk  in  a  bedroom  or  even  the  attic 
which  would  never  occur  to  you  as  suita- 
ble for  your  living  room,  but  you  can 
paint  or  stain  it  to  match  the  predominat- 
ing paint  or  stain  already  in  your  living 
room.  Do  likewise  with  one  of  the  stiff 
little  chairs  which  I  told  you  to  take  out 
of  the  room — of  course  you  must  retain 
one  if  you  have  a  desk  in  the  room.  Put 
the  desk  near  a  window  so  that  you  will 
get  good  light  by  day,  and  you  should 
have  a  small  but  good  lamp  on  the  desk, 
or  a  standing  lamp  next  to  it. 

The  suggestions  I  have  given  for  a  liv- 
ing room  apply  equally  as  well  to  a  den 
or  boudoir.  There  is  not  much  chance  for 
changing  the  furniture  in  a  dining  room  ; 
it  must  necessarily  have  the  table  in  the 
center,  chairs  (next  to  wall),  sideboard 
and  china  closets.  The  same  is  true  of 
bedrooms  --  the  nature  of  the  furniture 
does  not  allow  one  much  choice. 

When  you  are  next  seized  with  the 
"change  fever"  try  to  bear  in  mind  a  few 
of  my  suggestions,  and  I  am  sure  you 
will  be  surprised  at  the  increased  pleas- 
ure and  comfort  which  your  room  will  af- 
ford. 


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Picturesque  Porches  and  Seats  of 
Modern  Homes 


John  S.  Edmund 


HE  first  impression  which  we  re- 
ceive upon  approaching  a  building 
is  usually  the  most  lasting.    As  one 
approaches      a     house      there     is 
perhaps    no    other    feature    which    attracts 


welcome  as  we  enter  a  home  that  will 
produce  a  lasting  impression?  It  is  often 
said  that  the  character  of  the  porch  is 
the  personality  of  the  owner. 

There  are  many  kinds  of  pretty  porch 
seats  that  are  distinctive  on 
account  of  the  plainness  and 
simplicity  of  their  design, 
and  harmonize  most  won- 
derfully with  the  environ- 
ment. There  is  a  charm  that 
these  seats  give  to  the  house 
and  surroundings  that  can- 
not be  equalled  by  either 
porch  railing  or  flower  boxes. 
It  is  not  alwavs  advisable 


An  attractive   porch   made  picturesque  by 

the  vines  and  flowers  which  form  a  bower 

over  one  on  the  seats. 

our  attention  as  soon  as  does 
the  porch  and  its  furnish- 
ings. It  need  not  be  elabo- 
rate in  design  to  give  a  pleas- 
ing first  impression,  neither 
need  it  be  expensive  in  con- 
struction or  furnishings  in 
order  to  make  it  charming. 
The  simple  ones  are  often 
the  most  picturesque  and  in- 
teresting. A  simple  porch, 
especially  when  fitted  up  with  useful  fur- 
niture, forms  frequently  the  most  home- 
like and  pleasing  entrance  to  any  home 
or  like  building.  What  is  more  to  be 


* 


A  simple  porch  of  much  character  made  attractive  by  the  use  of 
seats  and  swinging  lamps. 


to  have  chairs  or  settees  from  the  house 
left  upon  the  porch  for  only  furniture  of 
extremely  good  construction  can  with- 
stand to  any  degree  the  rain,  wind  or  dust, 


desired    than    a    look   of   hospitality    and     and  it  is  for  this  reason  that  seats  which 


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8imp,e  «»«„,  „„„„  wi,h  ^          ^  ^ 

Kreen  adding  to  plcturesquenew. 

are  built  in  place  or,  in  other  words 

aue  a,  P3rt  °f  the  construction  of 
the  house,  are  much  to  be  pre- 
ferred. 

The  first  illustration  shows  the 

porch  of  a   home   in   Hackensack, 

1  he  porch  is  sheltered  with 

1  hood  supported  by  brackets   and 

a  seat  IS  arranged  at  either  side  of 

the  porch.    The  one  seat  is  covered 

with   vines  which   form   a  canopy 

over  the  same.  The  seats  and  wood- 
work of  the  hood  are  stained  a 
dark  brown  which  harmonizes 
beautifully  with  the  surroundings. 
The  walls  of  the  house  are  of  ce- 


abundance  of 


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ment  construction,  and  the  walk 
from  the  sidewalk  to  porch  is  of 
red  brick. 

The  porch  shown  in  illustration 
number   two   is   located   at    May- 
wood,  N.  J.     The  roof  is  covered 
with  shingles  as  shown  in  picture 
and  supported  by  two  large  cement 
olumns  from  which  two  lanterns 
swing.    The  floor  is  constructed  of 
brick   raised  two  steps  above  the 
grade.    High-backed  white  wooden 
seats  are  built  in  at  both  sides  of 
the  porch. 

The    next    porch     shown,     two 
views  of  which  are  given,  is   the 


An  .native  «.,  arran(red  ^ 


Another  view  of  the  porch  shown  .bove. 


most  simple  in  construction      The 
covering  of  the  porch  is  formed  by 
the  projection  of  the  main  roof  of 
the  house.     The  floor  of  the  porch 
is  of  concrete,  as  is  the  walk  which 
leads  to  the  same.    A  white  wooden 
seat  is  arranged  at  either  side.    The 
walls  of  the  house  are  of  stucco 
and  tile  construction. 

It  will  be  noted  in  the  pictures 
that  flower  boxes  are  arranged  at 
various  windows  of  the  houses 
which  harmonize  most  prettily 
with  the  surroundings,  and  help  to 
set  off  the  house. 


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A  Most  Home-Like  Brick  and 
Cement  Residence 


Bertha  H.  Luck 


[HIS  home  is  situated  in  the  resi- 
dence district  overlooking  Lake 
Calhoun,  one  of  the  many  beauti- 
ful lakes  for  which  Minneapolis  is 
famous.  A  study  of  the  picture  showing 
the  beautiful  vines  and  shrubbery  which 
add  so  much  to  the  attractiveness  of  the 
exterior,  at  once  makes  apparent  the 
owner's  interest  and  love  of  home. 

A  dark  red  glazed  brick  is  used  for  the 
first  story,  above  which  runs  a  belt  course 
and  stucco,  with  half  timber  treatment, 
for  second  story  and  gables.  The  stucco 
is  left  natural  cement  color,  the  trim  be- 
ing dark  brown.  A  brick  walk,  which 
cannot  be  seen  in  the  illustration,  leads 


up  from  gate  posts  of  brick  and  stucco, 
to  the  small  entrance  porch  at  the  right 
and  around  the  house  to  rear  porch.  We 
pass  through  a  vestibule  into  reception 
hall  which  has  built-in  window  seat  and 
coat  closet,  with  lavatory,  under  stairway. 
A  paneled  wainscot  about  four  feet  high, 
stairway  and  other  woodwork  is  in  dark 
weathered  quarter  sawed  oak.  The  walls 
have  been  papered  a  dark  ecru,  which 
makes  a  very  pleasing  combination  with 
the  dark  finish. 

The  living  room  is  a  large,  beautiful 
room,  its  main  features  of  attraction  be- 
ing the  brick  fireplace  and  the  group  of 
three  windows  with  window  seat,  on 


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The  beautiful  vine-covered  home  of  Mr.  E.  Atwood,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


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either  side  of  which  have  been  built  book- 
cases. The  same  dark  oak  finish  is  used 
in  this  room,  as  well  as  in  the  dining 
room,  and  the  walls  in  these  two  rooms 
are  papered  in  drab,  making  an  excellent 
background  for  the  several  paintings  in 
dark  frames.  Dainty  scrim  curtains  add 
to  the  sunny  cheerfulness  of  this  room 
and,  since  this  photograph  was  taken,  the 


ed  white.     This  sun  room  is  ideally  lo- 
cated, overlooking  the  beautiful  lake. 

On  the  second  floor  there  are  three  bed 
rooms  with  sleeping  porch  at  the  rear. 
The  owner's  chamber  is  a  large,  sunny 
room,  extending  across  the  entire  front 
of  the  second  floor,  with  bath  adjoining. 
This  room  is  very  attractively  finished  in 
white  enamel  with  white  tile  fireplace  and 


The  large  living  room  with  fireplace  and  group  of  three  windows  and  window  Mat  opposite. 


organ  has  been  removed  and  a  piano  occu- 
pies its  place,  which  very  much  improves 
the  appearance  of  the  room. 

There  is  a  large  arched  opening  from 
living  room  into  dining  room.  A  brick 
fireplace  and  paneled  wainscot  make  this 
room  very  attractive  and  it  is  beautifully 
furnished  with  mahogany  dining  room 
furniture.  French  doors  give  access  to 
sun  room,  with  red  tile  flooring  and  white 
woodwork  ;  furniture  being  wicker,  paint- 


walls  papered  with  light  gray.  The  other 
two  rooms  are  also  finished  in  white 
enamel  and  French  doors  lead  from  them 
to  sleeping  porch  just  over  sun  parlor. 
There  is  another  bath  room  at  the  rear 
on  this  floor. 

There  are  many  features  to  this  house 
which  are  most  pleasing  and  nothing 
which  contributes  to  its  attractiveness 
and  comfort  to  the  owner  seems  to  have 
been  overlooked. 


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A  Planting  Plan  for  a  Double  Yard 

Wyman  P.  Harper,  Landscape  Architect 


RIENDS  or  relatives  sometimes 
build  with  their  houses  adjacent 
and  related,  the  lot  of  one  merg- 
ing into  the  lot  of  the  other.  The 
planting  plan  given  illustrates  such  a  case. 
Granting  such  a  house  construction  as 
the  plan  indicates,  the  plant  beds  can  be 
staked  from  the  plan,  the  beds  dug,  the 
plants  ordered  and  planted  by  the  owners 
themselves. 

The  value  of  a  common  yard  to  two 
or  more  houses  is  that  so  far  as  the  views 
from  each  are  concerned  the  yard  space 
is  doubled,  and  the  actual  improvement 
more  than  doubled.  This  is  practicable 
only  when  there  is  a  relation  between 
the  house  plans  such  as  is  shown  and  the 
best  rooms  of  each  open  out  on  the  larger 
common  open  space. 

The  prime  essential  of  such  an  arrange- 
ment is  that  the  central  area  shall  be 
absolutely  open  and  common  to  both  par- 
ties and  bordered  with  shrubbery  so  that 


the  view  from  either  house  shall  be 
stopped  in  an  agreeable  way,  no  matter 
on  which  lot  the  shrubbery  is.  Most  of 
the  time  one  owner  will  be  planting  for 
the  benefit  of  the  other,  and  both  lots  ar- 
ranged as  if  there  were  but  one  planting. 
This  is  not  only  true  at  the  front  but 
quite  as  much  so  at  the  rear.  In  fact 
the  benefit  to  the  rear  portion  of  the  lots 
is  greater  than  at  the  front.  Each  rear 
space  in  itself  would  be  comparatively 
small  if  a  vegetable  garden  had  to  be 
provided  at  the  same  time,  but  by  doub- 
ling the  size  one  more  than  doubles  the 

effect. 

There  is  another  feature  embodied  in 
this  plan  that  has  not  appeared  in  the 
plans  of  this  series  previously  published. 
A  yard  is  frequently  elevated  above  the 
street  so  that  there  is  left  a  bank  and 
short  slope  next  the  public  sidewalk. 
When  the  house  is  set  far  enough  back 
this  permits  the  planting  of  a  hedge  or 


Planting  a  double  lot  offers  opportunity  for  making  much  of  small  lots. 


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Planting  List 


1.  American    Elm     (Ulmus    Americana),    three 

plants. 

2.  Hackberry   (Celtis  occidentalis),  one  plant. 

3.  Sugar    Maple    (Acer    saccharum),    or     (St. 

Louis  and  south)  Tulip  Tree  (Lirioden- 
dron  tulipifera).  two  plants. 

4.  Apple,  two  plants. 

5.  Tree  Lilac  (Syringa  Japonica),  two  plants. 

6.  Mountain     Ash     (Sorbus    aucuparia     or     S. 

Americana  or  S.  quercifolia),  two  plants. 

7.  Bolleana    Poplar     (Populus    Bolleana),    one 

plant. 

8.  Catalpa    (Catalpa    speciosa),    Or    (St.    Louis 

and  south)  Kentucky  Coffee  Tree  (Gym- 
nocladus  Canadensis),  one  plant. 

9.  Siberian    Pea     (Caragana    arborescens),    or 

(St.  Louis  and  south)  Hydrangea  (Hy- 
drangea P.  G.),  three  plants. 

10.  Sweet    Brier    Rose    (Rosa    rubiginosa),    two 

plants. 

11.  Bridal  Wreath  (Spiraea  Van  Houttei),  four- 

teen plants,  4  feet  apart. 

12.  Japanese     Rose     (Rosa     rugosa),     fourteen 

plants,  2l/2   feet  apart. 

13.  Snow    Garland    (Spiraea   arguta),   or    (St. 

Louis  and  South),  Mahonia  (Berberis 
aquifolia),  twenty-two  plants,  2  feet 
apart. 

14.  Persian  or  Rouen  Lilac   (Syringa  Persica  or 

Chinensis),  five  plants,  4  feet  apart. 

15.  Tartarian  Honeysuckle    (Lonicera  Tatarica), 

six  plants,  4  feet  apart. . 

16.  Japanese     Barberry     (Berberis     Thunbergi), 

sixty  plants,  2  feet  apart. 

17.  Wild    Rose     (Rosa    Arkansana),     forty-five 

plants,  2  feet  apart. 

18.  Weigela    (Diervilla    rosea),    three    plants,   3 

feet  apart. 

19.  Lilacs  in  variety,  fifteen  plants,  5  feet  apart. 
Common     Lilac      (Syringa     vulgaris),     five 

plants. 


Common     White     Lilac      (Syringa     vulgaris 

alba),  five  plants. 
Hungarian    Lilac     (Syringa    Josikaea),    five 

plants. 

20.  Indian    Currant    (Symphoricarpus    vulgaris), 

seven  plants,  2  feet  apart. 

21.  Mock  Orange  (Philadelphia  coronarius),  or 

Deutzia  (Deutzia  crenata  fl.  pi.),  one  plant. 

22.  Hedge    Cranberry    (Viburnum    Opulus),    or 

(St.  Louis  and  south)  California  Privet 
(Ligustrum  ovalifolium),  fifty-eight  plants, 
\l/2  feet  apart. 

23.  Snowberry   (Symphoricarpus  racemosus),  ten 

plants,  3  feet  apart. 

24.  Russian   Olive    (Eleagnus   angustifolia),   one 

plant. 

25.  Siberian  Dogwood  (Cornus  Sibirica),  or  (St. 

Louis  and  south)  Rhodotypus  (Rhodotypus 
kerrioides),  four  plants,  4  feet  apart. 

26.  Cut  leaved  Elder    (Sambucus  laciniata),  six 

plants,  3  feet  apart. 

27.  Ash    leaved    Spirea     (Sorbaria    sorbifolia), 

three  plants,  3  feet  apart. 

28.  Cut  leaved  Sumac   (Rhus  typhina  laciniata), 

or  (St.  Louis  and  south)  Weeping  For- 
sythia  (Forsythia  suspensa),  six  plants,  3 
feet  apart. 

29.  Climbing    Honeysuckle    (Lonicera   sempervi- 

rens),  or  (St.  Louis  and  south)  Akebia 
(Akebia  quinnata),  six  plants. 

30.  Japanese  Clematis   (Clematis  paniculata),  or 

(St.  Louis  and  south)  Purple  Clematis 
(Clematis  Jackmanni),  six  plants. 

31.  Wild  Grape  (Vitis  riparia),  nine  plants. 

32.  Woodbine     (Ampelopsis     quinquefolia),     or 

(St.  Louis  and  south)  Wistaria  (Wis- 
taria Chinensis),  nine  plants. 

33.  Engelmann's  Woodbine    (Ampelopsis   Engel- 

manni),  or  (St.  Louis  and  south)  Boston 
Ivy  (Ampelopsis  Veitchii),  one  plant. 

34.  Bitter   Sweet    (Celastrus   scandens),  or    (St. 

Louis  and  south)  Actinidia  (Actinidia  ar- 
guta), six  plants. 


similar  growth  at  the  top  of  the  slope. 
The  advantage  of  such  a  hedge  is  that  as 
one  looks  out  from  a  front  window  to- 
ward the  street,  as  we  saw  last  month,  un- 
less there  is  an  interesting  object  to  catch 
the  view  and  draw  the  eye  from  looking 
across  the  pavement,  the  ugliness  of  the 
latter  is  apparent.  Such  a  hedge  as  is  in- 
dicated is  not  uncommon  and  performs 
that  duty  without  concealing  passing  ob- 
jects in  the  street  that  most  people  like 
to  see  or  unduly  concealing  one's  self. 
There  is  a  completeness  to  the  planting 
also  that  is  satisfying.  Just  as  one  wants 
a  high  planting  at  the  back  for  a  back- 


ground, so  the  front  planting  when  one 
does  not  want  actual  concealment  is  bet- 
ter if  it  is  low. 

There  is  another  feature  in  the  plan 
well  to  understand.  It  will  be  noted  that 
the  front  irregular  hedge  is  interrupted 
in  places  by  taller  plants  placed  in  its 
midst.  That  is  to  give  variety  of  sky 
line,  and  is  more  interesting  than  if  flat 
and  monotonous.  Any  shrubbery  border 
is  better  if  such  an  insertion  is  made  oc- 
casionally. If  a  low  border,  a  larger 
shrub  may  be  inserted ;  if  the  border  is 
already  high,  a  low  tree  like  the  mountain 
ash  can  be  used  for  an  accent  point,  while 


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the  Lombardy  and  Bolleana  poplars  are 
sometimes  used  among  trees  for  the  same 
purpose. 

The  largeness  of  the  lawn  space  here 
compared  with  the  other  plans  of  the 
series  leads  one  to  dwell  upon  how  much 
we  are  favored  in  this  temperate  zone  by 
our  ability  to  use  grass  for  a  ground 
cover  as  other 
latitudes  cannot. 
A  smooth  green 
lawn  is  the  most 
beautiful  thing 
in  yard  decora- 


Estimate  of  Cost. 


bery  is  best  the  least  number  of  masses 
that  can  conveniently  be  made  of  it  in  ap- 
pearance. 

While  the  soil  for  a  lawn  may  be  shal- 
low, it  is  only  so  at  an  expense  for  a  larger 
amount  of  water  required  for  maintenance 
than  would  necessarily  be  otherwise.  If 
the  soil  is  prepared  a  foot  deep  with  the 

same  care  as  was 
specified 


tion,  and  occu- 
pies no  space 
needed  other- 
wise, for  it  likes 
to  be  walked  on. 
Just  as  the  beau- 
ty of  a  lake  is 
smoothness  o  f 
its  surface,  so  is 

the  beauty  of  a  lawn  for  the  same  reason, 
because  the  eye  delights  in  such  a  surface. 
Once  it  is  broken,  its  charm  is  gone  and 
those  gardeners  who  like  to  plant  their 
shrubbery  by  dotting  it  about  so  that 
each  plant  is  seen  individually  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  open  lawn  space  are  only  de- 
feating their  own  efforts  by  destroying  in 
fact  that  which  is  most  beautiful  of  the 
elements  they  are  working  with.  The 
trees  and  shrubbery  are  appendages  to  the 
lawn  and  essential  to  its  best  appearance, 
but  so  long  as  ground  space  is  needed  for 
use  as  well  as  ornament,  the  type  of  land- 
scape best  adapted  to  yard  decoration  is 
that  whose  leading  feature  is  a  smooth, 
unbroken  grassy  space.  Even  then  the 
shrubbery  does  not  want  to  be  so  scat- 
tered as  to  seem  other  than  as  a  mass. 
Just  as  a  lawn  should  be  a  unit,  so  shrub- 


cost  OF  PLANTS  : 

6  large  growing  trees,  at  $2 $12.00 

6  small  growing  trees,  at  $1 6.00 

266  shrubs  and  vines  at  25c 66.50 

10   per  cent   additional   for   freight 
and  packing  charged  extra 8.45     92.95 

COST  OF   PREPARATION  OF   SOIL: 

(Omitting    cost    of    extra    black 
earth  and  clay  if  needed.) 
1    man    digging  3,000  sq.   ft.   plant 

beds  12  days,  at  $2  per  day $24.00 

1  man  planting  trees  and  shrubbery 

4  days,  at  $2  per  day 8.00     $32.00 

$124.95 


for 

plant  beds  in  the 
February  num- 
ber and  if  it  is 
raked  to  a 
smooth,  mellow 
surface,  sown 
with  the  best 
grass  seed  ob- 
tainable which 
has  the  Ken- 
tucky blue  grass 
as  its  largest  and 
most  permanent 

constituent,  if  it  is  rolled  with  a  light 
roller  and  receives  a  reasonable  amount 
of  water,  a  permanent  lawn  should  re- 
sult, always  requiring  some  water  in  dry 
seasons  and  some  other  attentions,  but 
not  needing  the  continual  nursing  that  a 
poorly  prepared  lawn  demands. 

The  form  of  a  lawn  need  not  necessarily 
be  flat.  It  is  interesting  if  more  curving, 
always  permitting  the  water  to  flow  from 
it  freely.  On  a  small  yard  the  opportuni- 
ty for  making  much  variety  of  surface 
is  small,  though  with  the  accompanying 
plan  the  middle  yard  can  drop  at  the  cen- 
ter several  inches  to  the  advantage  of 
both  appearance  and  drainage,  while  with 
a  much  larger  yard  the  variety  of  surface 
possible  and  practicable  is  known  and 
appreciated  only  by  those  who  like  it  and 
try  it. 


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A  Group  of  Brick  Colonial 

Homes 


HE  brick  Colonial  is  a  type  of  resi- 
dence design  always  satisfying. 
The  first  home  of  this  trio  group, 
designed  by  William  Chinning 
Whitney,  is  a  beautiful  example  of  the  pure 
Colonial  spirit,  where  every  architectural 


place  mantel  is  designed  in  the  pure  Col- 
onial.    The  ceiling  is  beamed. 

The  living  room  takes  up  a  third  of  the 
ground  plan  proper,  having  a  width  of  20 
feet  and  a  depth  of  38  feet.  At  the  back 
of  this  room  near  the  fireplace  there  is  a 


Residence  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Dwinnell,  Minneapolis.     Designed  by  William  ('banning  Whitney,  Architect. 


detail  is  well  executed.  This  is  very  clearly 
shown  by  the  picture,  and  is  equally  true 
of  the  interior  work.  The  house  is  of  gen- 
erous size  with  a  broad  central  hall  running 
from  the  front  entrance  and  opening  at  the 
back  through  French  doors  into  a  beautiful 
dining  room,  some  20  feet  square.  The 
ceiling  of  this  room  is  curved  and  it  is 
finished  in  white  and  mahoganv.  The  fire- 


group  of  casement  windows,  through  which 
one  looks  out  upon  the  beautiful  green 
lawn.  To  the  side  of  the  room  is  a  sun- 
porch  with  cement  floor  and  interior  trim 
of  birch  stained  mahogany.  This  living 
room  is  finished  all  in  white  enamel.  The 
main  hall  is  finished  in  mahogany,  in 
keeping  with  the  finish  of  the  dining  room. 
The  right  side  of  the  house  is  taken  up 


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First  floor  plan  of  Dwinnell  residence. 

with  the  library  in  front,  which  is  finished 
in  black  walnut,  and  back  of  this  room  is 
the  service  portion  of  the  house,  side  hall, 
kitchen,  servants'  dining  room,  pantry,  etc., 
all  very  cleverly  arranged  in  connection 
with  the  dining  room  through  butler's  pan- 
try. This  portion  of  the  house  is  finished 
in  birch  left  in  the  natural  shade.  The 
second  floor  is  devoted  to  five  splendid 


sleeping  rooms  with  an  elegant  sunroom 
or  sleeping  porch  over  the  main  dining 
room.  The  third  floor  contains  a  large 
billiard  room,  and  servants'  sleeping  quar- 
ters. 

The  porte-cochere  is  on  the  north,  and 
the  driveway  leads  to  the  garage,  which  is 
located  under  the  dining  room. 

The  next  home  is  a  pleasing  type  of  the 
gambrel  roof  Colonial  residence,  not  quite 
as  pretentious  as  the  first  house  described. 
The  entrance  to  this  home  is  into  a  large 
Colonial  hall,  which  is  finished  in  white 
enamel.  The  stair  treads  and  rail  are  in 
mahogany  finish.  The  living  room  which, 
in  this  house  also,  occupies  the  entire  south 
side  with  fireplace  and  bookcases  at  one  end, 
is  finished  in  solid  mahogany,  with  a  very 
elaborate  fireplace  of  tile  in  the  color  of 
mahogany ;  the  ceiling  is  coved.  One  of  the 
features  is  the  treatment  of  the  four  large 
French  doors  opening  upon  the  sunroom. 
These  doors  fold  back  like  a  curtain.  The 


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First  floor  plan  of  the  Jones  residence. 


lighting  fixtures  are  unique  in  design,  strict- 
ly carrying  out  the  Colonial  idea. 

The  dining  room,  which  is  to  the  front 
on  the  other  side,  is  finished  in  quarter 
sawn  oak,  finished  in  early  English.  The 
owner  of  this  home  has  a  beautiful  set  of 


oak  furniture  finished  the  same.  At  one 
side  of  this  room  is  a  large  built-in  buffet 
with  china  closets  on  each  side.  The  serv- 
ice portion  of  the  house  is  finished  in  soft 
wood,  enameled. 

The  second  floor  has  four  chambers,  two 
bathrooms  with  tile  wainscot  and  finished 
in  white  enamel.  There  are  also  four  rooms 
and  a  maid's  room  on  the  third  floor.  One 
of  the  four  rooms  is  used  as  a  private  li- 
brary and  contains  built-in  book  shelves. 
There  is  also  on  the  same  floor  a  clothes 
room  which  has  been  finished  in  Tennessee 
cedar. 

The  driveway  is  to  the  south,  leading  to 
the  garage  at  the  rear. 

It  will  be  noted  that  this  group  of  three 
brick  houses  is  of  similar  design,  all  having 
the  gambrel  roof.  The  third  and  last  illus- 
tration is  of  a  somewhat  smaller  house  than 
the  two  preceding  and  the  lighting  of  the 
third  floor  is  entirely  secured  at  the  ends 
of  the  house,  the  roof  being  free  of  dorm- 


Residence  of  Mr.  James  C.  Hazlett,  Minneapolis.     Designed  by  Jackson  &  Stone,  Architects. 


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ers.     In   this  home   the  owner  wished  to 
have  a  fine  large  sun  bedroom  or  sleeping 
porch   with   windows   on   all   sides   and   a 
sunroom  was  built  out  from  the  main  house 
and  carried  up  to  provide  the  much  desired 
enclosed  sleeping  porch.     The  entrance  of 
this  home  is  into  a  short  hall.    The  dining 
room  to  the   right  is  finished   in   red  oak. 
The  living  room  of  this  house,  like  in  the 
preceding  home,  is  also  to  the  south,  occu- 
pying the  entire  left  side.    This  room  is  15 
feet  wide.     It  is  finished  in  birch,  mahog- 
any.    The  sunroom,  opening  off  from  the 
living  room  through  French  doors,  is  fin- 
ished in  fir.     There  are  four  bedrooms  on 
the  second  floor  with  also  the  large  sleep- 
ing porch,  mention  of  which  has  already 
been  made.    The  second  floor  is  all  finished 
in  white  enamel.     On  the  third  floor  there 
are  two  rooms  and  maid's  toilet. 

The  basement  contains  besides  the  steam 
heating  plant,  fuel  room,  vegetable  room 
and  laundry,  a  childrens'  playroom,  very 


First  floor  plan  of  the  Hazlett  residence. 

nicely  finished  and  light  and  airy.  The 
garage,  as  will  be  noticed  from  the  picture, 
is  also  of  brick  construction,  designed  in 
keeping  with  the  house.  It  is  a  large  gar- 
age, 20  feet  square,  with  double  doors  and 
capacity  for  three  machines. 


A  Suburban  Residence 


THE  delight  of  owning  your  own 
home  is  increased  if  that  home 
has  generous  grounds  surrounding 
it,  getting  away  from  the  cramped  re- 
strictions of  a  fifty-foot  city  lot,  where 
there  is  room  to  build  a  pergola  and  the 
grounds  are  a  real  and  important  feature 
of  the  home.  Consideration  of  the  fam- 
ily's health  and  that  of  the  busy  business 
man  particularly,  is  an  influencing  mat- 
ter in  the  selection  of  the  home  site.  If 
you  live  in  the  suburbs,  you  cannot  step 
from  the  office  to  a  street  car  and  off  at 
your  front  door.  Either  you  get  an  ex- 
hilarating ride  of  several  miles  in  an  au- 
tomobile or  are  required  to  walk  several 
blocks  from  the  car  to  your  home.  Sub- 
urban home  life  is  naturallv  more  of 


an    outdoor    life    and    that    is   of   course 
healthier. 

In  selecting  your  site,  it  is  always  de- 
sirable to  get  into  a  suburb  where  there 
are  building  restrictions  necessary  to  a 
well-balanced  and  good  community, 
where  the  value  of  your  property  is  not 
lessened  by  the  building  of  a  cheap  cot- 
tage right  alongside  and  where  the  pos- 
sibility of  flat  buildings  or  stores  is  of 
course  .eliminated.  Building  restrictions 
keep  the  district  uniformly  peopled  with 
a  congenial  class  and  make  suburban  life 
more  desirable. 

There  are  innumerable  types  of  the 
suburban  residence  and  for  your  con- 
sideration we  give  you  a  very  attractive 
English  house.  In  this  design  we  have  a 


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combination  of  brick  and  cement  with 
half  timbers  in  the  gables,  and  this,  with 
the  thatched  roof,  gives  an  interesting 
study.  The  broadway  of  the  house  calls 
for  a  front  of  57  feet,  including  the  porte- 
cochere. 

The  front  entrance  is  on  the  broadway 
side,  opening  onto  a  terrace,  the  only 
covering  of  which  would  be  the  clinging 
vines.  One  end  of  this  terrace  is  covered 
by  an  attractive  English  gable  extended 


the  sideboard  at  the  rear.  To  the  leit 
of  the  hall  and  closed  off  from  the  bal- 
ance of  the  rooms  is  a  fair  sized  music 
room.  Here  again  the  room  is  made  fur- 
ther attractive  by  a  projected  bay  in  front 
with  its  grouping  of  casement  sash.  The 
small  space  under  the  main  stair  landing 
the  owner  desired  to  use  as  a  small  pri- 
vate office  and  between  this  and  the 
library  is  a  toilet.  The  library  contains 
a  fireplace  with  built-in  bookcases. 


A  combination  of  brick  and  cement  with  half  limbers  in  the  gables  and  with  thatched  roof. 


out  and  supported  by  two  large  piers. 
The  large  vestibule  contains  a  built-in 
seat  with  hinged  lid.  The  plan  of  the 
center  hall  type  has  an  attractive  stair- 
way to  the  second  floor,  at  the  left.  To 
the  right  is  a  columned  opening  separat- 
ing the  hall  and  living  room.  Directly 
opposite  is  a  massive  brick  fireplace,  the 
brickwork  having  been  carried  up  to  the 
ceiling.  A  pair  of  French  doors  open 
onto  a  large  sun  porch  which  is  fitted 
with  casement  sash. 

Sliding  doors  are  used  in  the  opening 
between  living  and  dining  rooms.  This 
latter  room  is  unusually  attractive  with 
its  wide  bay  window  on  the  end  and 
its  grouping  of  high  casement  sash  over 


These  rooms  all  have  beam  ceilings ; 
the  dining  room  has  paneled  wainscot 
and  plate  rail.  The  floors  throughout 
these  rooms  are  of  white  quarter  sawed 
oak.  The  finish  in  the  hall  and  dining 
room  is  birch,  stained  mahogany,  while 
the  finish  in  the  dining  room,  music  room 
and  library  is  of  white  quarter  sawed 
oak,  fumed.  The  kitchen  is  small — of 
the  kitchenette  type.  Here  just  enough 
space  has  been  allowed  for  range,  sink, 
built-in  cupboard,  and  clothes  chute. 
This  room  is  finished  in  birch,  white 
enameled,  with  a  tile  floor.  A  French 
door  off  kitchen  opens  onto  a  breakfast 
porch. 

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landing  where  a  projected  bay  with  built- 
in  seat  makes  an  ideal  "nook."  On  the 
second  floor  four  good  sized  chambers, 
sewing  room  and  bath  have  been  finished 
off,  together  with  a  large  sleeping  porch 
over  the  sun  room.  This,  too,  is  fitted 
with  casement  sash  and  screens. 

The  owner's  room  over  the  living- 
room  has  two  good  closets ;  a  recess  con- 
tains a  lavatory.  French  doors  open  onto 
sleeping  porch.  This  room  has  bircli 
finish,  stained  mahogany.  The  guest's 
room  has  a  large  front  bay,  a  good  closet 
with'  lavatory,  and  is  finished  in  birch 
for  white  enamel  with  doors  stained  ma- 
hogany. The  rear  bedroom  is  finished 
in  fir,  natural,  and  has  lavatory.  The 
maid's  room  has  a  lavatory  and  is  finished 
in  birch,  white  enamel.  Sewing  room  in 
birch,  stained  mahogany. 

There  is  a  fine  bathroom,  with  recessed 
tub  and  pedestal  lavatory,  tile  floor  and 
wainscot,  built-in  cupboard  and  medicine 
cabinet  and  clothes  chute  leading  to  the 
laundry. 

No  attic ;  the  large  basement  provides 
ample  storage  space  and  has  large  laun- 
dry, fruit  and  vegetable  room,  drying 
room  and  furnace  room  for  a  large  sized 
hot  water  boiler.  The  basement  walls 
and  floor  are  of  concrete,  laundry  floor 
laid  to  drain.  Lage  size  cistern,  base- 


ment walls  and  ceiling  plastered. 

The  exterior  materials  used  are  Golden 
Mottled  Matt  brick  up  to  first  story  sills. 
The  terrace  floor  is  of  smooth  cement 
with  brick  border.  A  cream  or  tan  ce- 
ment plaster  is  used  and  the  roof  shingles 
stained  a  brown. 

The  house  should  be  built  for  $10,- 
000,  exclusive  of  heating.  This  cost 
might  this  year  be  reduced  owing  to  fa- 
vorable building  conditions,  and  you 
would  have  a  suburban  home  which 
would  be  a  credit  to  any  community. 

THE  LANDSCAPE  DESIGN. 

The  first  essential  in  the  adornment 
of  a  home  area  is  the  formation  of  a 
suitable  plan.  In  the  making  of  this 
plan,  the  principal  things  to  consider  are 
the  size  of  the  area,  the  amount  which 
the  owner  feels  able  to  expend  for  the 
purpose,  climatic  conditions,  the  soil,  ex- 
posure, general  character  of  the  site,  and 
the  style  of  architecture  of  the  house. 

The  above  designed  house  has  been 
located  upon  a  suburban  site  of  150x175 
feet,  the  only  controlling  features  being 
those  on  the  site  itself.  An  existing  tree 
standing  on  a  slight  knoll  and  directly  in 
front  of  the  main  entrance,  necessitates 
and  is  the  reason  for  the  curved  walk. 
A  low  wall  extends  the  entire  width  of 
the  property  ten  feet  from  the  sidewalk. 


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A  straight  drive 
leads  through 
the  porte  -  co- 
chere  to  the  ga- 
rage, before 
which  is  a  turn 
and  at  the  side 
an  exit  to  the 
alley. 

The  garden 
and  pleasure 
grounds  have 
been  located  in 
direct  connec- 
tion with  the  liv- 
ing portion  of 
the  house.  The 
formal  area  is  a 

panel  treatment  placed  in  the  axis  of  the 
living  room,  and  is  entered  by  paths 
which  lead  from  the  front  and  side  en- 
trances. In  the  semi-circle  of  the  same,  a 
sun  dial  adds  interest  to  that  portion  of 
the  garden.  On  the  cross  axis  of  the 
formal  area,  a  large  extensive  lawn  has 
been  designed  to  be  used  as  a  tennis  and 


Designed  by  Perl  Bros.,  Landscape  Architects. 


game  lawn.  Informal  planting  lines  the 
boundaries  of  the  lawn,  and  an  inexpen- 
sive trellis  and  lattice  work  make  an  in- 
teresting background. 

The  service  portion  of  the  grounds  is 
screened  by  the  use  of  tall  shrubbery. 
The  drying  yard  and  vegetable  garden 
are  easilv  reached  from  the  kitchen. 


A  Brick  Colonial  Residence 


THIS  is  a  home  that  has  been  care- 
fully studied  and  no  expense  has 
been  spared  to  make  this  a  really 
high  class  home  where  everything  is  of 
the  best.  How  dignified  and  substantial 
this  home  really  is  with  its  large,  stately 
colonial  columns  in  the  center  support- 
ing a  pediment  that  forms  a  roof  over 
the  center  of  the  second  story  balcony. 
The  large  brick  porch  with  cement  floor 
and  massive  buttress  and  brick  steps 
gives  that  substantial  look  without  hav- 
ing further  knowledge  of  the  materials 
used  in  its  construction. 

This  house  is  not  fireproof,  but  could 
easily  be  made  so  at  a  very  small  ex- 
pense. The  exterior  walls  are  of  hollow 


tile  faced  with  a  good  grade  of  colonial 
brick ;  the  roof   is  of  slate. 

The  entrance  is  to  the  right  into  a  re- 
ception hall,  containing  a  large  coat 
closet  and  the  colonial  staircase,  with 
mahogany  stained  treads,  white  risers, 
and  a  mahogany  hand  rail.  A  wide  col- 
umned opening  separates  the  reception 
hall  and  the  living  room,  which  contains 
a  large  colonial  fireplace  and  bookcases 
built  in.  To  the  other  side  of  the  room, 
directly  opposite  the  staircase,  are  French 
doors  with  side  lights  opening  onto  an 
attractive  sun  porch  with  its  casement 
sash  and  Rookwood  tile  floor.  Opposite 
the  fireplace,  French  doors  open  onto  the 
front  porch.  French  doors  are  also  used 


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mmm. 


A  dignified  and  substantial  home. 


in  the  opening  between   the   living  and 
dining  rooms. 

In  the  latter  room  there  is  built  in  a 
large  colonial  buffet  and  china  closets 
across  the  entire  end.  There  is  no 
pantry,  the  kitchen  being  equipped  with 
plenty  of  cupboards,  work  table,  and 
built-in  refrigerator,  which  is  iced  from 
the  rear  porch. 


There  is  a  toilet  under  the  main  stairs, 
easily  accessible  from  either  the  front  or 
rear  portion  of  the  house. 

On  the  second  floor  are  four  large 
chambers,  bath  and  sleeping  porch,  the 
servants'  quarters  being  finished  off  on 
the  third  floor,  where  two  chambers  and 
an  additional  toilet  have  been  provided 
together  with  a  large  billiard  room. 


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The  interior  finish  is  purely  colonial, 
in  keeping  with  the  exterior  treatment ; 
all  finish  being  white  enameled  with  ma- 
hogany veneered  doors.  All  baths  and 
toilets  have  tile  floors  and  wainscots. 
The  doors  have  cut  glass  knobs  and  the 
closet  doors  are  provided  with  full  bev- 
elled plate  glass  mirrors.  The  electric 
wiring  is  complete,  to  include  a  vacuum 


cleaner,  as  well  as  sufficient  outlets  for 
table  lamps  and  various  electrical  appli- 
ances. 

The  foundation  walls  are  of  concrete, 
waterproofed  with  waterproofing  com- 
pound. Basement  is  partitioned  off  and 
plastered,  providing  for  large  vegetable 
room,  laundry,  toilet,  storage,  fuel  and 
furnace  rooms. 


A  Substantial  Western  Bungalow 


THE  accompanying  photograph  and 
plan    illustrate    a    six-room    home, 
which   aptly  typifies   the  individu- 
ality obtainable  in  the  bungalow. 

The  exterior  is  most  pleasing.  The 
rough  brickwork  belt  carried  across  the 
front  and  returning  on  the  side  to  the  end 
of  the  terrace,  with  the  massive  piers  at 
the  porch  corners  and  the  well  propor- 
tioned chimney,  give  an  air  of  stability 
and  richness  to  the  whole  structure.  The 
rather  pretentious  design  of  the  projecting 
portion  of  the  living  room  is  perhaps 
somewhat  out  of  keeping  with  the  frank 
treatment  of  the  porch  gable  and  that  of 
the  breakfast  room  ;  but  the  theme  is  skill- 


The  brick  work  on  porch  and  belt  course  add  much  to  the  beauty  of  this  bungalow. 
Jud  Yoho,  Architect. 


fully  handled  as  to  detail,  and  is  at  least 
original. 

The  plan  is  well  worked  out  with  an 
evident  purpose  of  separating  the  kitchen, 
bath  and  sleeping  rooms  from  the  living 
rooms,  without  any  sacrifice  of  accessibil- 
ity ;  an  accomplishment  often  difficult  to 
obtain  in  a  one-story  dwelling.  It  will 
be  seen  at  a  glance  how  readily  this  ar- 
rangement adapts  itself  to  those  enter- 
tainments which  any  family,  at  times,  is 
called  upon  to  give.  Even  dancing  can 
be  attempted  in  this  house,  the  terrace 
lending  itself  admirably  as  a  promenade 
and  breathing  place. 

Entrance  from  the  porch  is  into  an  un- 
usually large  recep- 
tion hall.  Across 
one  end  of  this  hall 
extends  a  fixed  seat 
with  a  hinged  top, 
which  upon  being 
raised,  discloses  a 
handy  and  roomy 
box,  useful  for  all 
sorts  of  things. 
From  this  seat  a 
pretty  vista  is  had 
through  the  wide 
square  columned 
arch  into  the  living 
room,  with  its  mas- 
sive fireplace  in  a 
cozy  niche  at  the  far 
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The  woodwork  of  the  interior  of  the 
living  room  is  done  in  white,  a  somewhat 
unusual  and  not  unpleasing  contrast  and 
panelling  effect  being  obtained  by  finish- 
ing certain  border  mouldings  and  the 
doors  and  window  sash  in  mahogany. 

Around  the  room  is  carried  a  panelled 
base,  two  feet  in  height.  The  ceiling  is 
beamed.  On  either  side  of  the  ceramic 
tile  mantel  breast,  just  above  the  seats, 
small  bookcases  are  built  in  the  wall.  Oak 
flooring  is  used  in  the  living,  dining  and 
breakfast  rooms ;  fir  flooring  elsewhere. 

A  high  panelled  wainscot  with  plate  rail 
is  used  in  the  dining  room,  and  a  con- 
ventionalized floral  frieze  is  carried 
around  the  room  at  the  ceiling. 

The  breakfast  room,  conveniently  lo- 
cated adjacent  to  the  kitchen  and  pantry, 
yet  accessible  from  the  dining  room,  and 
provided  with  ample  windows  on  three 
sides,  is  a  happy  feature.  A  closet  for 
wraps,  convenient  to  reception  hall,  yet 
removed  from  view,  one  for  linen  and  one 
for  each  of  the  bedrooms,  are  conveniently 
worked  out ;  and  finally  the  seclusion  of 
the  bath  and  toilet  is  a  commendable  fea- 
ture. 

A  trunk  and  storage  room  and  servants' 
rooms  are  finished  off  in  the  attic.  In  the 


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No.  467 

basement,  which  is  excavated  under  the 
rear  portion  of  the  building  only,  are  lo- 
cated laundry,  storage  and  fuel  rooms ; 
also  the  hot  air  furnace. 

The  cost  of  this  house,  as  estimated  by 
the  architect,  is  approximately  $4,000. 


An  English  Design  in  Brick 


IN   this  design  we  have  another  plan 
of  the  central   hall  type  on  a  much 
smaller    scale,    the    entrance    hi    the 
center   under   the   bracketed    hood.     The 
exterior,  while   very   simple,   is   very   at- 
tractive, with  walls  of  hollow  tile  faced 
with  brick,  and  rough  cast  cement  plaster 
in  the  gables  with  half  timber  work.   The 
roof  is  shingled. 

The  rooms  in  this  plan,  while  small, 
are  very  well  arranged,  there  being  lit- 
tle or  no  waste  room  caused  by  long 
halls.  Besides  the  living  room  with 


brick  fireplace,  space  has  been  taken  off 
the  right  side  to  provide  a  small  "den." 
If  desired,  this  could  be  thrown  into  one 
large  living  room,  and  if  this  were  done 
it  would  be  advisable  to  place  the  fire- 
place at  the  end,  for  if  left  at  the  side  it 
would  tend  to  make  the  room  too  narrow 
for  the  length.  The  sun  porch  is  fitted 
with  casement  sash,  hinged  to  open  in. 
The  kitchen  is  fitted  with  built-in 
fixtures,  or,  if  desired,  the  space  marked 
off  for  toilet  opening  off  kitchen  could 
be  used  for  a  pantrv.  There  is  a  small 


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Walls  are  of  hollow  tile  faced  with  brick,  with  rough-cast  cement  plaster  and  half-timbers  in  gables. 


rear  porch  and  entry  providing  space  for 
refrigerator  to  be  iced  from  outside. 

On  the  second  floor  are  four  well-ar- 
ranged chambers,  each  with  ample  closet 
space,  and  a  good-sized  bath  and  small 
sewing  room.  A  stairway  leads  to  a  good 
attic  and  a  sleeping  porch  has  been  pro- 
vided over  rear  porch  and  entry. 

It  is  intended  to  finish  the  first  floor 
in  white  quarter  sawed  oak,  fumed,  with 
den  and  sun  porch  in  fir,  stained.  Sec- 


ond story  in  white  enamel  with  white 
oak  floors.  On  the  first  floor  pine  is 
used  in  kitchen  over  which  linoleum  is 
to  be  laid  and  maple  or  birch  flooring 
for  second  floor,  with  tile  floor  and 
wainscot  for  bath. 

Full  basement  is  provided,  with  hot 
water  heat.  Laundry,  fruit  and  veg- 
etable rooms  have  been  partitioned  off 
in  basement.  Concrete  foundation  to  be 
used,  with  brick  steps  and  sills. 


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A  Small  Brick  House 


THIS  is  a  design  for  a   small,  con- 
venient, substantial  and  well  built 
brick    veneered    house,    which    is 
27x32  feet,  exclusive  of  piazza,  9  feet  in 
width,    extending    across    the    front    and 
right    side.      The    rear    16    feet    of    this 
piazza   is   glazed-in    opposite   the   dining 
room,    with     French    windows    opening 
onto  it. 


room  and  a  flue  for  heating  plant  and 
kitchen.  The  main  stairs  go  up  directly 
at  the  left  side  of  the  living  room  and 
back  underneath  the  stairs  is  a  door 
leading  to  rear  passage.  From  this  pass- 
age there  is  a  side  entrance  to  pergola 
and  basement  stairs,  with  door  in  rear 
to  kitchen.  The  kitchen  is  12x12  feet, 
with  ample  cupboards  and  opening  to  the 


Generous  porch  space  is  a  feature  of  this  attractive  house.    Chas.  S.  Sedgwick,  Architect. 


The  exterior  walls  are  built  with  stud- 
ding, sheathed  on  the  outside  and  ve- 
neered with  dark  Oriental  brick.  The 
roof  is  low  pitched,  substantially  tim- 
bered, and  covered  with  red  Spanish  tile ; 
also  the  piazza  roof  is  covered  with  the 
same  tile.  The  floor  of  this  piazza  is  of  re- 
inforced concrete. 

The  entrance  from  the  piazza  is  di- 
rectly into  living  room,  without  vesti- 
bule. The  main  living  room  extends 
across  the  entire  front  of  the  house  and 
is  14x25  feet.  There  is  one  central  chim- 
ney with  wide  fireplace  in  the  side  of  this 


right  into  the  dining  room,  12  feet  6 
inches  by  15  feet,  with  floor  finished  in 
oak.  Living  and  dining  rooms  are  fin- 
ished with  beamed  ceilings. 

There  is  no  waste  space  in  this  house ; 
every  inch  of  floor  space  is  utilized.  The 
second  story  has  three  good  chambers 
and  a  glazed-in  sleeping  porch  over  the 
dining  room  and  liberal  sized  bathroom 
with  shower  bath  in  connection ;  all 
rooms  are  provided  with  good  closets. 
The  attic  space  is  used  for  storage  only, 
with  stairs  leading  up  to  the  same  from 
rear  chamber.  The  finish  of  this  story 


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is  in  white  enamel  with   birch  floor. 

There    is    a    full    basement    under    the 
house  and  under  the  piazzas  with  serv- 


ant's room  in  basement,  bathroom,  etc., 
room  for  heating  plant  and  for  storage; 
the  foundation  walls  being  of  concrete. 


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A  Cozy  Six-Room  Bungalow 

HIS  little  home  is  only  about  28x48      are  of  good  size  and   exceptionally   well 
feet,   but   it   contains   a   surprising      arranged.    It  was  planned  by  a  lady  who 
amount  of  room.     The  apartments      does  her  own  housekeeping  and  every  en- 
deavor was  bent  to  save 
steps  in  the  daily  routine 
and  to  render  the  home- 
making  as  pleasurable  as 
possible. 

The  number  and  size  of 
the  closets  are  worth  not- 
ing. The  linen  closet  is 
fitted  up  with  drawers, 
shelves,  etc.,  and  the  rear 
bedroom  has  a  built-in 
dresser  with  drawers,  in 
addition  to  a  large  closet. 
In  construction,  the 
outside  is  covered  with 
either  weather  boarding 
or  shingles  at  the  option 
of  owner ;  the  roof  is 

The  little  home  was  designed  with  all  the  conveniences  possible  to  make  l   •        i     j  11  r 

housekeeping  easy.     Bungalowcraft  Co.,  Architects.  SlUHgled       and       the       ITOnt 


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porch   work   and   chimney   are   of  brick, 
pointed  with  dark  gray  mortar. 

The  architects  state  that  this  house  was 
built  originally  in  California  with  oak 
floors  in  living  room,  den  and  dining  room 
for  $1,620  complete  and  ready  to  move 
into,  even  including  cement  walks, 
screens,  etc.  In  Ohio  with  cellar  and  fur- 
nace and  attic  storage  room,  reached  by  a 
moveable  ladder  and  scuttle  from  hall,  it 
cost  nearly  $2,000.  The  built-in  features 


such  as  buffet,  mantel,  seats,  and  book- 
cases in  the  buttressed  opening  between 
living  and  dining  rooms  were  specially 
designed  for  the  house  and  harmonize 
most  artistically  without  any  of  the  cheap, 
gaudy,  "ginger  bread"  work  which  is  an 
eyesore  in  so  many  houses.  The  kitchen 
is  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  even 
to  a  dust  chute  to  save  back-breaking  over 
a  dust  pan. 


English  Half  Timber  Design 
with  Brick  Terrace 


This  house  will  look  more  home-like  when  vines  and  shrubs  have  relieved  the  barrenness  of  the  walls. 


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ANOTHER  typical  "English"  design 
quite  different  from   the  one  illus- 
trated   on    page    372.     The    house- 
sits  lows  to  the  ground  and  has  an  open 
brick    terrace    across    the    entire    front. 
The  house  looks  a  little  plain,  but  a  few 
vines  clinging  to  the  rough  case  cement 
walls,    framing   the    attractive    group    of 
casement  windows  with  their  small  panes, 


There  is  also  a  fireplace  in  dining  room 
and  a  built-in  buffet.  Beamed  ceilings 
are  used  in  both  rooms.  Off  the  end  of 
this  dining  room  is  a  small  study. 

French  doors  open  onto  a  small  sun 
porch.  The  plan  provides  for  a  maid's 
room  and  bath  on  first  floor,  easily  ac- 
cessible to  kitchen. 

On  the  second  floor,  four  good  cham- 


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and  the  base  well  planted  with  hardy 
shrubs  will  make  a  very  marked  improve- 
ment after  a  season's  growth. 

The  construction  of  this  house  is  ce- 
ment over  frame  walls,  over  which  metal 
lath  has  been  used,  and  shingles  for  the 
roof. 

Note  the  long  living  and  dining  room 
across  the  front,  separated  by  an  extra 
wide  cased  opening,  which  makes  an  ideal 
room  for  entertaining.  Living  room  has 
brick  fireplace  and  bookcases  built  in. 


bers  have  been  provided,  with  ample 
closet  space  and  large  bath  between  the 
two  front  chambers,  serving  as  a  private 
bath.  Owner's  chamber,  with  fireplace, 
opens  onto  a  sleeping  porch  at  the  rear. 
The  attic  is  sufficiently  high  to  give  good 
circulation  of  air  and  could  be  finished 
off  if  desired. 

Basement  is  complete  with  laundry, 
fruit  and  vegetable  rooms  and  furnace 
room. 


A  Frame  Cottage  with  Gambrel 

Roof 


HERE  is  a  well  planned  cottage  de- 
sign finished  with  shingles  on  the 
first   story  to  beltcourse,  running 
around  the  entire  house  on  a  line  with 
the  porch  beam.     The  second  story,  ex- 
cepting in  the  upper  gables,  is  finished  in 
narrow  siding.     A  wooden  balustrade  is 


used  both  up  and  down  on  the  front  porch, 
the  roof  which  is  supported  by  four  well 
proportioned  Colonial  columns. 

The  interior  arrangement  is  of  a  popu- 
lar plan  for  a  six-room  cottage.  The 
entrance  is  through  vestibule  into  a  small 
reception  hall  which  is  provided  with  a 


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This  cottage  would  nicely  accommodate  a  family  of  five  or  six.     F.  E.  Colby.  Architect. 


coat  closet.  You  will  note  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  stairway  is  attractive,  with 
a  built-in  covered  seat,  which  gives  a  most 
convenient  place  to  deposit  the  auto  robe, 
rubbers  or  whatever  extra  outside  gar- 
ments are  not  required  to  be  hung  up. 
The  rooms  are  pretty  evenly  divided  as 
to  size.  The  dining  room  has  a  large 
bay  window  with  built-in  china  closet 


directly  opposite  the  bay  window.  Col- 
umned opening  is  provided  between  hall 
and  parlor. 

This  style  of  cottage  home  will  find 
favor  with  a  great  many  of  our  readers. 
The  design  is  contributed  by  Architect 
F.  E.  Colby,  whose  work  is  seen  in  the 
magazine  frequently. 


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A  Departure  from  the 
Conventional 


The  free  style  of  bungalow  architecture  is  shown  in  this  attractive  little  home. 
Jud  Yoho,  Architect. 


DEPARTING  somewhat  from  the  ex- 
terior appearance  of  the  conven- 
tional five-room  bungalow  is  this 
pretty  home.  Perhaps  the  most  attractive 
feature  of  this  plan  is  the  bedroom, 
equipped  with  a  reversible  concealed  bed, 
so  arranged  that  it  can  be  used  either  in 
the  bedroom  or  in  the  sleeping  porch  in 
the  rear. 

The  living  room  is  unusually  large  and 
is  divided  from  the  dining  room  by  an 
open  arch.  Both  of  the  principal  rooms 
have  beam  ceilings  and  panelled  wainscot- 
ing. Although  the  kitchen  is  small,  ample 
cupboard  space  is  provided  in  the  pantry. 
The  plan  affords  a  great  deal  more  closet 
spact  than  is  generally  found  in  a  bunga- 
low. Special  notice  is  called  to  the  con- 
venient way  in  which  the  rooms  are 
grouped  around  the  pass  hall. 

The  cost  in  California  is  estimated  by 
the  architect  to  be  approximately  $2,500. 


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Conducted  by  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS.  Decorator,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 


The  Value  of  Blue  in  Combination  with 
Other  Colors. 

IOTHING  is  commoner  than  flow- 
ered china,  exquisitely  beautiful 
in  design  and  coloring,  yet  how 
often,  despite  all  these  good  quali- 
ties, there  is  a  certain  insipidity  in  its 
general  effect.  It  needs  the  foil  of  a  de- 
cided color  to  bring  out  the  delicacy  of 
the  colors  and  to  accentuate  their  con- 
trast. If  you  can  find  a  piece  of  similar 
character,  as  to  design  and  color,  in  which 
the  plates  have  an  edge  of  dark  blue, 
you  will  be  aware  of  an  added  distinc- 
tion and  charm. 

In  dyeing,  when  a  color  performs  this 
office  of  harmonizing  opposing  colors,  it 
is  called  a  mordant.  In  Oriental  porce- 
lains one  often  notes  a  touch  of  black 
used  for  this  purpose,  and  in  embroideries 
a  rather  dark  golden  brown  used  for  out- 
lining forms  in  bright  colors  has  the 
same  effect.  In  furnishing,  something  the 
same  office  is  performed  by  the  use  of 
dark  wood,  such  as  the  Jacobean  or  baro- 
nial oak.  One  reason  why  golden  oak 
is  such  a  difficult  proposition  to  handle 
is  that  we  instinctively  look  to  the  wood 
of  the  furniture  to  supply  the  needed  ac- 
cent, and  its  tone  is  too  light  to  do  this. 
The  introduction  of  a  good  blue  fabric  in 
many  bright  colors  would  save  many  a 
room  from  insipidity.  I  think  I  have  at 
some  time  within  a  year  or  two  men- 
tioned a  room  done  by  an  English  dec- 
orator of  repute,  in  which  the  walls  were 
frankly  white,  the  woodwork  and  furni- 
ture light  oak,  the  whole  redeemed  by 
the  use  of  much  blue  china  and  a  rug 
in  strong  tones  of  red  and  blue. 

Another  illustration  of  the  value  of 
blue  is  found  in  French  painted  furni- 


ture. There  is  at  South  Kensington  a 
beautiful  table,  with  an  oblong  top  and 
curving  legs,  extremely  simple  in  con- 
struction, which  has  been  painted  a  me- 
dium blue,  with  the  very  faintest  sug- 
gestion of  green  in  its  tone.  On  the 
top  and  at  the  sides  and  ends  of  the 
framework  supporting  it  are  insets  of  a 
delicate,  rather  yellowish  green,  framed 
in  gold  scroll  work  and  painted  with 
flowers  in  tones  of  salmon  red.  Other 
painted  furniture  has  a  ground  of  low 
toned  green,  with  the  blue  in  the  form  of 
knotted  ribbons  connecting  garlands  of 
pink  flowers. 

In  choosing  the  proper  tone  of  blue  to 
combine  with  a  number  of  other  colors 
the  best  guide  is  the  study  of  decorated 
china.  If  you  have  access  to  a  collection 
you  will  find  in  the  works  of  the  French 
potteries  many  examples  of  this  use  of 
blue,  and  you  will  note  that  the  blue  is 
always  a  pure  blue,  unless  it  is  slightly 
modified  by  green.  Never  will  you  find  in 
good  work  that  the  blue  used  has  a  pur- 
plish tone.  A  ware  which  you  are  quite 
certain  of  finding  in  the  average  shop  has 
an  admirable  tone  of  blue  used  as  bor- 
ders in  combination  with  gold  lines  and 
powderings,  the  English  Royal  Worces- 
ter. The  dark  blue  of  Dresden  is  much 
the  same. 

Our  eye  for  color  is  too  often  trained 
by  the  study  of  dress  materials,  whose 
scale  of  color  is  wholly  different  from  that 
used  in  decoration.  To  be  sure  you  may 
once  in  a  while  run  across  some  dress 
fabric  which  can  be  used  for  furnishing. 
Some  of  the  mulberry  and  dark  rose 
shades  in  broadcloth  or  soft  silks  have 
their  uses,  but  such  exceptions  are  few 
and  far  between. 


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Thi1  fMiri'mik.1.  House  at  Dcdliam.  Mass. 
•Huilt  in  16*6  Excepting  the  shell  and 
adobe  houses  of  Florida  and  California, 
the  oldest  house  now  standing  in  America. 


279  Karr  Old— and    % 

Still  a  Comfortable  Home 

For  nearly  three  centuries  this  unpainted  house  has 
stood  exposed  to  the  weather.  Continuously  occupied  and  still 
almost  perfectly  preserved,  it  offers  the  most  convincing  proof 
of  the  enduring  qualities  of 

WHITE  PINE 

Ever  since  the  Pilgrims  landed,  White  Pine  has  been  universally 
recognized  as  the  wood  preferred  above  all  others  in  home-building. 
And  figuring  value  in  terms  of  service,  it  is  the  most  economical. 

Despite  an  impression  of  its  scarcity,  White  Pine  is  still  abundantly 
available  today,  as  it  always  has  been,  in  any  quantity  desired. 
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Representing: 

The  Northern  Pine  Manufacturers  Association 
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Associated  White  Pine  Manufacturers  of  Idaho 


Address,  WHITE  PINE  BUREAU, 

1520  Merchants  Bank  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Continued 


An  Opportunity  for  the  Amateur. 

I  am  always  thinking  of  the  numerous 
girls  with  a  certain  amount  of  artistic 
taste,  skill  and  training,  who  after  two 
or  three  years  in  an  art  school  find  no 
special  scope  for  their  talents  and  their 
laboriously  acquired  skill,  and  who  must 
feel  that  their  time  has  been  largely 
wasted.  Why  do  not  some  of  them  take 
up  the  painting  of  furniture?  Not  the 
mere  application  of  enamel  paint  to  old 
chairs  and  chests  of  drawers,  but  the  ef- 
fective decoration  of  small  articles  with 
garlands  and  festoons  in  the  French 
style.  It  is  not  difficult  to  find  designs 
for  this  work,  if  one  does  not  feel  equal 
to  originating  them,  and  a  study  of  good 
pieces  of  Sevres  and  Dresden  china  will 
be  found  most  suggestive,  while  a  book 
on  French  furniture  of  the  eighteenth 
century  will  give  the  key  to  the  adapta- 
tion of  floral  design  to  decoration.  The 
work  is  done  in  oil  color,  after  the  pieces 
have  been  given  several  coats  of  flat  color. 
The  various  small  wooden  articles  sold 
for  pyrography  cost  little  and  are  useful 
for  experimental  purposes. 

One  thinks  always  of  this  painted  fur- 
niture as  having  a  light  ground,  white  or 
pale  gray,  but  old  examples  are  quite  as 
often  of  positive  color,  blue,  light  green, 
or  yellow,  sometimes,  though  this  de- 
mands a  different  sort  of  coloring  for  the 
decoration,  the  cool  blue  gray  or  Jasper 
Wedgwood.  If  one  wants  to  use  a  white 
ground  I  think  a  cream  or  ivory  tone  is 
happier  than  pure  white,  and  especially 
charming  is  that  grayish  white  which  one 
sees  in  old  French  furniture  and  interior 
decorations. 

The  Summer  Tea  Table. 

A  charming  tea  room  in  London  is 
suggestive,  and  its  scheme  might  easily  be 
carried  out  in  a  summer  house.  The  floor 
has  a  pile  carpet  of  soft  gray,  and  the 
tea  tables,  instead  of  being  clothed  in 
white  have  hemstitched  cloths  of  pale 
pink  linen.  The  china  is  abundantly 
flowered  and  the  chairs  are  covered  with 
glazed  chintz  in  a  flowered  design  on  a 
plain  white  ground.  The  effect  is  admir- 
able and  an  agreeable  change  from  mere 
daintiness. 

One  of  the  uses  to  which  the  alcove, 


or  small  room  leading  off  a  large  one 
may  be  put  is  that  of  a  tea  room.  When 
a  single  place  is  set  apart  for  this  pur- 
pose it  is  easy  to  carry  out  a  definite 
color  scheme,  and  the  glimpse  seen  from 
the  larger  room  is  a  great  addition  to  it. 
Any  number  of  charming  color  arrange- 
ments, suggested  by  the  color  note  of  the 
china  used,  can  be  worked  out. 

Half  Curtains  of  Silk. 

Ecru  pongee,  inexpensive  and  always 
available,  is  a  charming  material  for  sash 
curtains,  either  long,  or  else  confined  to 
the  lower  half  of  the  window.  The 
thirty-three  inch  width  is  the  best  for 
this  purpose,  as  it  allows  for  a  generous 
hem  at  either  edge.  The  best  finish  is 
a  hemstitched  hem,  and  the  work  is  not 
very  great.  Sometimes  they  are  edged 
at  the  sides  and  bottom  with  a  gathered 
ruffle,  sewed  on  with  a  facing  an  inch 
and  a  half  wide.  This  demands  hand 
work  but  the  result  repays  it.  Sometimes 
curtains  of  this  sort  are  made  in  two 
sections,  one  attached  to  the  top  of  the 
window  frame  and  reaching  to  the  sash, 
the  other  pair  beginning  at  the  sash  and 
reaching  to  the  sill.  This  enables  one  to 
admit  plenty  of  light  from  the  top  of  the 
window,  while  the  lower  set  secure  de- 
sired privacy. 

Sometimes  these  curtains  are  made  of 
white  wash  silk,  and  the  tendency  to 
yellow  with  washing  which  makes  such 
silk  objectionable  for  personal  use  is  of 
little  consequence,  as  the  creamy  tint  har- 
monizes better  with  most  furnishings. 

One  solution  of  the  difficulty  of  the 
poorly  lighted  hall  is  to  cover  the  walls 
with  a  paper  having  a  rather  large  con- 
ventional design  in  color  on  a  white 
ground,  using  a  plain  silk  in  the  same 
color  for  half  curtains.  Once  the  eye 
becomes  accustomed  to  seeing  the  win- 
dows of  a  single  house  treated  in  differ- 
ent ways,  the  advantage  of  so  doing  will 
be  realized.  How  often  the  effect  of 
a  large  room  furnished  with  a  certain 
solidity  and  in  dark  colors  is  diminished 
by  the  use  of  thin  curtains  having  no 
possible  relation  to  the  scheme  of  the 
room,  but  thought  essential  to  the  uni- 
formity of  the  outward  aspect  of  the 
house. 


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"Not  a  crack  nor 
pinhole  in  it" 

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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING— Continued 

Dressers  and  Sideboards. 

The  sideboard  is  usually  an  extremely 
ugly  piece  of  furniture,  seldom  well  pro- 
portioned, and  of  a  height  which  leaves 
an  awkward  space  above  it.  A  mirror  is 
apt  to  be  considered  essential  to  it,  which 
adds  greatly  to  its  expense.  The  dresser 
is  less  pretentious,  practically  merely  a 
high  cupboard  with  open  shelves  above 
for  plates  and  china.  Sometimes  there 
are  two  or  three  drawers  in  the  lower 
part,  for  linen  and  small  silver,  sometimes 
only  a  cupboard  and  the  whole  raised 
on  rather  high  legs,  and  often  the  three 
or  four  shelves  are  broken  with  a  small 
cupboard.  The  dresser  is  extremely  pop- 
ular in  England  in  houses  of  a  moderate 
sort,  which  are  artistic  rather  than  smart. 
Belonging  as  it  does  to  the  oak  period  of 
English  furniture,  it  goes  specially  well 
with  the  gate-legged  tables  and  high- 
backed  chairs  of  that  epoch,  although 
there  is  a  Queen  Anne  dresser,  which  has 
curved  legs  like  a  lowboy,  and  must  have 
been  made  of  mahogany. 

And  speaking  of  sideboards,  I  wonder 
if  we  all  realize  that  when  an  old  ma- 
hogany sideboard  had  a  straight  brass 
rod  across  its  back  it  was  intended  to 
support  a  silk  curtain,  which  formed  a 
background  for  the  china  and  silver  dis- 
played. 

It  ought  not  to  be  difficult  to  have  a 
dresser  made  to  order.  The  proper  pro- 
portions are  about  six  feet  four  inches  in 
height  and  three  feet  six  inches  in  width. 
Any  book  of  old  furniture  supplies  illus- 
trations. Probably  one  might  be  had  of 
some  manufacturer,  one  specializing  in 
cottage  furniture.  A  dresser  is  specially 
suited  to  the  dining  room  of  the  modest 
country  cottage.  It  should  have  a  cover 
not  of  lace,  but  of  heavy  linen,  simply 
hemstitched. 


True  California  Bungalows 

Building  a  Home?  Is  it  to  be  an  at- 
tractive artistic  home?  Are  you  in- 
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which  we  have  devised  to  make  house- 
keeping and  home-making  a  pleasure? 
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Satisfaction  Is  Assured 
When  You  Use 

Oak  Flooring 

q  OWNERS  and  BUILDERS  find  it  a  clinch- 
ing argument  to  say  "It's  Floored  with  OAK 
FLOORING."  It  means  that  the  tenant  or 
buyer  will  be  glad  to  pay  10  to  15  per  cent 
more.  In  color,  it  is  rich  and  cheerful,  and 
imparts  an  air  of  refinement  and  elegance 
to  a  home.  It  is  the  modern  Flooring. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  |"  thickness  by  1J'  or 
2"  face  can  be  laid  over  old  floors  in  old 
homes,  or  over  cheap  sub-floors  in  new 
homes  at  a  very  low  cost.  It  is  cheaper 
than  carpets  or  Pine  Flooring. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  laid  forty  years  ago  in 
public  buildings,  after  very  hard  service,  is 
still  in  good  condition.  For  durability, 
OAK  is  the  best. 

q  There  is  a  solid  satisfaction  and  lasting 
pleasure  in  the  substantial  and  dignified 
appearance  of  OAK  FLOORING. 

q  A  carpenter  or  handy  man  can  lay  OAK 
FLOORING  successfully.  It  is  very  profit- 
able work  for  any  carpenter. 

q  OAK  FLOORING  is  made  in  seven  differ- 
ent grades — representing  different  prices  to 
fit  the  pocketbook  or  condition  under  which 
they  are  used.  There  is  no  limit  to  the  uses 
of  OAK  FLOORING  and  the  prices  are 
such  that  there  is  one  or  more  grades  adapt- 
able to  every  class  of  construction. 

Write  for  Booklet 

The  Oak  Flooring  Bureau 

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Choose  with  Care 


the  doors  for  your  building — 
they  deserve  as  much  thought 
as  fine  furniture. 


are  the  highest  grade  doors  made.  Have 
your  architect  and  contractor  specify 
and  furnish  them.  Every  genuine 
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the  building. 

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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS 

ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


Editor's  Note. — The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  Keith's  Magazine.  Inquiries 
fm  [tuning  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general  u- 
»sr««t  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


Decorating  a  Swiss  Chalet. 

J.  C.  Jr. — "I  am  writing  for  suggestions 
as  to  finishing  a  house  we  expect  to  build 
soon. 

"The  house  will  be  two-story,  on  the 
Swiss  chalet  style,  facing  the  south.  The 
down-stairs  consists  of  three  rooms,  liv- 
ing room,  dining  room  and  kitchen.  The 
living  room  will  be  across  the  front  and 
is  to  be  15x30.  The  fireplace  and  book- 
cases in  the  west  end,  ceiling  to  be 
beamed,  stairway  on  east.  The  dining 
room  is  on  the  northwest,  with  a  large 
opening  from  the  living  room. 

"My  living  room  furniture  consists  of 
a  tapestry  davenport,  large  mahogany 
colonial  table,  mahogany  colonial  writing 
table,  medium  brown  reed  chairs  with 
cushions  like  davenport,  and  a  small 
Grand  piano.  The  rug  is  a  Wilton,  in 
Oriental  design,  with  tan,  blue-green  and 
dull  rose  predominating,  and  is  a  little 
lighter  than  the  tapestry.  The  dining 
room  furniture  is  Adams  style  mahogany, 
large  table,  66-inch  buffet,  and  tea  wagon. 
The  rug  for  this  room  is  a  Wilton,  in 
Oriental  pattern,  with  dull  blue,  rose  and 
green  coloring. 

"I  had  thought  of  birch  woodwork 
stained  mahogany  in  the  two  rooms,  but 
I  have  been  told  it  requires  considerable 
finishing  to  give  a  good  finish  and  we 
didn't  want  it  to  be  too  expensive,  etc." 

Ans. — First,  a  mahogany  finish  on 
birch  need  not  be  so  expensive.  We 
would  prefer  a  dull,  waxed  surface  to  a 
highly  .polished,  and  it  is  in  the  repeated 
coats  of  varnish  and  rubbing  that  the  ex- 
pense comes  in.  We  advise  birch  trim 
with  a  brownish  mahogany  stain  for  the 
living  room,  then  a  coat  of  wax  and  one 
good  rubbing.  If  the  woodwork  is  well 
sandpapered  before  staining,  this  will 
give  a  finish  which  will  not  mar  or 
scratch  so  easily  and  is  not  more  ex- 


pensive than  any  proper  finish.  We  could 
do  the  stairway  the  same,  but  in  the  din- 
ing room,  with  the  beautiful  Adams  fur- 
niture, we  should  use  ivory  white  wood- 
work with  mahogany  doors. 

We  do  think  tan  too  warm  a  color 
for  the  walls,  and  would  much  prefer 
grey,  but  you  can  use  a  putty  grey  in- 
stead of  a  blue  grey,  which  will  not  be 
so  warm  and  will  still  be  in  entire  har- 
mony with  your  rug  and  tapestry. 

The  fireplace  brick  would  be  pleasing 
in  grey  tones. 

We  would  then,  in  the  dining  room, 
emphasize  the  rose  tones  that  are  in  the 
rug.  We  would  stain  or  paint  the  plaster 
panels  of  the  wainscot  a  deep  rich  crim- 
son and  the  wall  above  a  rose  that  would 
harmonize.  Make  the  ceiling  ivory  like 
the  woodwork.  At  the  windows  have 
ivory  madras  curtains,  and  if  you  can, 
deep  rose  over-draperies.  Your  rooms 
will  be  very  beautiful. 

White  woodwork  and  white  wicker  will 
only  emphasize  the  ugliness  of  the  golden 
oak  furniture.  But  paint  it,  either  white 
or  ivory,  same  as  woodwork,  or  better 
still,  a  rich  greenish  blue  with  ivory 
woodwork  and  grey  walls.  We  would 
not  like  pink  draperies  in  this  south  room 
with  white  woodwork  and  furniture,  but 
paint  the  furniture  as  we  suggest  and 
have  a  blue  and  green  cretonne  for  hang- 
ings and  it  will  be  a  cool,  lovely  room. 

Scheme  For  First  Floor. 

J.  W.  B. — "I  am  enclosing  first  floor 
plans  of  a  home  we  are  soon  going  to 
build  and  may  I  avail  myself  of  your  kind 
offer  of  help  in  meeting  interior  decorat- 
ing problems? 

"Please  state  how  the  walls  should  be 
treated  and  especially  in  dining  room 
with  beamed  ceiling. 

"Color  schemes  of  walls,  curtains  and 


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"Build  of  CYPRESS  Lumber  at  FIRST,  and  NEVER  HA  VE  TO  REBUILD" 


CYPRESS 


VOL.  6  of  THE   CYPRESS  POCKET  LIBRARY,   with  COMPLETE  WORKING   PLANS  of  THIS 

$1,650  ^  BUNGALOW 

built  {as  all  good  Bungalows  should  be)   from 


CYPRESS,  OF  COURSE 

JLL  GOOD 

FOLKS 


("AND    NO    SUBSTITUTES") 

WILL  BE  SENT  FREE  -with  our  compliments  TO  JLL  GOOD 


Plans  by  LOWE  A  BOLLBMBACHBB,  Architects,  Chicago. 
SPECIFICATIONS   CO    WITH    WORKING    PLANS    and  ate  SUFFI  Cl  EN  T  for  any  competent  carpenter  TO    BUILD    FROM. 

The  less  you  have  to  spend  in  building,  the  more  important  it  is  that  you  secure  the  longest  possible  life  for  your  Investment.  The  more  you 
spend,  the  more  important  it  is  that  your  money  shall  represent  a  definite  and  permanent  investment,  and  not  have  to  be  spent  over  again  in 
exasperating  repairs.  CYPRESS  is  "the  one  best  buy"  in  the  entire  wood  market  for  those  who  care  what  they  get  for  their  lumber  money. 
"CYPRF.SS  lasts  forever."  CYPRESS  DEFIES  THE  ROT-INFLUENCES  which  destroy  other  woods.  CYPRESS  does  not  warp  or 
shrink  or  swell  like  most  woods— and  it  takes  paint  or  stain  perfectly.  Whether  for  MANSION,  PASTURE-FENCE  OR  "LITTLE 
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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS— Continued 


rugs ;  also  what  furniture  should  be  used 
in  the  living  room,  dining  room  and  den?" 

Ans. — Your  letter  is  not  very  explicit 
and  we  could  be  more  helpful  if  we  knew 
more  about  your  plans. 

In  regard  to  color  schemes  for  the 
walls,  with  the  living  room  facing  south 
and  dining  room  northeast,  a  very  pleas- 
ing plan  would  be  to  stain  the  oak  in 
living  and  dining  rooms  northeast  fumed 
oak,  and  den  in  forest  green. 

The  beams  in  dining  room  ceiling  must 
be  the  same  as  the  trim  below  and  we 
would  tint  the  plaster  between  deep  ivory, 
making  the  walls  old  gold,  with  rug  in 
browns  and  creams  and  curtains  old 
gold  sunfast.  No  other  curtains  needed. 

The  furniture  fumed  oak.  This  will  be 
a  pretty  color  scheme  for  a  northeast  din- 
ing room  and  serviceable.  It  will  open 
well  into  the  living  room,  with  putty  grey 
walls,  grey  fireplace  brick  and  rug  and 
hangings  of  soft  lichen  green,  not  a  bright 
grass  green.  Here  you  should  have  in- 
side or  glass  curtains  of  net  or  voile. 
Furniture  partly  fumed  oak,  partly 
wicker.  The  walls  of  the  den  we  would 
make  grey  for  a  background,  with  a 
frieze  of  green  leaves  at  the  top  and  fur- 
nish entirely  in  natural  wicker  uphol- 
stered in  a  cretonne  having  lots  of  rich 
green  leaves  and  red  roses.  Use  the  same 
cretonne  for  curtains  and  have  a  rug  of 
Scotch  kilmarnock,  grey  center  with 
border  of  green  foliage  and  dull  red 
flowers. 

Redecoration  to  Aid  in  Selling. 

N.  S.  R. — "Our  home  is  in  a  poor  lo- 
cality and  I  am  depending  upon  your 
good  taste  to  aid  in  selling  it  this  spring. 
Am  enclosing  samples  of  wallpaper  for 
three  rooms.  Intend  to  paint  the  ceilings 
a  cream  color.  Would  you  choose  a  light 
or  deep  cream?  The  kitchen  is  painted 
yellow  and  light  brown. 

"The  woodwork  in  the  living  room  and 
hall  is  a  little  darker  than  a  dark  oak 
stajn.  The  furniture  is  a  very  poor  col- 
lection, being  left-over  pieces  from 
mother's  home. 

"Please  suggest  an  inexpensive  ma- 
terial for  over-curtains.  I  would  like 
something  in  a  rose  colored  all  over-de- 


sign to  match  rose  in  wallpaper  border, 
if  it  would  be  in  good  taste,  etc." 

Ans. — You  have  indeed  asked  many 
questions  and  we  fear  that  even  "good 
taste"  will  be  sorely  put  to  it  to  make 
this  house  as  attractive  as  you  desire. 
However,  something  may  be  done,  though 
the  rooms  are  small  and  poorly  arranged 
to  start  with.  In  the  first  place,  you 
must  use  plain  materials  as  much  as  pos- 
sible in  the  living  room.  The  figured  rug 
is  as  much  pattern  as  so  small  a  room 
will  stand.  For  a  cheap  house,  the  paper 
sample  you  send  will  probably  answer, 
though  it  is  very  ordinary.  The  com- 
bination of  brown  and  dull  rose  is  fairly 
good  and  will  be  serviceable  and  is  prob- 
ably as  good  with  your  mixed  furnishings 
as  you  can  do.  The  ceiling  color  should 
be  ecru  and  not  cream.  There  is  a  plain 
sun-fast  material  which  comes  in  a  har- 
monizing tone  of  color  with  the  dull  rose 
of  your  border,  which  is  the  best  thing 
we  can  think  of  for  over-Curtains.  It  is 
about  85  cents  a  yard.  You  can  repeat  this 
color  in  some  of  your  minor  furnishing. 
We  should  not  use  a  valance  in  this  room, 
simply  straight  side  over-drapes.  A  voile 
or  ecru  tone  will  be  proper  for  glass  cur- 
tains. We  should  not  curtain  the  door 
into  the  hall.  This  long  narrow  hall 
should  not  have  such  a  dark  green  paper 
as  you  have  sent.  A  small,  all-over  con- 
ventional design  in  greys  with  touch  of 
black,  with  light  grey  ceiling,  will  be 
better.  Hall  runner  green  lined  in  black. 

We  should  prefer  omitting  the  border 
in  paper  sent  for  bedroom,  running  the 
stripe,  which  is  dainty  and  pretty,  up  to 
a  white  molding.  Then  use  a  chintz  with 
pattern  of  small  pink  roses  and  green 
leaves  for  curtains  and  upholstering  of 
chairs,  box,  etc.  Here  we  would  use  a 
12-inch  valance  across  top  of  curtains. 
Its  "decorative  value"  is  to  soften  out- 
lines and  repeat  the  color  tones.  We  do 
not  see  how  you  can  give  a  Japanese 
character  to  this  room,  but  it  will  be 
very  pretty  carried  out  in  this  way.  As 
to  doors,  if  there  is  none  into  hall  there 
certainly  should  be.  It  would  be  pos- 
sible to  use  a  curtain  of  the  chintz  at 
the  closet,  lining  it  with  a  heavy  plain 
material  to  give  it  sufficient  body  and 
weight. 


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My  Advice  Is — 
Use  Upson  Board' 


I've  built  and  remodeled  a  Rood  many  houses  in  my  day. 
uml  I  know  you  couldn't  have  a  better  lining  ''"'  walla  and 
ceilings  than 


Better  than  plaster  1  I've  seen  plaster  walls  crack  a  week 
after  they  were  put  up.  Your  own  interests  demand  that 
you  reject  inferior  imitations. 

Upson  Board  is  surface  filled  at  the  factory.  This  saves 
you  at  least  $5.00  per  room  because  it  makes  a  priming 
coat  unnecessary.  One  coat  of  paint  often  finishes 
Upson  Board— two  will  always  do  it.  Ordinary  boards,  being 
soft,  require  much  more  paint  because  they  "drink"  it. 
Upson  Board  is  Kiln  Cured  to  minimize  shrinkage  and  ex- 
pansion, and  thoroughly  waterproofed. 

Send  2c  stamp  for  painted  sample  of 
Upson  Board  and  interesting  book. 

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Lighting  Fixtures  that  Are 
j  Backed  by  a  Guarantee  \ 

Take   no   chances  in   buying  your  fixtures. 
You  want  them  to  be  a  lasting  ornament  to 
your  home — not  to  become 
I  shabby  and  corroded  and  un- 
sightly.     Tell    your    dealer 
you  want 

riBV 

"Gaumer 
lighting 
everywhere 

follow*  the  Guaranteed 

evening  O         _  ,  -- 

«to"   ^      Lighting  Fixtures 

They  are  built  to  last. 
They  are  beautifully 
finished  bv  a  special 
electro-plating:  process. 
They  are  guaranteed  to 
hold  their  beauty  and 
stability. 

Look  for  the  Gaumer 
Gaurantre  Tag.  Refuse 
substitutes — insist  on 
seeing  this  Tag  on 
every  indoor  fixture. 

If  your  dealer  does  not  have  Gaumer  Fixtures, 
write  us  for  name  of  dealer  near  you  who  does. 
Address  I  >.  i>t    D 

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.08092  for  Living-Room 
or  Dining-Room 


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Service  Department,  write  to  us  and  we  will  give  you  the 
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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 


For  a  New  Bungalow  Home. 

C.  C.  M. — "I  wish  you  would  help  me 
out  in  the  interior  decoration  and  fur- 
niture for  my  new  home.  Floors  and 
woodwork  are  oak,  fireplace  brown  brick, 
built-in  bookcases,  colonnade  between  liv- 
ing room  and  dining  room,  with  leaded 
glass  doors  opening  into  dining  room ; 
built-in  buffet  and  china  closet." 

Ans. — Inasmuch  as  all  your  furnishings 
are  to  be  new,  it  will  be  easy  to  plan  an 
attractive  interior.  We  do  not  blame  you 
for  not  wanting  brown  tones  in  your  liv- 
ing room  and  as  this  sketch  shows  good 
lighting  and  a  south  front,  brown  would 
not  be  desirable.  But  in  that  case,  do 
not  start  with  golden  oak  furniture,  wood- 
work to  match,  and  brown  brick  for  fire- 
place, for  with  such  a  foundation  you 
are  tied  up  to  either  some  tone  of  tan  or 
brown  for  walls,  etc.,  or  green.  There 
are  now  such  lovely  new  effects  in  fur- 
niture, not  expensive  either,  that  it  seems 
a  pity  to  deliberately  choose  golden  oak, 
which  never  comes  in  the  best  styles. 
The  Kaiser  grey  oak  furniture,  for  in- 
stance, comes  in  such  pretty  shapes  and 
is  such  a  delightful  color,  a  sort  of  smoke 
grey,  dull  finish  and  the  woodwork  of 
living  room  could  be  finished  the  same. 
Then  grey  brick  for  the  fireplace,  walls  of 
imitation  grey  grasscloth,  for  the  real 
thing  is  expensive,  85  cents  per  square 
yard,  and  some  of  the  imitations  are  ex- 
cellent. Then  rich  rug  and  furniture 
covering,  use  rich  deep  blue.  The  wicker 
chairs  are  lovely  stained  grey ;  then  your 
choice  of  fumed  oak  in  dining  room  would 
be  excellent  and  woodwork  to  match,  with 
warm,  deep  rose  or  crimson  for  rug,  etc. 
Thus  the  two  rooms  would  form  a  de- 
lightful contrast. 

We  should  change  your  arrangement 
of  the  living  room  furniture,  bringing 
the  couch  in  front  of  the  fireplace  and 
backing  the  long  way  of  the  library  table 
up  to  it.  Your  room  is  sufficiently  long 
to  be  well  suited  to  this  arrangement, 
which  is  now  considered  the  preferable 
one.  This  would  allow  you  to  place  the 
piano  near  the  south  window. 

As  to  style  of  couch,  we  do  not  like 
the  "over-stuffed"  style.  We  like  some 
frame  to  show.  Tapestry  is  a  good  and 
serviceable  covering. 


Treatment  for  French  Doors. 

S.  B. — "I  am  writing  you  to  find  out 
the  best  way  of  treating  French  doors. 
We  have  two  in  a  living  room  (26^2  ft. 
long)  opening  directly  onto  a  front  porch 
and  one  is  to  be  used  as  front  entrance. 
These  two  opening  onto  porch  are  my 
problem.  I  see  casement  cloth  is  being 
used  rather  than  shades  at  windows  and 
would  I  use  these  same  casement  cloth 
shades  at  French  doors? 

"What  color  do  you  suggest  for  this 
north  living  room?  We  have  mahogany 
trim  with  a  soft  brown  tile  mantel.  I 
do  not  like  brown,  as  I  am  tired  of  this 
color.  What  would  you  suggest  for  hall? 
I  want  blue  in  dining  room,  doors  ma- 
hogany wainscoat,  mahogany  downstairs 
and  white  woodwork,  and  mahogany 
doors  upstairs." 

Ans. — You  are  under  a  wrong  impres- 
sion concerning  the  use  of  casement 
cloth,  which  is  a  drapery  and  not  a  shade. 
It  is  not  intended  to  take  the  place  of  a 
shade,  but  is  used  for  side  hangings  over 
lace  or  net  or  any  thin  curtain.  How- 
ever, by  first  veiling  the  French  doors 
with  the  thin  material  which  is  used 
across  the  glass  and  shirred  on  small 
brass  rods  at  top  and  bottom,  then  on  a 
separate  heavier  rod,  having  draperies  of 
the  casement  cloth  which  you  can  push 
back  when  you  do  not  want  so  much 
screen,  or  draw  over  when  you  do,  the 
doors  will  be  screened  all  that  is  neces- 
sary. The  way  to  treat'  French  doors 
has  been  many  times  described  and  also 
illustrated  in  the  pages  of  Keith's  Maga- 
zine. It  is  a  pity  you  have  missed  these 
articles. 

As  to  color  in  north  living  room,  much 
depends  on  the  rugs  and  furniture  to  be 
used.  The  color  of  the  walls  and  dra- 
peries must  harmonize  with  them.  As 
you  already  have  brown  tile,  a  soft  tan 
grass-cloth  paper  with  hints  of  gold  in 
it  on  the  wall  would  really  be  the  best 
choice,  and  there  is  a  casement  cloth 
which  just  goes  with  this  paper.  Such 
a  scheme  would  go  excellently  well  with 
blue  in  the  dining  room. 


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FIREPLACES  THAT  ARE  RIGHT 

A  smoky  fireplace  makes  your  living  room 
unbearable.  Nine  times  out  of  ten  it's  due  to 
faulty  construction.  Then  why  not  buy  a 

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Furnished  In  Quartered  Oak.  Circassian  Walnut.  Plain 
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Grained  effect*  Gray  or  Tan  finishes  may  be  wallpapered 
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Weathered 
Gray 

BIRCH 

Birch  trim,  finished  in 
"Weathered  Gray,"  gives 
that  wonderfully  pleasing  and 
dainty  effect  for  which  many 
have  sought  in  vain. 

Records  do  not  disclose  any 
other  wood,  native  or  import- 
ed, with  which  the  same  clean 
and  inviting  effect  can  be 
secured.  It  is  an  excellent 
variation  from  enameled 
woodwork,  now  employed 
so  extensively  in  the  Modern 
Colonial  home. 

Finished  samples,  showing 
Weathered  Gray,  and  other 
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wherever  they  go.  Neatly 
packed  and  mailed  upon 
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Northern  Hemlock  &  Hardwood 

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HOUSEHOI/D  ECONOMIC 


Safety  First'    with   Fire 

By  the  Economist 


|  HE  dread  of  waking  some  night 
to  find  his  home  aflame  is  in  the 
heart  of  every  man.  Fire,  the 
monster  that  has  no  mercy,  is 
liable  to  break  out  at  the  most  unexpected 
time  and  place. 

Man  recognizes  the  fire  danger  in  his 
home  or  place  of  business  and  carries  in- 
surance or  provides  fire  extinguishers, 
but  does  that  provide  for  the  personal 
safety  of  his  family  or  employes? 

It  is  true  that  outside  fire  escapes  are 
provided  for  most  buildings  such  as 
schoolhouses,  stores,  office  buildings, 
factories,  etc.,  but  disastrous  fires  have 

shown  them  to 
b  e  insufficient, 
as  the  smoke 
and  flames  pour- 
ing from  the 
windows  along- 
side sometimes 
make  them  use- 
less. An  outside 
fire  escape  is  an 
ugly  blot  on  a 
fair  exterior, 
though  there  are 
times  when  the 
need  of  one  is 
most  sorely  felt. 
Such  a  fire  es- 
cape is  impracti- 
cal for  the  home, 
as  it  disfigures, 
forms  ingress  to 
burglars,  and  in- 


This  ladder  is  strong:  enough  to  hold  two  or  three 
people  at  once. 

cidentally  costs  several  hundred  dollars. 
But  what  is  the  use  of  having  one  when 
you  can  put  at  your  hall  window  a  porta- 
ble, folding  steel  ladder?  A  child  can 
throw  one  end  of  this  device  from  the 
window,  and,  if  necessary,  climb  down  by 
it  while  it  is  still  in  the  act  of  unfolding. 


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D 


Herringbone  prevents 
accidents  like  this 

Herringbone  Metal  Lath  on 
inside  or  outside  walls,  holds 
plaster    fast — makes    homes    that 
stand  against  time,  weather  or  fire. 
The  picture  below  illustrates  the  broad 
strands  and  characteristic  appearance  of 


Rigid  Metal  Lath 

These  broad  flat  strands  give  a  non-cutting  spreading  surface. 
They  afford  a  big  area  for  plaster  and  stucco  to 
hold  to. 


Herringbone  walls  do  not  crack. 

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Saving  of  &  to  % 
Guaranteed  the  New- 
Feed  UNDERFEED  Way! 

Stop!   Read  this.    It  means  money  saved 
to  you.     It  means  better,  cleaner  heat.   And 
please  remember  that  all  this  comfort  and  saving 
is  guaranteed — guaranteed  the  Williamson  New-Feed 
UNDERFEED  way.      It  is  but  one  instance  among 
thousands  of  such  others  that  we  can  show  you. 

"The  year  before  my  UNDERFEED  was  installed,  my 
house  was  heated  with  an  Overfed  Furnace  ot  so-called 
"standard"  make.  My  coal,  year  before  last,  cost  me  from 
$3.00  to  $3.25  a  ton;  the  bill  for  the  winter  ran  almost  #90.(X\ 
and  during  that  winter  only  about  half  of  my  house  was 
heated  as  a  house  should  be. 

"Last  winter  the  same  house  was  heated  with  one  of  your 
UNDERFEED  Furnaces.  The  coal  used  was  "Slack," 
which  cost  me  $1.50  per  ton;  the  bill  for  the  entire  winter 
ran  about  $35. 00.  The  house  was  comfortably  heated 
every  day  of  the  winter,  including:  windy  days. 

"A  comparison  of  those  two  years  has  convinced  me  of 
the  superiority  of  your  UNDERFEED  Furnace." 

Yours  respectfully,  (signed)  H.  Ernest  Hutton, 

401  Baum  Bldg.,  Danville,  111. 


The   "Candle"   Principle 

The  New -Feed  UNDHRFHED  operates  on  the  "candle"  principle.      Coal 

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There  is  no  longer  any  excuse  for  the  ab- 
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jper  storiesof  a  burning  house,  when  s 
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be  installed. 

This  folding  fire  ladder,  recently  put 
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of  steel  in  units  that  unfold  and  lock  in 
a  rigid  ladder.  Each  unit  is  securely 
braced  and  the  top  of  the  ladder  is 
equipped  with  forged  spring  snaps  and 
chain  so  constructed  that  they  may  be 
readily  fastened  to  any  substantial  object. 
A  two-story  ladder  weighs  about  25 
pounds,  while  a  three-story  ladder  weighs 
40  pounds,  and  a  woman  or  child  can 
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The  "Safety  First"  movement  so  gen- 
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A  Universal  Requirement 

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SOMe  MAe  M6AT  THAT  CANNA  GAT~ ANt>  SOW6  WOULD  CAT  TMAT  WANT  IT 
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TABLE   OMAT 


The  Temptation  to  Unseasonableness 


HEX  the  earh'  fruits  and  vege- 
tables make  their  appearance,  in 
the  first  clays  of  spring,  it  is  a 
great  temptation  to  squander  the 
housekeeping  allowance  upon  them,  al- 
though it  is  almost  always  a  foolish  ex- 
penditure. Karly  strawberries  are  either 
only  half  ripe  or  else  have  traveled  so 
far  in  cold  storage  that  there  is  very 
little  flavor  left,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
fact  that  those  grown  in  warm  climates 
are  not  nearly  as  good  to  begin  with  as 


our  native  berries,  while  the  boxes  are 
small  and  poorly  filled.  It  is  the  same 
with  vegetables,  which  are  picked  so 
young  that  the  grower  must  charge  a 
very  high  price  in  order  to  get  the  proper 
return  from  his  labor.  Decidedly  it  is  the 
part  of  wisdom  to  wait  until  all  these  de- 
lightful things  are  really  in  season  before 
indulging  in  them,  not  alone  from  the 
economical  point  of  view,  but  in  the  in- 
terest of  one's  palate. 


A  Hors  d'Oeuvre  of  Stuffed  Radishes. 


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Keep  Your  House  Always  New 

Dirt  begins  to  do  the  work  of  destruction  the  first  day  the  new  home 
is  occupied.  With  ordinary  cleaning  devices  you  can  remove  only  the 
coarser  particles  of  dirt.  The  rest  escapes  from  your  brooms,  dusters  and 
portables  and  settles  in  the  fabrics  of  your  rugs  and  draperies  and  on  your 
walls  and  furnishings.  It  is  this  unseen  dust  that  cuts  the  nap  of  floor 
coverings  and  makes  the  house  and  its  equipment  look  old. 

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cleaner  can  ever  clean  because  it  removes  a  larger  volume  of  air.  It 
renovates  the  home  and  purifies  the  very  atmosphere,  making  it  sweet  and 
pure  and  free  from  the  microbes  of  infection. 

Out  of  sight  in  the  basement,  with  2J-inch  piping  connecting  it 
with  every  part  of  the  house,  the  TUEC  is  even  more  essential  to 
clean  and  healthful  living  and  the  conservation  of  household  economy 
than  the  stationary  heating,  plumbing  or  lighting  system.  The  cost 
of  TUEC  Service  is  surprisingly  moderate, — well  within  your  means. 

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the  different  pieces  to  fit  the  room,  we  foui 
retail  price. 


ii'l  the  bill  was  about  half  the 


"WE  SAVED  $10.00  ON  THIS  LIBRARY  TABLE 

"Our  saving  of  $10.00  on  this  table  illustrates  the  remarkable  savings  on  the 
furniture  we  bought.  Every  piece  is  exceptionally  well  made  of  quarter  sawed 
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HOW  THE  COME-PACKT  WAY  SAVES  YOU  MONEY 

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TABLE  CHAT-Continued 


Early  Spring  Salads. 

We  may,  however,  without  danger  to 
our  purses,  indulge  in  green  salads  very 
early  in  the  season.  A  single  hothouse 
cucumber  or  a  pint  of  tiny  string  beans 
goes  quite  a  long  way  when  judiciously 
disposed  on  a  bed  of  lettuce  leaves.  And 
when  one  is  trying  to  make  much  out  o'f 
little  a  mayonnaise  dressing  helps  better 
than  a  French  one,  and  now  that  eggs  are 
cheap  it  is  not  extravagant.  It  is  a  good 
plan  to  make  a  quart  of  boiled  dressing  by 
a  reliable  recipe  and  keep  it  in  the  re- 
frigerator. When  it  is  needed  for  a  salad 


cabbage  very  finely  shaved,  with,  a  judi- 
cious addition  of  onion  makes  a  capital 
salad  to  be  served  with  crackers  and 
cheese.  Another  very  good  salad  utilizes 
the  tiny  potatoes  that  one  often  finds  slold 
cheaply  at  the  beginning  of  the  season. 
Pare  them  very  thinly,  boil  them  in  salted 
water  until  tender  but  not  broken,  and 
when  they  are  cold  roll  each  one  in  may- 
onnaise and  then  in  finely  chopped  pars- 
ley. Lay  a  couple  of  white  lettuce  leaves 
on  each  salad  plate  and  arrange  on  them 
a  layer  of  thin  slices  of  hard-boiled  eggs, 
then  mayonnaise,  lastly  the  potato  balls. 


Stuffed  Lobster. 


add  to  the  required  quantity  a  couple  of 
tablespoonfuls  of  good  oil,  which  will 
flavor  it.  It  is  safe  in  following  any  rule 
for  a  boiled  dressing  to  reduce  the  quan- 
tity of  vinegar  which  is  almost  always  out 
of  proportion.  A  very  good  dressing  for 
vegetable  salads  can  be  made  with  a  basis 
of  sour  cream,  adding  oil  and  vinegar, 
pepper  and  salt.  People  who  live  in 
places  where  fresh,  unsweetened  con- 
densed milk  can  be  had  will  find  that  it 
makes  an  excellent  dressing  if  vinegar 
or  lemon  juice  is  rubbed  into  it,  drop  by 
drop. 

It  saves  a  great  deal  of  trouble  to  make 
mayonnaise  in  a  quantity.  It  takes  no 
more  time,  or  very  little  more,  to  make  a 
quart  than  half  a  pint,  and  it  is  a  great 
convenience  to  be  able  to  put  a  salad 
together  at  short  notice. 

To  return  to  our  spring  salads,  a  young 


This  is  a  good  luncheon  salad,  as  it  is 
quite  substantial,  and  is  very  good  with 
brown  bread  and  butter. 

A  Hors  d'Oeuvre  of  Stuffed  Radishes. 

A  very  pretty  hors  d'oeuvre  for  a  spring 
luncheon  or  dinner  is  made  from  good- 
sized  radishes.  Cut  off  the  bottom  part 
so  they  will  stand  firmly  and  scoop  out 
all  the  inside,  leaving  as  thin  a  wall  as 
possible  and  cutting  it  in  points  at  the 
top.  Take  a  small  cream  cheese,  season 
it  highly  with  salt,  paprika  and  celery 
salt,  and  press  it  into  the  cavities  of  the 
radishes,  heaping  it  up  well  at  the  top. 

Stuffed  Lobster. 

An  effective  dish  for  a  supper  table, 
the  shell  of  a  lobster  filled  with  salad. 
Have  the  market  man  dissect  the  lobster, 
saving  all  the  pieces  in  good  condition. 
Fried  lobster  can  be  substituted  for  the 
salad,  passing  tartare  sauce  with  it. 


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Building  Material 

AND  NOTES  ON 

Heating,  Lighting  &  Plumbing 


ji Ji 


A  Word  on  Paint  Efficiency. 

KE  spirit  of  improvement  seizes 
us  all  at  this  time  of  year  and 
improvement  nearly  always  means 
the  use  of  paint  to  some  extent. 
House  &  Garden,  in  a  recent  article,  gives 
some  very  seasonable  hints,  extracts  of 
which  we  give. 

"You  might  just  as  well  ask  the  ques- 
tion, 'Why  go  to  the  dentist?'  as  to  ask, 
'Why  paint?'  In  both  capes  the  answer 
is  'to  protect  from  decay,'  with  perhaps 
the  additional  reason,  'to  beautify.'  Yes, 
paint  is  as  essential  to  property  as  den- 
tists are  to  teeth,  and  those  who  avoid 
either  do  so  to  their  own  loss. 

"Granted,  then,  that  you  paint  first  of 
all  to  protect,  and,  secondly,  to  beau- 
tify, you  face  the  problem  of  what  kind 
of  paint  to  use.  You  have  the  choice 
of  hand-mixed  paint  or  of  ready-mixed 
paint.  By  hand-mixed  paint  we  mean 
paint  which  a  painter  mixes  himself.  He 
often  grinds  the  ingredients — white  lead, 
linseed  oil  and  the  necessary  drier  and 
coloring  pigments.  The  other  way  is  to 
use  ready-mixed  or  machine-made  paint. 

"Under  no  circumstances  should  a  new 
house  be  painted  before  the  wet  basement 
or  the  plaster  has  dried  out  It  should  be 
borne  in  mind  that  every  yard  of  green 
plaster  contains  nearly  a  gallon  of  water, 
and  unless  thorough  ventilation  is  given 
and  the  moisture  is  allowed  to  evaporate 
and  escape  in  that  way,  it  must  neces- 
sarily escape  through  the  siding  (which 
may  have  been  thoroughly  dry  when  put 
on),  and  the  result  must  inevitably  be 
blistering  or  peeling.  Painting  during,  or 
following  soon  after,  a  dew  or  heavy  frost 
or  fog,  or  in  any  heavy,  damp  atmosphere, 


is  likely  to  produce  unsatisfactory  re- 
sults, as  dry  siding  absorbs  moisture  very 
rapidly.  To  the  greatest  extent  possible, 
painting  in  the  direct  heat  of  the  summer 
sun  should  be  avoided.  Paint  on  the 
shady  sides  of  a  building  as  much  as  can 
be  done.  Painting  around  fresh  mortar 
beds  should  be  avoided  on  account  of 
the  tendency  of  the  oil  in  any  paint  to 
absorb  the  moisture  and  fumes  from  the 
lime,  destroying  the  life  of  the  oil  and 
causing  the  paint  to  flatten  out  and  perish. 

"Here  are  a  few  rules  which  in  general 
apply  to  any  finishing  in  which  you  want 
the  best  results.  See  that  the  surface  is 
free  from  grease  and  soot.  If  it  has  been 
previously  painted  and  is  peeling,  scaling 
off  or  cracking,  burn  off  all  the  old  paint. 
See  that  the  surface  is  perfectly  dry. 
Moisture  is  what  often  causes  blistering, 
cracking,  scaling,  and  like  troubles.  All 
pitchy  surfaces  should  be  treated  either 
by  burning  or  by  sealing  with  good  orange 
shellac.  All  knots  should  be  carefully 
treated  with  shellac.  Make  sure  the 
paint  is  mixed  and  stirred  thoroughly  be- 
fore using.  Do  not  paint  in  frosty  weath- 
er, or  over  too  glossy  a  surface.  Any  paint 
may  'crawl'  under  such  conditions.  I'nless 
you  have  perfect  confidence  in  your  abil- 
ity or  your  painter's,  do  not  use  boiled  oil 
in  any  form  or  for  thinning.  Boiled  oil 
never  dries  thoroughly,  and  always  leaves 
the  surface  in  bad  condition  for  repainting 
unless  rightly  used.  Pure,  raw  linseed 
oil  should  be  used ;  it  dries  through  and 
through  and  leaves  a  good,  hard  surface 
for  repainting.  "Elbow  grease"  must  be 
used  to  spread  *any  paint  out  into  thin 
coats  and  to  brush  it  well  into  the  pores 
of  the  wood. 

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•tint  to  suit  your  taste.  It  is  the  economical,  long-wearing 
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when  doing  your  interior  'brightening 
up': 

"In  using  enamel  for  finishing  (and 
you  are  very  likely  to  paint  an  old  desk 
or  table),  remember  first  to  apply  two, 
and  probably  three,  coats  of  flat  paint. 
If  you  have  a  good,  solid  surface  on  which 
to  apply  your  enamel,  you  will  not  only 
produce  a  better  effect,  but  save  time  and 
expense,  which  would  be  wasted  if  you 
had  a  poor  undercoating  and  were  forced 
to  put  on  several  enamel  coats. 

"In  finishing  a  floor,  remember  to  be- 
gin at  the  corner  farthest  from  a  door  and 
work  towards  your  exit,  otherwise  you 
will  find  yourself  'cornered'  and  sur- 
rounded by  a  sea  of  wet  varnish  or  stain ! 

"You  no  longer  need  bemoan  the  fact 
that  the  furniture  in  a  certain  room 
doesn't  'match.'  The  many  stains  to  be 
had  now  will  closely  imitate  nearly  every 
kind  of  wood. 

"Time  was  when  varnish  turned  white 
if  any  liquid  came  in  contact  with  it. 
Varnish  can  now  be  obtained  which  is 
perfectly  heat  and  water  proof.  So,  when 
purchasing  varnish,  or  when  your  painter 
is  using  it,  ask  if  it  is  waterproof." 

Stone   Bungalows. 

The  informality  of  rough  native  stone 
work  gives  it  first  choice  for  the  bunga- 
low. A  stone  wall  by  itself  will  not  keep 
out  the  moisture,  so  it  is  quite  necessary 
to  have  an  air  space  provided ;  this  is 
done  by  placing  furring  strips  on  the  in- 
side, over  which  goes  the  interior  finish, 
whatever  it  may  be,  says  W.  H.  Butter- 
field  in  Country  Life  in  America.  The 
same  may  be  said  of  brick  and  concrete. 
Terra-cotta  blocks  come  with  air  spaces 
provided,  but  even  with  these  it  is  found 
necessary  to  apply  some  waterproofing 
mixture,  as  they  are  porous  and  dampness 
is  sure  to  work  through.  Stone  and  brick 
require  no  exterior  treatment  when  once 
put  in  place.  Terra-cotta  walls  are  us- 
ually stuccoed  on  the  exterior  and  plas- 
tered on  the  interior,  but  frequently  the 
blocks  are  left  exposed  on  both  sides ; 
when  carefully  laid  up  and  joints  smooth- 
ly struck,  they  make  a  very  good  appear- 
ance. Concrete  is  not  used  as  much  for 
bungalows  as  are  the  other  materials.  As 
a  rule  it  is  not  so  cheap.  The  forms  nec- 
essary to  frame  the  door  and  window 


openings  are  apt  to  be  complicated  and 
expensive  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the 
structure.  For  the  man  building  his 
bungalow  with  his  own  hands,  concrete 
has  some  advantages.  He  can  learn  in  a 
short  time  to  mix  and  set  it,  and  also  tan 
do  as  little  work  at  a  time  as  he  pleases. 
I  know  of  one  man  who  spent  his  week- 
ends last  fall  and  early  winter  in  the 
country  where  he  was  himself  building 
such  a  house.  At  each  visit  he  would 
mix  and  pour  concrete. 

Slag  for   Concrete  Aggregate. 

Comparative  tests  of  trap  rock  and  fur- 
nace slag  as  aggregate  for  concrete  were 
recently  made  by  Prof.  H.  Perrine,  of 
Columbia  University.  The  tests  consist- 
ed of  making  compression  tests  on  8-inch 
cylinders  of  concrete,  mixed  one  part  ce- 
ment, 2  parts  sand  and  4  parts  of  either 
Palisades  trap  rock  or  slag  furnished  by 
the  National  Slag  Company.  The  rock 
was  separated  into  ^4-inch,  J^-inch,  l/^- 
inch  and  "dust,"  and  then  artificially  re- 
combined  so  that  the  grading  was  identi- 
cal with  that  of  the  slag,  which  was  used 
as  received.  The  materials  were  propor- 
tioned by  volume  and  mixed  in  a  Bly- 
stone  batch  mixer. 

When  the  cylinders  were  28  days  old 
they  were  tested  to  rupture.  The  trap 
concrete  showed  ultimate  strength  of 
1,769  to  2,120  Ibs.  per  sq.  in.,  averaging 
1,975.5  Ibs.;  while  slag  concrete  showed 
2,275  to  2,750  Ibs.,  with  an  average  of 
2,465.5  Ibs.  The  former  weighed  on  the 
average  154.5  Ibs.  per  cubic  foot,  and  the 
latter  140.6  Ibs. 

Poured  Concrete  Houses  in  Australia. 

The  construction  of  concrete  houses  of 
various  kinds,  and  more  especially  those 
of  comparatively  moderate  cost,  by  what 
is  known  as  the  "poured"  process  in  con- 
nection with  the  use  of  moulds  is  growing 
in  popularity  in  Australia.  A  prominent 
builder  in  Adelaide  erected  a  large  num- 
ber of  houses  a  year  ago,  making  use  of  a 
method  which  he  developed  and  which 
has  been  styled  the  "monolyte"  process. 
The  system  is  a  close  approach  to  that 
which  Mr.  Edison  brought  to  public  no- 
tice some  years  ago,  but  thus  far  the 
Australian  has  made  use  of  his  svstem 


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Have  You  Noticed 

the  increasing  number  of  country 
homes  stuccoed  in  ATLAS- 
WHITE  non-staining  Portland 
Cement  ?  This  sturdy,  yet,  grace- 
ful design,  for  instance,  was 
secured  with  ATLAS-WHITE. 


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only  for  building  workingmen's  cottages 
and  structures  of  that  class. 

In  the  houses  erected  in  Adelaide  the 
walls  and  chimneys  are  monolithic  while 
the  roofs  and  floors  are  of  strong  con- 
struction, although  floors  and  ceilings 
may  be  of  reinforced  materials  if  so  de- 
sired. The  statement  is  made  that  by 
the  use  of  this  system  a  six-room  house 
was  finished  in  ninety-six  hours,  the  cost 
in  Australia  being  considerably  less  than 
brick  and  almost  as  cheap  as  wood. 

The  "Monolyte"  system  is  said  to  vary 
considerably  from  that  practiced  by  other 
somewhat  similar  processes,  in  that  the 
moulds  are  of  wood  with  inside  faces  of 
iron  and  stand  the  full  height  of  the 
wall.  The  concrete  is  mixed  dry  on  the 
ground  and  then  conveyed  by  an  ele- 
vator to  flues  above  the  moulds ;  fed  with 
water  and  the  wet  concrete  is  poured 
into  the  moulds  in  one  continuous  stream 
until  the  walls  are  filled  in. 

The  mixture  consists  of  one  part  ce- 
ment, three  parts  sand  and  six  parts  of 
34-inch  stone  screenings. 

These  materials  are  measured  out,  then 
roughly  mixed  and  placed  at  the  foot  of 


the  elevator,  which,  with  its  endless  chain 
buckets,  lifts  it  to  the  mixing  trough  lo- 
cated above  the  top  of  the  moulds.  As 
previously  intimated,  the  material  is  ele- 
vated to  the  mixing  trough  in  a  dry  state 
and  the  water  is  added  from  a  tap  which 
is  under  the  control  of  an  expert  concrete 
mixer. 

The  moulds  are  of  such  a  nature  that 
when  taken  down  they  may  be  used  re- 
peatedly for  other  buildings.  When  re- 
moved the  surfaces  of  the  walls  are 
scratched  with  steel  combs  in  order  to 
give  a  key  for  the  plaster. 

The  reinforcement  for  foundations  con- 
sists of  half-inch  steel  rods  all  hooked 
together  at  points  and  turned  corners.  It 
is  stated  that  for  the  walls  jHj-inch,  5-16- 
inch  and  J^-inch  rods  as  desired  are  placed 
18  to  24  inches  apart,  both  vertically  and 
horizontally,  and  wired  together  at  all  in- 
tersections. These  are  put  together  on 
the  ground  and  lifted  bodily  into  position 
in  the  center  of  the  mould  space.  They 
are  held  in  place  by  distancing  pieces  oi 
the  wire  at  necessary  intervals.  The 
houses  are  plastered  on  the  inside  and 
"rough  cast"  on  the  outside. 


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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

What  Is  YOUR  Building  Problem? 

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Building   With   Brick   and   Hollow   Tile. 

H.  R.  B. — "We  are  planning  to  build  a. 
house  this  year  and  had  intended  building 
a  frame,  but  a  friend  has  told  us  that  we 
can  build  a  brick  with  but  little  more  ex- 
pense. 

"He  said  to  lay  the  outer  wall  of  brick, 
line  with  hollow  tile  and  the  two  are 
clamped  together  in  same  way,  then  plaster 
the  inside  on  the  tile. 

"Could  you  tell  us  whether  it  would  be 
advisable  to  build  in  that  way,  also  if  a 
tile  roof  is  a  good  thing." 

Ans. — The  building  of  a  brick  house  you 
will  find  costs  more  than  a  frame  house, 
particularly  where  the  walls  are  either  solid 
brick  construction  or  hollow  tile  with  brick 
veneer.  The  latter  makes  a  very  substantial 
and  satisfactory  kind  of  house.  You  can 
get  nothing  that  would  be  better. 

You  also  inquire  with  reference  to  a  tile 
roof,  and  we  would  say  the  same  with  ref- 
erence to  this.  A  tile  roof  is  very  artistic, 
permanent  and  when  the  tile  is  properly  laid 
makes  a  perfectly  tight,  satisfactory  roof. 
Have  you  investigated  the  asbestos  shingle, 
as  well  as  the  more  recent  asphalt  shingle, 
also  the  Spanish  Metal  Tile.  If  not,  we 
would  suggest  that  you  look  into  them  be- 
fore you  decide  on  your  tile  roof. 

To  Cool  the  Attic. 

W.  K.  P. — "I  wish  to  submit  to  you  a 
small  problem  of  mine,  and  shall  appreciate 
any  suggestions  you  may  make.  I  am  en- 
closing a  stamp  for  return  postage. 

"Our  unfinished  attic  is  oblong  in  shape, 
about  20x30  feet  in  size.  The  side  walls 
rise  about  three  feet,  the  rafters  are  about 
10  feet  from  the  floor,  and  the  ridgepole  is 
about  seven  feet  above  them.  There  are 
two  windows  in  the  front  and  one  in  the 
rear.  They  are  normal  size  and  about  two 
feet  from  the  floor.  In  the  summer  the 


attic  is  unbearably  hot,  even  with  the  win- 
dows open — due,  I  presume,  to  the  fact  that 
we  have  a  slate  roof. 

"Now,  I  wish  to  partition  off  a  room  or 
two,  using  some  composition  board.  Can 
you  suggest  any  inexpensive  way  in  which 
I  can  obtain  normal  temperature  in  these 
rooms?  Failing  in  that,  do  you  think  that 
the  circulation  of  air  obtained  by  breaking 
through  a  louver  window  at  either  end  near 
the  ridgepole  would  be  sufficient  to  keep 
down  the  temperature?  Of  course,  I  wish 
to  avoid  the  expense  of  this  if  possible." 

Ans. — Your  inquiry  received  relative  to 
the  problem  before  you  of  securing  com- 
fortable rooms  in  the  attic.  It  seems  to  us 
that  before  you  go  to  the  expense  of  cut- 
ting through  the  roof  and  locating  dormer, 
that  I  would  try  some  good  insulating  ma- 
terial placed  between  the  rafters,  or  still 
better,  use  the  insulating  material  in  this 
way  and  then  put  on  a  covering  of  wall- 
board  nailed  to  the  underside  of  the  rafters. 

This  would  give  you  an  air  space  which 
is  a  good  insulator. 

Dampproofing  With  Hollow  Tile. 

D.  P.  W. — "I  am  writing  you  to  inquire 
whether  or  not  in  your  judgment  hollow  tile 
with  brick  veneered  wall  will  be  perfectly 
safe  in  a  damp  territory  against  dampness? 
I  am  contemplating  building  a  house  and 
was  thinking  of  putting  brick  veneered  with 
hollow  tile  on  the  inside.  Have  you  had 
any  experience  with  such  a  building,  and 
if  so  kindly  give  me  the  benefit  of  what 
you  have,  and  oblige." 

Ans. — Answering  your  inquiry  concern- 
ing subject  of  protection  against  dampness 
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have  to  say  that  the  air  spaces  in  the  hollow 
tile  will  give  you  a  very  excellent  damp- 
proof  wall  and  you  should  have  no  trouble 
on  that  score. 


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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER— Continued 


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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


A   Paint  Tonic 

By  Charles  Truitt 


MAN  whose  bread  and  butter 
and  motor  cars  were  earned  by 
work  largely  of  a  routine  kind 
came  to  consult  a  physician  who 
to  his  knowledge  of  medicine  added  a 
rich  understanding  of  human  nature. 

The  doctor-psychologist  looked  with 
keen  inquiry  tempered  with  sympathy  at 
his  new  patient. 

"Bored?"  inquired  the  doctor. 

"And  then  some !"  exclaimed  the  pa- 
tient. 

"Don't  care  whether  you  live  or  die?" 

"You've  hit  it;  there's  no  zip  in  any- 
thing these  days." 

"Been  doing  the  same  old  work  day 
in  and  day  out,  seeing  the  same  people, 
reading  the  same  newspapers,  eating 
pretty  much  the  same  food,  cooked  in 
the  same  old  way,  in  the  same  old  sur- 
roundings?" 

"You're  a  mind-reader,  Doc  !" 

The  doctor  shook  his  head.  "Not 
that,"  he  protested,  "but  only  that  I've 
had  a  similar  experience  mvself  and 
recognize  the  symptoms.  I'm  going  to 


"Bored?"  inquired  the  doctor. 


prescribe  for  you  the  same  tonic  I  took — 
change !" 

"A  vacation  in  Europe,  I  suppose !" 
snapped  Mr.  Tired  Business  Man,  with 
sudden  irritability.  "That  suggestion 
isn't  exactly  soothing  to  a  man  who 
can't  spare  a  day  from  his  business." 

"I  expected  something  of  that  sort," 
rejoined  the  doctor  in  his  calmest  tone. 
"It  was  the  same  with  me.  I  could  not 
leave  my  patients — my  business.  But 
change  I  had  to  have  and  a  lessening  of 
friction,  the  smoothing-out  of  the  mental 
road,  as  it  were.  The  train  of  thought 
jarred  and  rumbled  and  clanked  as  it  ran 
along  in  the  old  grooves.  All  its  wheels 
were  flat." 

"Flat!  Flat!  Flat!"  echoed  the  patient, 
dismally. 

"And  so,"  continued  the  doctor.  "I  sat 
me  down  to  plan  to  obtain  the  effects  of 
change  where  apparently  change  could 
not  be  had.  Curiously  enough,  the  mental 
dullness  and  physical  weariness  began  to 
lift  from  that  moment.  The  mere  effort 
to  think  along  a  new  line  had  lifted  the 
train  to  other  rails." 

"Get  to  it,  Doc!     What  did  you  do?" 

"Well,  first  I  got  some  new  clothes. 
Unthinkingly  I  had  permitted  my  clothes 
to  reflect  my  mental  and  physical  seed- 
iness.  Even  the  heels  of  my  shoes  were 
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slumping  process." 

The  patient  glanced  at  his  own  heels 
jrinned  appreciatively. 

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perfection or  disrepair.  I  saw  that  the 
hedges  were  not  so  well  groomed  as  I 
was,  that  the  fence  was  not  so  young  as 
it  used  to  be,  and  that  the  house  itself 


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A  Ruined  Home 


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KEITH'S    MAGAZINE 


SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS-Continued 


looked  more  than  a  little  dingy.  Every- 
thing had  gone  downhill  with  its  owner. 
Or  had  the  owner  but  unconsciously  re- 
flected his  surroundings? 

"It  was  a  fine  opportunity  to  take  the 
tonic  of  change.  For  the  next  week  my 
little  place  fairly  buzzed  with  industry, 
and  I  was  butting  into  everything.  The 
workmen  were  good-natured  about  it. 
and  I  was  as  interested  and  stimulated 
as  a  boy  on  Christmas  morning. 


STANLEY'S  HINGES 

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"I  could  not  go  to  new  surroundings, 
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trast. Painters  were  busy  in  our  block 
for  the  next  two  months.  Indoors,  we 
changed  pictures  about  and  shifted  fur- 
niture and  ornaments.  Friend  wife 
brought  into  use  some  tableware  that  had 
been  laid  aside  for  years.  Incidentally 
she  bought  some  new  clothes  herself  and 
did  her  hair  up  in  the  latest  style.  It 


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"It  brought  new  surroundings  to  me." 

made  her  younger  and  took  me  back  to 
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"The  wife's  feminine  ingenuity  sug- 
gested a  dozen  improvements — new  tints 
for  walls,  new  tones  here,  new  touches 
there.  Expensive?  Not  if  you  see  the 
subject  as  a  whole.  It  cost  less  than  a 
physical  or  mental  breakdown.  I  was 
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come." 

"Doc,  you've  got  me  going!"  exclaimed 
the  patient,  vibrating  at  the  thought  of  a 
new  interest.  "It's  me  for  the  tailors  and 
the  decorators.  But  I  doiVt  get  any  big, 
black,  bitter  pills  from  you  ?" 

"Try  the  other  tonic  first,"  said  the 
doctor-psychologist.  "And  a  doctor's  bill 
is  a  bitter  pill— you'll  get  yours,"  he 
added,  laughingly. 

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MORE      THAN      iTo      VIEWS 

In  planning  your  new  home  the  study  of  interior  treat- 
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5.  Dining  Rooms. 

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8.  Dens  and  Fireplaces. 

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1.  Introduction  to  Inter- 

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2.  Entrances  and    Vesti- 

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3.  Halls  and    Stairways. 

4.  Living  Rooms. 


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keep  fresh  looking.  My  cottages  are  considered  quite 
artistic."  Joseph  H.  Scranton,  Washington,  N.  J. 

Cabot's  Creosote  Stains 

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wood  preserving  qualities  in  every  climate  for  thirty 
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The  Screen  Door  Catch 
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Watrous  STS  Catch  No.  21 

is  the  housewife's 
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Thumb  Locking  De- 
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hook  and  eye.  Better 
than  other  > — L  o  ul 
priced — Qioei  Posiliee 
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CONTENTS    FOR    JUNE.    1915 


Just  a  Word 422 

Homes  That  Are  Built  in  Santa  Ana,  California— Henri;  AT.  Pearson 425 

Furnishing  with  Willow—  Una  Ninn  Hopkins 429 

The  Home  Touch  with  Vines  and  Shrubs     A/.  Roberts  Conoixr 434 

Attack  the  Attic-  Wm.  B.  Powell 43C 

Welcome  the  Birds  to  Your  Grounds- B.  H.  Hermine 440 

The  Robin  Knew— Helen  Richardson 443 

The  Up-to-Date  California  Bungalow-George  Palmer  Telling 444 

Another  Planting  Plan  for  a  Forty-Foot  Lot—  Wuman  P.  Harper 448 

A  Homebuilder's  Mistake 451 

Homes  of  Individuality 452 

An  Attractive  English  Design 455 

A  Brick  and  Cement  Stucco  House 457 

A  Spacious  Colonial  Residence 458 

A  Cement  Cottage 460 

A  Bungalow  Planned  by  a  Woman 461 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 462 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration 468 

Household  Economics 474 

Table  Chat .*. 478 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating,  Lighting  and  Plumbing 482 

The  Architect's  Corner 488 

Splinter's  and  Shavings .490 


Entered  January  1,  1399,  at  the  Post  Office  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  for  transmission  through  the  mails  as  second -cla«  matter. 

COPYBIGHT,  Jiliu,  BT  M.  L.  KEITH. 


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VOL.  XXXIII 


JUNE.  1915 


No.  6 


Homes  That  Are  Built  in  Santa 
Ana,  California 


Henry  K.   Pearson 


'.  never  tire  of  looking  at  the 
"other  fellow's"  house.  There  is 
a  perennial  interest  in  observing 
the  results  in  different  sections  of 
the  country,  of  ideas  in  building  and 
methods  of  construction.  The  advent  of 
building  magazines  and  their  wide  dis- 
tribution has  contributed  greatly  to  this, 
universal  interest.  It  enables  us  to  com- 


pare   notes    with    fellow    home    builders 
from  Alaska  to  Monterey. 

\Yithout  going  too  far  afield,  we  pre- 
sent here  some  examples  of  recent  home- 
building  in  Santa  Ana,  California.  Cali- 
fornia is  a  most  fruitful  field  of  inspira- 
tion in  the  line  of  home  building,  noted 
for  the  variety  and  individuality  of  its 
moderate  cost  homes.  One  of  the  very 


I 


Residence  of  Mr.  Ellis  Smith,  facing  an  avenue  of  tall  pines.    The  rose  vine  trellis  shading  the  big  landscape  windows  on  the  south. 


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Front  view  of  the  Smith  bungalow.    A  happy  combination  of  rough,  gray  siding  and  klinker  brick  with  boulders  inset. 


prettiest  of  the  smaller  cities  in  this  love- 
ly land  is  Santa  Ana,  so  near  the  big  city 
of  Los  Angeles  as  to  have  all  the  latest 
and  most  up  to  date  ideas  in  styles  of  all 
kinds,  not  only  in  clothes  but  in  houses 
as  well.  For  'tis  true, — and  perhaps  'tis 
pity — that  fashion  and  style  have  invad- 
ed house  building  as  well  as  gown  build- 
ing. You  can  tell  how  long  a  house  has 
been  built  as  readily  as  how  old  is  the 
gown,  from  the  cut  of  it.  The  oldest 
house  in  this  group  has  been  built  only 
three  years;  the  others  only  a  few 
months. 

We  have  chosen  widely  divergent 
types  of  medium  cost,  each  full  of  indi- 
vidual interest  and  charm.  In  the  first 
illustration  (see  frontis),  the  architect  has 
contrived  in  spite  of  rigid  lines  and 
smooth  surfaces  to  give  to  the  exterior  a 
home-like  quality  which  tempers  the  se- 
verity of  outline.  The  warmth  of  the 
bright  red  roof  tiling  adds  materially  to 
this  livable  quality,  as  the  rest  of  the  ex- 
terior is  all  in  tones  of  grey.  The  wood 
trim  is  stained  a  brownish  grey.  This  sim- 


plicity of  line  and  color  strikes  a  note  of 
distinction  among  adjoining  dwellings, 
which  at  once  lifts  this  house  above  the 
level  of  more  pretentious  neighbors.  The 
smooth  spacious  green  lawn  in  front  and 
the  luxuriant  growth  of  vines  and  roses 
trained  against  the  high  division  wall  of 
the  grounds,  the  low  stone  coping  in 
front,  are  a  lovely  setting  for  the  grey 
walls. 

Two  views  are  given  of  the  pretty 
bungalow  a  few  blocks  away,  which  faces 
a  broad  street  on  the  south,  lined  on 
both  sides  with  great  pine  trees — a  noble 
avenue.  A  large  landscape  window  on 
the  east,  opens  upon  a  cement  terrace  in 
half  circle  form.  The  terrace  is  enclosed 
by  a  brick  wall,  6  ft.  high.  The  floor  of 
the  terrace  is  set  half  way  down  this  wall, 
which  is  18  in.  thick  and,  above  the  floor 
of  porch  and  terrace,  is  built  double,  with 
a  hollow  space  8  in.  wide  left  in  the 
center.  This  space  is  used  for  a  box  gar- 
den and  is  filled  with  luxuriant  ferns  and 
vines,  making  a  green  and  feathery  bor- 
der quite  around  both  the  terrace  and 


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porch  parapets.  Many  hanging  baskets 
filled  with  trailing  ferns  swing  in  the 
arched  spaces  above  the  ferns,  giving  an 
unusual  and  charming  effect  of  light  and 
airy  grace  combined  with  the  rustic  tim- 
ber work  and  klinker  brick  of  the  exterior 
itself.  The  construction  is  of  a  wide,  un- 
dressed boards,  alternating  with  narrow- 
rough  siding,  all  stained  a  brownish  grey. 
The  roof  is  of  grey  asphalt,  and  the  trim 
is  painted  white. 

Heavy  timbers  of  undressed  wood 
spring  from  massive  piers  of  klinker 
brick,  forming  arched 
openings  around  the 


race.  Broad  strips  of  lattice  are  bent 
over  like  a  bower  or  a  floral  rainbow. 
Electric  light  fixtures,  porch  lanterns, 
etc.,  of  verd  antique  are  appropriately 
used  on  the  exterior. 

The  interior  finish  is  all  of  Oregon 
pine,  in  a  brown  mission  stain  with  dull 
lac  finish.  Both  living  and  dining  room 
ceilings  are  beamed  and  also  wainscoted 
in  wood  paneling  6  ft.  up.  Above  this 
wainscot  the  plaster  spaces  are  paneled 
with  gray  grass  cloth,  its  silvery  sheen 
lighting  up  the  room,  which  would  oth- 
erwise be  rather  sombre  from  being  so 
deeply  shaded  by  the  porch.  The  great 


An  English  cottage  which  is  quaintly  charming:.     Home  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Spurgeon,  Jr.,  Santa  Ana,  California. 


porch  on  front  and  side.  The  high  en- 
closing wall  of  this  porch  and  terrace  is 
built  of  the  klinker  brick  in  which  are 
bedded  at  intervals,  rough  field  stone, 
with  excellent  effect.  The  whole  of  the 
east  front  behind  the  circling  terrace,  is 
occupied  by  a  group  of  windows — the 
large,  fixed  landscape  window  in  the  cen- 
ter flanked  on  each  side  by  small  case- 
ments which  are  hinged  and  open  out 
on  the  cement  terrace.  A  novel  feature 
is  the  lattice  work  to  support  the  Cecil 
B rimer  rose  vines  that  screen  the  ter- 


chimney  breast^'di.- reddish  brown  brick 
is  carried  to  the,  top  of  the  room  and 
is  flanked  by  inglenobk  seats  on  either 
side.  All  the  furniture  of  this  room  is  of 
wicker  slightly  stained  a  very  light 
brown,  and  is  upholstered  in  tapestry- 
cretonne,  carrying  tones  of  dull  red,  yel- 
low and  brown.  The  same  colors  pre- 
vail in  the  large  and  small  rugs  of  Per- 
sian design. 

Of   very    different    type,    but    quaintly 
charming  is  the  English  cottage  shown — 


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a  house  near  by,  which  at 
once  attracts  attention.  The 
exterior  of  this  house  is 
composed  of  grey  shakes,  a 
very  light  grey,  with  roof  of 
darker  grey  shingles.  The 
trim  is  white  and  the  exte- 
rior chimney  in  the  front, 
of  bright  red  brick  laid  up 
in  light  grey  mortar,  gives 
tone  and  character  to  the 
composition.  The  effect  is 
enhanced  by  a  clever  use  of 
the  red  brick  for  the  walks 
and  the  low  broad  steps 
which  descend  to  the  street 
between  walls  of  grey  ce- 
ment. This  grey  cement  wall  across  the 
front  is  capped  by  a  red  brick  coping, 
while  a  grey  stained  fence  of  wood  pal- 
ings encloses  the  grounds  at  the  sides. 
Roses  cover  the  grey  palings  with  bright 
color,  so  that  a  gay  and  charming  rural 
aspect  is  the  setting  of  the  cottage.  The 
white  casements,  small  and  many-paned, 
increase  the  English  cottage  effect,  while 
large  square  dormers  let  into  the  roof 
give  good  chambers  on  the  second  floor. 
A  vigorous,  yet  most  livable  quality 
characterizes  the  home  of  Prof.  E.  M. 


Home  of  Prof.  E.  M.  Neally,  Santa  Ana,  Cal.     The  straight 
and  simple  lines  of  the  exterior  are  very  pleasing. 


The  rear  view  of  Prof.  Neally's  home. 

Neally,  one  of  the  new  houses  of  the  year 
in  the  environs  of  Santa  Ana. 

The  lines  of  the  exterior,  though 
straight  and  simple,  are  pleasing  and 
there  is  an  intimate  and  personal  air 
which  is  still  more  evident  when  we  enter 
the  wide,  hospitable  oaken  door  and  come 
into  the  great  living  room.  This  room, 
thirty-two  feet  in  length,  and  the  hall 
which  is  almost  a  part  of  the  room,  occu- 
pying the  entire  front  of  the  home — fifty- 
five  feet.  Broad,  easy  stairs,  six  feet 
wide,  rise  on  the  hall  end  to  a  wide  land- 
ing four  feet  up,  while  the  other  end  is 
taken  up  by  the  "bleezing  ingle"  whose 
broad  chimney  breast  of  vitrified  brick 
rises  to  the  ceiling. 

It  is  an  interior  that  spells  comfort  and 
refinement  and  broad,  open  spaces.  Here 
is  no  cramping  but  plenty  of  breathing 
room.  Even  the  bath  room  is  twelve  feet 
square  and  the  joy  of  this  bath  room  is 
plenty  of  hot  water,  night  and  day.  The 
Automatic  Water  Heater  which  supplies 
this  luxury  is  a  jewel  among  heaters,  as  it 
does  its  work  at  a  cost  of  not  more  than 
20  cents  a  month  for  gas. 

It  is,  in  short,  a  home  to  conjure  with; 
to  conjure  happiness  and  serenity  and 
high  living. 


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Furnishing  with  Willow 

Una  Nixon  Hopkins 


F  all  inventions  in  the  way  of  fur- 
niture, that  of  willow  is  the  most 
satisfactory  from  an  artistic,  eco- 
nomical and  utilitarian  viewpoint. 
It  is  a  great  pity  that  even  more  of  it  is 


rooms,  which  might  include  besides  the 
living  room  and  dining  room,  a  sun  room, 
perhaps,  and  a  porch. 

In  a  living  room  where  the  preference 
is  for  more  than  one  kind  of  furniture. 


not  used,  so  much  is  it  to  be  preferred  to      the     willow     combines     admirably     with 


A  large  entrance  hall  in  wicker  furniture  with  cretonne  hangings. 


furniture  made  of  poorly  finished  woods. 
And  contrary  to  most  other  kinds  of  fur- 
niture, it  finds  a  consistent  place  in  al- 
most every  home,  somewhere,  be  it  a 
great  or  small  one. 

There  is  quite  a  fashion  at  the  moment 
for  furnishing  the  small  house  practically 
altogether  with  it;  that  is,  the  main 


either  mahogany  or  oak,  and  may  be 
stained  to  match  the  general  tone  of  any 
room.  And  best  of  all,  it  is  charming 
with  cretonne  and  chintzes,  for  where 
reasonable  taste  is  displayed,  a  room  in 
willow  and  chintz  is  bound  to  be  pretty 
and  homelike.  It  is  very  rarely  that  a 
piece  of  willow  furniture  is  badly  de- 


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A  dining:  room  in  wicker  and  chintz. 


signed,  and  its  wearing  qualities  with 
ordinary  use  are  equal  to  furniture  more 
substantial  in  appearance.  And  while  it 
is  not  cheap,  for  really  good  things  are 
seldom  that,  excellent  examples  of 
chairs,  tables,  settees  and  what-nots  may 
be  bought  at  moderate  cost,  though  in 
this  as  in  other  furniture  there  is  a  long 
range  of  prices  and  styles  to  choose 
from. 

An  inexperienced  home-maker  will  find 
little  difficulty  in  making  her  house  at- 
tractive with  this  furniture  for  the  rea- 
son that  even  in  its  natural  color  it  is 
adaptable  to  any  room,  whatever  the  wall 
tone,  and  it  at  once  suggests  simplicity, 
which  is  difficult  for  the  inexperienced  to 
attain. 

It  would  seem  at  first  thought  that 
there  might  be  a  tendency  to  monotony 
in  furnishing  with  wicker,  but  this  is  sel- 
dom true  for  the  shapes,  color  and  make 


are  almost  as  variable  as  in  pieces  of 
wood.  Chairs  and  couches  can  be  made 
to  look  quite  different  in  winter  and  sum- 
mer, for  in  summer  these  pieces  may  be 
cushioned  with  gay  light  material  and  in 
winter  with  something  heavier,  at  least  in 
color  if  not  in  texture.  Aside  from  cre- 
tonnes and  chintzes,  linens  and  that 
staple,  India  cottons,  are  excellent  with 
willow,  and  come  in  all  combinations  of 
colors. 

Among  the  items  to  be  set  down  in 
favor  of  this  furniture  is  the  fact  that  it 
is  very  easy  to  move,  and  in  this  clay 
when  so  many  women  are  looking  after 
their  own  households  it  is  an  important 
item.  There  are,  too,  many  light  acces- 
sories made  of  willow  work  that  help  out 
tremendously  in  furnishing  a  room.  For 
instance,  there  are  good  lamps,  though 
beware  of  some  ugly  ones;  domes  which 
hang  from  the  ceiling,  and  when  lined 


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with  silk  modify  the  light ;  pretty  baskets, 
some  suitable  for  holding  flowers  and 
ferns  and  others  designed  as  ordinary 
scrap  baskets.  And  for  the  tea  room 
there  are  all  sorts  of  pretty  tables,  wagon- 
ettes and  trays,  even  tea  caddies. 

The  hall  illustrated  is  even  more  pleas- 
ing in  "life"  than  the  photograph  shows 
it  to  be.  The  woodwork  and  walls  are 
deep  cream  color  with  cretonne  hangings 
at  the  doors  and  the  French  windows 
which  go  into  the  garden.  The  body  of 
the  cretonne  is  cream  color  with  a  de- 
sign in  dull  old  blue  and  old  rose,  and 
the  carpet  is  dull  blue  with  enough  gray 
in  it  to  give  it  a  silvery  tone.  All  of  the 
furniture  is  willow  here,  and  the  chair 
cushions  are  in  dull  blue  and  cream  color. 
A  good  many  ferns,  and  bowls  of  pink 
roses,  when  they  are  in  season,  make  a 
most  cheery  room. 


The  little  dining  room  shown  is  as  gay 
as  the  flowers  outside  the  window,  with 
its  hangings  of  rose  and  white  chintz,  for 
the  two  sides  toward  the  garden  are  given 
up  to  windows.  The  pieces  of  furniture 
here  were  carefully  chosen  relative  to  the 
size  of  the  room ;  a  pretty  little  buffet 
with  drawers  just  fits  a  space  beneath 
two  windows,  the  table  will  seat  four 
comfortably,  and  the  chairs  are  compara- 
tively small.  A  plant  stand  in  front  of  a 
large  window  gives  a  fortunate  opportu- 
nity to  introduce  some  of  the  pink  geran- 
iums into  the  room  that  bloom  in  the  gar- 
den, which  is  a  clever  scheme.  The  chintz 
of  the  curtains  is  used  for  cushion  seats 
on  the  chairs  and  "rests"  at  the  back, 
and  on  the  table,  beneath  the  glass,  a 
piece  of  green  linen  is  bordered  with  the 
chintz  stripe.  Beneath  the  table  is  a 
green  grass  rug.  Wall  spaces  and  ceiling 


Wicker  furniture  it  charmingly  appropriate  in  this  living-Bun-room. 


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are  tinted  cream  color,  and  to  add  to  the 
charm  of  the  room  the  china  is  decorated 
with  sprays  of  rose  flowers  with  green 
leaves.  It  might  be  called  a  garden  room, 
for  one  more  like  a  garden  would  be  hard 
to  imagine. 

The  living  sun  room  has  gray  walls 
with  hangings  of  pale  gray  and  yellow 
flowered  linen.  It  is  by  far  the  most  liv- 


for  porches,  rattan  being  the  product  in 
a  natural  state  before  the  hard  outside  is 
stripped  by  machinery.  It  cannot  be 
stained,  but  it  is  the  more  durable  of  the 
two  for  exposed  places.  There  are  re- 
clining chairs  made  of  it,  big  arm  chairs, 
little  arm  chairs;  in  fact,  all  kinds  de- 
signed to  suit  Mama  Hears  and  Papa 
Bears  and  all  the  little  Bears  of  the  fam- 


A  cool  and  comfortable  spot  in  which  to  spend  an  afternoon.     Furnished  in  wicker  and  rattan. 


able  room  in  a  very  livable  house,  so 
cheerful  and  airy  does  it  seem  in  its  pret- 
ty light  dress.  Everything  is  willow, 
even  the  flower  holder  and  the  lamp  on 
the  substantial  reading  table,  in  fact  it 
would  be  difficult  to  find  anything  else 
quite  so  appropriate. 

Porches,  nowadays,  are  for  the  most 
part  fitted  up  as  outdoor  living  rooms, 
and  here  willow  is  very  suitable.  Fre- 
quently rattan  is  used  in  place  of  willow 


ily.  and  all  the  family  friends;  or,  in  other 
words,  no  end  to  the  variety.  • 

For  the  sun  room  nothing  quite  takes 
the  place  of  willow,  for  heavy  furniture 
seems  inconsistent  with  these  light,  airy 
places.  In  our  photograph  of  a  sun  room, 
there  are  no  draperies  at  the  windows, 
which  is  certainly  a  wise  omission.  The 
room  is  in  the  house  of  a  physician,  and 
he  no  doubt  appreciates  sunshine  more 
than  the  individual  who  is  not  so  often 


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The  omission  of  curtains  at  windows  makes  this  truly  a  sun-room. 


made  to  realize  its  importance.  In  this 
instance  the  wicker  is  stained  mulberry 
and  the  coverings  for  chairs  .and  couches 
show  a  design  in  this  same  color  on  a 
cream  background.  The  sun  room  opens 
onto  a  porch  at  the  side,  also  willow  fur- 
nished, which  makes  for  pleasing  har- 
mony in  addition  to  comfort.  There 
are  different  ways  of  staining  this 


furniture  so  as  to  make 'it  agree  with 
the  color  scheme.  Wood  stains  may  be 
used ;  oil  paint  diluted  with  turpentine 
and  oil,  or  in  place  of  turpentine  kerosene 
gives  good  results,  and  where  the  furni- 
ture is  to  be  used  on  porches  it  can  be 
painted,  care  being  taken  that  the  paint 
is  not  too  thick.  The  paint  leaves  a 
glossy  finish  easy  to  keep  clean. 


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The  Home  Touch  with  Vines 
and  Shrubs 


M.   Roberts  Conover 


XTERNALLY  the  house  is  mere- 
ly a  structure  until  the  thought- 
ful, loving  arrangement  of  vines, 
shrubs,  lawn  and  trees  reveals 
the  interest  of  the  human  life  it  shelters. 
And  it  is  not  self-interest  merely.  There 
is  hospitality  where  a  home  is  friendly  to 


ing    or    even    before.      Thus    the    severe 
"newness"  is  sooner  overcome. 

Illustration  (1)  shows  a  stucco  house 
on  upper  Broad  St.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J. 
Vines  and  shrubs  were  planted  as  soon  as 
the  progress  of  the  building  permitted. 
(The  picture  was  taken  soon  after  the 


The  photograph  was.taken  Boon  after  the  planting  of  vines  and  shrubs. 


vines  and  shrubs  and  flowers.  It  is  as  if 
the  home-livers  say :  "We  love  beauty 
and  we  love  our  home."  And  to  this 
every  intelligent  person  responds  in  feel- 
ing, "You  are  one  with  us,  for  we  too 
love  beauty  and  we  love  our  homes." 

The  outward  beauty  touch  is  therefore 
an  important  social  link  and  no  real 
home-maker  can  ignore  it. 

The  shrub  and  vine  planting  should  be 
schemed  out  when  the  house  is  in  build- 


house  was  built.)  Dwarf  evergreens  and 
clipped  privet  are  used  to  give  friendli- 
ness to  the  entrance  and  a  low  screen 
about  the  veranda  which  in  winter  is  a 
sun  room. 

The  ivy  upon  the  walls  is  Boston  ivy. 

Illustration  (2)  is  a  photograph  taken 
about  two  years  later.  The  ivy  almost 
covers  the  north  wall  of  the  dwelling  and 
is  used  also  on  the  garage. 

This  house   is  in  the  choice   residence 


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Two  yearn  later— the  game  house  nearly  covered  by  Boston  ivy.     Note  how  the  windows  and  doors  are  framed. 


section  of  a  country  town.  This  corner 
plot  makes  effective  the  unique  and  kind- 
ly location  of  the  entrance.  The  owners 
have  not  deemed  it  wise  to  border  the 
walks  or  grounds  with  hedging  and  the 
result  is  warm  and  hospitable.  The  park- 
ing strip  between  the  sidewalk  and  curb  is 
planted  at  intervals  with  single  plants 
of  California  Privet  closely  trimmed. 
In  illustration  (3),  privacy  is  given  to 


the  lawn  by  the  use  of  a  pergola  and  low 
hedges.  The  vines  used  to  shade  the 
wings  of  the  pergola  are  honeysuckle 
(Hall's  Japan  Honeysuckle),  which 
blooms  at  intervals  throughout  the  sum- 
mer and  is  almost  evergreen. 

The  use  of  a  few  evergreens  near  the 
street  is  pleasing  and  the  low  privet  hedge 
which  borders  the  walk  separates  the 
drive  from  the  lawns. 


These  beautiful  grounds  were  made  possible  by  the  use  of  vine*  and  shrubs. 


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Attack  the  Attic 


The  Solution  of  the   Extra  Bedroom   Prohlem — How  the  Attic  Can  Be 
Converted  into  Extra  Bedrooms  with  Slight  Expense 

William  B.   Powell 


EW  indeed  are  the  home  owners 
who  do  not  need  an  extra  bed- 
room. You  have  probably  often 
planned  how  you  would  gain  this 
extra  chamber  by  adding  a  wing  on  your 
house  or  by  saying  vaguely  that  you 
might  fix  up  the  third  story — ("attic"  is 
fast  becoming  an  obsolete  word  in  these 
days  of  modern  house  building).  But 
you  put  off  the  former  because  "you 
didn't  have  enough  money  just  then"  and 
put  off  the  latter  because  you  thought  it 
would  take  too  much  trouble,  and  per- 
haps money,  to  make  your  third  floor  into 
a  bedroom  or  rooms. 


Well,  it  would  if  you  have  in  mind  bed- 
rooms such  as  are  in  the  third  floors  of 
your  friends  who  have  built  new  houses. 
As  I  said  before,  there  are  no  real  "attics" 
in  the  modern  house.  It  is  finished 
throughout  in  just  the  same  way  and  the 
top  floor  is  just  as  well  lighted,  ventilated 
and  fixed  with  plumbing  as  is  the  first 
floor. 

I'ut  if  your  aspirations  are  not  too  high 
and  if  you  want  and  need  extra  bedrooms 
that  are  attractive  as  well  as  comfortable, 
attack  your  attic  and  have  them.  I'll  sug- 
gest how  to  go  about  it.  In  the  first 
place,  throw  out  all  the  rubbish  which 


A  combination  writing  desk  and  dressing  table  built  around  a  chimney  in  an  attic  chamber. 


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has  in  all  probability  been  accumulating 
there  for  years.  Clean  and  scour  the  walls, 
floors,  and  woodwork  before  anything 
else  is  done. 

Your  attic  is  now  ready  for  its  paint. 
And  paint  you  will  find  to  be  the  most 
valuable  asset  in  your  work  of  rejuvena- 
tion. Paint  the  floor.  The  wood  is 
in  such  poor  condition  that 
it  would  require  much  work 
to  properly  varnish  or  stain 
it.  But  you  can  paint  it  in 
any  one  of  a  dozen  attrac- 
tive colors.  It  is  often  good 
to  use  a  dark  color  which 
predominates  in  your  chintz 
hangings  (which  I  shall  tell 
you  about)  on  your  floors, 
woodwork  and  furniture. 

Right   here   let   me   advo- 
cate the  use  of  black  paint. 
Don't   think   this   a   horrible 
idea — it    is    wonderfully    at- 
tractive   if    used    properly— 
and  bright  too !     Of  course 
you    would    only    use    it    on 
floors,  woodwork,  and  furni- 
ture.    The  walls  and  ceiling 
painted  a  light  color,  bright 
hangings  and  rag  rugs,  and 
designs  painted  on  the  furni- 
ture  will  give  ample   color- 
ing.   The  very  fact  that  you 
use  black,  will  allow  you  to 
use    much    brighter    colors 
than  you  might  have  other- 
wise.     You    know    painted    furniture    is 
coming  back  into  favor  at  a  rapid  pace 
and  this  will  help  you  in  fixing  your  attic 
room.    You  may  take  an  oak  table,  maple 
desk,   and   cherry  bureau  and   if  painted 
all  one  color  they  will  form  a  fine  new  set. 
The   old    fashioned    painted    sets   usually 
had  a  background  of  dark  green  or  black 
with   some   stiff  conventional   flower   de- 
sign painted  on  them.     If  you  don't  care 
to  take  the  time  to  do  this  work,  paint 
your  odd   pieces  a   lighter  color  or  else 


stick  to  the  good  old  standby — white. 
I  am  not  advising  staining  because  it 
takes  more  time  and  trouble  than  paint- 
ing and  for  an  attic  bedroom,  does  not 
give  any  better  results. 

Now  for  the  walls.  Paper  is  usually 
out  of  the  question.  The  walls  are  so 
often  slanting  that  painting  is  much  more 


An  attractive  little  room  that  would  satisfy  most  of  us. 

satisfactory  for  many  reasons — it  has  no 
design  to  be  disturbed  by  the  slanting 
lines,  does  not  fade,  is  more  sanitary,  and 
can  be  washed.  This  last  point  is  espe- 
cially important  because  you  should  use 
a  very  light  color  on  account  of  the  small 
windows  and  poor  light  one  usually  finds 
in  the  attic.  And  if  you  use  a  light-col- 
ored flat  wall  paint,  it  does  not  matter  if 
it  gets  dirty  because  it  can  be  washed. 
If  you  don't  select  an  ivory  white  or 
cream,  use  a  yellow,  pink  or  warm  light 


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gray.  Blues  and  lavenders  are  too  cool 
for  the  average  attic  room. 

Having  done  all  your  painting,  select 
a  bright,  cheery  chintz  or  cretonne  for 
your  hangings. 

You  will  want  your  window  hangings 
very  scanty- — just  a  flounce  across  the  top 
and  pulled  far  back  at  either  side.  If 
your  windows  are  a-plenty,  you  might 


used  for  the  window  seat  coverings. 
The  second  illustration  shows  an  attic 
room  where  more  care  has  been  given  to 
the  finishing.  The  woodwork  has  been 
stained  and  rubbed  dull  to  conform  with 
the  mission  bed.  To  make  the  most  of 
the  space  in  this  small  room  the  seat  was 
made  as  part  of  the  bed.  The  simple 
bright  rugs,  chintz  curtains  and  coverlet 


The  free  use  of  white  paint  is  recommended  when  finishing  attic  rooms. 


have  thin  net  curtains,  otherwise  I  would 
be  content  with  the  figured  ones. 

The  illustrations  show  some  interest- 
ing features  of  attic  bedrooms.  In  the 
first  one  you  see  a  chimney  which  has 
been  utilized  as  a  desk  on  one  side  and 
as  a  dressing  table  on  the  other.  A  mir- 
ror hung  on  the  chimney  and  the  ample 
shelf  are  all  that  could  be  desired  for 
one's  toilet.  You  will  note  that  the  gen- 
erous use  of  white  paint  has  done  much 
to  brighten  this  low-ceilinged  and  small- 
windowed  room.  Bright  chintz  was 


give  the  necessary  coloring  and  contrast 
to  the  dark  wood  in  this  room. 

I  don't  pretend  that  the  bedroom  pic- 
tured in  the  next  illustration  is  particu- 
larly attractive.  But  it  is  clean,  bright 
and  useful.  If  one  of  the  boys  can't  use 
such  a  room,  at  least  any  servant  would 
welcome  it.  White  paint  made  it  possi- 
ble. A  large  airy  bedroom  on  the  third 
floor  is  surely  preferable  to  cramped  quar- 
ters on  the  second  and  we  all  know  this 
exists  in  a  great  many  large  families. 
The  last  view  shows  an  attractive 


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way  of  treating  the 

very  low  ceilings  of 

a  sloping  attic  room. 

An  exceedingly  cosy 

corner  this — the  tiny 

window    giving    the 

writer    just    enough 

of  a  bird's-eye  view 

to  inspire  him  at  his 

work.    The  remodel- 

er  of  this  attic  room 

liked  to  do  stenciling 

so  she  did  an  attrac- 
tive, simple  design 
on  her  curtains,  and 
painted  a  stencil 
around  the  floor  as  a 
border. 

Possibly  you  are 
adequately  provided 
with  chambers,  but 
are  without  a  con- 
venient place  for  the 
children  to  play  in. 
If  so,  fix  up  a  nurs- 
ery, in  the  attic 
where  they  can  have 
their  toys  and  games 
and  can  play  with- 
out disarranging  the 
whole  house  and  dis- 
turbing the  older 
folks. 

The  next  time  you  wish  you  had  an 
extra  bedroom,  or  nursery,  decide  you 
will  have  one.  Remember  that  your  attic 


Certain  pieces  «f  furniture  will  fit  in  corners  with  low  ceilings  as 
in  this  cozy-corner. 


can  be  converted  into  such  with  little 
trouble  or  expense — so  get  up  your  nerve 
and  attack  the  attic. 


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Welcome  the  Birds  to  Your 
Grounds 

B.   H.   Hermine 

"The  bird  for  all  Nature  chants  the  morning  hymn  and 
the  benediction  of  the  day.  He  is  her  priest,  and  her 
augur,  her  divine  and  innocent  voice." 

— MICHELET. 


F  you  have  any  sentiment  left  in 
your  soul,  at  the  mention  of  his 
magic  name,  you  will  fly  away 
with  Robin  Redbreast  to  the  land 
of  your  lost  youth,  where  old-fashioned 
sweet  smelling  flowers  bloom  in  the  door- 
yard,  and  on  the  limb 
of  the  old  apple  tree, 
close  by  the  open  win- 
dow, you  will  hear 
him  persistently  call- 
ing again  and  again — 
far  too  early  in  the 
morning  -  "Cheerily- 
cheerup,  cheerily- 
cheerup." 


I 


Put  to  the  test  at  a  dinner  recently  not 
one  of  the  diners  could  depict  Mr.  Red- 
breast in  a  way  to  set  him  apart  from  his 
bird  fellows.  And  yet,  Robin  Redbreast 
is  the  most  common  and  familiar  of  our 
birds,  recommended  by  ornithologists  as 


Is  he  not  worth  saving  for  his  beauty 
and  good  cheer,  alone? 

Could  you  recall  to  mind  and  describe, 
accurately  enough  for  identification,  Rob- 
in Redbreast,  the  cheerful  companion  of 
everybody,  everywhere? 


The  birds'  dining  table.     All 
kinds  and  sizes  come  to  partake 
of  your  hospitality. 


a  convenient  size  for 
comparison  with  oth- 
er natives  of  Hirddom. 
His  clear  song  is  held 
up  to  the  beginner  in 
bird  study  as  a  stand- 
ard of  comparison  by 
which  the  student 
may  learn  to  distinguish  the  songs  of 
other  species. 

Besides  being  a  general  good  fellow, 
Robin  is  a  most  useful  and  industrious 
citizen.  Mrs.  Robin  demands  very  fine 
grasses  with  which  to  line  her  cozy  nest, 


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A  wren  house  placed  on  the  side 
of  a  garage. 


and  when  the 
b  a  b  y  Robins 
arrive,  they 
have  such  enor- 
mous appetites 
it  keeps  both 
Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Robin  on  the 
jump  to  supply 
their  steady  de- 
mand for  fresh 
earthworms. 

The  robins 
include  in  their 
daily  menu, 
white  grubs,  beetles,  cutworms,  grass- 
hoppers, crickets,  moths,  ants,  wasps, 
caterpillars,  larvae  of  the  gipsy-moth,  the 
brown  tail  moth,  the  forest-tent  moth, 
canker  worms,  leaf-eating  and  wood- 
boring  beetles,  wireworms  and  army 
worms.  It  has  been  noted  that  when 
robins  are  scarce,  the 
army  worm  advances,  and 
on  the  coming  of  num- 
bers of  the  robins,  the 
army  worm  disappears. 

Most  laborers  ask  more 
than  board  and  lodging 
for  their  toil.  For  all  his 
useful  services  (for  which 
Robin  asks  only  food  and 
shelter,  and  hustles  these 
for  himself),  some  selfish 
and  ungrateful  folks  be- 
grudge the  faithful  little 
worker  the  bit  of  fruit  he  gathers  now 
and  then  for  himself  and  family.  Uncle 
Sam  is  authority  for  the  statement  that 
the  industrious  American  robins  really 
prefer  wild  fruit  when  they  can  get  it,  and 
advises  the  man  who  wants  his  orchard 
free  from  insects,  to  allow  a  few  trees 
for  the  birds  or  plant  some  wild  mul- 
berries for  these  profitable  tenants  of  field 
and  orchard.  The  Russian  mulberries, 
which  ripen  the  same  time  as  cherries, 
are  preferred  by  the  robin  family  to  the 


I  Y 


Standing  well  out  of  harm's 
way. 


A  quaintly  attractive  design  in  bird 
house  architecture. 


cultivated  fruit. 
It  is  a  very  sim- 
ple matter  to  at- 
tract this  jolly 
little  songster 
and  many  other 
birds  t  o  your 
dooryard,  but  of 
course  they 
won't  come 
without  encour- 
agement. A  very 
good  free  lunch 
counter  can  be 
made  from  the 
lid  of  a  cheese  box,  which  any  grocer  will 
be  glad  to  furnish  you.  The  rim  should 
be  pared  down  to  about  the  width  of  an 
inch  so  that  smaller  birds,  as  well  as 
Robin,  will  not  be  too  much  hidden  from 
view.  The  lid  should  then  be  nailed  se- 
curely to  the  top  of  a  stout  stake  driven 
well  into  the  ground. 

I  know  of  nothing  that 
will  bring  more  joy  to  the 
•f  heart    of    the    bird-lovers 

than  the  sight  of  a  genial 
company  of  chickadees, 
j  uncos,  titmice,  or  the 
heavier  birds  such  as  rob- 
in, blue  jays  and  wood- 
peckers which  will  gather 
daily  at  the  "festive 
board"  upon  which  has 
been  spread  bits  of  boiled 
potato,  sodden  bread, 
cracked  corn,  rice,  nut  meats  and  trim- 
mings from  meat  and  suet.  The  same 
birds  will  return  day  after  day  to  par- 
take of  your  hospitality. 

Bird  houses,  providing  shelter,  can  be 
made  at  practically  no  expense  and  your 
time  and  effort  will  be  amply  repaid  by 
these  jolly  little  tenants.  Illustrated  here 
are  several  bird  houses  on  the  grounds  of 
a  Minneapolis  lawyer,  who  is  a  lover  of 
birds  and  who  has  shown  considerable 
ingenuity  in  constructing  bird  houses  out 


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of  materials  that  were  at  hand.  In  the 
center  is  shown  a  house  whose  roof  is 
an  old  chopping  bowl.  It  is  hung  by 
a  chain  from  a  limb  of  a  tree,  ten  or 
twelve  feet  from  the  ground.  Others  are 
shown  suspended  on  poles,  where  the 
young  birds  will  be  safe  from  cats  and 
squirrels,  an  important  consideration  in 
placing  your  house. 

The  little  wren 
houses  are  placed  on 
the  side  of  the  garage. 
These  birds  delight  in 
nesting  as  closely  to 
the  house  or  building 
as  possible  and  do  not 
seem  to  be  disturbed 
by  the  children  playing 
about.  On  these  same 
grounds  these  house 
wrens  have  built  nests 
in  the  pocket  of  an  old 
coat  hanging  in  the 
garage  and  at  another 
time  in  a  paper  bag  on 
a  shelf. 

No  modern  up-to- 
date  bird  house  is  com- 
plete without  a  bath, 
which  should  be  placed 
up  out  of  the  reach  of 
prowling  cats  or  dogs 
for  of  course  a  bird  is 
at  a  disadvantage  with 
its  plumage  wet.  In- 
expensive ones  can  be 
made  of  cement  at  the 
time  of  building  or 
they  can  be  obtained 
from  the  manufactur- 
ers at  small  cost. 

A  very  unique  rustic 
bird  bath  was  made 
from  a  good  sized  ma- 
ple tree,  which  had 
died  and  was  cut  off 
about  three  feet  from 
the  ground.  In  the  top 


The  jolly,  friendly,  purple  Martin  will 
keep  a  place  free  from  mosquitos. 


Robin  red-breaat,  a  good  fellow  who  rids 
field  and  orchard  of  insect  pests. 


A  unique  rustic  bird-bath. 


of  the  stump  that  was  left  standing,  a 
carpenter  with  chisel  and  hammer  hol- 
lowed out  a  shallow  basin,  leaving  about 
a  two  inch  rim  of  wood  encircling  it. 
From  the  bottom  of  the  basin  near  one 
edge,  he  bored  a  slanting  passage  down- 
ward with  a  lower  opening  in  the  bark 
not  far  from  the  ground. 

The  carpenter  went 
his  way  and  the  bird- 
lover  took  up  the  task, 
— fitting  corks  to  both 
ends  of  the  circular 
drain ;  putting  a  few 
pebbles  into  the  bot- 
tom of  the  basin,  with 
one  larger  stone  to  one 
side;  planting  a  rose- 
bush to  one  side  of  the 
stump  ;  filling  the  basin 
itself  with  water,  and 
lo,  when  she  had  fin- 
ished, the  tree  which 
could  no  longer  shelter 
the  birds  in  the 
branches  became  for 
them  a  pool  to  bathe 
in.  And  they  adopted 
it.  The  basin,  flushed 
out  every  day  and  re- 
filled with  fresh  water, 
was  as  clear  as  any 
brook.  The  large  peb- 
ble was  a  wharf.  The 
rosebush  was  a  spring- 
board. There  was 
nothing  more  that  any 
bird  could  wish. 

Last  fall  when  the 
birds  were  going  south, 
a  flock  of  blue-birds 
made  this  bird-bath 
their  headquarters  for 
several  days.  In  twos 
and  threes  they 
perched  on  the  stump, 
swayed  on  the  rose- 
bush or  fluttered  in  the 


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air  above,  waiting  their  turns  for  a  splash 
in  the  basin.  They  were  as  blue  as  the 
sky  above  them  and  as  they  swayed  and 
poised  and  splashed,  they  made  a  more 
wonderful  moving  picture  than  was  ever 
run  off  a  reel. 


Begin  this  morning,  this  afternoon,  or 
at  least  TODAY  to  attract  birds  and  you 
will  never  lack  company  or  entertain- 
ment. They  will  repay  with  lilting  song 
and  heartening  chatter,  the  kindness  of 
those  who  give  them  cheer. 


The  Robin  Knew 

Helen  M.  Richardson 

The  sunless  sky  was  dull  and  gray, 

The  trees  were  gaunt  and  bare ; 
Winter  bedecked  in  somber  hue 

Seemed  round  me  everywhere — 
Until,  up  in  a  leafless  tree, 

With  modest,  folded  wing, 
Yet  all  a-quiver  with  delight, 

I  heard  a  robin  sing. 


He  heeded  not  the  untilled  fields, 

The  brooklet's  sluggish  flow ; 
And  where  my  eyes  saw  barrenness 

He  sensed  the  sunlit  glow 
Of  flowery  ways  and  trees  abloom, 

Where  soon  his  nest  would  swing. 
The  robin  shamed  my  weaker  faith — 

He  knew  'twas  time  to  sing. 


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The  Up-to-Date  California 
Bungalow 


George  Palmer  Telling 


HE   original   bungalows   of   India 
bear  so  little  resemblance  to  the 
present  day  bungalows  of  south- 
ern California  that  if  the  dwell- 
ers of  that  mystic  land  were  to  be  trans- 
ported to  the  latter  place  they  would,  in 
all  probability,  fail  to  recognize,  as  such, 


sary  in  the  hot  climate  of  India.  Early 
California  designers  and  builders  worked 
along  similar  lines.  Bungalows  were 
built  without  studding,  the  walls  being 
made  of  boards  placed  vertically  and 
close  together,  forming  walls  and  frame  at 
the  same  time.  Narrow  strips  or  battens 


"Ocean  View/'  a  bungalow  that  anyone  might  well  feel  proud  to  own. 


the  bungalows  which  they  would  inevi- 
tably see.  It  is  true  that  in  most  cases 
some  of  the  original  characteristics  have 
been  retained.  For  instance,  the  long, 
low  appearance,  large  porches  and  wide 
projecting  roofs. 

The  original  bungalows  were  of  very 
light  construction'  for  the  simple  season 
that  protection  from  cold  was  unneces- 


were  nailed  over  the  crevices  both  inside 
and  out ;  a  low  pitched  roof  and  a  few 
other  requisites  were  added  and  behold,  a 
bungalow !  This  type  of  bungalow  is 
frequently  built  even  at  the  present  time 
and  is  quite  adequate  in  warm  climates 
and  for  summer  camps ;  but,  like  its 
progenitor  of  India,  it  is  entirely  un- 
adapted  to  the  requirements  of  an  all- 


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the-year-arouml  residence 
in  the  more  rigorous  cli- 
mates. In  the  modern 
bungalow  these  light 
walls  have  been  replaced 
by  almost  every  known 
kind  of  building  material 
such  as  concrete,  brick, 
brick  veneer,  cement 
blocks,  stone  and  the  more 
common  form  of  studded 
walls  with  exteriors  of 
shakes,  shingles,  stucco, 
etc.  This  stability  of 
structure  has  been  fol- 
lowed from  foundation  to 
ridge  so  that  the  bunga- 
low of  today  is  capable  ot 
withstanding  the  climatic 
conditions  of  the  most 
rigorous  climates  of  the  inhabited  world. 
While  there  has  been  a  great  change 
for  the  better  in  stability  and  climate- 
resisting  qualities  there  has  been  a 
greater,  change  in  design,  so  that  at  the 
present  time  there  are  several  different 
types  of  bungalows,  all  of  which  bear  a 


M'C*   —  • 


flOO*  FlAI- 


similarity  to  each  other. 
These  types  are  combina- 
tions of  the  best  features 
of  the  various  styles  of 
the  world's  architecture. 
Those  which  we  are  illus- 
trating, herewith,  bear  so 
strong  a  resemblance  to 
the  Chalets  of  Switzer- 
land that  it  is  quite  applic- 
able to  term  them  "Swiss 
Bungalows."  The  Swiss 
style  is  very  much  modi- 
fied and  toned  down  in 
these  designs ;  but  at  the 
same  time  is  quite  notice- 
able in  the  wide  projec- 
tion of  the  roof,  the  tim- 
bering, etc.  But  best  of 
all  they  have  the  conven- 
ience of  arrangement,  the  built-in  fea- 
tures, the  great  number  of  windows  and 
the  low  home-like  appearance  which 
characterize  the  up-to-date  California 
bungalow  and  which  have  won  for  it  a 
world-wide  popularity. 

"Ocean  View"  is  a  bungalow  that  any- 


=    ' 


r  plan  of  "Ocean  View." 


"Woodland  Bungalow"  on  attractive  and  distinctive  linea. 


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one  might  well  feel 
proud  to  own.  The  roof 
is  of  white  composition, 
pitched  moderately  low 
and  the  projection  at  the 
gables  is  variable,  being 
widest  at  the  ridge  and 
gradually  diminishing 
towards  the  eaves.  This 
may  be  seen  in  the  side 
gables  in  the  picture. 

The  chimneys  and 
porch  work  are  of  cream 
colored  pressed  brick 
which  give  a  delightful 
touch  to  the  bungalow. 
The  walls  are  covered 
with  shingles  above  the 
belt  course  on  level  with 
window  sills  and  with 
short,  sawed  shakes  below.  The  din- 
ing room  is  very  large  and  has  a  nook 
or  cozy  corner  at  the  end.  The  loca- 
tion of  the  hall  is  such  as  to  give  ac- 
cess to  the  bath  and  bed  rooms  direct 
from  the  kitchen  as  well  as  from  the  din- 


Floor  plan  of  the  "Woodland  Bungalow." 


ing  room,  which  is  a 
great  convenience.  The 
breakfast  room  is  pro- 
vided with  a  closet  so 
that  it  could  be  used  as 
a  servant's  room  if  de- 
sired. 

With  hardwood  floors 
in  the  three  main  rooms 
and  with  a  small  cement 
cellar  this  bungalow 
would  cost  about  $2,600. 
''Woodland  B  u  n  g  a- 
low"  was  designed  to 
meet  the  demand  for  an 
inexpensive,  seven-room 
bungalow  and  f  u  1 1  y 
meets  the  requirements. 
It  has  seven  rooms, 
screen  porch,  bath  and 
cement  basement  for  furnace  and  fuel. 

The  arrangement  is  uncommonly  good. 
A  central  hall  connects  the  bed  rooms  and 
bath  room  with  the  remainder  of  the 
rooms  either  by  way  of  the  dining  room 
or  the  kitchen,  which  is  a  great  conven- 


"La  Casa  Bonita"  something  "just  a  little  different"  in  bungalows. 


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ience  for  the  housewife. 
A  wall  bed  in  the  den 
and  an  adjoining  closet 
make  this  room  convert- 
ible so  that  it  may  be 
used  as  either  bed  room 
or  den.  Book  cases  and 
a  desk  are  built  along 
one  side  with  short  win- 
dows above. 

A  coat  and  hat  closet 
opens  off  of  the  living 
room  and  book  cases  are 
built  in  the  buttresses  of 
the  arched  opening  be- 
tween the  living  and 
dining  rooms. 

There  is  a  large  buffet 
of  beautiful  design  in  the 
dining  room  and  an  at- 
tractive brick  fireplace  in  the  living  room. 

The  rear  bed  room  or  sleeping  porch 
is  equipped  with  "disappearing  win- 
dows." These  windows  are  three  feet 
in  length  and  are  opened  by  drop- 
ping the  sash  down  into  the  wall  be- 
low. They  are  balanced  with  window 
weights,  making  them  easy  to  operate  and 
when  open  are  hidden  from  sight.  When 
all  of  these  windows  are  open  the  room 
becomes  a  sleeping  porch  with  this  ad- 
vantage over  the  ordinary  sleeping  porch, 
that  a  portion  of  the  windows  may  be 
closed  so  as  to  regulate  draughts  or  all 
may  be  closed  if  required  in  cold  or 
stormy  weather. 

There  are  oak  floors  in  the  living 
room,  dining  room,  breakfast  room  and 
den. 

The  exterior  has  distinctive  bungalow 
lines  and  is  very  attractive.  The  roof  is 
"f  light  gray  composition  and  the  walls 
are  of  shakes  laid  in  a  very  pretty  pattern. 
Gray  cement  stucco  was  used  in  the  front 
porch  and  chimney  work  and  they  are 
trimmed  with  red  brick  forming  a  pleas- 
ing color  contrast.  This  attractive  bun- 
galow could  be  built  at  the  present  time, 


Floor  plan  of  "La  Casa  Bonita. 


complete  and  ready  to 
occupy  for  about 
$2,650. 

"La  Casas  Bonita" 
does  not  need  this 
pleasant  sounding 
Spanish  name  to  make 
it  attractive,  for  it  is  ex- 
tremely attractive  with- 
out the  name;  but  it 
does  add  one  more  to 
its  many  other  distinc- 
tive features.  While 
its  exterior  appearance 
is  distinctively  bunga- 
low, it  is  odd  enough  to 
meet  one's  desire  for 
"something  just  a  lit- 
tle bit  different." 

A  careful  study  of 
this  floor  plan  will  well  repay  the  pros- 
pective home  builder.  There  are  six 
rooms,  a  delightful  nook,  a  screen  porch, 
cement  cellar  and  a  very  large  front 
porch.  As  may  be  seen  in  the  pic- 
ture and  the  floor  plan  about  half  of 
this  porch  is  covered  with  the  room  and 
the  other  half  with  pergola  beams. 

A  wide  brick  hearth  forms  the  floor  of 
the  nook  and  is  raised  about  four  inches 
above  the  living  room  floor.  At  each  end 
of  the  nook  is  a  broad  comfortable  seat, 
built  for  service  as  well  as  for  appear- 
ances, and  a  large  brick  fireplace  occupies 
the  central  portion  of  the  outside  wall. 

A  wall  bed  is  provided  for  in  the  den  so 
that  it  may  be  used  as  a  bed  room  if  de- 
sired. Both  bed  rooms  are  equipped  with 
"disappearing"  windows. 

The  kitchen  is  not  large,  but  to  add  to 
it  would  be  but  to  add  to  the  housewife's 
daily  steps.  It  has  a  large  sink  case, 
abundance  of  cupboards  with  flour  bins, 
etc.,  and  a  disappearing  kitchen  table. 

This  gem  of  bungalows  built  as  de- 
scribed, piped  for  furnace  and  with  hard- 
wood floors  would  cost  at  the  present 
time  about  $2,800. 


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Another  Planting  Plan  for  a 
Forty-Foot  Lot 

Wyman  P.  Harper,  Landscape  Architect 


|  ANY  houses  are  built  with  only  a 
small  space  between  them  and 
the  public  sidewalk.  The  owners 
of  others  wish  for  such  a  vege- 
table garden  as  a  lot  permits.  The  plant- 
ing plan  illustrated  is  adapted  to  both 
conditions,  and  is  complete  enough  in  its 
detail  so  that,  given  the  same  conditions, 
an  owner  can  mark  out  and  dig  his  plant- 
ing beds,  order  his  plants  and  do  his 
planting. 

The  writer  is  an  admirer  of  a  good 
vegetable  garden  and  approves  by  all 
means  of  a  vegetable  and  fruit  garden 
somewhere  even  in  the  front  yard  if  nec- 
essary, as  we  sometimes  see,  if  there  is 
no  other  place.  It  is  safe  to  prophesy 
that  as  the  American  people  become  more 
familiar  with  gardening  methods  they 
will  use  gardening  not  only  as  a  decora- 


tion but  make  it  as  utilitarian  as  it  can  be 
made  at  the  same  time. 

The  space  left  from  this  forty-foot  lot 
after  the  garden  is  taken  off  and  the  house 
built  is  not  large  and  taxes  the  designer's 
skill  more  than  a  larger  lot  would  do.  If 
one  looks  south  out  of  the  windows 
toward  the  adjoining  lot,  it  is  apt  to  be 
against  the  kitchen  windows  of  the  ad- 
joining house.  This  is  modified  by  put- 
ting a  large-growing  shrub  straight  in 
front  of  the  window  so  that  it  will  catch 
the  eye  first.  If  one  looks  out  of  the 
front  window  toward  the  street,  one  is 
confronted  by  the  dirty  gray  of  the  pave- 
ment. To  modify  this,  a  shrub  is  put 
similarly  in  front  of  the  front  window 
and  if  possible,  a  mass  of  low  planting  in 
the  parking  between  the  sidewalk  and 
curl).  For  the  latter  place,  shrubs  should 


The  narrow  lot  offers  many  difficulties  but  is  very  successfully  treated  here. 


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Planting  List 

1.  American     Kim     (Ulmus     Americana),     1 

plant. 

2.  Mountain    Ash    (Sorbus    aucuparia    or    S. 

Americana  or  S.  quercifolia),  two 
plants. 

3.  Catalpa    (Catalpa    speciosa)    or     (for     St. 

Louis  and  South),  Bechtel's  Crab  (Py- 
rus  Bechtel),  one  plant. 

4.  Lombardy   Poplar   (Populus   Italica),  one 

plant. 

5.  Buckeye    (Aesculus    glabra)    or    (for     St. 

Louis  and  South),  Sweet  Gum  (Liquid- 
ambar  styraciflua),  one  plant. 

6.  Cranberry  (Viburnum  Opulus),  one  plant. 

7.  Mock  Orange   (Philadelphia   coronarius), 

one  plant. 

8.  Bridal    Wreath    (Spiraea    Van    Houttei), 

four  plants,  4  ft.  apart. 

9.  Japanese  Barberry   (Berberis  Thunbergi), 

26   plants,  2   ft.   apart. 

10.  Wild  Rose  (Rosa  Arkansana)  or  (for  St. 

Louis  and  South),  Spiraea  Anthony 
Waterer,  five  plants,  2  ft.  apart. 

11.  Bush    Honeysuckle    (Lonicera    Tatarica), 

10  plants,  4  ft.   apart. 

12.  Persian  or  Rouen   Lilac   (Syringa  Persica 

or  Chinensis)  or  (for  St.  Louis  and 
South),  Deutzia  (Deutzia  crenata  fl.  pi.), 
three  plants,  4  ft.  apart. 

13.  Weigela    (Diervilla     rosea)     or     (for    St. 

Louis  and  South),  Snow  Garland  (Spi- 
raea Thunbergi),  three  plants,  3  feet 
apart. 

14.  Yellow    Flowering    Currant    (Ribes    aure- 

um),  3  plants,  4  feet  apart. 

15.  Snowberry    (Symphoricarpus    racemosus) 

or  (for  St.  Louis  and  South),  Regel's 
Privet  (Ligustrum  Regelianum),  five 
plants,  3  feet  apart. 

16.  Siberian   Dogwood   (Cornus   Sibirica),  six 

plants,  4  feet  apart. 

17.  Indian  Currant  (Symphoricarpus  vulgaris) 

or  (for  St.  Louis  and  South),  Dwarf 
Deutzia  (Deutzia  gracilis),  four  plants, 
2  feet  apart. 

18.  Common   Lilac    (Syringa  vulgaris),   eight 

plants,  4  feet  apart. 

19.  Hedge-Bridal  Wreath  (Spiraea  Van  Hout- 

tei) or  (for  St.  Louis  and  South), 
California  Privet  (Ligustrum  ovali- 
folium),  35  plants,  1  foot  apart. 

20.  Japanese    Clematis    (Clematis    paniculate) 

or  (for  St.  Louis  and  South),  Wistaria 
(Wistaria  Chinensis),  four  plants. 

21.  Bitter    Sweet    (Celastrus    scandens),    two 

plants. 

22.  Woodbine    (Ampelopsis    quinquefolia)    or 

(for  St.  Louis  and  South),  Trumpet 
Vine  (Bignonia  radicans),  two  plants. 

23.  Wild    Grape    (Vitis    riparia)    or    (for    St. 

Louis  and  South),  Actinidia  (Actinidia 
arguta),  three  plants. 

24.  Climbing      Rose — Dorothy      Perkins      or 

Tausendschon,  10  plants. 

25.  Climbing  Honeysuckle  (Lonicera  semper- 

virens)  or  (for  St.  Louis  and  South), 
Hall's  Honeysuckle  (Lonicera  Halli- 
ana),  nine  plants. 

The  first  number  in  a  plant  bed  indicates 
the  kind  of  plant;  the  second  number  indicates 
the  quantity  of  that  kind  in  that  area.  Circles 
represent  individual  plants,  half-circles  repre- 
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be  used  low  enough  so  as  to  be  no  ob- 
struction to  the  view  of  drivers  of  auto- 
mobiles. The  little  Japanese  barberry  is 
a  favorite  plant  for  this  position.  If  one 
looks  out  into  the  rear  yard,  the  space 
over  which  one  gazes  is  again  very  short, 
and  is  the  occasion  for  planting  the  small 
tree  in  front  of  it  backed  up  by  the  gar- 
den hedge.  Each  of  these  obstacles,  how- 
ever, will  cause  the  yard  to  seem  larger 
than  would  otherwise  be  the  case,  no  mat- 
ter how  strange  this  may  sound. 

The  smallness  of  the  lot  is  a  reason  for 
planting  closely  and  abundantly  about  the 
house,  for  that  is  about  the  only  space  left 
in  which  to 
plant.  Being  so 
conspicuously  in 
view  and  not 
surrounded  by 
an  abundance  of 
green  lawn,  the 
house  needs  all 
the  more  the 
modification  that 
planting  gives 
and  the  better 
connection  with 


Estimate  of  Cost 
1   large   growing  tree                     - 

p  2.00 
5.00 
36.00 

4.30 

5  8.00 
3.00 

$47.30 
11.00 

5  small  growing  trees,  at 
144  shrubs  and  vines  at  25c 
10  per  cent  extra  for  freigh 
packing            

$1... 

t  and 

Preparation   of  Plant   Beds: 
(Omitting    black    soil    and 
if  necessary.) 
1    man    digging   950   sq.    ft. 
beds  4  days  at  $2  

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plant 

! 

1   man  planting  IVz   days  at 

$2... 

$58.30 

the  ground  and  other  objects.  The  little 
rear  yard,  however,  may  be  as  cozy  as  a 
much  larger  yard,  and  if  the  grass  is  well 
kept  and  the  shrubs  make  a  strong  screen, 
it  may  seem  as  "far  from  the  maddening 
crowd"  as  will  be  beyond  belief. 

There  is  here  a  greater  importance  of 
good  care  to  the  plants  than  is  true  with 
a  larger  place  for  every  plant  plays  so 
large  a  part,  one  doing  as  much  work  in 
decoration  and  seclusion  as  a  dozen  in 
another  place  and  doing  it  as  effectively. 
It  pays  therefore  to  give  the  shrubs  the 
cultivation  and  water  that  one  would  give 
one's  cabbages  and  lawn  and  to  strive  for 

the  perfection  of 
each  plant,  since 
each  means  so 
much  to  one. 

As  was  pointed 
out  in  the  March 
number,  the  first 
essential  to  a 
perfect  planting 
is  hardiness  and 
good  health  and 
this  is  the  more 
true,  the  smaller 


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the  planting.  In  order  to  add  to  the  se- 
clusion of  the  rear  yard  while  protecting 
the  garden  from  dogs  and  chickens,  a 
strong  wire  fence  covered  with  vines  is 
advisable,  ending  even  with  the  rear  line 
of  the  house.  The  vines  should  be  plen- 
tiful, otherwise  no  adequate  screen  is 
made  and  a  thin  screen  is  almost  as  bad 
as  none.  Instead  of  the  vines  mentioned, 
which  are  most  of  them  strong-growing, 
strong-growing  annual  vines  can  be  used. 
Indeed  that  is  true  of  the  shrubbery  also, 
that  annual  plants  of  somewhat  the  same 
size  may  be  substituted.  When  one  first 
begins  to  take  an  interest  in  the  outside 
decoration  of  the  home,  the  first  attempt 
is  often  with  annuals.  One  finds,  how- 


ever, that  annuals  require  more  care  than 
shrubs  and  that  they  have  to  be  newly 
planted  every  year,  which  means  newly 
preparing  the  ground  also,  while  giving 
no  effect  during  the  winter  as  a  shrub- 
bery planting  ought  to  give.  If  such  a 
planting  as  the  plan  shows  is  not  almost 
as  satisfactory  during  the  winter  as  for 
the  summer  even  though  it  bears  no 
evergreen  leaves,  the  plan  or  the  planting 
is  at  fault.  Hence  all  the  more  reason 
for  perfection  of  form  in  the  individual  or 
mass  which  is  the  quality  that  gives  win- 
ter enjoyment. 

For  methods  of  preparing  plant  beds 
and  planting,  see  the  February  number. 


A  Homebuilder's  Mistake 


A 


CLOSE  comparison  of  this  design 
and  the  foregoing  one  will  reveal  a 
house  identical  in  size,  arrangement 


of  rooms,  same  interior  and  quite  similar 
materials  used  in  the  exterior  treatment; 
yet  how  vastly  different  in  their  appear- 


How  vanity  different  from  the  des 


pa«f  448,  although  as  to  size  and  treatment  they  are  almont  identical. 


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ance  from  an  artistic  standpoint. 

This  house  was  put  up  by  a  contractor 
without  the  aid  of  carefully  prepared 
plans.  The  interior  arrangement  is  the 
same  but  the  dormer  on  the  roof  could 
not  be  called  a  thing  of  beauty.  Octag- 
onal in  shape  would  make  it  cost  fully  as 
much  as  the  gable  on  the  foregoing  de- 
sign, which  in  this  plan  is  placed  in  the 
center  of  the  roof  where  it  belongs. 

The  roof  is  the  gambrel  treatment  in 
both  cases  and  the  pitch  is  the  same,  but 
the  belt  course  in  the  one  is  brought 
down  on  a  line  with  the  main  cornice.  In 
this  case  the  cost  is  not  increased,  in  fact 
it  should  be  reduced  as  in  the  above  de- 
sign it  is  necessary  to  furr  out.  This 
leaves  a  wide  window  sill  which,  with  a 
driving  rain,  is  apt  to  leak  unless  properly 
flashed.  The  appearance  speaks  for 
itself. 


The  porch  columns  are  square  and  the 
balustrade  is  closed  and  paneled,  making 
it  much  more  practical  for  screening. 

The  material  in  both  cases  is  a  com- 
bination of  cement  plaster  over  metal 
lath  and  shingles. 

In  the  one  case  the  owner  has  saved 
the  nominal  cost  of  architect's  plans, 
which  when  compared  to  the  whole  cost 
of  the  building  is  a  very  small  item 
indeed  when  one  stops  to  consider  the 
results  obtained.  He  does  not  realize  this 
until  after  it  is  too  late  or  he  comes  to  sell. 
Then  he  hears  remarks  of  the  exterior 
appearance  even  though  the  interior  is 
identical ;  he  must  sacrifice  and  lose  from 
one  hundred  to  five  hundred  dollars, 
where  the  cost  of  the  two  houses  should 
be  the  same. 

Attractive  planting  of  shrubs  is  an- 
other investment  well  spent. 


Homes  of  Individuality 

Selected  by  Walter  J.  Keith,  Architect 


THE  first  bungalow  illustrated  here- 
with depicts  a  worthy  example  of 
adaptability  of  brick  for  bungalow 
construction. 

There  are  many  practical  advantages  in 
the  arrangement  of  rooms  suggested  for 
this  exterior.  The  living  room  and  dining 
room  extending  across  the  front  of  the 
house  will  make  a  most  desirable  and 
beautiful  interior. 

The  second  desirable  feature  is  the 
owner's  room  with  its  adjoining  sleep- 
ing porch  opening  from  the  living  room 
through  a  pair  of  glass  doors ;  then  the 
bath  a  few  steps  up  making  it  equally 
convenient  for  both  the  first  and  second 
floors.  The  central  hall  allows  for  all 
rooms  being  readily  accessible,  a  feature 
fully  appreciated  by  the  housewife. 

A  pantry  generously  provided  with 
dresser  and  cupboard  accommodations 


connects  the  kitchen  with  the  dining 
room,  and  to  the  rear  a  large  porch  en- 
closed with  glass  or  screens  is  intended 
to  be  used  as  a  laundry.  The  flue  for  the 
kitchen  range  being  pitched  against  the 
dividing  wall  will  allow  a  laundry  stove 
to  be  readily  connected. 

The  second  floor  shows  how  four  good 
sized  sleeping  rooms  could  be  provided 
if  the  pitch  of  the  roof  was  slightly  in- 
creased. Ample  closets  are  shown  open- 
ing from  each  room  and  generous  storage 
space  under  the  slope  of  the  roof. 

The  estimated  cost,  exclusive  of  heat- 
ing, plumbing,  electric  work  and  decora- 
tions, is  $2,500.00. 

Though  thoroughly  modern  in  design, 
the  long  white  painted  shakes  and  the 
entrance  treatment  gives  to  the  second 
bungalow  a  peculiarly  quaint  elevation. 
Flowering  vines  tumbling  over  the  side 


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A  worthy  example  of  the  adaptability  of  brick  for  bungalow  construction. 


pergola  and  supported  in  some  unconven- 
tional manner  at  the  side  of  the  entrance 
door  would  add  considerable  interest, 
and  give  to  it  an  even  more  permanent 
and  satisfactory  air. 

Suggested  herewith  is  a  floor  plan  for 
this  interesting  elevation.     No  basement 


has  been  intended.  However,  if  one  were 
desired,  it  could  be  readily  arranged  for. 
Every  inch  of  space  has  been  accounted 
for  in  planning,  and  the  result  is  both 
attractive  and  convenient. 

Exposed  on  three  sides  the  living  room 
will   be   a   veritable   garden   of   sunshine. 


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The  long:  white  painted  shakes  and  the  entrance  treatment  gives  this  bungalow  a  peculiarly  quaint  elevation. 


The  fireplace  of  bluish  tile  would  give  a 
cool  and  restful  touch  of  color  and  form 
the  key  note  to  the  decorative  scheme  of 
the  house.  Through  a  wide  archway,  the 
dining  room  immediately  adjoins,  fully 
as  attractive,  and  opens  on  to  the  porch 


through  a  pair  of  glass  doors.  There  is 
direct  service  from  the  pantry  kitchen, 
where  closet  room  and  modern  con- 
veniences are  provided.  An  entry  gives 
space  for  the  refrigerator  and  opens  to 
the  kitchen  and  maid's  room.  This  is  a 
feature  thoroughly  appreciated 
by  the  domestic  of  today,  and  re- 
flects in  turn  upon  the  general 
happiness  of  the  mistress  of  the 
house. 

The  master's  bedrooms  open 
upon  a  central  hall  to  the  living 
room.  Generous  closets  are  in 
each  room  and  linen  shelves  with 
drop  doors  are  arranged  in  the 
hall. 

Louvres  under  the  gables  allow 
for  a  continuous  circulation  of  air 
under  the  roof,  which  carries  off 
the  heated  air  arising  from  the 
various  rooms  through  adjustable 
ceiling  registers. 

Two  thousand  five  hundred 
dollars  is  the  estimated  cost  of 
this  charming  home,  exclusive  of 
heating,  plumbing,  electric  work 
and  decorations. 


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An  Attractive  English  Design 


THIS  design  is  one  that  should  ap- 
peal to  many.     It  was  built  in  one 
of  the  restricted  districts  of  Min- 
neapolis and  has  been  admired  by  many, 
both  as  to  the  interior  and  exterior  treat- 
ment.    The  floor  plan  while  not  unusual 
combines   many   unique    and    attractive 
features   seldom   found   in  the  moderate 
priced  home.     The  entrance,  in  the  cen- 


dow  seat  on  this  landing  occupies  the 
space  between  the  vestibule  and  the  wall. 
With  a  hinged  lid,  good  storage  space  is 
provided  in  this  seat  for  rubbers,  um- 
brellas, etc.  A  wide  cased  opening  sep- 
arates the  living  room  from  dining  room. 
•To  the  rear  of  the  dining  room  is  a 
breakfast  porch  reached  from  the  front 
part  of  the  house  through  a  French  door. 


W    W.  PuiJu.  Arch,i,d. 
The  shrubbery  and  large  growing  trees  have  added  much  to  this  attractive  residence. 


ter,  is  into  a  good  sized  vestibule,  closet 
space  being  taken  off  of  one  end.  The 
living  room  extends  across  the  entire 
front  with  a  brick  fireplace  at  one  end, 
with  built-in  bookcases  at  one  side  and 
a  French  door  on  the  other  leading  out 
on  to  a  sun  porch  equipped  with  screens 
and  sash. 

Directly  opposite  the  fireplace  is  the 
stairway ;  on  a  large  landing  up  one  step, 
additional  bookcases  have  been  provided 
under  the  projected  bay.  A  large  win- 


A  door  opens  from  this  porch  into  the 
large  pantry,  or  serving  quarters.  The 
pantry  is  fitted  with  cupboards,  work 
table,  and  refrigerator  which  can  be  iced 
from  the  rear  porch.  A  stair  from 
kitchen  leads  up  to  landing,  using  the 
main  stairs  on  up.  There  is  a  small  cup- 
board in  passageway  to  basement  stairs, 
where  kitchen  utensils  are  kept. 

The  first  floor  is  finished  in  fir  with 
birch  floors.  Kitchen  in  yellow  pine,  nat- 
ural. 


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The  rear  view,  showing  glazed-in  breakfast  room. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  good 
chambers,  a  maid's  room  and  bath.  Note 
the  small  amount  oi.  space  taken  up  by 
the  hall,  which  has  a  linen  closet.  The 
finish  for  this  floor  is  in  white  enamel, 
with  birch  doors  stained  mahogany  and 
birch  floors.  Tile  for  the  bath.  There 
is  a  stairway  over  the  main  stairs  to  at- 


tic, where  good  stor- 
age space  is  pro- 
vided. 

In  the  basement  is 
ample  space  for  fruit 
and  vegetable  rooms, 
fuel,  furnace  and 
good  light  laundrr. 
The  plans  show  a 
concrete  foundation 
with  brick  up  to  the 
first  story  sills.  Ce- 
ment plaster  over 
metal  lath  above  and 
half  timber  work  in 
the  gables. 

The  small  illustra- 
tion   shows    a    view 

taken  from  the  rear  showing  the  glazed- 
in  breakfast  room  with  the  large  balcony 
above,  giving  a  place  for  airing  bedding. 
Since  the  house  was  built  the  owner  has 
provided  a  sleeping  porch,  not  shown  in 
the  photograph,  by  putting  in  pergola 
beams  with  a  flat  roof  and  screening  in 
the  same. 


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A  Brick  and  Cement  Stucco  House 


THE  size  of  this  house  is  25  feet  8 
inches   wide   by   34  feet  8   inches 
deep,  with  a  sun  parlor  at  the  left 
10  feet  wide  by  14  feet  deep.     The  con- 
struction   is   with   brick   or   tile   walls   in 
the  first  story  and  frame  above,  covered 
with     cement     stucco     finished     with     a 
"pebble  dash."     The  roof  is  low  pitched 
hip  roof  covered  with  Spanish  tile,  the 


length  by  12  feet  in  width,  and  at  the 
right  end  is  an  open  fireplace  with  book 
shelves  at  either  side  and  small  orna- 
mental windows  above.  At  the  rear  of 
this  roof  on  the  right  is  the  main  stair- 
case with  double  platforms  projected  on 
the  outside  and  well  lighted  with  win- 
dows. These  stairs  are  on  the  combina- 
tion order  with  basement  stairs  and  grade 


Choi.  S.  ScJgulick.  Architect. 
The  red  Spanish  tile  roof  adds  an  interesting  bit  of  color  to  the  otherwise  plain  surface. 


sun  parlor  also  has  a  low  pitch  Spanish 
tile  roof.  The  lower  portion  of  this  roof 
covering  over  the  projected  bay  in  the 
living  room  and  connected  with  the  porch 
roof,  is  roofed  with  tile  and  gives  a  very 
artistic  appearance  to  the  front  of  the 
house. 

The  vestibule  entrance  at  the  right  has 
Colonial  treatment  with  semi-circle  roof 
and  is  covered  with  copper  and  has  lonic 
columns  each  side  of  entrance.  This  ves- 
tibule opens  into  the  main  living  room 
across  the  full  front  of  house  24  feet  in 


entrance  underneath  and  short  section  of 
stairs  from  the  kitchen  to  the  main  plat- 
form. At  the  left  of  the  living  room  and 
connected  by  wide  glazed  French  doors 
is  the  dining  room,  12  by  14  feet,  with 
sideboard  at  the  rear  and  china  closets  on 
each  side,  connecting  directly  with  the 
kitchen  at  the  right,  which  is  11  feet  6 
inches  by  12  feet ;  in  the  rear  of  the  dining 
room  is  a  glazed  piazza.  This  house, 
though  not  large,  is  very  compact,  roomy 
and  convenient.  The  first  floor  is  finished 
in  mission  stain  and  natural  oak  floors. 


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The  basement  is  full  under  the  main  part. 
It  is  estimated  to  build  this  house  for 
$5,000  to  $5,500,  exclusive  of  heating  and 
plumbing. 

The  second  story  has  three  good  sized 
chambers,  ample  closets  and  large  bath 
room  in  the  rear  with  a  wide  sleeping 
porch  across  the  rear  enclosed  with  glazed 
windows.  The  construction  of  this  house 


and  finish  throughout  is  strictly  first 
class.  It  is  designed  to  use  dark  Oriental 
brick  in  the  first  story  with  deep  sunk 
joints  and  tint  the  stucco  above,  staining 
all  the  trimmings,  cornices,  etc.,  a  dark 
brown  with  the  sash  painted  white.  This 
combination ;  together  with  the  tile  roof 
that  may  be  either  green  or  red,  will  give 
a  very  striking  and  artistic  appearance. 


A  Spacious  Colonial  Residence 


THERE  is  probably  no  other  type  of 
architecture  so  popular  and  so  last- 
in  as  the  Colonial.     In  this  design 
we  have  an  unusually  plain  treatment  of 
the  Colonial  detail,  the  plan  being  quite 
elaborate  and  should  be  built  in  the  sub- 
urbs where  an   acre  or  so  of  ground   is 
available. 

This  plan  calls  for  the  exterior  walls 
of  brick  or  tile,  which  on  a  house  as 
large  as  this  with  tile  or  slate  roof  is 
much  to  be  preferred. 

The  sketch  shows  the  house  built  on 
the  slope  of  a  hill,  which  with  the  broad 


terrace  across  the  entire  front  and  the 
wide  sweeping  steps  and  large  Colonial 
columns  supporting  a  Colonial  pediment, 
give  a  stately  air  to  the  ensemble. 

The  floor  plan  is  of  the  central  hall 
type,  for  this  is  the  most  preferred  for  the 
Colonial  treatment  where  much  depends 
on  the  stairway  detail.  The  width  of 
stairs  and  of  the  treads  must  not  be 
cramped. 

To  the  right  of  the  hall  is  the  large 
living  room  across  the  entire  end,  with 
beamed  ceiling  and  large  colonial  fire- 
place, a  double  pair  of  French  doors,  one 


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The  wide  sweeping  steps  and  large  colonial  columns  supporting  the  colonial  pediment  give  a  stately  air  to  the  ensemble. 


pair  opening  into  the  sun  room  and  the 
other  into  an  adjoining  room  used  as  a 
conservatory,  which  if  desired,  could  be 
used  as  one  large  sun  porch. 

The  dining  room  is  to  the  left  of  hall 
and  has  a  tile  fireplace  and  beamed  ceil- 
ings. French  doors  lead  from  dining  room 
on  to  a  small  breakfast  porch,  which  in 
turn  has  direct  access  to  kitchen.  Here  is 
another  corner  fireplace.  There  is  a  good 
sized  kitchen,  rear  entry  and  pantry.  A 
back  stair  leads  to  the  servant's  hall  on 
the  second  floor,  while  under  this  is  pro- 
vided a  back  stair  to  the  basement.  A 
small  den  opens  off  the  large  center  hall 


as  well  as  a  toilet.  This  completes  the 
first  floor  arrangement. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  good 
chambers,  two  of  which  connect  with  a 
private  bath  and  the  two  on  the  side  open 
on  to  a  large  sleeping  porch  extending  the 
whole  width  of  the  house. 

In  this  house  quarter  sawed  oak  has 
been  used  for  the  floor  on  the  first  floor ; 
kitchen  in  pine  for  linoleum ;  breakfast 
room,  sun  room  and  conservatory  in  tile. 
Finish  in  these  rooms  fir  stained  white. 
The  finish  for  the  main  rooms  of  first 
floor  is  white  enamel. 


Loot. 


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A  Cement  Cottage 


This  modest  cottage  would  be  ideal  for  a  small  family. 


AN    attractive    little    cement    cottage 
with  half  timbers  in  the  gables. 

With  its  frame  walls  covered 
with  metal  lath  over  which  has  been 
applied  cement  plaster  "rough  cast"  and 
the  half  timber  work  in  the  front  and 


rear  gables  and  dormer,  we  have  a  very 
pleasing  little  cottage  home. 

With  two  good  chambers  on  the  first 
floor  and  two  more  finished  off  on  the 
second  floor  beside  the  large  sleeping 
porch,  this  little  cottage  will  accommo- 


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date  quite  a  large  family.  Ample  closet 
space  is  provided  for  under  the  roof.  The 
space  marked  for  storage  could  be  used 
as  a  hall  for  passageway  to  sleeping 


porch  if  we  did  not  care  to  use  the  door 
to  same  off  bath. 

The  space  at  the  rear  of  first  story  hall 
is  to  be  used  for  basement  stairs. 


Bungalow  Planned  by  a  Woman 


THE  exterior  of 
this  bungalow 
should  be  all  of 
unsurfaced  wood, 
stained,  and  the  roof 
should  be  stained  a 
moss  green  or  frosted. 
The  living  room  is  well 
lighted  and  has  an 
open  fireplace  and  brick 
mantel.  One  chimney 
with  two  flues  answers 
for  the  fireplace  in  the 
living  room  and  for  the 
kitchen  range.  The  dining  room  has  a 
pretty  but  inexpensive  buffet,  with  pass 
door  through  to  the  kitchen.  One  end  of 


BCD  "ROOM 
S'X  15-6" 


C/VDU-1E.Y 


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7-faXlE.'       «  9-b~X  12' 


Bungalowcraft  Co..  Architects 
In  planning  this  bungalow,  convenience  was  the  keynote. 


this  room  is  nearly  all  windows,  forming 

a  very  attractive  effect.     The  kitchen  is 

not  too  large  and  has  plenty  of  closets 

and   cupboards,   just   where   they 

will   save  steps  and  an  excellent 

corner  is  reserved  for  the  range. 

As  will  be  noticed,  the  kitchen 
is  the  very  heart  of  this  house  and 
only  a  few  steps  take  one  to  any 
room,  bathroom,  closet  or  out  on 
the  screened  porch  or  by  two 
ways  to  the  front  door.  The 
rooms  are  not  large,  neither  are 
they  too  small — but  just  about 
right  for  the  housing  of  a  family 
of  four  or  five  with  the  least  pos- 
sible work  and  worry. 

This  house  is  arranged  from  an 
economical  standpoint  and  should 
be  built,  according  to  the 
architect,  at  a  cost  of  about 
$1.200.  with  full  plaster  finish, 
stained  woodwork,  good  plumb- 
ing and  electrical  wiring  and  fix- 
tures. 


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Conducted  by  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS,  Decorator,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


The  Value  of  Mirrors 


E  associate  the  use  of  large  mir- 
rors with  the  Mid- Victorian  pe- 
riod, when  domestic  taste  was  at 
a  very  low  ebb,  and  so  we  are 
apt  to  leave  them  out  of  our  calculations 
when  thinking  out  our  decorative 
schemes.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  well  placed 
mirrors  are  a  valuable  asset  in  many 
rooms,  especially  those  in  dark  colors  and 
not  too  well  lighted,  and  also  afford  a 
means  of  correcting  defects  of  propor- 
tion. 

To  one  sort  of  room  a  mirror  is  al- 
most essential,  and  that  is  the  formal 
parlor  furnished  in  the  French  style.  A 
large  mirror  over  the  mantel  is  the  nat- 
ural backing  for  the  clock  and  vases 
which  are  the  proper  and  only  really  nec- 
essary ornaments  for  such  a  room.  In  de- 
fault of  this  large  mirror,  set  flatly  against 
the  wall,  an  oval  mirror  with  its  long 
diameter  parallel  with  the  mantel  shelf 
may  be  used,  but  it  is  not  nearly  so  ef- 
fective. 

These  large  mirrors  need  not  be  French 
plate.  So  long  as  the  glass  is  flawless 
and  kept  well  polished,  the  effect  of  a 
•cheaper  mirror  is  just  as  good.  It  is 
•often  possible  to  find  large  mirrors  at  a 
very  reasonable  price  in  second-hand 
rshops,  and  they  are  almost  sure  to  have 
;gilded  frames  which  will  fit  in  nicely  with 
.a  delicate  color  scheme.  If  the  gilding 
is  badly  tarnished  it  is  quite  possible  to 
renew  it  oneself  at  a  moderate  expense. 

In  buying  a  new  mirror  for  this  pur- 
pose, it  is  far  better  to  buy  the  glass  and 
have  it  framed  to  order  in  a  moulding 
matching  the  woodwork  of  the  room, 
making  it  a  permanent  addition  to  the 


house.  The  entire  surface  of  the  chim- 
ney breast  up  to  the  picture  moulding 
should  be  covered.  If  the  picture  mould- 
ing is  at  the  ceiling  line,  rather  than  a 
foot  and  a  half  below  it,  the  mirror  should 
"stop  at  about  that  distance  from  the  ceil- 
ing and  be  outlined  by  a  curving  mould- 
ing. If  you  choose  a  French  plate,  close 
your  ears  to  the  seductions  of  the  dealer 
and  refuse  to  have  it  beveled.  The  bev- 
eled mirror  has  one  excuse  for  being — 
to  advertise  the  thickness  of  the  glass — 
and  your  house  is  not  an  advertisement 
of  any  man's  wares.  The  distorted  re- 
flection given  by  the  edges  of  a  beveled 
mirror  is  very  unpleasant,  and  the  money 
saved  will  do  more  good  elsewhere. 

The  Narrow  Hall. 

It  is  in  the  narrow  halls  of  city  houses, 
halls  disproportionately  long  and  gener- 
ally badly  lighted,  that  the  mirror  has 
its  widest  scope.  Instead  of  the  conven- 
tional hat-rack  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs, 
have  a  long,  narrow  console  with  a  mir- 
ror covering  the  entire  space  above  it, 
and  your  hall  is  metamorphosed — seems 
as  wide  again.  The  necessary  but  seldom 
ornamental  hat-rack  can  be  retired  to 
the  space  under  the  stairs.  II  you  would 
still  further  improve  the  situation,  re- 
place the  double  doors  into  the  vestibule 
by  a  single  one  with  a  sidelight  and  set 
a  flowering  plant  on  the  sill  of  the  win- 
dow. Then  in  the  long,  dark  space  at 
the  side  of  the  stairway  hang  another  mir- 
ror, its  length  parallel  with  the  stairs. 
With  one  good  picture  on  the  wall  by  the 
door,  opposite  the  mirror,  you  have  an 
effective  entrance  with  comparatively  lit- 


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tie  trouble,  and  one  which  gives  an  illusion 
of  much  greater  than  the  actual  space. 

A  Mirrored  Doorway. 

A  clever  thing  was  done  in  the  narrow 
hall  of  a  New  York  house,  in  fastening 
to  a  section  of  wall  a  door  frame  similar 
in  design  to  the  others,  latticing  it  off  in 
•  two  sections  and  in  small  panes  like  the 
French  doors,  so  much  used  between- com- 
municating rooms.  Instead  of  clear 
glass,  these  doors  were  filled  in  with 
looking  glass,  so  that  one  seemed  to  be 
looking  into  an  adjoining  room.  It  would 
be  possible  to  adapt  this  arrangement  so 
that  the  doors  could  open  on  a  shallow 
coat  closet,  or,  in  a  living  room,  on  nar- 
row shelves  for  work  or  papers. 

Places  for  Small  Mirrors. 

One  finds  in  the  shops  extremely  pret- 
tv  and  decorative  small  mirrors,  some  in 
wood,  some  in  Florentine  gold  frames. 
Those  with  gold  frames  are  apt  to  be 
on  a  standard,  but  this  is  easily  removed 
and  the  mirror  hung  flatly  against  a  wall. 
A  pretty  use  for  a  round  Florentine  mir- 
ror is  as  a  center  for  a  group  of  small 
framed  pictures  in  color.  One  is  apt  to 
accumulate  these  and  they  are  generally 
too  small  to  group  well  with  other  pic- 
tures. A  group  of  women's  heads,  in 
color,  in  oval  frames,  arranged  about  a 
centril  mirror  is  generally  effective,  or 
the  pictures  may  be  French  prints  in 
color. 

A  good  way  to  place  the  photographs 
of  one's  intimates  is  to  frame  them  in 
the  same  general  style  and  group  them 
above  one's  writing  desk,  and  here,  too, 
the  central  mirror  is  useful. 

Long,  narrow  mirrors,  with  an  upper 
section  containing  a  picture,  generally 
in  color,  are  sometimes  called  Marie  An- 
toinette mirrors,  and  are  sold  every- 
where, often  at  very  low  prices.  They 
are  invaluable  for  filling  the  very  nar- 
row spaces  between  or  at  the  sides  of 
windows  in  city  houses,  especially  those 
of  the  swell  front  type,  where  the  wall 
space  between  the  two  wide  windows  is 
hardly  more  than  a  foot  in  width.  One 
of  these  mirrors  with  a  bracket  below  it 
supporting  a  plaster  cast  is  as  good  for 
the  place  as  anything,  far  better  than  a 


picture.  A  picture  requires  light,  the 
mirror  gives  it.  Take  the  corner  made 
by  two  windows  at  an  angle  with  each 
other.  If  left  unoccupied  it  looks  bare, 
if  pictures  are  hung  on  the  two  walls 
they  are  not  seen ;  but  fill  it  in  with  some 
sort  of  a  corner  cupboard,  open  shelves 
below,  a  closet  above  with  a  mirror  in 
the  door,  and  straightway  the  corner 
becomes  an  interesting  thing. 

Making  Over  Old  Mirrors. 

As  I  have  said  before,  one  can  often 
buy  a  large  mirror  very  cheaply  second- 
hand. In  cities  where  old  houses  are  be- 
ing torn  down,  their  fittings  are  often 
sold  for  a  trifle,  and  they  must  often 
include  mirrors.  A  large  mirror  can  be 
cut  down  into  several  small  ones,  which 
can  be  framed  either  in  ordinary  picture 
mouldings,  or  else  to  match  the  wood- 
work of  the  rooms  in  which  they  are  to 
be  used. 

A  dressing  table  fitted  with  a  triplicate 
mirror  is  usually  quite  expensive,  but  it 
is  a  very  simple  matter  to  have  the  three 
sections  of  the  mirror  cut,  one  high  and 
rather  narrow,  the  others  nearly  square, 
have  them  framed  in  a  narrow  moulding 
of  the  same  wood  as  the  furniture  and 
properly  hinged.  Then  they  can  be  set 
either  on  a  plain  table  of  the  proper  size, 
or  on  a  pine  table  draped  with  muslin  or 
cretonne.  The  backs  of  the  frames  must, 
of  course,  be  neatly  covered  with  cre- 
tonne or  other  figured  fabric  before  the 
three  mirrors  are  hinged  together.  A 
large  mirror  can  be  cut  into  a  set  of  these 
mirrors  and  still  leave  plate  for  at  least 
one  long,  narrow  mirror  as  well  as  for 
several  small  ones. 

When  a  long  and  not  too  wide  strip 
of  mirror  can  be  found  it  should  be  at- 
tached with  a  narrow  moulding  to  a  bed- 
room door.  Such  a  mirror  is  far  more  sat- 
isfactory than  a  cheval  glass  at  a  fraction 
of  its  cost,  and  takes  up  absolutely  no 
room. 

A  mirror  should  be  a  part  of  the  in- 
terior finish  of  a  bathroom.  It  should  be 
attached  flatly  to  the  wall  above  the  hand 
basin  and  be  surrounded  with  a  flat 
moulding  painted  like  the  woodwork. 
Here,  too,  is  an  opportunity  for  using  up 
a  piece  of  plate  bought  second-hand. 


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Lighting  Fixtures  that  Are 
5  Backed  by  a  Guarantee  \ 

Take    no    chances  in    buying  your  fixtures. 
You  want  them  to  be  a  lasting  ornament  to 
your  home — not  to  become 
|  shabby  and  corroded  and  un- 
sightly.     Tell    your    dealer 

you  want 

^K 

"Gaumer 

lighting 

everywhere 

follow,  the     J  Guaranteed 

Lighting  Fixtures 

They  are  built  to  last. 
They  are  beautifully 
finished  bv  a  special 
electro-plating  process. 
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DECORATION  AND  FUKNISHlNG-Continued 


Every  Woman  Her  Own  Decorator. 

Spring  is  the  season  when  most  of  us 
give  our  attention  to  the  renovation  of 
our  houses,  and  are  actively  concerned 
with  paint  and  papers.  Now  is  the  time 
to  acquire  a  rigid  backbone  with  which  to 
withstand  the  wiles  of  the  decorator,  who 
is  sure  to  suggest  elaborate  and  profitable 

to  him — schemes  of  wall  decoration.    It 

is  a  great  help  to  one's  pocketbook  to 
realize  that  while  wall  paper  is  cheap,  lay- 
ing is  not,  and  that  any  deviation  from 
absolute  simplicity  is  sure  to  cost  very 
considerably.     To  illustrate:     I   recall   a 
large  and  lofty  room  covered  with  a  very 
inexpensive  paper,   a  chintz   stripe   on   a 
white  ground.    This  was  carried  to  within 
a  yard  of  the  ceiling,  where  it  was  met 
by  a  drop  of  pink  buckram  paper.     At 
the  top  and  bottom  of  this  drop  were  set 
wooden  mouldings,  the  lower  one  very 
heavy    and    expensive.       Following    the 
lines   of    this    moulding   and    carried    up 
the  side  edges  of  every  single  wall  space, 
and  it  was  a  large  room  with  many  an- 
gles, was  a  border  of  the  chintz  stripe, 
cut  from  the  roll.    The  expense  of  cutting 
these    stripes,    of    laying    the    drop,    the 
mouldings  and  the  stripes  was  many  times 
in  excess  of  the  cost  of  the  plain  paper 
and  its  laying,  had  it  been  carried  over 
the  entire  surface  of  the  room.     Nor  did 
the  decorator  in  advising  the  treatment 
take  into  consideration  the  fact  that  the 
room    was    a   northwest   one,    absolutely 
sunless,  and  the  last  one  to  have  been 
papered  in  such  fashion. 

The  wall  paper  factories  turn  out  many 
very  beautiful  designs  simulating  pan- 
elings  surrounded  by  scroll  work  and 
surmounted  by  rosettes,  which  are  charm- 
ing for  formal  rooms.  They  are  expen- 
sive to  begin  with  and  they  require  skill 
of  a  high  order  in  the  laying.  Japanese 
grass-cloth  makes  a  very  beautiful  wall, 
but  the  average  workman  will  spoil  it 
in  the  laying.  There  is  a  washable  wall 
covering,  which,  in  some  of  its  patterns, 
is  charming,  and  has  the  advantage  of 
being  absolutely  sanitary,  but  if  it  is  to 
look  well,  the  wall  beneath  it  must  be 
free  from  the  slightest  irregularity.  All 
these  things  must  be  taken  into  consid- 
eration before  you  decide  upon  your  dec- 
orative scheme. 

Ordinary    wall    paper    comes    m    rolls, 


eight  yards  long  by  eighteen  inches  wide, 
but  a  single  roll  is  not  usually  sold.  Im- 
ported papers  are  often  wider,  but  the 
length  of  the  roll  is  less.  In  calculat- 
ing the  amount  required  for  a  room  you 
must  allow  for  a  certain  amount  of  waste 
in  matching  the  pattern.  If  the  design  is 
a  large  one,  this  may  amount  to  a  foot 
on  each  breadth.  With  a  very  small  pat- 
tern it  may  be  no  more  than  an  inch  or 
two,  while  with  a  striped  paper,  or  a 
plain  one,  it  will  be  nothing  at  all. 

In  the  average  room,  with  a  picture 
moulding  a  foot  and  a  half  or  two  feet 
below  the  ceiling,  you  will  get  two 
lengths  out  of  a  roll  of  paper,  and  you 
will  probably  have  enough  left  at  the 
end  of  the  rolls  for  the  spaces  under  win- 
dows and  over  doors.  To  calculate  the 
amount  of  paper  required,  measure  the 
circumference  of  the  room,  leaving  out 
the  spaces  occupied  by  doors  and  win- 
dows, and  for  each  yard  of  this  circum- 
ference allow  a  single  roll  of  paper.  If 
the  room  is  a  high  one  and  the  paper  is 
to  be  carried  unbroken  to  the  ceiling  line, 
you  will  probably  need  a  roll  and  a  quar- 
ter for  each  yard  of  circumference. 

The  most  economical  way  of  decorat- 
ing a  room  is  what  is  sometimes  called 
the  upper  third  style.  The  tint  of  the 
ceiling  is  carried  down  on  the  side  wall 
to  a  point  about  seven  and  a  half  feet 
from  the  floor.  The  surface  below  this 
is  papered  and  the  two  sections  separat- 
ed by  rather  a  heavy  moulding.  This  re- 
quires a  comparatively  small  amount  of 
paper  and  the  cost  of  the  wall  coating 
is  a  trine.  It  is  an  admirable  treatment 
for  any  room  with  many  openings,  and 
is  an  extremely  good  one  for  bedrooms. 


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A  Genuine  Rookwood  Mantlepiece 


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ANSWERS   TO      UESTIONS 


ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


EDITOR'S  NOTE.— The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE. 
Inquiries  pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  ot'  genera) 
interest  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


Color  Scheme  for   Six-Room   Bungalow. 

A.  MacN. — I  would  greatly  appreciate 
suggestions  in  wall  decorating,  fireplace 
and  woodwork.  Am  enclosing  floor  plans, 
with  exposures  of  our  six-room  bungalow, 
the  two  bedrooms,  bath  and  kitchen  fin- 
ished in  white  enamel,  breakfast  room  in 
gray  enamel  and  would  like  to  know  your 
opinion  of  finishing  the  living  room,  dining 
room  and  hall,  etc. 

Ans. — On  examining  your  floor  sketch 
we  find  a  large  amount  of  floor  space  but 
badly  arranged.  We  especially  regret  the 
veranda  across  the  north  end  of  the  house, 
as  it  cuts  off  what  little  light  and  sun  the 
northeast  facing  of  your  main  living  room 
would  give.  Inasmuch  as  you  have  a  ve- 
randa in  the  front,  you  can  very  well  dis- 
pense with  the  one  on  the  north.  More- 
over we  see  no  way  of  reaching  the  dining 
room  from  kitchen,  except  by  passing 
through  breakfast  room.  If  the  veranda  on 
the  north  must  remain,  then  every  effort 
must  be  made  to  bring  an  effect  of  sun- 
shine into  the  living  and  dining  room.  We 
would  strongly  advise  at  least  changing 
the  location  of  the  china  closet  in  dining 
room  centering  it  on  the  south  wall  and 
cutting  an  east  window  in  the  space  thus 
obtained. 

In  regard  to  finish  of  woodwork  in  these 
rooms,  we  think  your  plan  of  using  white 
enamel  with  mahogany  doors  very  good  for 
living  room  and  hall,  only  instead  of  white 
we  would  make  it  deep  ivory.  We  would 
advise  using  the  mahogany  stain  also  on 
the  bookcases,  the  window  seat,  the  stair- 
case and  the  hall  seat  and  for  all  the  vesti- 
bule trim. 

With  the  quartered  oak  dining  room 
furniture  we  advise  a  soft  fum°d  brown 
stain  for  the  woodwork,  old  gold  grass 
cloth  or  the  paper  imitation  in  the  wainscot 
panels  and  a  decorative  paper  above  this 
in  yellows,  shades  of  brown  and  apricot  on 


a  deep  cream  ground,  with  cream  between 
the  ceiling  beams.  A  rug  in  browns,  yel- 
low and  cream  and  curtains  of  thin  yellow 
silk. 

The  birch  floors  in  both  rooms  and  hall 
should  be  stained  a  rich  walnut  brown. 

The  living  room  wall  should  be  a  soft 
light  ecru  and  ceiling  ivory  and  with  this 
wall  the  mulberry  rug  and  hangings  will 
be  very  good  indeed;  nothing  better.  Let 
the  portieres  be  of  mulberry  velvet  and 
the  davenport  and  seat  upholstered  with 
the  same.  Then  find  a  cotton  tapestry  or 
printed  linen  introducing  dull  red,  rich  blue 
and  yellow  on  a  cream  ground,  and  uphol- 
ster the  chairs  with  this ;  also  one  large  nat- 
ural wicker  fireside  chair.  Cream  lace  or 
net  curtains  under  the  velvet  side  drapes. 
The  hall  walls  best  be  of  a  self  toned  tapes- 
try design  in  rich  yellowish  ivory  and  carry 
the  mulberry  furnishings  through  in  hall. 

Combining  White  Enamel  and  Mahogany 
In  a  Modest  Home. 

C.  M.  S. — "I  am  a  constant  reader  of 
Keith's  Magazine.  Enclosed  you  will  find 
first  floor  plan  of  a  small  cottage  I  am 
building.  It's  what  we  call  here  in  the 
East  a  cottage  bungalow,  with  three 
large  bedrooms  and  bath  on  the  second 
floor.  The  second  story  will  be  finished 
in  white  enamel,  with  mahogany  stained 
doors.  On  account  of  the  colonnade  open- 
ings on  the  first  floor,  the  hall,  dining 
room  and  living  room  will  have  to  be 
finished  all  alike.  Had  thought  seriously 
of  painting  them  all  white  enamel,  with 
mahogany  stain  on  stairway  and  china 
closet;  den,  bog  oak  stain.  Our  living 
room  furniture  is  mostly  mahogany ;  din- 
ing room  furniture  golden  oak.  I  realize 
that  hard  pine  is  not  a  high  grade  finish, 
and  the  house  is  not  going  to  cost  over 
$4,000,  but  I  would  like  to  have  every- 
thing in  good  taste. 


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Old— and     . 
.  Still  a  Qntuoriable  I  Ionic 


The  Fairbanks  House  at  Dedham,  Mass. 
Built  of  White  Pine  in  1636. 
Excepting  the  shell  and  adobe 
houses  of  Florida  and  California, 
the  oldest  house 
now  standing  in  America. 


IN  every  line  there  is  one  product  that  is  recognized 
as  pre-eminent.    Among  woods  for  home-building 
this  position  has  for  three  centuries  been  accorded  to 

WHITE  PINE 

Despite  an  impression  of  its  scarcity,  White  Pine  is  still  abundantly  available 
today,  as  it  always  has  been,  in  any  quantity  desired.  If  your  lumber 
dealer  is  unable  to  supply  it,  we  would  appreciate  an  opportunity  oi"  being 
helpful  to  you  in  securing  it. 

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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 


"Will  you  kindly  give  me  the  benefit 
of  your  excellent  judgment  and  suggest 
the  best  manner  of  finishing  the  wood- 
work for  this  place;  also  recommend  the 
correct  shade  of  paper  for  the  different 
rooms?  The  kitchen  will  be  finished 
natural  wood  with  painted  walls.  I  pre- 
fer dark  green  window  shades." 

Ans. — Inasmuch  as  you  have  birch 
doors,  they  can  very  well  be  stained  a 
dark  brownish  mahogany.  White  enamel 
seems  rather  a  pretentious  finish  for  the 
living  room  of  such  a  cottage.  We  have 
seen,  however,  a  very  pleasing  effect  for 
such  an  interior  where  the  doors  and  the 
small  cap  molding  of  baseboard,  tops  of 
door  casings,  mantel  shelf,  etc.,  were 
stained  such  a  dark  brown  mahogany  as 
we  suggest  and  the  remaining  trim 
painted  a  flat,  deep  ivory.  Such  a  treat- 
ment would  harmonize  both  with  your 
living  and  dining  room  furniture. 

The  bog  oak  stain  in  den  is  a  very 
good  idea  and  with  it  we  would  combine 
dull  yellow  walls  in  a  grass-cloth  weave 
of  some  kind. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  your  hall  and 
kitchen  have  the  choice,  south  facings. 
You  must  use  warm  ecru  tones  on  liv- 
ing room  wall.  The  dining  room  might 
combine  old  blue  walls  with  old  gold 
window  draperies.  There  is  a  new  paper 
having  a  wide  tapestry  stripe  in  soft  reds, 
blues  and  greens  on  a  medium  grey 
ground  that  would  look  well  in  the  hall. 

Living  and  Dining  Rooms. 

H.  B.  G. — I  am  writing  to  make  in- 
quiry relative  to  interior  decorative 
schemes  for  my  new  bungalow.  The 
structure  faces  the  south. 

My  particular  query  concerns  the  liv- 
ing and  dining  rooms,  both  of  which  I 
intend  to  finish  in  birch  stained  a  dark 
brown  and  finished  in  either  a  flat  finish 
or  a  rubbed  varnish,  and  to  floor  with 
No.  1  clear  quarter-sawed  oak  flooring. 
Both  rooms  are  to  be  beamed  and  the 
dining  room  is  to  have  an  outline  birch 
wainscoting. 

I  am  somewhat  in  doubt  as  to  the  most 
suitable  colors  to  use  in  the  decorations, 
and  am  therefore  asking  your  sugges- 
tions. Would  it  give  a  pleasing  effect 
to  tint  the  side  walls  (which  are  to  be 


sand  finish)  a  medium  brown  with  a 
buff  ceiling  and  then  use  brown  cur- 
tains and  hangings?  Or  what  would  your 
criticism  be  of  a  putty-gray  sidewall,  very 
light  buff  ceiling  and  blue  curtains,  rugs 
and  hangings?  In  either  case  I  believe 
that  both  rooms  should  be  decorated  after 
the  same  scheme,  inasmuch  as  they  are 
separated  only  by  colonnades.  Am  I 
not  right?  Any  suggestions  you  may 
have  to  offer  concerning  these  or  better 
color  schemes  will  be  gratefullv  received. 

My  foundation  and  chimneys  are  to  be 
of  a  dark,  reddish  brown  matt  surface 
hard  brick.  I  had  thought  of  painting  the 
body  of  the  house  yellow  with  brown 
roof  and  dormers.  What  would  be  your 
criticism  of  this  scheme,  and  what  would 
be  your  further  suggestions? 

As  to  furniture,  do  you  believe  that  I 
would  be  satisfied  with  tapestry  uphol- 
stered in  the  living  room?  Or  would 
you  suggest  the  use  of  a  leather  uphol- 
stered furniture? 

Ans. — We  think  in  view  of  the  dark 
brown  trim  and  of  the  southwest  and 
east  exposures  of  these  rooms  that  brown 
walls  and  buff  ceiling  would  not  be  so 
happy  as  a  scheme  of  putty-grey  walls 
with  plain  blue  rug  and  hangings  in  liv- 
ing room,  a  blue  and  green  combination 
in  dining  room.  We  would  choose  a 
Saxony  or  a  Roslyn  rug  in  a  plain  deep, 
rich  blue  for  the  parlor,  with  side  hang- 
ings for  the  windows  in  grey  Craftsman 
cloth.  Then  upholster  the  furniture  in 
the  deep  rich  blue. 

Personally,  we  much  prefer  tapestry  to 
leather.  It  is  an  excellent  cover  for  a 
davenport  or  chair  which  has  hard  wear, 
but  we  would  like  a  grey  wicker  chair 
or  two,  with  seats  of  plain  blue  velour 
or  velvet  in  this  room. 

Below  the  wainscot  line  in  dining  room, 
tint  the  wall  the  grey  of  the  living  room, 
but  above  the  wainscot,  use  a  blue  and 
green  and  grey  foliage  paper.  Have  a 
Wilton  or  a  Brussels  rug  in  mixed  blues 
and  greens  and  ivory  voile  curtains  at 
the  windows.  Ivory  tinted  ceiling  pan- 
els. 

In  regard  to  color  of  exterior,  we 
should  prefer  a  lighter  cigar  brown  for 
the  body  of  the  house  and  deep  cream  for 
the  trim. 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 


For  a  Green  Living  Room. 

R.  L.  McA. — Your  magazine  has  been 
a  great  help  to  me  in  the  building  of  my 
house  so  far,  and  I  would  also  like  your 
advice  on  the  decorating  of  the  hall,  din- 
ing room  and  living  room,  principally  the 
living  room. 

How  would  green  walls  suit  this  room? 
It  is  well  lighted  and  the  large  window 
faces  the  south.  The  trim  will  be  of 
fir,  and  I  had  planned  on  dark  oak  stain. 
I  am  making  the  furniture  myself.  What 
colors  of  rugs  and  curtains?  What  colors 
would  the  hall  and  dining  room  need  to 
be,  or  would  it  make  any  difference? 

What  is  the  proper  height  to  put  the 
plate  rail? 

Ans. — In  considering  the  treatment  of 
the  living  room,  the  furniture  of  your 
own  make  must  be  the  keynote  of  the 
decoration.  The  green  stain  is  unusual 
for  parlor  furniture  and  we  do  not  think 
green  walls  would  be  advisable  as  a  back- 
ground. We  suggest  instead  a  paper  hav- 
ing an  indefinite  design  in  tones  of  sand 
grey,  the  design  brought  out  in  the  dark- 
er grey.  A  rough,  clothy  surface  in  a 
tapestry  design.  The  ceiling  panels  tint- 
ed a  soft,  plain  light  grey. 

There  is  also  a  jute  upholstery  mate- 
rial in  this  kind  of  a  wood-grey  that 
would  be  excellent  for  seat  cushions  for 
the  furniture.  Then  have  a  green  rug 
and  hangings  of  green.  This  will  be 
green  in  plenty.  The  draperies  you  men- 
tion will  not  take  the  place  of  the  ordi- 
nary shade  to  our  mind,  though  they 
are  sometimes  thus  substituted. 

It  would  certainly  make  a  great  deal 
of  difference  in  the  general  effect  of  your 
house  what  colors  you  use  in  hall  and 
dining  room.  The  dining  room  facing 
south  and  west  would  be  very  nice  with 
soft,  dull  blue  between  the  strips  of  wall 
board  on  the  walls  and  an  ivory  ceiling. 
A  dark,  rich  blue  rug  on  the  floor  and 
blue  Sunfast  curtains.  The  best  height 


for  plate  rail  is  about  six  feet  from  floor. 
We  would  not  use  a  picture  moulding 
in  the  dining  room  with  a  ceiling  beam. 
In  the  hall,  one  of  the  imitation  leather 
papers  called  leatherette,  in  light  golden 
browns  with  touch  of  red,  would  be  ex- 
cellent to  use  in  the  panels  of  the  wain- 
scot, with  a  plain  tan  paper  above. 

Combination  of  Grey  Tones. 

J.  M. — Will  you  kindly  give  me  in- 
formation regarding  the  selection  of  wall 
decoration,  rugs  and  hangings  for  the 
living  room,  dining  room  and  bedroom 
of  my  new  bungalow? 

The  living  room  faces  northwest.  The 
house  is  white  stucco  with  light  grey 
trim.  Grey  shades.  Interior  finish,  dark 
mahogany.  Floors,  light  oak.  I  intend 
to  buy  mahogany  furniture  for  living  and 
dining  rooms.  For  the  bedroom,  which 
would  be  preferable,  mahogany  or  ivory 
enamel  ? 

In  building  the  fireplace,  what  color 
brick  would  you  advise  me  to  use? 

Ans.  -  -  In  reply  to  your  request,  we 
should  treat  the  walls  of  these  three 
rooms  which  open  into  each  other  in 
tones  of  grey.  We  do  not  mean  you 
should  use  the  same  thing  in  all  the 
rooms,  but  let  the  grey  tone  run  through- 
out. 

In  living  room,  for  instance,  a  self- 
toned  grey  tapestry  paper  ;  in  dining  room 
we  would  wainscot  the  lower  wall  and 
use  a  putty-grey  crepe  paper  in  the  pan- 
els ;  above  a  foliage  paper  in  dull  blues 
and  greens  and  greys,  with  blue  rug  and 
blue  tapestries.  In  bedroom,  a  pretty 
grey  stripe  with  pink  and  blue-flowered 
border  and  flowered  cretonne  for  hang- 
ings. 

We  advise  mahogany  doors  with  bal- 
ance of  woodwork  ivory. 

Sand-grey  brick  is  suggested  for  living 
room  fireplace. 


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Tfl  HOUSEHOI/D  ECONOMICS 


An  Ice  Machine  That  Successfully  and  Econom- 
ically Solves  Household  Refrigerat- 
ing Problems 

I  HERE    are     many     splendid     re-  er,  etc.     It  is  automatic  in  operation — re- 
frigerating   systems    in    general  quires  practically  no  attention  other  than 
use  today.     Their  efficiency  and  an  occasional  oiling  of  bearings, 
economy,  as  compared   with  the  Many  ice-cooled  refrigerators  are  a  real 
use  of  natural  ice,  has  been  too  long  dem-  danger  to  a  family.     Ice  and  dampness 
onstrated  to  permit  of  argument.      The  are  inseparable,  and  cold  dampness  pos- 


principal  ob- 
jections,  how- 
ever, include  the 
excessive  cost 
of  installation, 
the  expense  of 
m  a  i  n  t  e  n  ance, 
and  various 
attending  dan- 
gers either  from 
explosions  o  r 
escaping  gases. 
The  ice  ma- 
chine herein  de- 
scribed is  sim- 
ple, compact, 
non;- explosive, 
non- poisonous, 
and  is  adapt- 
able  to  the 
needs  of  the 
householde  r 
and  the  apart- 
m  e  n  t  dweller 
as  much  as  it 
is  adaptable  to 
the  needs  of  the 
cafe  proprietor, 
the  market 
man,  the  butch- 


Front  riew  of  ice  machine,  showing  same  installed  with  the  average 
household  refrigerator. 


sesses  deterior- 
ating influences 
peculiarly 
harmful  to  food- 
stuffs. In  addi- 
tion to  other  ad- 
vantages, this 
refrigerating 
system  brings 
to  the  home 
the  latest  de- 
velopment of 
comfort  and 
sanitation. 

In  construc- 
tion, this  ice 
machine  con- 
sists of  an  agent 
conductor ;  an 
expansion 
valve ;  a  brine 
tank ;  a  com- 
pressor; a  con- 
denser. They 
are  normally 
operated  by  an 
electric  motor, 
but  any  form 
of  power  is 
suitable  for 


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473 


i/our  /osf  Housecleaning  be 
really  the  Last ! 

Why  punish  yourself,  your  family  and  your  household  furnishings  by  the  gruelling 
ordeal  of  the  annual  housecleaning.  While  the  memory  of  this  spring's  experience  is 
still  fresh  why  not  investigate  the  dustless,  germless,  workless  method  of  keeping  the 
home  always  clean  and  thus  avoiding  the  wear  and  tear  another  spring?  Thousands  of 
home-makers  have  solved  the  problem  once  and  forever  by  installing  the 

STATIONARY 
•CLEANER- 

For  Health  and  Cleanliness 

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only  the  superficial  dust  and  dirt  that  ordinary  housecleaning  methods  are  able  to  reach, 
but  also  the  ingrained  particles  that  lie  hidden  in  the  fabric  of  your  rugs  and  draperies 
and  that  accumulate  in  the  cracks  between  the  flooring  boards  where  other  cleaning 
devices  are  unable  to  reach.  It  prevents  the  dirt  from  accumulating  and  makes  the 
spring  housecleaning  unnecessary. 

The  TUEC  can  be  installed  in  your  new  home  before  the  plastering 
is  done,  or  it  can  be  installed  in  your  home  already  built  without  serious  in- 


convenience to  the  ordinary  routine  of  your  household.  Its  cost  is  altogether 
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the  increased  life  of  your  home  furnishings. 

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Renders  a  service  each  year  worth 
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a  resumption  to  warmer  temper- 
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HOUSEHOLD  ECONOMICS-Continued 


operating  the 
machines,  but, 
in  that  the  elec- 
tric motor  is  the 
most  practical 
and  convenient 
means  of  sup- 
lying  power,  it 
is  usually  pre- 
ferred— when  it 
is  available. 

Heretofore 
the  chief  objec- 
tions to  refrig- 
eration ma- 
chines using 
the  ordinary 
agents — as  am- 
monia, sulphur 
dioxide  and  car- 
bon-dioxide  - 
have  been  the  danger  resulting  from 
explosions  and  suffocation.  The  working 
pressure  of  such  machines  has  been  excep- 
tionally high,  consequently  offering  a 
continuous  danger  hazard.  The  agent  or 
liquid  used  in  this  machine  is  non-poison- 
ous, non-injurious,  non-corrosive,  color- 
less, and  practically  odorless.  Under  nor- 
mal operative  conditions  the  pressure 
range  is  approximately  from  sixteen  (16) 
to  twenty  (20)  pounds — consequently  all 
elements  of  danger  due  to  high  pressure, 
explosions  and  suffocation  are  eliminated. 
If  by  chance  the  liquid  in  the  form  of  a 
gas  should  become  liberated  in  any  way, 


Perspective  view  showing:  aide  and  rear. 


it  is  absolutely 
not  fatal  or  dan- 
gerous. 

The  machine 
i  s  practically 
noiseless,  i  s 
self  -  contained 
and  fool-proof. 
Its  weight  com- 
plete, ready  for 
operation,  is  ap- 
promixately  one 
hundred  sixty 
pounds.  The 
electricity  cost 
for  this  opera- 
tion ranges  be- 
tween 2c  and 
3c  for  the  total 
running  period, 
in  order  to  keep 
your  refrigerator  at  the  normal  average 
temperature  desired. 

The  machine  illustrated  here  was  de- 
signed for  household  use.  It  controls  a 
field  of  tremendous  commercial  possibil- 
ities, in  that  no  process  or  machine  has 
been  perfected  before  this  one  that  could 
be  placed  in  a  kitchen  and  perform  the 
duties  for  which  ice  has  been  used  for- 
merly and  at  the  same  time  be  fool-proof, 
economical  and  safe.  It  requires  ab- 
solutely no  personal  attention,  and  per- 
forms the  work  for  which  it  was  designed 
and  installed  economicallv  and  reliably. 


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section  can  be  replaced  without  the  aid  of  a  mechanic. 

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Design,  No  524 
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Coal  Bill  Saving 
Guaranteed 

c  t.n  t  v  r"T"*HIS  letter  will  make  you  sit  up 

iMSjnFnirccn  L    and  take  notice.  It  is  one  of  thou- 

FW  sands  just  like  it.    And  you  can 

T  have  your  coal  bills  cut,  and  your  home 

uniformly  heated  in  just  the  same  clean,  modern,  economical 
UNDERFEED  way.  You  simply  cannot  be  blind  to  such 
saving  and  efficiency.  Read  the  letter: 

Blnghamfiton,  N.  Y.,  R,  F.  D.  No.  3 

Gentlemen: — "In  regard  to  my  experience  with  the  Williamson 
UNDERFEED  furnace  would  state  that  I  haoe  heated  8  room* 
the  entire  season  at  a  costal  $18.  Haoe  had  uniform  heat  and 
plenty  of  it  in  all  the  rooms,  with  little  attention,  no  gas  and 
very  lew  ashes.  It  hat  cost  me  lest  to  ran  the  furnace  than  to 
run  my  cook  stove. "  Yoart  very  trulu, 

O.  A.  ELWELL.  Near  Port  Dickinson 

The  Williamson  Xcw-Feecl  UNDERFEED  Is  a  veritable  triumph  amonz 
modern  heating  systems.  Replaces  olil-lashioned  overled  grates,  stoves  and 
other  hettlnc  "'levites."  And  does  it  at  a  savin?  ol  time,  and  money.  Re- 
member, a  saving  ol  one-halt  to  two-thirds  on  coal  bills  is  actually  guaranteed. 


The  "Why"  of  it  All 

UNDERFEED  the  new  coal  is  fed  from  below.  Theclean, 


In  the  New 

live  fire  ami  coals  are  always  on  top.  right  against  the  most  effective  radiating 
Surfaces.  The  fire  does  nut  have  to  fight  its  way  up.  Dust,  smoke  ami  gases 
are  consumed  and  turned  into  real  usable  heat  by  the  clean,  hot  coals  through 
which  they  must  pass. 

Burns  Cheaper  Grades  of  Coal 

With  the  New-  Feed  UNDUKFEED  you  can  burn  the  cheaper  grades  of 
coal  with  the  same,  if  not  letter  results,  than  the  most  expensive  grades.  It 
burns  any  size  ot  hard  or  soft  coal,  from  slick  and  pea  or  buckwheat  up— 
burns  It  all  to  a  clean  white  ash  —  no  clinkers  —  no  partly  burned  coals. 

I  -earn  more  about  it.     Use  the  coupon.    It  brings  you  the  interesting  book 
From  Overfed  to  ITKDRRPEED"  which  also  shows  in  detail  Just  how  the 
New-Feed  can  be  operated  with  wonderful  success  by  a  Iwy  of  12. 

For  money  saved—  GUARANTEED  -send  the  coupon  NOW! 

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(Formerly  the  Peck-  Williamson  Co.) 
236  Fifth  Avenue  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

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THE  WILLIAMSON  HEATER  CO. 

236  Fifth  Avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Tell  me  how  to  cut  my  coal  bills  from  ,'i  to  ;  ;;  with  I 
Williamson  New-Feed  UNDERFEED. 


Warm  Air_ 


Steam  or  Hot  Water. 

(Hark  an  X  afUr  System  fnterwtixl  In) 


Name_ 


Address  

My  Dealer's  Name  is_ 


IV  o   advertialng    Isi    accepted    for  »KelthV  that  TOO  can  not  trait. 


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SOMeMAe  MEAT  THAT  CANNA  €AT~ANI>5OMe  WOCILD  CAT  THAT  WANT  IT 
BUT  We  MA€  M6ATAND  W€  CAN  CAT  . 

SAe   L6T  TMe  LORD  BeTHANKIT  \ 


TABLE   OMAT 


The  Dining  Room  Between  Meals 


HEN  not  in  use  for  a  meal,  the 
dining  room  should  be  kept  in 
such  condition  that  it  makes  a  har- 
monious item  of  the  total  impres- 
sion made  by  the  first  floor.  Whether  it  is 
desirable  that  the  house  should  be  so 
arranged  that  the  dining  room  is  visible 
from  the  other  rooms  is  another  matter. 
Many  housewives  will  say  that  compli- 


cations are  avoided  by  having  it  shut  off 
entirely,  but  this  is  seldom  the  case,  and 
between  meals  the  dining  room  must  be 
more  or  less  on  dress  parade.  This  would 
seem  to  preclude  the  common  fashion  of 
having  the  cloth  stay  on  from  one  meal 
to  another  as  the  mass  of  white  linen  is 
very  unhappy  as  a  part  of  the  general 
effect.  Nor  is  a  white  linen  centerpiece 


A  new  way  to  use  cold  meat. 


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Move  the  family  living  room  outdoors 
this  summer,  where  all  can  breathe  the 
pure,  fresh  air  all  day  long. '  You  can 
add  a  cheery  room  to  your  house — a  shady,  cool 
retreat  for  summer  days  an  outdoor  sleeping 
room  at  night — by  equipping  your  porch  with 


BEG    U.S.  PAT  OFF 

PORCH  SHADES 

They  give  just  enough  seclusion  to  make  the  porch 
homelike  and  add  a  d-rorative  touch  to  the  whole  house. 
AEROLUX  Splint  Fabric  Awnings  do  notabsoib  and  hold 
the  heat  of  the  sun  as  canvas  awnings  do — 
thev  keep  it  all  out«ide.  making  your  rooms 
shady,  airy  and  seven  degrees  cooler. 

THE  AEROSHADE  COMPANY 
446  Oakland  Ave.,  Waukeiha.  Wix. 


HERE  is  a  substantial  weathered  oak  chair 
that  you  will  be  as  proud  of  as  you  are  of 
your  garden — and  the  price  in  only  $5.50, 
freight  prepaid,  direct  to  you.  This  chair  is  only 
one  of  the  attractive  line  of  "Bucyrus  Bill" 
outdoor  furniture  in  weathered  oak  for  porch, 
gardens  and  Summer  houses.  Weathered  oak  is  the 
most  practicpl  finish  for  out-of-doors  furniture  Every 
piece  of  the  "Bucyrus  Bill"  line  isdesigncd  for  beauty 
and  strength  and  all  the  prices  are  in  line  with  the 
barprain  offered  above,  because  we  sell 
direct  to  you.  Write  today  for  prices  on 
porch  swings,  tables,  etc.,  to  Dept.  C.  C|  nii.i" 

WHITE  SALES  COMPANY 

BUCYRUS,  OHIO 


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Genuine  Gilbert  &  Bennett  PEARL 
Wire  Cloth  is  built  to  resist  the  ravages  of  the 
elements  that  combine  to  render  common  "gal- 
vanized'* and  "painted"  screens  worthless  in 
most  no  time  at  all. 

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genuine  PEARL  Wire  Cloth  with  two  Copper  Wires  in 
the  selvage  and  the  Round  Tag  bearing  the  Gilbert  & 
Bennett  name  on  each  roll. 

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Relufcir  md  Extra  H.avy  PEAKL.  full  iletalla 
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The  Gilbert  &  Bennett  Mfg.  Co. 

(Established  1818) 

Dem  r.277Broadway,N.Y.  Drpl  C-38S  Dearborn  Si.. Chica.o 
Georgetown,  Conn.  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

The  Krit  HardnarF  llralrr  ID  Your  Clt.v  Selli  "  PF.1BL." 


The  Birds  Will 
Come! 

May  and  June 

are  good  months  to 
win  the  birds  to  your 
garden.  Plenty  of 
time  yet  for  nesting. 


Colonial  Bath  Pedes- 
tal of  simple  classic 
design.  A  beautiful 
ornament  for  any 
Kat  den.  Birds  nock 
to  it. 


Villa  double  Wren  House 
of  pleasing  design;  dur- 
able and  attractive. 


This  drinking  and  bath- 
ing pedestal  will  give 
you  great  pleasure  all 
summer.  All  kinds  of 
birds  will  come  and 

enjoy  it,  especially  in  the 
hot  dry  months. 

The  artistic  and  practical 
designs  of  UNIQUE  bird 
houses  and  baths  give  a  much 
desired  touch  of  interest  and 
quaintness  to  the  garden. 

Send  for  The  Garden  Unique 
Catalog  showing  the  full  line  of 
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THE  GARDEN  UNIQUE 

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TABLE  CHAT-Contraued 


on  a  bare  table 
much  better.  If 
a  lace  center- 
piece is  used  it 
is  quite  inoffen- 
sive, but  all  the 
smaller  doilies 
should  be  taken 
off. 

The  'best 
thing  is  a  hand- 
some piece  of 
fabric  of  some 
sort.  Fora 
simple  room 
this  may  be 
merely  a  square 
or  oblong  of 
colored  linen, 
h  a  r  m  o  n  i  z  i  n  g 
with  the  color 
scheme  of  the 
room.  If  the 
covers  of  side- 
board and  serv- 
ice table  are  of 
colored  em- 
broidered linen, 
a  piece  for  table 
should  be  pro- 
vided as  well. 
where  lace  or 


Raspberries  and  whipped  cream. 


For  handsome  rooms 
white  linen  is  used  for 
covers,  a  length  of  Japanese  brocade  is 
effective,  or  some  of  the  ordinary  uphol- 
stery fabrics  may  be  used,  edged  with  an 
antique  gold  braid  or  some  sort  of  a  gimp. 
For  a  rectangular  table,  the  cover 
should  be  laid  lengthwise,  coming  short 
of  either  end,  or  be  laid  across  with  ends 
hanging  over  the  sides.  Whatever  center 
ornamentation  is  used,  ferns  or  flowers 
should  be  set  in  the  middle  of  the  table. 

Austrian  Sauce  for  Lamb. 

This  may  appeal  to  some  one  who  is  in 
search  of  novelty,  and  is  said  to  be  delicious 
with  lamb.  It  is  made  by  mixing  a  level 
teaspoonful  of  dry  English  mustard  to  a, 
smooth  paste  with  hot  water,  in  a  small 
saucepan,  adding  to  it  by  degrees,  stirring 
constantly  until  it  is  melted,  a  tumbler  of 
currant  jelly.  Probably  any  other  tart  jelly 
could  be  substituted  for  the  currant. 


Another 
sauce  for  spring 
lamb,  this  time 
of  French  or- 
igin, has  four 
table  spoonfuls 
of  mint  for  its 
base.  Pour 
boiling  water 
over  the  finely 
chopped  mint 
to  draw  out  the 
flavor,  drain  it 
off  and  add  to 
the  mint  enough 
orange  marmal- 
ade to  make  a 
sufficient  quan- 
tity of  thick 
gravy  and  serve 
like  ordinary 
mint  sauce.  In 
preparing  mint 
leaves,  as  well 
as  for  many 
other  similar 
processes  a 
sharp  pair  of 
scissors  is  far 
better  than  a 
chopping  knife,  and  the  work  can  be  done 
in  a  quarter  the  time. 

One  of  our  illustrations  suggests  a  us; 
for  fragments  of  cold  meat.  An  earthen 
dish  is  filled  with  alternate  layers  of  thin- 
ly sliced  cold  boiled  potatoes  and  cold 
roast  meat,  well  moistened  with  a  brown 
sauce.  Instead  of  a  crust  the  dish  is 
covered  with  a  thick  layer  of  boiled  rice, 
which  is  dotted  with  bits  of  butter  and 
sprinkled  with  cheese.  It  is  browned  in 
the  oven,  and  just  before  serving  the  dish 
is  decorated  with  triangles  of  toast  and 
with  sprigs  of  parsley.  This  is  a  good 
way  to  serve  a  curry  of  fish  or  chicken, 
a  dish  which  is  particularly  good  in  the 
summer  time,  when  meat  is  apt  to  taste 
rather  insipid,  yet  must  be  eaten. 

Raspberries  and  Whipped  Cream. 

Raspberries  are  usually  tantalizingly 
scarce  and  high.  They  are  economically 
served  in  a  sherbet  glass,  piled  with 
whipped  cream  and  garnished  with  can- 
died fruit,  the  service  pieced  out  with  a 
piece  of  silver  or  angel  cake. 


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No  Matter 

what  the  cost  of  first  ap- 
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and  your  money's  worth 
are  finally  measured  by  the 
Quality  of  the  Fixtures 
that  go  into  your  bath 


room. 


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60  years'  experience  in  manufacturing  every  item  of  a  complete  plumbing  equipment 

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Building  Material 


1 

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Metal  Lath  by  Weight. 

HE  Associated  Metal  Lath  Man- 
ufacturers during  its  four  years 
of  existence  has  made  sincere  ef- 
fort to  find,  by  research  and  field 
investigation,  fundamentals  that  govern 
the  use  of  metal  lath. 

The  earnest  desire  of  the  metal  lath 
manufacturers  to  get  to  the  bottom  of 
things  is  well  evidenced  in  the  fact  that 
they  have  turned  over  to  the  National 
Bureau  of  Standards  at  Washington  the 
investigation  of  the  corrosion  problem  as 
affecting  metal  lath.  Possible  corrosion 
is  recognized  by  architects  and  engineers 
as  serious  as  regards  all  iron  and  steel 
material  that  goes  into  a  building,  wheth- 
er it  be  gas  or  water  pipe,  structural  mem- 
bers, roofing  or  metal  lath,  and  the  re- 
ports of  the  Bureau  of  Standards  follow- 
ing their  experiments  and  research 
should  give  much-needed  information  on 
this  important  subject. 

Another  thing  which  has  been  a  source 
of  annoyance  to  architects  is  a  designa- 
tion for  metal  lath  that  will  be  compre- 
hensive and  free  from  misconstruction. 
In  the  development  of  metal  lath,  wheth- 
er of  a  form  expanded  from  sheets  or 
woven  from  wire,  it  has  naturally  been 
the  practice  to  designate  the  material  by 
the  gauge  of  the  metal. 

The  best  building  practice  demanded 
the  heaviest  material  --  24-gauge  in  ex- 
panded metal  and  18-gauge  in  wire — but 
with  the  development  of  new  forms  of 
metal  lath  it  was  found  possible  in  some 
forms  to  still  keep  within  the  letter  of 
the  specifications,  but  furnish  less  mate- 
rial ;  in  other  words,  the  tendency  was  to 
supply  an  increasingly  larger  area  of 
holes  surrounded  by  strands  of  metal 


that  were  of  the  full  gauge,  and  the 
weight  per  square  yard  would  be  corre- 
spondingly reduced.  This  problem  was 
approached  by  the  Metal  Lath  Associa- 
tion in  the  same  fair-minded  way  that  has 
characterized  all  of  the  co-operative  work 
carried  on  by  that  industry,  with  the  re- 
sult that  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  asso- 
ciation, a  resolution  was  passed  to  the 
effect  that  all  metal  lath  in  the  future 
would  be  designated  alone  by  weight, 
and  in  a  metal  lath  handbook,  now  on  the 
press,  the  recommendation  made  by  the 
association  is  that  in  all  specifications, 
metal  lath  be  required  to  be  painted  if 
not  galvanized,  and  to  weigh  not  less 
than  33A  pounds  per  square  yard. 

It  is  quite  unusual  that  the  constitu- 
ents of  an  industry  can  so  far  waive  in- 
dividual advantages  and  forget  their 
differences  as  to  unite  on  an  elementary 
action  of  this  sort. 

Anything  that  tends  toward  uniformity 
or  standardization  of  building  materials 
is  welcomed  bv  architects,  and  the  action 
of  the  metal  lath  industry  should  have 
its  deserved  appreciation. 

Marks  in  Wood  Record  Heavy  Wind 
Storms. 

Little  diagonal  streaks  or  wrinkles 
across  the  grain  of  a  piece  of  timber  not 
only  betray  weakness,  but  sometimes  in- 
dicate periods  of  stress  through  which 
the  wood  passed  when  it  was  growing. 
They  may  even  be  taken  as  a  sort  of 
check  on  the  official  record  of  wind 
storms,  as  in  the  case  of  some  lumber 
tested  at  the  forest  service  laboratory  at 
Madison,  Wis. 

The  marks  are  caused  by  what  are 
called  "compression  failures,"  which  oc- 
cur when  the  fibers  bend  or  buckle  under 


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"LTERRINGBONE  stands  off  big  and  petty  losses.  A  house  of 
•*•  -*•  stucco  over  Herringbone  is  fire  resisting,  economical,  durable 
—  requires  no  painting  nor  repairs. 


Rigid  Metal  Lath 

holds  stucco  and  plaster  —  prevents  cracks,  falling  or  discoloration. 
A  Herringbone  house  is  warm  in  winter,  cool  in  summer.  Defies 
any  climate  or  weather.  Costs  but  little  more  than  a  wooden  house. 
For  excessively  damp  climates  or  places  where  lath  is  particularly 
subject  to  rust  or  corrosion  use  Herringbone  Armco  Iron  Lath  —  of 
the  purest,  most  rust-resisting  iron  made. 

"  The  House  that  Father  Built  " 


lans 


onderful  book  if  you  want  a  home  that  resists  fire,  decay 
and  time.  Full  of  beautiful  Herringbone  houses.    Also  contains 
by  leading  architects.    Mention  your  architect's  name  in 
iting  and  we  will  gladly  cooperate  with  him. 


The  General  Fireproofing  Company 

690  Logan  Avenue 
Youngstown,  O. 


Maitrt  also  if   Stlf-Stnterine  —  tht 

(encrttt  rtinforcement  that  makti 

forms  unntctuary 


ft* 


No   advertlxlng    Is    accepted    for  "Keith's"  that  you  can  not  truit. 


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a  too  heavy  strain.  In  cutting  up  logs 
collected  for  experiments  at  the  labora- 
tory, it  was  noticed  that  these  compres- 
sion failures  appeared  on  the  north  side 
of  a  number  of  trees  which  came  from  the 
same  locality  in  Florida.  By  counting 
the  annual  rings  of  the  wood  and  from 
knowledge  of  the  time  when  it  was  cut 
in  the  forest,  it  was  decided  that  the  com- 
pression failures  must  have  been  caused 
by  a  severe  wind  from  the  south  about 
the  year  1898.  Inquiries  were  made  in 
Florida  and  it  was  found  that  a  hurricane 
had,  in  fact,  swept  over  the  region  at 
the  time  indicated. 

The  experiments  have  determined  that 
the  strength  of  a  piece  of  wood  may  be 
seriously  impaired  by  slight  compression 
failures  due  to  rough  handling.  Dropping 
a  beam  across  a  skid  may  cause  a  com- 
pression failure  at  the  point  at  which  the 
beam  strikes  the  skid  and  it  will  be  at 
this  point  that  the  beam  gives  way  when 
it  breaks  under  a  strain  too  severe  for 
the  weakened  fibers  to  withstand.  Hither- 
to, unaccountable  breakage  in  hickory 
wagon  spokes  and  other  presumably 
strong  material  are  now  attributed  to 
compression  failures  caused  by  wind 
storms  in  the  period  of  growth  or  by 
hard  usage  in  lumbering  and  manufac- 
turing processes. 

Single  Sugar  Pine  Yields  Enough  Lum- 
ber  to   Build   Suburban   House. 

The  government  has  received  $99.40 
in  settlement  for  a  single  sugar  pine  tree 
which  was  cut  in  trespass  in  the  Stanis- 
laus national  forest,  in  California,  and 
which  yielded  more  than  enough  actual 
lumber  to  build  a  good-sized  suburban 
frame  house.  The  tree  scaled  18,933 
board  fe.et  and  was  valued  at  $5.25  per 
thousand  feet. 

Not  many  trees  contain  enough  lum- 
ber to  build  a  two-foot  board  walk  nearly 
two  miles  long,  and  this  is  believed  to 
be  the  first  case  on  record  in  which  a 
single  tree  felled  in  a  national  forest  was 
valued  at  almost  $100  on  the  stump,  al- 
though national  forest  timber  is  frequent- 
ly sold  at  considerably  higher  rates. 
Oak  Flooring  vs.  Carpets. 

The  average  homebuilder  is  very  often 
misled  in  regard  to  prices  on  oak  floor- 
ing. Three-eighths  thickness  oak  flooring, 


which  makes  a  very  serviceable  and  beau- 
tiful floor,  is  cheaper  than  carpets.  A 
yard  of  carpet  is  27  inches  wide  by  3 
feet  in  length,  thus  a  carpet  yard  con- 
tains 6^4  square  feet.  Carpet  sells  at 
from  $2  to  $9  per  yard.  A  fair  average 
of  good  quality  of  carpet  would  be  about 
$3  per  yard.  The  best  grade  of  3/8-mch 
clear  quartered  oak  flooring  by  Iji-inch 
face  or  2-inch  face  can  be  laid  and  pol- 
ished for  $1.50  per  carpet  yard.  This  is 
one-half  the  price  of  carpet.  Carpets  over 
the  entire  floor  is  a  product  of  the  past 
and  rightfully,  too.  Oak  floors  with  rugs 
meet  the  demands  of  people  that  know 
how  to  have  their  home  look  up-to-date. 
Oak  flooring  beautifies  any  home  and 
combines  more  taste  and  a  greater  de- 
gree of  refinement  than  any  carpet  that 
was  ever  made. 

The  living,  renting  and  selling  values 
are  vastly  increased  by  oak  flooring. 
Three-eighths  inch  thickness  is  used  very 
extensively  for  reconstruction  work  where 
it  may  be  laid  over  old  soft  pine  floors  or 
carpets  without  in  any  way  interfering 
with  the  woodwork  of  the  room. 

The  standard  thicknesses  of  oak  floor- 
ing are  ^-inch  and  jMi-inch.  The  for- 
mer comes  in  iy2-'mch,  2-inch  and  2%- 
inch  faces,  and  the  latter  in  1  "/2-inch  and 
2-inch  faces.  The  J^-inch  thickness  when 
laid  has  all  the  appearance  of  heavy  floor- 
ing. 

Oak  flooring  is  hygienic  and  is  very 
easily  and  economically  cared  for  after 
being  laid.  No  modern  home  nowadays 
is  complete  unless  floored  with  oak  floor- 
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were  any  residences  in  California  with  con- 
crete roofs  and  how  such  a  roof  for  a 
dwelling  should  be  constructed  the  editor 
of  the  San  Francisco  Architect  and  Builder 
offers  the  following  comment : 

"There  are  a  number  of  reinforced  con- 
crete houses  in  California  having  concrete 
roofs,  but  we  know  of  no  frame  dwelling 
with  such  a  roof  and  would  not  recom- 
mend such  construction,  as  the  weight 
would  be  too  great  unless  prior  provision 
had  been  made  in  the  superstructure  to 
carry  the  extra  load.  In  Los  Angeles 
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crete  tile  roofs  but  here,  too,  it  has  been 
found  necessary  to  materially  strengthen 
the  walls  and  rafters  to  carry  the  in- 
creased weight. 

"Concrete  roofs  are  all  right  for  ice 
houses,  coal  sheds,  chicken  houses,  etc." 

In  the,  same  connection  there  is  pub- 
lished the  following  method  which  a 
North  Dakota  builder  used  with  good  sat- 
isfaction in  putting  concrete  roofs  on  a 
few  of  the  houses  he  had  erected : 

"I  Cover  the  roof  boards,  which  are  al- 
ready in  place,  with  brown  building  paper, 
although  tar  paper  might  be  better,  to 
prevent  the  boards  from  swelling.  Over 
this  I  put  on  an  ordinary  poultry  netting, 
lapping  each  strip  4  inches  or  5  inches 
and  wiring  them  together.  When  I  put 
on  the  concrete  I  take  precaution  to  raise 
up  the  netting  so  that  it  will  be  embedded 
in  the  concrete  nearer,  of  course,  to  the 
bottom  than  to  the  top. 

"For  the  concrete  I  use  a  1 :3  mix  of 
cement  and  a  well-graded  sand.  This 
mortar  is  put  on  1^  inches  thick  and  well 
worked  around  the  netting.  In  the  val- 
leys I  us:  tin  exposed  about  3  inches  or 
4  inches. 

"For  very  long  roofs  I  put  in  double 
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"Don't  paint  a  new  house  as  soon  as  it 
is  finished,"  is  the  advice  given  by  a  paper 
devoted  to  this  business  and  the  reasons 
are  as  follows : 

Today  most  lumber  is  kiln  dried.  This 
means  that  seasoning  has  been  artificially 
forced.  The  pores  of  the  wood  are  open 
and  will  soak  up  moisture.  Besides  it 
contains  all  the  salts  and  acids  of  the 
wood  in  concentrated  form,  which,  if  not 
removed  in  some  way,  will  prove  detri- 
mental to  the  durability  of  the  paint.  For 
this  reason,  it  is  generally  thought  advis- 
able to  allow  a  new  building  to  stand  for 
a  month  or  two  unpainted,  says  a  writer 
in  Varnish  Talks,  so  as  to  permit  wash- 
ing out  of  the  surface  cells,  and  allow  for 
the  closing  of  the  pores  which  have  been 
unnaturally  opened.  Then,  after  a  dry 
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absorbed  by  the  wood,  is  the  ideal  time  to 
apply  the  priming  coat. 

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redwood.  The  reception  hall  is  finished 
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Relative  Cost  of  Materials. 

W.  C.  C. — We  are  going  to  build  a 
stucco  house  this  spring  and  as  it  is  a 
new  thing  with  us  (there  are  none  here), 
we  would  like  some  information.  Which 
is  best  to  use  for  frame  work,  tile  or 
wood?  What  is  the  difference  in  cost? 
What  kind  of  stucco  is  best  to  use?  I 
notice  in  your  April  issue  in  answer  to 
H.  O.  S.  you  said  the  stucco  finish  had 
been  on  for  nine  years.  Did  you  use 
wood  or  tile  and  what  kind  of  stucco? 
Can  you  tell  us  the  difference  in  cost  of 
asbestos  shingles  and  tile  for  roofing? 

Ans. — In  the  matter  of  construction, 
whether  a  wood,  frame  or  a  tile  wall, 
would  say  that  your  choice  in  regard  to 
this  is  a  relative  matter,  by  which  I 
mean  that  it  depends  on  the  amount  you 
want  to  spend  on  your  home.  Either  form 
of  construction  is  good  and  a  frame  wall 
with  metal  lath  and  stucco  exterior  will 
make  a  perfectly  satisfactory  and  good, 
warm  house,  and  will  not  cost  as  much 
as  a  tile  wall.  Of  course  the  tile  wall 
gives  you  more  fireproof  construction,  and 
in  that  particular  might  be  considered 
better. 

We  generally  specify  the  use  of  poured 
Portland  cement  in  proper  mixture  with 
sharp  sand  as  the  best  and  most  durable 
mortar  to  use  for  the  stucco  work. 

In  the  item,  answer  to  H.  O.  S.,  in 
April  Keith's,  have  to  say  that  the  wall 
construction  was  frame  with  the  stucco 
as  above  described. 

There  is  some  difference  in  the  cost 
of  asbestos  shingles  against  tile  roofing, 
in  favor  of  the  former.  The  difference 
is  again  dependent  upon  locality  and  the 
style  of  tile  roofing  selected. 


Attic  Chambers. 

I.  J.  C. — Is  it  feasible  to  put  the  bed- 
rooms of  the  upstairs  family  in  the  attic 
of  a  duplex?  Would  not  they  be  pretty 
warm  in  summer? 

Ans.  -  -  If  I  understand  your  inquiry 
correctly,  it  is  to  know  whether  it  would 
be  practical  to  put  bedrooms  in  the  at- 
tic of  a  duplex  house;  that  is,  and  have 
those  rooms  comfortable  in  the  warm 
summer  months.  Such  rooms  would  be 
as  comfortable  as  attic  rooms  in  any 
residence,  but  if  they  are  plastered  and 
have  sufficient  ventilation  and  windows 
either  in  the  gables  or  dormers,  they 
ought  to  be  reasonably  comfortable ;  but 
of  course  will  be  somewhat  warmer  than 
the  second  floor  rooms. 

There  are  no  means  of  getting  away 
from  this  without  going  to  the  expense 
of  an  extra  roof  lining  or  a  double  ceil- 
ing. I  think  you  could  help  this  matter 
very  much  by  covering  the  under  side 
of  the  roof  rafters  with  a  layer  of  insu- 
lating felt,  over  which  you  could  nail  wall 
board.  This  would  give  an  air  space  of 
some  6  inches  and  would  help  materially 
to  keep  out  the  heat. 

Sound-proofing  Floors. 

W.  R.  L. — I  want  to  build  a  duplex 
house  and  want  to  have  it  as  nearly 
sound-proof  as  is  possible.  Is  it  possible 
to  make  it  absolutely  sound-proof,  and  if 
so,  how  would  you  suggest  doing  it?  It 
is  to  be  a  frame  structure. 

Ans. — A  good  way  to  make  the  floors 
sound-proof  is  to  use  what  is  known  as  a 
deadener,  or  insulating  quilt,  which  is 
laid  between  the  floor  and  the  stud  par- 
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We  insure  you  comfort  in  that  new  Home. 

There  is  no  producer  of  comfort  that  excels 
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The  size  of  furnace  we  select  insures  economy 
in  fuel  and  ease  in  firing  and  regulating. 

The  addition  of  sufficient  moisture  insures  a  health- 
ful and  agreeable  condition  of  the  atmosphere,  quite  un- 
like the  effect  from  steam,  hot  water  or  ordinary  hot 
air  furnaces. 

The  construction  of  the  Hess  Steel  Furnace,  with 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


The  Planning  of  Small  Houses. 

T  is  a  proverbial  fact  among  arch- 
itects and  builders  that  every  man 
strives  to  build  a  larger  home 
than  he  can  afford.  Even  the 
man  who  builds  a  three-room  bungalow 
goes  into  debt  before  the  home  is  com- 
plete in  order  to  have  it  a  little  better 
than  he  might  get  along  with  for  a  while, 
at  least.  The  man  who  (without  per- 
suasion from  his  architect)  voluntarily 
decides  to  see  how  small  he  can  build  a 
home  and  have  it  fill  his  needs  would  be 
a  curiosity  to  the  average  builder  or  archi- 
tect. 

The  planning  of  a  small  home  is  more 
difficult  than  the  planning  of  a  larger 
one  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  same 
family.  Not  because  the  arrangement 
'cannot  be  as  convenient,  for  anything 
built  on  a  large  scale  can  be  built  on 
a  small  scale,  within  a  certain  reasonable 
minimum,  but  because  the  average  per- 
son has  an  exaggerated  idea  as  to  how 
much  room  he  needs  for  living  purposes. 
When  sitting  in  the  parlor,  with  two  or 
three  friends,  the  actual  space  that  is 
taken  up  together  with  the  usual  parlor  fur- 
niture is  not  considerable ;  when  the  din- 
ing room  is  openly  connected  with  the 
parlor,  the  effect  of  distance  prevents  a 
cramped  or  stuffy  appearance. 

In  the  dining  room,  of  course,  the  size 
of  the  table,  together  with  the  fact  that 
a  passage  must  be  maintained  around 
the  outside  of  the  seated  guests,  estab- 
lishes a  ten-foot  minimum  for  the  least 
dimension.  The  dining  room  should  be 
made  a  little  longer  than  its  narrowest 
dimension,  to  permit  extension  of  the 
table  on  special  occasions.  This  extra 
length  is  often  obtained  by  projecting  a 
bay,  which,  when  properly  designed, 
adds  to  the  attractiveness  both  within 
and  without. 

Some  people  think  they  simplv  cannot 
get  along  without  a  den.  The  writer  ad- 
mits that  he  is  one  of  those  people.  A 
little  place,  even  if  not  more  than  five 
feed  wide,  in  which  to  study,  write,  read, 


or  converse  privately,  is  always  a  con- 
venient accessory.  Placing  a  comfort- 
able couch  in  it  makes  an  extra  bed 
room  on  special  occasions.  In  a  small 
home,  however,  this  space  can  be  dis- 
tributed between  the  other  rooms  and  one 
of  the  bedrooms  furnished  to  take  its 
place.  The  number  of  chambers  is,  of 
course,  established  by  the  number  in  the 
family  and  the  number  of  expected  guests. 

A  fireplace  is  always  a  splendid  thing 
in  any  home,  for  its  cheerfulness  and  the 
heat  it  affords  on  mild  winter  days,  as 
well  as  being  a  splendid  ventilator  at 
all  times,  but  it  is  expensive  and  takes 
up  altogether  too  much  room  for  a  small 
home.  It  should,  therefore,  be  omitted, 
together  with  such  desirable  but  unneces- 
sary luxuries  as  a  first-floor  toilet  room, 
large  pantry  and  conservatory. 

For  the  best  appearance  a  home  of 
small  dimensions  should  not  be  full  two 
stories  high.  Making  the  height  of  the 
first  story  not  over  9  feet  increases  the 
size  of  the  rooms  in  appearance  and 
makes  it  unnecessary  to  project  the  sec- 
ond story  quite  so  high  into  the  air. 
While  it  must  be  admitted  that  a  slant 
in  the  bedroom  ceiling  is  not  the  most 
desirable  thing,  still,  when  the  slant  starts 
not  lower  than  $]/2  feet  or  6  feet  from  the 
floor,  it  is  not  in  the  way  of  bedroom 
wall  furniture,  and  does  not  interfere 
with  head  room,  even  at  5J/2  feet. 

When  the  slanted  part  of  the  ceiling 
is  insulated  properly  from  the  weather 
and  the  room  is  properly  ventilated,  it 
does  not  make  the  room  either  hotter 
or  colder;  in  fact,  it  requires  a  little  less 
heat  radiation  in  winter. 

From  an  investment  standpoint  it  is  a 
significant  fact  that  small  homes  con- 
taining a  sufficient  number  of  rooms  and 
all  modern  conveniences  sell  better  and 
at  larger  profits  in  proportion  to  the  in- 
vestment than  larger  and  more  costly 
homes,  which  would  indicate  that  the 
average  home  builder  would  be  content 
with  rooms  not  quite  so  large  as  he 
thinks  is  necessary  when  planning  a 


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For  Simplest  and  Grandest  Homes 

(CHARMING  Moorish  beauty  and 
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Spanish  Tile  gives  an  air  of  distinction  to 
the  home  graced  by  this  wonderful  new 
and  practically  indestructible  roofing. 

It  has  taken  home-builders  of  America 
by  storm,  for  it  is  the  modernization  of 
the  wonderfully  beautiful  roofs  of  historic 
Spanish  edifices. 

The  art  of  making  this  roofing,  left 
behind  by  fleeing  Moors  driven  out  of 
Spain  centuries  ago,  until  1910  could 
not  be  made  practical  for  the  modern 
home,  despite  its  alluring  beauties. 

After  years  of  experiment,  we  have  hit  the 
solution.  That  is  why  today  we  are  able  to 
offer  American  homes  the  amazing  attractive- 
ness of 

Metal  Spanish  Tile  Roofing 

Its  scores  of  vital,  practical  advantages  cost 
no  more  than  common  roofing,  yet  mean  tre- 
mendous economy — it  needs  no  repairs  and  out- 
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tically indestructible  metal  construction. 

It  is  absolutely  wind,  weather,  storm,  fire  and 
lightning  proof. 

Easy  to  apply.  No  soldering,  no  special  tools— any 
ordinary  mechanic  can  apply  it.  Interlocking:  system 
by  which  tiles  dovetail  into  each  other  makes  the  roof 
absolutely  water  tight  and  provides  for  expansion  and 
contraction  perfectly— summer  and  winter.  Itis  guar- 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS-Contmued 


home  if  he  could  only  see  a  home  in 
every  other  way  meeting  his  require- 
ments, with  rooms  just  large  enough  to 
be  practical  and  homelike. 

The  New  Neighborhood  and  Community 
Improvement  Idea. 

With  the  thoughts  of  spring  house-clean- 
ing comes  the  realization  of  the  need  for 
general  improvement  of  our  own  door 
yards,  our  neighborhood,  and  beyond  that, 
the  toim  or  city  in  ivhich  we  live. 

The  Outlook,  in  the  following  article, 
gives  an  example  of  what  was  accomplished 
by  one  man  by  the  organization  of  a  Civic 
Improvement  Association  in  his  town.  Can 
you  not  do  as  much  for  yours? 

Suburbs,  no  less  than  slums,  need  re- 
demption. Merion,  as  beautiful  a  suburb 
as  Philadelphia  or  any  other  city  in 
America  possesses,  needed  redemption 
from  selfishness,  individualism,  social  in- 
difference, an  unwarranted  sense  of  se- 
curity and  crude  disfigurements.  Or  at 
least  Mr.  Edward  W.  Bok  believed  it  did. 

Mr.  Bok  lives  in  Merion  and  he  believed 
that  it  might  be  made  much  more  de- 
lightful as  a  place  in  which  to  live. 
Merion  had  been  contented,  because  it 
had  a  reputation  for  being  a  suburb  of 
wealth  and  exclusiveness.  But  all  the 
while  it  was  unconsciously  suffering 
from  deprivations,  inconveniences,  and 
blemishes  that  a  middle-class  manufactur- 
ing town  would  not  tolerate  for  a  month. 
There  were  infrequent  semi-luminous 
blurs  of  yellow  gas-light  by  way  of  il- 
lumination, gutterless  roads,  mud  trails 
or  cinder  tracks  for  sidewalks,  scant  and 
precarious  fire  protection,  a  miniature 
and  somnolent  police  force,  an  annual 
crop  of  mosquitoes,  and  many  other 
things  quite  reminiscent  of  the  dark  ages 
and  quite  anachronous  in  a  modern 
American  suburb.  And  it  was  all  over- 
looked, tolerated,  extenuated,  because 
Merion  had  no  corporate  or  communal 
consciousness ;  it  is  not  a  village,  or  even 
a  polling  district,  but  simply  a  cluster  of 
beautiful  homes  set  in  well-kept  grounds, 
inhabited  by  busy,  wide-awake  and  de- 
lightful American  citizens. 

Obviously  Merion  needed  a  community 
soul,  and  when  Mr.  Bok  proposed  the 
creation  of  a  civic  association  a  new  com- 
munity was  born. 


The  first  thing  necessary  was  a  fear- 
less stock-taking,  and  a  survey  was  made 
by  experts  from  the  Bureau  of  Municipal 
Research.  They  mapped  out  the  more  ob- 
vious needs  and  sketched  a  prophetic  pic- 
ture of  possibilities.  Next  the  Merion 
Civic  Association  incorporated  and  en- 
gaged a  secretary  to  see  that  the  work 
designed  should  be  properly  carried  out. 
One  of  the  earliest  discoveries  was  that 
the  fire  protection  was  entirely  inade- 
quate. By  arranging  with  the  fire  com- 
panies of  adjacent  suburbs  to  respond  in 
case  of  need,  by  erecting  eight  fire  gongs, 
by  periodic  testing  of  hydrants  and  the 
placing  of  many  new  ones,  the  insurance 
rates  to  residents  have  been  lowered  be- 
tween twelve  and  one-half  and  thirty  per 
cent.  The  police  force  has  been  nearly 
quadrupled,  and  a  police  whistle  has  been 
furnished  to  every  woman  in  Merion.  The 
old  gas  lamps  have  given  place  to  elec- 
tricity, and  the  distances  between  stand- 
ards reduced  so  that  Merion  is  about  the 
best  lighted  rural  community  in  the  coun- 
try. An  expert  was  engaged  to  examine 
the  milk  supply,  and  no  milk  can  be  sold 
in  Merion  except  from  dairies  that  are 
registered  as  sanitary.  Once  a  month 
the  drinking  water  is  tested  in  the  labor- 
atory of  a  professor  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  printed  report  sent 
to  each  resident. 

From  the  standpoint  of  beauty  the 
work  is  even  more  remarkable.  Where 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  passes  through 
Merion  the  sides  of  the  cuts  and  fills  have 
been  planted  thick  with  clambering  roses, 
and  in  the  season  they  are  worth  going 
hundreds  of  miles  to  see.  The  standards 
of  the  new  street  lamps  are  of  iron,  and 
the  lanterns,  octagonal  in  shape,  are  of 
solid  copper.  Architects  and  experts  pro- 
nounce them  at  once  beautiful  and  prac- 
tical. All  of  the  street  signs  are  of  cast 
iron  and  of  artistic  design,  and  the  speed 
limit  warnings  are  similar.  Thousands  of 
magnolias,  red-flowering  horse-chestnut 
and  dogwood  trees  have  been  planted  by 
the  roadsides. 

Only  two  years  ago  Mr.  Bok  launched 
the  Civic  Association.  If  the  plans  now 
under  way  are  carried  out,  as  they  will 
be,  Merion  may  standardize  ideal  sub- 
urban life,  certainly  for  Pennsylvania, 
possibly  for  the  United  States. 


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ON  HOME  BUILDIMG 


CONTENTS    FOR    JULY.    1915 


Just  a  Word 6 

Frontispiece   8 

Making  the  Ideal  Country  Home  from  An  Old  House—  WatfitU  WM> 9 

Hospitality  in  Bungalow  Furnishings  -Margaret  Craig 15 

Planning  the  Music  Room — E.  I.  Farrington 19 

Rustic  Fences  and  Gates— M.  Robert*  Conover 25 

Making  the  Most  of  a  Narrow  Lot 28 

A  Modern  English  Cottage  with  a  Thatched  Roof 30 

Under  a  Low  Roof 32 

A  Picturesque  Stucco  Cottage 33 

A  Roomy  House 35 

Homes  of  Individuality 36 

A  Snug  Little  Bungalow  Home 38 

A  Substantial  Home 40 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 42 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  46 

Household  Economics 50 

Table  Chat 54 

B  uilding  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating.  Lighting  and  Plumbing 58 

The  Architect's  Corner 62 

Woods  and  How  to  Use  Them 64 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 68 

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KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIV 


JULY,  1915 


No.   I 


Making  the  Ideal  Country  Home 
from  An  Old  House 


Warfield  Webb 


1 1 1C  idea  of  changing  the  old  home 
into  a  modern  structure  did  not 
at  first  dawn  upon  the  purchaser 
of  this  old  farm  house  and  lue 
adjoining  land.  In  fact  the  original  plan 
considered,  which  had  been  given  careful 
study,  was  to  use  the  old  house  as  a  home 
for  the  farm  superintendent,  and  to  erect 
at  some  distance,  a  new  home  with  all  the 
modern  ideas  incorporated  therein.  It 
was  while  planning  the  new  house,  during 
the  owner's  residence  there  for  several 
summers,  that  the  possibilities  of  remod- 
eling the  old  house  were  conceived. 

Now  this  is  a  subject  that  always  de- 
mands'xrare  and  very  special  forethought. 
Should  the  plans  be  undertaken  and  the 
scheme  then  found  to  be  impracticable, 
there  will  follow  a  lo?s  that  is  not  readily 
appreciated. 

In  this  case  the  owner  called  into  con- 
sultation his  brother,  who  is  an  architect, 
and  the  matter  was  carefully  considered 
and  preliminary  plans  for  a  new  home 
prepared.  But  in  the  meantime  the  old 
place  had  developed  latent  possibilities, 
and  an  inspection  of  these  revealed  that 
it  had  been  built  to  withstand  the  ravages 
of  time,  and  was  intact,  so  far  as  the  es- 
sential parts  were  concerned. 

The  structure  was  studied,  not  only  as 
to  the  construction  but  also  as  to  the 
needs  of  the  new  owner,  and  what  was 
possible  to  work  out  of  the  present  build- 


ing without  any  undue  loss  of  time  or 
serious  errors.  The  original  part  of  the 
house,  that  is  the  section  without  the  rear 
wing,  was  built  about  seventy-five  years 
ago.  The  latter  was  erected  something 
like  twenty  years  ago,  and  a  careful  in- 
spection proved  that  the  beams  and  joist 
were  of  solid  oak  and  in  fine  condition. 

The  house  itself  was  of  an  old  fashioned 
type,  very  common  half  a  century  ago  in 
Ohio,  where  it  is  located,  and  was  easily 
remodeled  on  colonial  lines,  which  was 
the  style  most  desired  by  the  owner.  The 
general  plan  then  determined  upon  was 
the  colonial  type.  The  rooms  were  large 
and  fairly  well  arranged,  so  that  the  labor 
of  remodeling  was  made  less  complicated. 
In  the  planning  several  different  ideas 
were  suggested  for  the  first  floor.  One 
of  these  was  to  arrange  a  center  hall,  with 
living  room  and  dining  room  on  opposite 
sides,  and  a  colonial  stairway  in  the  hall. 
Another  suggestion  was  to  make  a  large 
living  room  across  the  entire  front  by  re- 
moving the  center  partition.  Neither  of 
these  ideas  seemed  just  the  plan  desired, 
and  they  were  abandoned  for  the  one  that 
was  finally  determined  upon.  It  was 
found  that  should  the  above  plans  be 
adopted  they  would  involve  extensive 
changes,  owing  to  the  framing  of  the 
house,  which  was  of  the  old  fashioned 
barn-frame  type,  and  the  removal  of  any 
of  the  partitions  would  weaken  the  frame 


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A  view  of  the  old  farm  house-before  being  remodeled. 

of  the  house  perceptibly.  cure  a  modern  home,  combining  the  com- 

The    final   plan    determined    upon    was  forts  and  latest  ideas,  with  only  a  nomi- 

to  leave  all  the  partitions  practically  as  nal  cost ;  far  less  than  would  have  been 

first  placed,  and  by  adapting  the  various  demanded  for  the  erection  of  a  new  home, 

rooms  to  new  uses,  it  was  possible  to  se-  and  which  would  have  lacked  the  charm 


r 


Floor  plan  of  the  farm  house 


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The  new  house  -  after  being  remodeled. 

given  by  time  that  is  now  so  strong  an  change  made  the  entire  house  an  ideal  one 

element  in  the  present  structure.  from  this  viewpoint.     The  addition  of  a 

In  planning  a  change  for  the  front  ex-  sun  room  on  the  east  side,  and  the  further 

terior,  it  was  decided  to  build  a  two-story  construction  of  a  rear  wing  on  the  west 

portico    across    the    entire    front.      The  side  on  a   line   with  the  main   structure. 


First  floor  plan. 


The  remodeled  house. 


Second  floor  plan. 


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completed    the    exterior    changes    in    the 
original  planning. 

When  the  interior  plans  were  studied, 
it  was  noted  that  the  old  dining  room 
was  too  small  for  the  owner's  require- 
ments, so  it  was  converted  into  a  farm 
office ;  it  being  found  the  best  adapted  for 
this  purpose,  having  an  outside  door  to 
the  rear  porch.  As  an  office  was  an  es- 
sential feature  here,  the  plan  worked  out 


one  01  the  most  pleasant  and  generally 
used  rooms  in  the  house.  It  has  windows 
on  three  sides,  but  with  an  open  fireplace 
and  ample  radiation  it  is  comfortable  in 
all  kinds  of  weather,  and  is  a  dream  spot 
for  the  weary.  The  window  from  the  liv- 
ing room  on  this  side  of  the  house,  was 
converted  into  an  opening,  with  double 
French  doors,  thereby  giving  access  to 
this  room.  The  former  sitting  room  and 


A  view  in  living  room,  showing:  boulder  fireplace. 


admirably.  The  removal  of  the  old  pass 
cupboard  to  the  kitchen  and  the  building 
of  a  partition  dividing  the  space  permitted 
the  building  of  a  book  case  for  office  use 
therein. 

The  original  opening  to  the  sitting 
room  from  this  apartment  was  closed  and 
the  erection  of  another  book  case,  five 
feet  high,  was  made  possible.  The  space 
above  the  book  case  to  the  top  of  the  door 
was  filled  with  leaded  glass  casement 
sash,  making  thereby  an  additional  ar- 
tistic factor  to  both  rooms.  The  sun 
room,  opening  from  the  living  room,  is 


parlor  are  now  used  together  as  a  living 
room,  there  having  previously  been  a 
wide  opening  between  these  rooms. 

Now  in  order  to  give  the  house  an  add- 
ed feature  of  attractiveness,  the  chimneys 
at  each  end  were  torn  out  and  new  ones 
were  erected  from  the  cellar  up,  on  the 
outside  of  the  house ;  which  while  mak- 
ing a  pretty  addition  avoided  the  corners 
projecting  into  the  upstair  chambers,  as 
they  did  in  the  old  house.  There  were 
two  new  fireplaces  built  in  the  house,  one 
in  the  living  room,  and  one  in  the  sun 
room.  These  fireplaces  are  of  boulder 


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Oak  paneled  wainscoting  and  beamed  ceiling. 


type,  and  while  not  typically  colonial,  are 
none 'the  less  appropriate  in  the  section 
where  the  house  is  located,  there  being 
found  in  that  part  of  the  country  some  of 
the  finest  boulders  in  America.  Then  the 
boulders  used  in  the  construction  of  these 
fireplaces  were  all  gathered  on  the  farm, 
and  were  laid  up  by  a  man  who  lives  in 
the  neighborhood,  and  is  an  expert  in  this 
kind  of  work.  One  can  judge  of  the  na- 
ture of  the  work  by  a  glance  at  the  view 
shown  of  the  same. 

The  small  bed  room  at  the  rear  of  the 
old  parlor  was  converted  into  a  small  den 
or  lounging  room,  and  has  also  proven  to 
be  one  of  the  pleasant  features  of  the 
home.  The  narrow  closet  next  to  the 
stairs  was  shortened  sufficiently  to  per- 
mit of  a  built-in  bookcase.  The  bed  room 
at  the  rear  of  this  and  the  opening  from 


the  kitchen  was  converted  into  the  main 
dining  room,  which  was  also  made  larger 
by  the  removal  of  the  west  wall,  using  the 
additional  space  thus  secured.  This  made 
possible  a  very  comfortable  and  ample 
dining  room.  This  room  is  finished  in 
oak,  with  paneled  waiscoting  and  beamed 
ceiling,  having  also  a  built-in  buffet  and 
china  closet.  The  bay  window  at  the 
west  side,  with  seat  below  running  its  en- 
tire length,  gives  ample  light,  and  adds  to 
the  comfort  and  the  homelike  ease  of  the 
apartment. 

By  plastering  and  finishing  the  summer 
kitchen  at  the  rear  of  the  kitchen,  and  the 
removal  of  the  old  stairway,  which  was 
placed  in  the  addition,  as  well  as  the  erec- 
tion of  a  bathroom  in  close  proximity  of 
the  stairs,  a  nice  combination  was  made 
possible.  This  new  room  makes  a  de- 


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lightful  dining  room  for  the  farm  help, 
and  is  likewise  handy  to  the  kitchen  for 
service.  No  changes  were  made  in  the 
kitchen.  It  was  previously  well  provided 
with  cupboards,  work  table,  sink,  pantry 
and  other  conveniences. 

With  the  exception  of  the  paneling  in 
the  dining  room,  the  woodwork  in  all 
sections  of  the  house  was  retained.  It 
was,  however,  all  refinished.  With  the 
exception  of  the  den,  which  was  grained 
in  butternut  finish,  the  other  apartments 
were  painted  with  white  enamel,  making 
the  interior  bright,  clean  and  very  attrac- 
tive. New  oak  floors  were  laid  in  all  the 
rooms  of  the  first  floor  except  the  kitchen 
and  rear  dining  room.  A  system  of  vapor 
heating  was  installed,  also  modern  plumb- 
ing, with  two  bathrooms.  Water  for  all 
purposes  is  supplied  by  means  of  a  subter- 
ranean pumping  system. 

In  planning  the  second  floor  there  were 
few  changes  made  in  the  arrangement  of 
the  main  rooms.  The  two  front  windows 
in  the  chambers  were  converted  into 
French  doors,  thereby  giving  access  to 
the  sleeping  porch  over  the  front  porch. 
The  long  closet  in  the  east  front  room 
was  divided,  and  a  door  cut  into  it  from 
the  west  room,  making  possible  a  closet 
for  this  room.  Full  length  plate  glass 
mirrors  were  placed  in  the  closet  doors  in 
the  three  main  rooms,  which  add  to  the 
cheeriness  of  the  same.  The  rear  bed- 
room on  the  west  side  was  shortened  suf- 
ficiently to  allow  for  a  passage  to  the  bath- 
room, which  was  placed  in  the  new  addi- 
tion in  the  rear.  This  bathroom  has  tiled 
floor  and  wainscoting,  with  pedestal  lava- 
tory, porcelain  built-in  bath  tub,  and  all 
the  fixtures  of  the  very  latest  and  best 
type. 

The  large  bed  room  at  the  rear  of  the 
hall  was  converted  into  a  billiard  room, 


being  another  of  the  pleasant  apartments 
in  this  home.  Two  bedrooms  were 
planned  for  the  help  at  the  rear  of  this ; 
these  opening  off  a  small  rear  hall,  com- 
municating with  the  rear  stairs.  The 
woodwork  in  the  bedrooms  was  finished 
in  white  enamel,  the  billiard  room  in 
grained  wood,  and  the  floors  finished  with 
grain  effect  for  rugs. 

As  there  was  previously  an  acetylene 
gas  plant  in  the  house,  it  was  determined 
to  retain  this  for  the  time  being,  together 
with  the  original  lighting  fixtures,  be- 
cause the  power  for  electric  lighting  will 
soon  be  installed  and  new  fixtures  will 
then  be  placed  in  the  house.  The  power 
for  the  electric  light  is  to  be  secured  from 
a  car  line  not  far  distant. 

The  total  cost  of  the  work  of  remodel- 
ing was  in  the  neighborhood  of  $5,650. 
This  included  everything,  plumbing, 
waterworks,  painting,  excavating  cellar 
for  heater,  and  other  details.  No  expense 
was  spared  to  make  it  an  ideal  home  and 
the  results  are  such  as  to  prove  the  plans 
have  not  miscarried. 

As  to  the  setting  of  the  house  and  its 
surroundings  we  might  add  a  word.  In 
the  original  planning  of  the  house  there 
was  one  objectionable  feature.  The  house 
was  located  too  near  the  public  road. 
To  obviate  this  an  agreement  was  made 
with  the  road  commissioners  to  remove  a 
bend  in  the  road  above  and  below  the 
house,  thus  moving  the  road  at  least  150 
feet  from  the  house.  A  landscape  gard- 
ener was  employed  to  lay  out  the  grounds, 
and  shrubbery,  trees,  flowers  and  other 
atttractive  features  were  added.  The  set- 
ting is  very  pleasing,  and  standing  as  it 
does  in  an  acre  of  lawn,  there  is  ample 
room  for  making  this  an  ideal  country 
home,  such  as  the  future  plans  of  the 
owner  promise  to  develop. 


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Hospitality  in  Bungalow 
Furnishings 


Margaret  Craig 


|N  furnishing  the  interior  of  any 
home,  the  decorator  is  continu- 
ally aware  that  his  choice  of  fur- 
niture must  be  consistent  with 
the  style  of  architecture  that  the  house 
exemplifies.  He  knows  that  if  the  house 
is  Mexican  in  type,  that  it  should  not  be 
treated  as  an  English  cottage. 

At  first  the  bungalows  were  unplas- 
tered,  and  rough  in  finish ;  but  that  is 
true  of  very  few  of  the  popular  bungalows 
of  the  present  time.  Naturally,  these 
bungalows  demanded  a  more  rigid  treat- 
ment, and  the  Mission  furniture  with  its 


severe  and  angular  lines  was  appropriate. 

Now,  however,  as  the  walls  of  these 
small  homes  are  usually  plastered,  the 
walls  are  tinted  in  various  pleasing  tones, 
and  the  furnishings  are  less  forbidding. 

The  question  is  asked  by  the  analytical 
house-maker:  "What  are  the  elements 
that  essentially  make  a  house  attractive?" 
The  answer  is  always  the  same, — "Com- 
fort and  Hospitality." 

We  all  want  about  the  same  things,  but 
different  as  to  appearance.  In  the  living- 
room  we  desire  easy  chairs;  at  least  one 
table  on  which  can  be  placed  the  late 


Green  and  white  make  a  cool  color  scheme. 


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magazines  and  some  interesting  litera- 
ture ;  several  bookcases  near  at  hand  ;  and 
a  fireplace  for  extra  warmth,  which  always 
adds  to  a  family  sociability.  In  addition 
to  these  a  couch  for  a  few  minutes'  rest, 
and  several  well  chosen  pictures  to  gaze 
into  and  to  be  wafted  back  to  some  his- 
toric times,  or  into  the  sun  rays  of  a 
restful  meadow.  Several  of  the  illustra- 
tions answer  to  these  demands. 


principal  color  note.  A  built-in  bookcase, 
next  lends  its  white  lines,  and  its  broken 
mass  of  bright-colored  bound  volumes 
adds  most  pleasantly  to  the  scheme. 

Most  mantels  are  adorned  in  a  sym- 
metrical fashion — but  here,  small  orna- 
ments have  superseded  the  formal  meth- 
od, and  as  a  group  have  formed  a  success- 
ful mantel  decoration. 

Green      sunfast     curtains    are    used    at 


The  bungalow  with  vine-covered  porch. 


The  first  living-room  has  none  of  the 
sombre  atmosphere  of  the  early  bunga- 
low. The  walls  are  pale  green  and  the 
ceiling  is  cream  in  tone.  The  woodwork 
is  white  enamel,  and  as  there  are  beams 
across  the  ceiling  as  well  as  a  heavy  mantel 
"piece,  it  is  consistent  finish  for  a  bungalow 
interior. 

Above  the  windows  and  doors  the  nar- 
row lintels  give  some  individuality  to 
the  room. 

The  fireplace  is  faced  with  square, 
greenish  gray  tiles,  which  have  given  the 


the  three  groups  of  casement  windows, 
and  the  owner  keeps  the  room  supplied 
with  green  fernery,  or  vases  of  pink,  yel- 
low, or  heliotrope  to  carry  out  the  color 
composition. 

The  next  illustrations  show  one  exte- 
rior and  several  interiors  of  the  El  Mira- 
sol  in  Santa  Barbara.  This  is  a  charming 
structure,  built  of  white  plaster,  toned 
down  by  green  lattice  work  supporting 
flowering  vines,  and  made  very  interest- 
ing by  red  tile  roofs,  and  bright  flowered 
window  boxes 


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El  Miruol  at  Santa  Barbara. 


Nothing  expresses  hospi- 
tality more  alluringly  than 
the  inviting  porch.  The 
treatment  at  El  Mirasol  is 
unusually  successful.  It  is 
low  and  inviting,  pergola 
roofed  and  vine  covered. 
Porch  furniture  has  received 
a  large  amount  of  attention, 
with  the  growing  American 
feeling,  for  living,  sleeping 
and  eating  out  of  doors. 
Reed  and  willow  porch  fur- 
niture has  responded  to  the 
demand  as  an  ideal  material 
for  out  of  doors.  It  lends  it- 
self both  to  comfort  and 
beauty. 

The  porch  rug  is  a  simple 
matter,  merely  a  grass  mat 
that  is  soft  under  the  foot, 
but  a  great  necessity,  espe- 
cially with  a  tile  floor. 

The  El  Mirasol  porch  be- 
speaks both  comfort  and  hos- 
pitality. The  illustration 
shows  the  charm  which  it 
imparts  to  the  house.  Its 
simple  furnishings  are  in 


The  invitation  to  enter. 


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keeping  with  the  open  porch,  and  the 
simplicity  of  its  lines  and  open  prospect. 
Comfortable  chairs,  a  table  for  books  and 
papers,  a  wide  view,  roses  overhead  and 
flowers  about :  What  more  could  one  desire  ? 
The  interior  decoration  of  this  charac- 
teristic California  home  is  very  appropri- 
ate as  well  as  unique.  The  walls  are 
French  gray,  and  form  a  lovely  back- 
ground for  the  cretonnes  and  English 


We  also  realize  that  simplicity  is  evi- 
dence of  the  best  taste. 

Elaborate  gold  frames,  an  elaborate  dis- 
play in  curtains  or  scarfs,  and  gilded 
chairs  are  of  course  inappropriate. 

As  the  average  bungalow  is  designed 
with  careful  consideration  for  space,  built- 
in  furniture  has  been  adopted  very  ex- 
tensively. Bookcases  either  side  of  the 
fireplace  or  along  one  side  of  the  room ; 


I 


Dark  lines  give  an  accent. 


prints  that  are  applied  as  draperies.  Dark 
lines,  similar  to  the  dominant  colors  in 
these  draperies  outline  panels  on  the  wall 
and  appear  on  the  furniture  as  definite 
accents  of  color. 

The  desks  are  most  attractive.  Ivory 
in  color  to  match  the  woodwork  and  most 
of  the  furniture,  they  are  each  supplied 
with  Hesterloom  lamps,  which  have  the 
floral  shades  and  standards,  designed  with 
raised  patterns  in  color.  Quills  stand  in 
glass  dishes  that  contain  similarly  colored 
glass  shot. 


seats  that  have  hinged  tops ;  cupboards 
and  china  closets ;  or  sideboards  with  a 
series  of  drawers  for  the  linen  are  all  fre- 
quently constructed  as  part  of  the  frame- 
work of  a  bungalow. 

The  draperies  used  in  a  home  of  this 
style  are  generally  of  a  little  coarser  tex- 
ture than  in  houses  of  the  strictly  Colo- 
nial, Elizabethan,  or  Italian, — although 
silk  is  always  satisfactory.  Cream  colored 
scrim,  velour  in  its  lovely  shades  of  yel- 
low, green,  or  blue,  monks  cloth,  pongee, 
cretonne,  Japanese  prints  are  attractive 


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for  the  living  room  of  the  house. 

Rugs  need  not  be  Oriental  to  be 
effective.  Crex,  grass  or  rag  rugs,  if 
used  to  carry  out  the  harmony  of 
the  room  are  excellent.  The  Japa- 
nese Jutt  rugs,  which  are  very  in- 
expensive, always  have  delightful 
shades  of  blue  and  brown  which 
blend  with  almost  all  furniture. 

Dining  room  furnishings  are 
much  more  interesting  when  simple. 
Some  of  the  loveliest  dining  rooms 
are  finished  in  blue  with  a  dash  of 
yellow.  Blue  chintz  or  velour  cur- 
tains and  blue  rugs,  to  set  off  yellow 
walls  are  very  effective  if  that  par- 
ticular color  agrees  with  the  living 
room  colors. 

Bedrooms  are  usually  small,  in 
bungalow's,  and  require  little  furni- 
ture. Consequently  they  should  not 
be  needlessly  filled  up  with  a  great 
number  of  distracting  small  orna- 
ments as  dozens  of  photographs, 
jarring  banners  and  bric-a-brac.  A 
bed,  dressing  table,  two  straight  and  The  d<*k  i,  ivory  in  color  to  match  th«  woodwork, 

one  rocking  chair,  a  writing  desk  are  quite      and  a  flowering  plant  or  vine  in  the  window 
enough.     A   few  good  prints  on  the  walls      will  add  to  the  cosiness. 


Planning  the  Music  Room 


E.   I.   Farrington 


|O  arguments  are  needed  to  prove 
the  desirability  of  planning  a 
music  room  when  the  designs  for 
a  new  house  are  being  made. 
Such  a  room  is  very  much  worth  while, 
even  in  an  unpretentious  home.  It  pro- 
vides a  spot  where  it  is  possible  to  place 
the  instruments,  whatever  they  may  be, 
to  the  greatest  advantage ;  and  allows 
practicing  to  be  carried  on  without  dis- 
turbing the  family.  It  may  be  a  large 
and  sumptuous  apartment,  containing  a 
costly  pipe  organ,  or  merely  an  alcove 


leading  from  the  living  room,  but  it  is 
devoted  exclusively  to  musical  purposes. 
It  is  desirable  to  have  the  music  room 
on  the  least  exposed  side  of  the  house  and 
to  have  it  well  lighted.  The  lighting 
problem  is  more  difficult  when  an  upright 
piano  is  to  be  used  than  when  the  instru- 
ment is  a  grand,  for  the  latter  may  be 
given  almost  any  position,  while  the  up- 
right is  usually  placed  against  a  wall. 
The  light  should  preferably  come  from 
the  left  or  from  a  little  to  the  rear  of  tht 
performer.  At  the  same  time,  it  is  always 


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best  to  have  the  piano  against  an  inside 
wall,  where  the  atmospheric  changes  are 
less  pronounced  than  against  an  outside 
wall.  A  piano  is  a  very  delicate  instru- 
ment and  is  easily  affected  by  wide  varia- 
tions in  temperature.  For  that  reason  it 
should  not  stand  immediately  against  a 
window. 

Of  course,  there  is  really  no  reason 
why  a  piano  should  be  placed  against  a 
wall,  like  a  school  boy  in  disgrace.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  some  very  interesting  and 
tasteful  arrangements  may  be  made  with 
the  upright  piano  as  a  basis  when  the  in- 
strument is  moved  away  from  the  wall. 
The  back  may  be  made  beautiful  with  a 
strip  of  brocade  or  an  India  shawl,  a  high 
back  settle  may  be  placed  against  it  or  it 
may  be  hidden  with  an  ornamental  Japa- 
nese screen.  And  the  tone  of  the  piano, 
it  may  be  said,  is  vastly  improved  when 
the  p  i  a  n  o  is 
moved  into 
the  room. 
Even  if  the 
piano  must  be 
given  the  con- 
ventional lo- 
cation,  it 
should  stand 
two  or  three 
inches  away 
from  the  wall, 
or  better  still, 
should  be 
placed  across 
a  corner.  An- 
other matter 
to  be  consid- 
ered in  the 
music  room  is 
the  position 
of  the  regis- 
ters or  the  ra- 
diators. Too 
much  heat, 
and  especially- 
dry  heat,  is 


The  music  room  in  an  elaborate  house. 


very  detrimental  to  a  piano,  and  the  instru- 
ment should  be  kept  at  a  considerable  dis- 
tance from  the  source  of  heat.  Otherwise, 
there  will  be  too  great  expansion  of  the 
strings,  the  glue  will  be  softened  and  the 
sounding  board  may  perhaps  be  cracked. 
If  there  is  a  fireplace  in  the  room,  it  may 
be  necessary  to  place  a  screen  between  it 
and  the  piano.  All  these  little  points  may 
be  considered  when  a  special  music  room 
is  being  designed,  where  as  in  an  ordinary 
living  room  there  are  many  pieces  of 
furniture  to  be  placed  and  the  position 
of  the  piano  is  likely  to  be  arbitrarily 
fixed  by  conditions  which  cannot  be 
changed. 

Sometimes  it  is  desirable  to  isolate  the 
music  room  so  far  as  possible,  especially 
if  there  be  a  professional  musician  in  the 
family  who  must  use  the  instrument  for 
hours  at  a  time.  This  is  a  problem  best 

solved  by 
packing  the 
walls  with 
some  of  l he 
various  insu- 
lating mate- 
rials on  the 
market.  The 
expense  is 
but  little  and 
the  effect  is 
striking. 
Doubtless  the 
most  satisfac- 
tory music 
room  of  all  is 
one  which  is 
built  out 
from  the  rest 
of  the  house 
and  is  but  one 
story  h  i  g  h, 
making  pos- 
sible a  large 
w  i  n  d  o  vv  in 
the  ceiling.  If 
stained  glass 


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be  used  in  this  window,  a  very  handsome 
effect  is  obtained.  When  double  doors 
are  used  to  connect  a  music  room  of 
this  sort  with  the  living  room,  the  for- 
mer may  be  practically  thrown  into  the 
latter  or  entirely  isolated  as  may  be  de- 
sired. 

It  is  not  unusual  to  build  on  a  special 
music  room  when  a  pipe  organ  is  to  be 


stands  in  a  well  lighted  position  in  front 
of  the  window. 

It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  the  pipe 
organ  designed  for  use  in  the  home  has 
come  into  wide  popularity  within  the  past 
few  years.  For  a  long  time  the  pipe  organ 
was  suitable  only  for  a  church  or  large 
hall,  but  when  the  demand  for  organ 
music  began  to  be  appreciated  by  the 


A  successful  music  room  added  to  an  old  house. 


installed  in  a  house  already  standing.  A 
room  secured  in  this  way  is  shown  in  one 
of  the  illustrations.  There  is  a  large  pipe 
organ  in  this  room,  as  well  as  a  grand 
piano.  The  many  long  windows  on  two 
sides  make  the  room  practilally  a  solari- 
um in  the  afternoon,  and  there  is  a  stained 
glass  window  in  the  roof.  Double  glass 
doors  connect  the  music  room  with  the 
rest  of  the  house  and  smaller  doors  lead 
to  a  porch.  The  organ  itself  is  walled  in 
at  one  end  of  the  room,  but  the  console 


builders,  they  set  to  work  to  develop  an 
instrument  which  should  be  adapted  to 
the  private  residence  and  the  result  has 
been  all  and  more  than  was  to  be  expect- 
ed. These  home  organs  are  essentially 
different  from  those  made  for  churches. 
While  carrying  the  same  musical  quali- 
ties, they  have  more  delicate  tones  and 
possess  an  orchestral  brilliancy  not  to 
be  desired  in  public  instruments.  The 
pipe  organ  for  the  home  is  distinct  in 
scaling,  voicing  and  arrangement  from 


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A  rwil  organ  may  be  built  in  place. 


that  built  for  a  church.  This  point  is 
emphasized  because  it  is  not  always  un- 
derstood. The  pipe  organ  for  the  home 
must  be  built  for  just  the  conditions  it 
will  meet  in  the  home,  where  all  sorts  of 
music  from  ragtime  to  Bach's  fugues  will 
be  played,  and  where  the  thunderous 
tones  of  the  church  organ  would  be  quite 
out  of  place. 

The  home  organ  is  commonly  played 
by  an  electric-pneumatic  action  which  re- 
quires less  effort  than  the  playing  of  a 
piano.  Also,  the  console  may  be  placed 
in  any  desirable  position  without  regard 
to  the  organ.  That  means  that  difficulties 
of  lighting  are  easily  overcome  and  that 
the  instrument  may  be  installed  where  it 
would  be  impossible  for  the  player  to  sit. 
Occasionally'  a  small  room  is  given  up  to 
the  organ,  which  may  completely  till  it, 


the  pipes  being  exposed  through  the  parti- 
tion of  the  music  room,  where  the  console 
is  located. 

Many  expedients  are  adopted  to  find  a 
place  for  a  pipe  organ  in  houses  already 
built.  Sometimes  the  instrument  is  given 
a  location  on  the  second  landing  of  the 
hall,  with  the  console  perhaps  on  the  floor 
below.  It  is  a  simple  plan  to  place  the 
organ  on  the  second  floor  directly  over  the 
music  room,  if  a  chamber  can  be  given  up 
for  the  purpose.  Then  the  ceiling  of  the 
lower  room  may  be  torn  away  and  an 
ornamental  grill  substituted,  allowing  free 
passage  of  the  sound.  It  is  not  often  that 
some  way  cannot  be  devised  for  getting 
a  pipe  organ  into  any  house. 

The  pipe  organ  is  much  more  common 
in  American  homes  than  most  people  sup- 
pose. It  is  not  a  luxury  which  the  rich 


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all  me  may  enjoy,  for  a  very  creditable  in- 
strument may  be  purchased  for  as  low  as 
$1,200.  The  price,  on  the  other  hand,  may 
run  up  to  $50,000,  but  in  the  latter  case 
much  of  the  money  will  be  spent  for  deco- 
ration, elaboration  and  special  features, 
including,  perhaps,  an  echo  organ.  A 
large  organ  is  pretty  certain  to  have  a  full 
set  of  chimes  or  a  harp,  and  possibly  both. 
W  o  n  d  e  r- 
ful  results 
m  ay  be  o  b- 
tained  with 
such  an  in- 
strument, for 
the  light 
operas  m  a  y 
be  performed 
just  as  read- 
i  1  y  as  the 
most  impres- 
sive legato 
music. 

Many,  per- 
haps m  o  s  t, 
house  organs 
now  built  are 
with  an  auto- 
matic playing 
device,  by 
means  of 
which  the 
world's  best 
music  is  at 
the  command 
of  a  man  or  a 
woman  who 
does  not  know  one  note  from  another.  The 
registration  may  be  governed  by  the  per- 
former and  he  may  give  his  own  interpre- 
tation to  the  music  being  performed  while 
wholly  lacking  in  organ  technique.  Some- 
times the  automatic  player  is  enclosed  in 
a  desk  or  table,  where  it  is  out  of  sight  when 
not  in  use. 

The  work  of  installing  a  home  organ 
would  be  much  more  complicated  if  wind 
for  the  bellows  had  to  be  supplied  in  the 


There  is  too  much  bric-a-brac. 


old  way.  Electricity  is  most  commonly 
called  upon  to  operate  the  blowing  plant 
for  the  modern  organ  and  a  little  motor 
with  a  fan  blower  is  located  in  the  base- 
ment, the  attic  or  any  other  convenient 
spot,  the  wind  being  piped  to  the  bellows. 
Water  motors  are  sometimes  used,  but 
are  less  reliable.  Gasoline  engines  are 
found  satisfactory  in  the  country  where 

electricity  is 
not  to  be  ob- 
tained. When 
a  music  room 
is  being  plan- 
ned for  a  new 
house  and  is 
to  include  a 
pipe  organ, 
this  room 
should  be 
twice  as  long 
as  it  is  wide, 
while  the 
height  should 
be  equal  the 
width.  It  has 
been  found 
that  these 
proper- 
tions  are  the 
best  for  ob- 
taining the 
most  pleasing 
results  from 
the  average 
home  organ. 
Whatever  the 
proportions,  however,  it  is  very  desirable  to 
have  the  room  at  least  ten  feet  high. 

It  is  not  at  all  difficult  to  have  a  music 
room  in  which  a  consistent  decorative 
scheme  is  carried  out.  Organ  makers  in 
particular  are  thoroughly  familiar  with 
architectural  and  decorative  possibilities. 
Their  instruments  are  made  to  fit  in  with 
any  scheme  which  may  be  desired,  this 
result  being  the  more  readily  accom- 


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A  pipe  organ  may  be  made  to  fit  into  any  scheme. 


plished  because  of  the  fact  that  the  pipe 
organ  for  home  use  is  generally  made  to 
order. 

The  well  ordered  music  room  is  very 
simply  furnished  and  preferably  should 
have  a  hardwood  floor.  The  number  of 
heavy  draperies  and  rugs  should  be  re- 
duced to  a  minmum,  for  they  tend  to 
absorb  the  vibrations  and  therefore  inter- 
fere with  the  tone  qualities  of  the  instru- 


ments being  played.  It  is  well  to  use  but 
few  pictures  and  fewer  ornaments,  if  the 
music  room  is  to  approach  the  ideal.  And 
above  all,  the  piano  must  not  be  littered 
with  books,  music  and  bric-a-bac.  This 
is  done  in  the  best  of  homes,  but  the  sight 
is  a  painful  one  to  the  real  music  lover, 
for  he  knows  that  no  piano  can  be  heard 
at  its  best  when  used  as  a  repository  for 
ornamental  odds  and  ends. 


''11 'hen  the  heat  like  a  mist  reil  floats. 
And  poppies  flame  in  the  rye. 

And  the  silver  note  in  the  streamlet's  throat 
Has  softened  almost  to  a  sigh 
It  is  July." 

— Susan  Hartley  Sweet. 


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Rustic  Fences  and  Gates 

M.   Roberts  Conover 


HERE  the  home  plot  allows  room 
enough  for  vines  and  shrubs,  rus- 
tic fences  and  gates  blend  too 
well  with  trees,  vines  and  shrubs, 
to  be  ignored  as  enclosures.  A  rustic  fence 
is  very  pleasing  about  a  garden  and  even 
where  one  does  not  use  a  wooden  fence  a 
rustic  wooden  gate  may  look  extremely  well 
with  a  vine-covered  stone  wall  or  a  hedge 
as  an  enclosure. 

Of  course  one  often  sees  mistakes  in 
the  use  of  rustic  gates.  If  such  a  gate  is 
used  where  there  is  no  enclosure  or  is 
combined  with  a  classic  balustrade,  it  be- 
comes meaningless  or  ridiculous,  as  the 
case  may  be.  Then,  too,  there  are  fences 
and  gates  of  rustic  finish  that  are  rickety 
and  unstable  in  appearance,  but  such  mis- 
takes should  not  prejudice  one  against 


the  appropriate  use  of  the  rustic  gate  or 
fence. 

\Yhile  rustic  fencing  has  not  the  perma- 
nency of  stone  or  iron,  yet  good  work  will 
last  for  several  years.  An  experienced 
woodworker  says  that  when  sound  red 
cedar  is  used  and  the  wood  securely 
joined,  rustic  fencing  lasts  from  ten  to 
fifteen  years. 

The  adherence  of  the  bark  depends 
upon  the  choice  of  the  wood.  No  treat- 
ment will  help  to  keep  the  bark  on. 

Either  the  wood  of  evergreen  or  of 
deciduous  trees  may  be  used. 

Evergreen  wood  should  be  cut  in  Au- 
gust and  used  green.  The  wood  of  de- 
ciduous trees  is  cut  in  December  and  Jan- 
uary and  seasoned  before  using.  Red 
cedar  is  the  best  for  fences.  Sassafras 


(1)     A  satisfactory  design  for  a  rustic  gate. 


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(3)     This  gate  may  be  vine  covered. 


ranks  next  and  chestnut  third.  Laurel  is 
fine  for  rustic  work  that  is  to  be  var- 
nished. 

The  best  method  of  joining  the  parts 
is  to  use  wire  nails  that  are  long  enough 
to  reach  the  heart  of  the  stick  and  will 
last  as  long  as  the  wood.  Bolts  are  used 


for  fastening  together  the  parts  of  gates. 

Illustration  One  is  a  simple,  satisfac- 
tory design  for  a  rustic  gate.  Structurally 
it  is  pleasing.  There  are  no  weak  lines. 

Illustration  Two  shows  an  entrance 
gate  which  is  interesting  because  it  is 
well  adapted  to  the  foliage  setting.  This 


(2)     Rustic  gate  adapted  to  the  foliage. 


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is  used  as  an  entrance  to  a  drive  leading 
to  a  garage. 

Illustration  Three  is  a  style  of  gate 
which  gives  good  support  to  vines.  The 
\Yichuriana  or  Memorial  rose  and  the 
Rambler  roses  look  well  on  such  a  gate. 


Illustration  Four  is  a  rustic  fence  struc- 
turally durable  because  of  the  stout  posts, 
and  the  poles  at  top  and  bottom  and  be- 
cause the  other  parts  are,  wherever  pos- 
sible, left  as  they  grew  with  as  few  artifi- 
cial joints  as  possible. 


(4)     Durable — with  stout  posts. 


The  Man  with  Five  Friends 


John  Muir,  the  well  loved  naturalist,  who 
died  recently  in  Los  Angeles,  had  many 
friends.  During  his  seventy-six  useful 
"well  enjoyed  years"  of  life,  from  the  time 
of  his  daily  school  boy  fights  in  Scotland 
to  his  latest  scientific  triumphs,  he  achieved 
many  triumphs.  One  of  the  most  note- 
worthy, yet  perhaps  the  least  known,  con- 
cerns his  five  friends. 

Although  John  Muir's  home  was  in  the 
Contra  Costa  Valley  of  California,  where 
he  could  have  fellowship  with  the  giant 
trees  that  he  loved  so  well,  there  were  five 
homes  in  the  United  States  that  maintaind 
each  a  "John  Muir  room."  These  homes 
were  the  residences  of  the  naturalist's 
friends,  and  the  rooms  were  never  used 


save  when  he  came  to  be  an  honored  and  de- 
lightful guest. 

The  man  having  one  friend  at  whose 
door  he  can  knock  with  the  certainty  that 
there  is  a  place  made  warm  for  him  is  for- 
tunate above  most  men.  The  man  who  has 
five  such  friends  is  blessed.  There  are  not 
many  of  the  things  called  evil  that  can  suc- 
cessfully attack  him,  for  he  has  five  fort- 
resses to  which  he  may  retire.  When  he 
goes  forth  from  one  of  these,  he  goes  arm- 
ored with  love  and  faith,  and  his  wounds 
will  be  slight.  "Rut  to  win  and  hold  so 
much  blessedness  a  man  must  be,  in  him- 
self, an  everlasting  source  of  love  and  faith 
and  friendship.  John  Muir  was  such  a 
man. 


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Making  the  Most  of  a  Narrow  Lot 


A  GREAT  many  people  are  required 
to    build    their    homes    on    narrow 
plots  of  ground  and  to  show  what 
an   attractive   house  one  can   have,   even 
under    these    restrictions,    the    accompany- 
ing design  has  been  prepared  for  an  inex- 
pensive cement  cottage. 

In  this  design  we  have  an  unusually 
simple  treatment  of  details,  the  construc- 
tion of  which  is  very  attractive.  The  ex- 
terior walls  are  of  frame,  covered  with 
galvanized  iron  lath  and  rough  cast  cem- 
ent plaster.  The  walls  on  each  corner 
of  the  front  are  increased  four  inches  in 
thickness  by  furring  out  in  order  to  get 
the  pier-like  effect  supporting  an  extra 
wide  projecting  cornice.  This  gives  a 
very  substantial  appearance  as  well  as 
enabling  the  working  in  of  an  attractive 
group  of  casement  windows  on  the  sec- 
ond floor.  The  soffit  of  the  cornice  has 
been  plastered  the  same  as  the  walls.  A 


rough  sawed  board  is  nailed  to  the  ends 
of  the  rafters  or  lookouts,  these  forming 
the  simple  cornice.  All  exterior  mill  work 
is  of  fir,  the  same  being  stained  to  bring 
out  the  grain. 

With  the  sun  room  extended  on  the 
front,  the  plan  is  one  that  can  be  built  on 
the  average  city  lot  and  not  be  cramped 
for  room.  The  treatment  of  the  entrance 
at  the  side  with  a  simple  hood  supported 
by  a  heavy  bracket  is  unique  in  detail. 
This  entrance  has  brick  steps  which,  to- 
gether with  the  brick  walk  and  founda- 
tion above  grade  give  a  touch  of  color  to 
the  exterior.  The  base  should  be  planted 
with  hardy  shrubs. 

The  floor  plan  is  rather  unusual,  en- 
trance being  into  reception  hall,  from 
which  a  wide  cased  opening  leads  into 
living  room.  Here  is  a  good  sized  room 
with  brick  fireplace  in  one  end,  flanked 
with  built-in  bookcases  and  high  casement 


It  gives  breathing:  space,  even  on  a  narrow  city  lot. 


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windows  above.  The  same  simple  cased 
opening  separates  living  and  dining  rooms. 
This  latter  room  has  a  built-in  "buffet" 
which  is  very  attractive.  To  the  rear  of 
the  dining  room  is  a  small  room  which  can 
be  converted  into  a  sewing  room  or  den. 
There  is  no  pantrv ;  the  kitchen  being 
large  enough  to  provide  for  plenty  of  cup- 
board room.  Note  the  recess  for  a  sink, 
the  location  of  the  range,  the  convenience 
of  the  refrigerator  and  last  but  not  least, 
the  arrangement  of  the  stairs  to  second 
floor  or  down  to  basement. 

On    the    second    floor    there    are    three 
well     arranged     chambers,     with     ample 


closet  space,  large  bath  and  linen  closet, 
all  opening  off  a  square  central  hall.  The 
triple  stair  windows  make  the  double 
landing  very  pleasing.  There  is  no  attic ; 
the  basement  providing  plenty  of  storage 
space  besides  good  laundry  and  fruit  and 
vegetable  room. 

The  floors  throughout  are  of  maple 
with  tile  in  the  bath ;  kitchen  in  pine  for 
linoleum.  First  floor  finish  is  cypress  or 
fir  and  second  floor  finish  is  pine  for 
white  enamel.  Birch  doors  are  stained  ma- 
hogany. The  probable  cost  of  this  cot- 
tage, including  heating,  is  estimated  at 
$3.750.00. 


The  Lay-Out  of  the  Grounds 

Perl  Brothers,  Landscape  Architects 


It  is  usually  the  decree  of  the  real  es- 
tate man,  for  economical  reasons,  that 
the  ordinary  residence  property  shall  be 
forty  feet  in  width,  seldom  fifty,  and  rare- 
ly sixty.  Such  a  width  is  room  enough  for 
the  house  itself,  and  a  narrow  lawn  at  the 


side.  It  is  quite  essential,  therefore,  that 
the  available  space  for  landscape  treat- 
ment be  used  to  the  best  advantage. 

In  the  development  of  the  fifty  feet  of 
property  for  the  stucco  house  just  illus- 
trated, a  broad  open  lawn  increases  the 


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scale  of  the  residence  both  in  size  and 
pretention,  and  with  shrubbery  and  ever- 
greens placed  at  strategic  points,  a  proper 
setting  is  the  result.  A  small  arbor  cre- 
ates an  interesting  vista  from  the  sun 


at  two  points  paths  lead  into  the  vegeta- 
ble garden,  a  portion  of  which  has  been 
reserved  for  bush  fruits,  such  as  raspber- 
ries, currants,  etc.  Four  dwarf  fruit  trees 
are  placed  near  the  rear  property  line.  A 


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parlor,  living  room  and  dining  room.  A 
vine-covered  archway  leads  to  a  small 
private  lawn,  made  interesting  by  the  use 
of  annuals  and  perennials  with  shrubbery 
as  a  background.  Through  the  shrubbery 


collapsible  clothes  reel  may  be  used  to  af- 
ford convenient  drying  space.  The  ar- 
rangement affords  an  interesting,  artistic 
as  well  as  useful  solution  for  a  fifty-foot 
piece  of  property. 


A  Modern  English  Cottage  with 
a  Thatched  Roof 


MANY  of  the  readers  will  wonder  at 
the  caption,  "Modern  English 
Cottage,"  for  the  word  modern  in 
this  sense  covers  a  multitude  of  sins. 
Twenty-five  years  ago  a  house  was 
considered  modern  if  it  had  a  bath  and 
kitchen  sink.  Then  came  the  heating 
plant  to  replace  the  stove ;  after  this, 
the  laundry,  with  stationary  tubs,  and 
five  or  six  years  ago  the  sleeping 
porch  had  to  be  added.  Indeed  the 
styles  of  houses  are  ever  changing,  just 
as  the  styles  of  clothes.  This  is  especially 
true  of  the  interior  plan  and  arrange- 
ment. 

At  the  present  day,  what  must  we  find 
or  have  in  a  house  in  order  to  call  it  mod- 


ern? True,  the  up-to-date  plumbing 
combined  with  the  heating  plant  will  not 
make  the  house  modern,  although  these 
are  essential.  We  must  have  the  sleeping 
porch.  The  sun  room  reached  from  the 
living  room  through  French  doors  all  fit- 
ted with  casement  sash,  replacing  the  or- 
dinary front  porch.  The  breakfast  room, 
similarly  located  off  the  dining  room,  eas- 
ily accessible  to  the  kitchen,  where  the 
morning  meal  and  ofttimes  the  noonday 
luncheon  is  served.  There  must  be  a  fire- 
place, built-in  bookcases,  window  seats, 
ample  built-in  kitchen  cupboards,  espe- 
cially if  no  pantry,  entry  for  refrigerator, 
plenty  of  closets,  to  include  linen  cup- 


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The  exterior  walls  are  brick  with  cement  plaster  and  half  timbers  above.-W.  W.  Purdy,  architect. 


board  and  wardrobe,  and  last  but  not 
least,  the  clothes  chute. 

A  study  of  the  accompanying  plan  will 
reveal  all  of  the  above  and  many  other 
attractive  little  features  not  shown  in  the 
small  reproduction. 

The  above  place  is  ideal  for  the  average 
city  lot.  The  entrance  is  at  the  side,  into 
a  good-sized  vestibule  with  built-in  ward- 
robe and  a  seat  in  the  bottom  for  storing 


rubbers.  i'Yom  the  entrance  hall  oife 
passes  into  the  large  living  room  across  the 
front  finished  in  quarter-sawed  white  oak 
fumed.  Adjoining  the  living  room  is  a 
fair-sized  dining  room  finished  in  ash 
a  silver  gray.  The  breakfast  porch  and 
sun  room  are  in  fir  and  the  kitchen  in 
pine,  natural.  ( )n  the  second  floor  are 
three  good  chambers,  bath  and  sleeping 
rooms,  all  in  white  enamel. 


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The  floors  on  the  first  floor  are  white 
oak  with  linoleum  on  kitchen  and  maple 
on  the  second  floor,  with  tile  for  bath  and 
vestibule. 

The  basement  is  most  complete,  with 
heating  plant,  storage  and  laundry. 

A  golden  mottled  brick  has  been  used 
on  the  walls  up  to  the  first  story  sill,  and 


above  a  cement  plaster  stained  a  light 
cream  with  half  timber  work  in  the  gable. 
All  exterior  millwork  is  fir  stained  brown, 
and  the  thatched  roof  a  deep  red. 

Note  the  little  balcony  over  the  rear 
entry  providing  a  place  for  airing  bed- 
ding. 


Under  a  Low  Roof 


HERE  is  a  plan  which  surprises  and 
quite  pleases  the  fancy  in  the  num- 
ber of  attractive  features  which  it 
embodies  in  an  unobtrusive  way.  The 
entrance  from  the  long  veranda  is  cen- 
tered in  the  usual  way.  At  the  left  of  the 
entrance  is  the  living  room,  well  propor- 
tioned in  its  lines,  but  with  the  interest 
focused  in  the  inglenook  with  fireplace, 
and  seats  which  make  one  wish  for  a 
cool,  rainy  day,  a  book  or  a  boon  com- 
panion. A  columned  opening  connects 
with  the  dining  room. 

The  arrangement  of  the  stairs  is  un- 
usual and  very  good,  making  them  con- 
venient vet  retired. 


The  kitchen  communicates  easily  with 
the  stairs  and  other  rooms.  The  break- 
fast alcove  has  been  especially  well 
worked  out.  Here  between  two  built-in 
seats  is  room  for  a  small  table  on  which 
the  breakfast  may  be  placed  before  it  is 
rolled  into  place.  With  windows  opened, 
the  alcove  becomes  an  open  porch.  The 
kitchen  has  ample  space  for  built-in  cup- 
boards. The  entry  gives  place  for  the 
refrigerator  which  the  iceman  can  fill 
without  troubling  the  housewife,  and  also 
gives  access  to  the  basement,  the  stairs 
having  an  outside  entrance  at  the  ground 
level. 

The  space  under  the  main  stairs  is  util- 


The  graceful  lines  of  the  roof  extend  out  over  the  front  porch. 


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ized  to  advantage  by  the  coat  closet  open- 
ing from  the  vestibule  and  a  closet  from 
the  music  room. 

The  inclusion  of  a  music  room  in  the 
plan  and  the  arrangement  of  the  den  add 
other  features  not  usually  found  in  the 
small  house  plan. 

On  the  second  floor  a  large  chamber  is 
finished  off  in  each  of  the  side  gables, 
with  a  sleeping  porch  and  bath  at  the 


rear  under  a  large  dormer.  These  with 
the  large  closets  under  the  roof  and  a 
linen  and  hanging  closet  complete  the 
conveniences  of  the  second  floor. 

The  graceful  lines  of  the  roof  extend- 
ing out  over  the  front  porch  make  a  very 
pleasing  little  cottage  home  of  the  semi- 
bungalow  type  with  cement  walls  for  the 
first  story  and  shingles  in  the  gables. 


A  Picturesque  Stucco  Cottage 


THE  size  of  this  cottage  is  28  feet  in 
width  by  28  feet  in  depth,  com- 
prising three  rooms  on  the  first 
floor  and  three  on  the  second.  It  is 
suitable  for  an  east  and  south  front.  It 
is  built  frame  construction  and  the  out- 
side walls  are  veneered  with  a  dark 
oriental  brick  up  to  the  sill  course,  and 
above  this  the  walls  are  finished  in 
cement  stucco.  The  roof  shingles  are 
stained  and  all  of  the  trimmings, 
cornices,  virge  boards,  casings,  etc.. 


stained  dark  brown,  giving  a  very  pretty 
and  artistic  effect.  The  architect  esti- 
mates the  cost  exclusive  of  heating  and 
plumbing,  at  from  $3,200  to  $3,600. 

The  entrance  is  from  a  glazed  piaz/a 
on  the  southeast  corner  and  coming  un- 
der the  main  roof,  the  main  living  room 
and  dining  room  both  opening  on  this 
piazza  with  glazed  doors.  The  main  stairs 
lead  up  between  the  living  room  and  the 
dining  room  with  combination  arrange- 
ment. The  first  storv  is  finished  in  oak 


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Many  windows  gives  out-of-door  living.  —  (has.  S.  Sedgwick,  Architect. 


and  the  second  story  in  white  enamel. 
There  are  three  good  chambers  and  ample 
closets  on  the  second  floor,  with  bath- 
room  ;  and  good  storage  space  in  the  attic 
which  may  be  reached  by  stairs  carried 
up  over  the  main  stairs. 


The  basement  is  full  under  the  house, 
with  ample  space  for  heating  apparatus, 
laundry,  etc.  The  chimney  is  centrally  lo- 
cated,  with  wide  open  fireplace  in  the  liv- 
ing  room. 


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The  whole  house  is  simple  and  substantial. 


A  Roomy  House 


WE  here  illustrate  another  full  two-  placed,   allowing  an   excellent   communi- 

story  house  of  the  colonial  type,  cation  between  the  kitchen,  the  stairs  and 

veneered     with    brick.      The    en-  the  front  door ;  a  most  necessary  feature 

trance  is  from  a  portico  into  a  small  hall  where  the  maid  is  expected  to  attend  the 

with  living    room    on    one    side    and  den  door, 

on    the    other.        The      stairs    are     well  The  dining  room  opens  off  the  living 


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room  and  communicates  with  the 
screened  porch  at  the  rear,  by  French 
doors.  The  kitchen  also  opens  on  this 
porch,  giving  it  convenient  service  as  a 
dining  porch. 

On  the  second  floor  are  four  chambers, 
child's  room  and  bath,  with  good  closets 
in  all  rooms,  and  a  long  sleeping  porch. 
There  is  good  attic  space  even  for  old 
fashioned  requirements,  where  heirlooms 


may  accumulate. 

The  finish  of  the  house  is  simple  and 
may  have  inexpensive  treatment,  with 
hardwood  floors  throughout. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the 
whole  house,  including  the  rear  porch,  so 
that  the  porch  may  be  made  a  living  part 
of  the  house  in  winter  as  well  as  summer. 
With  hot  water  heat  it  can  easily  be  made 
comfortable  even  in  severe  weather. 


Homes  of  Individuality 

Selected  by  W.  J.  Keith,  Architect 


Shingle  walls  give  a  soft  color  effect. 


A  Good  Summer  Cottage 

HERE   is   shown    an    attractive   ex- 
ample of  simplicity  and  good  pro- 
portion.   The  walls  and  gable  ends 
as  well  as  roof  and  dormers  are  all  cov- 
ered   with    shingles.      The    floor    plan 


is 


given  below. 


A  living  room  and  den  separated  by  a 
post  and  panel  treatment  occupy  the  front 
of  the  house.  The  den  is  furnished  with 


a  stone  fireplace  and  bookcases  built  in  on 
either  side.  At  the  rear  of  the  living 
room  is  a  pleasant  dining  room.  This  con- 
nects with  the  kitchen  through  a  pantry. 
The  cellar  stairs  open  from  the  kitchen, 
where  is  also  located  a  large  closet  for 
storage  purposes.  The  kitchen  range  con- 
nects with  fireplace  chimney  by  way  of  a 
flue  passing  through  an  enclosed  portion 
at  the  top  of  the  near  bookcase.  The  cor- 


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responding  section  in  the  case  on  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  fireplace  is  arranged  as 
a  cupboard  for  magazines.  Service  way 
is  had  from  the  kitchen  into  the  den 
through  a  door  at  the  side.  A  closet  is 
built  in  at  the  left  of  the  stairs  for  coats 
and  wraps. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  bedrooms 


and  bath.  Closets  are  arranged  for  each 
room.  A  full  basement  is  provided  under 
the  entire  house. 

A  Tiny  Bungalow 

A  tiny  house  always  has  a  particu- 
lar attraction  to  people  who  prac- 
tice or  believe  in  the  "simple  life." 
Here  is  a  plan  in  which  the  elements  of 


Field  stones  builds  it  into  the  hillside. 


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comfort  have  been  reduced  to  their  sim- 
plest form.  This  bungalow  was  built  on 
a  hillside  and  native  stone  has  been  used 
for  the  terrace  wall  enclosing  the  porch, 
giving  an  effective  approach.  The  inside 
is  attractive  and  livable,  though  very 
compact ;  a  large  living  room  with  win- 


dows on  three  sides  and  a  wide  fireplace ; 
a  sleeping  room  with  a  closet ;  and  a 
kitchen  with  sink,  cupboard  and  a  closet. 
The  fireplace  carries  also  the  flue  from  the 
kitchen  range.  With  its  hospitable  porch 
it  gives  the  essentials  of  living. 


A  Snug  Little  Bungalow  Home 


THE  bungalow  style  of  architecture 
js  so  comparatively  modern  that 
to  call  one  "old  fashioned"  would 
seem  a  strange  expression,  still  the  ex- 
terior of  this  house,  suggestive  of  the 
New  England  cottages,  is  surely  old 
fashioned,  although  its  inside  arrange- 
ment is  as  convenient  and  cozy  as  any 
of  the  newer  bungalows,  and  includes 
many  of  the  built-in  features  which  are 
such  a  help  to  easy  home-making,  even 


to  a  dust  chute,  which  does  away 
with  all  back-breaking  over  a  dust 
pan.  The  house  was  designed  for  a  nar- 
row lot,  being  only  26  feet  wide.  The 
rooms  are  large  and  well  arranged  for 
easy  housekeeping ;  there  is  a  wide  open 
fireplace  in  the  living  room  and  a  cozy 
window  seat.  A  colonnade  opening  with 
built-in  bookcases  in  the  buttresses  on 
either  side  leads  into  the  dining  room, 
which  has  a  built-in  buffet.  A  complete 


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It  is  comfortable  in  Florida,  Oregon  and  Michigan.  —  Buncalowcraft  Co..  Architects. 


cabinet  kitchen,  good  closets,  handy  bath- 
room and  a  screened  porch  make  a  home 
which  has  been  built,  it  is  stated,  for 
$1,350  in  Florida,  $1,500  in  Oregon,  and 
with  cellar  and  furnace  in  Michigan  for 
$1,900.'  The  kitchen  chimney  is  so  placed 
that  when  required  a  stove  may  be  used  in 


the  rear  bedroom.  The  interior  is  finished 
with  hardwall  plaster,  tinted.  The  wood- 
work trim  is  of  pine  stained  and  var- 
nished in  all  rooms  except  the  kitchen, 
where  it  is  painted.  The  picture  shows 
the  exterior  so  clearly  that  no  description 
is  necessary. 


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With  «rood  lines,  it  fits  into  the  landscape. 

A  Substantial  House 


IN  this  design  we  have  the  simple  hip 
roof  treatment  with  a  construction  of 
cement,  plaster  and  shingles  for  the 
exterior  walls. 

The  interior  as  well  as  exterior  are  so 
arranged  as  to  give  the  most  room  for  the 
least  cost.  With  four  rooms  on  the  first 
floor,  four  chambers  and  a  hath  on  the 
second,  there  is  no  waste  space. 

The  windows  come  up  under  the  eaves 


leaving  a  good  air  space  under  the  roof, 
with  windows  or  louvres  in  roof  for  ven- 
tilation. The  balcony  on  the  second  floor, 
opening  from  a  rear  chamber,  gives  good 
opportunity  for  sunning  bedding. 

The  interior  woodwork  may  be  either 
pine  or  fir,  with  brick  or  maple  floors.  It 
may  be  simply  finished,  yet  be  substan- 
tial and  satisfactory.  The  house  is  plan- 
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Conducted  by  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS,  Decorator.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Wall  Paper  Suggestions. 

HE  variety  of  wall  papers  is  al- 
most infinite,  and  at  every  turn 
one  is  apt  to  come  across  some- 
thing which  seems  absolutely 
new  and  absolutely  lovely.  The  question 
as  to  its  use  is  usually  one  of  adaptation. 
Nothing  so  makes  a  room  as  the  right 
wall  paper,  nothing  so  kills  it  as  the 
wrong  one. 

Certain  things  in  the  way  of  papers 
are  almost  always  safe.  It  is  difficult  to 
go  astray  with  a  small  pattern  in  two 
low  tones  of  a  color,  soft  green,  gray 
blue,  medium  olive,  or  golden  brown.  An- 
other wall  which  is  almost  always  at  its 
best  is  one  covered  with  a  verdure  tap- 
estry in  low  tones  of  olive,  blue  and  rus- 
set. And,  to  realize  how  satisfying  a 
paper  with  a  handsome  pattern  in  tones 
of  grayish  tan  can  be,  you  should  see  the 
same  color  in  brocade  with  white  wood- 
work. Of  course,  papers  no  more  posi- 
tive in  character  than  those  I  have  men- 
tioned must  be  used  with  due  regard  to 
the  contents  of  the  room.  Red  velvet 
curtains  would  be  quite  unhappy  in  asso- 
ciation with  the  tapestry  paper,  nor  would 
you  care  for  the  combination  of  gray  blue 
walls  with  turquoise  furniture  coverings, 
or  purple  silk  cushions.  But  within  their 
limitations  almost  any  one  can  have  an 
effective  room  with  one  of  the  papers 
I  have  mentioned. 

There  is  another  type  of  paper,  which, 
for  lack  of  a  better  name,  I  will  call  the 
picture  paper.  The  landscape  papers 
which  were  the  pride  of  some  of  our  great 
colonial  houses  belong  to  this  class  ;  so  do 
the  gorgeous  or  delicate  groupings  of 
birds  and  foliage  upon  black  or  white 
ground,  made  from  designs  by  distin- 
guished artists,  and,  but  for  the  brush- 


work,  having  all  the  charm  and  pictorial 
quality  of  a  fine  watercolor.  Others,  not 
less  interesting,  copy  closely  Jacobean 
crewel  work  or  Georgian  damasks.  At 
first  blush  such  papers  seem  utterly  im- 
possible for  the  average  house,  admirable 
decorations  for  shop  windows  but  quite 
impracticable. 

William  Morris  held  that  it  was  per- 
fectly proper  to  use  a  large  patterned  pa- 
per on  a  small  room,  and  certainly  the  re- 
peats of  all  his  best  papers  and  tapestries 
are  a  long  way  apart,  although  they  are 
so  well  managed  that  one  is  not  conscious 
of  the  structure  of  the  design  or  of  its 
size.  But  Morris'  walls  were  no  back- 
grounds, they  were  decorations,  as  much 
as  a  mural  painting.  So  if  you  want  to 
use  such  papers  you  can  use  them  as  he 
used  his  large  patterned  papers  and  tex- 
tiles, and  consider  your  wall  complete 
when  the  paper  is  laid,  not  attempting  to 
hang  pictures  or  to  have  any  other  sort 
of  ornament.  And,  as  we  are  so  accus- 
tomed to  the  use  of  pictures  that  we 
should  probably  feel  quite  unhappy  in 
rooms  without  any,  you  are  well  advised 
in  choosing  for  experiment  the  one  room 
in  which  you  do  not  live,  but  through 
which  you  pass  constantly,  the  hall. 

The  use  of  such  a  paper  solves  the  prob- 
lem of  the  insignificant  hall,  so  common 
in  our  American  houses,  built  on  lots  of 
limited  frontage.  The  wall  space  is  us- 
ually small  so  that  the  outlay  for  a  really 
fine  paper  will  be  slight.  Select  for  your 
narrow  and  poorly  lighted  hall  a  bird  and 
tree  pattern  of  light  and  bright  coloring 
on  a  white  ground.  If  the  hall  has  a 
northern  exposure  choose  a  paper  with 
warm  tones  of  color,  yellow  greens,  yel- 
lowish pinks  and  reds,  the  sort  of  paper 
whose  birds  are  macaws  or  parakeets, 


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or  parrots.  Then  have  the  woodwork 
either  white  or  a  soft  olive,  the  carpet  a 
plain  one  in  olive  of  the  tone  of  the  fo- 
liage. Except  a  possible  mirror,  nothing 
is  needed  but  the  indispensable  furniture, 
a  table  and  a  chair,  with  hooks  under  the 
staircase  for  hats  and  coats. 

For  the  sunny  hall,  on  the  other  hand, 
a  good  choice  is  the  peacock  paper,  which 
is  easily  found,  and  has  besides  the  beau- 
tiful iridescent  blues  and  greens  of  the 
birds,  foliage  in  cool  tones  of  green,  which 
will  contrast  agreeably  with  a  plain  blue 
carpet  for  floor  and  stairs.  While  the  first 
treatment  suggested  looks  extremely  well 
with  dark  oak  furniture,  whose  tone  might 
be  extended  to  the  woodwork,  the  second 
is  equally  good  with  mahogany  for  chair, 
table  and  stair  rail. 

There  are  some  other  large  patterned 
papers,  which  copy  Georgian  damasks, 
the  design  worked  out  in  soft  blue  or 
dark  rose  on  a  biscuit  ground,  or  vice 
versa,  the  texture  of  the  fabric  being  clev- 
erly reproduced.  A  paper  of  this  sort  is 
well  bestowed  above  a  dark  oak  wainscoi 
in  a  hall,  or  if  it  is  carried  down  to  the 
surbase  it  makes  an  effective  background 
for  dark  oak  furniture,  especially  the  rose 
colored  paper.  The  papers  which  copy 
crewel  embroidery  are  specially  good  for 
halls  with  Jacobean  furniture  in  dark  oak. 
It  is  sometimes  possible  to  find  the  same 
pattern  in  paper  and  in  printed  linen,  and 
if  this  can  be  done  the  linen  can  be  used 
to  gcmd  effect  for  loose  cushions  for  chairs 
and  a  settle.  But  it  hiay  be  well  to  say 
that  most  of  the  Jacobean  furniture  is  not 
adapted  to  small  apartments. 

Harmonizing  the  Other  Rooms. 

It  may  seem  as  if  the  use  of  a  paper 
with  so  much  pattern  were  inconsistent 
with  the  single  color  scheme  which  is  so 
much  the  best  for  the  small  house.  While 
it  is  possible  that  the  rooms  may  lose 
slightly  in  apparent  size,  the  introduction 
of  a  contrasting  scheme  relieves  what  is 
often  felt  to  be  the  monotony  of  a  floor  in 
a  single  neutral  color.  The  hall  can  be 
considered  the  high  light  of  the  scheme, 
the  other  rooms  being  carried  out  in  the 
lower  tones  of  the  "picture  paper."  For 
instance,  the  rose  red  and  biscuit  paper 
would  be  effective  in  a  house  whose  other 
rooms  were  in  tones  of  grayish  brown. 
The  same  sort  of  a  paper  in  blue  with  a 
warm  brown  for  the  woodwork  would 


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4J  An   Oak  Floor  needs  no  disguise.     Its 

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be  good  with  a  general  golden  brown 
scheme.  As  for  the  bird  and  foliage  pa- 
pers, the  warmer  sort  of  coloring  would 
answer  admirably  in  a  general  green  treat- 
ment, while  the  peacock  pattern  could  be 
used  with  living  rooms  decorated  and 
furnished  in  blue.  It  is  obvious  that  the 
difficulty  of  harmonizing  the  various 
rooms  with  a  highly  decorative  treatment 
of  the  hall  does  not  exist  in  a  house  of 
the  strictly  colonial  type,  in  which  each 
room  is  to  a  certain  extent  isolated,  in- 
dependent of  the  others,  and  seen  from 
outside  only  through  a  narrow  opening. 
The  same  principle  applies  to  the  use  of 
these  decorative  papers  in  bedrooms, 
whose  doors  are  presumably  kept  shut. 
There  is  a  great  deal  to  be  said  for  the 
pictorial  treatment  of  bedroom  walls.  In 
the  average  house  there  are  not  enough 
good  pictures  to  go  round,  and  the  rub- 
bishy ones  are  kept  for  the  bedrooms.  Far 
better  sell  them,  or  put  them  away,  and 
have  cheerfully  flowered  and  unbroken 
walls,  against  which  your  furniture  will 
be  pleasantly  relieved,  and  upon  which 
your  eyes  will  rest  with  satisfaction  as  it 
is  lighted  by  the  early  sunshine.  The  pa- 
pers which  I  have  mentioned  as  copy- 
ing old  crewel  work  are  particularly  happy 
in  rooms  with  Jacobean  furniture.  The 
curtains  and  furnishings  should  be  of 
plain  color. 

Jacobean  Styles  in  Furniture. 

It  is  only  two  or  three  years  since  our 
manufacturers  began  to  copy  the  Jaco- 
bean styles  of  furniture,  and  their  first 
pieces  were  of  the  most  pretentious  order, 
fitted  rather  for  the  hall  of  a  castle  than 
for  simple  American  houses.  Now  it  is 
possible  to  get  a  great  variety  of  pieces 
of  manageable  size  and  fairly  moderate 
price.  Such  furniture  is  a  capital  invest- 
ment, as  it  is  excellent  in  design  and  con- 
struction and  really  beautiful  in  color. 

What  may  be  considered  the  typical 
piece  is  the  gate-legged  table.  The  large 
size  being  an  admirable  dining  table  for 
a  small  family,  while  the  smaller  ones  are 
useful  in  many  ways,  especially  those  with 
a  drop  leaf.  To  go  with  the  tables  are 
dining  chairs  with  square  seats  and  backs, 
which  are  most  effectively  upholstered  in 
dull  red  with  a  heavy  wool  damask,  far 
more  serviceable  and  picturesque  than  the 
usual  leather.  Other  chairs  have  panels 
of  cane,  still  others  rush  seats.  Quite  the 


prettiest  wooden  bedsteads  to  be  had  are 
Jacobean,  with  twisted  posts,  head  and 
footboard  of  nearly  equal  height,  and  in- 
serted panels  of  cane. 

All  sorts  of  small  articles  are  made 
along  Jacobean  lines  although  not  copies 
of  old  pieces,  among  them  small  desks  and 
nested  tables,  fender  stools  and  jardi- 
nieres. All  the  Jacobean  furniture  looks 
particularly  well  in  association  with  large 
patterned  cretonnes  or  printed  linens,  or 
with  the  verdure  tapestries.  For  a  bed- 
room a  dull  blue  wall,  strongly  patterned 
blue  and  cream  printed  linen  and  Jaco- 
bean, cane  paneled  furniture  is  a  very 
happy  combination. 

The  Office  of  Lamp  Shades. 

Too  often  the  whole  effect  of  a  room  is 
spoiled  when  it  is  seen  by  artificial  light, 
and  electricity  sins  greatly  in  this  respect. 
Very  gradually  we  are  learning  to  appre- 
ciate the  value  of  side  lighting  with  here 
and  there  a  stationary  lamp  on  table  or 
desk. 

Instead  of  buying  expensive  glass 
shades  for  these  last  use  paper  of  fabric 
shades  harmonizing  with  the  furnishings. 
Have  you  a  cretonne  covered  davenport 
loaded  with  cushions?  Duplicate  the  ma- 
terial for  big  shades  for  your  lamps.  If 
the  effect  of  the  material  with  the  light 
shining  through  it  is  not  good  try  a  lining 
of  thin  silk,  white,  rose  or  yellow,  or  else 
cover  the  frame,  beneath  the  cretonne, 
with  heavy  white  net. 

When  pottery  or  porcelain  jars  are  used 
for  lamps  the  shade  should  be  of  silk,  re- 
peating same  color  of  the  design.  If  the 
vase  is  pottery  an  opaque  shade  covered 
with  Japanese  grass  cloth  of  the  same 
color  is  effective.  Or  the  geisha  shades 
of  paper  and  bamboo  can  be  used.  These 
are  especially  good  in  orange  tones  and 
nothing  looks  better  with  light  colored 
Chinese  or  Japanese  porcelain  vases  than 
a  white  geisha  shade. 

There  is  no  greater  mistake  than  to 
have  a  jumble  of  different  colored  shades. 
If  you  have  half  a  dozen  in  a  room,  let 
them  be  of  varying  tones  of  a  single  color 
with  possibly  a  single  one  of  a  neutral 
tone.  If  vou  have  several  shades  covered 
with  the  same  figured  material,  chintz  or 
silk,  vary  the  shapes  and  the  depth  of  tone 
of  the  linings.  Any  good  needlewoman 
can  make  such  a  shade  over  a  wire  frame 
at  a  verv  small  cost. 


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ANSWERS   TO      UESTIONS 


ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


EDITOR'S  NOTE. — The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE. 
Inquiries  pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

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A  Query  from  Massachusetts  With  Old 
Furniture  As  a  Key. 

Mrs.  W.  G.  W.— "I  am  about  to  build  a 
home  on  Colonial  lines,  facing  the  east. 
All  interior  wood  finish  in  cypress  and 
floors  hard  pine.  Living  room  will  be 
15x22  running  from  east  to  west  along 
south  side;  hall  central;  dining  room  east 
and  north  windows.  On  the  second  floor 
there  are  three  bedrooms,  bath  arid  sit- 
ting room,  on  the  southeast  corner. 

"I  am  in  despair  about  my  old  furniture, 
and  cannot  have  new  at  present  except 
the  most  necessary.  Can  you  please  help 
me? 

"I  have  the  contents  of  two  small  living 
rooms  at  present.  Old  square  rosewood 
piano,  two  mahogany  and  tapestry  rock- 
ers, a  straight  birch  chair,  and  a  brown 
Bar  Harbor  wicker  with  tapestry  cush- 
ions, and  a  mahogany  Victrola.  Rug 
9x12  is  Hartford  saxony  in  pastel  tints, 
cream,  tan,  faded  rose  and  some  yellow. 
I  have  also  a  large  leather  davenport  in 
Early  English,  writing  table  and  two 
rockers  to  watch.  One  green  and  tan 
Axminster  rug  9x12  (used  with  the  Early 
English  furniture). 

"My  dining  room  has  tan  and  green 
tapestry  rug  9x12,  old  sideboard  that  I  in- 
tend having  /made  into  buffet,  square 
table  and  chairs  all  in  light  oak. 

*'I  wanted  my  living  room  floor  and 
woodwork  in  the  new  driftwood  color  and 
finish,  walls  a  gray  green,  with  border  in 
wild  rose,  or  some  pale  rose  stencilling. 
Dining  room  walls  above  chair  rail  in  buff 
or  warm  tan,  below  in  sage  green  and 
woodwork  in  one  of  the  brown  tones. 

"What  shall  I  do  with  dining  room  fur- 
niture, and  would  some  rose  be  better  in 
this  northeast  room  ?  I  consider  using 
only  alabastine  tinted  walls  all  over  the 
house,  except  bathroom,  kitchen  and  pan- 
try, which  will  have  painted  walls. 


"Is  it  possible  to  have  the  driftwood  fin- 
ish in  living  room  with  this  mixed  furni- 
ture, or  what  shall  I  do  with  it?  What 
can  I  do  with  hopelessly  ugly  bedroom 
furniture,  neither  ancient  nor  modern,  but 
of  the  clumsy  period  of  30  years  ago,  in- 
cluding a  black  walnut  set  with  marble 
top? 

"I  am  sending  for  Keith's  Volume  9  on 
Interior  Decoration ;  perhaps  it  will  an- 
swer some  of  my  questions.  But  I  would 
like  you  to  tell  me  about  painting  over 
some  of  this  old  furniture,  if  it  is  not 
hopeless." 

Ans. — We  have  given  your  problems  our 
best  attention.  No,  you  cannot  carry  out 
your  dream  of  driftwood  finish  and  wild 
roses  in  living  room.  Neither  walls  nor 
the  light  pastel  coloring  of  the  Saxony 
rug  would  be  at  all  in  tune  with  the  mixed 
furniture  you  describe.  But  it  would  be 
possible  to  use  these  ideas  in  the  dining 
room  and  have  it  very  charming.  Do  the 
woodwork  in  the  driftwood,  grey  stain ; 
have  the  plaster  wall  below  the  chair  rail 
a  rough  finish  and  tint  it  a  dark  dull  rose. 
Finish  the  wall  above  to  moulding  at 
top  of  doors  and  windows,  hard  putty 
coat  plaster  and  use  a  wall  paper  here  in 
an  all  over  tapestry  design  of  dull  pink 
roses  and  greyish  green  foliage.  We  have 
seen  exactly  the  thing,  also  a  cretonne  in 
similar  coloring,  half  a  width  on  each  side 
over  white,  to  use  at  windows.  The  Sax- 
ony rug  must  be  used  with  this  scheme, 
though  it  is  rather  light  for  a  dining  room. 
We  would  like  it  dyed  the  deep  dull  rose 
of  the  plaster  dado.  Now  then  remove 
the  varnish  from  your  light  oak  dining 
set  and  stain  it  a  little  darker  grey  than 
the  driftwood  woodwork.  Tint  the  ceil- 
ing ivory  white. 

The  woodwork  of  hall  and  living  room 
should  be  the  same  and  we  advise  a  brown 
stain.  Tint  the  walls  a  soft  ecru,  not  tan, 


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nor  grey,  but  between  the  two.  Use  the 
green  and  tan  Axminster  rug  here  and 
supplement  with  a  couple  of  long  narrow 
ones,  one  each  side  in  plain  green.  One 
width  of  plain  Wilton  or  Axminster  carpet 
finished  like  a  rug  at  the  ends,  each  three 
yards  long,  would  be  a  good  and  inexpen- 
sive way  of  doing  this.  Then  use  plain 
green  as  much  as  possible  on  the  furni- 
ture putting  the  mahogany  pieces  at  one 
end  of  the  room  and  the  davenport  in 
front  of  the  fireplace. 

The  black  walnut  bedroom  furniture 
is  not  hopeless  if  you  take  off  the  marble 
tops  and  replace  with  glass  cut  to  fit, 
over  gay  cretonne.  Use  the  same  cretonne 
freely  in  furnishings  but  not  on  the  bed, 
and  tint  the  walls  a  soft  putty  grey  with 
one  of  the  sand  color  rugs,  white  ceiling 
and  white  woodwork.  Give  the  golden 
oak  furniture  a  setting  of  tans  and  soft 
leaf  browns.  Use  the  blue  rug  with  the 
white  bed  and  tint  the  wall  a  soft  old  blue. 

Color  Scheme  for  Living  and  Dining 
Rooms. 

L.  L.  W. — "Enclosed  is  the  first  floor 
plan  of  our  new  house.  Will  you  kindly 
suggest  a  color  scheme  for  the  hall,  din- 
ing room  and  living  room?  The  floors 
are  oak.  Shall  they  be  waxed  or  var- 
nished? 

"The  woodwork  is  to  be  white  enamel. 
How  shall  I  finish  the  walls?  What  kind 
of  curtains,  portieres,  rugs  and  furniture 
shall  I  get?" 

Ans. — Although  your  living  room  has 
only  direct  lighting  from  the  bay  window 
on  the  north,  it  receives  so  much  indirect 
light  through  wide  openings  on  all  sides, 
that  we  may  venture  to  use  a  warm  putty, 
grey  wall.  There  is  a  paper  with  the  ef- 
fect of  grass  cloth  in  shades  of  grey  light- 
ed up  with  a  thread  of  gold,  that  would 
be  beautiful  with  the  white  woodwork 
and  white  ceiling. 

There  is  a  tapestry  paper  in  grey  with 
broad  figured  stripe  in  mulberry  coloring 
that  would  be  fine  in  the  hall.  With  these 
walls  we  would  use  mulberry  hangings 
and  grey  and  mulberry  rug  in  living  room. 
Soft  deep  rose  tones  in  oriental  rug  in 
hall. 

Furniture  of  living  room,  wicker,  stain- 
ed grey  and  upholstered  in  mulberry  vel- 
vet, except  library  table  and  desk  in  grey 
oak  or  ash. 


Dining  room  wall  plain  grey  dado, 
foliage  paper  above  in  dull  greens  and 
blues.  Blue  rug,  blue  curtains,  furniture 
Kaizer  grey  oak,  chair  seats  upholstered 
in  blue  leather.  Ceiling  pale  grey.  We 
should  prefer  floors  waxed.  Walls  should 
be  hard  finished  for  paper,  sand  finished 
for  tints.  All  ceilings  should  be  tinted. 

Furnishing  a  New  Bungalow. 

Mrs.  C.  L.  E. — "As  a  constant  reader 
and  former  subscriber  to  'Keith's'  I  now 
turn  to  you  for  advice  as  we  are  building 
a  bungalow.  I  am  enclosing  rough  sketch 
of  same.  The  small  front  bedroom  is  for 
our  small  children  and  I  want  that  in 
grey  and  pink.  Grey  enamel  chest  of 
drawers  and  grey  iron  bed,  cretonne  in 
bright  pink  flowers  on  grey  ground  and 
pink  walls.  Will  that  be  correct?  We 
are  refinishing  the  chest  of  drawers  our- 
selves. Should  we  get  other  pieces  for 
this  room  besides  chairs  and  perhaps  a 
small  table? 

"Then  my  kitchen  and  bath  I  should 
like  in  blue.  Bath  has  south  window  and 
kitchen  will  get  plenty  of  sunlight  through 
breakfast  nook  I  think,  which  is  almost 
all  windows. 

"Furniture  for  other  bedroom  and  liv- 
ing room  is  fumed  oak  of  good  make. 
Brass  bed,  chiffonier,  and  dressing  table 
for  bedroom.  Piano  (also  in  fumed),  and 
three  rockers  for  living  room. 

"I  think  I  prefer  round  dining  table  for 
living  room  but  my  husband  thinks  a  very 
large  library  table  better.  We  must  have 
one  that  would  answer  purpose  of  dining 
also. 

"I  do  not  care  for  neutral  tans  or  even 
golden  browns  with  fumed  oak,  and  have 
wanted  to  have  living  and  dining  room 
in  the  blues  and  greens  you  so  often  ad- 
vise, but  know  that  is  out  of  the  question 
with  the  northwest  facing. 

"I  am  so  anxious  to  have  everything 
in  good  taste  even  though  it  is  such  a 
little  place,  and  I  want  things  to  have  an 
individuality  even  to  minute  details. 

"Can  one  purchase  craftsman  canvas 
or  linen  wide  enough  for  bed  spreads?" 

Ans. — The  combination  living  and  din- 
ing room  appears  to  be  your  chief  prob- 
lem. In  the  March,  1915,  issue  of  Keith's, 
on  pages  188-190,  many  suggestions  are 
given  for  such  a  room  which  we  are  sure 
will  be  of  value  to  you.  We  think  your 
idea  of  the  round  table  is  best  as  it  would 


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be  almost  impossible  to  use  a  library 
table  for  eating.  The  round  table  need 
not  be  a  regulation  dining  table ;  it  could 
be  a  drop  leaf  table  and  be  very  pretty 
with  a  mat,  flowers  and  books  when  not 
in  use.  One  of  the  circular  wicker  tables 
stained  brown,  would  be  pretty  there  and 
a  wicker  couch  to  match  along  the  group 
of  windows.  The  wicker  table  should 
have  a  glass  top  over  cretonne  and  the 
couch  be  cushioned  with  cretonne.  When 
you  wanted  to  seat  a  number  of  people 
you  could  have  one  of  the  circular  pine 
wood  table  tops  that  cost  $2.50,  to  set 
right  over  the  wicker  top,  any  size  you 
please. 

Your  ideas  about  the  children's  room 
are  all  right,  and  very  pretty.  The  small 
table  and  low  chairs  will  be  sufficient  ad- 
ditional furniture.  If  you  want  a  blue 
and  white  kitchen,  a  good  way  is  to  have 
a  4-foot  dado  of  the  wall,  marked  off  like 
tile  in  hard  plaster,  then  paint  it  in  oil 
paint  a  dull  Delft  blue.  Above  this  paint 
the  wall  and  ceiling  cream  white. 

Craftsman  crash  or  linen  comes  about 
50"  wide.  Why  not  use  heavy  half- 
bleached  sheeting,  double  width?  There 


are  so  many  windows  in  your  living  room 
that  the  blue  and  green  combination 
might  be  managed.  We  have  seen  a  blue 
and  green  Saxony  rug  with  lines  of  old 
gold  through  it.  You  do  not  say,  how- 
ever, how  you  plan  the  walls.  It  would 
not  do  to  have  a  solid  tint,  either  blue  or 
green,  but  there  are  tapestry  papers  with 
soft  blues  and  greens  on  a  light  putty 
grey  ground  that  would  not  be  too  dark. 
However,  there  is  a  soft  ecru  tone,  neither 
a  tan  nor  a  brown,  that  would  make  a  good 
plain  wall.  Then  get  your  blue  and  green 
in  the  rug  and  in  the  cretonne  for  seat 
cushions,  table  top,  couch,  etc. 

Dedication  for  a  Fireplace. 

"Tibi  plendet  Focus." 
This    hearth   was   built   for   thy    delight, 

For  thee  the  logs  were  sawn, 
For  thee  the  largest  chair  at  night 
Is  to  the  chimney  drawn. 

For   thee,   dear   lass,    the   match    was   lit 

To  yield  the  golden  blaze ; 
May  Jack  Frost  give  us  joy  of  it 

For  many,  many  days ! 

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<[S  HOUSBHOI/D  ECONOMICS 


Housekeeping  by  Electricity 


OR  a  number  of  years,  electrical  de- 
vices in  household  economics  have 
been     appearing    on    the    market 
which  have  made  a  strong  appeal 
to   the   housewife.     The   electric   iron,   the 


electric  toaster,  the  vacuum  cleaner  which 
may  be  operated  by  a  simple  electrical  con- 
nection   already    in- 
stalled have  become 
indispensable. 

Probably  few 
householders  realize 
how  many  such  elec- 
tric appliances  are 
now  available. 

The  "Home  Elec- 
trical," one  of  the  ex- 
hibits in  the  Palace 
of  Manufacturers  at 
the  Panama  Pacific 
Exposition  at  San 
Francisco,  demon- 
strates the  extent  to 
which  electricity  is 
readily  adaptable  for 
all  kinds  of  domestic 
service. 

A  bungalow  has 
been  built  for  the  in- 
stallation of  this  ex- 
hibit, with  exterior 
of  gray  stucco,  and 
the  roof  of  red  tile. 
The  interior  consists 
of  a  living  room,  din- 
ing room  with  break- 
fast alcove,  bedroom, 

tiurserv,         Sewing  Breakfast  is  prepared  at  the  table. 


room,  bath,  kitchen,  refrigerator  room 
and  laundry.  There  are  also  an  electric 
garage,  a  workshop  and  a  small  creamery. 
The  home  is  completely  furnished  and  at- 
tractively decorated. 

In  the  living  room  is  an  electric  '"fire- 
place" of  the  luminous  radiator  type.  An 
place"  of  the  lumin- 
ous radiator  type. 
An  electric  piano 
player  will  entertain 
visitors  either  with 
classical  or  popular 
selections. 

The  dining  room 
is  heated  by  electric- 
ity, as  are  all  of  the 
rooms,  and  the  air  is 
kept  in  motion  by  a 
small  electric  fan. 
Here  are  devices  for 
the  preparation  of 
lunches  or  serving 
light  refreshments ; 
a  radiant  toaster,  an 
electric  coffee  pot,  a 
tea  samovar,  a  disc 
stove  for  general 
cooking,  a  unit-set, 
a  chafing  dish  for 
preparing  hot  soups 
or  desserts  and  an 
electric  grill  for 
broiling,  toasting, 
preparing  eggs,  etc. 
If  desired,  a  very 
substantial  meal  can 
be  cooked  on  the 


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dining  room  table.  Another  electric  fea- 
ture is  the  warming  closet  at  the  entrance 
to  the  butler's  pantry. 

To  the  right  of  the  dining  room  is  the 
breakfast  alcove,  very  cosily  arranged 
and  also  equipped  for  "table-cooking." 
It  looks  out  upon  a  vine-covered  patio 
with  ferns  and  flowers  and  a  tiny  spring. 

Between  the  dining  room  and  the  kitchen 
is  the  butler's  pantry.  In  it  is  installed  a 
combination  butler's  sink  and  dish-washer 
for  cleaning  the  light  and  valued  wares.  On 
a  shelf  there  is  a  disc  stove  for  making 
dressings  and  sauces,  and  a  small  electrical- 
ly driven  buffer  for  polishing  nickel  and 
silver  pieces. 

In  the  kitchen,  the  workshop  of  every 
home,  an  electric  range,  equipped  with  hot 
plates,  broiler  and  ovens,  is  ready  to  cook 
the  largest  family  dinner.  A  constant  sup- 
ply of  hot  water  is  obtained  from  an  elec- 
tric water  heater  attached  to  the  usual 
kitchen  water  tank.  A  household  ozonator 
and  exhaust  fan  combine  to  remove  un- 
pleasant odors.  A  new  device,  which  does 
away  with  dirty  and  impure  ice,  is  the  elec- 
trically lighted  and  cooled  refrigerator, 
where  small  cubes  of  ice  also  may  be  ob- 
tained. 

The  bedroom  contains  many  electrical 
conveniences  and  articles  for  the  toilet,  in- 
cluding an  electric  massage  vibrator,  elec- 
tric curling  iron,  hair  dryer  and  boudoir 
lamps.  There  is  an  electric  heating  pad  and 
a  small  electric  water  heater  in  case  of  sick- 
ness. The  bedroom  is  heated  by  electricity 
in  chilly  weather  and  cooled  with  an  electric- 
fan  when  the  nights  are  too  warm.  There 
is  a  connection  for  the  vacuum  cleaner. 
Most  interesting  of  all  the  electrical  ap- 
pliances in  the  bedroom  is  the  burglar 
switch,  which,  when  needed,  lights  every 
lamp  in  the  house. 

Near  the  bedroom  is  the  nursery  with  its 
electric  toys  and  an  electric  device  at  the 
window  to  keep  the  room  supplied  with 
fresh  air  without  dangerous  drafts.  The 
nursery  is  heated  by  electricity  and  there 
is  an  electric  nursery  outfit  for  preparing 
medicine,  food,  etc.,  in  case  of  sickness. 

The  bathroom  is  finished  in  white  tile 
and  porcelain.  Here  are  such  electrical  con- 
veniences as  a  hot  water  cup  for  shaving, 
and  a  glowing  electric  radiator. 

The  sewing  room  is  replete  with  electric 
appliances  for  sewing,  mending  and  dress- 
making. The  sewing  machine  is  operated 
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treadle.  A  three  and  a  six-pound  electric 
iron  are  located  on  a  convenient  board, 
and  a  small  portable  vacuum  cleaner  is  used 
to  pick  up  threads  and  scraps  of  cloth. 

The  home  is  equipped  with  a  complete 
electrical  laundry.  There  is  a  quiet-run- 
ning washing  machine  and  an  electric 
mangle,  which  may  be  entrusted  with  deli- 
cate pieces ;  three,  six,  eight  and  twelve- 
pound  irons  for  ironing  and  pressing,  and 
a  double  eight-inch  hot  plate  for  boiling 
clothes.  A  collapsible  ironing  board  folds 
into  a  shallow  closet,  and  the  flat  iron 
switch  is  equipped  with  a  pilot  light  to  in- 
dicate whether  or  not  the  current  has  been 


leaky  utensils  or  broken  woodwork.  An 
air  heater  provides  comfort. 

In  the  garage  is  a  light  electric  coupe, 
which  is  kept  charged  automatically  by  a 
mercury-arc  rectifier.  The  lighting  batteries 
are  charged  by  a  small  vibrator.  A  small 
portable  search  lamp,  which  can  be  oper- 
ated on  any  electrically  lighted  car,  is  used 
for  close  examination  of  any  part  of  the 
car,  and  a  portable  electric  tire  pump  com- 
pletes the  car  equipment.  Connections  are 
made  to  the  interhouse  phone  in  both  the 
garage  and  workshop.  An  air  heater  is 
also  installed  in  the  garage. 

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turned  off.  An  air  heater  and  exhaust  fan 
provide  comfortable  working  temperatures. 

Provision  has  been  made,  in  the  shed, 
for  constant  water  pressure  all  over  the 
house  when  the  water  supply  is  a  well  or 
spring.  Here  is  installed  an  automatic  air- 
pressure  system.  The  pump  is  driven  by 
a  small  electric  motor,  controlled  by  a  pres- 
sure switch. 

Nearly  every  home  has  a  workshop 
where  the-man-of-the-house  builds  and  re- 
pairs, especially  in  country  places.  The 
shop  is  equipped  with  a  work  bench,  bench- 
type  drill  press,  clipping  hammer,  electric 
riveter  and  grindstone.  Then  there  is  a 
buffing  outfit,  saw  table,  bench  type  lathe 
and  metal  melting  pot,  all  electrically  op- 
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and  an  electric  glue-pot  aid  in  repairing 


rural  communities  is  the  dairy.  This  is 
equipped  with  an  electrically-driven  cream 
separator,  bottle  washer,  and  churn.  In 
conjunction  with  these  appliances  is  an  au- 
tomatic refrigerator  and  milk  cooler,  op- 
erated by  a  thermostat  to  keep  the  tempera- 
ture of  the  cooling  chamber  at  the  proper 
point. 

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and  comparatively  moderate  in  cost.  Some 
of  them  may  be  operated  as  reasonably  as 
an  electric  iron.  It  is  possible  to  install 
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by  taking  out  old  carbon  incandescent 
lamps  and  replacing  them  with  modern 
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of  the  current ;  and  this  can  be  used  to  run 
fans,  cooking  devices,  vacuum  cleaners,  etc., 
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signs,  with  fluted  bodies  and  plain  tops, 
and  handles  of  black  wood.  If  one  is  prej- 
udiced in  favor  of  an  earthen  tea  pot  the 
silver  one  can  be  used  for  hot  water. 
Fifteen  dollars  will  buy  a  really  artistic 
plated  tea  service  of  this  sort. 

Why  not  set  up  a  "Savings  Box  for  Sil- 
ver," into  which  from  time  to  time  a  few 
pennies  might  be  dropped  to  be  exchanged 
later  for  something  really  desirable? 

Concerning  Lace  Cloths. 

For  people  who  entertain  a  lace  cloth 
is  a  really  valuable  asset,  as  it  does  not 
get  demoralized  like  a  damask  one,  can 
be  used  many  times  and  is  not  nearly  as 
fussy  as  the  usual  combination  of  linen 
center  and  plate  and  tumbler  doilies. 

( )ne  of  the  objections  to  the  Renais- 
sance lace,  which  was  so  popular  a  few 
years  ago,  and  which  is  illustrated,  is  that 
it  had  a  way  of  stretching  out  of  shape 
when  it  was  washed.  This  can  be  obviat- 
ed in  one  of  two  ways.  Either  the  braid 
can  be  sewed  to  a  foundation  of  not  too 
fine  net,  filet  by  choice,  before  the  lace 
stitches  are  worked,  or  instead  of  the 
rather  sketchy  stitches  in  common  use 
the  braid  outlines  can  be  filled  in  with 
straight  buttonholed  bars,  as  is  done  with 
cut  work.  With  either  method  the  effect 
is  good  and  the  work  will  keep  in  shape 
with  ordinary  care. 

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or  of  fine  linen  with  white  embroidery. 
If  the  latter  is  used  the  initials  of  the 
housewife  should  be  embroidered  at  the 
middle  of  one  side.  Any  piece  of  linen 
gains  greatly  if  it  is  accurately  fitted  to 
the  article  which  it  is  intended  to  cover. 

The  Indispensable  Tea  Cosey. 

The  tea  cosey  is  as  essential  to  English 
housekeeping  as  the  tea  pot,  and  is  often 
extremely  ornamental,  of  handsome  bro- 
cade heavily  embroidered  in  silk.  Some- 
times the  cosey  is  plainly  covered  with 
silk  or  satin  and  is  fitted  with  a  detach- 
able cover  of  embroidered  linen  or  lace, 
which  can  be  removed  when  it  becomes 
soiled. 

With  ourselves  the  tea  habit  is  not  so 
general,  and  the  cosey  is  conspicuously 
absent,  but  it  serves  a  useful  purpose  at 
the  piazza  supper.  It  may  be  of  any  of  a 
number  of  shapes,  the  best  being  a  half 
oval.  Another  sort  is  much  like  a  bish- 


op's mitre,  being  made  of  four  sections 
curving  to  a  point  at  the  top,  the  seams 
defined  with  a  cord.  The  cosey  should  be 
large  enough  to  cover  the  teapot  easily, 
and  be  generously  wadded,  or  else  filled 
with  down,  and  the  lining  should  be  of 
thin  silk  matching  the  outside. 

In  color  it  should  either  harmonize 
with  the  china,  or  be  of  the  same  general 
color  as  the  dining  room  walls.  A  very 
serviceable  cosey  can  be  made  of  velvet- 
een, olive,  gray  blue,  or  rose  red,  embroi- 
dered with  a  single  large  initial,  in  crew- 
els heavily  padded. 

The  Latest  Fashion  in  Desserts. 

If  you  wish  to  be  very  elegant,  instead 
of  the  traditional  pie  or  pudding,  you  will 
serve  a  dainty  assortment  of  French  pas- 
tries, each  different  to  the  other  arranged 
in  a  silver  basket  or  on  a  plate  with  a  folded 
napkin.  They  are  passed  by  the  maid,  and 
each  guest  helps  himself  to  the  cake  of  his 
fancy  with  the  aid  of  a  broad-bladed  silver 
knife.  All  sorts  of  dainties  are  included, 
tiny  pastry  shells  filled  with  fruit  in  a  thick 
syrup,  almost  like  a  jelly,  thin  layers  of 
pastry  separated  by  whipped  cream,  little 
eclairs,  chocolate  or  vanilla,  round  pound 
cakes  covered  with  mocha  frosting,  maca- 
roons and  lady  fingers.  For  a  formal  meal 
these  dainties  are  far  less  trouble  than  any- 
thing made  at  home  and  if  sufficiently 
varied  are  sure  to  be  appreciated. 

Eggs  in  Potato  Shells. 

There  are  here  and  there  people  who 
cling  to  the  habit  of  having  potatoes  for 
breakfast.  To  them  may  be  commended  a 
rather  unusual  dish.  The  potatoes,  which 
should  be  large  and  of  uniform  size,  are 
baked,  the  tops  cut  off  and  the  center 
scooped  out,  leaving  a  wall  about  half  an 
inch  thick.  Into  the  cavity  are  put  a  few 
bread  crumbs,  a  lump  of  butter,  a  broken 
egg,  a  dash  of  pepper  and  salt,  more  bread 
crumbs  and  more  butter.  Each  potato  is 
set  into  one  of  the  sections  of  a  muffin  pan 
and  they  are  baked  until  the  eggs  are  set. 

Another  breakfast  dish  consists  of  thin 
slices  of  broiled  ham  served  with  potatoes 
Philippa  and  hot  corn  bread.  The  potatoes 
are  boiled,  chilled  and  cut  into  dice  with 
half  their  bulk  of  white  turnips.  A  white 
sauce  is  made  with  a  tablespoonful  of  flour 
and  one  of  butter  and  a  cup  of  cream,  in 
which  the  potatoes  are  heated. 


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The  addition  of  sufficient  moisture  insures  a  healthful  and 
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Building  Material 

AND  NOTES  ON 

Heating,  Lighting  &  Plumbing 


J  H 


To  Avoid  Dingy  Stucco. 

RITICAL  examination  shows  that 
stucco  is  a  more  or  less  porous 
material  which,  in  smoky  atmos- 
pheres, sometimes  absorbs  the 
soot-laden  water  with  which  it  is  brought 
into  contact.  During  a  rainy  season  con- 
siderable soot  is  carried  into  the  pores 
and  the  color  of  the  stucco  becomes  per- 
ceptibly darker.  It  has  been  found  that 
this  pore-filling  process  only  lasts  two  or 
three  years,  however,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  the  pores  of  the  stucco  were  com- 
pletely filled  or  clogged  with  the  soot. 

The  natural  action  thus  observed  sug- 
gests a  method  for  overcoming  this  diffi- 
culty. Fill  the  pores  with  a  white  or  col- 
orless waterproof  substance  before  the 
natural  process  has  had  time  in  which  to 
fill  them  with  soot  and  dirt. 

There  are  two  ways  by  which  this  re- 
sult may  be  accomplished.  At  the  time 
the  stucco  is  being  mixed  a  small  quan- 
tity of  a  reliable  integral  waterproofing 
should  be  added  to  the  water  used  in  the 
process  of  mixing.  Only  a  small  quantity 
need  be  used  and  the  cost  should  not  ex- 
ceed ll/>  cents  per  square  foot,  or  about 
$35.00  for  an  ordinary  eight-room  resi- 
dence. The  integral  paste  or  powder  is 
carried  into  the  pores  and  it  is  found  that 
the  stucco  so  treated  is  permanently  wa- 
terproof and  stainproof. 

The  second  method  is  used  to  water- 
proof and  stainproof  after  the  completion 
of  the  building.  It  sometimes  happens 
that  the  builder  does  not  learn  of  the  in- 
tegral method  until  it  is  too  late  to  use  it, 
and  in  this  case  a  colorless  waterproofing 
method  supplies  the  omission.  It  is  a  won- 
derfully simple  process,  inexpensive  and 
practically  as  efficient  as  the  integral 


method.  The  surface  may  be  brushed  with 
two  coats  of  a  colorless  waterproofing, 
the  liquid  enters  the  pores  and  there  de- 
posits a  clear,  colorless,  water-resistant 
substance  which  effectively  protects  it 
from  rain  and  smoke. 

To  Dry  Paint. 

The  method  given  below  for  drying 
paint  under  especially  trying  conditions, 
comes  from  Australia.  It  may  be  used  on 
damp  or  green  wood.  In  circumstances 
where  paint  ordinarily  would  not  dry  at 
all,  or  would  dry  only  very  slowly,  dry- 
ing may  be  made  certain  by  the  addition 
of  a  small  quantity  of  lime.  To  half  a  pot 
of  paint  add  a  teaspoonful  of  lime.  Take 
the  dry  lime  and  work  it  well  into  a  small 
quantity  of  the  paint  with  a  putty  knife. 
Then  add  this  to  the  paint.  The  paint  will 
then  dry  hard  in  a  short  time.  The  result 
obtained  is  much  the  same  as  that  which 
follows  the  application  of  a  coat  of  paint 
over  a  surface  which  has  been  previously 
limed.  It  is  generally  thought  that  when 
paint  dries  on  a  surface  previously  limed, 
it  is  because  the  lime  has  killed  the  grease. 
Evidently  this  is  only  half  the  explana- 
tion, because  it  is  clear  that  the  lime  on 
the  surface,  mixing  with  the  paint,  has  an 
effect  similar  to  that  following  the  use  of 
a  powerful  drier. 

A  Reinforced  Plaster  Base. 

The  need  of  a  greater  protection 
against  fire  as  well  as  the  desirability  of 
as  great  protection  as  possible  against  the 
weather  is  making  itself  felt  in  new  build- 
ing materials. 

The  reinforcement  in  concrete  has  revo- 
lutionized building  methods.  The  idea  of 
the  reinforcement  is  being  utilized  in 


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No  Matter 

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are  finally  measured  by  the 
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room. 

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BUILDING  MATERIAL  AND  NOTES  ON  HEATING.  LIGHTING  AND  PLUMBING-Continued 

of  the  steel  guarding 
against  the  incursion 
of  rust.  The  steel 
must  be  completely 
and  closely  embed- 
ded in  the  mortar  or 
concrete.  Should 
air  pockets  in  the 
mass  of  concrete  be 
formed  around  the 
steel,  rust  will  sure- 
ly follow  and  will 
sooner  or  later  de- 
stroy the  reinforce- 
ment. Experiments 
of  engineers  as  well 
as  experience  tends 
to  show  that  con- 
crete, of  which  ce- 
ment mortar  is  the 
essential  factor,  is 
the  best  known  preservative  of  steel. 

This  material  may  be  used  for  either 
exterior  or  interior  work,  applied  over 
sheathing  and  studding  or  to  steel  rods. 
It  may  be  used  for  ceilings  and  it  is  even 
suggested  as  a  foundation  for  concrete 
roofs. 

The  first  cut  shows  a  sample  of  the  ma- 
terial partly  covered  with  stucco,  and 
showing  the  sheathing  over  which  it  has 
been  applied ;  the  second  gives  the  method 
recommended  by  the  manufacturers. 


Sample  of  cement  rouph-casting-  on  the  fabric  attached  directly  to  sheathing 
without  furring:. 


other  ways.  A  new  material  has  lately 
come  on  the  market  by  which  a  plaster 
or  stucco  surface  may  be  reinforced  by 
galvanized  steel  wires  crossing  on  a  diag- 
onal, with  a  tarred  felt  backing.  In  apply- 
ing the  plaster  or  stucco  to  the  surface 
the  wires  separate  and  become  embedded 
in  the  plaster.  Thus  a  building  coated 
with  cement  mortar  is  encased  in  a  thin 
slab  of  reinforced  concrete. 

We  are  told  that  the  more  or  less  acci- 
dental discovery  of  the  perfect  bond  be- 
tween cement  mor- 
tar and  roofing  felt 
was  the  fundamental 
idea  on  which  this 
material  was  worked 
out,  and  that  the 
present  method  of 
combining  it  with 
steel  wires  which 
furnish  the  rein- 
forcement for  the 
plaster  slab,  is  the 
result  of  nearly  ten 
years  of  continuous 
experiment. 

When  steel  and 
concrete  are  com- 
bined special  precau- 
tions must  be  taken 
for  the  preservation 


Photograph  which  shows  recommended  method  of  attaching:  the  fabric  to  wood:  also 
the  wire  cutter  most  convenient  for  cutting-  the  fabric. 


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That  Bungalow 

which  you  intend  to  build  next  Spring 
will   need   the   soft,    artistic   tones   of 

Cabot's  Creosote  Stains 

to  nijikr  it  cmnph'tf  ntnl  harmonious. 

1'ii  in  t  (locmi't  Miil  buntfHlowH.  It  forms  i\  hard,  «hlny  coot  that 
Is  foreign  to  their  character  and  "atmosphere."  The  Stain-,  pro- 
duct* ilcrp,  rich  and  velvety  colon*  that  harmonize  jxrf  petty  with 
the  Ntyltt  of  building  unit  mirrmimlingB.  They  are  60  per  cent 
eht'iiiHT  than  [mint,  and  the  Creosote  thoroughly  preserves  the 
wood. 

You  can  get  Cabot's  Slains  all  over  the  country.     Send  fnr 
free  samples  of  stained  wood  and  name  of  nearest  agent. 

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Boston,  Mass. 

Cabot's  Stucco  Stains— for  Cement  Houwn. 


Stained  with  Cabot  a  Creosote  Stains 
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Good  Reasons  Why  You  Should  Install  the 

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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

What  Is  YOUR  Building  Problem? 

Put    Your    Home-Building    Problems    Up   to    Us,    and   We  Will  Give  Them 

Careful  Study  and  Reply  Either  Through  These  Columns 

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Rough  Finished  Plaster. 

Mrs.  E.  A. — "Could  you  tell  me  just 
the  amount  of  putty,  lime  and  sand  used 
in  the  rough  plaster  finish  I  wrote  to  you 
about?  The  walls  I  saw  in  California 
were  beautiful,  but  no  one  here  seems  to 
know  anything  about  it. 

''They  were  finished  in  this  sand  finish 
and  when  tinted  were  just  what  I  want  for 
my  little  house.  People  'sit  up  and  take 
notice'  of  this  house  and  I  am  so  pleased 
and  proud  of  it  and  it  only  lacks  this  sand 
finish  to  make  it  not  only  the  finest  but 
the  prettiest  in  town. 

Ans. — In  reply  to  your  inquiry  regard- 
ing sand  finish,  will  say  that  Page  44,  in 
the  book  on  construction,  "The  Building 
of  It,"  seems  to  me  answers  same  com- 
pletely. 

It  is  as  follows:  "It  is  often  desirable 
to  finish  the  walls  with  a  sand  surface  for 
tinting  in  water  color  or  frescoing.  This 
is  called  a  float  finish.  It  is  obtained  as 
follows :  First,  mix  fine,  clean  sand  spec- 
cially  sifted  for  the  purpose,  with  the 
putty  and  then  add  a  small  amount  of  ce- 
ment plaster  (plaster  of  Paris),  put  on 
with  a  trowel  and  brought  to  a  fine  sand 
surface,  or  finished  with  a  cork  or  carpet 


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deciding  upon  the  exact  fineness  of  this 
sand  finish.  I  have  found  in  my  experi- 
ence that  a  mixture  of  one-half  fine  white 
sand  and  one-half  plastering  sand,  finely 
screened,  will  give  a  desirable  surface." 

Stock  Sizes  for  Windows. 

H.  C.  B. — "We  are  trying  to  get  some 
exact  information  on  the  length  of  win- 
dows. Do  you  make  the  window  opening 
of  definite  size?  Do  they  run  even  feet, 
or  even  half  feet,  or  do  you  just  make 
them  as  seems  desirable  from  an 
architectural  and  economical  standpoint? 
In  other  words,  is  there  any  standard,  or 
set  of  standards? 

Ans. — We  are  very  glad  indeed  to  have 
you  take  up  with  us  the  usual  method 
which  we  follow  in  treating  the  sizes  of 
windows  in  residence  work.  I  would 
say  that  in  most  of  the  designs  for 
the  small  houses  of  the  bungalow 
type  particularly,  we  generally  aim  to 
use  a  stock  window,  double  hung  sash, 
which  is  2'-8"x4'-10"  and  place  the  top  of 
the  window  on  line  with  the  top  of  the 
doors.  In  work  of  this  kind  the  doors 
are  usually  7'  high.  This  treatment  makes 
a  very  nice  frieze  line  around  a  low  stud- 
ded room  and  easy  for  simple  decorative 
effect. 

Two  feet  eight  inches  is  the  maximum 
width  for  stock  sash  for  double  hung  win- 
dows, the  height  may  vary  from  3'- 10"  to 
5'-10".  A  4'-10"  window  places  the  sill 
2'-2"  from  the  floor,  while  a  window 
5'-2"  makes  the  sill  I'-IO"  from  the  floor. 
Stock  heights  vary  by  4",  stock  widths 
vary  by  2". 

Casement  windows  are  not  kept  in 
stock  sizes  but  must  be  made  to  order  so 
may  as  well  be  made  any  size  desired. 


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The 

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WOODS 


AND 


HOW  TO  USE 
THEM 


Intelligence  in  Using  Wood. 


F  ALL  the  materials  employed  by 
the  builder,  wood  is  used  with  the 
least  judgment. 

For  some  unknown  reason  the 
public  has  labored  under  the  delusion  that 
all  wood  is  the  same.  Consequently  when 
building  or  improving  work  is  undertaken 
lumber  is  ordered  by  quantity  and  dimen- 
sion. Little,  if  any,  attention  is  given  the 
question  of  whether  or  not  the  lumber  fur- 
nished is  suitable. 

No  other  country  in  the  world  has  pro- 
duced so  many  valuable  woods  as  North 
America.  It  should  follow  that  the  peo- 
ple of  America  know  all  about  wood  values 
and  uses.  In  no  other  country,  however, 
is  so  little  attention  paid  to  the  selection 
of  woods  for  particular  uses. 

The  early  settlers  made  their  selections 
and  used  timber  wastefully.  The  only 
price  they  paid  was  labor.  Their  reck- 
less use  made  serious  inroads  on  the  sup- 
ply of  certain  classes  of  timber.  To  make 
up  the  deficit  in  the  supply  other  woods 
now  are  being  used.  It  is  not  so  much  a 
question  of  their  being  of  quality  inferior 
to  that  of  the  wood  first  employed  as  it  is  a 
question  of  being  structurally  different.  It 
is  for  that  common  sense  reason  that  Keith 
readers  are  now  offered  aid  in  making 
their  selections. 

Keith  readers  should  get  awav  from  the 
national  carelessness  in  using  the  valuable 
and  varied  products  of  our  forests.  They 
should  "select"  specific  kinds  of  wood  for 
the  particular  purposes  for  which  they  are 
adapted.  Thev  should  cease  to  "order" 
sizes.  This  change  will  place  them  on  a 
par  with  the  wood  users  of  other  countries 
where  the  American  product  is  highly 
prized  and  is  used  intelligently. 


There  is  no  necessity  for  you  just  to 
'"happen"  to  get  the  right  kind  of  wood 
for  the  purpose  for  which  you  desire  to 
use  it.  You  can  profit  by  the  use  of  wood 
and  derive  satisfaction  from  it  if  you  will 
give  this  subject  a  little  thought  at  the 
right  time  and  that  is  before  the  work  is 
started. 

One  great  drawback  to  the  profitable  use 
of  wood  has  been  the  lack  of  understand- 
ing of  the  merits  and  values  of  particular 
woods  for  certain  uses.  Wood  is  used  care- 
lessly and  without  thought  for  its  possi- 
bilities. 

In  connection  with  the  purchase  of  no 
other  kinds  of  material  will  the  exercise  of 
knowledge  and  judgment  yield  so  great  re- 
turns. If  individual  woods  were  better 
known  their  use  would  be  more  satisfactory. 

If  you  elect,  you  can  build  a  home  with- 
out using  a  piece  of  lumber.  Those  who 
know  the  material  best,  however,  believe 
that  by  using  wood  judiciously  and  intelli- 
gently you  can  build  at  less  cost  and  secure 
a  home  that  in  every  way  is  more  comfort- 
able and  satisfactory. 

Your  Questions  Answered. 

When  the  building  idea  takes  possession 
of  you — and  the  building  idea  is  dormant 
or  active  in  every  normal  person — it  is  ac- 
companied by  a  desire  to  make  the  home 
fully  expressive  of  your  individuality.  You 
want  a  home  that  suits  you,  one  that  is  com- 
plete, harmonious  and  comfortable.  It 
should  appeal  to  others  because  of  the  pos- 
sible necessity  of  selling. 

When  that  time  comes  and  you  feel  the 
need  of  unbiased  information  place  your 
problems  before  Keith's  staff  of  woo.l  ex- 
perts. 

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fit  of  Keith's  readers  and  will  be  conducted 
in  their  interest.  The  information  given 
will  be  the  best  this  country  has  produced. 
The  purpose  of  this  department  is  to  give 
information,  either  specific  or  general,  on 
the  subject  of  wood,  hoping  to  bring  about 
the  exercise  of  greater  intelligence  in  the 
use  of  forest  products  and  greater  profit 
and  satisfaction  to  the  users. 

Scope  of  the  Work. 

This  department  will  be  responsive  to  the 
use  made  of  it.  In  no  sense  will  Keith's 
print  text  books,  in  installments,  on  lumber 
and  its  uses.  This  is  a  live  department, 
handling  live  questions  for  live  people. 

Here  is  one  thing  you  should  know,  how- 
ever: There  are  very  material  differences 
in  the  formation  and  values  of  heartwood 
and  sapwood.  In  some  cases  the  heartwood 
is  of  the  greatest  value,  in  others  the  sap- 
wood.  Both  may  be  employed  to  advan- 
tage, but  where  should  they  be  used? 

Can  you  specify  the  kinds  of  lumber  that 
should  be  employed  in  building  porches, 
pergola,  for  siding,  for  floors,  for  flower 
boxes  or  for  any  other  purpose? 

Are  you  content  to  rely  wholly  on  archi- 
tect, contractor,  dealer  or  your  friends  for 
such  important  knowledge? 

The  materials  with  which  you  build  are 
factors  of  as  great  importance  as  design 
and  dimensions.  On  an  investment  basis 
they  are  of  greater  moment  by  far. 

Would  the  fact  that  trim  was  to  be  fin- 
ished "natural,"  stained  or  enameled  have 
any  bearing  on  your  selection  ? 

Would  you  employ  the  same  kind  of  wood 
for  porch  floor  joist  as  for  joist  for  the  re- 
mainder of  the  home? 

It  costs  nothing  to  consult  this  depart- 
ment. Use  it  in  any  way  it  is  profitable 
for  you  to  use  it. 

In  connection  with  the  answers  to  sub- 
scribers' questions,  certain  suggestions  will 
be  made  on  arrangement  and  appointment 
of  the  home. 

A  Fireplace  Nook. 

There  is  architectural  value  in  the  Fire- 
place Nook.  It  possesses  many  attractive 
features  and  offers  many  comforts.  It  is 
an  alluring  invitation  to  all  who  enter  the 
room. 

Recently  it  was  suggested  that  a  more 
inviting  and  home-like  appearance  could  be 
imparted  to  a  room  by  building  a  nook  with 
furniture,  evidence  that  already  the  home 


lover  feels  the  need  of  this  semi-private  re- 
treat. 

It  carries  with  it  a  suggestion  of  intimate 
companionship  that  can  be  imparted  to  a 
room  in  no  other  way.  It  is  an  attraction 
that  may  be  added  to  city,  suburban  or 
country  home  at  very  low  cost  and  is  one 
that  pays. 

Scene :  A  cold  winter  evening,  a  com- 
fortable chair,  a  subdued  light,  a  good  story, 
a  good  cigar,  perhaps  a  cigarette  or  box 
of  chocolates. 

A  living  room  provided  with  a  well  de- 
signed fireplace  nook  is  half  furnished. 
Viewed  from  that  angle  it  would  prove  an 
economy  rather  than  an  expense.  It  pro- 
vides seats,  lounge,  davenport,  bookcases, 
catch-alls,  woodboxes  and  other  conven- 
iences, and,  best  of  all,  it  gives  all  who  en- 
ter the  room  a  sense  of  satisfaction  in  hav- 
ing found  one  place  that  is  all  the  heart 
can  desire. 

White  Ash  An  Individual  Wood. 

White  ash,  a  comparatively  unsung  mem- 
ber of  the  open-grain,  hardwood  fraternity, 
has  artistic  and  practical  merits  of  its  own. 

A  tough,  strong,  more  than  ordinarily 
elastic  wood,  it  has,  too,  the  advantages  of 
a  whiter  color  than  that  of  oak,  and  a 
smaller  percentage  of  tannic  acid — charac- 
teristics that  make  white  ash  peculiarly 
adaptable  to  some  of  the  more  elusive  fin- 
ishing effects  produced  with  light-toned 
acid  stains  and  contrasting  paste  fillers. 
For  example,  those  cool,  restful  effects  that, 
yet,  have  a  distinctly  frenchy  atmosphere — 
silver  gray  acid  stain  combined  with  blue 
or  green  paste  filler — these  effects  take  with 
a  far  greater  purity  of  tone  on  white  ash 
than  on  oak. 

The  grain  of  ash,  too,  is  a  bit  coarser, 
more  pronounced,  more  diversified  than  that 
of  oak,  thus  insuring  the  highest  degree  of 
artistic  effectiveness  from  the  filler — partic- 
ularly on  the  slash  sawn  timber.  In  em- 
ploying these  out-of-the-ordinary  effects,  it 
is  really  worth  while  to  overcome  our  prej- 
udices in  favor  of  quarter-sawn  wood,  for 
it's  only  on  the  slash  grain  that  the  full 
beauty  of  two-toned  effects  is  revealed. 

The  heaviest  ash  producing  belt  in  North 
America  is,  in  the  states,  in  the  upper  pen- 
insula of  Michigan  and  northern  section  of 
the  lower  peninsula ;  in  Canada,  the  Musk- 
oka  and  Nipissing  districts,  parallel  to  the 
Ottawa  River  and  east  to  the  St.  Lawrence 
river. 


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The  Cost  Is  SmallJr.  Builder 

For  the  many  valuable  suggestions  you  can  receive 
from  the  plans,  editorial  matter  and  advertising  in 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


Constructing  Flour  Bins. 

N  view  of  the  fact  that  many  indus- 
trious men,  handy  with  hammer 
and  saw,  will  be  making  some 
changes  in  "wine's"  pantry,  the 
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of  the  Wood  Worker  telling  how  flour  bins 
should  be  built  are  likely  to  prove  inter- 
esting : 

Not  very  long  ago  we  were  given  a 
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Fig.  1. 


Fig.  2. 
Details  of  construction. 


Fig.  3. 


stood  the  fact  that  a  flour  bin  is  so  con- 
structed that  it  tips  out  of  the  case.  In 
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proper  way  was  to  allow  the  front  to 
extend  about  one-half  inch  below  the  bot- 
tom of  bin  and  shape  a  concave  on  bot- 
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rail,  which  we  shaped  a  half-round  on  its 
upper  edge,  as  shown  in  Fig.  1.  This 
looks  all  right  on  paper,  but  we  found 
that  it  would  not  work.  The  bin  would 
tip  out  all  right,  but  would  not  go  back 
into  its  proper  place. 

The  trouble  can  be  readily  seen  in  Fig. 
2.  The  bin,  in  tipping  out,  would  ride 
up  to  the  top  of  the  half-round  on  the 
inside  and  down  on  the  outside.  We 
made  up  our  minds  that  it  was  against 
the  law  of  nature  to  expect  a  flour  bin 
to  ride  down,  and,  in  tipping  back,  to 
climb  back  up  again,  so  we  tore  off  the 
fronts,  also  the  base. 

The  construction  was  changed  by  shap- 
ing a  new  base  rail  with  a  concave  on 
its  edge  and  a  half-round  on  bottom  end 
of  front,  as  in  Fig.  .1. 


There  are  three  general  types  of  flour 
bins  among  which  the  housewife  may 
choose  when  having  the  fittings  made  for 
her  kitchen.  The  tilting  kind  here  shown 
have  been  largely  used  and  are  well 
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In 
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ANEL 


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A  flour  bin  which  opens  like  a  door. 


Elevation  and  end  section  of  flour  bin. 

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board  and  will  hold  a  sack  of  flour.  The 
details  are  here  shown  for  a  newer  type 
which  opens  like  a  door  and  has  found 
much  favor  with  the  housewife. 

The  parts  on  which  the  door  is  hinged 
must  be  solid  and  the  door  must  be  well 
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3x3-in.  hinges.  The  dimensions  here 
t;ivai  will  hold  50  Ib.  of  flour  and  provide 
mom  for  rolling  pin,  sifter,  etc. 

The  circular  part,  as  shown  in  the  end 
view,  can  be  made  of  zinc  or  tin,  but  the 
best  material  is  wall  board,  which  can 
be  obtained  at  almost  any  lumber  yard. 

The  North   Front. 

The  American  custom  of  platting 
streets  so  that  they  shall  run  with  the 
points  of  the  compass,  and  of  setting  a 
house  so  that  one  side  of  it  faces  due 
north,  is  responsible  for  many  unfortu- 
nate conditions. 

The  north  side  of  the  street  is  coated 
with  ice  all  winter,  because  the  sidewalk 
is  completely  cut  off  from  the  sun's  rays. 

Rooms  on  the  north  side  of  a  house 
never  receive  direct  sunlight  except  for  a 
few  hours,  morning  and  evening,  at  mid- 
summer. If  the  house  be  set  only  a  few 
degrees  from  the  direct  points  of  the  com- 
pass, north  rooms  will  get  a  little  sunlight 
either  morning  or  evening. 

A  French  architect,  M.  Augustin  Key, 
in  an  address  before  a  society  of  civil  en- 
gineers, says  that  the  people  must  be 
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tions by  the  planning  of  buildings  and 
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the  sun's  rays  for  the  greatest  possible 
number  of  hours  each  day.  He  says: 
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KEITHS  MAGAZINE 

ON  HOME  BUILDINJ3 


CONTENTS    FOR    AUG..    1915 


Just  a  Word 78 

Frontispiece  . . .    80 

A  Dutch  Colonial  H«nse  -  Margaret  Craif 81 

The  Breakfast  Room  -  Charlei  Alma  Buen 85 

Impressions  of  English  Domestic  Architecture—  Eleanor  Allison  Cummlra 90 

The  Use  of  the  Pergola 94 

Linking  the  Garden  w'th  the  Home  Life— M.  Roberta  Conoixr 96 

The  Treatment  for  a  Corner  Plot  of  Ground 98 

A  Brick  House  with  Shingled  Gable  Ends 102 

A  White  and  Red  Color  Scheme  for  a  Stucco  House 103 

Boulders  for  a  Bungalow 105 

An  Attractive  Home  of  Modest  Size 107 

An  Attractive  Northern  Bungalow 109 

Homes  of  Individuality 110 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 114 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  118 

Household  Economics 122 

Table  Chat 126 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating.  Lighting  and  Plumbing 130 

The  Architect's  Corner 134 

Woods  and  How  to  Use  Them 136 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 140 

New  Booklets  and  Trade  Notes  . .  . .  144 


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VOL.  XXXIV 


AUGUST,  1915 


No.  2 


A  Dutch  Colonial  House 

Margaret  'Craig 


T  IS  interesting  to  know  that  the 
Dutch  Colonial  Houses  were  not 
a  direct  offspring  of  those  built 
in  Holland,  but  were  built  orig- 
inally by  the  Dutch  colonists  as  well  as 
by  the  English  and  French  who  settled 
among  them. 

The  gambrel  roof,  whose  lines  are 
broken  by  interesting  angles,  was  an  in- 
novation entirely  resultant  from  influ- 
ences in  this  country.  Brick  was  used 
almost  exclusively  in  Holland,  while 


stone,  lumber  and  plaster — the  materials 
at  hand — were  chosen  by  the  colonists. 

In  southern  California  where  there  is  a 
great  demand  for  the  construction  of 
small  homes,  the  Dutch  Colonial  is  found 
to  be  very  practical.  Built  with  good 
lines  and  surrounded  with  plenty  of  space, 
there  is  no  style  of  architecture  more 
suited  to  a  suburban  home. 

The  home  illustrated  in  this  descrip- 
tion is  a  very  charming  example  of  a 
Dutch  Colonial  house  that  answers,  as 


The  grambrel  roof  has  an  added  interest  by  reason  of  the  dormers. 


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The 


are  interestingly  grouped. 


far  as  possible,  the 
needs  of  a  modern- 
times  housekeeper, 
and  yet  is  faithful  to 
the  generaj  charac- 
teristics of  its  proto- 
type. 

The  walls  of  the 
first  story  are  of  a 
soft  gray  green  ce- 
ment, which  blends 
beautifully  with  the 
mossy  green  roof 
and  pearly  white 
trim.  The  gable 
ends  are  treated  with 
broad  shakes  of  the 
same  shade  as  the 
cement  walls. 

As  is  true  of  all   colonial  houses,   the      hood,    formed    by    the   projection    of   the 
entrance  is  a  very  happy  note  of  accent.      eaves  of  the  high  pitched  roof. 
The  semicircular  stoop  is  shaded  by  the          The  entrance  walk  to  the  home  leads 

up  at  one  side  of  the  terrace,  while 
the  automobile  approach  is  on  the 
other  side,  thus  leaving  a  wide  space 
of  lawn  in  front  of  the  house. 

In  walking  around  the  house  to 
observe  its  salient  features,  I  no- 
ticed the  careful  grouping  of  the 
windows.  The  owner  remarked  that 
it  had  been  one  of  the  working  prob- 
lems of  the  construction  and  that 
the  exterior  relation  of  the  windows 
had  never  been  sacrificed  to  the  in- 
terior construction.  Curves  in  the 
house  had  been  used  repeatedly  to 
give  interesting  effects  as  in  a  bal- 
cony, in  the  paths,  and  in  the  porch. 
The  entrance  door,  which  is  made 
of  a  single  panel,  receives  additional 
interest  from  the  brass  thumb  latch. 
The  brass  knocker  is  well  placed  and 
does  not  lose  its  colonial  significance 
by  being  electrically  connected, 
through  the  hinges,  by  a  concealed 
wire.  The  door  is  flanked  on  either 
side  by  sidelights,  united  by  a  fan 


The  entrance  door  has  a  brass  knocker  and  thumb  latch. 


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The  hallway  is  very  lovely,  with  walls 
covered  with  a  mouse-colored  paper  hav- 
ing a  French  basket  design.  Draperies  of 
a  rich  velure  in  a  deep  mulberry  shade 
hang  at  the  wide  doors  on  either  side 
which  lead  to  the 
living  room  and  the 
dining  room. 

Length  is  given  to 
this  hall  by  a  view 
through  the  glass 
door  at  the  end  into 
a  quaint  breakfast 
room. 

The  stairway  is 
colonial  with  a  ma- 
hogany rail  uniting 
the  ivory  white 
spindles.  The  wain- 
scoting, here,  is  un- 
usual, as  it  has  no 
hard  lines,  due  in  a 
measure  to  the  in- 
sertion in  the  cor- 
ners of  large  pieces 
of  sheet  iron,  that 
were  rounded  and 
painted  in  the  ivory 
tone  used  for  the 
rest  of  the  hall.  A 
lamp  hangs  from  the 
ceiling,  made  after 
the  fashion  of  old 
colonial  lanterns. 

On  the  right  is  the 
living  room,  well 
proportioned,  abun- 
dantly lighted,  and 
well  open  to  the 
breezes  in  summer 


French  doors  lead  from  this  comfort- 
able living  room  to  the  columned  porch 
at  the  south  and  two  single  French  doors 
open  upon  the  grass  terrace,  flush  with 
the  floor. 


The  stairway  is  colonial  with  mahogany  rail  and  tread*. 


weather.  The  fire- 
place is  simply  designed  with  ivory  man- 
tel and  facing  of  cherry  red  brick.  The 
wall  covering  and  woodwork  are  similar 
here  to  that  used  in  the  entrance  hall  and 
dining  room,  and  it  forms  a  soft  back- 
ground for  the  Sheraton  furniture,  which 
has  a  neutral  brown  shade  of  upholstery. 


Opposite  the  living  room  is  the  dining 
room.  Above  the  wainscoting,  the  wall 
is  papered  with  a  soft  colored  striped  grey 
paper  in  two  tones,  which  harmonizes 
with  the  window  valences  of  cretonne  in 
plum  color,  black  and  silver  flower  de- 
sign. The  silver  chandelier  above  the 


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French  doors  lead  from  the  living:  room  to  the  porch. 


round  English  table  is  quite  effective, 
hung  by  a  plum  colored  silk  cord. 

The  breakfast  room  is  very  pleasing  at 
the  end  of  the  entrance  hall,  papered  in 
an  old  rose  and  blue  all  over  designed 
wall  paper.  The  casement  windows, 
here,  forming  a  curved  wall  at  the  end 
practically  make  it  an  out-of-door  break- 
fasting room  for  the  summer.  Muslin 
curtains,  ruffled  and  crossed,  that  are  used 
in  all  of  the  windows  of  the  house  are 
used  here  also.  A  cupboard,  containing 
the  breakfast  china  of  corresponding  col- 
ors, was  built  in  under  the  stairway 
curved  projection,  and  makes  the  little 
room  quite  complete. 

The  kitchen  of  the  house  is  small,  but 
ideally  proportioned.  Windows,  opening 
upon  the  wonderful  mountain  scenery, 
are  above  the  sink,  and  the  stove  is  so 
arranged  that  light  comes  in  over  the 


right  shoulder.  An  ice-box  is  built  in  so 
that  it  can  be  reached  from  the  outside 
porch  as  well  as  from  the  kitchen  without 
extra  steps.  The  laundry  is  on  the  screen 
porch  that  forms  a  hall  to  the  maid's 
room. 

On  the  second  floor  there  are  three  bed- 
rooms, two  baths  and  a  sleeping  porch. 
These  rooms  are  furnished  in  mahogany 
with  chintz  over-curtains  at  the  windows. 

The  rear  of  the  house  is  as  attractive 
as  the  front  of  the  house  and  shows  care- 
ful attention  to  the  grouping  of  the  win- 
dows. 

It  is  constructed  very  thoroughly, 
which  is  not  always  the  case  with  houses 
of  this  semi-tropical  land.  But  a  solid 
construction  is  found  to  be  a  great  ad- 
vantage in  this  little  house  in  keeping  out 
heat,  cold  and  unnecessary  dampness. 


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The  Breakfast  Room 

Charles  Alma  Byers 


HE  modern  housewife  is  finding 
the  little  breakfast  room  a  most 
convenient  and  desirable  feature. 
It  is  fast  becoming  extremely 
popular,  even  in  the  small  inexpensive 
home.  Especially  in  California  has  the 
breakfast  room  become  a  unique  neces- 


often  connected  with  the  living  room  by 
a  broad  open  arch,  and  therefore  it  affords 
little  or  no  privacy  from  this  latter  room. 
A  special  little  breakfast  room  is  also 
more  cozy  than  the  regular  dining  room, 
and  usually  it  is  so  designed  and  located 
as  to  receive  a  flood  of  morning  sunlight, 


Breakfast  may  be  a  very  simple  affair. 


sity.  The  breakfast  is  usually  a  very  un- 
conventional meal,  and  there  are  many 
reasons  why  some  small  shut-off  room 
where  it  may  be  served  in  strict  privacy 
is  to  be  much  appreciated.  For  one  thing 
it  means  less  work  in  keeping  the  house 
always  in  order,  and  then  again  its  table 
may  be  kept  set  for  possible  irregular 
breakfast  hours  without  being  conspicu- 
ous to  early  morning  callers.  In  the 
small  home  of  today  the  dining  room  is 


It 


which    is   to  be   greatly   appreciated, 
starts  the  day  more  cheerily. 

The  breakfast  room  should,  of  course, 
be  located  so  as  to  be  convenient  to  the 
kitchen,  and  is  therefore  invariably  some- 
where in  the  back  part  of  the  house. 
Often  it  borders  upon  some  small  side 
pergola  or  porch,  upon  which  it  opens 
through  glass  doors.  One  or  more  of  its 
walls  should  be  largely  of  windows,  and 
from  these  windows  one  should  be  able  to 


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With  many  windows  it  receives  a  flood  of  light. 

look  into  the  garden  or  out  upon  some 
other  pretty  scene.  And,  lastly,  the  room 
•should  be  located  so  as  to  have  an  eastern 
exposure,  that  it  may  receive  the  morning 
sunshine. 

In  finish  and 
decorations  the 
room  should  be 
bright  and 
cheery.  In 
many  cases  the 
woodwork  is 
enameled 
white,  and  the 
walls  are  cov- 
ered with  paper 
•of  light,  deli-  • 
•cate  colors. 
White  moire 
paper  or  a  deli- 
cate tint  which 
softens  the  sun- 
shine is,  in  fact, 
often  used  with 
good  effect. 
Cream  and  buff 


tones  are  also 
much  used,  and 
these  colors  un- 
question- 
ably  give  a  very 
warm  and  cozy 
appearance.  In 
a  few  instances  I 
have  seen  the 
room  done  in 
tones  blending 
into  olive  green, 
which  produced 
a  most  delightful 
interior.  T  h  e 
woodwork 
is  then  stained 
to  also  carry  out 
the  scheme,  and 
the  walls  will 
probably  be  cov- 
ered with  Jap- 
anese grass  cloth  effects.  The  windows 
may  be  curtained  with  material  that  either 
harmonizes  or  emphasizes  the  general 
color  scheme. 


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Very  little  furniture  is  required — a 
table  and  a  few  chairs  only.  These  may 
be  of  almost  any  kind,  but  if  of  wicker  or 
willow  the  room  will  be  made  even  more 
bright  and  cheery.  Tables  and  chairs,  of 
suitable  design,  are  now  to  be  had  of  this 
material  from  almost  any  furniture  store, 
especially  in  the  natural  color.  If  it  is 
impossible  to  get  them  in  the  desired 


on  a  cold  or  chilly  morning  it  naturally 
falls  far  short  of  serving  its  purpose. 

There  are  many  reasons  for  recom- 
mending that  a  breakfast  room  be  in- 
cluded in  the  plans  for  your  prospective 
home  aside  from  those  of  its  primary 
purpose.  Even  if  it  is  eventually  found 
that  the  breakfast  room  as  such  can  be 
dispensed  with,  it  can  be  admirably  util- 


The  woodwork  is  effective. 


shade  to  match  the  room,  the  dealer  will 
be  able  to  have  them  colored  to  suit. 

Some  sort  of  cupboard  or  sideboard  is 
quite  desirable,  although  not  essential. 
Often  such  a  feature  is  built-in  and  is 
made  a  permanent  fixture,  harmonizing, 
of  course,  with  the  remainder  of  the 
woodwork.  Around  the  wall  may  also  be 
extended  a  small  plate  shelf,  such  as  is 
usually  employed  in  the  regular  dining 
room.  And  the  room  should,  by  all 
means,  be  equipped  with  some  means  of 
heating — either  with  a  gas  grate,  a  small 
stove,  or  from  a  furnace.  If  the  room 
cannot  be  made  warm  and  comfortable 


ized  for  other  purposes.  Such  a  room 
always  makes  an  excellent  sewing  room, 
or  it  may  be  used  as  a  nursery.  Then, 
too,  if  the  occasion  arises,  it  can  be  con- 
verted into  a  servant's  room  or  an  extra 
bedroom.  In  fact,  while  it  is  originally 
planned  as  a  charming  little  breakfast 
room,  it  also  may  be  considered  a  sort  of 
emergency  room.  Conditions  frequently 
arise  in  later  years  that  make  another 
room  almost  imperative,  and  of  course  a 
breakfast  room  is  never  absolutely  essen- 
tial. Therefore  you  will  possess  it  to  fall 
back  upon. 


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A  circular  breakfast  room.    The  adjunct  of  an  elegant  home. 


This  room  is  usually  comparatively 
small,  and  yet  it  is  quite  large  enough  to 
be  utilized,  if  desired,  for  any  of  the  pur- 
poses mentioned  above.  Eight  by  ten 
feet  is  a  very  sat- 
isfactory size,  and 
it  may  be  even  a 
little  smaller,  or 
consider- 
ably  larger.  If  a 
small  closet  can 
be  built  off  from 
it,  so  much  the 
better,  if  it  should 
be  eventually  used 
for  any  other  pur- 
pose. 

Herewith  are 
reproduced  photo- 
graphs showing 
several  breakfast 
rooms  of  espe- 
cially charming 
style.  A  mere 
glance  at  them  is 
sufficient  for  one 


An  octagonal  breakfast  room. 


to  realize  that  they  should  aid  very  mate- 
rially in  making  the  breakfast  a  cozy  and' 
cheering  event,  and  a  more  careful  study 
of  them  will  give  one  some  valuable  sug- 
gestions for  mak- 
ing the  room  what 
it  should  be.  The 
invariable  sim- 
plicity and  good 
taste  shown  in  the 
finish,  decorations 
and  furnishings  of 
the  rooms  should 
be  particularly  ob- 
served. In  sev- 
eral instances  the 
furniture  is  exclu- 
sively of  willow 
or  reed-craft,  in 
the  natural  or  a 
stained  color,  and 
as  will  be  noticed, 
the  effect  is 
charming.  Some 
of  the  rooms  also 
contain  a  small, 


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simply-designed  built- 
in  buffet,  which  consti- 
tutes a  most  admirable 
feature.  The  breakfast 
room  is,  of  course,  usu- 
ally square  or  nearly 
square,  but  one  of  the 
illustrations  shows  a 
room  of  octagonal 
shape  and  another 
room  is  circular.  The 
latter  is  a  feature  of  a 
particularly  elegant 
home,  and  the  finish 
and  decorations  are  es- 


Glass  knobs  on  the  sideboard  echo  the  cut  glass. 


A  built-in  cupboard  with  leaded  glass  doors. 

pecially  rich  and  are  very  effective. 
The  question  of  design  for  the  lighting 
fixtures  has  the  same  relative  importance 
in  the  breakfast  room  that  it  has  in  the 
dining  room.  A  center  fixture  for  the 
ceiling  is  almost  necessary.  The  standard 
of  design  for  the  commercial  fixture  is 
not  equal  to  that  in  other  classes  of  fur- 
nishings. So  lighting  fixtures  must  be  se- 
lected with  great  care  if  purchased  ready 
for  installation. 


It  is  becoming  quite  usual,  as  it  certain- 
ly is  logical,  to  have  the  lighting  fixtures 
designed  by  the  architect  or  decorator  in 
the  same  way  that  the  sideboard,  cup- 
boards, special  windows  or  other  features 
of  the  interiors  are  designed.  This  brings 
it  in  keeping  with  the  rest  of  the  interior 
during  the  day-time,  without  in  any  way 
interfering  with  its  real  purpose  when  it 
is  illuminated. 

In  anything  so  informal  as  a  breakfast 
room  the  fixtures  can  not  be  either  heavy 
or  elaborate.  The  lighting  fixtures  in 
each  case  shown  here  are  dainty  and  in 
perfect  keeping  with  the  room,  which  is 
a  detail  that  should  not  be  overlooked. 


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Impressions  of  English  Domestic 

Architecture 


Eleanor  Allison  Cummins 


A  bit  of  Old  English. 


HEN  I  use  this  phrase  I  am  not 
thinking  of  exceptional  houses, 
planned  by  eminent  architects, 
their  cost  running  into  the  thou- 
sands, not  of  dollars,  but  of  pounds  ster- 
ling— I  am  thinking  of  the  houses  of 
people  in  modest  circumstances,  whether 
in  the  cities  themselves  or  in  their 
suburbs,  or  in  country  places. 

For  comfort  and  convenience  there  is 
no  comparison  with  our  own.  The  Eng- 
lish house  is  cold  in  winter  and  hot  in 
summer;  its  heating  is  inadequate,  its 
water  supply  is  limited,  its  kitchen  ar- 
rangements are  antiquated.  Bathrooms 
are  bv  no  means  a  matter  of  course,  nor 


does  the  provision  of  a  stationary  bathtub 
imply,  as  with  us,  a  supply  of  hot  water. 
Not  very  much  washing  is  done  in  houses 
but  when  it  is  it  is  achieved  in  the  most 
primitive  way  in  portable  tubs.  In  city 
houses  the  kitchens  are  usually  in  a  base- 
ment wholly  or  nearly  below  the  street 
level,  and  food  is  carried  to  and  from  the 
dining  room  over  a  long  flight  of  stairs. 
After  one  is  familiar  with  the  routine  of 
an  English  house  one  understands  why 
the  staff  of  servants  is  so  large  and  why 
the  "general"  is  so  overworked. 

But  when  it  comes  to  the  esthetic  as- 
pect of  the  English  house  we  can  learn 
many  profitable  lessons.  The  standard  of 
taste  is  much  better  than  with  us.  Even 
the  interminable  rows  of  tiny  houses  in 
the  outskirts  of  London,  the  homes  of 
clerks  and  small  tradesmen,  people  liv- 
ing on  tiny  incomes  which,  with  our 
higher  prices,  would  not  keep  body  and 
soul  together  in  the  United  States,  are 
far  more  satisfying  to  the  eye  than  the 
same  sort  of  houses  at  home.  The  im- 
proved dwellings  for  artisans,  erected  by 
the  London  County  Council,  great  blocks 
six  or  seven  stories  high,  in  which  a  flat 
of  five  rooms  can  be  had  for  about  ten 
dollars  a  month,  in  some  neighborhoods 
for  much  less,  are  really  creditable  archi- 
tecturally, with  well  proportioned  facades, 
charmingly  pitched  roofs  and  casement 
windows,  arranged  at  agreeably  adjusted 
angles  around  immaculately  clean  courts. 
Indeed  the  writer  must  confess  that  at 
her  first  sight  of  the  Westminster  group 
she  supposed  she  had  run  upon  a  collec- 
tion of  studio  buildings. 

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their  favor — their  solidity  of  construction. 
With  the  exception  of  a  very  few  tim- 
bered houses,  preserved  as  a  matter  of 
sentiment,  all  English  houses  are  either 
brick  or  stone,  and  very  ordinary  brick 
and  stone  at  that,  the  quality  of  the  brick 
being  about  the  same  as  that  of  the  cheap 
red  brick  which  we  use  for  the  backs  of 
city  houses,  or  for  factories.  The  stone 
most  frequently  used  is  a  light  colored 
sandstone,  and  most  of  the  bricks  are  a 
medium  shade  of  brown  which  the  preva- 
lent soft  coal  smoke  turns  almost  black. 
A  good  deal  of  dark  red  brick  is  used  and 
this,  too,  darkens  perceptibly.  Some- 
times, but  by  no  means  generally,  facings 
of  sandstone  are  used  with  brick,  and  in 
the  newer  houses  concrete  walls  are  com- 
mon. 

The  city  house,  even  the  city  house  of 
pretensions,  is  extremely  plain.  There  is 
more  architectural  distinction  in  two  or 
three  side  streets  off  Central  Park  than 
in  the  whole  of  Mayfair  and  Relgravia. 


!•. ven  the  London  houses  of  the  great 
nobles  are  very  simple,  spacious  but  in  no 
way  ornate,  their  only  dignity  gained  by 
their  withdrawal  behind  walls.  The  av- 
erage London  house  stands  close  to  and 
on  a  level  with  the  sidewalk  and  is  high 
out  of  all  proportion  to  its  width.  Eng- 
lish legs  are  sturdy  and  accept  bedrooms 
up  three  or  four  flights  of  stairs  uncom- 
plainingly. 

Hut  these  very  simple  houses  have  a 
number  of  redeeming  points.  For  one 
thing,  there  is  always  a  pillared  porch  at 
the  door,  its  top  forming  a  balcony  to 
which  one  steps  from  the  long  windows 
of  the  drawing  room  on  the  first  floor. 
Sometimes  there  is  an  extension  of  this 
balcony  of  narrower  width  running  en- 
tirely across  the  house  as  well.  In  spring 
and  summer  these  balconies  are  gay  with 
flowering  plants  and  crowned  with  awn- 
ings with  a  very  charming  effect. 

Some  small  and  narrow  houses  are 
without  a  porch.  The  door  is  sure  to  be 


Half-timbered  houses  are  charming. 


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arched  with  a  latticed  fanlight  and  side- 
lights and  although  there  is  no  balcony 
the  French  windows  of  the  first  floor  open 
onto  semicircular  projections  closed  in 
with  well  designed  iron  railings,  the  en- 
closed space  just  big  enough  to  hold  a 
bay  tree  or  other  bit  of  greenery. 

The  door  and  the  windows  play  a  great 
part.  One  does  not  often  see  the  hard- 
wood doors  of  which  we  are  so  fond.  The 
door  is  usually  enameled  in  some  decided 
color,  usually  green,  though  a  dark  blue 
is  very  common,  and  even  red  coach  var- 


house  in  Kensington  which  seemed  al- 
most all  windows  on  two  stories,  seven 
being  set  in  the  section  on  one  side  of 
the  door,  whose  end  was  semicircular, 
the  other  side  having  a  single  very  wide 
and  rather  low  window  on  each  story. 
All  these  windows  were  leaded  and  in 
small  panes,  and  the  curtains  of  beauti- 
fully colored  fabrics  added  much  to  the 
effect.  I  do  not  think  English  window 
glass  is  often  plate,  and  it  is  always  cut 
into  panes  of  moderate  size.  On  ground 
floor  windows  some  sort  of  a  screen  is 


The  window  openings  are  many  and  large. 


nish  is  pressed  into  the  service.  If  the 
door  is  green  the  window  frames  and  sills 
will  be  green  too,  otherwise  they  will  be 
white.  This  treatment  sets  off  a  house 
wonderfully  and  the  windows  themselves 
are  often  charming.  There  is  a  great 
fondness  for  whole  windows  made  up  of 
little  leaded  panes  with  possibly  a  bit  of 
ornament  at  the  top  traced  with  the 
leaded  lines.  Very  often,  too,  the  win- 
dows are  casements,  usually  opening  in, 
so  they  need  not  interfere  with  the  win- 
dow boxes. 

Light  is  rather  precious,  under  the  low 
and  often  clouded  English  sky,  and  win- 
dow openings  are  many  and  large,  and 
add  greatly  to  the  appearance  of  the 
houses.  I  remember  a  charming  concrete 


often  adjusted  to  the  lower  quarter.  It 
may  be  of  small  leaded  glass  squares,  it 
may  be  a  panel  of  carved  teak,  of  Turkish 
or  Japanese  lattice  work,  or  it  may  be 
of  wicker,  and  thin  inside  curtains  are 
dispensed  with. 

While  flat  roofs  are  common  enough  in 
cities  they  are  by  no  means  universal  and 
are  rarely  seen  in  the  suburbs  or  the  coun- 
try. The  English  architect  is  alive  to  the 
decorative  value  of  the  sharply  pitched 
roof,  sometimes  beginning  it  just  above 
the  first  floor  and  including  two  upper 
stories  under  its  slope.  The  sky  line  in 
England  is  almost  always  interesting  and 
the  size  of  the  chimneys,  accommodating 
as  they  must  from  eight  to  a  dozen  fkies, 
from  as  many  open  fireplaces,  is  an  im- 


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portant  factor.  You 
may  have  two  high, 
flat  fronted,  pitched 
roofed  houses  stand- 
ing side  by  side  with 
the  great  chimney 
thrusting  forward  al- 
most to  the  line  of  the 
cornice  in  a  most  ef- 
fective way,  and  the 
outline  gains  much 
from  the  chimney 
pots,  the  upward  ex- 
tensions of  the  flues, 
which  often  have 
some  sort  of  an  orna- 
mental cap.  To  see 
this  combination  of 
roof,  chimney  and 
chimney  pots  at  its 

best,  you  should  be  out  early  in  misty,  gray 
winter  morning  when  all  details  are  lost 
and  only  the  picturesque  outlines  are 
thrown  up  against  the  sky. 

The  paint  pot  plays  a  great  part  in 
England.  With  the  first  spring  days  the 
accumulated  grime  of  a  twelvemonth  is 
cleaned  off  the  dingy  stucco-fronted 


A  picturesque  street  in  York. 


Pitch  roofed  houses  standing  side  by  side. 

stone  or  brick  houses  to  be  replaced  pres- 
ently by  a  coating  of  ivory  white  paint. 
In  the  case  of  the  brown  brick  houses 
only  the  ground  floor  and  the  trimmings 
of  the  house  will  be  painted  but  the  oth- 
ers are  entirely  repainted.  When  the 
window  boxes  and  balconies  are  ablaze 
with  flowering  plants  the  general  effect 
is  so  charming  that  you  quite  forget  that 
most  of  the  houses  have  no  architecture 
to  speak  of. 

The  equable  temperature  has  some- 
thing to  do  with  the  charm  of  the  Eng- 
lish house.  Shrubbery  is  luxuriant  and 
at  least  partially  evergreen  and  the  grass 
is  green  in  midwinter,  and  the  great  num- 
ber of  small  squares  and  "gardens"  se- 
cure a  pleasant  outlook  for  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  houses.  The  crescents, 
long  curving  rows  of  houses,  are  carried 
around  a  semicircular  space  of  trees  and 
grass,  common,  as  are  the  squares,  to  all 
the  residents  of  the  row,  each  house  hav- 
ing its  key,  its  children  playing,  and  its 
dogs  taking  the  air  in  the  enclosure.  The 
arrangement  is  not  democratic,  but  Eng- 
land is  preeminently  the  country  of  the 
few  and  not  of  the  many. 


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Use 

the 
Pergola 


ERHAPS  no  feature   of  the  out- 
of-doors  makes  a  stronger  appeal 
than    the   pergola,    vine   covered, 
and    with    a    setting    of    flowers. 
When  a  beautiful  pergola  and  formal  gar- 
den  are  made  as   simply   an  unused   ad- 
junct to  an  elaborate  house  one  feels  that 


it  is  a  lost  opportunity.  The  more  com- 
pletely it  has  been  planned  and  worked 
out,  the  stronger  is  the  feeling  likely  to 
be,  and  this  for  a  very  simple  reason.  The 
people  who  are  able  to  build  the  elaborate 
pergolas  have  so  many  other  interests 
that  either  they  do  not  know  how  or  do 


With  cement  posts  and  rustic  timber  work. 


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not  care  to  use  so  simple  a  pleasure. 
ISU'ssed  is  the  man,  and  more  especially 
his  family,  who  can  do  both. 

Perhaps  this  is  the  reason  that  the  un- 
pretentious affair,  built  of  trees  that  have 
been  cut  in  the  woods,  if  one  is  so  fortu- 
nate to  have  access  to  the  woods,  with 
unhewn  beams  overhead  and  rustic  trel- 
lis work  has  such  an  attraction  for  us. 
The  interest  and  the  labor  of  the  differ- 


summer  house  overlooking  the  Bay  of 
Naples.  We  have  a  tendency  to  make 
the  pergola  itself  into  a  summer  house, 
with  seats  and  places  for  tea  table  and 
hammocks,  protected  by  its  screen  of 
vines  and  climbing  flowers. 

The  pergola,  when  once  built,  grows  in 
usefulness  and  beauty  from  year  to  year 
with  a  small  amount  of  care.  But  the 
growing  things  are  the  work  of  each  com- 


A  very  simple  arbor  will  support  vines. 


ent  members  of  the  family  are  so  inti- 
mately connected  with  it.  Perhaps  the 
remembrance  of  the  weariness  of  its  mak- 
ing emphasizes  its  restfulness  when  com- 
pleted. 

The  original  use  of  the  pergola  was 
that  of  a  covered  walk,  wide  enough  for 
seats  at  either  side,  such  as  the  pergola 
at  the  Capuchini  convent  at  Amalfi  in 
Italy,  so  well  remembered  by  travelers 
and  so  well  known  in  pictures,  leading 
from  the  convent,  now  a  hotel,  to  the 


ing  season.  A  rough  arbor  is  all  that  is 
really  necessary  to  support  the  vines, 
make  place  for  flowers,  and  give  shelter 
and  shade,  yet  the  beauty  of  the  pergola 
itself  carries  one  into  more  ambitious 
projects.  The  ease  with  which  white  ce- 
ment may  be  handled  tempts  one  to  use  it 
for  the  garden  settings,  using  the  rustic 
timber  work  for  the  beams  overhead  and 
trellis  work.  Seats  and  perhaps  a  foun- 
tain seem  naturally  to  follow  and  a  beau- 
tiful garden  is  achieved. 


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Linking  the  Garden  with  Home  Life 

M.   Roberts  Conover 


F  one  owns 

a       garden 

merely    for 

i  t  s  prod- 
ucts it  may  not  en- 
ter into  his  life  and 
thought  any  more 
than  would  a  city 
market,  a  huck- 
ster's wagon  or  any 
other  source  of  sup- 
ply, for  in  that  case 
of  course  it  is  a 
vegetable  garden. 
Where  a  garden 
bears  such  a  remote 
relation  to  its  own- 
er its  possession  is 
of  value  only  in  an 
economic  sense. 

Notwithstanding 
its  wide  utilitarian 
purpose,  the  word 
garden  has  a  fra- 
grance and  a  sense  of  freshness.  Import- 
ant as  it  is  as  a  source  of  supply,  it  is 
rightfully  a  much  greater  factor  in  the 
home  life.  Granted  that  it  should  bring 
beauty  to  the  family  life,  there  is  yet  an- 
other relation  which  is  of  greater  import- 
ance and  this  comes  through  the  personal 
interest  of  those  who  tend  it. 

This  kind  of  enthusiasm  is  akin  to  that 
elemental  emotion  which  gathers  around 
the  acquisition  and  is  inspired  by  the  pos- 
session of  a  home.  It  inspires  a  man  to 
labor  such  as  he  would  not  think  of  doing 
for  a  greater  cause.  You  could  not  hire 
a  man  to  work  for  you  as  he  will  work 
in  his  garden.  Even  the  traditional 


It  should  bring  beauty  into  the  family  life. 


boy  will  work  in 
his  own  garden, 
much  as  he  may  re- 
sent weeding  the 
garden  which  be- 
longs to  the  family 
as  a  whole. 

It  is  unfortunate 
perhaps,  in  many 
ways,  that  this  care 
of  the  garden 
should  in  so  many 
cases  be  entirely 
the  work  of  hire- 
lings. Probably 
no  other  posses- 
sion can  give  a 
greater  common  in- 
terest to  the  family 
as  a  whole.  Every 
family  having  the 
available  space 
should  be  capable 
of  achieving  a  suc- 
cessful garden,  each  member  undertaking 
a  part  which  appeals  to  him  most. 

It  is  astonishing  how  wide  a  field  of 
subjects  is  covered  in  the  simple  making 
of  the  family  garden.  First  in  matter  of 
time  and  possibly  of  importance  is  the 
chemistry  of  the  soil,  the  food  needed  for 
the  growth  of  the  plant.  This  may  appeal 
to  the  youth  in  college,  while  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  house  may  be  more  interested 
in  the  color  scheme  of  the  finished  result, 
that  there  shall  not  be  too  many  scat- 
tered flowers.  The  green  of  the  sod  is 
the  background  on  which  the  color  of  the 
garden  is  painted. 

Then  there  is  the  shrubberv,  the  old- 


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fashioned  perennials  which  may  have  a 
touch  of  sentiment  in  their  selection.  The 
placing  and  selection  of  a  few  trees.  And, 
not  by  any  means  last,  the  vegetable  gar- 
den, which  may  have  a  screen  of  holly- 
hocks or  sweet  peas. 

All  of  the  family,  husband,  wife,  chil- 
dren and  even  the  guest  may  find  some- 
thing about  the  garden  to  touch  them  per- 
sonally, something  which  gives  delight  as 
well  as  occupation.  It  may  be  the  joy  of 
the  flowers,  the  wonder  of  its  rapid  and 
changing  growth  or  in  the  fact  of  its  re- 
sponse to  care. 

To  make  its  interest  real,  its  work 
should  be  so  apportioned  that  each  mem- 
ber of  the  family  has  some  definite  part 
in  its  care,  else  the  work  may  suffer  be- 
cause the  general  responsibility  is  not  in- 
dividualized. 

Children  can  help  much  with  the  actual 
care  of  the  vegetables  and  flowers  as  well 
as  with  the  gathering  of  the  garden's 
products  and  they  are  the  better  for  it. 
Pay  them  for  a  certain  proportion  of  the 
berries  they  pick,  or  of  the  vegetables 
which  they  bring  in  to  the  cook  as  she 
wants  them,  and  they  will  see  the  reason 


In  some  part  of  the  garden  there  should  be  a  rest  spot. 

for  raking,  hoeing  and  weeding  and  all 
of  the  multitudinous  labor  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  garden. 

In  some  part  of  the  garden  or  near  to 
it,  there  should  be  a  rest  spot,  either  a 
simple  seat  under  a  tree  or  some  other 
shade — something  that  will  invite  the 
family  in  their  rest  moments.  Make  a 
place  for  a  hammock  and  a  book  and  per- 
haps a  tea-table,  something  that  will  in- 
vite the  family  and  the  guest  out  of  doors. 


A  rustic  seat  of  cobble-stones  and  brickwork  under  a  tree. 


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The  Treatment  for  a  Corner 
Plot  of  Ground 


HEN  a  plot  of  ground  faces  on 
two  streets  a  larger  opportunity 
is  given  for  a  treatment  of  both  the 
house  and  grounds.  The  results 
may  be  much  more  satisfactory  than  when 
the  lot  is  enclosed  on  both  sides  by  property 
over  which  one  has  no  control.  People  are 
beginning  to  seek  simple  lines  for  their 
homes,  and  to  build  of  good  substantial 
materials,  at  the  same  time  having  an 
eye  to  color  and  to  general  livable  condi- 
tions. The  house  here  shown  is  a  satisfy- 
ing solution  of  the  living  question.  From 
the  outside  it  is  dignified  and  restful.  The 
plaster  frieze,  in  which  the  second  story 
windows  are  set,  above  the  brick  veneer, 
gives  good  proportion  and  color.  Even 


a  veneer  of  brick  has  lost  its  insincerity 
to  us,  for  it  is  not  treated  as  an  imitation 
of  a  solid  brick  house  and  deceives  no 
one,  nor  is  it  intended  to  deceive.  Brick 
makes  a  better  outside  surface  than  sid- 
ing, shingles  or  plaster  and  it  is  very  com- 
monly used  as  such.  Indeed  modern  con- 
struction scarcely  knows  a  masonry  wall 
which  is  surfaced  with  the  same  material 
of  which  it  is  built. 

The  internal  arrangement  of  the  house 
is  essentially  modern.  The  living  room  is 
the  key  to  the  whole  plan.  It  is  good 
size,  with  the  fireplace  seats  and  windows 
taking  one  side.  It  communicates  direct- 
ly with  both  dining  room  and  kitchen. 
The  dining  room  has  an  attractive  group 


People  are  beginning  to  seek  simple  lines  for  their  homes. 


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Planting  List.  Feet 

Plants     apart 
American  Elm  (Ulmus  Ameri- 

cana)  or   (for  St.   Louis  and 

south)    English    Elm   (Ulmus 

campestris)    ................      1 

Sugar  Maple  (Acer  saccharum) 

or  (for  St.  Louis  and  south) 

\nr\vay    Maple    (Acer    plati- 

noides)    ....................     3 

Hackberry     (Celtis     occident- 

alis)    .......................     1 

Ash    (Fraxinus   Americana)...     2 
Bolleana       Poplar       (Po;-ulus 

Bolleana)    ..................     1 

Mountain    Ash    (Sorbus    aucu- 

paria  or  S.  Americana  or  S. 

quercifolia)  or  (for  St.  Louis 

and  south)  Maiden  Hair  Tree 

(Ginkgo  biloba)   ............     3 

Thorn  (Crataegus  coccinea)  or 

(for    St.     Louis    and    south) 

Bechtel's  Crab   (Pyrus  Bech- 

tel)     ........................     1 

Buckeye   (Aesculus  glabra)   or 

(for    St.     Louis    and    south) 

Flowering  Crab  (Pyrus  flori- 

bunda)    .....................     2 

Mock     Orange     (Philadelphus 

coronarius)     ................     2 

Persian   or   Rouen   Lilac    (Syr- 

inga  Persica  or  Chinensis)  .  .     2  ... 

Russian     Olive     Eleagnus     an- 

gustifolia    or    (for    St.    Louis 

and     south)     Hercules     Club 

(Aralia   spinosa)    ...........     1 

Japanese     Barberry     (Berberis 

Thunbergi)     ................   26 

Bridal    Wreath    (Spiraea    Van 

Hputtei)     ...................     7 

Weigela  (Diervilla  rosea)  .....     6  3J/2 

Tartarian   Honeysuckle   (Loni- 

cera   Tatarica)    .............    13  4 

Snowberry       (Symphoricarpus 

racemosus)     ................     4  3 

Sweetbrier    Rose    (Rosa    rubi- 

ginosa)    ....................     2  ... 

Japanese  Rose  (Rosa  rugosa).    12 
Flowering   Plum    (  Primus   tril- 

oba)     .......................      1 

Yellow       Flowering       Currant 

(Ribes    aureum)    or    (for    St. 

Louis  and  south)  Five-leaved 

Aralia    (Aralia   pentaphylla)  .     2  4 

Snow  Garland  (Spiraea  arguta)     4  2!/2 

Ash-leaved     Spirea     (  Sorbaria 

sorbifolia    or    (for    St.    Louis 

and     south)     Weeping     For- 

sythia   (Forsythia  suspensa)  .     8  3 

Lemoine's    Syringa    (Philadel- 

phus   Lemoinei)    or    (for    St. 

Louis    and    south)    Common 

Barberry   (Berberis  vulgaris)   11  4 

Indian      Currant      (Symphori- 

carpus   vulgaris)     ...........     8  2 

Cranberry  (Viburnum  Opulus)     8  4 

Common    Lilac    (Syringa    vul- 

garis)   ......................     5  4 

White     Lilac      (Syringa     vul- 

garis alba)    .................     5  4 

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or  (for  St.  Louis  and  south) 
Regel's  Privet  (Ligustrum 
Regelianum)  6  3 

29.  Siberian  Dogwood  (Cornus  Si- 

birica)    6  4 

30.  Persian  or   Rouen    Lilac    (Syr- 

inga Persica  or  Chinensis)..     6 

31.  Peony   in   variety 7  2l/2 

32.  Larkspur  in  variety 15  I'/i 

33.  Hollyhock    7  2y2 

34.  Giant  Daisy    10 

35.  Phlox    in    variety 10  l'/2 

36.  Bleeding  Heart   5  1  Yi 

37.  Japanese    Bell    Flower    (Platy- 

codon)     25 

38.  German  Iris  in  variety 40 

39.  Pyrethrum    roseum    15 

40.  Shasta  Daisy    15 

41.  Lemon   Lily   5  V/i 

42.  Columbine  in   variety 20  1 


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43.  Oriental  Poppy   ._ 10  \l/2 

44.  Perennial    Flax    10  1 

45.  Oswego  Tea  (Monarda) 10  1 

46.  Engelmann's  Woodbine    (Am- 

pelopsis  Engelmanni)  or  (St. 
Louis  and  south)  Boston  Ivy 
(Ampelopsis  Veitchii)  6 

47.  Annuals — select  own  colors 

a.  Dwarf  Snapdragon 

b.  Annual   Pinks 

c.  Annual  Larkspur 

d.  Dwarf  Marigold 

e.  Petunia  Rosy  Morn 

f.  Scabiosa 

g.  Zinnia 
h.  Verbena 

Note. — The  first  number  in  a  plant-bed  indi- 
cates the  kind  of  plant  shown  in  the  planting 
list.  The  second  number  indicates  the  quan- 
tity of  that  kind  in  the  space  designated.  Cir- 
cles represent  individual  plants,  half-circles 
represent  vines. 


Estimate  of  Cost. 
Cost  of  Plants. 

7  large  growing  trees  at  $2.. $14.00 
7  small  growing  trees  at  $1 .  .     7.00 
151  shrubs  and  vines  at  $0.25..   37.75 
197  perennials  (except  Peonies) 

at  $0.15  29.55 

7  Peonies  at  $0.75   5.25 

10  per  cent  additional  for 
freight  and  packing 
charged  extra  9.35 


Cost  of  Preparation  of  Soil. 

(Omitting  cost  of  extra  black  soil  and 

clay  if  needed) 
1  man  digging  2,300  sq.  ft.  plant 

beds,  9  days,  at  $2 $18.00 

1  man  planting  trees,  shrubbery 

and  flowers,  3  days,  at  $2..  ..     6.00 


-$102.90 


24.00 
$126.90 


of  windows  and  the  kitchen  is  well  ar- 
ranged with  the  pantry  making  the  com- 
munication between  the  kitchen  and  din- 
ing room.  The  range  should  have  a  hood 
over  it,  vented  into  a  tile  connection  to 
carry  off  odors  from  the  cooking.  It  is 
especially  desirable  in  this  case  as  the 
kitchen  opens  directly  into  the  living 
room.  The  second  floor  is  compact  and 
well  arranged. 

The  Landscape  Scheme 
Wyman  P.  Harper,  Landscape  Architect 

The  planting  plan  this  month  shows  a 
very  satisfactory  method  of  arranging 
garden  flowers  where  it  is  not  feasible  to 
have  a  formal  flower  garden.  The  great 
temptation  to  flower  lovers  is  to  place 
their  favorites  in  the  most  conspicuous 
places  in  the  yard,  a  purpose  which  is  in 
itself  highly  laudable,  but  usually  at  the 
expense  of  that  even  more  beautiful  ob- 
ject, the  lawn.  The  purpose  of  this  plan 
and  article  is  to  show  how  one  can  have 
both  lawn  and  garden,  each  enhancing 
the  beauty  of  the  other. 

It  should  be  noticed  first  of  all  that  the 
flowers  are  all  supplementary  to  the 
shrubbery.  The  shrubbery  is  the  back- 
ground without  which  the  flowers  would 
lose  much  of  their  ornamental  value  as 
growing  objects.  Incidentally,  it  may  be 
noticed  how  well  the  house  plan  fits  the 


lot,  leaving  a  proper  proportion  of  lawn 
and  planting  between  it  and  the  property 
lines. 

No  difference  is  required  in  soil  prep- 
aration between  shrub  and  flower  grow- 
ing; the  shrubbery  beds  are  only  made  a 
little  wider.  After  the  shrubs  have  been 
planted  and  tamped  and  the  rough  work 
is  all  out  of  the  way  the  flower  beds  may 
be  raked  and  the  flowers  planted.  It  is 
taken  for  granted  that  the  hardy  flowers 
have  been  ordered  from  a  nursery  and 
delivered  just  as  with  shrubbery,  and  that 
they  are  to  be  planted  similarly  using  a 
judicious  amount  of  brains  in  the  process. 
Most  things  may  be  placed  well  into  the 
soil  but  the  German  Iris  is  an  exception 
and  should  have  its  large  root-like  stem 
on  the  surface  but  with  the  roots  them- 
selves beneath.  All  need  frequent  and 
thorough  watering,  of  course,  and,  what 
is  the  same  thing,  frequent  cultivation, 
especially  a  stirring  of  the  soil  after  every 
rain  because  that  process  helps  to  retain 
the  moisture. 

The  method  of  planting  annual  flowers 
is  not  different,  but  the  method  of  secur- 
ing them  is.  All  may  be  purchased  direct 
from  a  florist  if  one  wishes  but  there  is 
much  more  fun  in  raising  them  from  seed 
oneself.  None  of  them  should  be  sown 
in  place  but  in  a  seed  bed  from  which 


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they  should  be  transplanted  later,  or,  bet- 
ter, twice  transplanted.  Some  of  them, 
in  fact,  need  to  be  started  in  a  hot  bed  or 
cold  frame  in  order  to  give  any  bloom  be- 
fore the  summer  wanes.  To  start  them 
in  the  house  is  the  same  thing.  But  after 
they  have  reached  some  little  size  and 
vigor  and  the  danger  of  frost  is  passed 
the  annual  flowers  may  be  placed  in 
their  final  position  and  from  then  on  until 
frost  comes  count  just  the  same  as  hardy 
flowers.  The  latter  may  be  planted  as 
early  as  the  ground  permits  as  a  little 
frost  does  not  hurt  them  especially  as 
most  of  their  growth  is  below  ground  for 
some  time  after  planting. 

The  arrangement  indicated,  of  putting 
the  annuals  in  front,  is  purely  one  of  con- 
venience. Since  they  must  be  planted 
every  year  it  is  well  to  keep  them  to- 
gether so  as  not  to  disturb  the  roots  of 
the  hardy  perennials.  A  certain  propor- 
tion of  annuals  are  necessary  in  every 
garden  for  most  of  the  perennials  do  not 
have  a  long  season  of  bloom,  however  in- 
dispensable they  may  otherwise  be,  while 
the  annuals,  after  they  once  start,  bloom 
continually.  Another  reason  for  putting 
the  annuals  in  front  is  that  they  always 


remain  attractive  in  appearance  until  the 
end  of  the  season  while  some  of  the  ear- 
lier flowering  perennials  may  become 
weedy. 

The  flowers  in  the  planting  list  are  the 
hardiest  and  best  of  a  long  catalogue. 
Other  kinds  may  be  used  for  variety  or 
in  a  larger  garden  but  these  are  surely 
substantial.  The  earth  for  the  last  one 
hundred  years  has  been  searched  for 
flowers  in  a  wonderful  way  and  our  gar- 
dening at  present  is  something  that 
Queen  Elizabeth  or  our  early  American 
fathers  never  dreamed  of. 

One  point  as  to  color.  The  flowers  of 
shrubbery  come  so  infrequently  that  we 
do  not  have  to  give  much  consideration  to 
their  color  combinations.  .With  annual 
and  perennial  flowers  it  is  different,  but 
it  is  generally  safe  to  divide  all  flowers 
into  two  classes,  those  which  are  pink 
and  those  which  are  orange.  The  blues, 
whites  and  the  light  shades  are  apt  to 
harmonize  anywhere ;  it  is  the  strong 
colors  that  need  watching. 

At  least  a  few  flowers  should  be  planted 
with  every  shrubbery  border,  and  as  a 
rule  they  should  be  kept  in  one  part  of 
the  yard  and  not  placed  promiscuously. 


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A  Brick  House  with  Shingled 
Gable  Ends 


E 


VEN  when  the  eaves  are  low  and 
overhang  the  first  floor,  a  brick  wall 
gives  the  house  a  sense  of  distinc- 
tion, as  the  low  eaves  give  it  a  sense  of 
comfort.  This  house  with  its  entrance 
recessed  between  the  two  projecting  bays 
has  been  cleverly  planned  to  utilize  the 


from  the  porch,  yet  is  as  convenient  from 
the  kitchen  as  from  the  living  room.  A 
fireplace  in  each  of  the  living  rooms,  in- 
cluding the  bathroom,  gives  an  unusual 
arrangement  yet  it  is  not  uneconomical  of 
space.  A  fireplace  in  each  sleeping  room 
is  a  luxury  that  is  very  enticing.  One 


With  entrance  recessed  between  two  bays. 


space,  and  has  almost  a  full  story  under 
the  steep  roof.  The  large  open  porch 
almost  doubles  the  living  space  as  it  is 
accessible  from  the  kitchen  and  may  be 
used  as  dining  as  well  as  living  porch. 
The  arrangement  of  the  stair  hall  gives  a 
solution  of  the  vexed  problem  of  direct 
communication  between  the  entrance  and 
the  second  floor  without  going  through 
the  living  rooms.  The  stair  entrance  is 


would  be  tempted  to  stay  at  home  from 
business  occasionally  in  order  to  enjoy  it. 

The  dormers  on  the  second  floor  are 
again  cleverly  arranged  to  give  full  head- 
room in  the  bedrooms.  The  steep  roof  is 
utilized  still  further  to  give  room  on  the 
third  floor  with  windows  in  the  gable, 
and  opening  through  the  roof  above  the 
dormers. 

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directly  into  the  living  room.  Opposite 
the  entrance  is  the  fireplace.  Both  living 
and  dining  rooms  are  of  good  size.  Each 
has  a  projecting  bay  of  six  windows,  with 
a  seat.  Sliding  doors  throw  the  two 
rooms  together.  The  kitchen  is  large,  with 
a  tiled  recess  for  the  range  and  a  hood 
over.  The  same  flue  serves  the  range, 
the  dining  room  fireplace  and  the  two 
rooms  on  the  second  floor.  The  chimney 
in  the  living  room  takes  care  of  the  fur- 


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nace  flue  and  two  rooms  on  the  second 
floor  as  well  as  the  living  room  fireplace. 
A  china  cupboard  connects  the  dining 
room  and  the  kitchen,  with  a  kitchen 
closet  on  the  opposite  side.  A  store  and 
refrigerator  room  is  beside  the  rear  porch 
and  may  have  an  outside  ice  door.  A 
toilet  room  opens  off  the  rear  of  the  hall. 
The  projecting  eaves  give  a  good  place 
for  flower  boxes  under  second  story  win- 
dows. 


A  White  and  Red  Color  Scheme 
for  a  Stucco  House 


A  ROUGH  cast  stucco  exterior  lends 
itself  particularly  well  to  the  simple 
lines    and    hipped    roof    treatment 
shown  in  this  design.     The  red  roofs  and 
brick  steps  and  brick  in  the  porch  floor 
give  an  acceptable  touch  of  color  with  the 
light  tone  of  the  walls. 

The  plan  is  of  the  central  hall  type  so 
popular  in  the  planning  of  the  larger  and 
more  pretentious  dwelling  but  not  so 
often  found  in  the  modest  home. 

The  main  entrance  is  at  the  side  shel- 


tered by  the  overhang  of  the  second  story 
as  well  as  by  the  extended  porch  roof. 
Beside  the  vestibule  is  the  coat  closet  at 
one  end  of  the  hall,  while  opposite  is  an  at- 
tractive stairway  with  a  landing  up  three 
steps,  from  which  opens  a  door  communi- 
cating with  the  kitchen,  making  a  com- 
bination service  and  main  stairs.  A  good 
sized  toilet  room  is  placed  under  the 
stairs.  The  living  room  extends  quite 
across  the  front  of  the  house.  Its  massive 
brick  fireplace  fills  the  entire  end  of  the 


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Rough  cast  stucco  with  red  roofs  and  steps. 


room,  with  high  casement  sash  over  the  between  the  hall  and  dining  room.    In  the 

mantel  shelf  at  each  side.     Bookcases  are  dining   room    is   built   in    a    combination 

built  in  beside  the  fireplace.    French  doors  buffet  and  china  closet  extending  across 

open    from    the    living   room    on    to    the  the  whole  side  of  the  room.     There  are 

sun  porch.     A  similar  treatment  is  used  drawers  and  cupboards  under  the  serving 


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table  and  cupboards  on  each  side  with 
doors  tilled  with  glass,  either  leaded  or 
set  in  copper  bars,  to  match  the  window 
between. 

The  kitchen  is  very  complete  with  its 
built-in  work  table,  flour  bin,  a  radiator 
for  plate  warmer,  cupboard  for  table 
leaves,  clothes  chute,  etc.  The  refriger- 
ator is  iced  from  the  entrance  at  grade 
level.  There  is  a  high  cupboard  over  the 
refrigerator,  with  the  cupboard  for  table 
leaves  beside  it. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  airy 
chambers  beside  a  fourth  filled  with  win- 
dows serving  as  a  sleeping  porch.  There 
is  a  small  balcony  to  be  used  for  airing 
bedding.  Each  room  has  a  closet,  while 
the  owner's  chamber  has  two.  A  linen 
closet  is  provided  off  the  hall.  A  stair 
leads  to  a  well  ventilated  attic.  In  the 


bathroom  is  a  built-in  medicine  cabinet, 
clothes  chute  and  broom  closet. 

The  basement  is  very  complete  and  con- 
venient in  its  arrangement.  The  plans 
provide  for  a  light  laundry,  furnace  room, 
vegetable  and  fuel  rooms. 

The  first  floor  is  finished  in  quarter- 
sawed  white  oak  with  plain  oak  floors ; 
the  other  floors  are  of  maple,  with  tile  in 
the  bathroom.  The  second  floor  is  fin- 
ished in  pine  for  white  enamel,  with  birch 
doors  stained  mahogany. 

The  exterior  walls  are  frame  with  white 
cement  plaster  over  galvanized  metal 
lath.  If  desired,  on  account  of  the  sim- 
ple lines,  hollow  tile  might  be  substituted 
at  a  small  additional  cost.  The  roof  shin- 
gles are  stained  a  deep  red.  Porch  floor 
and  steps  are  of  brick. 


Boulders  for  a  Bungalow 


Imagine  it  with  roses  clambering  over  the  stone  work. 


Bungaloulcraft  Co.,  A  refits. 


THIS   bungalow   was   scarcely   com- 
pleted,   so    the    photographer    tells 
us  when  this  picture  was  taken,  and 
he  suggests  that  we  imagine  what  its  ap- 
pearance will  be  when  it  is  ivy-clad,  with 
climbing  roses  clambering  over  the  rough 
stone  work  of  the  terrace  and  chimney. 


The  cedar  shingles  of  the  outside  walls 
and  roof,  with  their  brown  stain,  make  a 
good  setting  for  cobble  stones,  and  at- 
tract the  attention  of  the  passerby  as 
good  cobble  stone  work  always  does. 
The  covered  part  of  the  front  porch  is 
8  feet  by  16  feet  and  an  8-foot  wide,  open 


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a  projecting  bay  window  with  a  seat,  also 
a  built-in  buffet  with  drawers  and  cup- 
boards under  and  high  windows  above 
the  serving  table.  The  kitchen  is  well 
arranged  with  sink  on  one  side  and  cup- 
boards and  a  long  work  shelf  or  serving 
table  on  the  other.  There  is  a  separate 
flue  for  the  range,  which  will  stand  con- 
veniently near  the  serving  table.  It  is  a 
good  idea  to  have  the  table  near  the  range 
zinc-covered,  so  that  hot  dishes  and  pots 
may  be  set  on  it  at  the  convenience  of  the 
cook.  The  refrigerator  is  so  placed  that 
it  may  have  an  outside  ice  door  if  de- 
sired, and  be  iced  from  the  rear  porch. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the 
house,  with  accommodations  for  the  heat- 
ing plant  and  laundry.  The  foundation 
walls  are  of  concrete,  with  cement  base  at 
the  grade  line. 

The  main  floor  may  be  finished  in  birch 
throughout  if  desired,  with  birch  floors, 
or  oak  finish  may  be  used  in  the  main  part 
of  the  house  and  birch  be  used  only  for 
the  kitchen. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  chambers, 
with  closets  under  the  roof,  one  chamber 


being  blessed  with  two  closets.  There 
is  a  good  linen  closet  opening  from  the 
hall  and  also  a  closet  from  the  bathroom. 
The  interior  woodwork  of  the  second  floor 
is  designed  for  hard  pine  with  a  natural 
finish  and  birch  floors. 

The  roofs  are  broken  by  dormers,  front 
and  rear,  and  all  are  shingled.  A  memo- 
randa for  exterior  treatment  suggests 
that  the  shingles  be  stained  a  rich  reddish 
brown  color,  and  that  all  of  the  outside 
trimmings-,  cornices,  casings,  etc.,  be  given 
a  brown  creosote  stain.  Paint  all  of  the 
outside  sash  white  and  give  the  cement 
wall  a  light  cream  tint,  selecting  tones  to 
bring  all  together  in  an  harmonious  whole. 
The  cornices  have  a  wide  overhang  and 
the  gables  have  virge  board  and  brackets 
with  the  rafters  exposed  on  the  under  side. 
A  very  good  effect  may  be  given  by  paint- 
ing the  soffit  of  the  cornices  a  light  cream 
color  with  the  outlooking  rafters  stained 
brown. 

According  to  the  architect's  estimate 
this  house  may  be  built  for  a  sum  varying 
from  $3,200  to  $3,800,  exclusive  of  heat- 
ing and  plumbing. 


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An  Attractive  Northern 
Bungalow 


With  white  trim  and  cornices. 


THE  white  trim  and 
cornice  with  its 
brackets  and  rafter 
ends,  emphasizes  the  ir- 
regular lines  of  the  roof, 
and  gives  an  unusual 
note  to  this  bungalow 
planned  to  meet  the  con- 
ditions of  a  cold  climate. 

Designed  for  a  deep, 
narrow  lot,  the  rooms 
are  all  carefully  propor- 
tioned, more  attention 
being  paid  to  pantry  and 
closet  space  than  is 
usual  in  small  homes. 

The  arrangement  of 
the  kitchen  and  pantry 
has  some  features  of  es- 
pecial advantage.  The 
chief  uses  for  a  sink  are 
the  preparation  of  vege- 
tables, the  washing  of 
dishes,  and  the  washing 


lad  Yoho.  Archl. 

of  cooking  utensils.  A 
sink  in  the  pantry  is  very 
desirable,  because  dishes 
brought  from  the  dining 
room  may  be  washed 
and  put  directly  into  the 
cupboards  without  being 
taken  to  the  kitchen. 
But  for  vegetables  and 
cooking  utensils  it  is 
more  convenient  to  have 
the  running  water  in  the 
kitchen.  Generally  the 
sink  is  placed  without 
question  in  the  kitchen. 
In  this  case  it  is  placed 
in  the  pantry  with  full 
drain  boards  beside  it. 
The  kitchen  chimney  is 
beside  the  pantry  door 
so  the  sink  will  be  more 
convenient  to  the  range 
than  if  it  were  on  the 
opposite  side. 


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The  bedrooms  at  either  corner  of  the 
house  are  of  good  size  and  the  windows 
are  so  located  that  the  bed  and  other  fur- 
niture can  be  placed  in  different  locations 
and  at  each  moving  make  the  room  look 
larger.  Did  you  ever  try  this? 

The  living  qualities  of  the  bedrooms  are 
increased  by  the  size  of  the  closets,  which 
are  in  reality  small  dressing  rooms,  each 
having  a  window  and  ample  length.  The 
central  hall  giving  access  from  the  bed- 
rooms and  bathroom  to  the  rest  of  the 
house  is  an  especially  commendable  fea- 
ture. 

The  living  room  off  the  substantial- 
looking  porch  has  beam  ceiling  and  a 
broad,  handsome,  brick  fireplace.  The 


entrance  from  this  room  to  the  dining 
room  is  through  an  artistic  opening  which 
gives  an  idea  of  additional  space  in  each 
of  the  rooms  it  separates,  and  forms  the 
frame  for  the  attractive  buffet  on  the  op- 
posite wall  of  the  dining  room.  The  en- 
tire outside  wall  of  the  latter  room  juts 
out,  forming  an  immense  bay  with  six 
lights  and  a  ledge  within  for  flowers,  or  if 
preferred,  for  a  window  seat.  Whichever 
is  desired  for  this  corner,  the  light  from 
these  huge  windows  is  unsurpassed. 

The  cellar  stairway  near  the  outside 
door  is  a  convenience  that  any  housewife 
will  appreciate  and  the  large  well  lighted 
basement  provides  space  for  furnace,  fuel 
rooms  and  laundry. 


Homes  of  Individuality 


Selected  by  W.   J. 

A  Bungalow  of  Shingles  and  Stucco 

PERHAPS    no    combination    is    more 
generally  pleasing  than  that  of  stuc- 
co and  shingles.     Built  on  the  low 
lines  which  have  become  so  popular  since 
their  general  adoption  in  California,  this 


Keith,   Architect 

bungalow  is  at  the  same  time  very  well 
planned.  It  is  extremely  livable  in  its 
arrangement,  because  the  housewife  may 
keep  a  supervision  over  the  different  parts 
of  the  house  with  so  few  steps.  She  can 
be  "at  home"  in  the  living  room,  yet  know 


Built  on  the  low  lines  so  popular  just  now. 


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just  what  is  going  on  in  the  kitchen  at 
the  same  time. 

The  entrance  is  from  the  ground  level, 
with  two  steps  into  the  living  room.  One 
end  of  the  house  is  devoted  to  the  living 
rooms  while  the  sleeping  rooms  are  more 
or  less  secluded  in  the  other  end  of  the 
house,  and  include  a  sleeping  porch. 
Closets  in  each  room  are  well  arranged. 
A  tiny  hall  communicates  with  the  sleep- 
ing rooms  and  bathroom  and  separates 
them  from  the  living  part  of  the  house. 

The  exterior  is  no  less  attractive  than 
the  interior.  Stucco  is  carried  from  the 
ground  up  to  the  sills  of  the  windows,  and 
the  walls  are  shingled  from  the  sills  up 
to  the  under  side  of  the  roof,  and  stained 
a  dark  brown,  as  is  all  of  the  timber  work. 
The  stucco  piers  at  the  corners  of  the 
porch  carried  up  to  the  top  of  the  window 
openings  receive  the  brackets  for  the  roof 
and  break  the  dark  frieze  in  which  the 
windows  are  placed. 


A  Color  Scheme  of  White  and  Green 
The  simplicity  and  the  dignity  which 
the  colonial  builders  succeeded  in  instill- 
ing into  their  buildings  is  often  lacking 
in  our  modern,  restless  time.  It  is  en- 
tirely independent  of  the  size  or  structure 
of  the  house. 

The  sturdy  posts  of  the  long  veranda, 
together  with  the  wide  white  siding  and 
green  blinds,  give  a  charming  simplicity 
to  this  design  which  relates  it  to  colonial 
days.  The  center  balcony  is  entirely  rea- 
sonable, though  unusual  and  the  flower 
boxes  under  the  second  story  windows 
add  interest. 

The  floor  plan  is  carefully  studied  giv- 
ing a  long  living  room  on  one  side  of  the 
entrance  hall  with  fireplace  and  seats  on 
one  side  and  a  good  wall  space  opposite. 
The  porches  on  the  front  and  rear  both 
give  access  from  the  living  room.  The 
dining  room  and  kitchen  are  well  arranged 
on  the  other  side  of  the  house,  with  good 


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A  house  with  simple  dignity. 


cupboard  and  closet  space.  The  refriger- 
ator is  near  the  piazza  door  and  may  be 
iced  without  trampling  through  the  house. 
The  laundry  is  placed  beside  the  kitchen 
on  the  ground  floor,  instead  of  in  the 
basement,  making  a  convenient  entry  to 
the  kitchen  when  the  tubs  are  not  in  use. 
There  is  a  full  basement  under  the  main 
part  of  the  house.  There  is  a  coat  closet 


beside  the  stairs,  convenient  to  the  en- 
trance. On  the  second  floor  each  of  the 
four  rooms  get  breeze  and  light  from  two 
directions  and  are  of  fair  size.  The  sweep 
of  the  roof  makes  the  porches  a  part  of 
the  house,  and  at  the  same  time  gives 
more  room  on  the  second  floor.  It  is  a 
most  attractive  yet  economical  arrange- 
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Conducted  by  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS,  Decorator,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


The  Prevalence  of  Violet 


T  IS  many  long  years  since  lav- 
ender and  its  kindred  shades 
have  been  used  for  decorative 
purposes.  Indeed  their  popularity 
is  very  recent.  Time  was  when  one  occa- 
sionally saw  a  cream-colored  wall  paper 
spotted  with  small  bunches  of  violets; 
pretty  enough  in  itself  but  rather  un- 
thinkable on  the  walls  of  a  room,  but 
textiles  in  violet  tones  were  quite  unat- 
tainable. With  the  advent  and  great 
popularity  of  white  enameled  furniture 
one  began  to  see  cretonnes  with  designs 
of  lavender  flowers  which  looked  very 
well  indeed,  with  the  shining  bedsteads 
and  chests  of  drawers.  The  harmonious 
association  of  some  shades  of  green  with 
lavender  was  a  later  discovery,  and  it 
was  not  long  until  it  was  found  that  a 
combination  of  white  and  lilac  and  clear 
yellow  was  a  pleasant  thing.  And  so  we 
have  gone  on  adding  to  the  possibilities 
of  its  use  until  violet  or  lavender  is  quite 
the  most  popular  of  the  delicate  colors. 
There  is  such  a  thing  as  using  too  much 
lavender.  I  do  not  think  a  room  of  un- 
relieved lavender  is  often  successful.  If 
by  chance  it  is,  it  is  one  in  which  no  ex- 
pense has  been  spared,  in  which  the  ma- 
terials used  are  so  fine  that  they  are  very 
beautiful  in  themselves,  quite  indepen- 
dently of  their  surroundings.  And  an- 
other point  is  that  lavender  is  not  a  good 
color  in  cheap  materials.  It  is  horrible 
on  a  distempered  wall  and  it  looks  very 
common  indeed  when  applied  to  cheap, 
plain  textured  colors.  The  quality  of  the 
light  must  be  considered,  as  lavender  is 
an  essentially  cold  color  needing  sun- 


shine, or  at  least  a  light  suffused  with 
sunshine,  such  as  one  gets  in  southeast 
or  west  rooms.  Moreover  it  is  much  af- 
fected by  artificial  light  and  only  those 
tones  should  be  chosen  which  have  a  sug- 
gestion of  red  and  do  not  turn  to  a  dingy 
stone  color  by  gas  light. 

In  working  out  a  violet  scheme  it  is 
best  to  use  a  neutral  tinted  wall,  although 
pattern  may  be  introduced  in  the  way 
of  a  frieze  or  border.  There  are  quite  a 
number  of  papers  with  very  small  all- 
over  designs  in  a  yellowish  gray,  putty 
color  and  shades  a  little  darker,  which 
are  admirable  with  violet  furnishings. 
One  of  them  is  marked  off  into  small  dia- 
monds with  a  tiny  ribbon  in  the  darker 
tone,  with  knots  at  the  points  of  inter- 
section, and  into  it  comes  a  two-inch  bor- 
der into  which  violet  is  introduced,  this 
border  to  be  carried  around  under  the 
picture  moulding.  There  are  a  number 
of  others  of  the  same  sort,  including  two- 
toned  stripes  in  various  widths.  When 
it  comes  to  special  patterns,  it  always 
seems  rather  hopeless  to  specify,  but  I 
have  seen  a  very  shadowy  gray  foliage 
paper  with  garlands  of  flowers  in  pastel 
shades,  faint  rose,  violet  and  greenish 
white,  which  would  be  excellent  for  an 
upper  third  treatment,  above  a  plain  in- 
grain, papered  or  distempered  wall,  with 
grayish  white  woodwork.  The  ordinary, 
warm  gray,  foliage  paper,  which  is  used 
so  much  for  halls  is  also  a  good  back- 
ground for  violet,  and  its  pattern  is  so 
little  defined  that  it  is  quite  possible  to 
use  a  figured  material  in  association  with 
it.  While  a  white  wall  is  a  very  good 


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background  for  most  delicate  color 
schemes,  it  is  not  often  advisable  for  use 
with  violet,  as  it  is  too  cold.  If  the  warm 
gray  is,  for  any  reason,  inadvisable,  an 
ivory  or  deep  cream  wall  is  a  good  choice. 
The  floor  covering  is  always  a  problem 
with  a  violet  scheme.  The  Oriental  rug 
never  seems  the  right  thing,  though  I 
have  seen  a  brown  Chinese  wool  rug 
used  with  good  effect.  For  the  average 
room  with  gray  walls  a  gray  homespun 
rug  answers,  although  it  is  hardly  suit- 
able for  a  handsome  room.  There  are  a 
good  many  purple  rugs  in  the  market,  but 
as  a  rule  their  tone  is  blue  rather  than  red 
and  they  do  not  harmonize  with  carefully 
chosen  furnishings.  It  is  possible  to  get 
a  plain  velvet  pile  carpet  in  deep  plum 
color  which  is  a  very  good  investment. 
A  Wilton  carpet  in  a  very  small  pattern, 
in  two  tones  of  warm  gray  is  good  rug 
material,  and  of  course  if  the  lavender 
tones  are  combined  with  green  a  green 
rug  or  carpet  is  quite  in  order.  For  a 
bedroom  it  is  quite  possible  to  have  a  rag 
rug  made  to  order  in  the  desired  tone  of 
violet,  the  cost  being  approximately  sev- 
enty-five cents  a  square  yard.  When  a 
bedroom  is  in  question  it  is  as  well  to  use 
a  plain  white  straw  matting  for  the  floor 
covering  with  plain  violet  rugs  of  small 
size  at  different  places.  "Thread  and 
thrums"  rugs,  very  closely  woven  of 
woolen  threads,  can  be  ordered  in  any 
shade  with  darker  stripes  at  the  ends,  and 
are  very  serviceable.  Another  possibility 
is  having  a  very  high  colored  moquette  or 
velvet  rug  dyed  violet.  It  is  often  pos- 
sible to  find  such  carpets  in  delicate  gray 
with  pale  tinted  flowers  trailing  over 
them,  in  second-hand  shops,  and  if  they 
are  not  worn,  only  faded  or  soiled,  they 
are  well  worth  buying,  as  they  dye  beau- 
tifully. The  cost  is  about  thirty-five 
cents  a  running  yard,  but  the  shrinkage 
is  considerable  and  must  be  allowed  for. 
If  the  violet  room  has  much  brown  wood 
in  it,  a  medium  brown,  not  too  yellow,  is 
a  good  choice  for  a  rug.  When  choosing 
it,  bear  in  mind  the  tone  of  the  brown 
Chinese  wool  rugs  and  you  cannot  go  far 
astray. 

Furniture  for  the  Violet  Room. 

Nut  brown  oak,  or  the  darker  tone 
called  Jacobean,  which  is  a  little  lighter 
on  the  projecting  surfaces,  is  the  best  na- 
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seldom  happy  with  mahogany.  For  in- 
stance you  may  have  a  room  with  oak 
woodwork,  brownish  cream  walls,  a 
brown  rug,  and  curtains  and  the  covering 
of  a  big  chair  of  violet  Liberty  velvet. 
Then  the  rest  of  the  furniture  could  be 
of  brown  oak,  the  chairs  and  a  settee  rush 
seated,  with  some  loose  cushions  of  a  bro- 
cade or  a  tapestry  in  several  tones  of 
violet.  A  big  fern  in  a  violet  pot,  desk 
furnishings  of  violet  leather,  perhaps  a 
work  bag  of  violet  brocade,  china  painted 
with  violets  for  the  tea  tray  will  help  to 
accentuate  the  violet  note  while  every- 
thing else  is  brown,  the  pictures  being 
brown  toned  photographs  in  brown  or 
black  frames,  a  bit  of  black  now  and  then 
helping  wonderfully. 

Enamel  and  Rush. 

The  violet  room,  I  suppose,  is  apt  to  be 
a  small  one,  usually  a  bedroom,  or  a  small 
sitting  room,  although  the  color  can  be 
most  effectively  used  for  a  drawing  room, 
and  is  not  inconceivable  as  a  setting  for  a 
collection  of  pewter  in  a  dining  room. 

But  a  violet  bedroom  can  be  lovely, 
given  a  cretonne  of  good  coloring  and 
effective  design.  Here  the  violet  rag  rug 
will  be  quite  at  home  also  the  small  pat- 
terned, warm  gray  wall  paper  of  which  I 
have  already  spoken.  The  furniture  may 
be  violet  enamel,  a  fairly  deep  tone, 
although  by  no  means  purple.  It  is  pos- 
sible to  have  too  much  of  an  unusual 
thing  like  violet  enamel  and  it  is  well  to 
omit  the  bureau  or  chiffonier  and  have 
only  a  dressing  table  and  bed  of  enamel, 
possibly  a  table,  buying  them  in  the 
wood  and  choosing  pieces  of  rather  light 
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It  has  a  square  top  and  legs  that  spread 
outward,  and  inclose  an  under  shelf. 
Scrubbing  it  well  with  some  sort  of  wash- 
ing powder  will  work  off  the  varnish  and 
make  it  ready  for  the  coats  of  paint  and 
enamel. 

Two  coats  of  paint  and  two  of  enamel, 
using  the  best  quality  procurable  of  each, 
will  give  an  admirable  surface.  Even  if 
one  puts  on  the  paint  oneself  it  is  worth 
while  to  have  a  professional  put  on  the 
enamel.  This  and  the  paint  will  probably 
have  to  be  mixed  to  order  and  must  be 
tested  by  artificial  light. 

For  the  rest  of  the  furniture  have  one 
stuffed  chair,  and  nothing  is  comparable 
to  the  high-backed,  winged,  grandfather's 
chair.  Then  you  will  want  smaller  chairs 
of  gray  wicker,  two  side  chairs  and  an 
arm  chair.  Be  liberal  with  the  cretonne 
or  printed  linen,  whichever  you  choose. 
Use  it  for  sill  length  curtains  over  thin 
white  ones,  for  a  bedspread,  for  covering 
the  big  chair,  for  loose  cushions  for  the 
wicker  ones  and  for  a  scarf  for  the  table. 
Use  a  lace  cover  for  the  dressing  table 
through  which  the  violet  enamel  will 
show.  A  pair  of  gilt  or  brass  candlesticks 
with  violet  candles  will  give  a  high  light 
to  the  mantel  piece  and  a  mirror  in  a  gilt 
frame  should  hang  above  it,  unless  you 
fancy  a  bas-relief  in  ivory  tinted  plaster. 
Occasionally  one  runs  across  ornaments 
or  vases  in  violet  tones  but  not  often, 
though  there  is  always  the  chance. 

Violet  and  Green. 

Sometimes  one  finds  a  cretonne  which 
combines  violet  and  green  admirably. 
Such  a  cretonne  looks  well  with  green 
painted  furniture  or  with  weathered 
green  oak.  In  a  sunny  room  the  wall 
might  be  a  light,  low  toned  green,  in  a 
different  light  a  warm  gray  or  not  too 
golden  tan.  The  rug  could  be  a  deeper 
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used  just  as  in  the  other  room  suggested. 
There  is  a  much  wider  choice  for  all  the 
small  things  of  a  room  when  green  is 
combined  with  violet  than  when  it  is  used 
by  itself,  and  the  combination  is  a  very 
charming  one  for  which  we  have  the  au- 
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ANSWERS   TO   QUESTIONS 

ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


EDITOR'S  NOTE. — The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE. 
Inquiries  pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

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panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general 
interest  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


To  Remove  Old  Paper. 

W.  L.  McM. — Although  having  re- 
ceived but  two  numbers  of  your  maga- 
zine, I  am  more  than  interested  in  the 
way  you  treat  of  homes  in  building  and 
decoration. 

I  am  taking  the  liberty  of  asking  for 
information  as  regards  interior  decoration 
in  an  old  home  about  to  be  remodeled. 
Is  there  any  way  in  which  wall  paper  may 
be  removed  without  discoloring  the  wall 
so  as  to  show  spots  when  tints  or  paints 
are  applied? 

At  what  distance  from  ceiling  should 
plate  rail  be  placed? 

Should  a  dropped  ceiling  be  used  with 
plate  rail  for  either  tints  or  paper? 

Ans. — We  do  not  think  you  would  find 
any  difficulty  in  removing  the  old  paper 
and  preparing  the  walls  for  either  tints 
or  paint.  The  old  paper  must  first  be 
scraped  off,  then  the  walls  thoroughly 
washed,  so  as  to  take  off  the  size  down  to 
the  plaster.  It  is  not  probable  any  stains 
have  penetrated  the  size. 

A  plate  rail  should  be  at  least  5  ft.  from 
the  floor.  The  ceiling  should  not  drop 
the  angle,  as  that  makes  too  many  divi- 
sions. The  ceiling  tint  can,  however,  be 
carried  down  to  the  plate  rail  if  desired. 
As  for  instance,  if  brown  were  used  be- 
low the  plate  rail,  then  a  dull  yellow  or 
deep  cream  could  be  used  on  wall  above 
and  on  ceiling. 

A  Young  Girl's  Room. 

M.  E.  McC. — Enclosed  is  a  floor  plan 
of  a  girl's  room.  I  would  like  a  sugges- 
tion as  to  decorating  the  walls.  The  fur- 
niture is  of  birch  and  the  beds  are  white 
enameled.  The  wall  paper  is  yellow, 
striped  with  small  pink  flowers  between 
and  has  a  pink  rose  border  at  the  top. 
The  woodwork  is  white  enameled  and 
the  room  is  light.  At  present  it  is  decor- 


ated with  pennants,  but  I  am  tired  of  this 
arrangement  and  would  like  something 
new. 

Ans. — We  sympathize  with  "a  girl  of 
sixteen"  in  her  wish  for  a  pretty  room. 
One  trouble  with  your  room  is,  the  walls 
are  too  negative  for  your  furniture ;  then, 
it  is  a  small  room  for  two  beds — one  a 
full  size.  It  would  help,  if  you  could 
change  the  full  bed  for  a  single  one. 

You  do  not  say  whether  the  dresser, 
etc.,  are  birch  natural  or  stained  mahog- 
any— nor  what  sort  of  a  floor  or  rug  you 
have.  These  are  important  points. 

If  the  dresser,  etc.,  is  mahogany 
stained,  then  leave  the  white  beds  as  they 
are,  and  paint  the  other  pieces  white, 
three  coats.  Don't  be  startled  at  this — 
the  furniture  is  probably  not  very  choice. 
Then  tint  the  wall  a  deep  pink — you  can 
kalsomine  right  over  the  paper  if  it  is  on 
good  and  tight  all  over.  The  pattern  of 
the  paper  may  show  very  indistinctly,  but 
it  will  be  all  the  better  in  plain,  deep  pink. 
White  ceiling  and  white  woodwork. 
Then  put  rose  flowered  curtains  at  the 
windows,  and  make  cushions  for  your 
chairs  of  rose  flowered  cretonne ;  also 
cover  a  waist  box  with  it.  Paint  the  radi- 
ator the  color  of  the  wall.  You  must 
either  have  a  rug  with  rose  border,  or 
you  could  have  an  old  rug  dyed  deep  pink 
— first  discharging  the  old  color.  This 
will  give  you  a  dainty,  pretty  room  with 
small  expense. 

Paper  and  Upholstery. 

E.  M.  W. — "I  have  read  with  great  in- 
terest your  suggestions  about  papering 
and  house  furnishing,  and  am  going  to 
ask  your  aid  to  decide  on  papering,  hang- 
ings and  rugs  for  my  colonial  house." 

Ans. — In  your  colonial  house  in  Vir- 
ginia the  colonial  feeling  should  prevail 
in  the  furnishing.  There  are  now  many 


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fine  reproductions  of  handsome  old  pa- 
pers to  be  had,  and  this  season  the  dealers 
are  showing  the  old  rich  effects  in  "flock" 
or  embossed  velvets,  so  long  banished 
from  our  walls.  For  your  broad  center 
hall  with  white  woodwork,  this  style  of 
paper  in  a  rich  deep  crimson  would  be 
most  effective.  The  sitting  room  on  left 
would  be  agreeable  in  a  soft  lichen  green, 
and  the  northeast  dining  room  in  old  gold 
and  cream.  We  would  have  rug  in 
brown,  cream  and  some  deep  old  red  or 
rose,  and  curtains  of  old  gold.  Sun  porch 
with  pale,  golden  ecru  wall.  The  mahog- 
any furniture  will  be  lovely  against  this 
background.  For  the  sitting  room  furni- 
ture you  can  have  the  old-fashioned  sofa 
upholstered  in  a  small  figured  tapestry,  or 
a  mohair  in  the  pale  green  or  rose.  Some 
chairs  could  have  seats  of  plain  lichen 
green  velvet.  The  ottoman  may  be  done 
in  either. 

For  North-East  Rooms. 

J.  A.  D. — We  are  going  to  redecorate 
the  house  into  which  we  are  moving. 
The  ceilings  are  rather  low,  and  the 
woodwork  is  white.  The  living  room  is 
dark.  I  have  two  rugs,  a  blue  and  white 
one  and  another  in  tans,  blue,  Oriental 
red  and  a  good  deal  of  black.  The  living 
room  furniture  is  fumed  oak  and  wicker, 
dining  room  oak,  and  bedroom  mahog- 
any. Would  it  be  possible  to  have  the 
woodwork  made  a  blue  green  and  use 
either  a  blue  or  green  color  scheme. 

Ans. — In  reply  to  your  request  for  ad- 
vice, we  do  not  think  a  blue  and  green 
scheme  would  be  a  good  choice  for  your 
living  and  dining  room  facing  N.  and  E. 
It  would  be  especially  bad  in  the  living 
room,  which  is,  as  you  say,  dark.  Also 
\ve  advise  repainting  the  woodwork  old 
ivory,  rather  than  white — certainly  not 
blue  or  green  in  these  two  rooms.  We 
would  use  the  tan,  blue  and  red  rug  in 
dining  room,  with  a  soft  tan  wall  and  a 
frieze  decoration  in  the  coloring  of  the 
rug.  Tan  living  room  wall  and  old  gold 
grass-cloth  paper,  with  new  rug  in  brown 
and  cream  and  over-draperies  of  old  gold 
sunfast  at  the  windows.  Cream  ceiling. 
In  bedroom  the  blue  and  white  rug,  blue 
Chambray  wall  with  banding  at  top  of 
pink  roses. 

We  feel  sure  the  living  room  in  the 
tones  suggested  will  give  you  great 
pleasure. 


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B.  H.  S. — I  am  taking  your  offer  of 
help  in  the  magazine,  and  ask  for  infor- 
mation in  the  interior  painting  of  my 
home.  We  are  remodeling  a  one-story 
cottage.  The  reception  hall  and  the  li- 
brary are  to  be  thrown  together  by  a  col- 
onnade with  a  similar  opening  to  the  din- 
ing room.  The  woodwork  has  been  en- 
ameled white  and  needs  repainting.  The 
columns  are  to  be  put  in,  so  are  not  paint- 
ed. Should  they  be  painted  white?  The 
furniture  in  library,  will  be  mahogany,  the 
walls  I  thought  a  mottled  greenish  grey. 
The  dining  room  furniture  is  a  dark  oak. 
We  live  in  a  small  southern  town  where 
the  workmanship  is  medium  and  am 
afraid  to  trust  the  graining  of  woodwork. 

Ans. — We  are  glad  to  be  of  service  to 
you  regarding  your  interior.  Do  not  for 
a  moment  think  of  graining  pine  wood- 
work. The  columns  must  be  the  same  as 
the  other  woodwork,  and  we  should  use 
deep  ivory  throughout  those  rooms.  You 
can  have  the  doors  mahogany  stained, 
and  that  with  color  in  the  furnishings, 
rugs,  draperies,  etc.,  will  be  a  sufficient 
relief.  The  two  doors  in  dining  room  can 
have  oak  stain  on  the  dining  room  side  to 
match  the  furniture. 

The  greenish  gray  you  speak  of  for  li- 
brary walls  will  be  very  cold  and  gloomy. 
The  only  way  you  can  work  in  your  green 
hangings  if  you  have  them  on  hand  is  to 
have  very  light,  cheerful  walls.  With  the 
ivory  woodwork  and  mahogany,  old  gold 
walls  would  be  delightful  in  library,  pale 
soft  tan  in  living  room.  There  is  a  very 
charming  paper  for  a  cottage  dining  room 
— woody-gray  foliage  with  hints  of  rose 
through  it,  which  would  be  nice  in  that 
east  room.  An  inverted  porcelain  bowl 
for  electric  light  over  the  table.  A  ceiling 
shower  in  living  room,  also  two  side 
brackets,  and  side  brackets  only  in  li- 
brary, one  for  table  lamp  can  come  up 
through  the  floor.  In  library,  have  amber 
colored  glass,  but  in  living  room  opales- 
cent white.  You  must  paint  the  floors — 
dark  green  will  be  good,  especially  when 
the  rug  is  green.  When  you  lay  oak 
floors  over  them  you  can  stain  or  ha've 
natural,  as  you  prefer. 


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HOUSEHOI/D  ECONOMICS   f£I 


The  Mosquito,  the  Fly  and  the 
Closed  Screen 


HE  day  of  the  deadly  mosquito  is 
over.  They  will  be  with  us,  un- 
doubtedly, especially  in  propi- 
tious seasons,  for  some  time  to 
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menace  comes  knowledge,  and  in  some 
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for  their  prevention  and  destruction. 
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spreading  an  epidemic  of  yellow  fever,  and 
perhaps  other  of  the  summer  scourges,  his 


ACTUAL  SIZE 
F«.  "A." 


Fig.  "B." 

doom  was  sealed,  but  it  will  be  long  be- 
fore his  final  passing.  Swamps  have  been 
drained  in  some  of  the  malarial  regions. 
Breeding  places  have  been  covered  with 
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siderable amount  of  time  and  study  to  the 
problem  in  its  local  conditions,  there  is 
reason  to  believe  that  they  may  be  freed 
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The  common  house  fly  is  perhaps 
scarcely  less  of  a  pest  than  the  mosquito. 
The  housewife  and  the  mother  has  learned 
that  the  friendly  fly  is  not  only  unclean 
but  dangerous,  and  that  it  is  a  particular 
menace  to  the  small  child.  The  slogan 
"Swat  the  fly"  which  was  proclaimed  last 
year  with  considerable  effect  is  still  in 
force.  Considering  the  vast  hordes  of 
these  little  pests,  the  taking  off  of  the 
individual  insects  seems  not  only  a  hope- 
less but  a  useless  task  until  we  realize  that 


early  in  the  fly  season  they  are  compara- 
tively few.  At  that  time  it  would  be  pos- 
sible to  kill  many  or  most  of  them.  Sci- 
entists tell  us  that  the  fly  lives  twelve 
days  before  laying  any  eggs ;  that  the 
number  of  eggs  laid  by  one  fly  is  legion. 
If  the  fly  comes  under  the  swatter  during 
the  first  ten  days  of  its  existence  it  be- 
comes unnecessary  to  kill  dozens  a  few 
weeks  later. 

Regardless  of  science  and  etymology 
both  the  mosquito  and  the  fly  will  remain 
with  us  for  a  few  seasons  at  least.  Xow 
that  we  know  them  and  their  ways  they 
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ago. 

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screen  door  which  fits  snugly  one  season 
will  stick  after  the  rains  of  the  next 
spring,  and  refuse  to  close  tightly,  or  it 
will  rebound  and  stand  slightly  ajar,  leav- 
ing a  crack  sufficiently  wide  for  flies  to 
enter.  Once  inside  the  house  they  seem 
to  understand  that  they  are  safe  if  they 
gather  in  the  sunshine  on  the  screen,  back 
of  the  sash ;  that  they  can  play  "fox  and 


Fig.  "D." 

geese"  with  the  swatter  and  get  away 
almost  every  time.  It  is  their  place  of 
refuge  when  driven  from  the  table,  from 
the  fruit,  or  from  the  baby. 

There  are  several  screen  devices  which 
may  prove  a  boon  to  the  housewife  in 
such  conditions.  There  are  a  number  of 
simple  hinges  on  the  market  costing  only 
a  few  cents  per  pair,  which  allow  the 
screen  to  be  lifted  off  and  removed  for 
the  winter,  or  to  hinge  open  if  desired. 


The  cut  "A"  shows  one  type  of  these 
hangers  which  may  be  placed  either  at 
the  top  of  the  screen  or  at  the  side,  allow- 
ing it  to  swing  accordingly.  Flies  may 
be  easily  driven  from  a  screen  hinged  at 
the  side  and  swinging  out.  A  catch  holds 
the  screen  securely  when  closed.  Such  a 
combination  of  hinge  and  hanger  also 
simplifies  the  task  of  taking  off  the  screens 
to  wash  windows  during  the  summer  as 
well  as  in  removing  them  for  the  winter. 
There  are  other  devices  which  control 
the  screen  door  when  it  closes,  prevent 
its  slamming,  and  which  catch  and  hold 
it  tightly  closed.  There  are  many  types 
of  such  devices,  elaborate  or  simple,  oper- 
ating on  many  principles.  Cut  "C"  shows 
a  screen  door  controller  lately  put  on  the 
market  and  for  which  the  patents  are  still 
pending.  This  device  consists  of  a  spring 
catch  that  closes  the  door  and  holds  it 
tight  shut,  and  a  miniature  plunger  that 
stops  the  slam.  The  plunger  works  with 
compressed  air  on  the  principle  of  a  bi- 
cycle pump,  and  has  a  simple  regulator, 
for  different  strength  spring  hinges. 
There  is  nothing  to  get  out  of  order.  The 
door  catch  is  an  ingenious,  patented 
spring  device  that  automatically  catches 
the  door  when  closing  and  holds  it  tight 
against  the  jamb.  It  tends  to  keep  a  door 
from  warping  or  to  straighten  a  warped 
door.  Cut  ''D"  shows  the  same  combina- 
tion of  devices  holding  the  door  closed. 


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Stained  with  Cabot's  Shingle  Stains. 
Hollingsworth  &  Bragdon.  Arch'ts.  Cranford.  N.  J. 

Cost  Much  Less  Than  Paint 
Wear  Longer— More  Artistic 

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Cabot's  Creosote  Stains 

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Moulded  Salmon,  Sauce  Tartare, 

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Creamed  Chicken 

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Olives 

Salad  in  Apple  Cups 

Crackers  Cream  Cheese 

Peaches  and  Cream 


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TABLE  CHAT-Contmued 


For  the  moulded  fish  use  the  canned, 
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skin,  bone  and  soft  pieces  and  cut  the 
hard  part  into  nicely  shaped  dice.  Simmer 
the  rejected  pieces  of  each  can  in  about  a 
pint  of  water,  with  salt  and  a  little  onion. 
Strain  off  the  liquid  and  add  a  very  little 
mace  and  enough  lemon  juice  to  make  it 
pleasantly  acid.  Stiffen  it  with  gelatine 
in  the  usual  way  and  half  fill  small  moulds 
with  it.  When  it  is  nearly  set  press  the 
pieces  of  salmon  down  into  it,  lay  others 
on  top  of  it  and  fill  up  the  mould  with  the 


The  salad  shown  in  our  second  illustra- 
tion is  a  very  pretty  one.  Medium  sized 
green  apples  are  hollowed  out  to  make 
cups,  lined  with  heart  leaves  of  lettuce 
and  filled  with  asparagus  tips  dressed  with 
a  white  mayonnaise. 

Peaches  and  cream  require  no  explana- 
tion. Have  them  peeled  the  last  minute 
and  cover  them  closely  that  they  may  not 
discolor.  However  else  you  stint,  have 
the  cream  rich  and  abundant.  A  simple 
cake,  angel,  lady,  or  silver,  may  be  pass- 
ed with  the  peaches.  Serve  the  coffee 


A  refreshing  salad  for  the  summer. 


remainder  of  the  liquid.  Before  serving 
turn  each  mould  out  onto  a  plate,  sur- 
round it  with  thinly  sliced  cucumbers  and 
add  a  liberal  spoonful  of  tartare  sauce, 
which  is  merely  mayonnaise  with  an  ad- 
dition of  chopped  capers  and  pickles. 

In  order  to  manage  your  meat  course 
economically  plan  to  have  a  fowl  for  din- 
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enrich  it  with  unsweetened  evaporated 
milk.  You  may,  if  yon  like,  have  new  po- 
tatoes cut  into  tiny  balls,  boil  them  and 
heat  them  in  the  cream  with  the  dice  of 
chicken. 


which  ends  the  luncheon  in  the  drawing 
room  or  on  the  piazza.. 

For  the  floral  decorations  you  can  not 
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the  table,  with  four  smaller  ones  at  the 
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they  are  always  in  good  taste,  and  are  as 
useful  in  the  drawing  room  as  in  the  din- 
ing room. 


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Building  Material 


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Oil  Makes  Concrete  Waterproof. 

HILE  experimenting  in  an  at- 
tempt to  develop  a  non-absorb- 
ent, resilient  and  dustless  road 
material,  capable  of  withstanding 
the  severe  shearing  and  raveling  action  of 
automobile  traffic,  Logan  Waller  Page, 
director  of  public  roads,  discovered  the 
waterproofing  qualities  of  oil  mixed  con- 
crete, which  was  announced  two  years 
ago.  In  the  meantime  extensive  labora- 
tory and  service  tests  have  definitely  es- 
tablished the  value  of  this  oil  mixed  con- 
crete for  damp-proof  construction,  and  a 
new  bulletin,  No.  230,  has  been  issued  by 
the  department  of  agriculture.  This 
bulletin  discusses  fully  the  preparation 
and  use  of  oil  mixed  concrete ;  briefly 
summarized,  the  conclusions  to  be  drawn 
from  them  are  that  the  admixture  of  cer- 
tain mineral  oils  in  small  proportions,  not 
to  exceed  10  per  cent  of  the  cement  used, 
does  not  lessen  the  tensile  strength  of 
mortar ;  that  the  decrease  in  the  com- 
pressive  strength  of  mortar  and  concrete 
is  not  serious ;  that  concrete  mixed  with 
oil  takes  much  longer  to  set  hard,  perhaps 
twice  as  long,  but  that  the  increase  in 
strength  is  nearly  as  rapid  in  the  oil- 
mixed  material  as  in  the  plain  concrete. 

The  use  of  oil  does  not  make  the  con- 
crete impervious  to  heavy  water  pres- 
sure, but  it  does  make  it  practically  non- 
absorbent  under  low  heads. 

The  value  of  oil-mixed  concrete  is  said 
to  be  particularly  great  in  the  construc- 
tion of  basement  floors  and  walls,  water- 
ing troughs,  cisterns,  barns,  silos  and  in 
all  parts  of  concrete  structures  that  are 
to  be  made  damp-proof. 

The  oil  should  in  no  case  exceed  10  per 
cent  of  the  weight  of  the  cement  and  for 


the  most  part  5  per  cent  is  all  that  is 
necessary.  Since  a  bag  of  cement  weighs 
94  pounds,  4.7  pounds  of  oil,  or  about  2l/2 
quarts,  should  be  added  for  each  bag  of 
cement  used  in  the  mixture. 

The  sand  and  cement  should  be  first 
mixed  with  the  proper  amount  of  water 
into  a  stiff  mortar,  to  which  is  added  the 
correct  amount  of  oil  and  the  whole  mass 
again  thoroughly  mixed  until  all  traces 
of  oil  have  disappeared.  Particular  care 
should  be  taken  to  insure  that  the  oil  is 
thoroughly  incorporated  in  the  mixture 
and  the  time  of  mixing  should  be  prac- 
tically double  that  when  the  oil  is  not 
used. 

The  kind  of  oil  is  also  important  and 
technical  specifications  are  suggested  in 
the  bulletin  in  order  to  prevent  the  use  of 
certain  oils  which  might  tend  to  impair 
the  strength  of  the  mortar  or  the  con- 
crete. 

For  practical  use  the  addition  of  oil  will 
be  found  particularly  useful  in  the  con- 
struction of  basement  floors  and  walls. 
Many  of  these  now  in  existence  are  con- 
tinually clamp  and  such  a  condition  may 
be  remedied  by  the  application  of  an  oil- 
mixed  mortar  coat  to  the  old  surface.  A 
mortar  composed  of  one  part  of  cement 
and  two  parts  sand  and  containing  5  per 
cent  of  oil  should  be  sufficiently  non- 
absorbent  for  this  purpose. 

Watering  troughs  and  cisterns  made  of 
oil-mixed  concrete  should  also  prove  of 
considerable  practical  value  in  the  con- 
servation of  water.  In  the  construction 
of  barns,  where  oil-mixed  concrete  is 
used,  the  interior  will  be  noticeably  drier 
than  when  ordinary  concrete  is  used. 

Owing  to  their  durability,  cleanliness 
and  resistance  to  fire,  concrete  barns  are 


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Herringbone 


grips  and  holds 


"DECIDE  now  on  Herringbone  for  your  stucco 
^^^  house.  Herringbone  walls  do  not  crack,  dis- 
color nor  fall.  Settle  the  question  of  repairs  now — 
before  you  build — by  using 


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becoming  more  and  more  popular,  but 
they  suffer  from  the  disadvantage  that 
during  a  long  beating  rain  the  side  walls 
are  inclined  to  absorb  much  moisture, 
which,  ultimately,  penetrates  into  the  in- 
terior. The  addition  of  oil  to  the  extent 
of  5  per  cent  of  the  weight  of  cement  in 
the  concrete  used  in  the  side  walls  ob- 
viates this  objection.  Barn  floors  can 
also  be  constructed  in  the  same  way  with 
advantage.  A  damp-proof  floor  is  warm- 
er because  of  the  lack  of  evaporation  from 
its  surface  and  it  is  also  more  sanitary 
than  an  ordinary  concrete  floor  because 
of  its  non-absorbent  character. 

Attention  is  called,  however,  to  the  fact 
that  extreme  care  in  proportioning,  mix- 
ing, and  placing  the  concrete  is  absolutely 
necessary  if  the  addition  of  any  water- 
proofing agent  is  to  be  of  any  value.  The 
process  of  oil  with  concrete  has  been  cov- 
ered by  a  public  patent  so  that  anyone  is 
at  liberty  to  use  it. 

For   Cleaning  Stonework. 

Frequent  inquiries  are  made  for  meth- 
ods of  cleaning  stone.  The  use  of  acids 
is  generally  to  be  deprecated,  because 
they  tend  to  injure  the  texture  of  the 
stone.  The  following  suggestions  are 
given  by  an  English  paper:  "Equal  parts 
of  muriatic  acid  and  water  will  remove 
spots  of  mortar  on  brick  or  stonework, 
but  it  is  not  the  right  material  for  clean- 
ing stone  that  is  begrimed  from  smoke 
and  dirt.  To  accomplish  this,  apply  to 
the  surface,  with  a  long-handled  fibre 
brush,  a  strong  solution  of  caustic  solu- 
tion of  pearlash.  Let  it  remain  on  for 
about  fifteen  minutes,  then  wash  several 
times  with  clear  water,  using  a  stiff  brush 
or  broom  for  the  purpose.  If  this  is  not 
effective  enough,  scrub  the  stone  with  a 
stiff  fibre  brush,  using  soft  soap  and  con- 
centrated lye  and  sand,  allowing  this  to 
remain  on  the  stone  until  nearly  dry,  then 
rinse  with  clear  water,  using  a  brush  to 
remove  cleaning  material.  Protect  the 
hands  with  rubber  gloves." — Stone. 

Experiment  Before  Staining. 

When  using  stains,  a  plan  which  often 
saves  much  disappointment  is  to  experi- 
ment first  on  a  few  pieces  of  wood  similar 
to  that  on  the  job,  till  the  required  result 
is  attained  before  proceeding  with  the  en- 


tire job.    Allow  the  samples  to  dry  before 
judging,  as  the  drying  may  alter  the  tone. 

An  Economy  to  Repaint. 

Every  home  owner  desires  an  attract- 
ive house,  one  that  will  appear  well,  will 
have  a  charm  at  the  beginning  and  will 
not  lose  it  with  years  of  use ;  a  house  that 
will  please  his  neighbors  as  well  as  him- 
self, and  that  will  add  to  the  beauty  and 
attractiveness  of  the  community  in  which 
he  lives. 

It  is  always  an  economy  to  repaint  a 
house  when  it  begins  to  show  signs  of 
paint  decay.  The  failing  is  due  to  the 
effect  of  the  sun  and  the  weather  on  the 
oil.  It  will  save  injury  to  the  house  to  re- 
paint, outside  and  inside,  and  to  use  only 
the  best  material,  for  "the  best  of  its  kind 
is  the  most  economical." 

When  preparing  to  paint  the  exterior 
of  the  house,  very  careful  attention 
should  be  given  to  the  condition  of  the 
wood  or  brick,  as  well  as  to  the  weather. 
Painting  should  not  be  done  when  the 
walls  are  wet.  In  damp  or  frosty  weather 
paint  should  not  be  put  on  early  in  the 
morning,  as  the  moisture  covers  the  sur- 
face and  will  cause  the  paint  to  blister 
and  perhaps  to  "crawl." 

Mile-a-Minute  Concrete  Work. 

A  rush  job  out  in  Ohio  required  some 
novel  expedients  to  secure  desired  re- 
sults. At  3  p.  m.,  January  9,  a  contract 
was  awarded  for  the  erection  of  a  one- 
story  structure  90'  x  202'  in  size,  with 
two  monitors,  for  an  acid  building 
for  a  storage  battery  company.  It  was 
stipulated  that  the  building  should  be 
completed  by  February  1.  Considerable 
concrete  was  involved  and  on  account  of 
this  and  to  guard  against  the  effects  of  ad- 
verse weather,  a  circus  tent  ISC' x  350' 
was  put  over  the  site.  Construction  was 
begun  at  6  a.  m.,  January  10,  with  a  force 
of  250  men  and  in  16  days  the  entire  job 
was  completed,  thus  enabling  the  lucky 
contractor  to  establish  a  construction  rec- 
ord for  '"dead-of-winter"  work.  Not  only 
is  the  ingenuity  of  using  a  tent  to  make 
speed  possible  in  construction  to  be  high- 
ly commended,  but  so  far  as  the  construc- 
tion itself  is  concerned,  the  advantages  of 
uniform  temperatures  in  winter  concrete 
construction  cannot  be  overestimated. — 
Concrete-Cement  Age. 


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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

What  Is  YOUR  Building  Problem? 

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A  Full  Timber  Construction. 

J.  S. — "I  wish  to  build  a  house  about 
16x22  and,  being  in  the  country,  to  build 
it  as  cheap  and  as  durable  as  possible. 
There  is  some  good  timber  about  but  not 
of  sufficient  size  to  make  a  log  house.  I 
was  thinking  of  hewing  2  sides  of  the  log 
to  make  it  6  inches  through,  and  making 
the  frame  of  those  logs.  The  uprights 
would  make  a  wall  6  inch  thick,  thereto 
being  nailed  a  scantling  2x4  inches  to  re- 
ceive on  the  outside  metal  lath  and  on  the 
inside  wooden  lath,  leaving  the  timbers 
exposed  on  the  outside.  Would  this  not 
be  rigid  enough ;  also  warmer  than  a 
frame  building?" 

Ans. — Replying  to  your  inquiry  about 
character  of  construction  for  your  pro- 
posed country  home,  we  would  answer 
''Yes."  With  the  log  construction  as  you 
h:.ve  outlined  you  should  have  a  perfectly 
rigid  and  firm  structure,  built  as  you  have 
described  and  it  ought  to  be  easily 
warmed. 

If  you  build  this  house  as  you  now  de- 
scribe, we  would  be  very  much  inter- 
ested to  see  a  picture  of  it  when  com- 
pleted and  hope  you  may  find  the  oppor- 
tunity of  sending  us  a  photograph  of  the 
same  accompanied  by  a  little  write-up  or 
description  of  your  experience  in  build- 
ing it.  It  is  a  house  that  would  be  some- 
what out  of  the  ordinary  and  I  am  sure 
would  prove  of  a  good  deal  of  interest 
to  the  readers  of  Keith's  Magazine. 

Finish  for  Hardwood  Floors. 

F.  H.  M. — We  wish  to  secure  for  our 
hardwood  floors  the  most  beautiful  and 
durable  finish  that  it  is  possible  to  obtain. 

Ans. — Hardwood  floors  may  be  given  a 
beautiful  finish  either  by  waxing  or  by 
applying  a  good  floor  varnish.  If  floors 
are  waxed  they  must  be  given  constant 


care,  when  it  is  possible  to  keep  them  in 
beautiful  condition.  A  good  floor  varnish 
makes  an  excellent  finish  and  is  impervi- 
ous to  dust. 

To  finish  an  oak  floor  in  the  natural 
finish,  which  we  presume  is  what  you 
will  want,  we  recommend  a  coat  of  good 
paste  wood  filler  of  the  desired  shade  and 
three  coats  of  floor  varnish  of  a  standard 
make,  while  if  the  wood  is  not  of  oak  or 
similar  open  grain,  but  is  of  a  close  grain 
such  as  maple,  then  the  paste  wood  filler 
should  not  be  applied,  and  three  coats  of 
floor  varnish  applied  according  to  instruc- 
tions given  by  the  manufacturers  is  the 
only  treatment  necessary. 

Lot  Level. 

E.  C.  R. — I  want  to  ask  a  question  rela- 
tive to  my  lot  line  and  the  facing  of  the 
house  for  best  results.  The  lot  faces  east 
and  has  an  elevation  at  the  front  of  about 
5  feet  above  the  sidewalk  level.  I  do  not 
care  for  a  steep  bank,  and  my  neighbor 
on  the  north  may  not  care  to  cut  to  the 
grade  I  may  establish  for  my  lawn. 
What  am  I  to  do  to  get  the  best  results 
from  the  situation? 

Ans. — In  reply  to  your  letter  regarding 
your  lot,  which  lies,  as  I  understand  it, 
5  feet  above  sidewalk  level  and  is  about 
the  same  as  the  lots  north  of  you,  where- 
as your  neighbor  on  the  south  is  about 
2  feet  below  the  natural  level  of  your  lot, 
would  say  that  in  my  judgment  I  would 
never  lower  my  lot  if  I  were  you.  Five 
feet  above  the  street  is  not  one  bit  too 
much.  I  would  simply  terrace  down  onto 
the  two  feet  lower  level  of  my  neighbor 
on  the  south. 

As  for  the  approach,  if  you  can  build  a 
neat  brick  wall  about  three  feet  high  run- 
ning across  the  front,  with  a  very  gentle 
terrace  sloping  down  to  this  wall. 


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The  Williamson  Heater  Co. 
286  Fifth  Ayr.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Tell  me  how  to  cut  my  coal  bills  from 
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This  House 
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I  have  14  rooms  and  all  are  heated  from  the 
Underfeed  furnace  at  a  uniform  temperature.     I 
have  no  gas  or  smoke,  and  it  gives  perfect  satisfaction. 
/  tut  buckiveat  hard  coal  in  my  furnace. 

My  coal  bills  for  the  past  year  have  not  exceeded  $30  where  last  year  I  heated 
only  6  rooms  and  it  cost  me  over  $60. 

There  are  not  nearly  as  many  ashes  as  from  other  furnaces.    We  feed  our  UNDERFEED 
furnace  morning  and  evening  in  severe  weather.    At  one  time  this  spring  when  the  weather  was  some- 
what mild,  it  ran  for  a  week  without  any  care,  and  still  there  was  fire. 

(Signed)  MRS.  CARRIE  G.  YAPLES, 

239  Oak  St..  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

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The  UNDERFEED  burns  the  cheaper  grades  of 
coal  with  wonderful  ease  and  success.  No  smoke  or 
dirt  through  the  house.  Few  ashes.  No  clinkers. 
Adapted  to  warm  air,  steam  or  hot  water. 

A  boy  of  12  can  operate  the  New-Feed  UNDER- 
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WOODS 


AND 


HOW  TO  USE 
THEM 


EDITOR'S  NOTE.— When  the  building  idea  takes  possession  of  you— and  the  building;  idea  is  dormant  or  active  in  every 
person;  when  you  feel  the  need  of  unbiased  information,  place  your  problems  before  KEITH'S  staff  of  wocd  experts. 

This  department  is  created  for  the  benefit  of  KEITH'S  readers  and  will  be  conducted  in  their  interest.     The  inforn 
given  will  be  the  best  that  the  country  affords. 

The  purpose  of  this  department  is  to  give  information,  either  specific  or  general,  on  the  subject  of  wood,  hoping  to  bring 
about  the  exercise  of  greater  intelligence  in  the  use  of  forest  products  and  greater  profit  and  satisfaction  to  the  users. 


rmation 


The  Passing  of  the  Forest  Primeval. 

OOD  has  been  so  abundant  in  the 
United  States,  and  so  cheap,  that 
it  has  been  used  for  a  multitude 
of  temporary  purposes,  often  for 
purposes  for  which  other  products  are 
better  suited.  Through  this  and  other 
causes  wood  has  been  discredited.  The 
idea  of  its  being  used  as  a  temporary  ex- 
pedient, to  be  replaced  later  by  a  more 
costly  material,  has  been  overemphasized. 
Added  to  this  is  the  fact  that  in  putting 
new  materials  on  the  market  they  have 
been  widely  advertised,  to  bring  them 
into  especial  prominence.  The  beauty 
and  real  desirability  of  wood  has  fallen 
into  the  background. 

Another  stage  of  economic  develop- 
ment has  now  been  reached.  Wood  is 
taking  its  place  as  one  of  the  finer  ma- 
terials, and  is  being  used  for  purposes  for 
which  it  is  preeminently  fitted.  So  much 
has  been  said  about  the  growing  scarcity 
of  wood  that  people  are  taking  the  state- 
ment as  an  absolute  rather  than  a  relative 
one.  People  do  not  burn  great  trees  now 
to  get  them  off  the  ground  that  they  want 
to  turn  into  grain  fields  as  they  did  in 
pioneer  days,  nor  split  them  into  rails  for 
building  fences.  Information  from  au- 
thentic sources  seems  to  show  that  for  all 
uses  to  which  wood  is  especially  fitted, 
the  possible  supply  of  wood  is  quite  suf- 
ficient. 

The  time  is  past  when  the  price  was 
controlled  in  part  by  the  fact  that  trees 
were  cumbering  good  ground,  or  that 


timber  land  was  the  gift  of  the  govern- 
ment. It  is  controlled  by  the  regular 
economic  forces,  chiefly  the  labor  in  get- 
ting it  out,  and  transportation,  with  a 
small  margin  for  the  land.  Practically,  a 
great  difficulty  seems  to  lie  in  bridging 
the  span  between  the  small  man  who  has 
cut  the  logs  on  his  place  and  the  big  con- 
cern which  puts  lumber  on  the  market. 
There  is  small  incentive  for  the  owner  of 
the  smaller  timber  plots  to  get  them  into 
such  condition  that  they  yield  a  more  or 
less  constant  supply. 

Peculiar  Advantages  of  Wood 

The  characteristic  qualities  of  wood  are 
such  that  we  can  scarcely  conceive  of  the 
possibility  of  banishing  wood  from  our 
immediate  and  personal  surroundings. 
There  is  always  a  chill  in  the  thought  of 
"marble  halls."  We  have  occasionally 
seen  beautiful  floors  of  Gruby  tile  in  a 
living  room,  but  most  of  us  prefer  a  hard 
wood.  Furniture  made  of  any  other  ma- 
terial than  wood  does  not  seem  good  to 
us.  We  accept  reed  and  willow,  but  they, 
of  course,  are  wood. 

The  general  availability  of  wood,  its 
strength  and  lightness,  together  with  the 
ease  with  which  it  is  worked,  makes  it  a 
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temperature. 


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WOODS  AND  HOW  TO  USE  THEM-Continued 


Wood  has  been  the  good  friend  to 
which  man  has  turned  in  every  need  from 
aboriginal  days.  Perhaps  that  is  the  rea- 
son that  nothing  else  gives  such  a  com- 
fortable, homey  atmosphere. 

Yet  with  all  this,  what  do  we  really 
know  about  this  material  which  in  a  gen- 
eral way  we  call  wood.  A  few  of  the 
most  used  varieties  are  recognized  at 
sight.  In  your  new  house  you  say  you 
must  have  oak  finish,  but  why  do  you 
want  oak  except  that  your  neighbor  ad- 
mires it?  You  insist  that  it  shall  be 
"quarter  sawn."  What  do  you  mean  by 
that,  and  why  do  you  want  it? 

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figured by  many  of  the  stains  and  finishes 
now  used  as  a  matter  of  course. 

Lumber  Waste. 

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rough  or  in  semi-finished  form  from  mill 
or  factory  waste. 

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has  been  that  of  a  furniture  maker  in 
Michigan  who  wrote  to  the  forest  serv- 
ice asking  how  to  dispose  of  sugar  maple 
blocks  and  sticks  which  were  cut  off  in 
the  process  of  furniture  making  and 
which  he  had  been  selling  merely  as  fuel. 
Samples  were  obtained  from  him  and  the 
forest  service  then  located  a  scrubbing 
brush  manufacturer  who  used  small 
maple  blocks  for  brush  backs.  The  result 
was  that  the  furniture  maker  was  enabled 
to  sell  his  waste  at  a  much  higher  price 
than  it  had  brought  as  firewood,  while 
the  brush  maker  was  enabled  to  buy 
brush-back  material  in  suitable  sizes  at  a 
much  lower  figure  than  it  had  been  cost- 
ing him  to  buy  maple  lumber  and  cut 
it  up. 

Firms  which  have  been  put  in  touch 
with  each  other  through  the  exchange  are 
expected  to  notify  the  forest  service  when 
their  requirements  have  been  met ;  then 
their  names  are  removed  from  the  lists. 
In  this  way  several  concerns  which  early 
took  advantage  of  the  plan  have  dropped 
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Ans. — In  designing  a  pergola  the  archi- 
tectural location  of  the  house  should  be 
taken  into  account.  If  the  pergola  is  to 
be  made  of  millwork  it  would  be  well  to 
specify  cypress,  redwood  or  white  pine. 
If  a  semi-rustic  effect  is  wanted  use  large 
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care  required  to  join  the  members  of  the 
frame. 

For  log  bungalows  nothing  in  the  north 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


For  the   Camping   Outfit. 

IIKTHKR  one  camps  for  a  week 
or  a  month  in  the  mountains  or 
in  the  northern  woods,  or  if  one 
only  drives  thirty  miles  in  the 
machine  and  gets  dinner  in  the  woods 
with  a  long  day  there,  some  kind  of  a 
camping  outfit  becomes  a  convenience  if 
not  a  necessity.  This  is  especially  true 
of  cooking  utensils.  Here  are  a  few  sug- 
gestions which  will  allow  tin  pails,  which 
you  must  carry,  to  do  double  service. 
We  make  acknowledgment  to  J.  D.  C. 
in  the  Country  Gentleman : 

"If  you  have  an  empty  lard  pail — the 
ten-pound  size — select  a  tin  cover  that 
will  fit  inside  it  about  half  way  down. 
Punch  larger  holes  in  this  cover,  and 
you  have  a  small  but  very  useful  steam- 
er. The  regular  cover  of  the  lard  pail 
will  need  to  have  one  or  two  holes 
punched  in  it  in  order  to  allow  some  of 
the  steam  to  escape.  When  this  steamer 
is  over  the  fire,  remove  the  handle,  which 
is  easily  done  by  pulling  first  one  side 
and  then  the  other  from  the  holes  into 
which  it  is  fitted.  When  you  wish  to  lift 
the  steamer  from  the  fire  the  handle  is 
as  easily  slipped  back  into  place.  If  you 
do  not  have  a  tin  cover  that  will  fit  down 
into  the  pail,  try  a  small  colander." 

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you   start   on   a    long    trip   and    carry    it 
with  you,  keeping  it  moderately  hot,  in 
a  fireless  cooker  which  you  can  make. 

"Large  covered  lard  pails  that  hold.  I 
believe,  a  hundred  pounds,  and  may  be 
purchased  for  a  small  sum  from  the  gro- 
cer. One  of  these  can  also  be  readily 
converted  into  a  fireless  cooker  by  being 
lined  first  with  asbestos  or,  lacking  that, 
with  several  thicknesses  of  newspaper, 
then  filled  with  hay  packed  in  tightly,  a 
nest  being  made  in  the  middle  for  the 
pail,  which  should  be  supplied  with  a 
tightly  fitted  cover.  Line  the  nest  and 
cover  the  top  of  the  hay  with  muslin, 
leaving  room  above  all  for  a  thick  cushion 


of  hay,  with  newspapers  top  and  bottom. 
When  in  use  cover  all  with  a  thick  blan- 
ket. Such  a  cooker  is  useful  anywhere, 
but  is  especially  fine  for  camping." 

These  large  pails  also  make  very  use- 
ful bread  and  cake  boxes. 

"Sample-size  talcum  powder  boxes 
make  attractive  and  serviceable  salt  and 
pepper  shakers  for  camping  or  picnick- 
ing, as  the  perforations  at  the  top  may 
be  closed  when  not  in  use." 

Housing. 

How  to  construct  houses  so  that  the 
occupants  will  not  be  robbed  of  their 
natural  right  to  light  and  air  and  still 
be  warm  in  winter  and  cool  in  summer  is 
the  great  problem,  says  the  National 
Real  Estate  Journal. 

Before  the  days  of  glass,  houses  were 
not  only  dark  in  the  daytime,  but  ade- 
quate ventilation  was  impossible. 

A  brilliant  prophecy  for  the  future 
came  from  Berlin  before  the  dreadful 
days  of  the  war,  which  we  quote,  as  it 
may  furnish  inspiration  to  the  home- 
builder. 

Paul  Scheerbart,  the  well-known  Ger- 
man writer,  prophesies  that  the  architec- 
ture of  the  future  will  be  of  glass,  and 
that  the  world  will  be  inhabited  by  a 
happy  race  living  under  the  good  influ- 
ence of  sunlight. 

"The  houses  will  be  of  glass,"  he  says, 
"with  all  wood  eliminated.  The  furniture 
will  be  of  wrought  iron,  and  the  frame- 
work of  the  buildings  will  be  of  iron,  rust- 
proof, while  the  walls  will  be  of  double 
glass,  to  insure  warmth,  and  of  many 
colors,  in  order  to  baffle  inquisitive  per- 
sons. 

"The  buildings  will  be  heated  by  elec- 
tricity, and  the  walls  decorated  in  tiffany 
majolica  effects. 

"The  porch  of  every  home  will  have 
three  sides  of  glass,  and  there  will  be 
glass  garden  houses,  where  one  may  live 
in  the  sunshine  by  day  and  the  starlight 
by  night." 


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MAN  knows  all  about  how  much 
fuel  he  puts  into  his  furnace,  but 
as  to  how  much  heat  he  gets  out  of 
it  and  how  much  he  ought  to  get 
he  knows  very  little. 

"The  first  step  in  designing  a  heating  system 
for  a  building  is  to  determine  the  probable 
heat  loss  per  hour  in  the  coldest  weather, 
after  which  an  equipment  should  be  provid- 
ed of  sufficient  heating  power  to  offset  this 
loss  when  working  at  its  normal  capacity," 
and  to  consider  the  quality  of  the  air  supplied. 
A  series  of  books  on  Power,  Heating  and 
Ventilation,  by  Charles  L.  Hubbard,  have  just 
been  published  by  McGraw-Hill  Book  Com- 
pany. While  the  work  is  technical,  and  the 
first  part  treats  of  steam  power  plants,  the 
second  part  covers  the  subject  of  heating  and 
ventilation  as  applied  to  all  classes  of  build- 
ings, from  the  small  furnace-heated  dwelling  to 
structures  of  large  size,  and  the  fundamental 
elements  of  the  subject  are  quite  fully  treated. 
It  takes  up  heat  losses,  ventilation,  "the  vari- 
ous types  of  furnaces  and  boilers  with  the 
especial  reasons^  and  conditions  for  each,  in- 
cluding electric  heating;  fans;  and  the  devices 
for  controlling  the  plants.  In  addition  it  gives 
a  chapter  on  the  proper  care  and  management 
of  heating  and  ventilating  plants.  If  the 
householder  knew  more  of  these  things  he 
would  be  more  comfortable  with  reduced  coal 
bills. 

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interest  to  other  fathers  who  grew  up  in  the 
open  fields  and  woods.  It  is  the  story  of  Wil- 
liam Suddards  Franklin,  published  by  Frank- 
lin, Macnutt  &  Charles. 

"And  on  Saturdays  we  boys  roamed  over 
the  prairies  picking  wild  flowers,  playing  wild 
plays  and  dreaming  wild  dreams — children's 
dreams.  Do  you  suppose  that  little  Bill 
dreams  such  dreams  in  a  fifty-foot  lot  with 
only  his  mother's  flowers  in  the  window  pots 
to  teach  him  the  great  mystery  of  life?" 

"Bill's  school  seems  real  enough,  but  his 
play  and  his  work  seem  rather  empty.  Of 
course  Bill  cannqt  have  the  fringe  of  a  million 
square  miles  of  wild  buffalo  range  for  his  out- 
of-doors." 

"The  Land  of  Out-of-Doors!  What  irony 
there  is  in  such  glowing  phrase  to  city  boys 
like  Bill!" 

"Scarcely  more  than  a  generation  ago  every 
American  boy  came  under  the  spell  of  hunting 
and  fishing,  the  most  powerful  incitement  to 
laborious  days  and  the  most  potent  of  all 
anodynes  for  bodily  discomfort  and  hardship; 
and  the  problem  of  educational  play  is  to  a 
great  extent  the  problem  of  finding  a  substi- 
tute for  the  lure  of  the  wild  for  the  energizing 

of  play." 

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"With  the  painful  recollection  of  many  occa- 
sions on  which  the  author  has  remembered 
things  to  be  done  just  too  late  to  do  them," 
The  Country  Home,  Month  by  Month,  a  .bouk 
of  236  pages,  has  been  prepared  by  Edward 
Irving  Farrington.  It  is  more  than  a  monthly 
reminder  for  it  gives  directions  in  detail  lor 
many  important  things  necessary  to  be  d^ne. 
when  living  in  the  country,  with  especial  ref- 
erence to  the  poultry,  the  garden,  and  the 
bees. 

The  appendix  gives  a  list  of  the  government 
experiment  stations,  and  suggests  taking  ad- 
vantage of  their  helpfulness.  There  are  plant- 
ing tables  for  flowers  and  vegetables,  analyses 
of  fertilizers,  spraying  calendars,  and  informa- 
tion regarding  poultry.  It  is  published  by 
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KEITHS  MAGAZINE 

ON  HOME  BUILDING 


Just  a  Word 150 

As  They  Build  in  California— £.  C.  Barthohmaa 153 

Two  Women  Architects—  Virginia  ShortrlJgc 157 

The  Kitchen— a  Woman's  Workshop— EJilh  M.  Jones 162 

Typical  Colonial  Entrances 165 

The  Willow  Wattle  and  Birdcages-  W  C.  RockuxxiJ 168 

Homes  Recently  Built  171 

The  Inexpensive  Bungalow 175 

A  Shingle  Cottage 176 

Clinker  Brick  and  Cobblestone '. ...  .178 

A  Canadian  Bungalow 179 

Rough  Siding  and  Cobblestone 180 

Homes  of  Individuality . .   182 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 186 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  190 

Household  Economics 194 

Table  Chat 198 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating,  Lighting  and  Plumbing 202 

The  Architect's  Corner 206 

Woods  and  How  to  Use  Them 208 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 212 

New  Booklets  and  Trade  Notes  ...  . .  216 


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KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIV 


SEPTEMBER.  1915 


No.  3 


As  They  Build  in  California 

E.  C.  Bartholomew 


HOSE  who  have  studied  the  old 
California  Missions  and  their 
predecessors,  the  mission  churches 
of  Mexico,  seem  to  feel  that  the 
California!!  climate  and  conditions  strong- 
ly influenced  the  mission  builders  in  the 
variations  which  they  made  from  the 
Mexican  types  of  building.  It  is  with  a 
curious  sensation  that  one  pauses  to  re- 
member the  old  Spanish  civilization 
which  centered  in  Mexico  City  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  nineteenth  century,  whence 
came  the  old  mission  builders  and  the 
early  life  of  California.  One  of  the  most 


notable  features  of  the  Missions  of  Cali- 
fornia, especially  as  distinguished  from 
those  of  Texas  and  work  further  south,  is 
the  low  wide  spreading  eaves  almost  in- 
variably found  in  these  buildings,  giving 
the  comforting  sense  of  relief  from  the 
heat  of  the  noonday  sun  as  well  as  the 
brilliancy  of  sunshine  and  strong  shad- 
ows. This  is  a  feature  which  the  home 
builders  have  accepted  and  made  quite 
their  own.  Perhaps  this  is  the  reason  the 
bungalow  is  so  popular  in  California.  On 
the  other  hand,  possibly  the  bungalow  as 
we  know  it,  has  been  evolved  and  de- 


The  wide  spreading  eaves  give  •  i 


;  of  comfort. 


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veloped  in  the  process  of  adapting  the 
very  wide  low  eaves  to  the  small  dwell- 
ing. Nowhere  has  it  been  so  well  done 
perhaps  as  in  Pasadena. 

In  a  mild  climate  where  it  is  not  neces- 
sary to  enclose  and  heat  the  space  under 
the  floors,  the  processes  of  building  meet 
very  different  conditions.  Without  ex- 
cavations and  deep  foundation  walls,  a 
building  may  ramble  about  at  the  pleas- 


open  the  whole  space,  and  so  are  twice  as 
effective  as  double  hung  sash  which  only 
open  the  space  of  one  sash.  In  some  lo- 
calities the  casements  open  out  and  in 
other  places  they  all  seem  to  be  made  to 
open  in.  Curtains  and  shades  can  be 
easily  arranged  for  either  condition. 
Casement  windows  certainly  are  pictur- 
esque, and  perhaps  especially  so  in  a 
tropical  luxuriant  vegetation. 


Casements  open  the  whole  window  space. 


ure  of  the  owner,  without  adding  enor- 
mously .to  the  expense.  Hence  we  find 
the  houses  all  on  one  floor,  wide,  and  low 
lying,;  with  wide  projecting  eaves  coming 
down  "close  to  the  windows. 

Where  picturesque  effects  are  espe- 
cially sought,  the  wide  shingles  or  shakes 
combine  very  effectively  with  other  ma- 
terials, giving  a  good  texture  to  the  sur- 
face, ^jifti 

Casement  windows  are  greatly  favored 
in  California  because,  for  one  reason  thev 


Two  views  are  here  given  of  one  of  the 
bungalows  on  a  newly  laid  out  tract  in 
Pasadena.  While  the  buildings  of  this 
group  are  not  duplicated,  they  are  de- 
signed to  be  seen  as  a  group.  In  this 
bungalow  cobble  stones  are  used  in  an  in- 
teresting way  to  buttress  the  porch  piers 
and  chimney.  The  chimney  itself  has 
been  studied  as  one  of  the  features  of  the 
house  in  quite  a  satisfactory  way.  Def- 
inite facts  about  a  completed  building 
always  have  a  certain  interest.  Note  has 


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A  bungalow  in  Pasadena. 

been  given  us  that  this  bungalow  was 
built  complete  including  a  cement  garage 
and  all  walks  and  drive  for  $5,200.  It  is 
equipped  with  a  gas  furnace,  hot  water 
heater,  lighting  fixtures,  etc.  This  house,  of 
course,  could  not  be  duplicated  in  a  colder 
climate  at  this  price. 

In  climates  where  the  summer  heat  is 
intense  low  roofs  are  feared  on  account  of 
the  heated  ceilings.  Even  in  California  a 
house  of  this  type  is  generally  protected 
by  a  complete  circulation  of  the  air  under 
the  roofs.  If  you  notice  carefully  you 
will  generally  see  the 
the  louvres, — a  series 
of  overlapping  slats, 
— fitted  into  the  peak 
of  the  gables.  These 
overlapping  slats  are 
so  set  as  to  give  a 
free  circulation  of 
the  air  while  pro- 
tecting from  rain 
and  storm.  When 
set  very  close  under 
wide  projecting 
eaves  there  is  very 
little  danger  from 
rain,  but  they  should 
be  screened  to  keep 
out  squirrels,  birds 


or  other  intruders. 
In  cold  climates  they 
are  fitted  with  solid 
wood  doors  which 
may  be  closed  back 
of  the  louvres.  Reg- 
isters in  the  ceilings 
of  the  rooms  prevents 
the  hot  air  from 
gathering  and  re- 
maining at  the  ceil- 
ings. 

Another  feature  of 
the  California  house 
which  either  has  not 
been  appreciated 
elsewhere,  or  is  not 

suited  to  other  climate  and  conditions,  is 
the  "cold  closet."  This  term  implies  a 
very  definite  thing  to  the  builder  and  to 
the  housewife  in  California.  It  is  built 
almost  like  a  good  sized  flue,  and  some- 
what on  the  same  principle.  It  is  the 
draft  which  keeps  the  cupboard  cool.  It 
should  be  built  on  an  inside  partition, 
though  a  north  wall  would  do.  It  is  about 
the  size  of  a  refrigerator  on  the  inside — as 
it  serves  a  similar  purpose.  There  must 
be  a  free  circulation  of  the  air  from  the 
ground, — not  a  cement  floor,  so  they  in- 


A  house  all  on  one  floor. 


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A  colonnade  of  white  posts  on  either  side  of  the  patio. 


sist,  but  from  the  earth, — through  the  en- 
tire height  of  the  house  to  the  roof,  with  a 
direct  connection  to  the  outside,  generally 
carried  between  the  rafters.  Cupboard 
doors,  generally  from  the  kitchen,  open 
this  cold  closet  which  is  fitted  with 
shelves  of  a  heavy  wire  grating.  It  is 
screened  above  and  below  the  shelves,  all 
of  the  shelving  and  screens  being  remov- 
able. There  is  a  screened  opening  near 
the  ground  for  ventilation.  The  cupboard 
remains  at  about  the  temperature  of  an 
ordinary  cement  cellar.  If  it  gets  warm 
the  housewife  pours  a  little  cold  water 
onto  the  earth  at  the  bottom,  which"  seems 
to  be  all  that  is  necessary  to  operate  this 
economical  and  sanitary  refrigerating  sys- 
tem. 

In  California  it  does  not  really  matter 
what  kind  of  a  house  one  may  have,  vines, 
shrubbery  and  flowers  will  make  it  beau- 
tiful. Such  slight  effort  is  so  well  repaid 


that  even  the  easy-going  dweller  in  a 
semi-tropical  land  is  encouraged  to  his 
best  endeavor.  At  the  same  time  the  set- 
ting is  worthy  of  the  beautiful  picture, 
and  we  often  see  the  small,  unpretentious 
house  with  its  tile  roofs  and  carefully 
worked  out  details.  The  patio,  or  small 
court  which  the  house  partly  surrounds, 
is  often  flanked  by  a  colonnade,  perhaps 
with  white  cement  posts,  which  turns  the 
patio  into  an  outdoor  living  room.  It  is 
secluded  from  the  street,  shaded  and  cool ; 
the  very  heart  of  the  house  and  its  hos- 
pitality. 

In  some  ways  California  has  escaped 
the  bondage  of  the  older,  more  commer- 
cial "effete  East,"  and  has  made  beauty  an 
asset  of  itself.  Beauty  has  a  commercial 
standing,  and  so  has  a  respect  paid  to  it 
which  is  not  accorded  so  readily  else- 
where. This  fact  is  reflected  even  in  the 
smallest  of  buildings. 


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157 


Two  Women  Architects 

Virginia  Shortridge 

Architecture  is  one  of  the  newer  professions  to  be  undertaken  by  women,  and  their 
work  has  been  given  very  little  publicity.  The  training  required  is  long  and  arduous, 
and  the  return  promised  is  in  the  pleasure  in  the  work  rather  than  in  especial  pecuniary 
profits.  Nevertheless  there  are  women  architects  in  all  parts  of  the  country;  women 
who  have  had  the  best  training  America  affords,  and  a  few  who  have  had  the  much 
prized  training  in  the  great  French  school  at  Paris.  They  are  working  in  a  steady, 
quiet  way  and,  especially  in  the  beginning  of  her  career,  each  woman  has  worked  under 
strong  handicaps.  The  building  of  homes  is  so  essentially  woman's  work,  and  the  dif- 
ficulties which  have  handicapped  these  pioneer  women  are  so  largely  psychological  that 
they  must  gradually  disappear  with  the  progress  of  the  work. 

The  article  which  follows  is  divided  somewhat  arbitrarily  into  two  parts,  the  second 
of  which  will  appear  in  a  following  number.  Miss  Howe  received  her  training  as  an 
architect  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  supplemented  by  travel  and 
study  abroad. — Editor. 


ANY  of  the  most  beautiful  build- 
ings in  the  world  were  built  under 
the  guidance  of  many  architects. 
It  is  a  well  recognized  fact  that 
more  minds  than  one  can  contribute  to  the 
design  of  a  building,  to  its  great  and  last- 
ing benefit,  as  may  be  witnessed  by  the  fine 
old  English  houses,  and  great  buildings  of 
all  countries. 

Perhaps  this  may  account  in  some  meas- 
ure for  the  charm  of  this  Cambridge  house 
to  those  who  visit  it,  and  Miss  Howe,  of 
Boston,  may  exemplify  the  same  fact.  The 
house  was  built  about  twenty  years  ago  by 
that  famous  firm  of  architects,  Messrs. 


Cram,  Goodhue  and  Ferguson,  who  have 
revived  the  beautiful  English  Gothic  and 
given  us  such  poems  in  stone.  Obedient 
to  the  courteous  unwritten  law,  Miss  Howe 
has  destroyed  the  exterior  line  as  little  as 
possible  in  framing  her  enlargement,  and 
has  achieved  what  is  termed  a  very  per- 
fect style  of  cottage  architecture. 

If  all  French  architecture  from  the  early 
times  shows  the  artistic  genius  of  the  race, 
and  English  architecture  shows  intelli- 
gence and  capacity  of  absorbing  and  ap- 
propriating what  has  been  creditably  done 
by  other  nations,  then  our  American  archi- 
tects are  following  their  English  brothers 


A  charming  house  in  Cambridge. 


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There  is  character  in  the  fables. 

and  making  in  various  localities  very  ar- 
tistic and  land-suitable  houses — with  a  new 
light  in  housewifely  conveniences  and  a 
deep  appreciation  of  the  value  of  fresh  air. 
The  original  kitchen  and  butler's  pantry 
in  this  house  have  been  made  into  a  roomy 
living  room,  with  large  fireplace,  and  op- 
posite are  broad  French  doors  with  small 


panes  of  glass,  giv- 
ing out  onto  a  piazza 
overlooking  a  pretty 
garden.  The  new 
kitchen  was  built  in 
a  new  wing.  Be- 
tween it  and  the  din- 
ing room  is  placed  a 
butler's  pantry,  with 
shelves  and  cup- 
boards, a  plate  warm- 
er and,  concealed  by 
a  small  door,  are 
racks  which  hold  the 
dish-towels,  out  of 
sight,  but  where  they 
are  dried  by  the  elec- 
tricity which  is  turned 

^n  for  the  plate  rack — and  above,  on  both 
sides,  stretching  quite  three  feet  either  side 
of  the  copper  lined  dish  sink,  is  the  dish 
rest  or  counter,  also  copper  covered.  The 
bowl  is  just  the  right  height  to  avoid  the 
leaning  over  in  washing  the  dishes.  An- 
other of  Miss  Howe's  practical  aids  for 
the  waitress  is  a  strong  board  placed  un- 


The  living  room  invites  one  to  rest  and  read. 


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159 


This  Cambridge  house  has  a  charming  group  of  windows  and  cupboards. 

der  the  shelves  which  can  be  drawn  out  to  four  feet  of  bay  makes  a  suitable  place  for 

stand   on    when   dishes   are    needed    which  the   sideboard   and   the  little   leaded   panes 

are  too  high  to  reach  with  ease.  add  a  quaint  picturesqueness  enhanced  by 

From  the  pantry  one  is  brought  into  the  the  tendrils  of  caressing  vines. 

very   charming  dining   room   where   about  George    William    Curtis    has    said    that 


The  other  end  of  the  room. 


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This  pretty  play  room  is  for  the  grrown-ups. 

every  man  may  be  in  essence  the  owner  of 
the  land  he  sees,  even  though  he  actually 
owns  not  a  foot  of  it — so  the  charming  pic- 
ture this  house  presents  in  its  luxuriant  set- 
ting of  trees  and  bushes  gives  much  to  the 
passerby — as  he  strolls  along. 

Strolling,  by  the  way,  is  done  now  and 
again  even  if  this  is  an  age  of  quick  mo- 
tion, above  us,  beneath  us,  and  by  us — 
accelerating  our  every  day  steps  somewhat 
startlingly  at  times.  It  is  possible  to  give 
a  little  of  the  way  to  Romance,  if  "tem- 
pered with  practicality."  One  dreams  a 


dream  and  it  comes  true,  and 
the  pretty  play  room  for 
grown-ups  may  be  classed  in 
that  variety.  For  this  room 
on  the  topmost  floor  of  an- 
other Cambridge  house  is  the 
out-grown  child's  play-room, 
descended  now  to  the  cosy 
corner  play-room  of  the  eld- 
ers. Does  it  not  suggest 
happy,  snug  hours  full  of 
story  and  good  cheer, — and 
much  jollity — with  its  wood 
fire,  its  comfortable  corners, 
and  its  mysterious  manner  of 
concealing  the  door  knob,  so  that  it  can 
only  be  opened  by  a  trick-button? 

Houses  are  somewhat  like  shrubs.  It  is 
almost  impossible  to  build  them  in  a  style 
indigenous  alone  to  America.  The  lilac 
comes  from  Persia  and  the  forsythia  from 
China,  although  named  for  a  Scotch  gar- 
dener. If  the  Georgian  period  is  quite  as 
truly  colonial,  yet  they  are  both  after  Eng- 
lish ways  and  this  wayside  cottage  cer- 
tainly suggests  the  Devonshire  lanes  more 
than  the  practical  architecture  of  a  New 
England  farm  house. 


This  cottage  at  Seal  Harbor,  Maine,  suggests  Devonshire  lanes. 


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Miss  Howe  believes  that 
clients  are  more  willing  to 
give  an  alteration  to  a  woman 
to  do,  in  changing  a  house, 
because  the  making  the  best 
of  not  too  perfect  situations 
is  a  well  acknowledged  femi- 
nine quality. 

Men,  as  clients,  are  less  ex- 
acting in  the  matter  of  their 
rooms  than  women,  because 
their  demands,  besides  being 
simpler,  are  uncomplicated  by 
the  feminine  tendency  to  want 
things  because  other  people  have  them, 
rather  than  to  have  things  because  they 


With  ita  wood  fire  and  comfortable  corners. 

are  wanted,  and  so  men  are  less  changeable 
when  once  they  are  prepared  to  build. 


An  Attractive   Rustic 
Pergola 


THE     rustic     pergola 
shown  in  the  picture, 
has    for   its   support 
four  octagonal  cinder-con- 
crete  columns   surmounted 
by    undressed    timber ;    in 
fact  the  picture  shows  them 
to  be  just  as  they  were  cut 
in  the  woods. 

The  arbor  is  8x12  feet. 
The  columns  are  7^/2  feet 
high,  2  feet  at  the  base  and 
18  inches  at  the  top.  Each 
has  a  foundation  of  con- 
crete 2  feet  6  inches  each 
way — in  other  words,  a 
concrete  footing  of  that  di- 
mension. A  square  form  of  boards  was 
erected  and  corner  pieces  inserted  to  form 
the  octagon.  It  was  intended  to  give  the 
columns  a  finishing  coat  of  plaster,  but  they 
looked  so  well  in  their  crude  state  that  it 
was  never  applied. 

Simple  designs  of  this  type  compare  fa- 
vorably with  the  most  costly   and  ornate 


Pine  for  a  country  home. 


conceptions,  and  are  made 
at  greatly  reduced  cost. 
These  columns  take  their 
place  in  the  landscape  with 
the  unobtrusiveness  of  a 
tree,  while  their  rough  sur- 
face is  better  adapted  to  the 
growing  of  vines  than  col- 
umns possessing  a  smooth 
surface.  In  fact,  the  col- 
umns on  the  world-famous 
terrace  at  Amalfi  are  even 
more  simple  than  these  oc- 
tagonal forms. 

The  concrete  could  be 
mixed  in  the  proportion  of 
1  part  Portland  cement,  2 
parts  sand  and  4  parts  stone  or  screened 
gravel,  as  cinders  are  not  always  available. 
Cinders  do  not  mean  ashes,  so  it  would 
be  better  to  use  sand  or  gravel. 

The  work  here  shown  was  executed  in 
Beverly,  N.  J.,  at  the  suburban  home  of 
J.  Fletcher  Street,  a  Philadelphia  architect. 
— Building  Age. 


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THE 

KITCHEN 


A  Woman's  Workshop 


Edith  M.  Jones 


This  magazine  is  fortunate  in  securing  for  a  series  of  articles,  one  of  the  few 
kitchen  specialists  in  the  country.  Mrs.  Jones  has  the  training  which  fits  her  for  plan- 
ning a  kitchen  down  to  the  minutest  details  so  that  it  fits  the  conditions  of  the  indi- 
vidual housewife.  KEITH'S  will  publish  this  series  of  articles  commencing  with  this 
current  month  and  any  of  our  readers  will  be  privileged  to  call  on  this  Department  for 
assistance  in  the  planning  and  securing  of  a  model  kitchen.  The  photographs  accom- 
panying this  first  number  show  some  of  the  work  which  Mrs.  Jones  has  so  successfully 
carried  out. — Editor. 


HEN  we  hear  our  grandmothers 
tell  of  the  good  things  that  were 
made  in  the  old  New  England 
kitchens  it  sometimes  makes  us 
doubt  if  modern  equipment  or  change  of 
method  is  so  necessary  after  all.  But  we 
too  often  forget  that  conditions  and  re- 
quirements have  changed  in  every  way 
since  our  grandmother's  time.  Then  each 
kitchen  with  its  ample  fresh  air  and  sun- 
shine was  a  manufacturing  plant  or  fac- 
tory caring  for  the  products  of  the  farm 
and  the  cool  cellars  made  storage  a  very 
simple  problem.  But  we  are  living  now 
in  crowded  and  congested  cities  and  the 
problems  have  changed  accordingly.  A 
wonderful  revolution  in  housekeeping  has 
taken  place.  Many,  many  of  the  indus- 
tries have  been  transferred  to  factories, 
the  lives  of  women  have  been  emancipat- 
ed from  much  heavy  work  and  house- 
keeping today  represents  greater  prob- 
lems and  responsibilities  along  economic 
lines.  Nowadays  buying  instead  of  manu- 
facturing is  the  important  thing  for  the 


housewife  to  consider.  In  other  words 
housekeeping  has  become  a  business  and 
as  the  activities  have  progressed  so  our 
workshops  and  methods  must  necessarily 
manifest  progress.  Every  profession  or 
business  is  tributary  to  homemaking, 
hence  all  exit  mainly  for  the  home  be- 
cause homemaking  is  the  supreme  pro- 
fession. It  is  happiest  when  understood 
and  no  profession  offers  so  wide  a  range 
of  knowledge,  activity  or  interesting  re- 
search. 

If  a  man  is  about  to  go  into  business, 
one  of  his  first  questions  naturally  would 
be  "Where  will  I  locate?  What  sort  of  a 
store  or  office  can  I  get  and  how  can  I  fit 
it  up  to  best  meet  my  business  needs?" 
So  when  a  woman  plans  her  home  she 
must  as  carefully  consider  her  kitchen,  for 
this  important  room  is  to  be  the  workshop 
and  office  of  the  business  of  her  home. 
Here  the  housewife  or  her  assistants  will 
spend  a  large  part  of  their  time.  And  no 
detail  is  too  small  for  careful  considera- 
tion if  time  and  thought  can  make  the 


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work  and  workers  more  comfortable. 
The  equipment  must  not  only  be  selected 
carefully  but  the  relationship  of  the  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  equipment  must  be  given 
much  consideration,  for  in  this  arrange- 
ment lies  the  secret  of  the  efficient 
kitchen. 

A  girl  who  has  been  employed  in  an 
office  before  her  marriage,  who  has  kept 
everything  in  systematic  order,  and  thus 


asserted  themselves  the  kitchens  express 
more  and  more  comfort,  efficiency  and 
beauty. 

The  business  man  for  instance  would 
not  tolerate  the  lack  of  efficiency  in  his 
place  of  business  that  the  housekeeper  ac- 
cepts as  a  matter  of  course.  Women  have 
accepted  inconvenience  with  characteris- 
tic endurance  because  it  has  seemed  eco- 
nomical and  necessary,  but  the  enormous 


Conveniences  a  modern  housewife  may  have. 


has  been  enabled  to  do  more  efficient 
work,  seldom  thinks  it  is  possible  to  fol- 
low the  same  ideas  in  her  kitchen  after 
her  marriage.  But  I  am  constantly  re- 
minded that  as  a  man  in  business  is  care- 
ful to  see  that  his  offices  are  provided 
with  the  necessary  equipment  so  the  home- 
maker  owes  it  to  herself  to  look  after  her 
workshop  with  the  same  idea  of  effi- 
ciency. The  kitchen  is  woman's  natural 
workshop  and  it  is  noticeable  wherever 
women's  intelligence  and  enthusiasm  have 


waste  of  time  and  courage  is  revealed  by 
a  glance  into  the  office  of  the  successful 
business  man.  This  model  of  compact- 
ness bears  its  lesson  and  the  condensed 
convenience  of  the  dining  car  kitchen  is  a 
revelation.  So  as  the  business  man  takes 
advantage  of  every  bit  of  office  equipment 
to  meet  the  demands  of  the  business 
world — women  in  their  workshops  must 
take  advantage  of  every  time  and  energy- 
saving  device  and  study  to  group  these 
appliances  so  that  the  industrial  centers 


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of  the  home  may  be  judged  by  the  mod- 
ern watchword  of  success  namely,  "con- 
servation and  efficiency." 

Again  let  us  turn  to  the  business  world 
for  a  moment  and  we  find  every  success- 


A  pantry  with  a  double  sink  — one  for  washing:  and  one 
for  draining:  dishes. 

ful  business  today  is  built  upon  a  well 
thought  out  organization.  Whether  the 
business  requires  many  or  few  people  to 
carry  on  the  work,  the  organization  is 
permanent  and  must  be  thought  out  by 
the  one  who  has  the  business  in  charge. 
The  head  of  the  business  must  under- 
stand every  point  of  his  business  even 
though  he  has  able  assistants  who  carry 
on  the  carefully  thought  out  plans.  He 
also  must  have  all  the  necessary  equip- 
ment in  his  offices  to  carry  on  the  work  in 
the  best  possible  way.  As  the  business 


man  manages  his  business  through  an  or- 
ganization and  carefully  selected  equip- 
ment so  the  successful  housewife  follows 
his  example  in  as  carefully  systematizing 
and  equiping  her  workshop. 

House  planning  and  homemaking  are 
sister  terms  and  cover  two  of  the  most  ab- 
sorbingly interesting  activities  of  human 
life.  Throughout  all  time  architecture  has 
been  the  most  universal  of  all  arts  in  its 
appeal.  Of  all  building  the  home  claims 
the  most  vital  personal  meaning.  Who 
has  not  dreamed  of  such  a  home  as  he  or 
she  would  like  to  have,  and  yet  how  often 
when  these  dreams  come  true  we  find 
that  we  have  given  the  first  consideration 
to  the  drawing  room,  while  the  kitchen, 
laundry,  closets,  etc.,  the  most  vital  rooms 
of  the  whole  house,  have  been  neglected. 
This  is  especially  unfortunate  because  the 
study  of  domestic  architecture  is  full  of 
secrets  which  every  woman  who  is  a 
homemaker  knows  how  best  to  plan  for 
herself. 

Just  a  word  in  regard  to  the  work  of 
planning  these  kitchens.  Every  archi- 
tect or  every  housewife  could  do  it  if  they 
gave  it  their  time  and  earnest  considera- 
tion, but  many  are  glad  to  avail  them- 
selves of  the  kitchen  specialist  whose 
work  it  is  to  share  her  experience  and 
time  in  this  much  needed  field  of  archi- 
tecture. Realizing  the  social  and  eco- 
nomic demands  of  the  day,  and  with  a 
sincere  desire  to  be  of  service  in  the 
world,  the  specialists  along  the  line  are 
aiming  to  place  housekeeping  on  a  busi- 
ness basis  and  to  make  the  workshop  of 
the  modern  home  as  efficient  as  the  office 
of  the  successful  business  man. 


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Typical  Colonial  Entrances 


The  Shreve  house  has  a  typical  Colonial  entrance. 


HE    work    of    the    early    colonial 
builders   is   one  of  the   powerful 
influences  in  a  large  part  of  the 
building  that  is  done  today.    The 
modern  builder  can  not  do  his  work  satis- 
factorily without  some  knowledge  of  the 


colonial  types,  and  the  home  builder  asks 
"what  kind  of  windows  to  use  with  his 
colonial  entrance,"  and  "how  to  arrange 
the  side  lights."  A  feeling  of  dignity  and 
of  leisure  always  pervades  the  best  of 
these  types  of  old  colonial  work.  It  is 


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disclosed  in  the  carefully  worked  out  de- 
tails, the  subtle  curves  of  the  mouldings, 
the  variety  of  the  dentile  courses  and  the 
key  mouldings,  as  well  as  in  the  more 
noticeable  features,  especially  in  the  slen- 
der and  delicately  detailed  "orders"  with 
generally  the  full  classic  entablature,  but 
all  so  daintily  designed  that  it  is  emi- 
nently appropriate  for  wood.  This  work 
could  only  have  been  designed  and  appre- 
ciated by  leisurely  people  in  easy  circum- 
stances. 

The  woodwork  was  almost  invariably 
painted  white  in  the  colonial  work  either 
of  the  North  or  of  the  South,  except  in 
the  case  of  the  more  elaborate  houses 
where  mahogany  was  used  for  interior 
work.  The  reason  for  this  was  very  evi- 
dent. The  native  wood  used  was  a  soft 
pine,  and  it  was  painted  white,  to  bring 
out  the  delicacy  and  beauty  of  the  details. 
Have  you  ever  noticed  how  clumsy  a 
coarse  moulding  looks  when  it  is  painted 
white;  that  a  simple  board  with  square 
•edges  generally  looks  better  than  a 
moulding  that  is  not  well  designed?  Then 
notice  a  moulding  with  small  faces  and 
delicate  curves,  such  as  are  found  in 
colonial  work,  when  it  is  painted  anything; 
but  white  and  you  will  see  that  the  fine 
shadow  lines  lose  their  values,  and  the 
whole  moulding  becomes  ordinary. 

If  the  colonial  householder  imported 
wood,  he  brought  over  from  the  old  coun- 
try the  most  beautiful  wood  he  could  get, 
so  mahogany  is  used  in  much  of  the  more 
elaborate  work.  The  combination  of  ma- 
hogany and  white  is  wonderfully  effec- 
tive, especially  as  a  background  for  the 
beautiful  old  mahogany  furniture.  The 
stair  rail  was  very  often  mahogany  even 
when  the  other  woodwork  was  white — 
again  for  a  very  good  reason.  White 
paint,  or  paint  of  any  kind  would  not 
stand  the  usage  given  the  hand  rail.  Our 
forefathers  were  very  provident  people. 

A  portico  very  generally  protected  the 


colonial  entrance.  Sometimes  it  was 
semi-circular,  but  more  often  it  was 
square.  One  of  the  classic  "orders"  was 
used  for  the  design  of  the  pillars  of  the 
portico  and  also  for  the  entrance.  The 
door  itself  was  usually  wide,  sometimes 
made  of  three  panels,  two  of  which 
hinged  togther  in  opening.  Side  lights  on 
either  side  of  the  door  and  generally  an 
oval  fan  light  over  the  whole,  made  the 
entrance  proper,  and  this  usually  opened 
into  a  wide  hall  which  extended  the  whole 
width  of  the  house,  with  a  glass  door  at 
the  farther  end.  The  entrance  expressed 
the  wide  hospitality  of  the  period.  The 
white  lines  of  the  muntins  showing  the 
divisions  of  the  glass  makes  a  feature  of 
colonial  work,  and  especially  of  the  side 
and  fan,  lights.  The  windows  themselves 
were  always  made  up  of  panes  of  glass 
which  we  call  small,  in  comparison  to  the 
great  sheets  of  glass  possible  to  the  mod- 
ern builder.  From  the  outside  the  small 
panes  are  eminently  satisfactory,  though 
modern  housekeepers  complain  of  the 
work  entailed  in  the  care  of  the  smaller 
lights  of  glass,  as  well  as  the  view  cut  off. 
So  modern  builders  have  compromised 
the  aesthetic  and  the  utilitarian  by  cut- 
ting the  upper  sash  of  the  window  into 
smaller  lights  and  leaving  the  lower  sash 
in  a  single  pane  of  glass.  In  many  of  the 
old  houses  the  hand  blown  glass  is  notice- 
ably different  from  the  glass  we  get  today, 
and  it  shows  in  photographs  by  the  multi- 
plied reflections. 

Salem,  Massachusetts,  was  one  of  the 
important  seaports  and  the  trade  between 
the  Indies  and  the  colonies  was  a  chief 
source  of  wealth.  It  was  also  the  home 
of  Samuel  Mclntire,  a  famous  colonial 
builder.  So  it  is  in  Salem  that  we  find 
some  of  the  finest  old  houses  of  this 
period  which  were  built  in  the  north.  The 
colonial  of  the  South  is  quite  different. 

The  Shreve  houses  on  Chestnut  Street, 
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of  the  best  colonial 
work.  There  are  two 
of  these  houses,  built 
by  brothers,  stand- 
ing side  by  side,  and 
almost  alike.  They 
use  the  more  elabor- 
ate Corinthian  order 
for  the  portico,  the 
same  order  at  two- 
thirds  the  scale  for 
the  entrance,  with 
the  same  order  in  a 
curios  Palladian  de- 
sign in  the  window 
over  the  portico. 
Elaborate,  though 
delicate  carving  is  a 
feature  of  colonial 
work,  for  the  capi- 
tals of  the  column, 
for  the  mouldings, 
and  for  much  inter- 
ior work. 

A  good  example 
of  the  semicircular 
portico  is  also  to  be 
found  on  Chestnut 
Street,  using  a  form 
of  the  Ionic  order, 
which  will  be  recog- 
nized by  the  capitals 
of  the  columns.  To 
the  casual  observer 

the  orders  are  distinguished  by  the  capi- 
tals. The  usual  form  of  the  Ionic  has  the 
face  of  the  capital  the  same  as  these,  but 
with  the  sides  different.  The  Doric  is  the 
simplest  and  often  the  most  satisfying 
form  of  the  classical  orders. 

To  those  who  are  building  homes,  and 
who  wish  to  follow  in  part  at  least,  a  type 
of  colonial  building  there  is  this  we  would 
say:  If  you  are  building  of  brick,  stucco, 
or  wood,  and  wish  beautiful  bits  of  detail 
in  wood,  especially  for  the  entrance  and 
for  the  interior,  there  is  perhaps  nothing 
more  satisfying  than  the  colonial.  But  it 


A  circular  portico  with  the  Ionic  order. 

should  be  used  in  the  spirit  of  its  time, 
and  not  dispossessed  of  much  of  its  beauty 
by  crowding  it  into  unwonted  positions.  It 
should  be  used  as  an  heirloom,  a  jewel,  or 
an  "old  master,"  because  it  is  more  beau- 
tiful than  a  later  time  affords.  Study  the 
photographs  of  some  of  these  good  old 
houses.  Do  not  try  to  copy  them.  They 
do  not  fit  your  conditions.  But  build  in 
the  same  careful,  sincere  way,  studying 
the  actual  things  you  want  to  accomplish, 
the  essential  needs  which  you  must  fill. 
In  that  spirit,  you  can  use  and  profit  by 
the  skill  of  the  colonial  builder. 


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The  Willow  Wattle 
and  Birdcages 

W.  C.   Rockwood 


HE  quaint  birdcages  of  old  Ire- 
land are  being  revived  in  this 
country.  They  are  designed  and 
made  along  the  lines  suggested 
by  the  cages  one  sees  outside  the  cabin 
doorways  of  the  Irish  peasantry.  The 
birds  favored  by  the  peasants  are  called 
the  linnet,  so  called  because  it  feeds  on 
the  seeds  of  the  flax  plant,  and  more  often 
the  native  thrush  of  sweet  voiced  mem- 
ory. 

As  far  as  American  ideas  of  safe  and 
sanitary  surroundings  for  feathered  pets 


will  permit,  the  old  designs  and  methods 
of  the  peasant  willow  wattler  are  being 
followed  in  the  American  manufacture. 
Those  who  know  well  their  counties  will 
recognize  the  cages  of  Kerry,  Waterford, 
Galway,  and  Tipperary,  and  the  models 
are  identified  by  their  local  name. 

In  old  Ireland  the  willow  stick  is 
known  as  the  willow  wattle,  the  process 
of  its  weaving  as  willow  wattling.  The 
bird  cages  made  in  New  York  are  of 
genuine  willow  wattles,  prepared  by  Irish 
peasants  for  the  market,  under  the  aus- 


Such  cages  as  one  sees  outside  the  cabin  doorway's  in  Ireland. 


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pices  of  the  National  Home  Industries 
Association,  thus  planting  a  home  indus- 
try of  the  old  country  on  a  commercial 
basis  here. 

This  whole  process  of  willow  manu- 
factury  in  this  country,  especially  as  car- 
ried on  by  some  of  the  factories  employ- 
ing only  hand  work  is  of 
particular  interest  with  the 
growing  popularity  of  wil- 
low furniture.  The  matter 
of  greatest  importance  to  the 
worker  is  the  willow  itself. 
It  seems  that  the  desired 
quality  comes  largely  from 
France.  On  account  of  pres- 
ent war  conditions  the  wil- 
low workers  are  testing  the 
growths  of  many  and  various 
sections  of  the  United  States. 
For  several  years  the  gov- 
ernment has  been  distribut- 
ing this  variety  of  willow  to 
those  desiring  it,  but  it  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  taken 
very  seriously,  when  not 
backed  by  the  commercial 
demand.  The  report  comes 
from  certain  counties  in 
Pennsylvania  where  the  wil- 
low sticks  grown  are  long 
and  straight. 

Before  beginning  to  work 
with  them,  these  sticks  are 
placed  in  a  tank  of  water,  in 
order  that  they  may  become  thoroughly 
pliable ;  then,  as  a  sanitary  measure,  and 
to  render  them  clean  and  white,  the 
bundles  while  still  damp  are  subjected  to 
fumigation  by  being  placed  with  burning 
sulphur  in  an  air-tight  room.  The  ma- 
terial is  then  ready  for  the  workman  who 
has  a  full  sized  pattern  of  the  piece  he  is 
to  make  before  him.  If  he  is  making  a 
chair  he  commences  by  braiding  together 
the  seat  over  a  frame  of  heavy  wooden 
dowels.  This  completed,  he  puts  in  the 
upright  dowels  which  form  the  legs  and 


fills  in  the  braided  work  which  shows  be- 
low the  seat,  starting  by  a  joint  with  the 
seat  and  working  toward  the  feet.  The 
back  and  arm  sticks  are  then  put  in,  and, 
following  his  drawing,  the  workman  fills 
in  the  indicated  outlines.  In  this  way,  it 
is  hoped  to  secure  more  of  that  subtle 


In  keeping  with  the  furniture  ••  well. 

thing  known  as  originality.  How  a  wil- 
low stick  can  be  twisted  in  almost  any 
form  is  curious  to  see.  It  would  appear 
that  the  willow  itself  is  "distinctively  in- 
dividual." However,  the  wooden  frames, 
good,  straight  away  propositions,  are 
handled  by  machinery  and  this  branch  of 
the  service  holds  forth  in  a  separate 
building. 

Entirely  simple  and  primitive  is  the 
method  of  manufacture.  A  particular 
charm  about  the  finished  product  is  that 
no  two  pieces  are  exactly  alike,  but  show 


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Some  of  the  cages  are  round  like  a  ball. 


by  their  slight  variation  the  individual 
character  of  the  material  and  process. 

It  is  suggested  that  a  woman  always 
looks  well  in  a  wicker  chair,  which  may 
be  another  ^reason  for  their  popularity,  as 
a  clever  hostess  does  not  overlook  a  fact 
of  this  kind. 

Wicker  furniture  may  be  given  any  of 
the  soft  tones  necessary  to  fit  in  with  a 
color  scheme.  It  may  be  made  a  dull 
green,  brown,  blue,  ivory  or  ebony.  This 
is  done  by  hand  with  a  brush,  and  a  coat- 
ing of  transparent  shellac  is  added  to  fix 
the  color  and  give  smoothness.  The  col- 


oring in  sealing-wax  red,  Spanish  yellow, 
indigo  blue  and  emerald  green  is  done  in 
a  bath,  where  the  dye  is  soaked  into  the 
willow. 

The  development  of  home  grown  wil- 
lows may  answer  the  demand  now  put 
forth  by  the  workers.  In  addition  to  this 
a  good  many  of  the  manufacturers'  de- 
signs have  been  distributed  among  the 
trade  schools  and  manual  training  classes 
of  the  country  and  this  may  help  to  de- 
velop a  body  of  willow  craftsmen  in  this 
country.  Thus  willow  furniture  bids  to 
become  an  "All  American"  product,  from 
raw  material  to  finished  product. 


NOTE. — We  are  indebted  to  the  courtesy  of  Messrs.  Joseph  D.  McHugh  &  Son  for  the  illustrations  used  in  the  fore-going 
article. 


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Homes  Recently  Built 

As  Contributed  by  Keith's  Readers 

N.  B.     We  would  enjoy  hearing  from  you 
with  a  photo  of  your  recently   built  home 


M  the  old  days  "A  man's  house 
was  his  castle."  Do  we  realize 
that  now  the  home  of  the  average 
American  citizen  comprises  lux- 
uries unheard  of  even  in  the  great  houses 
of  the  old  countries  until  quite  recently? 
That  he  has  comforts  which  even  the  very 
wealthy  could  not  compass,  only  a  short 
time  ago?  Really  the  good  time  to  live, 
as  far  as  material  comforts  are  concerned, 
is  here  and  now. 

The  home  is  the  center  and  heart 
around  which  the  whole  of  life  circulates. 
Give  a  man  a  little  plot  of  ground  and  he 
has  achieved  independence.  This  is  the 
heart  of  American  institutions.  That 
which  fosters  and  encourages  the  indi- 
vidual home  helps  to  build  up  and 
strengthen  the  nation. 


The  ideal  of  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE  is  help- 
ful service  to  the  home  builder.  Most 
people  build  but  one  home.  When  it  is 
completed  and  they  have  lived  in  it  for  a 
few  months,  they  begin  to  say  "If  I  were 
building  again  I  would,"  and  they  enu- 
merate the  things  which  their  building 
experience  has  taught  them.  It  is  always 
difficult  to  get  experience  at  second  hand; 
yet  to  a  certain  extent  it  is  possible.  This 
department  offers  second  hand  experience 
in  building,  and  it  is  very  cheap.  Just 
compare  a  mistake  on  paper  with  a  mis- 
take in  a  completed  house. 

No  two  people  will  tell  the  same  story 
jn  the  same  way.  Neither  do  people  build 
a  house  in  the  same  way.  As  photos  of 
homes  come  in  to  KEITH'S  one  is  im- 
pressed with  this  fact;  certain  houses 


fi 


The  floor  plan  has  been  reiy  popular. 


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make  a  wide  appeal  and  similar  plans  are 
used  in  widely  separated  parts  of  the 
country.  Keith's  readers  who  have 
studied  plans  as  they  have  appeared  in 
this  magazine,  are  probably  interested  in 
knowing  "How  they  come  out" ;  what 
kind  of  homes  all  of  these  people  are 
really  getting  when  they  are  finished. 
This  month  we  are  showing  a  group  of 
homes,  built  from  similar  plans  in  a  part 
of  the  country  extending  from  Virginia 
to  Arkansas,  from  Wisconsin  to  South 
Carolina.  You  will  notice  that  they  all 
look  like  homes.  A  Sense  of  comfort  per- 


"I  have  completed  this  bungalow,  and 
find  it  very  satisfactory,  having  finished 
the  living  room  and  dining  room  with 
beam  ceiling  and  plaster  panels  five  feet 
high.  The  remainder  of  the  house  except 
bathroom  is  finished  in  pine,  painted  a 
cream  color.  The  bathroom  is  tiled,  and 
the  walls  as  well  as  the  woodwork  are  all 
white  enamel  above  a  wainscoting  four 
and  a  half  feet  high  which  is  of  velvet 
tile.  All  the  woodwork  in  the  living 
room,  dining  room  and  hall  is  solid  oak, 
and  gives  a  very  handsome  effect,  the 
floors  being  of  polished  oak,  inlaid  on  the 


As  it  was  built  in  Virginia  and  described  in  the  letter. 


vades  them,  and  you  feel  the  satisfaction 
which  the  owner  has  taken  in  the  build- 
ing. 

We  shall  quote  some  of  the  experiences 
which  have  come  to  us.  What  has  been 
done  may  give  helpful  suggestions  to  those 
who  are  in  the  "stress  and  storm"  of  build- 
ing, or  who  are  planning  for  future  work. 
Here  follows  the  description  of  a  house 
built  in  Virginia  which  has  some  unusual 
features,  especially  in  the  complete  finish 
of  the  basement,  and  the  care  with  which 
the  details  have  all  been  carried  out.  The 
owner  writes : 


edge  with  a  mahogany  strip.  The  butler's 
pantry  and  kitchen  are  finished  in  white 
enamel.  They  are  each  good  size,  with  a 
storeroom  opening  on  the  kitchen  porch, 
which  has  been  found  a  very  convenient 
arrangement. 

"There  is  a  cellar  8  feet  pitch  under  the 
entire  house,  including  back  porches. 
The  walls  of  the  cellar  are  all  finished  in 
white  concrete  paint,  the  floors  in  fawn 
colored  concrete  paint.  All  woodwork  is 
painted  white,  which  gives  a  very  pretty 
effect,  making  the  cellar  almost  as  attrac- 
tive as  the  second  floor  considering  the 


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location  of  the  two. 
"I  have  hot  and 
cold  water  in  every 
room,  including  but- 
ler's pantry.  The 
walls  of  the  house 
are  all  stippled,  car- 
rying a  tan  color 
throughout  the 
house,  including  the 
closets.  The  win- 
dows and  doors  are 
equipped  with  win- 
dow strips,  making  them  air-tight,  and  all 
of  the  blinds  are  equipped  with  patent 
fasteners  operating  on  the  inside,  which 


As  it  was  built  in  Arkansas. 

does   not   require  opening  the   windows. 
All  rooms  are  equipped  with  electric  but- 
tons   leading    to    an    enunciator    in    the 
kitchen.     The  house  is  heated  by  a  hot 
air  plant,   and   there 
is  also  an  open  fire- 
place   in    the    living 
room,   faced   with    a 
tapestry  brick.     This 
building   has   cost 
$10,000    when    com- 
plete. 

"The  living  room 
has  a  center  fixture 
for  indirect  lighting, 
and  the  direct  sys- 
tem under  the  beams 
and  over  the  mantel- 


As  it  was  built  in  North  Carolina. 

piece.  The  arrangement  is  very  good. 
"The  dining  room  has  a  semi-indirect 
lighting  system.  All  of  the  fixtures  were 
made  for  the  build- 
ing giving  it  a  strict- 
ly bungalow  effect ; 
and  the  furniture, 
rugs,  etc.,  were  made 
and  purchased  to 
give  the  desired  ef- 
fect." 

There  is  a  strong 
touch  of  individual- 
ity through  all  of 
the  letters  received 
in  this  department 
which  makes  one  re- 
joice in  the  achievement  and  grieve  over 
the  difficulties.  That  other  home  builders 
may  be  spared  these  troubles  and  warned 
of  possible  pitfalls  is  the  object  of  thi? 


As  it  was  built  in  Wisconsin. 


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""^••••^•^•••••i 

^^^  ^^^  ><1Hlllitfi 


As  it  was  built  in  South  Carolina. 


home-building  series.  What  pleases  one 
person  may  not  please  another,  but  that 
which  makes  trouble  for  one  is  very  likely 
to  be  annoying  to  another. 

In  order  to  learn  just  what  difficulties 
have  been  encountered  and  where  the 
troubles  lie,  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE  has  sent 
out  a  list  of  suggestions  with  which  many 
homebuilders  have  been  ready  to  co- 
operate. 

Here  is  one  "experience"  which  follows 
the  suggested  outline: 

//  /  ivere  building  my  home  again — 

/  would  leave  the  following  features 
just  as  they  are:  The  general  plans  would 
be  the  same ;  location  of  stairway,  size  of 
rooms,  height,  etc.,  are  very  satisfactory. 

/  would  attend  to  the  following  things 
which  I  neglected  to  do:  I  would  study 
wall  space  more  carefully  with  reference 
to  the  furniture;  the  location  of  the  lights, 
the  doors  and  the  way  they  swing.  I 
would  also  plan  more  carefully  for  the 
bathroom  to  give  it  a  proper  level. 

/  would  avoid  the  following  mistakes: 
I  would  have  the  flour  bins  built  in  but- 
ler's pantry  instead  of  in  the  kitchen  cab- 
inet ;  would  also  have  space  for  piano 


planned  between  two  side  lights  against 
an  inside  wall. 

The  feature  I  like  best  about  my  home: 
We  have  no  pictures  of  these  features, 
but  the  built-in  kitchen  cabinet  is  splen- 
did, and  we  find  two  closets  in  one  bed- 
room a  thing  always  to  be  desired.  The 
built-in  buffet  attracts  wide  attention  for 
its  beauty  and  capacity. 

What  I  think  about  the  advantage  of 
building  from  good  architectural  plans: 
It  cannot  be  estimated.  When  contracts 
are  let,  the  owner  has  a  means  of  follow- 
ing up  the  work,  seeing  that  it  fulfills 
specifications,  and  he  knows  it  has  all 
been  figured  out  in  the  best  possible  way. 

What  I  think  about  building  by  con- 
tract: It  is  the  cheapest,  if  one  obtains 
bids  and  then  selects  the  best  of  them  and 
can  take  the  time  to  hold  the  contractor 
absolutely  to  the  contract. 

The  fact  that  gives  me  the  most  pleas- 
ure about  owning  my  own  home:  It  is 
a  pleasure  to  work  constantly  around  the 
place,  and  every  new  addition  is  perma- 
nent. Just  the  ability  to  point  out  a  well- 
kept,  attractive  place  and  say  "my  home" 
is,  I  guess,  the  greatest  pleasure. 


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The  Inexpensive  Bungalow 


IT  is  not  uncommon  for  the  prospective 
home  builder  to  find  that  his  taste  for 
all  that  is  artistic  and  convenient  in  a 
bungalow  far  exceeds  the  limitations  of 
his  bank  account. 

Originally  the  bungalow  was  a  lightly 
constructed,  inexpensive  building  with 
but  few  of  its  present-day  characteristics 
which  now  comprise  everything  modern 
ingenuity  can  devise  to  make  a  home 
complete.  This  metamorphosis  has  been 
brought  about  by  the  great  wave  of  popu- 
larity for  the  bungalow  which  has  swept 
over  Southern  California  and  other  parts 
of  the  Pacific  Coast  and  is  now  spreading 
over  not  only  all  of  our  own  country,  but 
foreign  countries  as  well.  As  this  popu- 
larity is  no  respecter  of  persons,  it  has 
captured  the  rich  man  as  well  as  the  poor, 
and  the  best  of  architects  and  designers 
have  turned  their  attention  to  bungalows, 


and  naturally  more  attention  has  been 
given  to  the  expensive  than  the  inex- 
pensive. 

So,  as  the  man  of  moderate  means  be- 
gins to  look  around  for  ideas  to  incor- 
porate in  his  new  home,  he  is  often  at- 
tracted by  that  which  is  too  expensive  for 
him.  This  is  not  because  it  is  impossible 
to  obtain  artistic  effects  in  the  inexpen- 
sive bungalow,  but  because  it  requires  as 
much  artistic  skill  and  vastly  more  labor 
to  adjust  all  the  real  requirements  to  the 
price  of  the  inexpensive  house.  This  skill 
is  one  of  the  costly  elements. 

On  the  floor  plans  of  "Woodland 
Home"  are  shown  bedrooms  with  disap- 
pearing windows.  These  windows  sup- 
ply the  want  of  those  who  desire  a  great 
amount  of  fresh  air  in  their  sleeping 
rooms.  They  take  up  practically  all  of 
the  outside  wall  space,  and  as  they  are 


"Woodland  Home." 


—  George  Palmer  Telling,  Architect. 


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only  three  feet  in 
length  the  ordinary  bed 
may  be  placed  under 
them  at  any  point  de- 
sired. 

These  windows  open 
by  simply  sliding  down 
into  the  pockets  in  the 
wall  below.  When  open 
they  are  out-of-sight, 
as  the  opening  is  cov- 
ered by  the  stool  which 
is  hinged  underneath, 
allowing  it  to  swing  up 
for  the  passage  of  the 
sash.  When  closed  this 
stool  automatically 
locks  the  sash  in  place. 
As  these  sash  are  bal- 
anced with  window 
weights,  the  same  as  a 
double-hung  window, 
they  are  easy  to  oper- 
ate. 

With  these  windows  in  a  bedroom  it 
can  be  almost  instantly  changed  into  a 
sleeping  porch.  And  there  are  these  ad- 
vantages over  a  screened  sleeping  porch 
that  a  portion  of  the  windows  may  be 
closed,  thus  regulating  the  draughts,  or 
all  may  be  closed  in  cold  and  stormy 
weather,  or  when-  the  house  is  vacant, 
keeping  out  dust  and  dirt  and  protecting 
the  interior  from  the  weather. 

The  "cooler,"  which  will  be  noticed  in 
the  kitchen  of  this  floor  plan,  is  such  a 
common  characteristic  of  the  California 


bungalow  that  it  is  to 
be  found  in  almost  all 
of  them.  It  is  simply 
a  cupboard  for  food, 
and  h  a  v  in  g  shelves 
ventilated  by  screen  or 
made  of  strips  of  wood 
and  open  at  the  top  and 
bottom,  allowing  the 
passage  of  a  current  of 
air  caused  by  the  dif- 
ference in  atmospheric 
pressure,  a  n  d  b  y  the 
winds  outside  of  the 
house.  Food  placed  in 
the  "cooler"  is  kept 
cool  by  this  current  of 
air,  many  times  obviat- 
ing the  necessity  for 
ice  and  refrigerator. 

"Woodland  Home" 
is  a  very  attractive 
bungalow  of  the  "hip- 
roof" type.  While  the 
setting  makes  considerable  difference  to 
the  appearance  of  a  house,  this  bungalow 
would  make  an  excellent  showing  with 
almost  any  surroundings.  The  low  pitch 
and  the  wide  over-hang  of  the  roof  goes 
far  to  produce  its  home-like  appearance. 
The  front  porch  has  a  cement  floor  and 
cement  steps.  A  careful  study  of  the 
floor  plan  will  disclose  its  many  conven- 
ient and  attractive  features.  A  cement 
cellar  is  reached  by  stairs  from  the  screen 
porch  and,  while  no  furnace  is  provided 
for,  there  is  plenty  of  room  for  one. 


A  Shingle  Cottage 


THE  essential  cost  in  the  building  of 
a   house   is   for   foundations,    walls 
and  roof.  If  the  space  that  is  neces- 
sary under  the  roof  can  be  utilized  for 
the  second  story  and  still  have  good  ven- 


tilation over,  yet  without  cutting  the  ceil- 
ings of  the  room,  the  space  enclosed  has 
been  used  with  the  greatest  economy. 

The    cottage    shown    in    this    illustration 
is  25  feet  in  width  by  44  feet  in  depth, 


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The  entrance  at  the  side  of  the  porch  leaves  an  unbroken  lawn. 


—  Cham.  S  SeJgwick.  Architect. 


including  the  sun  room  in  front  and  the 
rear  porch.  It  is  designed  to  have  a  full 
basement  with  concrete  foundation,  and 
to  be  built  with  frame  construction,  ce- 
mented on  the  outside  up  to  the  first 
story  window  sills.  Above  this  point  the 
exterior  is  shingled  with  alternating  wide 
and  narrow  courses  and  the  roof  is  shin- 


gled. A  suggestion  for  exterior  treat- 
ment is  to  stain  all  of  the  shingles  green, 
using  a  dark  shade  of  green  on  the  wall 
shingles,  and  a  lighter  shade  of  green  on 
all  roof  shingles.  The  outside  trimmings, 
cornices,  casings,  etc.,  and  also  the  win- 
dow sash,  may  be  painted  white. 

The  interior  is  finished  with  oak  floors 


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for  the  first  story  and  birch  floors  for  the 
second  story,  natural  birch  casings,  doors, 
etc.,  throughout  the  first  story  and  white 
enamel  finish  for  the  second  story.  The 
arrangement  of  the  plan  is  very  conven- 
ient and  has  many  pleasing  features.  It 
is  well  suited  to  the  ordinary  city  lot 
with  either  south  or  east  frontage. 

The  porch  entrance  is  from  the  side, 
leaving  an  unbroken  front  lawn.  The 
vestibule  has  a  closet  on  either  side  of 
the  door,  and  opens  into  the  main  living 
room,  which  is  24  feet  by  13  feet.  The 
end  of  the  living  room  is  filled  by  a  seat 
and  bookcases  with  windows  over  and 
connects  by  French  glazed  doors  with  the 
sunroom,  which  is  14  feet  by  10  feet. 
The  sunroom  is  enclosed  with  windows 
and  has  the  same  finish  as  the  main  living 
room.  There  is  one  central  chimnev  with 


a  wide  fireplace  in  the  living  room,  whicli 
provides  a  flue  for  the  heating  apparatus 
in  the  basement.  The  kitchen  has  a  sep- 
arate chimney. 

The  architects'  estimate  for  building 
this  cottage  exclusive  of  heating  and 
plumbing,  is  from  $3,000  to  $3,400.  The 
dining  room  has  a  recessed  sideboard  and 
china  closet,  and  connects  with  the  living 
room  by  wide  cased  opening,  and  con- 
nects conveniently  with  the  kitchen  in 
the  rear.  The  kitchen  is  well  provided 
with  wall  cupboards,  sink,  etc.,  and  opens 
out  into  a  rear  entry  with  space  for  re- 
frigerator and  thence  onto  the  rear  porch. 
The  second  story  has  two  good  chambers 
with  large-sized  closets,  a  good  bath- 
room and  a  fine  sleeping  porch  in  the  rear. 
The  shape  of  the  roof  admits  of  these 
rooms  being  full  height. 


Clinker  Brick  and  Cobblestone 


HERE  is  a  shingle  bungalow  in  whicli 
the  use  of  rough  clinker  brick  and 
cobblestone  adds  a  pleasing  touch  to 
the  otherwise  plain  surface  of  the  exterior. 
Clinker    brick    were    first    produced    acci- 


An  artistic  bungalow. 


dently  by  the  super  heating  of  the  inside  of 
the  kiln.  The  brick  subjected  to  the  great- 
est heat  tend  to  liquify  and  adjacent  bricks 
weld  together.  In  extreme  cases  they  form 
fantastic  shapes.  In  any  case  the  surface 
is  vitrified  with  a 
rough  surface.  This 
brick  is  used  to  quite 
a  large  extent  in  the 
construction  of  bun- 
galows and  very 
pleasing  results  have 
been  secured. 

The  specifications 
for  this  attractive 
bungalow  call  for 
rough  cedar  siding  as 
high  as  the  water 
table  with  shingles 
above  for  the  exterior 
walls. 

The     living     room 
-juj  Yoho.  A,chueci.     and    den    are    at    the 


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front  of  the  house.  A  closet  for  a 
disappearing  bed  is  built  into  one  end 
of  the  den,  making  it  possible  to  convert 
this  room  temporarily  into  a  sleeping  room 
if  the  unexpected  guest  should  make  it 
necessary. 


The  dining  room  has  a  large  window  seat 
with  a  locker  underneath  and  a  built-in 
buffet  of  extraordinary  design.  Between 
the  rear  porch  and  kitchen  is  a  vestibule 
just  large  enough  for  a  refrigerator. 

The  cost,  says  the  architect,  is  $1,500.00. 


A  Canadian  Bungalow 


THIS  compact  little  home  was  origi- 
nally   designed    for    a    location    in 
Canada  which  was  frequently  visited 
by  high  winds,  snow,  rain  and  extremely 
cold  weather.     Every  endeavor  was  bent  to 


secure  the  true  bungalow  effect  and  yet  to 
make  the  house  in  shape  and  construction 
"as  solid  as  Gibraltar,"  and  yet  it  is  well 
adapted  to  any  section  of  the  United  States. 
The  exterior  is  almost  severely  plain ;  its 


Built  to  withstand  wind,  snow  and  rain. 


— Bunsalowcroft  Co.,  Architect. 


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attractiveness,  which  is  always  admit- 
ted, being  due  to  the  fact  that  every 
line,  angle,  and  measurement  is  artis- 
tically right.  The  exterior  needs  little 
description :  The  shingle  roof,  porch 
work  and  exposed  faces  of  chimneys 
of  artificial  stone  as  shown,  or  of 
brick  if  preferred;  side  walls  shingled 
up  to  the  water-table  and  then 
weatherboarded  to  roof.  As  here 
shown  the  attic  is  to  be  used  for  stor- 
age, hence  the  outside  stairway,  but 
two  good  bedrooms  with  closets  may 
be  built  on  second  floor  with  a  differ- 
ent arrangement  providing  inside 
stairs  to  both  cellar  and  second  floor. 
The  building  is  about  30  ft.  by  46  ft. 
over  all  and  it  has  been  completed  in 
California  with  the  usual  light  con- 
struction, the  architect  tells  us,  for 
$1,600.00.  In  Canada,  built  to  with- 
stand the  coldest  weather  and  with 
full  basement  and  furnace,  he  esti- 
mates it  would  cost  $2,550.00  ready  to 
move  into.  The  rooms  are  of  good 
size,  with  closets  and  linen  closet;  the  cab- 
inet kitchen  has  every  convenience  built-in. 
There  is  also  a  well  fitted  bathroom.  The 
living  room  has  beamed  ceiling,  mantel  and 
a  broad  fireplace,  the  chimney  having  three 
flues,  one  for  furnace,  one  for  kitchen  and 


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one  for  fireplace.  The  dining  room  is  of 
good  size  with  a  wainscoting  and  plate  rail 
and  a  pretty  window  ledge  and  flower  box. 
The  house  is  light,  with  a  good  circulation 
of  air  from  all  directions.  Plenty  of  win- 
dows insure  this. 


Rough  Siding  and  Cobblestones 


IN  this  design  considerable  study  has 
been  put  upon  the  arrangement  of  the 
floor  plan  in  order  to  make  it  not  only 
practicable  and  convenient,  but  to  create 
an  attractive  exterior  as  well.  In  doing 
this  the  exterior  materials  have  been 
given  especial  consideration.  The  de- 
signer has  here  used  a  combination  of 
rough-sawed  siding  with  white  cement 
plaster  above,  and  a  shingle  roof  stained 
a  maroon  color.  The  cobblestone  chim- 


ney plays  an  important  part  in  producing 
the  desired  results. 

The  entrance  has  been  placed  at  the 
right  of  the  sun  porch,  sheltered  by  the 
wide  projection  of  the  main  cornice.  It 
opens  directly  into  the  large  living  room. 
Note  the  location  of  the  doors  and  win- 
dows in  this  room.  With  the  fireplace  in 
the  end  it  leaves  plenty  of  wall  space  for 
a  piano  or  a  large  davenport.  The  hall 
adjoining  gives  privacy  to  the  chambers 


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Light  and  air  is  abundant. 


—  W.  W.  -PmJu.  Architect. 


while  having  access  to  the  living  room 
and  kitchen.  French  doors  from  the  liv- 
ing room  open  onto  the  sun  porch,  while 
a  cased  opening  separates  the  living  and 
dining  room. 

The  dining  room  is  large  enough  to 
accommodate  a  family  of  six.  The  mas- 
sive mission  buffet  extends  across  the 


entire  end  of  the  room,  and  is  unusually 
attractive.  A  good-sized  pantry  is  pro- 
vided between  the  dining  room  and 
kitchen.  The  refrigerator  is  placed  in 
the  rear  entry,  off  which  is  a  small  porch. 
Two  chambers,  bath  and  linen  closet, 
open  off  the  center  hall,  without  an  inch 
of  waste  room.  Large  closets  open  off 


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the  chambers,  each  having  an  outside 
window,  affording  good  light  and  ven- 
tilation. 

A  stairway  leads  from  the  living  room 
to  a  well  ventilated  attic,  where  an  ad- 
ditional room  could  be  finished  off  if 
desired.  Under  these  are  the  stairs  to 
the  basement,  where,  in  addition  to  the 


furnace  room,  laundry,  fruit  and  veget- 
able room,  is  a  drying  room.  In  the  base- 
ment is  also  a  large  amusement  room. 

The  floors  and  finish  of  the  living,  din- 
ing room  and  sun  porch  are  all  in  oak. 
The  rest  of  the  floors  are  of  maple,  with 
white  enameled  woodwork.  The  bath- 
room has  floor  and  wainscot  of  tile. 


Homes  of  Individuality 

Selected  by  W.  J.  Keith,  Architect 


A  charming:  home. 


A  Carefully  Detailed  Bungalow. 

TIMBER  work,  with  virge  boards  and 
brackets    in   the    gables    lends    itself 
particularly  well  to  stucco  treatment. 
An  exceedingly  fine  example  of  a  bunga- 
low   is    shown    in    this    photograph.      The 
side     walls     are     plastered     with     cement 
mortar.     The  head  casings  and  sills  of  the 
windows  are  continuous  around  the  house 
and  these,   with   the   corner   boards,    form 
various  sized  panels  in  the  stucco.     Much 


charm  is  due  to  the  entrance  with  its  sub- 
stantial columns,  and  the  well  detailed  gable 
treatment. 

The  floor  plan  is  well  arranged.  The  living 
room  is  entered  through  a  vestibule  from 
the  front  porch.  An  artistic  fireplace  with 
bookcases  built-in  on  either  side  below 
casement  windows  completely  furnishes 
one  end  of  the  room.  A  wide  window  gives 
a  panoramic  view  of  the  front  garden  and 
approach.  Beyond  is  the  dining  room  with 


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a  wide  bay  affording  views  to  both 
front  and  rear.  The  center  window  of 
the  bay  is  raised  to  accommodate  a 
china  or  glass  closet  below.  A  veranda 
with  extended  balcony  overlooks  the 
garden  and  connects  with  the  dining 
room  through  a  pair  of  glass  doors. 
This  will  make  a  charming  little  cor- 
ner and  with  an  awning  shading  the 
balcony  form  a  spot  for  outdoor 
dining.  Service  can  be  had  from  the 
kitchen  through  the  dining  room. 
The  kitchen  is  well  arranged  with  a 
dresser  and  good  sized  pantry.  Along- 
side the  range  is  a  large  ventilated 
store  closet  and  opposite  an  entry,  with 
provision  made  for  a  refrigerator, 
leading  to  a  service  porch.  The 
kitchen  connects  with  the  bedroom 
hall  and  basement  through  the  pantry. 
Two  bedrooms  and  bath  are  provided. 
The  front  bedroom  is  unusually  de- 
sirable, having  a  bay  window  expos- 
ure to  the  front.  Both  bedrooms  have 
windows  on  two  sides  and  are 
assured  an  abundance  of  fresh  air 
sunlight.  The  bedroom  closets  are  ventilat- 
ed to  the  attic  through  registers  in  the  ceil- 
ings. The  attic  is  provided  with  ventilating 
louvres  in  the  front  gable.  A  full  basement 
extends  under  the  kitchen,  dining  room  and 
pantry.  The  laundry  is  located  under  the 
kitchen  and  a  cold  storage  closet  under  the 
pantry.  The  rest  of  the  basement  provides 
ample  room  for  heating  apparatus  and  fuel 
rooms. 

An  American  Chalet. 

The  broad  sweep  of  the  roof  always 
gives  interest  to  a  house.  Even  though 
the  walls  are  more  or  less  broken 
in  outline,  the  house  preserves  a  pleas- 
ing simplicity.  The  lines  of  the 
porch  are  well  arranged.  The  white  of 
the  porch  posts,  cornice  and  outside  finish 
gives  a  good  accent.  Notice  that  the 
water  table  is  placed  just  below  the  base- 
ment window  sills,  and  that  the  wall  is 
shingled  from  there  to  the  peak  of  the 


thus 
and 


gable,  eliminating  the  line  so  often  seen 
at  the  head  of  the  basement  windows. 
This  adds  to  the  seeming  heighth  of  the 
building  and  makes  a  good. looking  wall 
surface. 

Both  porch  and  living  room  extends 
the  full  width  of  the  house,  with  a  cen- 
tral door.  The  fireplace  is  the  especial 
feature  of  the  room,  with  the  bookcases 
and  high  windows  on  either  side,  filling 
one  end  of  the  room. 

A  wide  opening  connects  the  dining 
room  with  the  living  room,  one  end  of 
which  is  filled  with  windows.  The  din- 
ing room  is  a  good-sized  room,  15  feet 
by  13  feet,  though  it  is  dwarfed  by  the 
huge  living  room.  A  short  hall  connects 
the  three  bedrooms  and  the  bath,  while 
separating  them  from  the  rest  of  the 
house. 

The  range  boiler  is  usually  one  of  the 
unsightly  things  in  a  kitchen.  You  will 
notice  that  it  is  placed  in  a  closet  back  of 
the  range.  Such  a  shallow  closet  is  ex- 


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The  house  has  a  surprising:  amount  of  room. 

tremely    useful    beside    the    range.      The  Three    additional    bedrooms    and    bath 

sink  has  good  tables  and  is  not  far  from  are   finished  on  the  second  floor,  one  in 

the  cupboard.     The  refrigerator  may  be  each  of  the  dormers,  front  and  rear,  and 

iced  from  the  rear  porch.     Over  it  is  a  one   in   the  gable.     The  house  does   not 

high  cupboard.     The  linen  closet  is  con-  look  large,  but  it  has  a  surprising  amount 

venient  beside  the  bathroom.  of  room. 


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IF  you  are  planning  to  build  a  home  you  will  find  it  to  your 
advantage  to  read  this  booklet  before  you  decide  on  the  material 
you  are  going  to  use.     It  is  beautifully  illustrated,  full  of  valuable 
suggestions,  and  gives  a  short,  concise  statement  of  the  merits  of 

WHITE  PINE 

Three  centuries  of  building  in  America  have  proved  that  no  other 
wood  so  successfully  withstands  exposure  to  the  weather  as 
White  Pine.  And  it  is  more  than  simply  durable;  it  holds  its  place 
perfectly  for  more  than  a  life-time,  without  warping  or  checking  or 
opening  at  the  joints.  This  long  and  satisfactory  service  makes  it 
the  most  economical  wood  for  home-building. 

Despite  an  impression  of  its  scarcity,  White  Pine  is  still  abundantly  available  today, 
as  it  always  has  been,  in  any  quantity  desired.  If  your  lumber  dealer  is  unable  to  supply 
it,  we  would  appreciate  the  opportunity  of  being  helpful  to  you  in  securing  it.  Send  for 
booklet  now.  There  is  no  charge  for  it  to  prospective  home-builders. 

Address,  WHITE  PINE  BUREAU, 

1920  Merchants  Bank  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


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The  Northern  Pine  Manufacturers' 
Association  of  Minnesota,  Wisconsin 
and  Michigan,  and  The  Associated 
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Conducted  by  ELEANOR  ALLISON  CUMMINS,  Decorator,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Making  the  Most  of  the  Bay  Window. 

BSTRACTLY  considered  the  bay 
window  is  a  charming-  feature,  but 
practically  it  is  apt  to  leave  some- 
thing to  be  desired.  It  is  often  dif- 
ficult to  curtain  and  it  looks  rather  unfinish- 
ed without  cushioned  seats,  yet  these  are 
not  always  practical.  A  very  large  bay,  say 
eight  feet  across,  gains  by  being  separated 
from  the  room  behind  it  by  long  curtains 
hanging  straight  and  well  pushed  back, 
curtaining  the  separate  windows  with  the 
thinnest  of  net. 

In  a  living  room  there  are  two  particular- 
ly good  things  to  do  with  the  bay  window. 
One  is  to  fill  it  with  a  plant  table,  one  of  the 
substantial  sort  with  a  sunken  top,  zinc 
lined,  into  which  the  pots  are  set,  the  other 
to  use  its  central  space  for  a  small  desk  or 
writing  table,  with  a  chair  to  match  it. 
This  latter  use  is  specially  good  for  the  bays 
so  common  twenty  or  thirty  years  ago  which 
had  two  long  windows  and  a  central  one 
high  up  in  the  wall  and  often  of  stained 
glass. 

In  utilizing  the  bay  window  in  a  bedroom, 
we  cannot  do  better  than  to  set  a  dressing 
table  in  it.  This  is  an  English  fashion 
which  has  much  to  recommend  it,  as  the 
light  falling  from  both  sides  and  from  above 
on  the  sitter  before  the  mirror  gives  an 
absolutely  truthful  impression,  even  if  it 
is  unflattering.  Moreover  the  thin  curtains 
at  the  windows  of  the  bay  are  a  capital 
background  for  a  dressing  table  draped  with 
chintz  or  cretonne. 

Interesting  Pieces  of  Furniture. 

New  pieces  of  furniture  are  constantly 
being  devised,  some  of  them  very  desirable. 
One  of  them,  in  mahogany,  for  the  dining- 
room  is  called  the  cache  silver  table.  Its 
top  lifts  and  gives  access  to  two  trays,  one 


above  the  other,  in  which  can  be  kept  the 
entire  supply  of  small  silver,  while  nothing 
in  its  exterior  would  indicate  that  it  was 
anything  but  an  ordinary  table. 

Another  table  is  among  the  cretonne  cov- 
ered novelties  and  this,  too,  has  a  lifting  top 
which  is  hinged  and  turns  back  to  give  ac- 
cess to  a  tray  fitted  with  all  the  necessities 
for  sewing  and  deep  enough  to  hold  any 
quantity  of  work,  which  is  entirely  con- 
cealed when  the  cover  is  dropped. 

The  small  sized  gate-legged  tables  are 
not  exactly  new,  in  fact  are  copied  from 
old  models,  but  are  as  interesting  in  their 
way  as  the  large  ones  and  more  generally 
useful.  They  come  in  either  oak  or  ma- 
hogany and  have  drop  leaves  with  an  ex- 
tended diameter  of  about  three  feet.  They 
cost  twelve  dollars. 

A  Novelty  in  Window  Shades. 

A  recent  window  treatment  is  the  use  of 
glazed  flowered  chintz  for  window  shades. 
They  are  made  exactly  like  those  of  Holland 
or  painted  muslin  and  are  used  in  rooms 
with  chintz  furnishings  to  match.  A  thin 
net  curtain  may  hang  next  the  pane.  These 
shades  exclude  less  light  than  ordinary  cur- 
tains and  can  be  run  to  the  top  of  the  win- 
dow in  gray  weather  and  be  quite  out  of 
the  way.  They  are  extremely  pretty  for  a 
nursery  or  for  a  sun  parlor  or  inclosed 
porch. 

Giving  the  China  a  Background. 

The  china  closets  you  buy  are  backed 
either  with  polished  wood  or  with  mirrors, 
and  neither  are  good  backgrounds.  The 
mirrors  are  worse  because  they  give  a  con- 
fused reflection  of  little  bits  of  the  room 
which  is  no  background  at  all,  and  the  result 
is  a  jumble.  But  give  your  cupboard  a 
backing  of  definite  color  and  your  wares 
take  on  new  beauty.  Either  old  gold  or 


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Walls  and  ceilings  papered  over  Cell-Board. 


For  Beauty  and  Simplicity 


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Whether  your  walla  are  to  be  papered,  painted  or 


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lOTHING  is  daintier 
or  more  attractive 
than  a  dining  room  finished 
in  White  Enamel  when  the 
note  of  contrast  is  supplied  by 
mahogany  doors  and  mahog- 
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Luxeberry  White  Enamel 
gives  all  surfaces  whether  of 
wood,  plaster,  cement  or 
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Luxeberry  White  Enamel 
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the  home  builder.  It  has  the 
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200  VIEWS 


IN  PLANNING  the  new  home  or 
in  the  remodeling  or  decorating  of 
the  old  one,  the  interior  treatment, 
both  as  to  architectural  detail  and  dec- 
oration and  furnishing,  is  very  important. 
Correct  expression  of  decorative  schemes 
is  a  difficult  matter  for  the  average  person 
to  handle.  In  view  of  this,  we  have 
published  in  "INTERIORS  BEAUTIFUL" 
two  hundred  selected  views  of  the  in- 
teriors of  successfully  planned  and  dec- 
orated homes  and  give,  in  the  captions 
under  the  illustrations,  the  scheme  of 
decoration  used. 

Fourth  revised  edition,  just  off  the  press, 
is  beautifully  printed  on  enameled  paper 
and  has  embossed  paper  cover.  112 
pages.  Size  7/4  x  10. 

Contents 

Halls  and  Stairways,  Living  Rooms, 
Dining  Rooms,  Sleeping  Rooms,  Dens 
and  Fireplaces,  Billiard  Rooms,  Kitchens, 
Outdoor  Living  Rooms  and  Garden 
Rooms. 

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silver  is  a  good  choice  for  this  purpose. 
One  of  the  rooms  of  Oriental  porcelain  in 
the  Metropolitan  Museum  is  lined  with  old 
gold  raw  silk,  but  perhaps  olive  is  of  more 
general  adaptation,  and  a  good  material  to 
use  is  a  light  quality  of  velveteen.  The 
shelves  as  well  as  the  walls  of  the  closet 
should  be  covered  and  the  edges  finished 
with  a  gimp  matching  exactly.  Old  blue 
is  a  good  background  for  silver,  peuter  and 
crystal,  while  silver  alone  looks  well  against 
crimson. 

This  same  cheap  velveteen  is  useful  for 
table  covers  to  conceal  marble  tops.  The 
cover  should  follow  all  the  outlines  of  the 
table  top  accurately  and  be  edged  with  a 
fringed  gimp. 

Tapestry  Papers. 

For  rooms  whose  size  is  large  enough  to 
admit  of  a  patterned  wall,  some  of  the  new 
designs  in  tapestry  papers  are  charming, 
There  is  one  in  tones  of  blue  grays  and  gray 
blues,  with  masses  of  foliage  and  an  occa- 
sional suggestion  of  tree  trunks  that  would 
be  beautiful  for  a  hall  or  for  a  large  bed- 
room with  mahogany  furniture.  Pictures 
are  out  of  the  question  with  such  a  wall. 

( )ther  tapestry  papers  are  in  pale  shades 
of  green,  and  are  adapted  to  use  with  white 
or  light  colored  bedroom  furniture.  The 
gray  foliage  papers  are  always  pleasing, 
and  some  new  designs  show  a  graceful  ar- 
rangement of  delicate  foliage  with  a  bird 
here  and  there,  all  in  gray  tones,  the  back- 
ground being  formed  by  fine  lines.  Now 
and  then  one  sees  a  foliage  paper  in  brown 
tones,  but  that  color  does  not  seem  to  be 
as  successful  for  this  class  of  paper  as  the 
greens  or  grays. 

Scarlet  and  Orange  Glass. 

Glass  in  vivid  tones  of  scarlet  and  orange 
was  mentioned  recently.  It  can  be  had  in 
quite  a  variety  of  different  pieces,  boxes 
and  bottles  for  the  dressing  table  and  orna- 
ments of  various  sorts.  It  is  used  effective- 
ly to  light  up  a  subdued  color  scheme.  The 
orange  is  effective  with  a  combination  of 
blue  and  white  and  gray  walls,  the  scarlet 
with  blue  gray  tones.  Now  is  the  time  with 
all  this  fondness  for  brilliant  color  to  bring 
out  the  boxes  and  trays  of  scarlet  lacquer 
which  some  of  us  must  have  put  away. 

The  little  Japanese  cabinets  that  used  to 
be  so  popular  are  very  convenient  to  stand 
upon  a  dressing  table  to  hold  the  odds  and 
ends,  which  accumulate  so  rapidly. 


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I  Put  Value  into  the  Home 

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ANSWERS   TO      UESTIONS 


ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


EDITOR'S  NOTE. — The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE. 
Inquiries  pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general 
interest  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


In  Mulberry  and  Gray. 

F.  H.  M. — "Inclosed  find  plans  for 
Dutch  Colonial  house  we  have  well  under 
way.  May  I  avail  myself  of  the  opportu- 
nity of  your  help  in  arranging  the  interior 
decorations? 

"Kindly  suggest  color  scheme  for  living 
room,  study  and  dining  room.  The  stair- 
way has  rail  and  treads  stained  mahog- 
any, fireplace  is  tapestry  brick  of  medium 
dark  shade. 

"I  have  three  colonial  mahogany 
chairs,  old  fashioned  sofa  with  a  high 
back,  two  small  chairs  that  go  with  sofa. 
I  wish  all  to  be  covered  with  tapestry 
that  shall  harmonize  with  room  and  fur- 
nishings. I  have  also  an  old  fashioned 
rocker  now  covered  in  velour  and  large 
rattan  chair.  I  am  partial  to  old  rose  and 
mulberry  shades.  I  am  handicapped,  for 
in  my  town  the  stores  carry  but  little  in 
materials  suitable  for  interior  decoration, 
so  I  depend  on  your  magazine  and  send 
for  samples." 

Ans. — Your  sketches  show  a  very 
pretty  home  with  well  arranged  floor 
space.  As  living  room  and  hall  will  be 
practically  one  room,  the  wall  tint  in  both 
should  be  the  same.  A  soft  warm  grey, 
such  as  a  putty  grey,  will  be  the  best 
choice,  and  then  use  old  rose  or  mulberry 
tones  for  rug  and  furnishings.  We  would 
have  a  plain  rug  with  medium  mulberry 
center  and  two  tones  in  border,  one  dark- 
er, one  lighter  than  center.  Then  in  hall, 
use  an  oriental  or  an  oriental  design,  in 
mixed  colors,  old  rose  predominating.  Per- 
sonally, we  should  want  a  runner  on  the 
stair.  The  old  fashioned  mahogany  should 
be  covered  in  a  small  figured  colonial  tap- 
estry. There  are  excellent  materials  of 
this  kind  in  elephant  greys  and  mulberry 
coloring. 

We  should  like  to  see  the  rocker  and 
the  rattan  chairs  in  plain  mulberry 


velvet.  These  greys  and  mulberry  tones 
will  be  lovely  with  ivory  woodwork.  We 
would  use  an  old  gold  color  scheme  in 
study,  with  rug  in  browns  and  creams, 
possibly  some  dull  red  or  rose.  Old  gold 
sunfast  for  curtains. 

Make  the  dining  room  wall  a  soft  ecru, 
with  cream  ceiling,  rug  in  old  blues,  old 
blue  sunfast  for  valance  and  side  drap- 
eries in  west  bay.  We  do  not  like  the 
cupboard  projecting  into  this  bay.  It 
should  have  been  placed  in  the  angle  on 
opposite  wall. 

Colonial  Treatment. 

F.  J. — In  building  a  house  southern 
colonial  style  would  it  be  good  style  to 
use  the  large  fluted  columns  with  small 
plain  ones  for  side  veranda?  What  style 
windows  with  colonial  front?  What  style 
door,  use  bell  or  knocker?  We  want  an 
attractive  fireplace  with  bookcase  built  in 
the  wall — what  color  brick  should  be  used 
with  fumed  oak  woodwork  and  furniture? 

Ans. — Since  you  are  planning  to  build 
a  house  in  the  southern  colonial  style  we 
recommend  that  you  get  photographs  or 
cuts  of  some  of  the  good  old  colonial 
houses  which  you  admire  and  which  fit 
some  of  your  conditions,  and  adapt  them 
as  far  as  practicable  in  designing  your 
house.  Some  good  colonial  entrances  are 
shown  in  this  number  of  KEITH'S  Mag- 
azine. 

You  must  remember  that  in  planning 
a  colonial  house,  as  in  following  any 
"style"  you  are  following  a  mode  whose 
time  is  long  past,  and  that  probably  only 
a  few  of  your  conditions  can  be  similar 
to  those  of  the  earlier  time.  Colonial 
windows  had,  of  necessity,  small  panes 
which  are  more  interesting  than  our  larg- 
er sheets  of  glass.  Colonial  houses  are 
famous  for  their  beautiful  entrances. 
Most  colonial  work  was  designed  to  be 


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Herringbone  Doesn't  Feed  the  Flames 

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painted  white,  or  for  mahogany,  and  in 
either  case  the  mouldings  were  delicate, 
yet  sturdy,  not  so  heavy  as  would  be  used 
for  oak.  In  using  fumed  oak  for  your 
living  room  woodwork,  you  are  showing 
your  independence  of  the  old  colonial 
period. 

To  select  brick  to  be  used  with  fumed 
oak  for  your  living  room,  see  if  your 
dealer  can  not  show  you  brickwork  with 
fumed  oak  beside  it.  Red  is  always 
good,  or  you  may  like  a  chocolate  color 
with  the  oak. 

The  Finish  of  Doors. 

\V.  J.  F. — I  am  a  subscriber  to  your 
magazine  and  should  like  very  much  to 
have  your  suggestions  concerning  our 
new  home. 

It  is  to  be  of  the  bungalow  type.  The 
woodwork  and  floors  are  to  be  white  oak 
with  the  exception  of  the  bath  and  bed- 
rooms which  are  to  be  in  white  pine,  en- 
ameled white  with  closet  doors  to  match 
furniture,  early  English  in  one  room,  pol- 
ished Circassian  walnut  in  the  other  bed- 
room. Should  the  inside  of  the  doors 
into  the  bedrooms  be  made  to  match  the 
closet  doors?  Should  mirror  be  put  on 
inside  or  outside  of  closet  door? 

What  about  shades  for  casement  win- 
dows that  swing  in  ? 

Ans. — We  are  pleased  to  reply  to  your 
inquiries.  The  bedroom  doors  should  all 
be  finished  the  same  on  the  side  facing 
into  the  bedroom. 

It  is  a  matter  of  convenience,  or  prefer- 
ence, whether  the  mirror  shall  be  on  the 
inside  or  outside  of  the  closet  door — either 
is  proper.  It  will  be  quite  correct  to  use 
a  fumed  oak  stain  on  the  woodwork  of 
the  living  rooms,  in  fact  much  the  best 
thing  to  do.  As  to  the  floors,  our  per- 
sonal preference  is  for  a  slight  stain ;  but 
the  majority  of  people  leave  them  na- 
tural. They  are  supposed  to  show  dust 
less.  Your  brown  fireplace  brick  are  all 
right,  if  set  in  white  or  cream  mortar. 

Ordinary  shades  are  used  on  casement 
windows,  the  only  difference  being  in  the 
fixture,  which  is  a  bracket  projecting  out 
about  three  inches,  with  a  socket  on  outer 
end  to  receive  a  second  rod  for  the  sash 


curtains.    Both  shade  and  curtains  are  set 
on  the  sash  of  the  in-swinging  casement. 

Kitchen  Finish. 

F.  M.  P. — Will  you  help  me  to  plan  the 
kitchen  in  my  new  home?  The  room  is 
fairly  large,  sunny,  and  finished  in  pine, 
with  much  cabinet  work — cupboards,  break- 
fast nook  with  settles,  etc. 

My  first  thought  was  blue  and  white  with 
woodwork  all  in  white  and  panels  lined  in 
black  or  dark  blue.  Now  I  have  come  to 
fear  all  this  white  will  require  endless  care. 
Could  I  use  gray  instead  and  still  retain  a 
charming  equipment  in  blue  and  white 
china,  crockery,  etc.,  all  purchased  with  the 
blue  and  white  in  mind?  And  could  I  still 
have  an  exposed  red  brick  chimney  with 
geraniums  in  the  breakfast  nook  window? 
What  wall  color? 

I  can  imagine  a  charming  kitchen  in 
blue  and  white,  or  in  gray,  red,  and  black, 
but  I  don't  seem  able  to  reconcile  all  the 
colors.  I  prefer  gray  rather  than  brown 
stain,  since  I  am  using  gray  throughout 
the  house  in  combination  with  white  trim 
and  mahogany  furniture.  Would  yellow, 
gray  and  blue  harmonize  in  kitchen,  which 
is  also  a  sort  of  living  room?  Would  you 
recommend  cement  or  tile  brick  floor  with 
wool  rugs? 

Ans. — Nothing  will  be  so  good  for  your 
kitchen  as  white  woodwork,  and  if  you  have 
a  good  varnish  finish,  it  is  just  as  easy  to 
take  care  of  as  the  gray.  The  trouble  is 
that  with  your  built-in  cupboards,  settle, 
etc.,  there  is  so  much  of  it.  Now  you  can 
help  this  out  by  having  white  doors  to  your 
cupboards,  white  window  sash  and  casings 
and  white  baseboard  with  cap  molding  of 
baseboard  stained  either  green  or  mahog- 
any, also  the  body  part  of  cupboards  like 
a  frame. 

The  stained  parts  must  be  varnished,  so 
as  to  wipe  off  easily.  Then  paint  the  wall 
straw  color  or  light  buff.  Your  blue  china 
will  look  lovely  in  this  setting  and  the  red 
brick  chimney  and  red  geraniums  all  right 
— a  pretty  touch. 

If  by  cement  floor  you  mean  a  composi- 
tion floor — that  is  all  right — make  it  a  dark 
buff — gray  would  not  be  pretty  at  all.  We 
should  omit  the  lines  of  black  paneling  in 
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The   Servidor 

Warren  B.  Bullock 


KITCHEN  door  which  serves  as 
a  mechanical  maid,  which  does 
away  with  the  intrusion  into  the 
home  of  delivery  men  and  boys, 
which   makes  possible  the  reception  of 
parcels  while  the  housewife  is  away  from 
home  and  which  locks  the  goods  in  after 
they  have  been  delivered,  is  a  new  in- 
vention   which    has    originated    in    Mil- 
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many  apartments  and  private  residences 
that  are  being  erected  this  year.    Archi- 
tects to  whom  the  new   idea  has   been 
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The  Servidor  and  its  ingenious 
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was  the  first  man  to  install  the 
stationary  vacuum  cleaning  plant 
as  part  of  the  equipment  of  public 
and  private  buildings.  His  latest 
invention  is  described  as  a  door 
that  is  always  open  and  always 
closed,  always  locked  and  always 
unlocked.  The  seeming  paradox  is 


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HEAT  REGULATOR 


The  Heart  Of  The  Heating  Plant" 


MEANS    EVEN    TEMPERATURE 

INSURES  COMPORT  AND   HEALTH 

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"IPHE  comfort,  conve 
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HOUSEHOLD  ECONOMICS    Continued 


easily    explained. 

The  Servidor  is 
a  new  and  ingeni- 
ous keyless  four 
compartment  door 
through  w  h  i  c  h 
parcels  from  the 
tradesman  to  the 
home  or  from  the 
home  to  the 
tradesman  can  be 
safely  and  auto- 
matically deliver- 
ed, day  or  night, 
without  the  per- 
sonal attention  of 
housewife  or 
maid.  The  trades- 
man who  comes 
to  deliver  goods 
merely  opens  the 
outer  door  of  any 
one  of  the  com- 
partments which 
is  marked  "Va- 
cant"' puts  the 
goods  in,  shuts 
the  door  and  turns 
the  thumb  -  bolt. 
When  this  is 
done  the  outer 
door  auto- 
matically locks 
itself  against 
the  tradesman 
as  well  as 
against  any 
later  comer, 
changes  the  small  indicator  card  to 
"taken,"  and  releases  the  inner  door  of 
the  compartment  so  that  the  goods  can 
be  removed  from  the  compartment  by 
anyone  in  the  kitchen.  As  soon  as  the 
goods  have  been  removed  and  the  inner 
door  to  the  compartment  has  been  closed 
and  the  thumb  bolt  turned,  the  automatic 
lock  again  performs  its  service,  the  indi- 
cator again  reads  "Vacant,"  the  inner 
door  is  locked  and  the  outer  door  is  re- 
leased. Thus  the  door  is  made  absolute- 
ly burglar  proof  as  only  one  door  to  the 
compartment  can  be  opened  at  a  time. 
When  the  compartment  is  empty  it  can 
only  be  reached  from  the  outer  side  of 
the  door.  When  it  is  occupied,  the  only 
access  to  it  is  from  the  kitchen  side  of  the 


The  inside  of  the  servidor. 


door  and  neither 
delivery  man  nor 
housewife  is  ever 
bothered  with  a 
key. 

The  Servidor  is 
an  outside  door  of 
regulation  size.  It 
is       hinged       and 
locked       and       it 
opens    and    shuts 
like   any   ordinary 
door.   In   addition, 
however,      it 
has      four 
c  ompart- 
ments  which 
take    up    the 
space  usually 
given  to  pan- 
els and  glass. 
These     com- 
partment s 
ments  are  set 
in  the  frame 
of    the    door, 
one    above 
the  other, 
making    this 
part     of    the 
door    a    few 
inches  thick- 
er   than    the 
frame  of  the 
door.      The 
compart  - 
ments    are    6 
in.  through. 

When  the  delivery  man  comes  to  the 
outer  door,  he  does  not  ring  nor  is  he 
compelled  to  wait  for  someone  to  come 
to  the  door.  He  merely  opens  a  com- 
partment marked  "Vacant,"  puts  his 
goods  in  and  goes  away,  a  great  saving 
in  time  and  efficiency  both  for  the  dealer 
and  for  the  housewife  who  is  not  called 
to  the  door  each  time  a  delivery  man  ap- 
pears but  who,  if  she  wishes,  can  wait 
until  all  the  compartments  are  filled  be- 
fore she  takes  care  of  the  goods. 

The  danger  of  theft,  which  is  one  of 
the  problems  of  apartment  building  life, 
is  thus  obviated.  The  only  compartment 
which  can  be  opened  from  the  outside 
while  it  is  occupied  is  the  upper  com- 
partment, reserved  for  outgoing  parcels. 


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In  it  the  housewife  can  put  her  milk  bot- 
tles or  soiled  laundry  for  the  tradesmen 
to  gather  up  but  this  compartment,  like 
the  rest,  is  so  interlocked  that  the  outer 
and  inner  doors  cannot  be  opened  at  the 
same  time. 

A  little  steel  rod  and  a  latch  with  a  hole 
in  it  solves  the  problem.  As  the  com- 
partment door  shuts  and  the  catch  moves 
into  place,  it  springs  a  bit  of  mechanism 
which  throws  the  rod  forward  just  in 
time  to  pass  through  the  hole  in  the  catch, 
thus  effectually  locking  the  door.  This 
rod  operates  in  a  metal  box  which  ex- 
tends the  width  of  the  compartment  con- 
necting the  inner  and  outer  doors.  The 
rod  is  just  long  enough  so  that  when 
one  end  of  it  extends  through  the  catch 
of  the  inner  door  it  cannot  possibly  reach 
the  catch  on  the  opposite  door.  It  can 
only  be  released  by  opening  the  opposite 
door  and  shutting"  it,  thus  throwing  the 
bolt  back  and  locking  the  door  that  has 
just  been  operated  while  the  other  one  is 
released.  At  the  same  time,  the  mechan- 
ism also  changes  the  word  on  the  indi- 
cator. A  metal  plate  slides  up  and  down 
past  each  indicator  glass,  these  plates  be- 
ing connected  by  a  rod  which  operates  like 
a  seesaw.  When  the  upper  part  of  one 
face,  on  which  the  words  "Vacant"  and 
"Taken"  are  printed  ;  one  below  the  other, 
shows  in  the  outer  indicator,  the  lower 
part  of  the  opposite  face  shows  in  the  in- 
ner indicator,  the  seesaw  being  operated 
by  the  same  mechanism  which  throws  the 
bolt. 

Managers  of  apartment  houses  are  es- 
pecially enthusiastic  over  the  new  inven- 
tion, declaring  that  it  means  the  elimina- 
tion of  the  parcel  room  and  of  many  com- 
plaints about  undelivered  and  gone-astray 
packages.  Merchants  declare  that  its 
ever-ready  "Give  and  take"  service  will 
greatly  simplify  the  house  delivery  prob- 
lem and  that  the  saving  of  time  now  con- 
sumed by  waiting  for  bells  to  be  an- 
swered and  by  second  deliveries  will  cut 
down  the  expense  of  the  delivery  service 
at  least  one-half,  making  it  possible  for 
one  delivery  truck  to  do  the  work  now 
done  by  two. 

To  the  housewife  who  has  learned  the 
value  and  the  convenience  of  the  milk 
box,  the  extension  of  a  similar  service  to 
cover  delivery  of  dry  goods,  groceries, 
meat  and  laundry  is  expected  to  make 
forceful  appeal. 


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TABLE    OMAT 


Meals  Without  Meat 


HERE  is  almost  always  a  hot 
wave  in  the  early  part  of  Sep- 
tember, more  trying  than  the 
heat  of  June  or  July,  when  life  is 
a  burden  and  the  thought  of  heavy  food 
nauseates.  Then  is  the  time  to  cut  meat 
out  of  the  daily  menu  and  to  find  some 
acceptable  substitute  for  it. 

The  principal  substitutes  for  meat, 
containing  the  same  amount  of  the  needed 
protein,  are  beans,  nuts,  cheese,  some 
sorts  of  fish.  Dr.  Wiley  has  recently 


An  egg  plant  salad. 


stated  that  what  is  known  as  pink 
Alaska  salmon,  the  cheapest  grade  of 
canned  salmon,  is  the  most  economical 
form  of  animal  protein.  Properly  pre- 
pared it  is  very  palatable  and  can  be  used 
in  a  variety  of  dishes.  But  we  will  rule 
it  and  other  forms  of  fish  out  and  con- 
sider the  assembling  of  the  elements  of 
an  acceptable  vegetarian  dinner  from 
soup  to  dessert. 

Menu 
Tomato  Puree,  with  Cheese 

Creamed  Eggs 
Stuffed  Egg  Plant 
Cauliflower  Salad 
Chestnut    Pudding 

Coffee 

For  the  soup  use  two  cans 
of  tomato  pulp  which  are  sold* 
for  about  four  cents  each.  Thin 
it  with  rather  more  than  its 
bulk  of  hot  water,  season  it 
with  pepper  and  salt  and  add  a 
good  lump  of  butter.  For 
many  people  it  will  be  improved 
by  the  addition  of  a  little 
sugar.  Grate  a  quarter  of  a 
pound  of  sharp  American 
cheese  and  beat  into  it  two 
eggs,  and  very  gradually  add  a 
cupful  of  the  hot  soup.  When 
it  is  quite  smooth  pour  the  mix- 
ture into  the  soup  and  let  it 


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5  to*55 


very 


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and  comfort. 

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gas  and  soot  —  heat  elements  —  are  consumed  since  they  must  pass  up  through  the 
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TABLE  CHAT— Continued 


boil  up.  Serve  with  croutons.  This  soup 
is  very  substantial  and  is  good  for  the 
main  dish  at  luncheon. 

For  the  creamed  eggs  allow  three  for 
two  people.  Boil  them  twenty  minutes 
and  when  they  are  cold  cut  them  length- 
wise and  slantingly  in  rather  thick  slices. 
Make  half  a  pint  of  cream  sauce  and  heat 
the  eggs  in  it.  Have  a  sufficient  number 
of  slices  of  thick,  crustless  toast  well  but- 
tered and  lay  them  in  the  bottom  of  a 
casserole.  Pour  a  very  little  hot  water  in 


it  is  tender,  but  not  overdone.  When 
cold  arrange  the  flowerets  on  a  bed  of 
lettuce  leaves  and  cover  with  a  sour 
cream  salad  dressing. 

The  chestnut  pudding  is  made  from 
the  large  French  chestnuts.  Boil  them 
for  ten  minutes,  take  off  the  outer  shells 
and  pour  boiling  water  over  them  to  re- 
move the  inner  brown  skin,  then  simmer 
them  slowly  in  salted  water  until  they 
are  tender  enough  to  mash.  To  a  cup  of 
chestnuts  add  two  eggs,  a  pint  of  milk, 


Asparagus  and  eggs. 


so  that  the  toast  may  absorb  it  and  then 
add  the  egs.  Brown  bread  may  be  used 
for  the  toast. 

Choose  a  large  egg  plant  and  cut  off 
the  top.  Scoop  out  the  inside  and  chop 
it  finely.  Add  to  it  a  small  cupful  of 
bread  crumbs  moistened  with  milk,  a  cup- 
ful of  nut  meats,  a  small  onion  minced 
and  browned  in  butter,  salt,  pepper  and  a 
tablespoonful  of  butter.  Fill  the  shell 
with  the  mixture,  set  it  in  a  dish  with  a 
little  hot  water  and  bake  about  half  an 
hour.  Serve  on  a  bed  of  celery  leaves  and 
pass  brown  bread  and  butter  with  it. 

For  the  salad  pick  a  cauliflower  into 
flowerets  and  cook  it  in  salted  water  till 


sugar  to  taste  and  a  flavoring  of  vanilla. 
Pour  the  mixture  into  buttered  cups, 
steam  and  when  cold  turn  out  and  sur- 
round with  whipped  cream. 

In  some  parts  of  the  country  egg  plant 
is  not  attainable  and  a  good  substitute  is 
made  by  scrambling  eggs,  two  to  each 
person,  and  arranging  them  in  a  circle 
around  a  chop  dish,  filling  in  the  center 
with  the  contents  of  a  can  of  asparagus 
tips  heated,  passing  Hollandaise  sauce 
with  it.  Substitute  an  onion  soup  for 
the  tomato  puree  and  use  fried  tomatoes 
for  the  entree  instead  of  the  creamed 
eggs. 


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Watrous  Safely  Storm  Sash  Hanger 

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Building  Material 


AND  NOTES  ON 


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Permanent    Building    Material    Exhibit. 

UPPOSE  the  prospective  home- 
builder  were  able  to  visit  the  fac- 
tories where  he  would  find  the 
various  materials  set  up  as  they 
would  appear  when  completely  in  place  in 
his  home ;  that  he  could  examine  the  de- 
tails of  the  installation,  and  of  the  ma- 
terial. Suppose  also  that  the  factories  of 


the  similar  materials,  between  which  he 
must  make  a  choice,  were  located  next 
door  to  each  other,  with  some  one  ready 
to  show  him  the  advantages  of  each. 

This  is  the  condition  which  the  perma- 
nent Building  Materials  Exhibit  has  for 
its  aim.  Only  a  good  material  dares  to 
face  its  competitors  in  this  way,  so  the 
standard  for  the  exhibitors  is  kept  high. 


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Such  exhibits  have  as  yet  been  estab- 
lished in  only  a  few  cities,  the  most  not- 
able one  being  in  Chicago.  In  New  York 
there  are  a  number  of  permanent  exhibits 
of  building  materials,  notably  the  one  in 
the  Woolworth  building;  architects'  sam- 
ples in  the  Architect  building  on  Park 
avenue  and  the  Craftsman  Exhibit,  but 
these  are  not  so  wide  in  their  scope. 

Permanent  exhibits  including  all  classes 
of  building  materials  have  been  installed 
in  Chicago  and  Minneapolis  and  other  ex- 
hibits will  doubtless  be  arranged  as  they 
are  demanded. 

These  exhibits  occupy  an  entire  floor  of 
one  of  the  big  new  buildings ;  in  Chicago 
the  Insurance  Exchange,  and  the  Soo 
building  in  Minneapolis.  The  accom- 
panying cut  of  the  Chicago  exhibit  gives 
a  good  idea  of  the  way  materials  are 
arranged.  The  exhibits  are  installed  in 
booths  generally  with  only  a  low  rail  sep- 
arating them  and  with  attendants  and  a 
regular  office  service  in  each  booth. 

When  the  homebuilder  enters  the  ex- 
hibit he  sees,  in  one  alcove  the  brick 
which  he  wants  for  the  basement  course, 
also  brick  for  the  fireplace  all  laid  up 
showing  the  changing  effect  produced  by 
the  color  of  the  mortar  and  width  of  joint 
as  well  as  by  the  bond  in  which  they  are 
laid.  He  sees  how  the  brick  will  look  in 
the  wall.  Beyond  are  samples  of  cement 
or  stucco.  He  may  choose  the  color  and 
the  surface  and  get  minute  directions  for 
reproducing  them.  He  may  see  all  kinds 
of  woods  with  all  kinds  of  finish.  He 
may  examine  the  different  furnaces,  vac- 
uum cleaners,  hot  water  heaters — every- 
thing in  fact  that  he  wishes  for  his  new 
home. 

In  addition  to  that  he  may  bring  or 
send  his  drawings  and  get  estimates  on 
the  materials  which  he  expects  to  use. 

Here  the  owners,  architects,  contract- 
ors and  builders  will  conserve  their  time 
and  energy, — they  will  select  more  ad- 
visedly from  a  greater  variety, — make 
closer,  more  intelligent  comparisons,— 
effect  economies  and  keep  abreast  of  the 
latest  ideas  and  developments,  but  per- 
haps it  is  to  the  homebuilder  who  is  near 
enough  to  visit  one  of  these  exhibits  that 
the  greatest  benefit  ensues. 

Sanitation. 

In  household  affairs  Domestic  Engi- 
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changes  and  because  it  is  equally  adaptable 
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prises  plumbing,  heating,  lighting,  clean- 
ing and  ventilation.  Of  all  the  sciences 
this  is  perhaps  the  most  important  for  on 
it  hangs  the  health  and  happiness  of  the 
nation.  It  means  human  comfort,  and 
comfort  means  efficiency  and  length  of 
days. 

The  modern  plumber  has  become  an  ex- 
pert in  applied  sanitation.  If  he  takes  a 
broader  view  of  his  business  than  simply 
making  his  plumbing  lay-out  as  it  is  done 
"in  the  trade,"  seeing  that  the  joints  are 
tight  and  the  connections  good,  if  he 
knows  why  he  does  these  things  and  the 
relations  of  one  requirement  to  another, 
we  call  him  a  sanitary  engineer.  But 
whether  we  call  him  a  sanitarian  or  a 
plumber,  to  him  we  must  entrust  the  sani- 
tary conditions  of  our  houses.  It  is  al- 
most impossible  for  the  usual  house- 
holder to  get  information  on  the  subject. 
The  fixtures,  as  he  looks  at  them  in  the 
shop,  are  merely  pieces  of  furniture.  Why 
is  one  type  better  than  another?  What 
do  the  differences  in  the  price  stand  for, 
and  what  will  they  mean  after  installa- 
tion. The  dealer,  when  these  questions 
are  put  to  him,  gives  answers  which  one 
often  feels  ought  to  be  convincing  but — 
they  leave  only  a  hazy  impression. 

On  account  of  this  lack  of  general  in- 
formation, the  building  ordinance  of  the 
community  carries  additional  responsi- 
bility. A  plumbing  job  is  laid  out  in  con- 
formity with  the  requirements  of  the 
local  building  code.  Building  ordinances 
are  generally  prepared  by  the  city  alder- 
men— lawyers,  bankers,  politicians,  build- 
ers or  bakers,  as  the  case  may  be.  They 
are  prepared  by  an  adjustment  of  the  data 
on  the  subject,  which  has  been  sent  in  to 
them. 

The  idea  seems  to  prevail  that  the 
greater  the  requirements,  the  better  the 
job  of  plumbing  must  be.  There  is  a  very 
strong  feeling  in  the  east  that  our  estab- 
lished systems  of  plumbing  should  be 
simplified,  that  when  a  new  idea  and  de- 
vice is  added  from  time  to  time,  some  of 
the  older  ones  may  perhaps  be  dropped. 
One  of  the  elements  of  plumbing  is  the 
water  seal  in  the  curved  body  of  the  trap 
for  each  fixture.  If  the  water  be  siphoned 
off  or  evaporated,  the  seal  is  broken  and 
the  air  from  the  pipes  has  free  access  to 
the  house.  It  is  claimed  that  certain  ap- 
plications of  back  venting  tend  to  evapo- 


rate the  water  from  the  seal.  The  ordi- 
nances of  certain  cities  require  an  elabor- 
ate system  of  back  venting.  Other  cities 
do  not  require  any.  A  number  of  cities 
including  Washington  and  Xew  York  re- 
quire house  traps,  or  as  they  are  often 
called,  main  traps  in  the  house  sewer. 
Other  cities,  including  Chicago,  prohibit 
these  traps. 

Our  living  conditions  have  changed 
vastly  in  the  last  thirty  years.  In  New 
York  City,  thirty-one  years  ago,  the  mor- 
tality rate  was  27.5,  as  compared  with  14.1 
in  1912.  In  Chicago  for  the  same  period 
it  was  21.5,  as  compared  with  14.8  in  1912. 
In  Philadelphia  the  rate  was  22.3  in  1881 
and  15.1  in  1912,  and  in  Boston  24.7  in 
1881  and  16.2  in  1912. 

This  decrease  in  the  mortality  rate  is 
the  effect  of  many  improved  conditions. 
But  it  seems  to  be  generally  accepted  that 
the  factor  which  heads  the  list  of  death 
preventing  agencies  has  been  the  instal- 
lation of  sanitary  plumbing  in  all  its 
phases,  and  the  enforcement  of  the  laws 
relating  to  it. 

Sanitary  engineers,  with  a  faint  echo 
from  the  public,  are  asking  for  a  national 
or  at  least  a  state  plumbing  code,  which 
should  be  prepared  by  those  who  under- 
stand sanitation,  and  are  unbiased  by 
local  interest,  and  which  should  cover  the 
fundamental  principles.  No  one  doubts 
that  there  is  an  accurate  science  under- 
lying sanitation,  and  that  its  principles 
should  be  set  forth. 

Ohio  and  Wisconsin  have  plumbing 
codes  which  are  highly  commended,  other 
states  have  been  considering  them.  There 
seems  no  reason  why  many  of  the  require- 
ments should  not  be  standardized,  espe- 
cially as  plumbing  manufacturers  are  oft- 
en national  in  the  territory  their  products 
cover.  The  sizes  of  soil,  waste,  and  vent 
openings  suitable  for  requirements  in  Chi- 
cago would  be  just  as  necessary  in  St. 
Louis  and  San  Francisco.  A  standard  for 
depth  of  seal  for  traps  is  also  important. 

Foreign  visitors  as  well  as  returned 
travellers  tell  of  the  advance  America 
has  made  in  these  matters  beyond  that 
of  European  countries.  It  is  said  that 
Emperor  William  of  Germany  recently 
issued  an  order  forbidding  any  of  his  royal 
household  to  visit  homes  or  castles  where 
sanitary  plumbing  had  not  been  installed. 


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The  Builder  and 
The  Houseowner 

May  depend  absolutely  on  tlie  efficiency  of  the  Hei*  Welded 
Steel  Furnace,  and  on  the  certainty  of  full  satisfaction  with  it. 
A  He»5-Heated  house  means  a  house  warmed  in  coldest  and 
stormiest  weather,  in  every  nook  and  cranny,  it  means  a 
rapid  circulation  of  heat,  together  with  unusual  humidity, 
which  imparts  a  summer-like  quality  to  the  atmosphere.  The 
parched,  dry  atmosphere,  with  other  furnaces,  is  mostly  due 
to  lack  of  moisture. 

It  means  health  and  comfort;  it  means  cleanliness,  and  freedom 
from  dust  and  gas,  common  to  ordinary  hot  air  furnaces;  it 
means  economy  of  fuel  and  a  minimum  of  labor  in  caring  for 
the  heater.  It  means  a  saving  in  first  cost — for  you  are  deal- 
ing with  the  maker;  no  middlemen's  profit  to  pay. 

Yon  don't  have  to  trust  us  nor  accept  our  guarantees.  Simply  hand  the 
purchase  price  to  your  own  trusted  banker,  and  tell  him  to  hold  it  till 
January  1st  while  you  teat  the  heater. 

We  will  send  the  whole  outfit,  made  to  your  measure,  freight  prepaid. 
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will  then  return  your  money.  Isn't  that  a  pretty  safe  proposition? 

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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

What  Is  YOUR  Building  Problem? 

Put    Your    Home-Building    Problems    Up  to    Us,    and   We  Will  Give  Them 

Careful  Study  and  Reply  Either  Through  These  Columns 

Or  by  Mail  When  Stamp  Is  Enclosed. 


Hidden  Stairway. 

C.  E.  S. — I  wish  to  ask  your  advice  on 
my  plan  for  a  house,  especially  the  "hidden 
stairway"  for  a  house  of  this  class.  I  want 
a  central  hall  and  also  want  to  keep  my 
house  compact,  yet  roomy  and  comfortable. 
I  thought  of  having  my  stairway  in  the  rear 
of  the  hall,  so  that  a  back  stairway  would 
not  be  needed. 

Ans. — In  answer  to  your  inquiry  regard- 
ing "hidden  stairway,"  I  wish  to  say  that 
in  my  judgment  this  scheme  makes  an  ex- 
ceedingly practical  stair  and  under  proper 
architectural  detail  could  be  very  attractive, 
even  though  it  is  hidden  as  you  say. 

The  start  of  the  stair  would  show  and 
the  rear  portion  of  the  hall  containing  it 
really  becomes  a  "stairs  hall,"  which  would 
be  more  pronounced  by  throwing  a  beam 
across  the  ceiling  between  den  and  stair- 
way. 

Sheathing  and  Metal  Lath. 

J.  S. — I  intend  building  a  small  house 
in  the  country,  the  exterior  to  be  stucco  on 
wire  lath  with  timbers  showing.  Is  it  prac- 
tical to  put  the  cement  mixture  for  the  wire 
lath  with  nothing  on  the  back? 

Ans. — You  have  written  us  concerning 
the  subject  of  proper  method  of  using  metal 
lath  and  stucco  finish  on  a  residence. 

This  subject  has  been  very  fully  covered 
from  time  to  time  in  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 
and  I  presume  you  have  overlooked  these 
articles.  As  I  understand  your  question, 
it  is  whether  a  frame  house  will  be  suffi- 
ciently strong  and  durable  if  the  wire  lath 
is  put  over  the  studding  without  enclosing 
the  house  in  sheathing  boards.  It  would 
not. 

A  very  small  summer  camp  could  be  con- 
structed this  way  providing  that  the  stud- 
ding was  put  a  little  closer  together  than 
it  usually  is  placed,  but  as  a  general  rule 
the  building  requires  the  sheathing  to  give 
it  the  necessary  rigidity.  The  metal  lath 


can  be  nailed  directly  onto  the  sheathing 
boards,  but  it  is  much  better  to  use  an 
inch  or  inch  and  a  quarter  furring  strip 
set  about  16  inches  on  center  and  stretch- 
ing the  metal  lath  over  same.  This  gives 
you  the  inch  air  space  between  the  outside 
plaster  and  the  sheathing  boards. 

Treatment  for  a  Brick  Mantel. 

A.  D.  F.  Archt. — Woodwork  in  this  liv- 
ing room,  including  beams,  are  light  tobacco 
brown.  The  fireplace  is  all  in  birch  and  is 
massive.  It  is  cream  pressed  brick  with 
black  iron  spots.  The  mortar  has  been 
darkened  with  lampblack  until  it  is  a  slate 
color ;  hearth  about  color  of  woodwork. 
The  walls  above  panelwork  are  apple  green ; 
ceiling  cream.  This  room  is  to  be  redecor- 
ated, leaving  woodwork  as  it  is.  The  lady 
wants  to  paint  this  mantel  red  and  make 
walls  cream.  I  built  this  house  and  think 
that  to  paint  such  a  mantel  is  wrong.  It 
is  modern  and  well  done.  They  are  tired  of 
the  green  wall  and  want  cream  and  are 
afraid  the  mantel  will  not  stand  out  in 
contrast. 

Please  suggest  a  proper  treatment  for 
this  room.  There  is  no  change  in  dining 
room,  which  is  apple  green. 

Ans. — We  agree  with  you  that  it  would 
be  a  grave  mistake  to  paint  the  brick  man- 
tel, and  a  terrible  one  to  paint  it  red.  The 
iron  spots  in  the  cream  brick  together  with 
the  dark  mortar  will  sufficiently  differen- 
tiate it  from  the  wall.  We  think  that  this 
mantel  taken  in  connection  with  the  brown 
woodwork,  beaming  and  paneling,  will 
make  a  distinguished  and  effective  room, 
if  the  plaster  between  panel  strips  be  cov- 
ered with  dull  old  gold  burlap  or  grass- 
cloth  and  the  wall  above  painted  deep  ivory. 
The  cream  ceiling  can  remain.  Keep  the 
room  in  these  tones  of  brown,  dull  gold  and 
ivory — and  it  will  be  refined  and  unusual. 
The  rug  should  be  in  brown  and  cream  with 
some  rose — the  draperies  old  gold. 


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WOODS 


AND 


HOW  TO  USE 
THEM 


EDITOR'S  NOTE.  — When  the  building  idea  takes  possession  of  you — and  the  building  idea  is  dormant  or  active  in  every 
person;  when  you  feel  the  need  of  unbiased  information,  place  your  problems  before  KEITH'S  staff  of  wocd  experts. 

This  department  is  created  for  the  benefit  of  KEITH'S  readers  and  will  be  conducted  in  their  interest.  The  information 
given  will  be  the  best  that  the  country  affords. 

The  purpose  of  this  department  is  to  give  information,  either  specific  or  general,  on  the  subject  of  wood,  hoping  to  bring 
about  the  exercise  of  greater  intelligence  in  the  use  of  forest  products  and  greater  profit  and  satisfaction  to  the  users. 


A  New  University  Extension  Course  on 
Lumber  and  Its  Uses. 

LARGE  proportion  of  the  labor  in 
this  country  concerns  itself  in  one 
way  or  another  with  the  working 
of  wood,  in  some  of  its  forms,  with 
the  handling  of  lumber,  of  wood,  or  of 
some  of  their  products.  Many  of  these  in- 
dustries require  a  most  discriminating  use  of 
the  material.  Yet  the  amount  of  informa- 
tion available  on  the  subject  is  absurdly 
small.  To  the  student  or  young  craftsman 
there  is  no  way  to  obtain  any  systematic 
information  on  the  subject  in  general.  The 
more  or  less  experienced  man,  who  may 
wish  to  know  more  about  the  individual 
qualities  of  the  woods  he  is  called  upon 
to  work,  must  acquire  his  information  by 
the  slow  and  perhaps  bitter  experience. 

The  University  of  Wisconsin  is  the  first 
great  institution  outside  of  the  federal  gov- 
ernment to  recognize  the  true  state  of  af- 
fairs and  to  put  forth  an  effort  for  its  cor- 
rection. The  Extension  division  of  the  Uni- 
versity has  announced  a  correspondence 
study  course  in  "Lumber  and  Its  Uses," 
which  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  courses 
which  are  being  planned  for  those  engaged 
in  the  wood  working  industries.  This  is 
the  first  course  dealing  with  lumber  ever 
offered  to  the  general  public  in  the  United 
States.  The  course  has  been  prepared  for 
this  work  by  one  of  the  best  authorities  in 
this  country  and  is  planned  to  be  of  espe- 
cial value  to  lumber  dealers,  contractors, 
carpenters,  and  all  others  whose  work  re- 
lates to  the  use  of  this  important  material. 


The  assignments  for  the  course,  based  upon 
a  text  book  and  other  printed  material,  are 
as  follows : 

1.  The  Structure  of  Wood.     Porus  and 
Xon-Porous  Woods,  Springwood  and  Sum- 
merwood,    Sapwood   and   Heartwood,   The 
Figure  of  Wood. 

2.  Physical  Properties  of  Wood.     Soft- 
woods,    Hardwoods ;     Useful     Properties, 
Weight     of     Different     Woods,     Bending 
Strength,      Crushing      Strength,      Tensile 
Strength. 

3.  Physical  Properties  of  Wood.     Stiff- 
ness, Toughness,  Hardness,  Effect  of  Mois- 
ture, Shrinkage. 

4.  Standard    Grades   and    Sizes.      Pur- 
poses, How  Established,  How  Maintained, 
Principal    Systems,    Nominal    and    Actual 
Dimensions,  Shipping  Weights. 

5.  Structural  Timbers.    Specifications  of 
Manufacturers,  American  Society  for  Test- 
ing Materials,  U.  S.  Forest  Service,  Defi- 
nitions of  Defects. 

6.  Seasoning  and  Preservation  of  Tim- 
ber.   Air  Drying,  Kiln  Drying,  Wood  Pres- 
ervation. 

7.  Paints  and  Stains.     Purposes,  Com- 
position, Methods  of  Application,  Adapta- 
tions to  Specific  Woods. 

8.  Lumber   Prices   and   Cost   of   Wood 
Construction.        Comparison     of     Lumber 
Prices  with  Prices  of  Other  Commodities, 
Comparative  Costs  of  Building  with  Lum- 
ber,  Brick,   Stone,   Stucco :   Standard    Mill 
Construction. 

9.  Specific    Uses    of    Woods.      Lumber 
Production,  Woods  used  for  Paving  Blocks, 


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from  the  plans,  editorial  matter  and  advertising  in 
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It  is  to  your  interest  to  know  about  the 
quality  and  prices  of  the  many  different  ma- 
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The  special  feature  of  this  magazine  is  a  com- 
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New  Roofing 
Discovery 

Works  Wonders  in  Beautifying  Home! 


For  Simplest  and  Grandest  Homes 

/^HARMING  Moorish  beauty  Nrnd 
^^  dignity  of  appearance  of  Metal 
Spanish  Tile  gives  an  air  of  distinction  to 
the  home  graced  by  this  wonderful  new 
and  practically  indestructible  roofing. 

It  has  taken  home-builders  of  America 
by  storm,  for  it  is  the  modernization  of 
the  wonderfully  beautiful  roofs  of  historic 
Spanish  edifices. 

The  art  of  making  this  roofing,  left 
behind  by  fleeing  Moors  driven  out  of 
Spain  centuries  ago,  until  1910  could 
not  be  made  practical  for  the  modern 
home,  despite  its  alluring  beauties. 

After  years  of  experiment,  we  have  hit  the 
solution.  That  is  why  today  we  are  able  to 
offer  American  homes  the  amazing  attractive- 
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Metal  Spanish  Tile  Roofing 

Its  scores  of  vital,  practical  advantages  cost 
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tically indestructible  metal  construction. 

It  is  absolutely  wind,  weather,  storm,  fire  and 
lightning  proof. 

Easy  to  apply.  No  soldering:,  no  special  tools — any 
ordinary  mechanic  can  apply  it.  Interlocking  system 
by  which  tiles  dovetail  into  each  other  makes  the  roof 
absolutely  water  tight  and  provides  for  expansion  and 
contraction  perfectly  —summer  and  winter.  It  is  guar- 
anteed non-breakable. 

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The  World's  Largest  Maker*  of  Metal 

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WOODS  AND  HOW  TO  USE  THEM-Continued 


Hardwood  Flooring',  Furniture,  Vehicles, 
Musical  Instruments,  Patterns,  etc. ;  Uses 
of  White  Pine,  Yellow  Pine,  Douglas  Fir, 
Oak,  Maple,  etc. 

10.  Selection  of  Material  to  Build  a 
House.  Kind,  Quality  and  Cost  of  Fram- 
ing, Sheathing,  Siding,  Shingles,  Flooring, 
Interior  Finish,  Doors. 

The  Discovery  of  Mahogany. 

Like  the  use  of  a  great  many  of  the  fac- 
tors connected  with  the  arts  and  the  sci- 
ences, the  discovery  of  the  beauty  of  the 
grain  of  mahogany  for  furniture  was  acci- 
dental, says  a  London  contemporary.  The 
story  goes  that  a  certain  West  Indian  cap- 
tain who  had  brought  back  to  England  some 
planks  of  mahogany  as  ballast,  decided  to 
give  the  wood  to  his  brother,  a  Dr.  Gib- 
bons, then  building  a  house  in  King  Street, 
Covant  Garden.  But  the  planks  were  so 
hard  that  the  carpenters  objected,  and  the 
plan  for  using  them  fell  through. 

Some  time  later,  Mrs.  Gibbons  wanted  a 
small  box  made,  and  the  doctor  sent  the 
mahogany  to  a  cabinetmaker.  In  his  turn 
the  cabinetmaker  objected  to  the  hardness 
of  the  wood,  but  the  doctor  persisted  so 
much  in  his  request  that  the  order  was 
finally  executed. 

The  finished  box  polished  so  nicely  that 
the  doctor  ordered  a  bureau  made  of  the 
same  wood.  The  cabinetmaker  displayed 
that  in  his  shop  window  before  delivering 
it.  The  Duchess  of  Buckingham  saw  it  and 
begged  enough  wood  from  the  doctor  to 
have  it  duplicated,  and  mahogany  furniture 
soon  after  came  into  favor. — Building  Age. 

Question  Answered. 

W.  G.  W. — I  am  promptly  accepting  your 
invitation  in  July  number  for  information 
from  your  wood  experts. 

I  would  like  to  know  what  is  best  to 
use  for  piazza  floors?  Most  people  here 
use  hard  pine ;  we  expect  to,  but  our  con- 
tractor says  cypress  painted  will  outwear 
any  kind  of  wood.  We  considered  cypress 
too  soft  for  flooring.  Please  tell  me  if  it 
would  get  splintery?  It  would  cost  $20.00 
more  than  hard  pine,  which  is  only  a  trifle 
if  it  is  really  the  best  to  use.  If  there  is 
a  still  better  wood  for  outside  flooring, 
please  tell  us.  We  have  our  choice  of  red 
birch,  maple  or  hard  pine  (best  quality) 
for  living  room,  hall  and  dining  room  floors. 


Please  advise  us  the  relative  differences 
of  these  woods.  All  the  interior  woodwork 
is  cypress.  Is  Washington  fir  good  for 
porch  pillars  and  doors  ? 

Ans. — You  are  to  be  congratulated  on 
the  care  you  are  exercising  in  selecting  the 
material  for  your  home  and  on  the  fact  that 
you  realize  the  very  slight  difference  in 
the  cost  of  the  raw  material  is  not  a  matter 
of  very  great  importance  compared  with 
the  value  of  what  you  secure. 

Wood  makes  the  best  floor  for  the  piazza 
and  this  problem  is  merely  to  select  the 
best  wood  for  this  purpose. 

If  you  can  secure  2}4 -inch  face  quarter- 
sawed  heart  Cypress  it  will  make  you  a  very 
good  floor  and  will  last  fairly  well.  It  is, 
of  course,  much  softer  than  either  Long 
Leaf  Pine  or  Arkansas  Soft  Pine  and  will 
not  resist  so  much  wear.  You  should  not 
use  flat  sawed  flooring  under  any  circum- 
stances. 

Probably  you  will  secure  more  service 
by  using  all  heart  edge  grain  2}4-inch  face 
B.  &  Better  Arkansas  Soft  Pine,  Long  Leaf 
Pine  or  Douglas  Fir.  Have  the  contractor 
insist  on  being  supplied  with  the  exact 
length  of  flooring  that  will  be  used ;  that 
is,  do  not  permit  him  to  splice  two  pieces 
to  make  a  length. 

The  life  of  the  floor  will  be  increased 
if,  before  it  is  laid,  you  will  have  the 
grooves  filled  with  thick  white  lead  and  laid 
while  the  paint  is  wet.  That  will  give  you 
a  floor  that  is  practically  waterproof,  pro- 
vided the  surface  is  primed  as  soon  as  fin- 
ished. 

The  Arkansas  Soft  Pine  and  the  Fir  will 
hold  paint  better  than  the  average  run  of 
Long  Leaf  Pine ;  they  contain  less  pitch. 
Long  Leaf  Pine,  however,  is  harder  and 
will  stand  more  wear. 

Hard  pines  are  what  may  be  termed  lam- 
inated woods.  That  is,  they  are  built  up 
of  alternate  layers  of  hard  and  soft  wood. 
Birch  and  Maple  are  solid  formation  and 
ordinarily  will  show  less  wear  than  the  pine. 
Birch  flooring  will  take  any  stain  treatment 
you  care  to  give  it  and  can  be  finished  to 
harmonize  with  the  woodwork. 

Washington  Fir,  or  Douglas  Fir  as  it  is 
also  called,  is  good  for  almost  any  purpose 
you  elect  to  use  it.  It  is  being  used  exten- 
sively in  the  manufacture  of  porch  pillars 
or  columns  and  doors. 


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The  Roof  That  Gives 
Good  Service ! 

You  can  rely  upon  your  roof  to  give 
you  good  service — if  it  is  a 

VULCANITE 
ROOF 

Vulcanite  Asphalt  Shingles  are  made  to  withstand  the  effect  of 

Sun  and  Wind,  Rain  and  Frost.     They  lay  Flat — do  not  Warp  or  Crack — and  are 
FIREPROOF.     Stocked  in   Red  or   Green.      Vulcanite  Asphalt 
Shingles  are  GUARANTEED. 

Di-Mack  Wall  Board— Rock  Board 

Beautiful  Duplex  Boards 
Green  or  Buff  Surface  Brown  or  White  Surface 

The  modern  wall  and  ceiling  material.  It  is  less  expensive  as  it  costs 
less  than  lath  or  plaster,  is  Warm,  Strong,  Artistic  and  Durable.  Can  be 
easily  applied,  painted  or  decorated.  Is  a  non-conductor  of  heat  and  cold. 

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For  All  Kinds  of  Houses 

from  bungalows  and  camps  to  suburban  residences 
and  country  mansions,  the  deep,  rich  colors  of 

Cabot's  Creosote  Stains 

are  most  beautiful  and  appropriate  for  the  shingles,  siding 
or  timbers.  The  colors  are  clear  and  transparent  and 
bring  out  the  beauty  of  the  grain  of  the  wood  instead  of 
covering  it  as  paint  does.  They  cost  only  half  as  much  as 
paint,  can  be  put  on  twice  as  fast,  the  colors  are  lasting, 
and  the  Creosote  *'ia  the  best  wood  preservative  known." 

You  con  get  Cabot's  Stains  all  over  the  country.     Send 
for  stained  icooJ  samples  and  name  of  nearest  agent. 

SAMUEL  CABOT,  Inc.,  Manufacturing  Chemist* 

Boston,  Mass. 
Cabot's  Stucco  Stains— for  Cement  Rouses. 


Bonforu  &  EllMI.  Architects.  Tampa,  Fla. 
Stained  with  Cabot's  Creosote  Stains. 


IXL  ROCK 
MAPLE,  BIRCH 
AND  BEECH 
FLOORING 


"The  Finest  Milled 
Flooring  in  the  World' 


important  feature 
Jl  is  the  wedge  shaped 
tongue  and  groove 

which  enters  easily,  drives 
up  snug  and  insures  a 
perfect  face  at  all  times 

without  after  smoothing,  an 

advantage  that  is  not  obtain- 
ed by  any  other  manufacture. 

Our  method  of  air-seasoning; 
and  kiln  drying  has  stood 
the  test  for  thirty  years. 

Address 
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MermansvilU-,    Mich. 


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Birch  Book  K— Birch 
Interiors 

In    this    book    are    mirrored    many    wonderful 

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Influence  of  Indoor  Living. 

|  AN,  like  a  horse,  is  naturally  an 
outdoor  creature.  As  the  nee  has 
been  crowded  north  toward  the 
frigid  zone,  houses  that  will  pro- 
tect from  the  cold  and  the  storm  have  be- 
come a  necessity.  The  tendency  of  the  age 
toward  concentration  of  the  people  in  cities 
tends  to  make  man  an  indoor  creature,'' 
says  Dr.  W.  A.  Evans  in  the  Chicago  Trib- 
une. 

The  primitive  man  of  the  far  north  is 
small  in  stature  which  must  naturally  be 
credited  to  the  bad  living  conditions  under 
which  they  spend  so  much  of  their  time. 
Progressing  toward  the  south  the  aborig- 
inies  are  generally  larger  with  better  phys- 
ique. The  American  Indian  is  well  built. 
The  negro  from  Africa  is  larger. 

English  and  American  Housing. 

Some  rather  interesting  points  were  de- 
veloped in  the  course  of  the  discussion  on 
housing  at  a  meeting  following  the  visit 
to  England,  which  the  National  Housing 
Association  organized  last  summer,  to  study 
the  work  there.  In  the  discussion  of  the 
human  side  of  the  problem  comment  was 
made  upon  the  very  small  number  of  aliens 
in  the  English  slums  and  the  homogeneous 
character  of  the  population  in  the  garden 
suburbs  and  municipal  dwellings.  This 
is  in  wide  contrast  to  the  diversity  of  na- 
tionality in  the  crowded  sections  of  Ameri- 
can cities. 

The  effect  of  the  management  on  these 
communities,  whether  municipal,  co-part- 
nership, real  estate  interests,  or  a  garden 
community  was  considered,  and  followed  by 
a  discussion  on  house  plans  from  the  ten- 
ant's point  of  view,  and  recreation  in  the 
garden  communities.  The  single  family 
house,  rather  than  the  multiple  dwelling, 
met  with  unanimous  commendation,  but 
when  it  came  to  interior  arrangements  the 
conference  felt  that  America  had  more  to 
teach  than  to  learn.  The  success  of  the 
English  in  providing  for  wholesome  recrea- 
tion in  their  garden  suburbs  and  villages, 


however,  was  held  up  as  something  for  us 
to  emulate. 

In  a  survey  of  housing  conditions  in 
Philadelphia  with  relation  to  causes,  a  study 
of  the  effect  of  improvement  upon  rents 
proved  the  fallacy  of  the  statement  that 
sanitary  betterments  have  their  reflex  in 
additional  cost  to  tenants.  An  investiga- 
tion into  the  effect  of  home  ownership  upon 
citizenship  revealed  that  where  the  per- 
centage of  privately  owned  homes  is  high 
the  congestion  is  least,  the  death  rate  usu- 
ally lower  and  incidentally  the  greatest  in- 
dependence in  politics  manifest. 

To  Arbitrate  Labor  Questions. 

The  Builders'  Exchange  of  Philadelphia 
recently  organized  an  advisory  board,  com- 
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What  Paint  Will  Do. 

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of  value  is  added  to  a  house  by  a  fresh 
coat  of  paint  and  you  will  be  surprised  at 
the  size  of  the  figure  he  will  give  you. 
Many  householders  have  the  habit  of  put- 
ting off  painting  until  a  house  fairly  screams 
for  it — and  they  perhaps  figure  that  they 
are  economizing.  Not  so.  Good  paint,  ap- 
plied at  regular  intervals  not  too  far  apart, 
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ally raises  the  value  of  a  house  by  improved 
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gradients,  prevents  and  arrests  decay.  The 
man  who  lets  his  house  become  an  eyesore 
in  an  otherwise  well-kept  locality  should  be 
taxed  for  the  heavy  damage  he  is  doing  to 
that  community. — National  Real  Jistntc 
Journal. 

To  Make  a  Kitchenette. 

When  living  in  very  small  quarters  and 
desiring  kitchen  conveniences  in  order  to 
entertain  occasional  guests,  or  to  get  one's 
own  breakfast,  a  closet  that  is  not  needed 
for  anything  else  can  very  readily  be  con- 
verted into  a  kitchenette.  Have  a  deep  shelf 
put  in  at  a  convenient  height  on  which  to 
place  a  gas  plate  or  tiny  gas  stove,  which 
may  be  connected  with  the  gas  fixture  in 
the  room.  Cover  the  walls  with  white  table 
oilcloth.  The  shelf  may  be  covered  with 
oilcloth  or  with  zinc.  Around  three  sides 
of  the  closet  have  shelves  placed  at  about 
the  height  of  the  head,  yet  easily  reached, 
to  hold  necessary  supplies,  with  additional 
shelves  at  one  and  for  dishes.  Hooks 
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KEITHS  MAGAZINE 

ON  HOME  BUILDING 


CONTENTS    FOR    OCT..     1915 


Just  a  Word  . 

The  Modern  Wayside  Inn— William  B.  Pouxll 225 

The  Maryland  Cottages— Hrnru  K.  Pennon L':in 

Two  Women  Architects-  Virginia  Shortage 233 

Three  Two-Story  Houses—  Charla  Alma  Byea 237 

Fruit  in  the  Home  Garden    243 

The  Two-Family  House— The  Salem  Group : 245 

A  Gambrel-Roofed  House 248 

A  Cottage  on  Colonial  Lines 249 

A  Seaside  Cottage  2S1 

A  Snag  Little  House 252 

Bungalow  with  a  Side  Entrance 254 

The  Typical  Bungalow 255 

Homes  of  Individuality 256 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 260 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration   264 

Household  Economics 268 

Table  Chat 272 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating.  Lighting  and  Plumbing 276 

The  Architect's  Corner 280 

Woods  and  How  to  Use  Them 282 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 286 

New  Booklets  and  Trade  Notes  ...  ...288 


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COPYRIGHT.  i'.n...  BY  M.  L.  KEITH. 


KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIV 


OCTOBER,  1915 


No.  4 


The  Modern  Wayside  Inn 

How  to  Turn  a  Neglected  Farm  House  Ijito  An  Attractive  Money- 
Making  Tavern,  and  Do  It  Cheaply 

William  B.  Powell 


T  is  rather  surprising  that  more 
people  do  not  appreciate  the 
value  of  opening  a  Wayside  Inn 
or  Country  Tavern  at  convenient 
motoring  distance  from  town.  England, 
France — in  fact  nearly  all  European  coun- 
tries— are  dotted  with  wonderfully  attrac- 
tive little  places  where  one  can  stop  in  for 
daintily  served  afternoon  tea,  or  a  good 


country  dinner.  These  places  are  nearly 
always  very  simple  and  usually  tiny. 
They  are  not  elaborate  or  expensively  fur- 
nished— and  this  is  a  point  which  Ameri- 
cans ought  to  remember.  We  are  so  prone 
tn  think  that  a  restaurant  or  even  a  house 
must  have  a  lot  of  money  spent  on  it  if 
it  be  attractive.  It  is  so  easy  to  fit  out  a 
little  tea  room  inexpensively.  What  is 


• 


A  wall  or  ledge  screens  your  lawn  from  the  roadway. 


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The  porch  may  be  utilized  as  a  dining  room. 


more,  if  the  proprietors  have  any  business 
ability,  it  will  net  them  a  nice  profit. 

I    know    of    three    college    girls    who 
opened  a  small  inn  about  ten  miles  from  a 


large  city  and  took  in  a  splendid  income 
every  month  from  April  through  October. 
I  know  of  another  tavern  situated  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  same  city  and  here 


The  office  seems  like  a  room  in  a  private  house. 


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a  young  couple,  who  run  a  small  farm  in 
conjunction  with  it,  make  a  nice  sum  the 
year  around.  This  couple  took  an  old 
place  which  had  been  used  as  a  stopping 
place  in  the  old  stage  coach  days,  and  by 
putting  a  thousand  dollars  and  plenty  of 
taste  and  common  sense  into  its  recon- 
struction, they  have  evolved  one  of  the 
most  popular  inns  in  that  section  of  the 


An  attractive  inn  furnished  with  taste 
and  possessing  that  much  desired  element 
"atmosphere,"  will  be  readily  patronized 
and  will  easily  pay  for  itself. 

Why  not  get  a  few  people  together  and 
by  each  one  putting  in  a  little  money 
and  contributing  a  few  pieces  of  furniture, 
china,  or  linen,  start  up  a  wayside  inn? 
Select  a  farm  house  or  cottage  that  is 


The  living  room  ia  a  very  attractive  tea  houM. 


state.  A  tennis  court  and  access  to  the 
golf  links  of  a  nearby  town,  make  this 
place  very  popular  for  week-end  parties. 
In  winter  the  court  is  flooded  for  skating 
and  the  surrounding  hills  are  attractive 
to  lovers  of  coasting  and  skiing. 

There  are  many  of  these  little  places 
throughout  New  England,  but  the  rest 
of  the  country  has  yet  to  get  enough  of 
them.  Too  often  the  motorist  finds  him- 
self in  prosaic  surroundings  for  his  meals. 


located  on  a  popular  highway  and  if  pos- 
sible at  a  distance  which  will  catch  the 
trade  of  several  towns.  In  renovating  it, 
don't  be  tempted  to  spend  too  much 
money  nor  be  side-tracked  from  your 
undertaking  on  this  account.  These 
stopping  places  do  not  have  to  have  every 
modern  convenience — in  fact,  you  will 
find  that  many  people  would  much  prefer 
candle  light  to  electric,  and  open  fire- 
places to  steam  radiators.  Shower  baths 


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will  satisfy  the  guests  and  old-timey  wash 
stand  sets  will  do  very  nicely  in  the  sim- 
ple bedrooms. 

I  shall  give  you  some  hints  for  fixing 
an  inn,  many  of  which  will  be  just  suited 
to  a  place  that  you  have  in  mind.  Even 
if  you  or  your  friends  are  not  interested  in 
such  a  proposition,  many  of  my  sugges- 
tions are  just  as  applicable  to  private 
homes  as  to  public  hostelries. 


lawn  from  the  roadway  and  make  it  an 
attractive  place  for  tea  on  a  warm  after- 
noon or  for  supper  when  the  twilights 
are  sufficiently  long.  You  will  note  the 
wall  of  rough  stones,  the  graceful  trellises 
and  arches,  and  the  bird  houses  in  the 
photograph  shown,  all  of  which  add  to 
the  garden's  attractiveness. 

You  can  obtain  more  dining  room  space 
by  utilizing  a  porch.    Screens,  plain  grass 


A  good  way  to  treat  a  low  ceiled  room. 


In  regard  to  the  exterior,  I  suggest  the 
liberal  use  of  white  paint.  Almost  any 
place  will  look  inviting  to  passersby  if  it 
is  painted  white,  with  green  shutters. 
You  can't  go  wrong  with  this  combina- 
tion. Of  course  trees,  a  well-kept  lawn, 
flowers,  awnings,  pergolas,  etc.,  are  great 
additions.  But  these  things  add  up  the 
expenditures,  and  if  you  go  into  them, 
you  must  keep  your  eye  constantly  on 
your  money. 

A  stone  wall  or  hedge  will  screen  your 


rugs,  painted  iron  furniture  and  plenty  of 
hanging  baskets  are  all  that  are  necessary 
to  gain  an  appetizing  eating  place  over- 
looking the  garden. 

These  little  taverns  do  not  require  a 
regular  office — I  have  one  in  mind  where 
the  corner  of  the  main  room  or  lobby  is 
the  only  ."office"  used.  The  small  counter, 
candy  and  cigar  stand  are  the  only 
things  which  need  suggest  a  public  place, 
and  these  need  not  be  emphasized.  The 
old-fashioned,  bright  hollyhock  paper 


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makes  the  office  of  one  wayside  inn  seem 
more  like  a  room  in  a  private  home,  which, 
by  the  way,  is  the  effect  you  should 
strive  for  in  planning  the  decorations 

The  main  room  should,  if  possible,  have 
one  or  two  open  fireplaces  as  they  will 
add  greatly  to  the 
livability  of  your 
place.  With  the  fur- 
niture grouped  about 
the  fi  r  e  p  1  a  c  e  the 
guests  will  enjoy  the 
cheery,  homelike  at- 
mosphere, such  as 
only,  a  crackling  log 
fire  can  radiate. 

The  living  room  of 
an  exceptionally  at- 
tractive tea  house  is 
shown  in  the  photo- 
graph. The  walls 
were  painted  a  warm, 
light  gray  with  mod- 
ern "flat"  wall  paint.  A  certoin  tovern  ha"  ""«« 
The  woodwork  was  painted  ivory — also 
with  "flat"  paint.  The  old  floors  were 
left  the  same  and  a  cheap  but  effective 
bright  green  grass  rug  was  used.  Except 
for  the  big  comfortable  couch,  the  rest  of 
the  furniture  is  wicker,  or  else  plain,  un- 
finished pine  which  has  been  painted 
black.  The  room  can  stand  plenty  of 
black  because  the  chintz  hangings  have 
very  vivid  coloring  and  some  of  the  up- 
holstering and  pillows  are  of  bright  col- 
ors. A  novel  effect  has  been  obtained  by 
cutting  out  certain  patterns  from  the 
chintz  and  appliqueing  them  on  black 
denim  pillows.  These  designs  have  also 
been  pasted  on  some  of  the  black  furni- 
ture, with  over  it  a  coat  of  shellac  or 
water-proof  varnish.  In  the  case  of  tables 
a  piece  of  glass  was  used  instead.  Elec- 
tricity and  heating  was  put  in  this  tea 
house,  although  it  is  not  necessary  unless 
it  is  to  be  kept  open  until  cold  weather. 

Another  good  way  of  decorating  a  low 


ceilinged  country  room,  whether  it  be 
for  an  inn  or  private  home,  is  shown  by 
the  accompanying  photograph.  The  effec- 
tiveness of  this  treatment  depends  solely 
on  the  design  of  the  wall  paper  and  the 
coloring  used  throughout  the  room.  The 
old-fashioned,  plain- 
tiled  mantelpiece  has 
been  left  as  it  was 
and  the  woodwork 
painted  a  pure,  glos- 
sy white.  The  pre- 
dominating colors  in 
the  paper  are  mauve 
and  old  blue,  the  lat- 
ter color  being  used 
for  the  curtains  and 
upholstering  of  the 
wicker  furniture. 
High  glass  candle- 
sticks with  prisms 
add  an  old  -  timey 
touch. 

I  the  old  attic  for  a  ball  room.  Jf   yQU    want    to    gQ 

to  the  expense,  you  will  find  a  ballroom 
has  additional  value  in  these  days  when 
dancing  is  so  popular.  A  certain  tavern, 
which  is  simply  a  renovated  farm  house, 
has  its  ballroom  made  from  the  old  attic. 
The  walls  were  plastered,  new  wainscot- 
ing and  flooring  added,  but  the  beams 
were  left  intact,  except  that  they  were 
stained  a  dull  green  to  match  the  new 
woodwork. 

The  bedroom  problem  is  a  very  simple 
one.  With  paint  and  varnish,  chintzes, 
old-fashioned  wall  paper  (which  can  now 
be  obtained  cheaply)  you  cannot  help  but 
have  attractive  rooms.  It  is  here  that  you 
can  use  your  odd  pieces  of  furniture  and 
by  staining  or  painting  them  make  them 
match  to  form  sets. 

If  you  are  an  owner  of  an  empty  farm 
house  or  a  motorist  who  longs  for  an  in- 
viting place  to  eat  after  a  good  run — why 
not  interest  yourself  or  some  of  your 
friends  in  this  \Yavside  Inn  idea? 


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The  Maryland  Cottages 

"Such  stuff  as  dreams  are  made  of." 

— Shakespeare. 

Henry  K.  Pearson 


HE  Maryland  cottages  are  fam- 
ous. No  one  ever  goes  to  Pasa- 
dena without  going  to  see  these 
charming  cottages.  ''Dreams" 
they  truly  are ;  dreams  in  plaster  and  tile, 
all  broidered  and  garlanded  with  trailing 


of  ground  in  the  rear  of  Hotel  Maryland 
and  are  part  of  that  property  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  guests  who  desire  quiet 
and  retirement.  In  a  general  way,  they 
are  designed  in  sympathy  with  the  archi- 
tectural composition  of  the  Maryland  it- 


In  the  court  stands  a  magnificent  camphor  tree. 


ferns  and  vines.  Mr.  Myron  Hunt,  the 
noted  California  architect,  dreamed  to 
some  purpose  when  his  fertile  brain 
evolved  these  fair  visions  which  have 
been  materialized  and  embodied  in  plas- 
ter, brick  and  wood. 

The  cottages  with  the  courts  and  gar- 
dens they  enclose,  occupy  a  whole  block 


self,  which  is  unique  among  hotels.  But 
the  fertility  of  the  architect's  brain  is 
shown  in  the  variety  of  designs,  for  each 
one  of  the  twelve  cottages  differs  in  its 
detail  and  in  some  essential  feature  from 
all  the  others. 

The  marked  characteristics  of  the  hotel 
exterior — the  white  plaster  surfaces,  the 


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The  automobile  entrance  to  the  court. 


columns,    the    pergolas,    the    wreathing  monotony.     A  noticeable  feature  is  the 

vines,  are  reproduced  in  the  cottages ;  but  utter  absence  of  the  bungalow  type.    To 

are  so  combined  and  so  infinitely  varied  build  a  group  of  one  story  cottages,  in  a 

as  to  leave  no  impression  of  sameness  or  land  of  bungalows  without  making  use  of 


Brick  is  cleverly  used  with  the  plaster. 


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the  bungalow  idea,  is  certainly  a  notable 
achievement. 

The  illustrations  presented  show  the 
inside  facades  of  some  of  the  cottages  as 
they  face  the  great  central  court  with  its 
flower  bordered  walks,  its  velvet  sward, 
its  pergolas  and  fountains,  its  beautiful 
plants  and  flow- 
ers. Through  a 
wide  window, 
we  get  a  view 
from  the  inside 
of  one  of  the 
cottages,  look- 
ing out  upon 
the  space  be- 
tween two  of 
the  dwellings, 
with  its  wealth 
of  fl  o  w  e  r  i  n  g 
shrubs  between 
the  vine-draped 
walls. 

In  the  center 
of  one  of  the  general  inner  courts  stands 
a  magnificent  camphor  tree ;  a  great 
branching  pepper,  with  its  graceful. 
drooping  sprays  occupies  a  similar  posi- 
tion on  the  other  end.  From  the  street 
side,  the  purple  mountains  rise  before  us, 
mysterious,  alluring, — a  wonderful  vision. 
Surely,  the  California  architect  must 
needs  be  a  dreamer  of  beautiful  visions, 
to  live  up  to  the  settings  Nature  gives  him 
here.  As  one  walks  along  the  street  side 
of  these  charming  dwellings,  suggestions 
follow  quickly  upon  the  heels  of  vision. 
Here  high  walls  8  feet  from  the  sidewalk 
in  places,  shut  out  the  too  inquiring  gaze. 
Rut  these  walls  are  hung  with  a  wealth 
of  foliage — ivy  and  the  pink  and  white 
loveliness  of  the  Cherokee  Rose,  which 

"either  side  the  door  were 
Growing  lithe  and  growing  tall 
Each  one  set  a  summer  warder 
For  the  keeping  of  the  hall — 
With  a  red  rose  and  a  white  rose 
Leaning,  nodding  at  t/ic  wall." 


View  from  a  window. 


The  Ficus  Ripans  creeps  in  and  out 
among  the  ivy  and  the  rose  vines,  broider- 
ing  its  lacy  patterns  on  the  plaster  walls; 
ferns  fill  the  boxes  at  the  top  of  the  para- 
pet walls  and  bend  over  them.  A  dwarf 
orange  tree  stands  green  and  glossy  and 
straight  in  each  corner  of  the  walled 

garden.  Vine- 
wreathed  case- 
ments open  out 
on  them  from 
above  and  upon 
the  pink  gera- 
niums and  myr- 
tle below,  while 
the  dark  green- 
ness of  the  ivy 
runs  riot  every- 
where, over 
"Arch  of  door 
and  window- 
miil/iiin 

Did   rig/it   sylv- 
anly     entwine" 

Thus  the  street  side  of  the  cottages,  al- 
most overhanging  the  sidewalks,  as  they 
do,  are  given  an  alluring  grace  while  so 
arranged  as  to  shut  out  the  gaze  of  the 
passer-by.  One  is  reminded  of  the  old 
Creole  mansions  in  New  Orleans,  except 
that  here  is  none  of  the  frowning  severity 
of  the  high  walls  and  closed  gates.  The 
sense  of  privacy  and  of  seclusion  is  here — 
but  here  the  court  yard  smiles  at  you 
from  between  the  walls,  the  garden  beck- 
ons through  the  columned  openings  and 
vine-covered  trellisses. 

There  is  a  finely  molded  cornice  here,  a 
rounded  column  there,  narrow  slits  of 
minaret  and  windows  high  up  in  a  gable 
give  a  touch  of  romance.  There  is  a 
glimpse  of  a  pink  oleander  above  the  to]) 
of  the  wall.  These  are  the  things  that 
make  up-  the  interest  and  the  charm  of 
the  Maryland  cottages.  And  from  there, 
one  carries  memories  which  may  be  fer- 
tile in  suggestions  for  other  cottages  in 
other  scenes. 


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Two  Women  Architects 

Virginia  Shortridge 

Having  received  the  technical  training,  a  woman  should  know  how  to  build  a  house. 
His  home  may  be  a  man's  abiding  place,  but  a  woman  lives  in  her  home  and  its  smallest 
details  are  momentous  to  her.  As  women  are  gradually  entering  the  various  professions  and 
lines  iif  business  the  woman  architect  is  becoming  known.  Some  enter  the  profession  as  do 
many  men  from  some  other  door  than  that  of  the  school.  While  a  large  proportion  of 
women  architects  have  had  the  best  available  school  training,  a  few  begin  as  draughtsmen 
and  "graduate  over  the  drawing  board"  as  do  so  many  men  in  the  profession.  A  few  first 
take  an  interest  in  plans  and  elevations  through  building  which  is  done  for  them,  and  which 
rouses  their  enthusiasm  and  ambitions. 

This  article  continues  "Two  Women  Architects,"  begun  in  the  September  number,  con- 
cerning the  firm  of  Lois  L.  Howe  &  Manning,  Architects,  of  Boston,  and  their  work.  Miss 
Manning  began  her  career  as  a  draughtsman  in  Miss  Howe's  office,  and  has  continued  it 
with  study  and  travel. — Editor. 


VKKY  line  in  the  composition  of 
the  elevation  for  a  house  should 
lead  up  to  the  central  idea  of 
home  and  there  should  be  unity 
and  harmony  in  the  exterior,  as  well  as 
practicability  and  proportion  in  the  in- 
terior planning.  One  can  not  put  a  num- 
ber of  radical  forms  together  that  have 
no  relation  to  each  other,  nor  to  the 
whole  construction  and  achieve  satisfac- 
tory results. 


In  beauty  and  character  lie  the  gist  of 
all  design.  Technical  conditions  if  fully 
understood,  fairly  met  and  frankly  ac- 
knowledged, are  sure  to  give  character 
to  a  design ;  and  these  conditions  were  met 
by  this  firm  of  women  architects  when 
cutting  through  the  two  fine  old  colonial 
houses  in  Park  Street,  Boston,  to  make 
a  connecting  floor  for  new  kitchens  and 
dining  rooms  in  the  reconstruction  of 
these  houses  for  the  Mavflower  Club. 


A  small  dininir  room  in  the  Mayflower  Club. 


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.. 


A  house  in  Brookline. 


The  view  of  the  small  dining  room  of 
the  Mayflower  Club  shows  the  fine  colo- 
nial treatment  carried  throughout  the  club 
rooms. 

The  house  in  Brookline  which  is  shown 
is  very  simple  yet  charming,  with  its 
stucco  surface, 
and  charming 
glimpses  of 
glassed  in 
porches  through 
the  clambering 
vines.  The  set- 
ting of  a  house, 
the  frame  in 
which  it  is  seen, 
counts  for  as 
much  in  a  com- 
munity, often- 
times, as  the 
beauty  and  fit- 
ness of  the  build- 
ing itself. 

"Each  for  all 
and  all  for  each 
other"  is  what 
the  owner  of  a 
new  house 


The  dining  room  gives  a  rharminir  vista. 


should  bear  in  mind.  In  this  young  coun- 
try with  the  inartistic  laying  out  of  vil- 
lage and  country  streets  resulting  from 
the  absolute  lack  of  thought  in  the  matter, 
the  many  pretty  houses  are  often  like 
good  pictures  in  poor  frames. 

Then  the  exter- 
ior coloring  of  a 
house  makes  for 
pleasure.  Since 
color  -  vibration 
stimulates,  de- 
presses,  en- 
ervates  or  uplifts 
why  forget  the 
importance  of 
this  when  build- 
ing? 

Many  people 
are  as  sensitive 
to  color  as  to 
sound,  and  are 
made  wretched 
or  happy  by  its 
use. 

Miss  Helen 
Keller,  the  deaf, 
dumb,  and  blind 


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girl,  has  among  her  other  wonderful 
achievements  the  knowledge  of  color  by 
touch  and  has  tastes  more  strongly  devel- 
oped than  the  average  human  being  who 
has  all  his  senses.  She  knows  by  her 
sensitive  touch  the  color  of  her  dresses, 
whether  blue  or  black  or  brown,  and  she 
can  pick  a  white  rose  or  a  pink  rose  in 
her  garden,  with  never  a  mistake.  She 
will,  they  say,  do  more.  She  will  enjoy 
the  pink  one  for  one  quality,  the  white 
rose  for  another. 


it.  The  fireplace,  too,  is  on  the  simple 
lines  of  the  colonial  days.  It  is  a  room 
where  a  child  may  feed  his  dreams  with 
fairy  tales  on  a  rainy  day,  with  a  sun  room 
beyond  for  the  crisp  winter  mornings. 

Concerning  modern  conveniences  and 
the  lack  of  them  in  England,  Miss  Man- 
ning commented  on  the  seeming  ease  with 
which  the  English  matron  gets  along 
without  them.  During  a  somewhat  pro- 
longed stay  in  England,  quite  recently, 
she  was  greatly  puzzled  on  noticing  that, 


Chintzes  give  a  touch  of  color  in  the  child's  room  at  Wonolancet. 


Gay  chintzes  give  a  touch  of  color  to 
the  group  of  interiors  at  Wonolancet, 
Knollcroft,  New  Hampshire,  which  are 
here  shown.  The  rooms  are  very  dainty 
and  charming.  The  view  of  the  dining 
room  gives  a  charming  vista  as  seen 
through  the  open  glass  doors.  As  in  so 
many  New  England  houses,  the  fireplace 
end  of  the  dining  room  is  panelled  to  the 
ceiling.  The  fireplace  itself  has  a  very 
simple  colonial  treatment,  with  a  single 
white  panel  over  the  chimney  breast.  The 
child's  bedroom  at  Wonolancet  is  won- 
derfully attractive  with  its  group  of 
small-paned  casement  windows  and  the 
brightly  colored  chintzes  as  well  as 
the  comfy,  cushioned  window-seat  beside 


whereas  English  homelife  may  have  given 
us  the  model  of  what  sweet  domestic  liv- 
ing can  be,  our  English  cousins  have  been 
able  to  produce  this  perfection  with  so 
few  of  the  modern  contrivances  deemed 
by  us  to  be  essential  attributes  to  the 
comfort  of  any  home.  At  many  well 
served  luncheons  and  dinners  where  she 
was  among  the  guests  in  London,  not 
only  was  there  no  butler's  pantry,  but  it 
frequently  happened  that  there  was  also 
no  lift.  The  perfect  smoothness  and  quiet 
gave  visible  proof  that  such  deeds  of  cour- 
age were  daily  accomplished  without  the 
knowledge  or  the  lack  of  contrivances  for 
comfort  which  are  found  in  very  small 
apartments  of  exceedingly  low  rent  and 


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With  a  sun  room  beyond  ths  child's  room  at  Wonolancet. 


which  are  usually  required  in  America. 

The  Lynn  house,  Miss  Manning  has 
placed  charmingly  and  its  exterior  will 
doubtless  add  new  beauty  as  the  land- 
scape work  matures.  The  house  has  dig- 
nity and  charm,  two  of  the  great  essen- 
tials. 

Through  all  time  the  quest  for  beauty 


has  spurred  on  the  artist,  the  architect, 
the  poet,  to  his  greatest  effort.  But  beauty 
is  not  easy  to  command.  It  is  so  delicate 
a  quality, — so  complex  in  its  elements — a 
question  often  of  such  nice  balance  and 
judgment — that  we  can  •  not  weave  tech- 
nical nets  to  catch  so  sensitive  a  butter- 
fly. 


The  Lynn  house  is  charmingly  placed. 


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Three-Story  Houses  for  Less 
Than  $5,000  Each 


Charles  Alma  Byers 


•VCIl  built  for  less  than  $5,000, 
the  three  two-story  houses  here 
shown  possess  many  points  that 
should  commend  them  to  the  care- 
ful consideration  of  the  person  who  may 
be  contemplating  the  building  of  a  mod- 
erate-priced home,  especially  if  consider- 


variety  of  choice  that  should  assist  very 
materially  in  enabling  one  to  reach  a  de- 
cision as  to  the  type  of  house  most  de- 
sired. 

The  first  of  these  houses  is  of  the  so- 
called  Mission  style  of  architecture,  and  is 
the  least  expensive  to  build.  It  is  digni- 


It  is  dignified  in  structural  lines. 


able  room  be  required.  They  are  full  two 
stories  in  height,  and  they  are  roomy  and 
conveniently  planned.  Moreover,  they 
are  substantially  constructed  and  mod- 
ernly  equipped,  and  they  possess  many 
special  features,  particularly  of  the  built- 
in  furniture  kind,  that  will  undoubtedly 
please  the  most  exacting  housewife.  Be- 
ing, also,  of  widely  different  designs  in 
the  matter  of  architecture,  they  afford  a 


fied  in  structural  lines,  and  is  decidedly 
attractive  in  outside  appearance.  Its  ex- 
terior walls  are  sheathed,  which  is  cov- 
ered with  heavy  building  paper,  and  over 
this  comes  the  metal  lath  and  the  cement 
plaster,  the  latter  being  of  unusually  ex- 
cellent quality  and  virtually  pure  white. 
The  center  portion  of  the  roof,  which  is 
quite  flat,  is  covered  with  composition 
roofing,  but  the  cornices,  as  well  as  the 


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miniature  roof  projection  over  the  front 
steps,  are  covered  with  red  tile.  The 
porch  railing,  which  is  of  wood,  and  the 
trimming  around  the  doors  and  the  win- 
dows, except  the  main  entrance  door  on 
the  front — which,  including  the  casing, 
is  of  mahogany — are  painted  white,  to 
match  the  cement  walls. 

A  veranda,  nine  feet  wide,  extends 
across  the  front  of  the  house,  which  ter- 
minates at  one  end  in  a  porte-cochere. 
This  veranda  is 
floored  with  dark 
red  cement,  to  cor- 
respond with  the 
walks  and  the  steps, 
and  into  one  end  of 
it  lead  steps  from 
the  porte-cochere 
portion  of  the  drive- 
way. Extending  the 
full  length  of  both 
the  veranda  and  the 
porte-cochere,  over- 
head, is  an  excel- 
lent balcony,  which, 
comprises  an  espe- 
cially delightful  fea- 
ture and  adding  to 


Estimate  of  Cost. 
House  No.  i. 
Excavating    

.    $130  00 

Lumber   

770.00 

Sash  and  doors  

12500 

Tinwork  

40.00 

Hardware 

8SOO 

Hardwood  floors 

18700 

Furnace     

12500 

Electric  wiring  ... 

4600 

Electric  fixtures    ... 

7500 

Carpentry    

65500 

Masonry  

18000 

Mantel  

4000 

Plastering    

56000 

Plumbing  

42500 

Painting  

30000 

$3,743.00 

the  livable  qualities  of  the  home. 

In  the  rear  of  the  house  is  a  small  gar- 
age of  exactly  the  same  style  of  archi- 
tecture as  the  house  itself.  Underneath 
the  center  of  the  house  is  a  basement, 
which  is  walled  with  concrete  and  floored 
with  cement,  and  a  hot-air  furnace  lo- 
cated here  supplies  heat  to  the  rooms 
whenever  required. 

The  first  floor  rooms  are  living  room, 
dining  room,  kitchen,  bathroom  and  one 
bedroom,  besides 
the  usual  rear 
screened  porch,  and 
on  the  second  floor 
are  four  bedrooms 
and  a  bathroom. 
The  living  room 
possesses  a  large 
fireplace,  mainly  of 
tile  construction, 
and  in  the  dining 
room  is  found  an 
artistically  design- 
ed buffet,  while 
each  of  the  five 
sleeping  rooms  con- 
tains a  roomy  clos- 
et. A  small  linen 


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closet  is  also  a  feature  of  the  second  floor 
hall,  and  in  each  of  the  bathrooms  is  a 
tiny  medicine  chest,  while  the  kitchen 
possesses  all  of  the  customary  conven- 
iences. The  staircase  to  the  second  floor 
makes  its  ascent  from  a  short  passage- 
way intervening  between  the  living  room 
and  the  first  floor  bedroom,  and  the  stair- 
way to  the  basement  descends  from  the 
hall  leading  off  from  the  dining  room.  In- 


and  the  walls  of  the  bathrooms  are  fin- 
ished with  a  hard-finished  plaster  wains- 
cot. 

This  house  was  designed  by  the  De 
Luxe  Building  Company  of  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  was  built  in  that  city  for 
$3,743,  an  itemization  of  which  is  here 
given.  It  is  warmly  constructed,  and 
should  prove  suitable  for  almost  any  lo- 

The  second  house  may  be  broadly  de- 


It  is  a  very  practical  type  of  a  house. 


—Frank  M.  Tuler.  Architect. 


cidentally,  the  sleeping  room  on  the  lower 
floor  may  be  used  either  as  a  servant's 
room  or  as  a  children's  nursery. 

The  woodwork  of  the  living  room  and 
the  dining  room,  which  rooms  are  con- 
nected by  a  broad  colonnade  opening,  is 
of  pine  given  a  mahogany  stain  and  fin- 
ished to  be  in  keeping  with  mahogany 
furniture.  The  remaining  rooms  are  fin- 
ished in  enameled  white.  The  walls  of 
the  two  rooms  here  mentioned  and  of  the 
four  second  floor  bedrooms  are  papered, 


scribed  as  belonging  to  the  English 
school  of  architecture.  It  is  a  very  prac- 
tical type  of  house,  and  the  representa- 
tive of  the  style  here  shown  presents  a 
particularly  attractive  appearance.  Re- 
sawed  weatherboarding  covers  the  walls 
of  the  first  story  and  shingles  those  of  the 
second,  while  the  gables  are  of  stucco  fin- 
ish, with  half-timbered  effect.  The  walls 
are  painted  green,  and  the  trimming  is 
done  in  green  of  darker  shade,  while  the 
stucco  is  tinted  a  deep  cream  shade.  The 


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porch  masonry  is  of 
artificial  stone,  of  a 
color  to  match  the 
stucco ;  the  chim- 
ney is  of  red  brick, 
and  the  roof,  also 
painted  green,  is 
shingled. 

As  of  the  first 
house,  a  deep  ver- 
anda, terminating  at 
one  end  in  a  porte- 
cochere,  extends 
across  the  entire 
front.  This  veranda 
is  floored  with  ce- 
ment, and  is  cov- 


Estimate  of  Cost. 

House  No.  2. 

Excavating  and  masonry $500.00 

Lumber  750.00 

Millwork   300.00 

Sash  and  doors 370.00 

Hardware  120.00 

Sheet  metal 15000 

Hardwood  floors  200.00 

Plastering    215.00 

Plumbing 250.00 

Carpenter  work  950.00 

Wiring  and  fixtures 200.00 

Painting 375.00 

Screens 25.00 

Mantel    .  75.00 


$4,480.00 


entrance  hall,  from 
w  h  i  c  h  rises  t  h  e 
staircase.  On  one' 
side  is  a  bay  of 
three  windows, 
which  possesses  a 
built-in  seat,  and  on 
the  other  side  a 
broad  colonnade 
opening,  hung  with 
portierres,  leads  in- 
to the  living  room, 
while  from  the  rear 
end,  at  one  side  of 
the  staircase,  leads 
a  passageway  that 
connects  with  the 


ered  by  its  own  individual  roof.  It  pro- 
vides both  a  charming  entrance  and  a  de- 
lightful outdoor  retreat. 

The  interior  of  this  house  is  espe- 
cially well  planned,  and  its  numerous 
built-in  features  make  it  truly  delightful. 
The  plans  will,  in  fact,  bear  the  closest 
inspection,  for  it  would  be  extremely  diffi- 
cult to  improve  upon  the  arrangement, 
size  and  cost  considered. 

The  front  door  opens  into  an  inviting 


kitchen  and  contains  the  basement  stair- 
way and  a  closet  for  wraps.  The  living 
room  contains  a  fireplace,  with  a  brick 
mantel,  to  the  right  of  which  is  a  built-in 
seat  and  to  the  left  a  buitt-in  bookcase. 
Sliding  doors  separate  the  living  room 
from  the  dining  room,  and  a  single  door 
of  the  same  kind  intervenes  between  the 
latter  and  the  den  in  the  rear.  The  din- 
ing room  possesses  an  excellent  buffet, 
and  the  den  has  a  built-in  writing  desk. 


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Between  the  dining  room  and  the  kitchen 
is  a  small  pantry,  with  its  cupboards,  and 
from  the  kitchen  rises  a  back  stairway 
tii  the  second  floor.  A  servant's  room 
comprises  the  remaining  room  on  this 
floor,  and  off  of  the  usual  rear  screened 
porch  are  a  toilet  and  a  storage  closet. 

On  the  second  floor  are  four  bedrooms, 
a  screened  sleeping  balcony  and  bath- 
room. Each  of  the  inside  bedrooms  has 
a  large  closet,  the  bathroom  contains  a 
built-in  seat  and  a  medicine  chest,  and 
hall  possesses  a  linen  closet,  with  shelves 
and  drawers.  One  of  the  front  bedrooms 
also  has  a  window  seat,  located  in  a  bay. 


The  woodwork  of  the  entrance  hall, 
living  room,  dining  room  and  den  is  of 
pine,  stained  to  resemble  fumed  oak  in 
color.  The  ceilings  of  the  first  two  are 
beamed,  and  the  walls  of  the  last  two  are 
finished  with  a  paneled  wainscot,  with  a 
plate  rail  above.  The  woodwork  of  the 
remainder  of  the  Imn-c  is  enameled  white, 
and  the  walls  of  the  principal  rooms  are 
papered.  Hardwood  flooring  is  used 
throughout,  except  in  the  bathroom, 
where  tile  is  used. 

The  house  is  heated  from  a  basement 
furnace.  It  was  designed  by  Frank  M. 
Tyler,  architect,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 


Excavating   . 

Estimate 
House 
pi  10  00 

of  Cost. 

No.   3- 
Plastering 

20500 

Masonry 

19000 

Painting 

310.00 

I'cment  floors  and  walks 

8500 

Hardware 

15000 

Lumber            .  .    . 

1,170.00 

Mantel 

55.00 

Sash    and    doors 

23500 

Tile  floors 

10000 

Carpentry    . 

99500 

Hardwood   floors 

19000 

Plumbing 

30500 

Electric  fixtures 

15500 

Wiring   . 

9500 

Shades 

50.00 

Heating     .    .    . 

14500 

Linoleum 

45.00 

Tinwork    

7500 

$4,665.00 

The  entrance  is  especially  charming. 


— £.  B.  Rail.  Architect. 


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•PLAN- 


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fornia,  and  was  built  in  that  city  for 
$4,480,  of  which  a  tabulated  statement  is 
given. 

The  third  house  shows  a  Californian's 
attempt  at  blending  two  distinct  types  of 
foreign  architecture — the  Swiss  chalet 
and  the  Dutch  Colonial.  The  outside 
walls  are  covered  with  split  redwood 
shakes,  which  are  stained  a  reddish  brown 
color,  and  the  roof  is  shingled.  The  ex- 
posed masonry  is  of  red  brick,  and  the 
roomy  front  porch  and  terrace,  extend- 
ing entirely  across  the  front,  is  floored 
with  cement,  while  the  foundation  is  of 
concrete.  The  entrance  is  especially 
charming. 

Here  again  the  front  door  opens  into 
an  entrance  hall,  and  there  is  a  somewhat 
similar  arrangement  of  staircase  and  con- 
necting hall  as  is  shown  in  the  plan  of 
the  second  house.  The  large  living  room 
has  a  fireplace,  of  brick  construction,  with 
a  built-in  bookcase  at  either  side.  Slid- 
ing glass  doors  separate  this  room  from 
the  dining  room,  and  connected  to  the 
latter  by  a  colonnade  opening  is  a  de- 


lightful sun-room.  The  dining  room  has 
the  usual  built-in  buffet,  and  between 
this  room  and  the  kitchen  is  a  small  pass- 
pantry.  On  this  floor  is  also  a  servant's 
room,  besides  the  customary  screened 
porch  in  the  rear. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  bedrooms, 
a  screened  sleeping  room  and  the  bath- 
room. Each  of  the  inside  bedrooms  has 
a  closet,  the  bathroom  two  medicine 
chests  and  a  built-in  seat,  and  the  hall  a 
small  linen  closet. 

The  woodwork  of  the  entrance  hall, 
living  room  and  dining  room  is  of  pine, 
finished  to  simulate  weathered  oak,  and 
the  remaining  rooms  are  finished  in  white 
enamel.  The  entrance  hall  and  the  two 
rooms  here  mentioned,  as  well  as  the 
three  bedrooms,  are  papered. 

The  house  has  a  basement  underneath 
the  center,  and  the  rooms  are  heated 
from  a  furnace.  E.  B.  Rust,  architect,  of 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  the  design- 
er, and  the  cost  of  the  house  was  $4,665, 
as  shown  in  the  tabulated  estimate. 


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Fruit  in  the  Home  Garden 


HOUSE  is  never  a  home  until 
guarded  by  trees,  seconded  by 
shrubs,  and  tied  down  with  vines 
and  creepers."  People  have 
come  to  accept  the  aesthetic  and  even 
the  commercial  value  of  shrubs  and  vines. 
A  house  is  not  considered  completed  un- 
til the  planting  has  been  done.  Much 


a  city  lot,  and  decides  to  live  there  for  a 
few  years.  He  will  select  the  finest  va- 
rieties of  the  fruits  which  his  family  like 
best  to  eat  and  plant  one  or  two  of  each 
as  the  case  may  be,  so  that  he  will  have 
at  his  door  the  fruits  his  family  wish  to 
use.  These  fruits  count  as  part  of  the 
shrubbery  and  planting  about  his  house. 


Grape  Tines  supply  a  shaded  walk  in  summer  and  fruit  in  autumn. 


time  and  study  is  devoted  to  the  culti- 
vation of  vines  and  shrubs.  The  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  comments  with 
surprise  on  the  lack  of  attention  given 
to  the  home  fruit  gardens,  even  by  those 
who  have  suitable  situations  and  facil- 
ities for  raising  fruits,  and  who  are  un- 
able to  purchase  them  readily  because 
markets  are  not  accessible.  A  mid- 
western  farmer  goes  to  southern  Cali- 
fornia, buys  a  small  fruit  ranch,  or  even 


In  any  part  of  the  country  fruits  do  not 
require  much  more  care  than  shrubbery. 
Now  that  strawberry  and  raspberry 
plants  have  developed  so  that  they  bear 
fruit  from  early  spring  until  the  frost 
comes,  any  little  plat  of  ground  will  re- 
pay its  cultivation.  A  few  .plants  of 
each  variety  will  bear  all  of  the  fruit 
which  a  small  family  will  use,  from  day 
to  day.  What  other  planting  could  be 
more  beautiful,  in  the  spring  than  an  ap- 


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pie,  peach  or  cherry 
tree,  even  though 
they  are  not  "neat" 
when  the  blossoms 
are  falling? 

Americans  are 
notably  a  fruit  lov- 
ancl  fruit  eating 
people.  A  fair  pro- 
portion of  them 
have  a  little  plot  of 
ground  at  their  dis- 
posal, and  some 
planting.  Notwith- 
standing these 
facts,  fruit  culture 
has  come  to  be 
classed  with  the 
specialties,  and  few 
people  who  con- 
sume fruit  are  ac- 
tual fruit  growers. 

The  cultivation 
of  fruit  teaches  dis- 
crimination in  the 
choice  of  fruit.  If  every  purchaser  were 
a  good  judge  of  the  different  kinds  of 
fruit,  there  would  be  a  greater  demand 
for  fruit  of  a  high  quality.  The  cultiva- 
tion of  fruits  in  the  home  garden  would 
do  much  toward  teaching  buyers  to  dis- 
criminate between  the  good  and  the  in- 
ferior varieties  of  fruit. 

As  one's  interest  and  knowledge  in  the 
growing  fruits  increase,  their  care,  rather 
than  becoming  a  hardship  will  prove  a 
pleasure  instead.  The  city  man  who 
spends  most  of  his  time  in  a  stuffy  office, 
will  find  in  his  fruit  garden,  healthful  em- 
ployment and  he  may  develop  that  de- 
lightful thing,  a  hobby. 

Horticulturists  tell  us  that  in  propor- 
tion to  their  size,  dwarf  trees  are  more 
fruitful  than  standards ;  they  come  into 
bearing  sooner  and  are  therefore  of  spe- 
cial value  for  use  in  fruit  gardens.  At 
planting  time  all  broken  or  decayed  roots 
should  be  cut  awav.  leaving  onlv  smooth 


What  is  more  beautiful  in  the  spring  than  a  fruit  tree. 


cut  surfaces  and 
healthy  wood  to 
come  in  contact 
with  the  soil.  If  a 
large  part  of  the 
root  area  of  the 
plant  has  been  lost 
in  transplanting, 
the  top  should  be 
cut  back  in  pro- 
portion to  the  roots 
remaining.  By  so 
doing  the  demand 
made  by  the  top 
when  the  plant 
starts  into  growth 
can  be  met  by  the 
root. 

The  holes  in 
which  trees,  vines 
or  shrubs  are  to  be 
set  should  be  am- 
ple, so  that  the 
roots  of  the  plants 
may  have  full 
spread  without  bending  them  out  of  their 
natural  course.  The  earth  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  holes  should  be  loosened  a 
spade  depth  below  the  line  of  excavation. 
The  soil  placed  immediaely  in  contact 
with  the  roots  of  the  newly  set  plant 
should  be  rich  top  soil,  free  from  sod  or 
partially  decayed  organic  matter.  Firm 
the  soil  over  the  roots  by  trampling,  as 
this  brings  the  soil  particles  together 
and  at  the  same  time  in  close  contact  with 
the  surface  of  the  roots.  A  movement  of 
soil  water  is  thus  set  up  and  the  food 
supply  of  the  soil  brought  immediately 
to  the  use  of  the  plant.  When  the  op- 
eration of  transplanting  is  complete,  the 
plant  should  stand  one  or  two  inches 
deeper  than  it  stood  in  the  nursery. 

A  cozy  summer  veranda  may  be  cov- 
ered by  grape  vines,  thus  securing  the 
double  advantage  of  a  cool,  shady  nook 
during  summer  and  a  supply  of  fruit  in 
autumn. 


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The  Two-Family  House 


The  Salem  Group 


I  K  housing  of  its  people  in  a  liv- 
ablo  manner  is  one  of  the  gravest 
problems  which  is  now  facing 
any  community.  A  certain  pro- 
portion of  the  people  are  independent. 
They  own,  or  they  purchase,  a  plot  of 
ground  and  upon  that  they  build  such  a 
In  >me  as  they  choose  and  are  at  the  same 
lime  able  to  finance.  In  closely  built  re- 


in this  way  the  two-family  house  has 
been  evolved.  In  group  planning  the 
houses  are  not  all  set  at  the  same  distance 
from  the  street,  and  so  do  not  shut  out 
the  light  from  each  other  to  a  great  ex- 
tent. The  planning  and  placing  of  a 
group  of  houses  brings  into  consideration 
a  number  of  problems  which  many  home 
builders  do  not  think  about  until  the  in- 


.--'-A    WRPUP  of- LOW  RFrNT  MUCK-CoTI/ 

'  J  r-oH-THK  5AI.F.M   RrwJII.DirK, 

_--.[_, _,_ 

X*L  «*»         .  V\.  K,LH»H  »   HQPK.N,  V     r...  ,,.'..!          ..•.••• 


Group  of  two-family  houses  at  Salem.  Mass. 


—  Kilham  &  Hopkim  and 

Pl.lltf  Horlon  Smith,  Architect! 


^ions.  where  the  available  lots  are  small 
in  size,  individual  homes  are  too  close 
together  to  have  a  sufficient  sunlight  and 
air,  unless  the  people  of  a  community  co- 
operate in  the  placing  of  their  houses  so 
that  each  shall  interfere  with  the  other 
as  little  as  possible.  If  a  house  is  placed 
at  the  lot  line  on  one  side  it  gives  all  of 
the  available  space  on  the  other  side  of 
the  house.  Two  houses  adjoining  in  a 
party  wall  may  be  much  better  lighted 
in  this  way  with  windows  on  only  three 
sides  than  if  each  were  set  in  the  center 
of  its  own  lot,  and  only  a  few  feet  of 
ground  between. 


dividual  house  is  built  and  the  neighbor- 
ing house  is  placed  beside  it. 

Realizing  this  fact,  several  communi- 
ties and  "foundations"  have  undertaken 
to  develop  some  of  the  possibilities  of 
group  planning.  The  results  are  prov- 
ing to  be  of  great  interest  to  the  home 
builder  as  well  as  to  the  people  who  rent 
or  who  build  for  investment. 

Following  the  great  fire  which  swept 
the  industrial  section  of  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, more  than  a  year  ago,  leaving 
homeless  a  large  proportion  of  its  popula- 
tion, the  Salem  Rebuilding  Trust  under- 
took the  problem  of  housing  these  people 


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and  of  rebuilding  the  industrial  districts 
of  Salem,  utilizing  the  best  thought  and 
study  which  has  been  given  to  this  sub- 
ject. To  Messrs.  Kilham  &  Hopkins, 
architects,  of  Boston,  was  intrusted  the 
planning  of  this  district.  The  view  of  the 
group  of  houses  here  shown,  gives  in  a 
general  way  the  solution  of  the  problem 
which  was  reached,  and  which  as  the 
houses  are  completed  and  occupied  is 
proving  a  real  solution,  practical,  econom- 


and  the  other  giving  five  rooms  to  each 
family.  Each  house  is  as  completely  in- 
dependent as  though  there  were  two  brick 
walls  and  two  feet  and  a  half  of  unoccu- 
pied ground  between  them  instead  of  only 
one  fire-brick  wall.  Windows  would  be 
no  more  impossible  or  useless  in  one  case 
than  the  other.  The  larger  unit  makes 
a  better  looking  neighborhood,  and  the 
placing  on  the  ground  gives  the  maxi- 
mum of  light  and  air  to  each. 


of- LOW  RENT 

&RICK COTTAGF-J 


FOIL  THE- SALtM   RErDUILDlNO  TRUJT 


Two-family  house  with  four  rooms  each. 


— Kilham  &  Hopkins  and 

Philip  Morton  Smith,  Archilech. 


ical,  and  filling  the  needs  in  a  fairly  satis- 
factory way. 

It  was  not  a  new  problem  to  these 
architects.  In  the  suburbs  of  Boston  they 
had  already  completed  the  development  of 
a  community  or  garden  city  group,  where 
the  houses  were  fireproof,  brick  and  tile 
construction,  and  completed  for  very 
moderate  prices,  while  making  extremely 
attractive  homes. 

In  the  Salem  group,  two-family  houses 
are  used.  Sketches  and  plans  of  different 
types  of  the  two-family  house  are  shown, 
one  house  giving  four  room  apartments, 


Each  family  has  a  separate  house  and 
yard  and  has  a  home  privacy  almost  equal 
to  the  old-fashioned  village  life  in  New 
England.  These  dwellings  are  built  of 
brick,  with  slate  roofs,  and  answer  the 
most  rigid  requirements  of  the  fire  limit 
restrictions  of  Salem,  which  are  now  more 
rigid  than  many  other  cities  of  the  met- 
ropolitan district. 

These  low  cost,  fireproof  houses  in  Sa- 
lem are  now,  many  of  them,  completed 
and  occupied.  Good  business  judgment 
of  the  trustees  and  the  skill  of  competent 
architects  combined  have  produced  these 


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ONt  or  A  GRoUP  of-  LOW  RCNT 
DOU&LE  DRICK  COTTAGER 

r«n.Tnr:5ALtM  Rt&UILPINQ  TRUJT 


Two-family  house  having  five  rooms  each. 


-Kilham  *  Hofklia  and 

Philit  Horlon  Smith,  Architect!. 


model  dwellings,  which  are  literally  mod- 
els, because  they  can  be  duplicated  by 
others  profitably  and  will  be  better  per- 
manent investments  than  the  old  style 
frame  tenements.  Others  are  already 
copying  these  houses. 

The  cost  of  each  double  dwelling  is 
$3,775,  and  the  land  is  $280,  making  $4,055 
for  each  two-family  dwelling.  This  is 
$2,027.50  per  family  and  is  not  more  than 
the  usual  cost  of  housing  for  the  small 
family. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  commission  to 
rent  each  tenement  at  a  price  not  exceed- 
ing fifteen  dollars  per  month.  These  rent- 
als are  no  higher  than  those  paid  by  the 
industrial  workers  before  the  fire,  for 
frame  tenements. 

Our  cities  are  being  filled  with  more  or 
less  expensive  apartment  houses  where 
small  families  are  crowded  together  side 
by  side  and  tier  on  tier.  The  apartments 
are  luxuriously  appointed.  The  tenants 
have  every  convenience.  It  is  an  easy 
way  to  live.  But  the  apartments  are  built 
on  the  same  basic  principles  as  the  tene- 


ments in  the  slums ;  to  give  as  many  rent- 
paying  units  as  possible  within  the  build- 
ing limits  of  the  property.  Many  of  the 
hastily  built,  new  apartments  will  degen- 
erate in  a  few  years  into  tenements,  de- 
preciating the  value  of  the  neighboring 
property.  Realizing  this,  those  who  are 
studying  the  housing  problems  are  devel- 
oping other  ways  in  which  people  may 
live  with  no  larger  rentals  than  they  now 
pay  for  an  apartment  in  a  flat  or  mul- 
tiple-family house,  and  yet  have  the  in- 
dependence of  the  individual  house.  One 
solution  is  found  in  the  two-  and  three- 
family  houses,  especially  as  they  form 
part  of  a  group  plan.  Each  has  its  own 
bit  of  grass  and  garden.  Only  one  family 
lives  within  the  four  walls,  which  may 
very  easily  be  fireproof.  No  other  family 
is  overhead.  Through  the  co-operation 
of  the  community  the  heating  and  attend- 
ance may  be  arranged  as  easily  as  in  an 
apartment.  The  planning  and  building  of 
a  group  of  houses  results  in  a  very  great 
economy  in  the  cost  as  compared  with 
the  building  of  the  individual  house. 


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We  are  beginning  to  understand  and 
realize  the  truth  that  housing  is  the  most 
important  single  business  enterprise,  and 
that  it  represents  the  largest  investment 
of  our  wealth.  It  affects  us  all  and  de- 
mands our  best  collective  judgment  and 
business  enterprise.  Once  we  indiffer- 
ently thought  it  was  none  of  our  concern. 
Now  we  recognize  that  whether  we  will 
or  not,  we  are  practically  members  of  a 


great  co-operative  housing  company 
which  takes  our  rent  moneys  and  keeps 
us  supplied  with  a  place  to  live.  \Yhen 
we  once  realize  that  we  pay  the  bills  for 
all  this  unsightly  and  wasteful  building 
in  our  communities,  we  will  demand  that 
our  money  be  used  to  provide  buildings 
of  a  permanent  character,  and  which 
really  give  us  the  living  conditions  which 
we  desire. 


A  Gambrel-Roofed  House 


fT~>HK    term    "old-fashioned"    has    lost 

its  odium   and  when  applied   to  a 

house  has  acquired  a  sense  of  the 

quaintness  of  the  New   England   house, 

which  has  been  good  enough  to  out-live 

its  generation.     We  find  that  quality  in 

this  gambrel-roofed  house,  of  which  we 

have  only  a  pen  and  ink  sketch,  but  which 

makes  a  charming  picture. 

We  associate  the  gambrel  roof  espe- 
cially with  the  work  of  the  early  Dutch 
colonial  builders,  but  it  has  been  largely 


used  because  it  gives  almost  a  lull  second 
story  under  the  roof,  with  interesting  pos- 
sibilities in  the  projection  of  the  eaves. 

The  entrance  is  from  the  porch,  re- 
cessed under  the  main  roof,  into  a  recep- 
tion hall  with  an  attractive  brick  fireplace 
and  built-in  seats.  There  is  a  coat  closet 
with  outside  light  reached  from  this  hall. 

The  living  room  is  most  attractive  with 
its  projecting  bay  and  brick  fireplace.  The 
outside  chimney  extending  up  through 
the  front  gable  relieves  the  front  eleva- 


'  V;       <  ijftNbtihrfib 


A  pleasing  old-fashioned  house. 


— John  Henry  NeiOson.  Arcftt. 


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FIRST  FLOOR 


tion  of  what  might  otherwise  have  seemed 
commonplace,  and  adds  a  piquancy  to 
the  exterior. 

Back  of  the  living  room  is  a  fair  sized 
room  which  is  largely  glass  and  on  the 
plan  this  is  called  the  library.  It  is  really 
a  sun  room  and  with  its  outside  entrance 
and  good  closet  it  would  make  a  very  con- 
venient office  or  den  for  the  man  of  the 
house.  It  is  near  enough  to  the  kitchen 
that  if  desired  it  may  be  used  as  a  break- 
fast room,  though  the  doors  between  will 
prevent  odors  from  reaching  the  front 
part  of  the  house.  On  the  other  side  the 
kitchen  connects  through  the  pantry  with 
the  dining  room,  which  has  good  window 
grouping  and  a  built-in  buffet. 

The  fireplace  and  seat  make  the  hall 
very  inviting.  The  stairs,  back  of  the 
fireplace,  are  easily  accessible  yet  secluded 


SECOND  FLOOR 


from  the  hall  and  connect  so  closely  with 
the  kitchen  that  service  stairs  are  un- 
necessary. The  kitchen  has  an  outside 
entry.  It  is  well  lighted  and  conveniently 
arranged. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  good 
chambers,  each  with  good  closet  room ;  a 
linen  cupboard  opening  from  the  hall ;  a 
tiled  bath  room ;  and  a  good  sleeping 
porch,  which  is  fitted  with  a  closet. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the  house 
with  hot  water  heat,  laundry,  fuel  and 
vegetable  rooms.  The  foundation  walls 
are  of  concrete.  The  exterior  of  the  walls 
is  of  shingles  or  wide  siding  and  is 
stained  as  is  also  the  shingled  roof.  The 
architect  gives  the  estimated  cost  as 
$6,000,  with  hardwood  floors,  hardwood 
finish  for  the  first  floor  and  pine  for  paint- 
ing on  the  second  floor. 


A  Cottage  on  Colonial  Lines 


THIS    country    has    never    known    a 
more  reasonable  mode  of  building 
nor  one  more  beautiful  than  that 
practiced   during  the   Colonial   days.      It 
was  an  adaptation  of  the  English  Geor- 
gian version  of  classic  styles,  to  Ameri- 
can Colonial  homes.     The  details  which 


were  originally  intended  to  be  used  in 
stone  were  adapted  to  the  Colonial  build- 
ing material,  a  soft  wood  which  they  al- 
most invariably  painted  white.  In  the 
finer  examples,  Colonial  details  were  very 
beautiful,  and  these  details  now  stand  to 
us  for  the  Colonial  style,  which  we  have 


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Pill 

'  *  •        -,    .  x 

ra&i  *  '•  BBonc 


With  a  porch  the  full  width  of  the  house. 


W.  W.  PurJu.  Architect. 


again  adapted  to  our  modern  uses.  A 
house  which  has  well-proportioned  col- 
umns with  Doric  capitals,  especially  if 
they  are  made  of  wood  and  painted  white, 
we  call  a  Colonial  house. 

The  Colonial  fathers  never  knew  the 
luxury  of  a  modern  porch.  They  some- 
times had  a  "stoop"'  or  portico  as  a  part 


of  the  Colonial  entrance.  Yet  this  house, 
with  a  wide  porch  its  full  width  we  call 
Colonial  because  of  its  details ;  the  col- 
umns and  entrance,  the  white  mouldings, 
the  green  blinds  on  the  light  wall,  all  be- 
speak the  Colonial  type  of  building. 

A  Colonial  interior,  when  carefully  car- 
ried out,  is  not  less  interesting  than  the 


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exterior.  The  wide  central  hall,  gener- 
ally with  an  outlook  beyond,  was  a  usual 
feature  of  the  Colonial  house. 

In  this  case  the  windows  on  the  stair 
lauding  give  the  outlook,  while  the  space 
under  the  stair  landing  is  utilized  for  the 
basement  stairway  from  the  kitchen,  and 
may  have  a  grade  entrance  if  desired. 

The  whole  interior  of  the  house,  with 
the  exception  of  the  kitchen,  is  done  in 
white  enamel,  with  doors  of  birch,  stained 
mahogany.  The  hall  gives  the  key  to 
the  interior  and  is  one  of  the  most  in- 
teresting features,  with  its  Colonial  stair- 
way, mahogany  rail  and  treads,  with  the 


white  spindles  and  white  risers,  which 
tie  into  the  white  finish  of  the  hall. 

The  fireplace  in  the  living  room  has  a 
Colonial  treatment,  with  bookcases  be- 
side it.  French  windows  lead  to  the 
sun  porch,  adding  to  the  attractiveness 
of  the  living  room.  The  kitchen  is  in 
pine,  finished  in  the  natural  color. 

The  second  floor  has  a  lar;<e  chamber 
with  a  fireplace,  and  two  smaller  ones, 
with  the  bathroom  conveniently  central. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the 
house  with  a  well-lighted  laundry,  fur- 
nace and  fuel  rooms,  vegetable  and  fruit 
closets. 


A  Seaside  Cottage 


The  planting  is  simple  yet  effective. 


-Gtorge  Palmer  Tilling.  Architect. 


'T  T  ISTA  DEL  MAR"  as  this  delight-     very  popular  on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  is 
V       ful  little  bungalow  within  view  of 


the  sea  has  been  called,  has  a  low 
pitched  roof  covered  with  composition 
roofing.  This  type  of  roof  has  become 


being  used  throughout  the  whole  coun- 
try. 

The   exterior  walls    are   covered    with 
half-length  shakes.    The  front  porch  floor 


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and  steps  are  of  ce- 
ment and  the  short 
porch  columns  are  of 
cobble  stones  with  ce- 
ment caps. 

One  of  the  interior 
features  which  should 
not  be  overlooked  is 
the  screened  sleeping 
porch  which  can  also 
be  used  for  a  servant's 
room  if  desired. 

The  disappearing 
kitchen  table  and  iron- 
ing board  which  is 
shown  in  the  kitchen 
is  a  wonderful  piece 
of  furniture.  The  table 
can  be  used  separate- 
ly from  the  ironing 
board  and  both  board 
and  table  can  be 
folded  up  into  the 
cabinet  when  not  in 
use.  The  entire 
kitchen  has  been  very  carefully  planned. 
The  sink  is  well  lighted  with  good  tables. 


TN. 

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POFfCH 

Notice  that  the  drain 
boards  are  shown 
without  the  unsani- 
tary grooves.  Set 
tubs  on  the  screened 
porch  make  a  conve- 
nient place  for  laun- 
dry work.  A  hinged 
cover  closes  over  the 
tubs  when  not  in  use 
converting  them  into 
a  porch  table. 

The  dining  room 
has  a  built-in  buffet, 
and  a  good  group  of 
casement  windows. 
Five  foot  book  cases 
screen  the  dining 
room  from  the  living 
room,  which  latter 
has  a  good  fireplace 
with  a  projecting  out- 
side chimney.  The 
treatment  of  the  plant- 
ing as  shown  is  very 

simple,  yet  effective.     A  massing  of  color 

with  the  grass  for  background. 


TLOOR    PL  A  Xs! — 


A  Snug  Little  House 


THIS  "Snug  Little  Cottage"  is  wor- 
thy of  more  than  a  passing  notice. 
It  is  small  and  may  be  built  at  a 
low  cost.  The  main  part  is  25  feet  in 
width  and  25  feet  in  depth,  with  a  rear 
extension  of  8  feet  and  a  piazza,  at  the  left 
side  9  feet  wide.  It  has  one  main  living 
room  across  the  front,  which  is  20  feet 
wide  in  the  clear,  and  12  feet  6  inches 
deep.  The  side  piazza  is  intended  to  be 
enclosed  with  glazed  sash  and  opens  in 
connection  with  both  the  living  room  and 
dining  room  with  wide  glazed  French 
windows.  The  finish  of  the  first  floor  is 
Washington  fir  stained  brown,  and  the 
floor  is  of  natural  oak.  This  same  finish 


is  carried  through  the  piazza  and  the 
walls  and  ceiling  of  piazza  are  plastered 
and  given  the  same  finish  as  the  living 
room.  There  is  one  main  chimney  cen- 
trally located  with  a  wide  fireplace  in 
living  room,  and  flue  for  kitchen  and  fur- 
nace. The  kitchen  and  dining  room  are 
conveniently  arranged  and  have  ample 
cupboard  space.  In  the  rear  is  a  maid's 
room  and  a  screened  porch  opens  from 
the  kitchen.  The  main  stairs  lead  up  at 
the  right  side  of  house  directly  in  front 
of  the  vestibule  entrance.  The  second 
floor  has  one  large  front  chamber  and 
two  smaller  chambers  in  the  rear  and  a 
small  glazed  sleeping  porch,  which  is 


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:* 


The  sun  porch  opens  from  both  living  and  dining  rooms. 


— Chta.  S.  StJgwIck,  Archl. 


connected  with  two  chambers.  The  bath-  The  exterior  is  covered  with  cement 
room  is  in  the  rear  over  the  kitchen,  stucco  with  pebble  dash  finish,  and  the 
There  are  ample  closets  provided.  roof  is  shingled  and  stained.  The  archi- 
The  basement  is  the  full  size  of  the  tect  estimates  that  it  should  cost  from 
house  and  has  grade  entrance  from  the  $2,200  to  $2,500  to  build  this  cottage,  ex- 
basement  stairs,  which  are  under  the  elusive  of  heating,  plumbing  and  electric 
main  stairs.  wiring. 


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The  entrance  at  the  aide  gives  an  unbroken  lawn.         — Jud  Yoho.  Archt. 


A  Bungalow  with  Side  Entrance 


FIVE  rooms,  well  arranged  on  one 
floor  fill  the  requirements  of  the  so- 
called,  average  family.  The  accom- 
panying design  adds  to  this  a  front  and 
rear  porch,  and  full  basement.  The  cor- 
ner porch  gives  entrance  to  either  the  liv- 
ing or  dining  room,  and  may  be  used  from 
both.  The  fireplace  makes  the  central 
feature  of  the  end  of  the  living  room,  with 
a  case  for  books  on  one  side  and  a  box 
seat  on  the  other  side.  Under  the  hinged 
cover  of  the  seat  may  be  kept  the  fire 
irons  and  kindlings.  A  beamed  ceiling  is 
indicated  in  the  living  room. 

Both  of  the  bedrooms  have  good  closets 
and  are  convenient  to  the  bath  room 
while  they  may  be  secluded  from  the  rest 
of  the  house.  The  bath  room  fixtures 
are  very  compactly  arranged.  A  small 
latticed  porch  gives  the  rear  entrance  to 
the  kitchen  and  has  a  good  sized  closet 
for  refrigerator  or  storage.  The  kitchen 
arrangements  are  convenient  and  well 
lighted,  everything  right  at  hand  and  so 
placed  that  the  best  possible  light  falls 


directly  on  the  work  in  hand.  There  is 
a  good  cupboard  beside  the  range.  The 
sink  is  under  the  windows  and  conve- 
nient to  cupboards  on  either  side.  Be 


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sure  that  the  sink  is  set  high  enough. 

The  entrance  steps  to  the  porch  are 
from  the  side  leaving  an  unbroken  lawn 
in  front  of  the  house.  The  porch  walls 
and  buttresses  are  here  shown  built  of 
clinker  brick  which  gives  an  unusual  tex- 


ture to  the  surface.  The  exterior  of  the 
bungalow  is  sided  with  wide  and  narrow 
boards  alternating,  and  the  siding  is  car- 
ried down  to  the  water  table  just  above 
grade.  The  wide  projecting  eaves  are 
carried  on  brackets. 


The  Typical  Bungalow 


FROM    this    broad    porch,    with    its 
clear  sweep  from  corner  to  corner, 
unobstructed   by  columns,  is  given 
an  unimpeded  view,  and  free  entrance  of 
light    and    air.      The    massive    exposed 


handsome  colonaded  opening  with  built- 
in  book  cases.  The  kitchen  is  fitted  with 
all  of  the  conveniences.  Walls  and 
woodwork  are  enameled  a  glossy  white, 
perfectly  washable  making  it,  as  a  kitchen 


The  wide  span  of  the  porch  gives  an  unimpeded  view.         Bungalouicraft  Co..  Archil. 


chimney,  solid  porch  work,  and  the  over- 
hanging eaves  and  gables  ail  bespeak 
welcome  and  hospitality  in  unmistakable 
terms.  The  outside  walls  and  roof  are 
shingled,  the  porch  floor  and  steps  are  of 
concrete.  Inside  the  walls  are  of  hard 
plaster  tinted  or  papered  as  desired.  The 
rooms  are  large  and  conveniently  ar- 
ranged with  plenty  of  closets,  cupboards, 
linen-press,  etc. 

Dining  room  is  wainscoted  with  plate 
rail  and  connects  with  living  room  by  a 


should  be,  one  of  the  most  attractive  parts 
of  the  house. 

The  architect  calls  this  a  typical  bun- 
galow saying  that  it  has  without  doubt, 
either  as  here  shown,  or  with  slight  modi- 
fication, been  built  more  frequently  than 
any  other  single  type  of  bungalow,  not 
only  on  the  Pacific  Coast  but  throughout 
the  United  States,  and  gives  as  the  rea- 
son for  its  great  popularity,  the  satisfac- 
tion it  always  gives  as  a  quaint,  cozy, 
comfortable  home.  The  designers  have 


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carefully  studied  the  needs  of  the  family 
and  the  ease  of  the  homemaker. 

This  house  is  about  30  feet  in  width 
on  a  50-foot  lot.  It  has,  the  architect 
tells  us,  been  built  many  times  in  Cali- 
fornia for  $2,000  and  in  the  East  with  cel- 
lar and  furnace  for  from  $2,500  to  $3,000 
according  to  finish,  etc.  If  desired  the 
large  attic  may  be  utilized  for  storage  or 
for  .two  good  bedrooms  with  closets. 
Stairway  is  arranged  for  by  slightly  re- 
ducing the  sizes  of  dining  room  and  bed- 
room, and  windows  are  built  in  the 
gable  ends  if  the  attic  space  is  to  be  util- 
ized. A  caution  should  be  given  here  of 
the  risk  which  the  homebuilder  takes 
when  he  attempts  to  build  this  or  in  fact 
any  bungalow  from  pictures  and  without 
the  carefully  worked-out  plans  of  the 
original  designer.  A  line  too  long, — a 
wrong  proportion, — an  angle  out  of  sym- 
pathy and  your  house  joins  the  long  list 
of  architectural  horrors  which  may  be 
seen  in  every  town  and  village.  It  costs 
no  more  to  build  a  home  that  people  will 
stop  and  admire, — one  that  they  will 
show  to  their  friends  as  "just  about  the 
cutest  little  home  in  this  town"  than  the 
kind  that  your  carpenter  puts  up  "out  of 
his  own  head"  or  attempts  to  copy  from 
a  picture.  Carefully  worked  out  plans 


and  complete  specifications  will  save  the 
home  builder  more  than  their  cost  in 
money  and  vastly  more  in  the  worry  and 
anxiety  which  they  save. 


Homes  of  Individuality 


Selected  by  W.  J.  Keith,  Architect 


THE  charm  of  the  unpretentious  ex- 
terior   is    growing   upon    American 
home  lovers.    The  house  which  re- 
tires from,  instead  of  courting  the  public 
gaze  is  beginning  to  find  favor.    The  sim- 
ple stucco  surface  and  gambrel  roofs  give 
a  pleasing  exterior  to  this  house  planned 
for  a  family  of  growing  children.     The 
rear   stairs,   which   are   so   often   omitted 
from  the  compact  small  house,  are  here 


given  additional  use  by  including  a  grade 
entrance  on  the  cellar  stairs,  which  gives 
entrance  from  the  arbor  and  playgrounds, 
connecting  with  a  main  floor  lavatory  and 
the  second  floor  bedrooms.  A  mother 
with  growing  children  will  appreciate 
their  being  able  to  come  in  from  play  and 
wash  or  dress  before  entering  the  main 
hall  or  living  rooms. 

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The  house  which  retires  from  the  public  gaze  ia  finding  favor. 


greeting,  with  the  library  on  one  side  of 
the  stairs  and  living  and  dining  rooms  on 
the  other  side. 

Ample  sleeping  accommodations  are 
arranged  on  the  second  floor.  With  maids' 
room  off  the  rear  stair  hall,  on  the  first 
floor,  there  is  no  possibility  of  the 
maids  disturbing  the  household  late  at 
night,  for  their  quarters  are  quite  shut  off 
from  the  rest  of  the  house  by  a  back  hall 
arrangement. 

While  the  house  is  of  good  size  the 
lines  are  simple  and  the  construction  eco- 
nomical, with  a  pleasing  exterior. 

A  Small  Home 

In  places  where  field  stones  may  be 
obtained  without  great  difficulty  nothing 


makes  a  more  satisfactory  and  attractive 
building  material.  This  small  house 
shows  field  stones  used  in  the  walls  to 
the  heads  of  the  windows  and  for  the 
porch,  with  shingles  above.  The  stone 
porch  extends  the  full  width  of  the  house 
and  is  hospitable  and  inviting. 

The  interior  arrangement  is  compact  and 
good.  The  living  room  is  especially  desir- 
able with  its  attractively  grouped  win- 
dows, and  open  fireplace  in  the  rear  wall. 
A  box  seat  is  built  in  between  the  stairs 
and  the  fireplace.  The  dining  room  is  at- 
tractive with  its  glass  door  opening  on  to 
the  rear  porch,  which  could  be  easily  ex- 
tended if  desired  and  be  given  a  pergola 
treatment.  A  pantry,  with  generous  cup- 


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The  stone  porch  fives  an  attractive  entrance. 

closet  and  refrigerator  space  is  provided  readily  made  into  two  smaller  rooms  if 

in  the  rear  entry,  and  four  steps  to  a  plat-  desired. 

form  on  the  main  stairs  gives  convenient  The  basement  contains  a  laundry,  extra 

access  to  the  front  door  and  second  floor,  toilet  room  and  cold  storage  closet.     It 

The  rooms  on  the  second  floor  are  all  extends  under  the  entire  house  and  has  a 

of  good   size  and  furnished  with  roomy  cement  floor, 
closets.     The  room  on  the  right  could  be 


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Announcing  Our  New  Hess  Welded  Steel 
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burner.  Burns  any  fuel;  saves  every 
heat  unit.  Suitable  for  cottages,  bun- 
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This  is  not  a  substitute  for  our  standard 
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A  Hess-Heated  house  means  a  house  warmed  in 
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The  Management  of  Pattern. 

NE  of  the  most  usual  ways  of 
spoiling  the  effect  of  a  room  is  to 
introduce  too  much  pattern.  It  is 
not  unusual  to  see  a  wall  paper 
of  distinct  pattern,  often  of  several  colors, 
figured  curtains,  upholstery  of  quite  an- 
other design,  and  a  confusion  of  cushions 
and  table  covers,  all  more  or  less  elabo- 
rately embroidered,  all  in  the  same  room. 
Each  may  be  exquisite  in  its  way,  but  the 
effect  of  the  mixture  is  horrible  beyond 
the  power  of  words  to  express. 

If  there  is  one  thing  more  than  another 
which  I  have  for  years  been  endeavoring 
to  impress  upon  my  readers  it  is  that 
there  is  room  in  any  room  for  just  one 
decided  pattern.  If  the  furniture  is  fig- 
ured, the  walls  and  carpet  must  be  at 
least  approximately  plain.  If  this  rule, 
which  is  by  no  means  of  my  own  making, 
be  followed,  you  may  not  achieve  distinc- 
tion in  your  furnishing,  but  you  will  avoid 
serious  offense. 

But  like  all  rules,  this  one  has  its  ex- 
ceptions. If  you  study  a  fine  Persian  rug, 
or,  for  a  more  modern  example,  one  of 
the  wall  papers  or  chintzes  designed  by 
William  Morris,  you  will  see  examples 
of  the  combination  of  two  distinct  pat- 
terns. In  the  Persian  carpet  you  will 
see  the  general  outlines  of  the  design 
worked  out  in  two  or  three  colors  on  a 
light  colored  ground,  and  the  main  spaces 
of  the  ground  diversified  by  a  small  pat- 
tern, while  very  often  the  centers  of  the 
decorative  forms  are  also  filled  with  a 
small  pattern.  The  simplest  examples 
of  this  is  in  rugs  which  have  a  design  of 
conventional  palm  leaves  on  a  figured 
ground,  a  treatment  which  you  will  also 
find  in  cashmere  and  camelshair  shawls. 
In  Morris'  tapestries  and  chintzes  the  de- 


sign is  usually  one  of  conventionalized 
floral  forms  in  strong  color  on  a  light  col- 
ored ground  which  in  its  turn  is  covered 
with  a  tiny  sprig  or  diaper  pattern.  It 
requires  but  little  study  of  either  of  these 
examples  to  discover  how  much  the 
fabric  gains  both  in  richness  and  finish 
by  the  combination  of  pattern  with  pat- 
tern. But  it  is  also  essential  to  note  that 
the  leading  pattern  is  always  stronger  and 
larger  than  the  auxiliary  one,  also  that 
the  latter  is  extremely  conventional,  even 
to  the  point  of  insignificance.  Moreover, 
the  distribution  of  the  secondary  pattern 
is  almost  always  uniform  and  it  is  never 
sufficiently  pronounced  to  detract  from 
the  value  of  the  pattern  proper. 

How  apply  this  principle  to  the  ordi- 
nary room  and  to  the  distribution  of  pat- 
tern between  its  various  elements?  Take 
one  of  the  popular  white  bedrooms,  which 
depends  for  relief  upon  a  brightly  flow- 
ered linen,  chintz,  or  cretonne.  Naturally 
woodwork  and  walls  will  be  white,  the 
ground  of  the  printed  fabric  will  be  pure 
white,  and  the  furniture  will  be  white 
enamel.  It  sounds  well  enough  on  paper, 
but  in  practice  the  effect  is  apt  to  be  a 
little  glaring,  and  the  surfaces  lack  depth 
of  tone.  To  begin  with,  the  pattern  of 
the  cretonne  should  be  a  bold  one,  one 
which  asserts  itself,  not  one  of  the  rather 
fiddling  design  of  small  sprays  of  flowers 
at  once  so  common  and  so  ineffective. 
Against  so  much  white  you  should  use  a 
cotton  rather  pictorial  in  effect.  We  must 
admit  that  any  textile  which  is  pictorial 
in  effect  sins  against  the  canons  of  deco- 
rative art,  but  sins  so  agreeably  that 
much  is  to  be  forgiven  it.  Personally,  I 
think  nothing  looks  so  well  in  a  room  of 
this  sort  as  a  good  combination  of  pink 
roses  and  blue  ribbons.  Then,  instead  of 


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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Contlnued 


a  plain  surfaced  white  wall,  which  may 
be  either  paint  or  distemper,  have  a  fig- 
ured white  paper,  one  with  a  very  small, 
allover  pattern  in  two  tones  of  white. 
You  will  find  such  papers  among  those 
sold  for  ceilings,  but  they  are  equally 
good  for  walls,  far  better,  I  think,  than 
two-toned  white-striped  papers.  With 
one  of  these  papers,  your  wall  is  still 
white,  but  it  has  acquired  a  certain  tex- 
ture and  depth  of  tone,  while  the  pattern 
is  so  unobtrusive  that  it  takes  nothing 
from  the  effect  of  the  figured  tex- 
tile which  gives  the  room  its  essential 
character.  It  is  always  a  risky  business 
trying  to  match  textile  design  in  wall 
paper,  but  it  is  not  an  impossible  thing  to 
find  a  blue  ribbon  border  which  will  har- 
monize with  the  blue  ribbons  of  the  cre- 
tonne used,  and  which  can  be  carried 
around  each  of  the  walls,  panel  fashion. 
There  are  also  borders  made  to  match 
individual  cretonnes  and  these  look  well 
above  the  figured  white  wall,  although 
the  designs  are  seldom  very  satisfactory. 
Another  very  good  wall  for  the  sort  of 
room  I  am  treating  is  one  of  the  French 
arrangements  of  bordered  panels  in  deli- 
cate gray  tones.  These  copy  with  fidel- 
ity the  panelled  and  carved  wall  of  the 
Louis  Seize  period,  and  are  very  delight- 
ful, when  the  size  of  a  room  and  the  dis- 
position of  its  openings  allows  them  to 
be  used.  They  are  expensive  and  their 
suggestion  is  of  a  rather  imposing  sort, 
which  makes  them  unsuitable  for  the 
house  of  modest  pretensions,  but  they  are 
a  charming  wall  finish  for  a  formal  draw- 
ing room,  in  which  the  place  of  the  cre- 
tonne or  printed  linen  can  be  taken  by  a 
flowered  tapestry  in  delicate  colors. 

The  Problems  of  the  Living  Room. 

It  is  in  the  living  room  that  the  matter 
of  pattern  presents  the  most  difficulty. 
Here,  I  am  inclined  to  think,  the  best 
solution  is  the  wall  of  more  or  less  in- 
definite pattern  in  neutral  color,  the  sort 
of  paper  which  suggests  a  woolen  damask 
or  a  dull  surfaced  brocade,  the  wall  which 
may  be  a  warm  gray,  olive,  golden  brown, 
or  even  blue  gray.  Then  the  furniture 
coverings  can  be  plain,  leather,  velour, 
liberty  velvet,  or  corduroy,  and  the  ele- 
ment of  decorative  pattern  supplied  by 
the  curtains,  hanging  to  the  floor  in 


straight  folds,  and  made  of  some  strongly 
patterned  cotton  or  linen,  either  contrast- 
ing boldly  with  the  color  scheme  of  the 
room,  or  carrying  out  its  general  tone. 
An  illustration  of  what  I  mean  is  found 
in  a  room  whose  walls  are  covered  with  a 
two-toned  stripe  in  a  low  key  of  green, 
the  woodwork  white,  with  a  line  of  green 
to  tie  it  to  the  walls,  the  chairs  and 
couches  covered  with  green  velour,  dark- 
er than  the  walls,  while  the  curtains  are 
of  cretonne  with  a  black  ground  and  a 
decorative  pattern  of  rose  colored  flowers, 
green  leaves  and  blue  and  green  birds. 
The  green  carried  out  the  tone  of  the 
walls  and  covers,  the  rose  contrasts 
agreeably  with  it  and  the  blue  of  the 
birds  permits  the  introduction  of  touches 
of  blue  in  the  way  of  ornaments  and 
cushions. 

Or  suppose  a  golden  brown  wall,  one 
of  the  best  possible  backgrounds  for  pic- 
tures. The  furniture  may  be  of  the  sort 
that  does  not  need  upholstery,  in  brown 
oak,  while  the  curtains  will  be  of  printed 
linen  on  a  tan  colored  ground,  introducing 
brownish  foliage  and  blossoms  of  soft 
rose  and  purplish  pinks,  tones  which  can 
be  repeated  in  various  objects  in  the 
room,  in  cushions,  in  the  covering  of  a 
single  chair,  in  a  vase,  while  the  rug 
might  be  an  Oriental  one,  with  no  very 
distinct  pattern  but  with  the  suggestion 
of  a  purplish  pink  bloom,  a  thing  which 
sounds  fanciful,  but  is  by  no  means  un- 
usual in  eastern  rugs.  Or,  with  equally 
good  effect,  the  curtains  might  be  made 
from  a  petit-point  tapestry,  one  of  those 
charming  fabrics  which  copy  the  tones 
and  to  some  extent  the  designs  of  old 
French  and  Flemish  tapestries.  The  wall 
pattern  in  this  case  should  be  a  small  and 
unobtrusive  diaper,  possibly  a  buckram 
or  burlap  paper  with  its  slight  suggestion 
of  fabric,  the  furniture  covered  with  blue 
or  russet  corduroy,  in  one  or  other  tone 
of  the  tapestry,  the  whole  scheme  bright- 
ened by  introducing  a  rich  orange  brown. 

Any  number  of  variants  on  this  idea 
might  be  suggested,  but  I  leave  some- 
thing to  the  imagination  of  my  readers. 
The  important  points  to  be  remembered 
are  the  subordination  of  one  pattern  to 
the  other,  the  minor  pattern  being  intro- 
duced simply  as  an  enrichment  of  the 
other,  and  that  any  material  of  strong 
decorative  effect  must  be  used  sparingly. 


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ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


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Mahogany   and    Oak. 

C.  E.  P. :  I  am  a  constant  reader  of 
your  magazine  and  as  we  are  building  a 
new  home  we  would  like  help  in  furnish- 
ing the  living  room,  den  and  reception 
hall.  The  woodwork  in  these  rooms  will 
be  quarter  sawed  oak,  also  the  Boor.  My 
living  room  and  reception  hall  furniture  is 
mahogany  but  will  get  new  rugs.  The 
den  furniture  is  light  oak  and  the  rug 
is  mostly  dark  green  for  this  room.  Had 
thought  of  gray  walls  for  living  room  and 
reception  hall  with  green  and  gold  sten- 
ciling, but  didn't  want  the  den  to  be  like 
them.  Dining  room  will  be  oak-stained 
early  English  with  blue  walls,  rug,  hang- 
ings, etc.  Would  also  like  ideas  for  wood- 
work, walls  and  floor  of  kitchen — other 
than  white  enamel. 

Ans. — We  have  often  puzzled  over  the 
conundrum  of  why  so  many  people  who 
have  mahogany  furniture  use  an  oak  trim 
in  the  new  house  and  vice  versa.  It  is 
impossible  to  bring  oak  woodwork  into 
harmony  with  mahogany,  unless  a  very 
dark  English  brown  stain  is  used. 

In  regard  to  color  scheme  for  walls, 
gray  is  not  good  in  a  northwest  room  and 
green  still  worse.  The  green  rug  might 
possibly  be  used  in  the  den  if  you  will 
carry  out  a  consistent  scheme  of  green 
and  yellow,  in  treating  the  room.  We 
should  make  the  walls  soft  dull  yellow, 
cream  ceiling,  and,  if  possible,  get  some 
upholstery  onto  the  light  furniture,  in 
dull  yellow  material.  Then  have  cur- 
tains of  green  and  much  yellow  cretonne. 

Do  not  carry  green  into  the  living  room 
at  all,  but  do  it  in  soft  creamy  browns  and 
rose.  You  do  not  say  whether  you  ex- 
pect to  use  merely  tinted  walls  or  a  com- 
bination. It  will  be  very  difficult  to  get 
it  right  without  paper  in  the  hall  at  least, 
for  there  you  need  to  bring  the  room  col- 
ors together. 


A  quite  attractive  kitchen  can  be  made 
by  finishing  the  woodwork  natural  with 
varnish  and  painting  the  wall  deep  cream. 
The  lower  part  of  the  wall  could  be  paint- 
ed leaf  brown,  with  a  molding  between. 

Textile  Panels  in  Dining  Room. 

S.  A.  McC. — I  am  enclosing  a  rough 
sketch  of  our  new  home  and  am  begging 
some  suggestions  for  the  interior  decora- 
tions. All  the  woodwork  down  stairs  will 
be  stained  oak,  not  too  dark,  and  I  had 
thought  to  tint  the  walls  in  all  three  rooms 
in  shades  of  tan.  A  warm  tan  in  the  recep- 
tion room,  with  a  fleck  of  red  or  maroon 
in  the  rug  and  the  same  color  in  the  short 
silk  curtains  at  the  high  windows  over  the 
bookcase  and  settle.  Then  in  the  living 
room  and  dining  room  the  gray  tan  walls 
with  touch  of  green  in  the  living  room  and 
old  blue  in  the  dining  room.  The  dining 
room  walls  will  have  wood  stiles  up  to  the 
top  of  the  windows.  Would  you  leave  those 
panels  plastered  or  cover  with  the  burlap 
of  a  darker  shade  of  tan;  what  would  you 
suggest  for  draperies  ? 

Ans. — We  are  very  much  in  sympathy 
with  your  ideas  as  outlined  for  treatment 
of  your  interior.  By  having  the  decorator 
add  a  little  black  to  the  tint,  you  would  get 
your  grayish  tan  for  living  room,  with  which 
green  would  combine  admirably  in  the  fur- 
nishings and  old  blue  in  dining  room.  We 
highly  approve  of  a  textile  of  some  sort 
in  dining  room  paneling,  but  you  will  find 
the  color  you  want  in  a  ready  stained  bur- 
lap. There  is  a  putty  grey  heavy  crepe 
paper,  we  have  used  a  great  deal,  that  has 
the  effect  of  very  rough  plaster  and  is  ad- 
mirable for  dados  and  wainscot.  A  line  of 
stencil  decoration  in  soft  old  blue  around 
these  panels  would  add  greatly  to  the  room. 
We  would  use  old  blue  Sun  fast  at  the  win- 
dows and  deep,  soft  blue  rug.  Your  ideas 
for  the  window  shades  are  excellent. 


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Nothing  Better  for  Floors,  Pianos, 
Woodwork,  Furniture  and  Automobiles 

If  a  library,  dining  roum  or  living  room  fails 
to  reveal  all  the  "lights  and  depths"  that  lie  hid- 
den in  the  wood  grain,  it  probably  is  because  it 
is  not  finished  with  the  preparation  adapted  to 
produce  the  best  results. 

Old  English  Wax  brings  out  all  the  natural 
beauty  in  the  grain  of  the  wood,  producing  that 
rich,  highly  prized,  subdued  lustre.  Being  heavy- 
bodied  (with  a  large  amount  of  expensive,  im- 
ported wax),  Old  English  goes  farther  and 
lasts  longer.  Remember,  you  can  use  a 
waxed  floor  an  hour  after  finishing. 

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nothing  cheaper  for  the  cottage,  and  so  recog- 
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it  look  like  new  and  cannot  injure  it. 

On  Furniture  and  Interior  Woodwork— just 
a  little  Old  English  Wax  adds  surprisingly  to 
the  beauty,  even  of  the  cheapest— apply  with 
soft  cloth  as  directed. 

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new  car  new.  Even  makes  an  old  car  look  bright  as 
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varnishing.  Sheds  water  and  dust  and  keeps  mud 
from  spotting  the  varnish.  Very  easy  to  use.  Try  it. 
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long  if  given  a  coat  of  Old  English. 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 


Interiors  Beautiful 


200  VIEWS 


IN  PLANNING  the  new  home  or 
in  the  remodeling  or  decorating  of 
the  old  one,  the  interior  treatment, 
both  as  to  architectural  detail  and  dec- 
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Correct  expression  of  decorative  schemes 
is  a  difficult  matter  for  the  average  person 
to  handle.  In  view  of  this,  we  have 
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two  hundred  selected  views  of  the  in- 
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under  the  illustrations,  the  scheme  of 
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Halls  and  Stairways,  Living  Rooms, 
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The   North    Dining-room. 

H.  O.  W. :  I  wish  to  ask  your  advice 
about  dining  room  walls  which  are  ceiled 
to  a  height  of  four  feet. 

The  room  is  13x18,  having  windows 
across  entire  north  side  of  room.  The 
woodwork  is  finished  in  natural  pine  and 
floor  a  good  maple  a  little  darkened  by 
use.  Our  furniture  is  Flemish  oak. 

As  the  woodwork  is  somewhat  marred 
we  think  of  painting  instead  of  keeping 
it  in  brown.  All  of  the  rest  of  woodwork 
in  entire  house  is  white  or  ivory.  I 
would  like  to  introduce  a  shade  of  blue 
into  the  room. 

I've  tried  to  find  an  answer  to  my 
question  by  looking  over  back  numbers 
of  your  magazine,  but  did  not  find  a  case 
just  like  ours.  Will  you  also  kindly  ad- 
vise me  how  to  furnish  a  room  for  my 
4-year-old  daughter.  Her  room  is  four- 
teen feet  one  way  and  nearly  square.  It 
has  a  west  window  and  a  north  window. 
I  am  undecided  whether  to  use  white  or 
gray  furniture. 

Ans. — If  your  dining  room  had  a  south 
exposure  or  even  west,  you  might  have  old 
blue  walls.  But  having  only  a  north  light- 
ing, blue  is  not  at  all  the  color  for  it.  We 
should  paint  the  woodwork  deep  ivory, 
which  will  set  off  your  Flemish  furniture 
much  better  than  the  natural  pine.  The 
wood  wainscot  is  too  high  for  a  chair  rail 
and  not  high  enough  for  plate  rail,  but 
probably  that  cannot  be  changed.  There 
is  a  decorative  paper  which  has  blue  and 
green  foliage  on  a  sort  of  yellow  sunset 
ground.  You  might  use  that  above  the 
wainscot  with  a  dull  yellow  ceiling.  This 
would  give  you  the  note  of  blue  you  de- 
sire and  also  an  effect  of  sunshine  in  the 
north  room.  In  fact,  the  room  would  be 
transformed.  You  should  then  have  a  rug 
with  blues  and  greens  on  a  tan  ground, 
and  sill  curtains  of  dull  yellow  Sunfast  at 
the  north  windows. 

The  little  daughter's  room  should  have 
white  woodwork  and  a  paper  with  Dres- 
den China  little  pink  and  blue  roses,  all- 
over  pattern,  on  the  walls.  The  furniture 
should  be  white  enamel.  Exceedingly 
pretty,  simple  designs  now  come  in  chil- 
dren's furniture.  There  should  be  cur- 
tains of  white  ruffled  muslin  and  side 
ones  of  plain  pink. 


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The  art  of  making  this  roofing,  left 
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iFfl  HOUSEHOLD  ECONOMICS 


A  Hot  Water  Grate 


ERHAPS   nothing   has   added   to 
the    convenience    of    the    house- 
keeper in   a  greater  degree  than 
the     use     of     gas     for     cooking. 
The     work     of     the     cook     and     house- 
wife   was    revolutionized    when    she    be- 
came able  to  cook   without  replenishing 
or  needing  to  watch  the  condition  of  the 
fire.      But   the   one   fact   which   the   old- 
fashioned  housewife  bemoans  in  the  use 
of  gas,  is  that  she 
has    no    place    for 
her    tea    kettle. 
She    has    no    hot 
water    without 
lighting   a   burner 
for    it    especially, 
and  then  she  can- 
not   keep    it    hot. 
One    is    always 
wanting     a     little 
hot  water  without 
waiting   for   it. 
The    hot    water 
problem      usually 
solves   itself   in 
winter,    but    in 
summer  the  ques- 
tion presents  more 
difficulties. 

The  hot  water 
grate  seems  to  be 
a  solution  for  this 
problem.  It  may 
be  used  over  any 


The  hot  water  grate  in  place. 


gas  stove  or  range,  or  even   with  a  gas 
plate.     It  could  be  installed  over  a  gaso- 
line  or   some   kinds   of  oil   stoves.     The 
ordinary  grate  over  the  stove  or  range  is 
removed,  and  in  its  place  is  put  the  hol- 
low  grate,    as   shown    in    the   cut.      This 
grate  receives  the  cooking  utensils  in  the 
same  way  as  the  ordinary  grate,  but  it 
is  hollow  and  is  connected  with  the  water 
system  and  with  the  hot  water  tank.    The 
water  circulates 
through   this    hol- 
1  o  w    grate    and 
when   the   gas 
burners  are  light- 
ed for  cooking  or 
for    any     purpose 
the  water  is  heat- 
ing   at    the    same 
time. 

With  this  grate 
there  is  practically 
no  waiting  nor  no 
trouble.  You  sim- 
ply light  the  gas 
and  before  you 
have  skimmed 
through  the  paper 
the  water  is  hot 
enough  for  a  Tur- 
kish bath  or  a 
shave. 

You  use  the  gas 
to  prepare  a  meal 
and  you  have  a 


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HOUSEHOLD  ECONOMICS-Continued 


tank  full  of  hot  water,  your  laundress 
boils  a  boiler  of  clothes  and  you  have 
ample  hot  water  for  the  remainder  of  the 
washing.  Each  time  you  light  a  burner 
in  the  gas  stove,  you  heat  water  to  use. 

During  one  of  the  tests  with  the  hollow 
grate  the  water  was  drained  from  the 
hot  water  tank  which  it  supplies  and  the 


Top  view  of  hollow  crate. 

tank  was  filled  with  cold  water.  The  four 
burners  of  the  gas  stove  were  lighted  and 
in  five  minutes  the  water  in  the  tank  reg- 
istered at  202  degrees. 

It  is  claimed  that  this  hollow  grate 
plays  a  joke  on  the  gas  company  and 
heats  the  water  without  any  additional  ex- 
pense to  the  house  holder,  over  what  the 
gas  would  cost  for  the  cooking.  One 
would  expect  that  in  heating  the  water 
in  the  pipes  it  would  retard  the  cooking 
over  the  grate,  but  a  clever  device  in  the 
shaping  of  the  under  side  of  the  grate 
seems  to  have  overcome  that  difficulty. 
If  you  notice  the  cut  showing  the  under 
side  of  the  grate  you  will  see  the  circle 
of  the  hollow  grate  which  holds  the  water 
in  heating.  The  rim  has  a  bevel  so  placed 
as  to  throw  the  strength  of  the  flame  to- 
ward the  center,  while  at  the  same  time 
it  protects  the  outer  edge  of  the  kettle 
and  the  handle  from  unnecessary  heat. 
The  demonstrator  asks  you  to  remove  the 
kettle  of  boiling  water  which  you  have 
been  watching,  without  giving  you  a  hold- 
er to  lift  it  with.  When  you  refuse  to 
attempt  it,  he  takes  hold  of  the  long 
handle  unconcernedly,  then  lays  his 
fingers  on  the  outer  corners  of  the  grate. 
This  outside  heat  is  what  has  gone  into 
the  water,  it  would  seem.  The  volume 


of  water  in  the  grate  over  the  fire  at  any 
one  time  is  quite  small,  so  is  quickly 
heated  and  starts  a  circulation.  When  the 
grates  and  the  water  are  thoroughly  heat- 
ed, they  will  hold  the  heat  for  some  time 
after  the  gas  has  been  turned  out. 

Every  one  appreciates  the  value  of 
plenty  of  hot  water.  .  It  is  one  of  the 
adjuncts  of  civilization.  Any  new  device 
which  helps  to  make  it  plentiful  and  easy 
to  obtain  is  likely  to  be  very  well  received. 
In  apartment  houses  and  large  establish- 
ments there  is  always  hot  water  in  any 
quantity.  Indeed  that  is  one  of  the  ad- 
vantages of  the  large  apartment  build- 
ings. It  is  in  the  private  homes  where 
this  hollow  grate  will  become  a  boon. 

The  owners  of  the  smaller  four  and  six- 
family  apartment  houses,  and  of  the  new- 
er "duplex"  types  of  house  are  installing 
the  hollow  grates  on  their  gas  ranges,  as 
a  way  of  competing  with  the  larger  apart- 


Under  side  of  crate. 

ments  in  the  matter  of  a  plentiful  supply 
of  hot  water. 

It  might  be  noted  that  the  hollow  grate 
requires  a  hot  water  tank  in  the  kitchen, 
or  above  the  heating  apparatus.  If  the 
large  tank  is  in  the  basement,  connected 
with  the  furnace  or  a  separate  hot  water 
heater,  a  small  twenty  gallon  tank  can 
be  placed  over  the  range,  and  enclosed  in 
a  cupboard  if  one  wishes  to  have  it  out  of 
sight,  as  most  housekeepers  do. 

In  designing  it  the  bars  of  the  grate  are 
made  wide  enough  apart  that  there  should 
be  no  difficulty  in  cleaning  either  the 
grates  or  the  range.  The  grates  are  made 
to  cover  either  two  or  four  burners,  ac- 
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TABLE  CHAT-Contmued 


tables  have  them  served  on  the  same 
plate  as  the  meat.  It  is  seldom  practica- 
ble to  cook  tomatoes  so  that  they  do  not 
need  a  separate  plate,  but  all  the  creamed 
vegetables  are  much  better  if  merely  well 
covered  with  the  sauce  instead  of  float- 
ing in  it. 

Unless  the  head  of  a  family  is  a  very 
expert  carver,  it  is  desirable  to  have  large 
cuts  boned.  A  rib  roast  is  not  improved 
by  the  process  but  it  makes  not  the 
slightest  difference  with  lamb,  veal  or 
pork.  Poultry  is  always  troublesome,  but 
it  is  very  easy  to  cut  under  the  joints  in 
the  kitchen  without  affecting  the  looks  of 
the  bird. 

At  breakfast  and  luncheon  it  is  per- 
fectly correct  to  dispense  altogether  with 
the  services  of  a  maid,  except  when  a 
fresh  supply  of  warm  bread  or  the  like 
must  be  brought  from  the  kitchen.  The 
electric  toaster,  the  chafing  dish  and  the 
coffee  percolator  have  done  a  great  deal 
to  simplify  the  service  of  these  meals. 

The  Birthday  Cake  and  Candles. 

Birthdays  have  a  fashion  of  coming  in 
the  cooler  months,  which  seem  best 
adapted  to  festivities,  and  the  cake  is  a 
very  important  feature  of  the  supper  ta- 
ble. It  ought  not  to  be  a  rich  cake, 
though  it  often  is.  For  little  children,  an 
angel  cake,  not  of  the  cotton  wool  variety, 
but  soft  and  spongy,  is  very  good.  Give 
it  a  thick  pink  icing,  sprinkled  with  can- 
died rose  leaves  and  let  the  candles  be 
white. 

For  older  children,  make  a  simple  cup 
cake  rule,  omitting  half  a  cupful  of  the 
flour  and  stirring  in  enough  cocoa  to 
make  it  quite  dark.  Put  in  plenty  of 
raisins  and  currants  and  a  few  nut  meats, 
and  you  will  find  it  quite  as  acceptable 
as  a  regular  fruit  cake. 

For  decorating  the  table,  the  glass 
candlesticks  sold  at  the  10-cent  stores  are 
very  effective  with  either  white  or  col- 
ored candles.  Candle  shades  are  just  as 
well  omitted  from  a  children's  party. 
They  always  wobble  and  are  likely  to 
cause  grief.  Our  illustration  shows  a 
pretty  arrangement  of  them  with  a  deco- 
ration of  leaves. 

Some  Fancy  Cakes. 

Always  supply  small  cakes  in  addition 
to  the  large  birthday  cake.  They  make 
the  table  look  pretty  and  give  a  great 


deal  of  pleasure.  Given  a  cup  cake  rule, 
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considerable  variety  with  little  trouble. 
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that  it  will  be  about  half  an  inch  thick. 
Cut  part  of  it  into  circles.  Put  two  to- 
gether with  a  layer  of  icing  and  chopped 
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icing.  Cut  some  in  squares,  ice  with 
white  icing  and  press  into  the  center  a 
walnut  meat  or  a  candied  cherry.  The 
cats'  faces  shown  in  our  second  illustra- 
tion can  be  cut  out  with  scissors.  After 
the  chocolate  icing  is  dry  the  features  can 
be  put  in  with  white  with  an  icing  syringe. 
Other  shapes  covered  with  white  icing 
can  be  decorated  with  candied  rose  or 
violet  petals,  or  dusted  with  macaroon 
crumbs,  or  with  crushed  peanuts.  Any 
book  on  French  cooking  will  give  any 
number  of  these  little  cakes,  which  they 
call  petits  fours. 


Cakes  far  the  party. 

Decorating  the  Table. 

You  can  set  the  table  for  the  party  ef- 
fectively by  using  a  center  and  doilies  of 
crepe  paper.  There  is  a  considerable  va- 
riety in  these  sets,  but  paper  napkins  are 
hardly  to  be  recommended,  unless  each 
child  is  supplied  with  more  than  one. 

If  you  want  to  give  each  child  some 
souvenir,  choose  a  growing  plant.  The 
table  looks  very  pretty  with  a  little  fern 
at  each  place,  a  strip  of  the  cretonne  fold- 
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A  child's  party  ought  to  be  just  as  pret- 
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generally  very  appreciative,  but  do  not  let 
it  be  elaborate.  The  money  standard  may 
be  unavoidable  later  on  but  it  is  a  great 
pity  to  make  children  acquainted  with  it. 


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Building  Material     ^ 

AND  NOTES  ON 

Heating,  Lighting  &  Plumbing 


What   Do  We   Know  About  a  Heating 
Plant? 

VERY  householder  knows  some- 
thing about  putting  fuel  into  a 
furnace,  but  as  to  how  much  heat 
he  gets  out  of  it,  how  much  is  lost 
before  reaching  his  apartments,  and  why, 
and  how,  he  may  know  absolutely  noth- 
ing. When  a  man  is  selecting  a  furnace, 
he  talks  to  his  neighbors  and  friends. 
Tones  has  a  furnace  which  he  says  is  fine. 
He  has  only  used  "so"  much  coal  and  the 
house  is  always  warm.  Jones  may  un- 
derstand stoking  a  furnace  properly.  He 
may  have  employed  the  best  contractor 
who  figured,  instead  of  the  cheapest,  to 
build  his  house ;  and  he  may  be  a  careful 
man  who  looks  well  after  his  fire  at  night. 
Brown,  on  the  other  hand,  may  be  always 
grumbling  about  his  furnace,  especially  as 
he  goes  down  town  in  the  morning. 
Jones'  type  of  a  furnace  is  likely  to  be 
selected ;  but  Mr.  Householder  may  be 
the  Brown  type  of  a  man. 

There  are  Certain  fundamental  ele- 
ments around  which  the  heating  problems 
gather.  The  heating  engineer  has  been 
thoughtful  of  Mr.  Householder  and  has 
put  on  the  market  treatises  taking  up  the 
especial  points  of  the  different  heating 
apparatus,  for  those  who  really  wish  to 
know,  technically,  how  it  is  done.  To 
many  people,  the  real  connection  between 
the  putting  of  fuel  into  a  fire  box  in  the 
basement  and  the  comfortable  warmth  of 
the  living  apartments  is  a  veritable  mys 
tery,  a  usual  but  no  less  a  real  mystery. 

The  loss  of  heat  in  transmission  from 
the  furnace  to  the  living  apartments  is 
one  of  the  important  considerations. 

The  first  cause  of  this  loss  of  heat  lies 
in  the  difference  of  temperature  between 


the  outside  atmosphere  and  the  inside. 
The  ease  with  which  this  loss  occurs  de- 
pends on  structure  and  texture  of  the 
wall,  whether  the  cellar  and  attic  are  cold, 
whether  the  window  construction  is 
tight,  the  amount  of  glass  surface  ex- 
posed to  the  weather,  et  cetera.  Many 
of  these  are  things  which  count  in  the 
first  cost  of  the  house,  and  in  which  a 
cheap  or  light  construction  may  have  been 
adopted  as  a  matter  of  economy.  An 
economy  which  takes  an  increasing  toll 
in  the  fuel  bill  year  after  year  is  question- 
able as  a  matter  of  economy  to  the  house- 
holder, whatever  it  may  be  to  the  investor 
who  expects  to  rent  the  property. 

When  installing  a  plant,  the  live  heat- 
ing man  will  make  a  point  of  carrying  his 
pipes  as  directly  as  possible.  Heating 
pipes  which  wander  around  the  house  be- 
fore reaching  the  outlet  into  the  room  to 
be  heated,  no  matter  how  well  wrapped, 
must  be  wasteful  of  heat  in  transmission. 
Especially  is  this  true  with  hot  air  heat. 
With  any  kind  of  heat,  but  especially 
with  hot  air,  the  registers  or  radiators 
should  be  placed  in  the  first  planning  of 
the  rooms  so  that  the  risers  shall  be  as 
direct  as  possible.  Hot  air  pipes  should 
go  from  some  place  very  near  the  fur- 
nace directly  to  the  rooms  to  be  heated, 
and  the  furnace  so  placed  to  accommodate 
them  as  far  as  possible  without  elbows 
or  turns  in  the  vertical  pipes.  Common 
sense  is  often  applicable  even  to  the  most 
technical  subject,  and  this  is  certainly 
the  case  with  the  heating  plant. 

When  the  house  is  well  built,  and  the 
heating  pipes  may  be  direct  and  well 
placed,  then  a  heating  plant  will  have  a 
fair  chance  to  do  its  best  work.  Of  the 
many  types  of  heating  plants,  each  one 


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You  Get  More 

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The  Fire  That  Warms  Men's  Souls 


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portioned to  absolutely  guarantee  a 

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BUILDING  MATERIAL  AND  NOTES  ON  HEATING.  LIGHTING  AND  PLUMBING-Continued 


has  its  own  theory  for  producing  a  com- 
plete combustion.  It  is  not  the  fuel  which 
goes  into  the  fire  box  that  produces  the 
heat ;  it  is  the  fual  that  is  burned  under 
desired  results.  Such  an  arrangement  of 
drafts  and  grates  and  fire  box  as  to  insure 
a  complete  combustion  of  the  fuel  is 
the  aim  of  every  furnace.  The  individual 
owner  may  make  his  selection  because 
he  believes  one  especial  type  is  correct  in 
principle,  or  he  may  depend  entirely  on 
results  and  accept  the  testimony  of  those 
who  have  tried  out  the  different  types. 
Be  that  as  it  may,  when  Mr.  Householder 
has  a  perfectly  good  heating  apparatus 
installed,  he  still  has  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant things  yet  before  him,  and  that 
is  its  proper  treatment  and  attention. 

The  campaign  for  the  abatement  of 
the  smoke  nuisance  has  had  some  rather 
important  bearings  on  economy  in  the 
use  of  fuel.  Investigation  showed  that 
the  great  columns  of  black  smoke  pour- 
ing from  the  chimneys  resulted  from  an 
imperfect  combustion  of  the  fuel  and 
was  a  waste  to  the  owners,  caused  either 
by  the  carelessness  or  lack  of  knowledge 
in  the  stoking  of  the  furnaces.  Classes 
were  established  teaching  the  proper 
stoking  and  care  of  furnaces,  and  some 
statistics  were  published  as  to  the  rela- 
tive economy  of  fuel  consumption  with 
and  without  the  black  smoke.  All  of 
these  things  are  not  without  interest  to 
the  householder. 

The  quality  of  the  air  which  we  breath 
indoors  is  a  subject  now  under  considera- 
tion by  experts.  There  is  very  little  rel- 
ative humidity  in  the  indoor  air.  A  lower 
temperature  will  give  greater  comfort  if 
there  is  a  sufficient  amount  of  moisture 
in  the  air  of  a  room.  Many  people  are 
not  comfortable  unless  the  thermometer 
stands  at  seventy  degrees  or  above.  We 
are  told  that  the  reason  for  this  is  the 
extreme  dryness  of  the  air ;  that  with  a 
proper  relative  humidity  sixty-eight  de- 
grees would  give  a  more  satisfying  sense 
of  warmth  and  comfort  than  the  higher 
temperatures. 

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One  of  the  most  unique  organizations 
of  its  kind  is  the  recently-organized 
Building  Data  League,  Inc.,  an  outgrowth 
of  the  Architects'  Bureau  of  Technical 


Service.  Its  membership  is  made  up  of 
consumers,  organized  to  secure  through 
co-operation  exact  and  reliable  informa- 
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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

What  Is  YOUR  Building  Problem? 

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To    Remove    Cement    Wash. 

J.  H.  R. :  I  have  read  your  magazine 
for  some  time  and  having  found  much 
valuable  information  in  it,  am  now  writ- 
ing for  some  information  which  I  think 
will  not  only  interest  myself  but  many 
of  your  other  readers  as  well. 

My  house  is  built  of  concrete  which 
has  been  treated  to  a  cement  wash.  This 
wash  has  peeled  off  in  spots  and  I  desire 
to  treat  the  surface  with  a  cement  coat- 
ing. To  do  this  properly  I  want  to  re- 
move the  cement  wash  now  on  the  walls 
and  my  query  is :  How  am  I  going  to 
do  it? 

Is  there  any  liquid  which  will  remove 
it  without  injuring  the  concrete  surface? 
I  have  been  informed  that  sand  blasting 
is  the  best  method  but  my  house  is  lo- 
cated in  a  section  in  which  it  is  impossi- 
ble to  remove  the  cement  wash  by  this 
method. 

Ans. — In  regard  to  the  removal  of  the 
remaining  cement  wash  on  the  walls,  we 
would  say  that  in  our  opinion  the  sand- 
blast would  be  the  most  economical  and 
thorough  method.  We  think  that  the 
second  best  method  would  be  to  allow 
the  building  to  stand  until  that  portion 
of  the  cement  wash  remaining  had  be- 
come pretty  well  weathered,  and  at  this 
stage  it  might  be  feasible  to  remove  it 
far  less  readily  by  using  a  stiff  steel 
brush.  We  are  sure  that  any  plan  of 
using  a  solvent  or  chemical  for  the  pur- 
pose of  removing  the  material  would  be 
unsatisfactory  for  various  reasons,  and 
it  is  doubtful  as  to  whether  there  is  any 
such  chemical  which  might  be  safely 
used,  and,  furthermore,  it  is  logical  that 
after  having  used  any  such  chemical, 
providing  there  was  one,  that  it  would  be 
necessary  to  wash  the  building  in  'order 
to  remove  and  neutralize  the  chemical. 


Taking  it  all  and  all  it  will  be  seen  that 
any  operation  of  this  kind  would  be  very 
expensive,  and  very  doubtful  considering 
it  from  the  standpoint  and  utility  of  ef- 
fectiveness. 

Dampproofing  Cellar  Walls. 

H.  R.  B. — We  are  contemplating  build- 
ing a  two-story  brick  house  with  basement. 
The  ground  on  which  we  will  build  is  high 
but  level  and  is  wet  during  the  wet  season. 
Could  you  tell  us  what  to  do  to  prevent 
dampness  in  the  basement?  We  shall  lay 
a  cement  floor. 

Ans. — There  are  several  ways  in  which 
this  may  be  accomplished,  of  which  the 
most  satisfactory  would  be  to  make  the 
concrete  wall  sufficiently  rich  in  cement  that 
it  will  be  waterproof.  Under  general  con- 
ditions the  proportions  of  1  part  of  a  good 
brand  Portland  cement  to  3  parts  sharp, 
clean  sand  and  5  parts  of  broken  stone  or 
gravel,  will  make  a  waterproof  wall.  Lay 
ordinary  drain  tile  outside  the  wall  below 
the  basement  floor  level  to  carry  off  water. 

Under  conditions  where  water  stands  on 
the  ground  it  is  recommended  that  after 
the  concrete  floor  has  been  laid,  it  be 
mopped  with  hot  tar  with  especial  atten- 
tion given  to  the  joint  between  the  floor 
and  the  walls,  where  the  water  is  likely  to 
enter.  Lay  burlap  over  the  tar,  which  has 
been  carried  up  the  side  wall  for  a  foot  or 
more,  and  then  again  mop  over  the  burlap 
with  hot  tar.  The  outside  of  the  founda- 
tion wall  may  also  be  mopped  with  hot  tar 
if  desired. 

Another  way  of  meeting  the  problem  is 
to  waterproof  the  concrete  walls.  This  may 
be  accomplished  either  by  the  "integral 
process"  by  which  th  A  number  of  good 
brands  of  waterproofing  materials  are  on 
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PROPERLY  HUNG  STORM  WINDOWS 

mfort  during  the  coming  cold  winter  days.  The  old  button  method  of  putting  up 
and  taking  down  storm  windows  has  always  been  a  bugbear.  Is  unsafe-  -causes 
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The  purpose  of  this  department  is  to  give  information,  either  specific  or  general,  on  the  subject  of  wood,  hoping  to  bring 
about  the  exercise  of  greater  intelligence  in  the  use  of  forest  products  and  greater  profit  and  satisfaction  to  the  users. 


The  Timber  Supply. 


CCORDING  to  the  best  authorities, 
our  potential  forest  area  is  large 
enough  to  supply  all  the  timber  of 
every  kind  that  we  need  if  it  is 
rightly  handled.  Here  is  a  field  which  for 
years  to  come  will  afford  great  opportunity 
for  the  activities  of  both  statesmen  and  for- 
esters. It  is  believed  that  our  American 
forest  area  of  550  million  acres  contains 
200  million  acres  of  practically  mature 
timber ;  250  million  acres  partially  cut  and 
burned  over,  on  which  there  is  sufficient 
natural  reproduction  to  insure  a  fair  sec- 
ond growth  ;  and  finally,  100  million  acres 
so  severely  cut  and  burned  that,  unless 
supplemented  by  planting,  there  will  be 
no  succeeding  forest  of  commercial  value. 

Although  four-fifths  of  the  present  tim- 
ber supply  is  privately  owned,  it  is  highly 
probable  that  a  hundred  years  hence  the 
bulk  of  the  timber  then  existing  will  be 
in  public  forests.  Because  of  the  long 
time  investment  required,  the  hazard  in- 
volved, and  the  relatively  low  rate  of  in- 
terest obtained  from  forestry,  private  cap- 
ital is  not  likely  to  engage  in  timber  grow- 
ing on  a  very  large  scale. 

The  national  forests  aggregate  about 
160,000,000  acres,  and  are  chiefly  in  the 
Rocky  mountains  and  along  the  Pacific 
coast.  They  were  created  by  the  with- 
drawal of  public  land  from  private  entry 
and  sale.  Within  the  last  few  years,  how- 
ever, the  national  government  has  entered 
upon  the  policy  of  purchasing  timber 
lands  in  the  eastern  mountains,  where  for- 


est growth  is  considered  necessary  for  the 
protection  of  watersheds  at  the  heads  of 
navigable  streams.  Extensive  purchases 
of  forest  land,  most  of  which  have  been 
cut  over,  are  being  made  in  the  White  and 
Appalachian  mountains. 

Probably  75  per  cent  of  the  merchant^ 
able  standing  timber  in  this  country  is 
under  private  ownership  at  this  time.  -'Pri- 
vate capital  always  seeks  the  .best  invest- 
ment, and  these  private  holdings  contain 
the  best  standing  timber  in  the  country. 

Timber  Resources  of  Russian  Empire. 

One  of  the  lumber  journals  states  that 
39  per  cent  of  the  Russian  empire  is  esti- 
mated to  be  under  forests,  which  in  Euro- 
pean Russia  cover  an  area  of  474  million 
acres.  Finland,  Poland  and  the  Caucasus 
bring  the  total  to  more  than  549,000,000 
acres,  exclusive  of  Siberia.  In  the  Ural 
provinces,  forests  cover  70  per  cent  of  the 
area,  in  the  northern  provinces  68  per 
cent,  and  in  the  four  lake  provinces,  57 
per  cent.  It  is  estimated  that  in  Western 
Siberia  alone  there  are  465,000,000  acres 
of  virgin  forest,  and  Eastern  Siberia, 
while  not  so  richly  endowed,  has  sufficient 
timber  to  supply  the  world's  demand  for 
years  to  come. 

Tests  for  Wood   Preservatives. 

The  Forest  Service  Laboratory  at  Madi- 
son, Wisconsin,  has  just  completed  a  series 
of  preliminary  tests  of  wood  preservatives, 
the  results  of  which  have  been  published 
in  a  Department  (of  Agriculture)  Bulletin, 
No.  145. 


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WOODS  AND  HOW  TO  USE  THEM-Continued 


When  it  was  announced  that  these  tests 
would  be  conducted,  by-products  of  all 
kinds  were  sent  to  the  laboratory  for  test- 
ing— the  condensed  fumes  of  smelters,  the 
waste  liquors  of  pulp  plants,  the  refuse  of 
tanneries,  the  skimmed  milk  of  creameries, 
and  a  miscellaneous  assortment  of  com- 
pounds. The  desire  was  to  find  how  many 
of  these  various  compounds  and  chemicals 
were  really  valuable  as  wood  preservatives. 
Only  those  which  showed  some  promise 
were  admitted  to  test. 

The  tests  aimed  to  bring  out  the  impor- 
tant physical  and  chemical  properties  of  the 
preservative,  its  effect  on  the  strength  of 
the  wood,  its  permanency,  its  ability  to  pen- 
etrate, the  combustibility  of  the  treated 
wood,  the  effect  of  the  preservative  on 
paint,  and  so  forth.  It  was  found  that  the 
preserving  oils  had  no  appreciable  weaken- 
ing effect  upon  the  wood,  although  water- 
soluble  preservatives  did  cause  some  slight 
weakening.  The  creosote  and  oil  preserva- 
tives were  satisfactorily  penetrative,  while 
wood-tar  was  very  difficult  to  force  into  the 
wood.  Viscous  or  sticky  oils  did  not  pene- 
trate the  wood  readily  unless  both  wood 
and  preservatives  were  well  heated  during 
the  process.  Woods  treated  with  oils 
ignited  at  lower  temperature  than  those 
treated  with  water-soluble  salts.  Oil  treat- 
ment rendered  the  wood  unfit  for  subse- 
quent painting,  but  water-soluble  salts 
caused  no  discoloration  of  the  painted  sur- 
face. 

Sweeping  conclusions  cannot  be  drawn  as 
yet  from  the  data  brought  out  by  these  first 
tests ;  yet  they  will  serve  as  a  foundation 
for  a  study  of  the  most  efficient  use  of  wood 
preservatives. — Mississippi  Valley  Lumber- 
man. 

To  Protect  Wood  From  the  White  Ant. 

An  effort  has  been  made  to  determine  the 
value,  as  a  protection  against  the  native 
white  ant,  of  various  methods  of  treatment 
as  applied  to  different  kinds  of  wood.  Dr. 
A.  D.  Hopkins  has  conducted  the  experi- 
ments and  submitted  a  report.  A  note  sent 
out  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at 
Washington  states  that  in  conditions  where 
alternating  check  stakes  were  attacked  by 
white  ants,  after  being  subject  to  attack 
for  from  5  to  12  months,  yellow  pine  stakes 
charred  by  burning  for  about  five  minutes 
were  attacked  at  the  end  of  one  year.  This 


treatment  it  seems  only  delays  attack.  Yel- 
low pine  stakes  impregnated  by  the  "open 
tank"  method,  with  coal  tar  and  wood  creo- 
sotes ;  dipping  and  brush  treatments  with 
wood  and  coal  tar  creosotes ;  and  stakes 
treated  by  two  closed  cylinder  pressure  pro- 
cesses with  several  different  creosote  com- 
pounds were  not  attacked  at  the  end  of  one 
year.  Untreated  alternating  check  stakes 
were  attacked  by  white  ants. 

An  examination  of  test  blocks  showed 
that  after  being  buried  in  the  ground  with 
infested  logs  for  nearly  six  months,  some 
of  the  blocks  •  impregnated  with  paraffine 
wax  were  attacked  by  white  ants  while  wood 
treated  with  chlorinated  naphthalene  was 
not  attacked.  Untreated  teak,  greenheart 
and  peroba  test  blocks — all  tropical  woods 
— were  not  attacked,  while  untreated  white 
and  red  oak,  sugar  maple,  birch,  and  red 
gum  were  attacked  and  more  or  less  seri- 
ously damaged. 

The  Use  of  Sycamore. 

W.  S.  M.:  Please  tell  us  all  about 
sycamore.  Can  it  be  used  as  a  finish  for 
inside  work?  How  would  you  stain  it? 
Will  it  take  a  mahogany  stain?  Is  the 
wood  of  any  value  for  structural  pur- 
poses? 

Ans. — Sycamore  is  a  wood  that  is  used 
to  a  very  limited  extent  in  structural 
work.  The  box  interests  employ  it  large- 
ly in  the  manufacture  of  cases  for  chew- 
ing tobacco. 

The  wood  has  an  involved  grain  and 
shows  a  tendency  to  split  and  warp  in 
wide  stock  or  long  lengths. 

The  chief  beauty  is  the  original  color 
flecked  beautifully  by  the  intersections 
of  the  medullary  rays  in  all  quarter-sawed 
stock.  It  is  hard  and  durable.  The  sup- 
ply is  limited  and  of  the  total  product, 
about  30,000,000  feet  in  1913,  probably 
70  per  cent  was  used  for  boxes  and 
crating. 

In  the  hardwood  districts  sycamore  is 
used  for  framing  and  sheathing  with 
other  hardwoods,  but  in  a  commercial 
sense  it  is  not  so  employed. 

If  used  for  interior  trim  it  should  be 
finished  natural  with  white  varnish  so 
-the  beauty  of  its  color  and  figure  will  be 
fully  .developed. 


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leaves  a  trail  of  beauty  be- 
hind it  when  the  woodwork 
is  properly  treated  with  the 
right  varnish.  The  right 
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however,  and  should  receive 
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Two  of  the  most  reliable 
finishes  for  the  home  build- 
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ON  HOMI     BUI   DIN.G 


CONTENTS    FOR    NOV..    1915 


Just  a  Word . .  294 

The  Ranch  House— Model  Farm  Bungalow  Shown  at  the  Panama- 
California  Exposition  at  San  Diego 297 

Stucco  and  Shingles — Margaret  Craig 304 

The  Kitchen— A  Woman's  Workshop  -EJilh  M.  Jones 308 

Homes  Recently  Built-  Contributed  tu  Keith's  readers 311 

Rest  Cottage 315 

The  Narrow  Lot 316 

A  Bungalow  with  a  Roof  Garden 319 

A  Two-Story  House  That  Is  Up-to-Date 320 

A  Small  Bungalow  322 

A  Charming  Home  323 

Homes  of  Individuality 325 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 328 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration  332 

Household  Economics 338 

Table  Chat 342 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating,  Lighting  and  Plumbing 346 

The  Architect's  Corner 350 

Woods  and  How  to  Use  Them 352 

Splinter's  and  Shavings 356 

New  Booklets  and  Trade  Notes  ...  . .  360 


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KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIV 


NOVEMBER,   1915 


No.  5 


The  ranch  house. 


The  Ranch  House 

Model  Farm  Bungalow  Shown  at  the  Panama-California 
Exposition  at  San  Diego 


£OPLE  used  to  build  "Castles  in 
Spain"  in  their  leisure  hours,  now 
they  plan  a  "Model  Bungalow"  in 
their  spare  moments,  fitting  the  lo- 
cation to  some  lots  already  bought  or  in 
contemplation,  or  else  they  plan  it  "just 
for  the  fun  of  it."  A  simple  home-like 
house  attracts  attention  even  at  a  great  ex- 
position such  as  those  at  San  Francisco  and 
San  Diego,  which  people  from  all  over  the 
country  and  from  many  parts  of  the  world 
have  been  visiting  for  nearly  a  year.  Set 
at  one  side  of  the  great  courts,  beautiful 
buildings  and  wonderful  vistas,  an  unob- 
trusive though  very  attractive  little  bunga- 
low catches  the  eye  of  the  visitor,  who  finds 
there  quite  a  different  exhibit,  though  hard- 
ly less  interesting  than  those  displayed  in 
the  great  buildings  of  the  exposition. 
The  Model  Intensive  Farm,  a  ranch  of 


thirteen  acres  prepared  and  built  by  the 
seven  counties  of  Southern  California  as 
part  of  their  exhibit  at  the  Panama-Cali- 
fornia Exposition  at  San  Diego,  is  a  mar- 
vel to  the  eastern  visitor,  with  its  acre  of 
grape  fruit,  two  or  three  acres  of  oranges, 
an  acre  of  lemons,  and  a  five-acre  tract  set 
in  trees  bearing  all  the  kinds  of  fruit  and 
nuts  one  can  think  of,  from  English  wal- 
nuts and  apples  to  figs  and  all  kinds  of  ber- 
ries. The  budding  of  various  fruits  is  also 
demonstrated.  Trees  budded  to  as  many 
as  thirteen  kinds  of  citrus  fruits  are  already 
in  bearing,  showing  lemons,  oranges,  limes 
and  grapefruit  and  many  other  varieties 
growing  on  the  same  trees.  On  another 
plot  fifteen  varieties  of  grapes  are  com- 
pared. On  still  another  plot  the  new  Euro- 
pean crop,  ramie,  the  fibre  of  which  makes 
fine  linen,  is  being  tested.  Since  the  out- 


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The  patio  is  ohe  of  the  most  attractive  parts  of  the  hous 


break  of  the  war,  which  stopped  the  im- 
portation of  the  European  product,  New 
York  manufacturers  have  offered  alluring 
inducements  to  get  California  farmers  to 
grow  ramie. 

We  are  all  familiar  with  the  "exhibits" 
of  the  fruit,  veg- 
etables and  other 
products  of  the 
land  as  they  are 
shown,  carefully 
piled  in  show 
cases,  or  pickled 
in  great  glass 
jars.  The  seven 
counties  of 
Southern  Califor- 
nia decided  to 
have  a  "growing 
exhibit"  and  this 
is  the  form  it  has 
taken,  the  fruit 
blossoming  and 
ripening  on  the 
trees,  during  the 


tE    rfSSrU,        _: 


year  of  the  exposition,  flowers  and  veget- 
ables in  their  season. 

Two  years  ago,  not  only  this  farm,  but  the 
whole  exposition  park  was  little  more  than  a 
desert,  sand  and  sage  brush.  Now  it  is  a 
garden  fit  for  the  gods,  and  banked  by  jungle 

in  which  may  be 
found  almost  ev- 
ery growth  of 
that  semi-tropical 
clime. 

The  farm  is  in- 
teresting, but  it  is 
to  the  ranch  house 
that  we  turn  our 
attention.  It  was 
built  as  an  ideal 
farm  house,  such 
as  the  people  of 
Southern  Califor- 
nia are  building, 
but  it  would  seem 
to  be  quite  as  good 
a  home  for  a  bank- 
er or  a  doctor,  for 


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it  is  simply  the  farmer's  home.  The  house 
for  the  superintendent  of  the  farm  is  on  the 
other  side  of  the  garden.  The  house  itself  is 
low  with  spreading  wings  which  form  a  pa- 
tio at  what  might  be  called  the  rear  of  the 
house.  This  is  another  example  of  the  fact 
that  the  old-fashioned  "back  of  the  house," 
as  a  place  of  refuge  for  all  the  unsightly 


and  the  living  room,  as  do  the  more  north- 
ern climes,  and  the  three  openings  from  the 
living  room  to  the  terrace  are  filled  with 
French  doors.  The  seats  on  the  terrace  are 
inviting  and  many  visitors  stopped  before 
entering  to  rest  and  enjoy  the  view.  The 
living  room  is  the  key  to  the  arrangement 
of  the  house,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  plan. 


The  inffle  and  fireplace  claim  the  attention. 


things  not  wanted  elsewhere,  has  fortunate- 
ly passed  away.  The  patio  and  the  kitchen 
porch  are,  if  anything,  more  attractive  than 
other  parts  of  the  house. 

The  house  is  stuccoed,  with  timber  work 
in  the  gables.  There  is  no  porch  at  the 
entrance,  but  'instead  a  tiled  terrace,  two 
or  three  steps  above  the  lawn,  with  seats  on 
each  side  of  the  center  entrance.  The  mild 
California  climate  does  not  require  a  vesti- 
bule and  two  doors  between  the  outside 


It   opens   to   the   terrace   of   the   patio   by 
French  doors  beside  the  ingle-nook. 

Once  inside  the  living  room,  the  ingle- 
nook  and  fireplace  claim  the  attention.  The 
fireplace  is  recessed  with  high  windows 
over  the  seats.  The  fireplace  itself  is  built 
of  brick  and  perfectly  simple,  with  a  brack- 
eted shelf  and  with  a  good  mural  decora- 
tion over  it.  This  treatment  for  a  chim- 
ney breast  is  especially  noteworthy,  for  it 
is  a  problem  which  generally  confronts  the 


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home-builder.  This  is  not  a 
picture  which  has  been 
broUgbt  from  somewhere 
and  hung  up  over  the  mantel. 
It  becomes  a  part  of  the  man- 
tel and  could  not  be  removed 
without  spoiling  the  whole 
scheme  of  the  fireplace.  This 
emphasizes  the  difference, 
not  always  plain,  between  a 
picture,  which,  in  and  of  it- 
self, is  a  thing  of  beauty,  and 
a  wall  decoration  which  may 
be  only  a  spot  of  color  or  de- 
sign needed  to  beautify  a 


One  catches  a  glimpse  of  the  buffet. 


with  their  chinz  cushions. 
The  dining  room  is  separ- 
ated from  the  living  room  by 
book  cases  on  the  living  room 
side.  The  dining  room  has  a 
simple  built-in  buffet,  with 
both  a  pantry  and  a  kitchen 
closet,  connecting  with  the 
kitchen  beyond.  The  kitchen 
has  a  hood  over  the  range 
built  as  a  hood  should  be,  a 
vertical  wall  from  the  ceiling 
down  to  the  height  of  the 
door,  generally  seven  feet. 
This  does  not  allow  any  place 


certain  place,  and 
perhaps  with  little 
value  elsewhere. 
It  is  a  picture  in 
this  case  as  well  as 
a  decoration,  and 
is  very  satisfying. 
The  furnishings 
o  f  the  living 
room  are  entirely 
in  rattan  or  wick- 
er, and  make  it 
very  livable. 
Many  of  the 
pieces  are  quite 
unusual  in  shape, 
and  very  pretty 


The  back  door  is  sightly. 


The  living  room  is  furnished  entirely  in  wicker. 


for  dust  to  gather 
over  the  range 
except  inside  the 
hood,  which 
should  be  lined 
with  some  sub- 
stance which  can 
be  easily  washed, 
preferably  of  tile 
or  vitrolite,  or  of 
tin  painted  and 
enameled  white. 
In  the  photograph 
of  the  kitchen, 
only  the  lower 
edge  of  the  hood 
can  be  seen  over 


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the  range.  The  kitchen  and  pantries  are 
well  fitted  with  cupboards  and  there  is  a 
"cooler"'  built  on  an  inside  wall.  On  the 
screened  porch  are  the  set  tubs  for  the 
laundry,  with  a  hinged  cover,  which  con- 
verts the  tubs  into  a  table  when  they  are 
not  being  used  for  laundry  work. 

Between      the 

kitchen   and   bed-  tedl^B 

room  wings  is 
the  terrace  with 
floor  of  mission 
tiles  and  a  cement 
border.  The  out- 
side boulder 
chimney  and  the 
recess  for  the 
fireplace  extend 
into  this  patio, 
which  is  several 
steps  above  the 
ground  and 
banked  with  flowering  shrubs  and  vines. 

On  the  other  side  of  the  living  room  is 
the  bedroom  wing  of  the  house.  The  door 
from  the  living  room  opens  into  a  small 
hall,  and  from  this  hall  open  the  two  bed- 
rooms, the  bathroom  and  the  screened 
sleeping  porch.  This  arrangement  makes 
the  bedroom  suite  independent  of  the  rest 
of  the  house. 

The  woodwork  of  the  living  and  dining 
rooms  is  of  California  redwood  finished  in 


You  can  see  the  under  side  of  the  hood  over  the  range. 


its  natural  color.  The  rest  of  the  house,  the 
kitchen  and  the  bedrooms  are  finished  in 
pine  and  painted  in  white  enamel.  The 
bathroom  has  a  tile  floor  and  wainscot.  The 
bungalow  was  built  at  an  approximate  cost 
of  $4,000. 

The  combination  garage  and  stable  is  so 
arranged  as  to 
house  the  motor 
car,  horse,  a  light 
wagon,  feed,  and 
all  the  various 
tools  that  would 
be  required  on  a 
place  of  this  size. 
The  partial  plan 
of  the  farm 
grounds  here  giv- 
en  shows  the  ar- 
rangement  of  the 
farm  buildings, 
gardens  and 
planting  of  fruits  and  their  relation  to  the 
ranch  house  and  the  superintendent's  house, 
and  the  key  gives  the  exact  location  of  the 
buildings  and  the  planting  of  the  different 
plots  of  ground.  It  is  not  expected  that 
every  farmer  would  want  so  large  a  variety, 
nor  that  he  would  lay  out  his  farm  in  just 
this  way.  The  larger  building  at  5  is  the 
ranch  house,  6  is  the  garage,  4  the  super- 
intendent's or  the  gardener's  cottage,  29  is 
the  incubator  house,  30  the  brooders,  2  and 


On  the  other  side  of  the  drive  is  the  house  for  the  superintendent. 


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The  incubator  house  is  attractive. 


3    the    p  o  u  1 1  r  3'      h.* ' . 
yards.    Vines  and 
trellises    play    an 
important  part  in 
the  entire  scheme. 

The  incubator 
house  is  attrac- 
tive as  well  as 
useful,  and  with 
a  dozen  out-door 
brooders  it  shows 
the  visitor  some- 
thing  about 
hatching  and  the 
day-old  chick 
The  poultry  pens  are  well  stocked,  and  they 
offer  a  number  of  valuable  suggestions  on 
sanitation  and  feeding.  A  green-alfalfa 
pen  for  the  turkeys  is  protected  by  a  wire 
covering  six  inches  from  the  ground,  on 
which  the  birds  walk  to  gather  their  feed. 

Back  of  the  vegetable  garden  are  flower 
beds.  Wire  vine  covers  the  netting  at  the 
end  of  the  poultry  yards.  There  is  a  honey- 
suckle hedge.  Rose  pergolas  form  a  screen 
the  whole  length  of  the  poultry  yards,  at  34 
on  the  plan.  Flowers  and  shrubs  are  mass- 
ed all  about  the  houses.  Narrow  beds  of 
cream  and  red  lantana  outline  the  road  that 
divides  the  farm,  the  driveways  and  curbs. 


Rose  pergolas  screen  the  poultry  yard. 


A  row  of  double 
marguerites  bor- 
ders the  walk  in 
front  of  the  bun- 
galow. California 
poppies  also  are 
plentiful,  while 
gay  poinsettias 
lift  their  heads 
out  of  the  green 
masses  round  the 
house.  Window 
boxes  on  the 
house,  stable  and 
incubator  house 


contain    ivy   geraniums  and   weeping  lotus. 

A  rose  covered  fence,  which  encloses  the 
fence  on  three  sides,  was  gorgeous  with  sev- 
eral varieties  of  roses,  chiefly  Cecil  Brun- 
ner.  ''You  could  have  picked  hay  racks 
full  of  roses  off  that  fence  in  their  season 
and  hardly  miss  them,"  said  the  superin- 
tendent. The  visitor  marveled  at  the  varie- 
ty and  luxuriance  of  the  flowers,  perhaps 
quite  as  much  as  the  fruits. 

The  "planting  plan,"  that  much-abused 
term,  is  of  more  than  usual  interest  because 
in  a  way  its  dominating  ideas  may  be  ap- 
plied by  any  householder  who  owns  a  lot 
deep  enough  to  have  room  for  a  few  trees 


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and  a  berry  patch.     Here  are  planted  one      ment  to  the  farmers  of  the  state  and  of  other 


row  or  more  of  each  fruit,  where  the  house- 
holder would  have  one  tree  or  plant. 
With  a  little  care  in  the  selection  of  varie- 
ties, he  may  have  the  luxuries  for  his 


states,  but  also  as  an  invitation  to  the  east- 
ern farmer.  The  farm  country  of  the  south- 
west is  scarcely  touched.  There  are  mil- 
lions of  idle  acres  as  rich  as  those  already 


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EXPOSITIONS  COMMISSION 

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Partial  plan  of  the  grounds  showing  planting. 


table,  and  yet  be  independent  of  the  mar- 
kets. Since  the  "ever  bearing"  strawberries 
and  raspberries  have  proven  successful,  he 
may  have  berries  from  early  spring  until 
frost. 

This  model   farm  was  built  not  only  to 
suggest  ideas  in  cropping  and  farm  better- 


farmed.  The  Panama  canal  is  expected  to 
open  new  markets  and  bring  a  large  in- 
crease of  trade.  San  Diego  is  the  first  port 
of  call  on  the  Pacific  side,  Los  Angeles  is 
the  second.  They  celebrate  the  opening  of 
the  canal  as  it  brings  the  commerce  of  the 
world  to  their  doors. 


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Stucco  and  Shingles 

Margaret  Craig 
A   House  Near  the  Foothills 


SMALL,  hut  important  cement 
bridge,  leading  across  the  arroyo 
into  a  new  section  of  the  outlying 
country  district  of  Pasadena  has 
made  it  possible  for  the  city  to  begin 
spreading  in  another  direction.  Until  a 
short  time  ago,  the  land  of  rolling  wilds 
was  traversed  by  only  a  few  roads  and 
scarcely  inhabited,  save  by  the  mountain 
lion  and  the  forest  rangers. 

Now  new  homes  are  commencing  to 
spring  up  in  every  direction,  and  as  if  to 
welcome  the  newcomers  the  freshly  com- 
pleted residence  of  a  well-known  banker  of 
Pasadena  stands  near  the  western  extremity 
of  this  bridge  that  curves  in  a  sweeping 
line  over  the  old  river  bed.  The  house  is 


constructed  in  the  style  of  an  English  coun- 
try home,  and  as  a  result  of  the  skill  of  the 
architects,  Marston  and  Van  Pelt,  it  is  most 
admirably  related  to  the  field  and  foot-hill 
landscape,  that  forms  the  charming  setting. 

The  lines  of  the  house  are  irregular,  and 
yet  well  balanced.  Three  entrance  paths 
converge,  giving  a  definite  accent  to  the 
front  entrance. 

The  long,  straight  walk  that  leads  to  the 
front  door  is  made  rather  formal,  but  most 
effective,  by  the  lines  of  rose  trees  border- 
ing either  side.  This  appearance  is  accen- 
tuated by  the  brick  and  plaster  posts  at  the 
entrance  topped  by  bay  trees,  which  also 
are  repeated  on  either  side  of  the  steps 
that  lead  to  the  front  door. 


The  lines  of  the  house  are  irregular  yet  balanced. 


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This  doorway  is  most  attractive.  The 
door  itself  is  marked  by  a  pointed  hood, 
and  lias  a  brick  platform.  The  three-quar- 
ter partition  between  the  pillars  that  sup- 
port the  hood,  forms  a  sort  of  vestibule. 
The  effect  is  unusual  and  satisfactory  with 
the  combination  of  .brown  stained  timbers 
and  plaster. 

The  lines  of  the  hood  are  repeated  in 
those  of  the  roof,  which  form  overhangs 


The  broad  terrace  in  front  of  the  house, 
the  series  of  steps  that  lead  from  this  to 
the  lower  lawn,  and  the  borders  of  the  ex- 
tending porches  are  edged  with  brick,  which 
adds  the  cheerful  note  of  red  to  the  color 
scheme.  The  windows  are  well  grouped, 
and  with  the  touch  of  color  in  the  awnings, 
form  a  decorative  feature. 

(iarden  accessories  in  the  form  of 
benches,  fountains  and  a  sun  dial  contrib- 


The  porches  live  a  beautiful  outlook. 


at  either  end,  covering  the  out-of-door 
porches. 

This  is  all  the  more  interesting  as  one 
part  of  the  house  swings  off  at  an  angle, 
the  intersection  being  marked  by  the  broad 
white  chimney  which  forms  an  important 
detail. 

The  porches,  formed  by  these  overhangs, 
are  most  advantageously  placed  both  in  re- 
gard to  the  outlook  upon  the  miles  of  sur- 
rounding scenery,  and  in  relation  to  the 
rest  of  the  house,  and  the  pillars  that  sup- 
port them  add  a  substantial  note. 


ute  a  most  noteworthy  touch  of  serenity 
to  the  grounds.  The  French  formal  garden, 
continuing  the  lines  of  the  west  wing,  de- 
serves especial  attention.  It  has  lovely 
color,  planted  in  different  shades  of  white, 
blue  and  red.  Its  chief  charm  lies  in  the 
garden  seat  at  the  end,  made  of  white  ce- 
ment bordered  with  red  brick.  The  touch 
of  color  resulting  from  the  insertion  of  sev- 
eral blue  1'atchelder  tiles  and  tiny  blue 
wreaths  is  very  pleasing. 

Yellow  French  marigold  banks  the  front 
of  the  house,  and  a  glorious  bed  of  gold. 


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brown  and  purple 
zenias  is  arrayed 
near  the  north 
open  piazza.  A 
fernery,  set  off  by 
field  rocks  en- 
riches the  shady 
north  exposure. 

A  Bungalow. 

An  interesting 
house  that  Miss 
Grace  Packard 
has  recently  com- 
pleted in  •  Pasa- 
dena, is  an  exam- 
ple of  a  home  that  is  at  once  practical  and 
pleasing,  and  is  built  in  a  style  that  is  be- 
coming increasingly  popular. 

The  exterior  wall  covering  is  of  nut 
brown  shingles,  which  harmonize  well 
with  the  mountain  background.  Pergola 
porches  at  the  front  and  rear  add  notes  of 
character.  The  window  spacing  is  well 
managed.  There  is  an  absence  of  contrast 
between  the  trim  and  timber  work  and  the 
body  of  the  house  which  is  very  restful. 

The  owner  had  several  important  consid- 


The  garden  seat  closes  the  vieta 


erations  that  gov- 
erned her  plans. 
The  first  require- 
ments were  that 
the  house  should 
not  cost  more 
than  four  thou- 
sand dollars,  and 
yet  be  fully 
equipped  with 
ever  y  conveni- 
ence, and  also, 
that  it  should  be 
substantially  con- 
structed. She  par- 
ticularly desired  a  living  room  with  a  lofty 
ceiling,  and  a  broad  fire-place  combined 
with  a  picturesque  stairway,  similar  to  those 
built  in  so  many  of  the  ateliers  of  Paris. 

The  owner  discovered  on  submitting  the 
preliminary  plans  to  the  contractor  that  a 
rectangular  house  was  far  less  expensive 
than  one  that  had  interesting  wings,  breaks 
in  roof  lines,  and  gables.  Before  starting 
to  build,  the  contractor  made  up  a  list  of 
the  various  items  needed  for  the  interior 
finishing  with  his  estimates  for  the  cost  of 


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each  item.  In  this  list  were  wall  paper,  at 
a  definite  amount,  lighting  fixtures,  etc.  It 
was  found  that  by  watrhing  for  opportuni- 
ties to  buy,  where  the  best  materials  could 
be  obtained  at  reduced  prices,  a  consider- 
able part  of  this  amount  was  saved,  to  be 
used  in  extra  details. 

Rolling  couches  in  downstairs  bedrooms, 
bookshelves,  c  u  p- 
boards,  and  long 
covered  seats  for 
storing  all  manner 
of  things,  were  built 
in  the  various 
rooms.  The  owner 
was  well  aware 
that  all  of  these 
additions  would 
save  labor  in  house- 
keeping as  well  as 
contribute  to  the  ad- 
vantages of  conveni- 
ence and  pictur- 
esqueness. 

The  house  is  plan- 
ned with  two  sepa- 
rate front  entrances,  

so  that  two  families 

could    live     in     the 

house  if  the  owner 

should  ever  wish  to 

sell  or  to  rent.     The 

first   entrance  opens 

into      a      small      reception 

walls    here    are    grey,    and 

and   upholstery  in  tones   of   green.       The 

rolling    couch     can     be   made     to    entirely 

disappear  under  the  floor  of  a  large  closet, 

— a  good  idea  by  which  space  is  saved  and 

convenience   added.     The    other    entrance 

door  leads  into  the  spacious  living-room  at 

the  right  of  the  porch. 

The  living-room  is  forty  by  sixteen 
feet,  with  a  ceiling  height  of  sixteen  feet, 
and  is  quite  the  dominating  feature  of  the 
house.  It  is  a  room  that  is  airy,  not  dif- 
ficult to  heat,  and  well  lighted,  principally 
by  three  high  windows  with  north  exposure. 


The  living  room  has  a  loft  oiling. 


room.       The 
the    drapery 


The  golden  brown  pine  wainscoting  extends 
up  about  five  feet,  where  it  meets  the  pic- 
ture rail.  Above  this  is  an  expanse  of  tan 
burlapped  wall,  which  ends  in  the  upper 
white  wall  and  ceiling.  Oriental  rugs,  in 
restrained  tones  of  reds  and  blues  are  on 
the  hardwood  floor  and  blend  well  with  the 
mahogany  furniture  and  blue  brick  of  the 
ample  fireplace. 

The  stairway, 
with  its  simple 
strong  lines,  forms 
a  very  decorative 
feature.  It  starts 
at  one  side  of  the 
west  end  of  the 
room  and  ends  in 
the  picturesque  bal- 
cony that  crosses  the 
chimney  at  right  an- 
gles. The  Bokhara 
rug,  thrown  across 
the  balustrade  unites 
the  fireplace  and  bal- 
cony with  its  color 
and  its  vertical  lines. 
In  the  cool  eve- 
nings, when  the  fire 
is  all  aglow,  the 
room  suggests  an 
old  English  baronial 
hall,  with  its  wains- 
coting, its  high,  raf- 
tered ceiling,  and  its  ample  space. 

The  little  breakfast  room,  just  off  the 
kitchen,  is  very  attractive.  It  has  white 
wainscoting,  four  feet  high,  topped  with 
a  plate  rail.  Above  this  is  a  border  of  the 
white  paper  designed  in  Chinese  baskets 
holding  red  and  blue  flowers.  Two  small 
china  cupboards  are  built  in  the  wall. 
French  doors  lead  to  the  pergola  terrace. 
A  blue  and  white  circular  rug  beneath  the 
round  table  adds  a  pretty  note. 

The  bungalow  has  proved  to  be  a  most 
livable  home  and  adds  another  proof  that 
a  small  home  can  comprise  all  the  ele- 
ments that  make  for  contentment. 


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THE 

KITCHEN 


A  Woman's  Workshop 


PART  II. 

Edith  M.  Jones 


plan." 


HE  watchword  of  the  business 
world  today  is  efficiency.  Offices, 
factories,  workshops  of  all  kinds 
are  establishing  the  "efficiency 
This  standardized  effort  aims  to 
secure  the  greatest  amount  of  work  with 
the  least  possible  waste  of  time,  energy 
and  material.  The  most  vital  workshop 
throughout  time  has  been  the  kitchen. 
Every  individual  depends  more  or  less 
upon  some  kind  of  a  kitchen  every  day 
of  his  life.  In  spite  of  this  I  think  I  can 
safely  say  the  last  industrial  center  to 
reflect  efficient  organization  is  the 
kitchen  in  the  majority  of  the  houses  of 
the  present  day. 

The  kitchen  of  the  present  day,  how- 
ever, is  undoubt- 
edly undergoing  •  „_„„  •  CUPBD 
great  changes. 
We  hear  on 
every  hand  much 
talk  about  the 
"model  kitchen." 
To  most  of  us 
this  is  very  mis- 
leading.  One 
never  speaks  of  a 
model  living 
room  or  a  model 
bedroom.  Upon 


The  simplest  type  of  the  efficient  kitchen. 


reflection  one  can  readily  see  why  a  "mod- 
el kitchen"  is  as  impossible. 

For  instance,  to  illustrate  with  an  ex- 
ample quite  apart  from  the  subject  in 
hand — let  us  think  for  a  moment  how  it 
would  be  if  one  were  ordering  a  gown. 
The  modiste  might  show  several  models, 
any  one  of  which  might  need  to  be  re- 
modeled to  meet  the  individual  need — a 
change  of  measurement,  of  coloring, 
possibly  some  part  of  the  trimming  left  off 
to  lessen  expense  or  a  touch  of  something 
added  to  make  it  more  beautiful. 

What  is  true  in  this  example  is  true  in 
planning  almost  anything.  This  is  true 
in  planning  a  house  and  especially  true 
in  the  kitchen.  No  two  kitchens  can  be 

alike  because  the 
needs  of  each 
family  are  indi- 
vidual and  call 
for  separate  and 
distinct  a  t  t  e  n- 
tion. 

In  submitting 
floor  plans  and 
so-called  models 
it  is  with  the 
thought  of  show- 
ing the  possibili- 
t  i  e  s  and  re- 


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sources  of  this  long  neglected  part  of 
the  house.  Although  there  can  be  no  one 
universal  model  floor  plan  scientific 
study  of  the  needs  and  conditions  of  the 
kitchen  have  shown  us  that  there  are 
fundamental  rules  which  must  be  con- 
sidered in  every  kitch- 
en, whether  it  is  large 
or  small,  for  the  rich 
or  for  the  poor.  The 
Consideration  given 
these  rules  determines 
the  efficiency  and 
beauty  of  the  kitchen. 
Every  kitchen  must 
consider: 

1.  Size     or     compact- 

ness. 

2.  Grouping    or    rela- 

tionship. 

3.  Exposure. 

4.  V  e  n  t  i  1  ation  and 

lighting. 

5.  Sanitary     c  o  n  d  i  - 

tions. 

6.  Side  walls,  floors 

and  woodwork. 

7.  Heat  for  winter. 

8.  Hot  water  supply. 
The    size    or    com- 
pactness of  a  kitchen 
is  greatly  affected  by 
the  size  of  range,  re- 
frigerator, sink  and  re- 
quirements as  to  stor- 
age; also  by  the  size 
of  family  and  amount 
of  work  to  be  done  in 
kitchen.       A    butler's 
pantry  also  affects  the 
needed  wall  space  of 

the  kitchen.  The  reasons  are  obvious. 
Large  equipment  takes  wall  space. 
Much  preparation  requires  a  greater  sup- 
ply of  utensils  and  working  tables.  Large 
quantities  of  material  take  greater  storage 
capacity  and  a  butler's  pantry  cuts  down 
dish  cupboards  in  kitchen.  I  am  frequent- 


ly asked  to  give  my  opinion  of  butlers' 
pantries.  Personally  I  think  the  added 
expense  is  well  worth  while.  It  should 
have  a  sink  and  ample  drainage  or  it  loses 
its  greatest  usefulness.  The  dining  room 
dishes  should  never  be  taken  to  kitchen, 


Kitchen  arrangement  showing  platter  cupboard  and  pantry  beyond. 

but  should  be  washed  in  this  sink,  thus 
saving  many  steps,  much  breakage  and 
further  relieving  the  kitchen  of  much  con- 
gestion and  confusion.  The  cost  of  a 
pantry  sink  is  in  the  balance  against  the 
time  and  energy  which  the  housekeeper 
must  spend  carrying  back  and  forth. 


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Great  care  should  be  used  that  the  dis- 
tance between  the  kitchen  and  dining 
room  should  be  the  narrow  way  of  pantry, 
thus  involving  the  fewest  possible  steps. 

The  second  fundamental  rule  studies 
the  grouping  and  relationship  of  the 
chosen  equipment  to  avoid  useless  and 
unnecessary  motions. 

Under  this  rule  there  are  four  separate 
types  of  work  to  consider  in  every  kitchen 
and  around  which  every  utensil  groups 
itself. 

1.  Preparation  and  cooking  of  the  meal. 

2.  Serving  the  meal. 

3.  Clearing  away  of  food  and  cleaning 

up. 

4.  Storage  of  food  materials  and  utensils. 
These  are  the  four  functional  demands 

and  the  successful  circulation  of  the  work 
depends  upon  the  best  grouping  of  uten- 
sils employed.  For  instance — 

Preparation  requires  within  easy  reach  of 
each  other  the  following  groups: 

Range,  work  table,  cooking  utensils, 
refrigerator  and  supply  cabinets,  bins,  etc. 

Serving  process  requires: 

Dish  warming  equipment,  trays,  carv- 
ing utensils,  and  platter  closet. 

Clearing  process: 

Refrigerator,  sink  and  towel  equipment, 
dish  cupboards  and  pan  closet. 

Storage: 

Extra  dish  cupboards,  extra  supply  cup- 
boards, table  board  closet,  broom  closet. 

Exposure. 

The  placing  of  the  kitchen  in  relation 
to  the  rest  of  house,  the  doors  and  ap- 
proaches is  most  important.  Because  of 
the  seriousness  of  this  point  many  wise 
people  begin  with  the  kitchen  and  plan 
the  rest  of  the  first  floor  to  fit  its  needs. 
Ventilation. 

A  most  important  thing  in  every  kitch- 
en is  the  matter  of  ventilation.  Secure 
cross  ventilation  when  possible.  When 
cooking  a  top  outlet  should  always  be 
open  to  carry  off  odors  and  smoke.  Every 
range  should  be  properly  vented  that  the 


products  of  combustion,  the  steam  and 
grease  of  cooking  may  be  carried  off. 
The  vent  pipe  should  carry  above  the  roof 
and  be  of  sufficient  size  to  insure  its 
proper  working  where  the  gas  range  is 
used. 

Provide  ample  artificial  as  well  as  day- 
light for  the  range  and  sink.  Great  care 
should  be  used  that  the  worker  does  not 
stand  in  her  own  light.  Direct  sunlight 
is  necessary  for  every  kitchen  for  some 
part  of  the  day. 

Sanitary  Conditions 

These  especially  involve  the  plumbing 
and  drainage  of  sinks,  refrigerators,  etc., 
but  this  also  applies  to  every  other  part  of 
the  equipment  and  especially  the  care  and 
use  of  utensils. 

Much  of  the  beauty  of  kitchen  depends 
upon  the  choice  of  color  and  material  of 
side  walls,  woodwork  and  floor.  The 
choice  of  materials  in  each  instance 
should  be  made  with  an  idea  of  the  mini- 
mum amount  of  care  necessary  to  keep 
kitchen  clean  and  attractive.  Eliminate 
every  ledge,  crack  and  corner.  Ledges 
can  be  overcome  by  filling  space  to  ceiling 
with  overhead  cupboards — these  can  be 
used  for  the  storage  of  materials  not  con- 
stantly in  use.  Cracks  should  be  avoided 
because  they  are  hiding  places  for  dust 
and  vermin.  Rounded  corners  should  be 
used  wherever  possible. 

Every  kitchen  needs  heat  for  winter 
and  provision  for  hot  water  throughout 
the  year.  Ordinarily  the  heating  plant 
provides  hot  water  for  the  winter  months, 
and  a  gas  or  coal  heater  installed  in  base- 
ment provides  for  the  summer  months. 

Every  kitchen  should  be  as  small  as 
possible,  with  ample  equipment  and  stor- 
age, but  stripped  of  everything  unneces- 
sary. 

Provide  the  best  materials  and  equip- 
ment that  can  be  afforded,  for  nothing 
yields  greater  returns  in  the  welfare  and 
comfort  of  the  family  than  a  well  equipped 
and  wisely  managed  efficient  kitchen. 


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Homes  Recently  Built 

Contributed  by  Keith's  Readers 


|(  I'l'l  I  I  \(  i  i--  so  inti-ri'-tiiiL;  to  tli'1 
home  builder  as  a  house,  and 
more  especially  the  home  of  a 
friend  or  an  acquaintance,  in  the 
process  of  construction.  In  looking 
through  a  house  one  can  nearly  always 
distinguish  between  a  "house  built  to 
rent"  and  "somebody's  home."  Limitless 
possibilities  are  before  it  while  the  house 
is  still  building.  The  visitor  notes  the 
conveniences  and  the 
clever  way  in  which 
certain  problems 
have  been  solved, 
and  his  wife  decides 
she  must  have  cer- 
tain things,  or  that 
with  some  little  con- 
venience another 
vexing  question  may 
be  settled.  The 
other  man's  house 


helps    him    to    make 


A  charming  home  in  Michigan. 


his  own  home  more  to  his  satisfaction. 

When  their  homes  are  completed 
Keith's  readers  often  send  photographs 
and  some  little  comment.  Those  who 
have  been  studying  the  plans  would  like 
to  know  how  they  came  out.  Here  are 
a  group  of  these  homes,  many  of  them 
photographed  by  the  owners  themselves. 
Some  of  these  you  may  have  seen  among 
the  designs.  Perhaps  you  may  have, 
yourself,  just  com- 
pleted a  home  which 
you  feel  solves  swine 
other  problems  thnn 
those  shown  here. 
Other  home  builders 
would  like  to  see 
what  you  have  done. 
When  you  send  the 
photographs  try  to 
send  ones  that  shall 
be  satisfactory  and 
give  an  adequate  idea 


This  Louisiana  home  has  an  inviting  veranda. 


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A  compact  home  in  Wisconsin. 

of  the  house  to  one  who  has  never  seen  it. 

When  a  man  builds  a  house  he  not  only 
provides  his  family  with  a  home  which 
will  be  more  or  less  satisfactory  to  them, 
depending  on  the  wisdom  of  his  planning, 
but  he  also  adds  a  distinctive  feature  to 
the  neighborhood  in  which  he  has  built. 
A  vacant  lot  whether  beautifully  green, 
or  disfigured  with  debris  and  rubbish,  has 
been  changed.  In  real  estate  terms  the 
lot  is  "improved."  Some  times  as  a  mat- 
ter of  fact  it  is  not  an  improvement.  But 
this  is  what  the  builder  is  doing:  either 
he  is  making  his  neighborhood  a  better 
place  to  live  or  he  is 
not  fulfilling  his  op- 
portunities. 

A  man  builds  the 
interior  of  his  house 
for  himself  and  his 
family,  but  he  builds 
the  exterior  for  his 
neighbors  to  live 
with.  Here  is  n 
charming  little  home 
built  in  Michigan 
The  house  itself  i? 
very  simple.  The 
posts  of  the  porch 
have  been  given  tne 
same  treatment  as 


the  walls  of  the 
house.  The  vines 
make  an  effectual 
screen  for  the  end  of 
the  porch,  and  the 
placing  of  the  flower 
boxes  is  effective. 

A  n  o  t  h  er  home 
built  in  Louisiana 
has  an  inviting  ver- 
anda the  full  width 
of  the  house  and 
with  clambering 
vines  and  porch  bas- 
kets. The  great  dor- 
mer filled  with  case- 
ment sash  pleases 

the  eye  and  carries  the  interest  above  the 
porch.  The  owner  regrets  that  the  photo- 
graph is  "not  so  good  as  it  might  be  as  it 
does  not  show  the  pretty  south  gallery." 
It  expresses  comfort  in  a  sunny  southern 
clime. 

Quite  different,  as  might  be  expected, 
is  the  compact  house  built  in  Wisconsin, 
which  shows  that  it  was  built  to  keep 
people  warm  in  the  most  severe  weather. 
When  asked  what  changes  they  would 
make  if  they  were  starting  now  to  build 
over  again  the  owners  said  that  they 
would  make  the  kitchen  smaller,  as  small 


Set  among:  birch  trees  in  Michigan. 


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as  might  be,  and  add  the  space  to  the 
dining  room.  People  are  coming  to  realize 
that  the  small  kitchen,  when  it  is  planned 
for  convenience,  saves  much  work  for  the 
housewife.  The  owner  says  "The  feature 
I  like  best  about  my 
house  is  the  living 
room  with  the  book- 
cases, fireplace  and 
seat  on  the  inside 
wall  at  the  end  of 
the  living  room  and 
the  kitchen  on  the 
other  side  of  that 
wall.  The  kitchen  is 
entirely  isolated,  and 
when  entering  the 
front  door  one  gets 
a  pretty 


just  a  pretty  vew 
through  to  the  din- 
ing room  which  is  in 
blue,  the  walls  in 
panels  of  delft  blue 
leatherette.  In 
speaking  of  the  plans 
and  specifications 


In  the  S,  Ikirks  of  Canada. 


says  that  even  though  it  might  have  cost 
him  a  little  more  in  this  way,  he  has  what 
he  wants  and  that  is  worth  the  difference 
in  price,  for  "if  one  has  to  live  in  a  house 
and  be  discontented  there  is  really  noth- 
ing to  live  for."  In 
owning  one's  home 
the  improvements 
made  are  for  oneself. 
It  also  gives  one  a 
right  to  say  some- 
thing about  the 
street  improvements. 
The  owner  also  men- 
tioned the  conven- 
ience they  had  found 
in  having  the  refrig- 
erator built  in  the 
wall  of  the  entry, 
with  the  doors  fac- 
ing in  the  kitchen 
while  the  ice  door 
opens  on  the  porch, 
so  that  the  refrigera- 
tor could  be  filled 
without  the  ice  man 


A  substantial  home  in  Texas. 


the  owner  comments  on  the  carpenter 
losing  no  time  figuring  out  what  he  is  go- 
ing to  do  as  everything  was  carefully 
planned  and  specified.  The  owner  pur- 
chased the  materials  used  in  order  to  be 
sure  that  there  should  be  no  substitution 
of  inferior  materials,  and  that  the  lumber 
should  be  of  the  quality  called  for.  He 


tramping  through  the  kitchen  to  the  detri- 
ment of  the  floor  and  the  temper  of  the  cook. 

Another  home  set  among  the  Michigan 
birch  trees  has  a  magnificent  setting, 
though  the  views  which  show  the  setting 
are  not  so  good  of  the  house.  It  has  the 
beauty  of  the  white  house  among  the  trees. 

Another  home  comes  from  the  Selkirks 


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of  Canada.  T  h  e 
photograph  does  not 
do  justice  to  the 
house  because  it  is 
still  too  new  to  have 
the  shrubs  and  vines 
about  it  which  a  few 
years  will  bring,  and 
which  add  so  much 
to  the  beauty  of  the 
older  places. 

Next  is  shown  a 
substantial  home  in 
Texas.  Two  views 
are  given,  the  front 
facing  south,  and  the 
east  side.  The  side 

view  shows  the  entrance  at  the  grade 
level,  which  presumably  leads  down  to 
the  basement  and  up  a  few  steps  to  the 
first  floor.  This  view  also  shows  the  well 
beside  the  rear  porch  and  the  arbor  over 
it.  Above  one  sees  the  windows  of  a  sun 
room  or  sleeping  porch. 

Another  interesting  little  home  built  in 
Pennsylvania,  has  the  second  floor  rooms 


An  interesting:  home  in  Pennsylvania. 


under  the  roof,  giv- 
ing practically  a  full 
story,  with  the  dor- 
mers and  good  win- 
dows in  the  gables. 
This  home,  built 
in  Ohio,  has  a  porch 
across  the  front  of 
the  house  swinging 
on  an  eighteen-foot 
circle  at  the  side  and 
extending  back  four- 
teen feet.  The  house 
sets  well  back  from 
the  street.  The  roof 
is  of  slate,  giving  a 
good  color  and  a 

protection  against  fire.  The  lining  room 
library  and  dining  room  are  finished  in 
oak,  the  rest  of  the  house  in  quarter- 
sawed  yellow  pine. 

On  the  second  floor  two    good    rooms 

have  been  finished  and  two  storage  closets. 

Vines,   ferns,  and    the    growing  things 

show    their   appreciation   of  the  owner's 

care     and     make     his     home     attractive. 


This  home  was  built  in  Ohio. 


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44 


Rest  Cottage" 


NAMING   one's   home     is     rather    a 
pretty  idea,  when  the  name  fits  so 
well  as   to  give  it  meaning.     It  is 
a  custom  of  the  old  countries,  which  has 
never  seemed  to  flourish  here,  to  any  great 
extent.     Rest  Cottage  is  certainly  a  desir- 
able name  for  a  home,  especially  if  the  name 
can  influence  conditions. 


doors.  The  bed  rooms  and  the  bath  room 
are  formed  into  a  suite  by  the  connecting 
hall,  which  also  connects  with  the  kitchen 
and  living  room.  The  living  room  is  very 
good  in  size,  being  fourteen  by  seventeen 
feet.  A  great  fireplace  with  book  cases 
and  high  windows  over  fills  the  end  of  the 
room.  The  outside  cliimnev  is  built  of 


"Rnt  Cottage." 


;•    •••       .  .1?-          *r    .  .    ' 

George  Pafmtr  Telltng.  Architect. 


The  five  room  house  forms  the  nucleus 
for  the  larger  house.  Five  rooms  well  ar- 
ranged on  one  floor  may  be  extended  or 
rooms  finished  on  the  second  floor  to  give 
as  many  rooms  as  may  be  desired,  but  the 
initial  arrangement  is  vital  to  the  house. 

"Rest  Cottage''  presents  a  charming  ex- 
terior with  an  excellent  arrangement.  The 
entrance  is  directly  into  one  end  of  the 
living  room.  The  dining  room  connects 
with  the  living  room  by  a  wide  opening, 
but  may  be  shut  off  when  desired  by  sliding 


boulders  as  may  be  seen  by  the  photograph 
and  the  fireplace  and  chimney  breast,  where 
it  extends  into  the  living  room,  is  also  built 
of  boulders,  with  an  opening  sufficiently 
large  for  a  great  roaring  log  fire. 

A  bay  of  five  windows  fills  one 
end  of  the  dining  room,  with  a  seat  under 
the  window.  It  has  a  built-in  buffet  oppo- 
site the  living  room  doors.  Twelve  by  fif- 
teen feet  gives  a  good-sized  dining  room. 
The  bed  rooms  are  not  large  but  they 
have  good  window  and  wall  space,  and 


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each  has  good  closets. 
A  linen  closet  opens 
off  the  hall  and  a  coat 
closet  is  opposite, 
opening-  off  the  living 
room.  The  bath 
room  is  unusually 
large  with  a  built-in 
dresser  and  medicine 
closet.  These  cup- 
boards in  the  bath 
room  are  the  source 
of  great  comfort  and 
convenience.  From 
the  hall,  stairs  lead 
down  to  a  cement 
cellar,  and  over  these 
other  stairs  lead  up  to 
the  attic  space  under 
the  roof,  which  may 
be  finished  for  sleep- 
ing rooms  if  desired. 

An  unusual  feature 
of  this  house  are  the 

windows  in  the  bedroom  and  kitchen.  They 
are  called  "disappearing  windows,"  and  they 
change  these  rooms  into  sleeping  or  screened 
porches  whenever  desired,  and  in  a  very 
simple  manner.  The  window  stool  is  hinged 
and  the  window,  which  is  on  weights,  may 
be  dropped  down  into  a  pocket  in  the  wall, 
leaving  the  entire  space  open,  thus  turning 
the  bedroom  into  a  sleeping  porch,  and  mak- 
ing an  outdoor  kitchen.  A  storm  comes 
up,  or  a  cold  wind,  and  with  a  touch  the 
windows  are  again  ir.  place. 

The     kitchen      has^ood    cupboards    and 


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a  "cooler,"  built  on 
an  inside  wall  and 
ventilated  at  the  top 
and  near  the  ground, 
so  it  is  always  cool. 
Another  unusual 
feature  of  this  plan  is 
the  ironing  board  fit- 
ted into  a  pocket  in 
the  wall  when  not  in 
use,  or  so  that  it  can 
be  dropped  in  posi- 
tion ready  for  work. 
On  the  screened 
porch  are  set  the 
tubs  for  the  laundry 
work,  and  beside 
them  is  a  closet. 
Think  how  many 
steps  are  saved  by 
having  a  closet  beside 
the  wash  tubs,  and 
how  many  things 
would  go  into  it  with 

scarcely  an  extra  motion.  The  entire  house 
is  planned  with  thought  for  the  housewife 
and  in  the  endeavor  to  save  her  unneces- 
sary effort. 

The  exterior  is  very  simple  and  as  often 
the  case  with  simple  things  it  is  very  at- 
tractive. Cobble  stones  have  been  used 
very  effectively  in  the  porch  and  the  out- 
side chimney. 

Wide  projecting  eaves  over  the 
dormer  as  well  in  the  main  roof 
are  effective,  with  their  exposed  rafter 
ends. 


The  Narrow  Lot 


THE  real  estate  man  has  wished    the 
narrow  lot  on  the  home  builder.    Not 
only    is    this    true    in    the    crowded 
cities,  but  to  a  much  larger  extent  than  is 
necessary  in  smaller  places  where  there  is 
no  congestion  of  the  population  in  a  given 


vicinity,  and  no  other  reason  for  the  small 
lot  than  the  fact  that  people  will  accept 
what  is  offered  and  seemingly  forced  upon 
them  rather  than  take  the  initiative  in  an 
effort  to  get  what  the}'  want.  If  people 
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the  same  price  for  it  that  they  would  for 
a  sixty-foot  lot,  that  is  the  way  new  addi- 
tions will  be  platted.  So  many  houses 
have  been  built  by  the  investor  with  the 
idea  of  selling  before  the  house  is  com- 
pleted, that  he  has  not  felt  it  necessary  to 
consider  very  fully  the  matter  of  deprecia- 
tion of  values  when  other  houses  shall  have 
been  built  on  each  of  his  lot  lines.  But  to 
the  owner  of  a  home  this  is  a  very  impor- 
tant matter.  He  puts  a  good  house  on  his 
lot  and  the  value  of  the  property  should  in- 


entrance  is  at  one  side  through  a  covered 
stoop,  which  has  a  seat  built  in  on  one  side, 
and  a  vestibule,  into  the  stairway  hall.  A 
coat  closet  is  conveniently  near  the  en- 
trance. A  good  sized  living  room  fills  the 
front  of  the  house.  The  wide  fireplace  is 
the  central  feature  of  the  room,  and  forms 
a  recess  through  which  the  dining  room  is 
entered.  A  bay  of  five  windows  fills  one 
side  of  the  dining  room,  and  beyond  is  a 
large  sun  room  which  is  entered  through 
French  windows.  The  sun  room  is  fitted 


Here  is  a  design  planned  especially  for  a  narrow  lot. 


W.  Purdy.  Archt 


crease  with  the  passing  years  if  he  keeps 
improving  both  house  and  grounds  as  the 
change  of  times  suggests,  but  what  can  he 
do  with  a  narrow  lot?  On  the  other  hand 
how  much  more  attractive  would  the  same 
house  appear  on  a  fair-sized  lot ;  how  much 
more  air  and  sunshine  would  he  get,  when 
air  and  sunshine  mean  so  much  to  growing 
children ;  and  how  much  would  an  extra 
fifteen  or  twenty  feet  increase  the  value  of 
the  property  should  he  wish  or  find  it  neces- 
sary to  sell. 

Knowing  the  disadvantages  of  the  nar- 
row lot,  the  architect  must  plan  to  utilize 
what  space  he  has  at  his  disposal  in  the 
most  advantageous  way.  Here  is  a  plan 
designed  especially  for  the  narrow  lot.  The 


with  casement  sash  and  screens.  From  the 
kitchen  two  steps  lead  up  to  the  stair  land- 
ing so  that  the  main  stairs  can  be  reached 
either  from  the  hall  or  the  kitchen.  The 
basement  stairs  are  under  the  main  stairs, 
with  a  door  at  the  other  side  of  the  kitchen. 
Working  shelf  and  bins  are  in  the  pantry 
under  the  window,  while  cupboards  fill  the 
other  side.  This  arrangement  allows  the 
baking  to  be  prepared  outside  of  the  kitch- 
en. There  is  space  for  the  refrigerator  in 
the  entry. 

On  the  second  floor  the  front  chamber  is 
unusually  large,  light,  and  airy.  The 
third  sleeping  room  is  really  a  sleep- 
ing porch,  as  two  sides  are  glazed.  It  has 
a  good  closet,  as  have  all  of  the  rooms.  The 


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bathroom    is   centrally   located,   and   has   a  basement  is  complete  with  laundry,  fuel  and 

large  linen  closet  opening  off  of  it.  furnace  rooms. 

There  is  no  attic  but  the  insulation  be-  Rough    cast  white    cement    plaster    has 

tween    the   roof    rafters   prevents    the   bed  been  used  on  the  exterior  walls  and  on  the 

rooms   from  being-  hot  in   summer.       The  soffit  of  the  cornice. 


5tCoHD   fLcof.  PLfcH  r- 


A  House  with  a  Roof  Garden 


CROWDKD  communities  are  begin- 
ning to  take  advantage  of  the  roof 
space  and  utilize  it  with  the  design 
of  their  buildings.  The  home  builder  has 
not  as  yet  given  much  thought  to  the 
possibilities  of  the  roof.  For  that  reason 
we  are  glad  to  show  this  simple  "bunga- 
low plan,"  with  a  real  sun  parlor  on  the 
second  floor,  which  has  a  balcony  all 
around  it.  This  second  floor  room  will 
be  very  light  and  airy,  either  open  air  or 
enclosed  as  desired,  and  may  be  used  for 
smaller  sleeping  rooms,  or  a  large  room. 
The  roof  of  the  second  story  has  wide 
overhanging  eaves  and  a  tile  roof.  A 
terra  cotta  tile  may  be  used,  or  some  of 
the  metal  tiles  may  give  a  very  good  ap- 
pearance. The  roof  of  the  main  house 


is  covered  with  sheet  roofing  and  serves 
as  a  balcony  about  the  sun  room. 

A  terrace  extends  nearly  around  two 
sides  of  the  house.  The  front  entrance 
is  protected  by  a  canopy  but  the  rest  of 
the  terrace  is  uncovered.  The  living  room 
and  dining  room  are  separated  only  by 
bookcases.  The  fireplace  and  seats  make 
an  Ingle  of  the  end  of  the  living  room. 
The  den,  adjoining  the  living  room,  is 
fitted  with  one  of  the  newer  types  'of 
"disappearing  bed."  When  not  in  use 
the  bed  is  pushed  back  into  the  space 
under  the  stairs  and  in  one  end  of  the 
dressing  room,  only  projecting  into  the 
den  under  the  desk,  or  making  a  seat  if 
the  desk  is  not  built-in.  The  dressing 
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A  real  sun-parlor  on  the  second  floor. 


Bungalou'craft  Co..  Archls. 


sonal  articles  which  would  not  be  in  place 
in  the  den.  Such  an  arrangement  per- 
mits a  room  to  serve  this  double  purpose 
in  a  satisfactory  way  and  not  as  a  tempo- 
rary makeshift.  The  small  private  hall 
connects  the  den  as  well  as  the  bed  room 
with  the  bath  room,  and  with  the  rest  of 
the  house. 

The  dining  room  has  a  built-in  buffet 
opposite  the  living  room,  and  opens  on 
the  terrace  by  French  doors.  The 
kitchen  is  fitted  with  cupboards,  a  well 
lighted  sink,  a  "cool  cupboard"  and  a  good 
screened  working  porch.  The  small 
breakfast  room  is  well  located,  opening 
directly  from  the  kitchen  and  with  a  glass 
door  onto  the  terrace.  One  side  of  the 
room  is  filled  with  windows. 

The  breakfast  room  holds  rather  a 
unique  place  in  modern  planning.  Orig- 
inating in  the  great  mansion  where  it  was 
unnecessary  to  open  the  great  dining 
room  for  the  morning  meal,  it  has  been 
accepted  by  the  housewife  who  is  her  own 
cook,  as  a  means  of  simplifying  her  mani- 
fold duties.  It  is  a  room  which  easily 
adapts  itself  to  manifold  uses.  The  Au- 
gust number  of  Keith's  devotes  some 
space  to  the  breakfast  room,  its  uses  and 
its  treatment. 


The  house  is  of  timber  construction, 
with  heavy  wood  framing  sheathed  with 
inch  boards.  This  is  covered  with  metal 
lath  and  given  three  coats  of  cement 
stucco.  The  architect  tells  us  that  this 
house  has  just  been  completed  in  Cali- 
fornia for  $4,000,  which  would  be  in- 
creased by  $500  more  in  a  locality  where 
complete  basement  and  heating  plant 
must  be  included. 


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A  Two-Story  House  That  Is 
Up-to-date 


TWO  things  have  influenced  people  to 
build  what  used  to  be  called  "story 
and  a  half"  houses.     It  seems  that 
they  ought  to  be  cheaper  because  they  are 
not  so  high,  and  perhaps  not  quite  so  large, 
and    on    the   other   hand    the   broken    roof 
lines  and  the  dormers,  if  well  handled,  add 
a  larger  element  of  the  picturesque.    As  to 


use  and  glazed  in  winter.  One  enters  a 
central  hall  with  the  living  room  on  one 
side,  opening  with  a  wide  columned  arch, 
and  the  dining  room  on  the  other  side 
which  may  be  closed  off  with  sliding  doors. 
Beyond  these  openings  is  the  main  stairs 
which  fill  the  farther  end  of  the  hall.  The 
stairs  start  from  a  platform  and  two  steps, 


The  second  story  overhangs  the  terrace. 


Oius.  S.  Sedgwick.  Archt. 


the  rooms  under  the  roof,  while  they  are 
not  so  large,  at  the  same  time  they  require 
more  framing,  and  sometimes  add  in  labor 
what  they  save  in  material.  As  to  the  ele- 
ment of  the  picturesque,  we  may  hope  to 
achieve  it  accidentally,  but  it  is  really  an 
art  to  be  attained  through  its  own  proper 
channels.  The  architect  devotes  the  best 
part  of  his  life  in  learning  how  to  accom- 
plish this,  among  other  things,  for  you. 

This  is  a  full  two  story  house,  with  the 
second  story  overhanging  the  terrace  by  a 
small  space.  There  is  a  covered  piazza,  at 
the  entrance  which  is  screened  for  summer 


so  arranged  that  they  may  be  used  from 
the  kitchen  as  well  as  from  the  front  part 
of  the  house,  so  that  rear  stairs  are  not 
needed.  Under  the  last  run  of  the  stairs  is 
a  good  coat  closet,  opening  conveniently 
from  the  hall. 

The  main  living  room  is  very  attractive, 
with  windows  on  three  sides,  and  is  re- 
cessed for  seats  on  either  side  of  the  wide 
fireplace.  The  living  room  is  finished  in 
oak  with  oak  floors,  as  is  the  hall  and  also 
the  dining  room.  A  bay  in  the  dining  room 
gives  place  for  the  built-in  buffet  with  win- 
dows over  it.  A  small  pass  pantry  connects 


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the  dining  room  and  the  kitchen,  with  a  good 
storage  pantry  beside  it.  The  kitchen  opens 
into  the  main  hall,  and  should  have  a  spring 
hinge  on  the  door  to  insure  its  being  kept 
closed.  The  stairs  to  the  basement  are  un- 
der the  main  stairs,  with  an  entrance  at  the 
grade  level,  giving  direct  communication 
from  the  outside.  Beyond  the  kitchen  is  a 
partially  enclosed  working  porch  which  is 
screened,  and  which  has  a  place  for  the 
refrigerator.  The  woodwork  of  the  rear 
portion  of  the  house  is  of  pine  which  has 
been  given  a  natural  finish. 

The  second  floor  has  four  good  cham- 
bers, a  large  bathroom  and  a  sleeping  porch. 
From  the  large  front  chamber,  which  is 
presumably  the  owner's,  there  is  a  dressing 
room,  which  has  a  closet  in  addition  to  the 
two  good  closets  that  open  directly  from 
the  room.  There  is  a  linen  closet  in  the 
hall  and  each  chamber  has  a  good  closet. 
The  sleeping  porch  is  reached  from  the 


landing  of  the  stairs,  or  it  may  connect 
with  the  adjoining  bedroom.  The  second 
floor  is  finished  in  pine  and  painted  in  white 
enamel,  with  birch  floors. 

The  large  attic  space  has  been  left  un- 
finished in  this  estimate.  There  would  be 
space  for  three  rooms  and  storage  if  de- 
sired. The  architect  estimates  that  this 
house,  exclusive  of  heating  and  plumbing, 
can  be  built  for  an  amount  varying  from 
forty-five  hundred  to  fifty-four  hundred 
dollars,  which  gives  a  wide  margin  for 
variation  of  details  and  conditions.  The 
size  of  the  house  is  34  feet  by  29  feet,  with 
the  greatest  width  facing  the  street.  It  is 
of  frame  construction  with  concrete  found- 
ations. The  basement  is  8  feet  in  the  clear. 
The  walls  are  back  plastered  and  then 
plastered  again,  leaving  a  good  surface  for 
the  finish  of  the  rooms.  The  exterior  of 
the  house  is  finished  with  cement  stucco  on 
metal  lath. 


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A 

Small 
Bunga- 
low 


A  bungalow  with  cedar  lap-siding. 

THE  matter  of  intercommunication 
between  the  rooms  is  a  great  fea- 
ture in  laying  out  the  plan.  Shall 
the  rooms  open  off  the  living  room  or  off 
the  dining  room,  or  both,  or  shall  space 
be  taken  for  a  hall  from  which  all  the 
rooms  shall  open?  Where  the  conditions 
are  such  that  one  can  have  a  private  bath 
room  in  connection  with  one's  bed  room, 
it  is  a  great  luxury  to  have  it  open  di- 
rectly. This  house  is  not  large,  twenty- 
six  feet  in  width,  accommodating  it  to  a 
narrow  lot,  yet  the  rooms  are  fair  sized. 
In  plan  the  living  room,  which  is  twelve 
by  sixteen  feet,  has  a  good  fireplace  at 
one  end  and  the  den  opens  from  the  other 
end  of  the  room.  Beyond  the  living  room 
is  the  dining  room,  with  a  buffet  at  one 
end  and  a  bay  and  window  seat  at  the 
other.  A  serving  pantry  connects  the 
dining  room  with  the  kitchen,  adjoined 
by  a  storage  pantry.  The  kitchen  is  well 
supplied  with  cupboards.  The  storage 
pantry  is  a  luxury,  which  will  be  appreci- 
ated by  the  housewife.  The  sink  is  well 
lighted  and  conveniently  placed  with  re- 
lation to  the  cupboards.  Dishes  may  be 
washed  and  put  away  without  a  second 
handling.  The  stairs  to  the  basement 
open  from  the  kitchen  in  a  convenient 


Jud  Yoho.  Archl. 

way,  and  the  screened  porch  has  a  good 
working  space. 

The  living  room,  dining  room  and  den 
are  finished  in  slash  grain  fir,  with  plain 
oak  floors.  A  beam  ceiling  is  shown  in 


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the  dining  room.  The  bath  room  is  fin- 
ished in  white  enamel.  The  fireplace  in 
the  living  room  is  designed  to  give  a 
maximum  of  heat.  The  detail  shows  a 
mantel  which  may  be  carried  out  in  brick 
of  any  color  or  texture  suited  to  the  finish 


and  furnishings  of  the  room  and  the 
owner's  taste,  to  make  it  the  heart  of  the 
house. 

The  exterior  is  covered  with  a  wide 
siding;  six-inch  cedar  lap-siding  is  here 
used  with  trim  of  surfaced  fir. 


A  Charming  Home 


This  charming:  home  has  attracted  much  attention. 


l.indstrom  &  A/mari.  Archts. 


BUILT  on  a  quiet  boulevard  in  an 
unspoiled  suburb,  this  home  has  at- 
tracted considerable  attention.  It 
is  very  picturesque  in  its  setting  of  trees. 
The  main  roof  with  its  wide,  overhanging 
eaves  extends  down  over  the  main  en- 
trance and,  carried  on  brackets,  protects 
the  terrace  as  well.  The  sun  porch  is  a 
charming  room  as  well  as  an  open  porch. 
The  verticle  lines  of  the  casement  sash 
and  the  tiled  hood  over  them,  the  texture 
and  color  of  the  tiled  roofs,  the  curved 
lintels  of  the  window  and  entrance  all 
give  character  to  the  house. 


The  roofs  are  of  vitrified  tile.  The 
walls  and  gables  are  all  stuccoed  over 
metal  lath  on  frame  construction,  the 
surface  being  carriecl  unbroken  to  the 
ground. 

The  view  on  entering  is  very  attractive. 
Opposite,  at  the  farther  end  of  the  living 
room,  is  the  wide  brick  and  tile  fireplace, 
recessed  to  bring  the  chimney  breast  flush 
with  the  wall.  A  columned  opening,  with 
bookcases  in  the  pedestal,  connects  the 
dining  room  with  the  living  room.  Both 
living  room  and  dining  room  have 
beamed  ceilings.  A  buffet  of  special  de- 


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sign,  with  mirror  and  windows  above  the 
shelf,  is  built  into  the  dining  room.  The 
living  room  has  light  on  three  sides.  It 
connects  with  the  sun  porch  by  French 
doors.  The  inward  swinging  casement 
windows  on  the  sun  porch  allow  all  of 
the  window  space  to  be  thrown  open 
when  desired.  Sliding  doors  shut  off  the 
bed  room  from  the  living  room.  Con- 
nected with  the  bed  room  is  a  good  dress- 
ing room,  a  private  bath  room  and  a  good 
closet.  This  makes  a  very  complete  little 
suite  of  private  rooms.  The  stairway 
makes  another  attractive  feature.  It  may 
be  entered  either  from  the  living  room  or 
from  the  kitchen. 

In  the  kitchen  is  a  sink  with  good 
tables.  Kitchen  and  pantry  cupboards 
are  built  to  the  ceiling.  The  ice  box  is 
well  placed. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  bed  rooms 
with  large  closets  and  a  bath  room  di- 
rectly over  the  bath  room  on  the  first 
floor  and  the  kitchen  sink,  bringing  all 
of  the  plumbing  in  very  close  connection 
and  at  a  minimum  expense.  A  balcony 
over  the  sun  porch  opens  from  the  front 
bed  room.  The  woodwork  on  the  second 
floor  is  finished  in  white  enamel  with  the 
doors  in  mahogany. 

On  the  first  floor  the  main  rooms  are 
finished  in  quarter-sawed  oak,  the  bed 


room  is  finished  in  Circassian  walnut. 
The  rest  of  the  first  floor,  kitchen,  pantry, 
etc.,  have  birch  woodwork,  finished  in  the 
natural  color. 

All  of  the  ceilings  are  tinted  both  up- 
stairs and  down.  The  walls  of  the  living 
room  are  covered  with  Japanese  grass 
cloth.  The  dining  room  walls  are  cov- 
ered with  cloth  before  being  decorated. 
The  kitchen  and  bath  room  walls  are  cov- 
ered with  sanitas.  The  sun  porch  has 
special  decoration  on  sanitas. 

In  addition  to  the  usual  provision  for 
furnace  and  fuel  rooms,  laundry,  fruit, 
vegetables  and  storage,  a  billiard  room 
has  been  fitted  up  in  the  basement.  Out- 
side stairs  have  been  provided  for  the 
basement  as  well  as  the  stairway  from 
the  kitchen  which  goes  down  under  the 
main  stairs. 

Especial  attention  is  called  to  the  com- 
pleteness and  compactness  of  the  first 
floor  arrangement.  The  private  suite  al- 
lows the  mistress  of  the  house  to  go  back 
and  forth  between  the  bed  room  and  the 
kitchen  with  very  few  steps,  and  yet  the 
two  may  be  completely  secluded  when 
desired.  Conservation  of  energy  for  the 
housekeeper  is  one  of  the  phases  of  the 
ever-present  servant  question,  in  which 
the  architect  may  be  a  powerful  assistant. 


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Homes  of  Individuality 

Selected  by  W.  J.  Keith,  Architect 


After  the  Manner  of  Our  Fathers 

NO  one  type  of  house,  perhaps,  has  so 
many  admirers  as  the  white  house 
with  green  blinds,  especially  when 
placed  in  a  setting  of  trees.    Here  is  such 
a  home  which  has  the  dignity  of  the  colo- 


rangement  is  attractive,  very  compact, 
and  the  stair  landings  are  cleverly 
planned  to  bring  each  run  of  stairs  to  the 
desired  location.  Short  flights  of  stairs, 
one  from  the  reception  hall  and  one  from 
the  kitchen  reach  the  same  broad  landing 


Such  a  home  as  one  sees  in  the  Berkshire  Hills. 


nial  mansion  and  the  convenience  of  a 
modern  home.  It  is  compact  in  its  ar- 
rangement but  the  rooms  are  fairly  large, 
and  are  so  placed  as  to  give  an  unusual 
amount  of  light  and  air;  such  a  house  as 
may  be  built  anywhere  except  on  a  nar- 
row city  lot.  The  living  room  must  al- 
ways be  cool,  it  would  seem,  even  on  the 
most  sultry  day,  with  windows  on  oppo- 
site sides  and  the  veranda  beyond.  The 
wide  fireplace  makes  it  cosy  on  the  drear- 
iest day. 

The  entrance  is  into  a  spacious  recep- 
tion hall,  with  a  wide  opening  into  the 
dining  room  on  one  side,  and  into  the  liv- 
ing room  on  the  other  side,  with  a  conven- 
ient coat  closet  between.  The  stair  ar- 


and  continue  to  the  second  floor,  as  shown 
on  the  second  floor  plan.  From  the 
kitchen  entry  three  steps  lead  down  to 
the  grade  entrance  and  continue  to  the 
basement  under  the  upper  part  of  the  main 
stairs  as  shown  on  the  first  floor  plan. 

The  kitchen  arrangements  are  very 
compact,  and  convenient.  The  ice  box 
is  in  the  entry  with  an  ice  door  reached 
from  the  porch.  The  sink  is  well  lighted, 
with  good  tables  on  either  side.  Care 
should  always  be  taken  to  see  that  the 
kitchen  sink  is  set  high  enough  to  avoid 
that  tiresome  stoop  of  the  shoulders  in 
washing  dishes  which  does  so  much  to  tire 
the  housekeeper  when  she  is  using  a  low 
set  sink.  The  pantry  is  large  enough  to  ac- 


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commodate  a  good  work  shelf  with  a  win- 
dow over  and  bins,  cupboards  and  draw- 
ers under  the  counter,  which  extends 
around  two  sides  of  the  pantry.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  the  pantry  is  well  equipped 
with  cupboards. 

The  fireplace  in  the  dining  room  is 
back  of  the  range  in  the  kitchen  and  one 
chimney  takes  care  of  both.  A  great  bay 
window  fills  one  end  of  the  dining  room. 

On  the  second  floor  a  suite  of  rooms  has 
been  planned  for  the  use  of  the  owner. 
The  bedroom,  which  has  a  good  fireplace 
in  it,  has  a  private  bath  room  opening 
from  one  end  of  it,  and  a  dressing  room 
with  a  good  closet  in  connection.  The 


general  bath  room  opens  from  the  main 
hall  which  connects  the  other  bedrooms. 
It  is  noted  that  by  a  somewhat  different 
arrangement  and  slightly  increasing  the 
dimensions,  one  or  even  two  additional 
bedrooms  could  be  secured. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the  en- 
tire house,  and  the  total  width,  including 
the  sun  porch,  but  not  dining  room  bay, 
is  56  feet ;  depth  37  feet,  not  including  liv- 
ing room  bay  or  hall  projection. 

The  exterior  of  this  house  is  intended  to 
be  wide  and  heavy  weather-board,  painted 
white  with  green  sash  and  blinds,  and  a 
dull  faded-out  moss  green  shingle  stain 
for  the  roof. 


Split  quarry  stone  ffires  texture  to  the  wall. 


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A  Seven-Room  House. 

It  is  interesting  to  study  plans  which 
are  similar  in  general  arrangement,  yet  to- 
tally different  in  treatment  and  in  size. 
This  plan  of  a  comparatively  small  house 
has  points  of  likeness  to  the  larger  plan 
just  shown.  The  entrance  is  into  the  liv- 
ing room,  from  which  the  stairs  lead  up. 
Back  of  this  is  the  dining  room,  with  slid^ 
ing  doors  between,  and  at  the  end  is  the 


den.  The  basement  stairs  go  down  under 
the  main  stairs  with  an  outside  entrance 
at  the  grade  level.  The  first  landing  is  up 
only  one  step  and  a  door  opposite  the 
pantry  gives  a  direct  connection  on  the 
kitchen  side. 

A  bay  of  windows  fills  one  side  of  the 
dining  room,  which  has  a  recessed  built-in 
buffet.  The  working  shelf  with  its  bins, 
cupboards  and  drawers  is  placed  under  a 
window  in  the  pantry,  which  has  good 
cupboard  space  beside.  In  the  kitchen  is 
a  cupboard  near  the  range.  The  sink 
with  its  drain  tables  is  placed  under  a 
window.  The  ice  box  is  in  the  entry.  A 
toilet  which  is  shown  as  opening  off  the 
entry  is  very  conveniently  located.  The 


small  porch  could  very  easily  be  enlarged 
and  arranged  for  outdoor  dining. 

The  living  room  has,  in  reality,  the 
width  of  the  den  added  to  its  own  length, 
making  it  an  unusually  attractive  room. 
The  fireplace,  with  book  cases  and  high 
windows  over  them,  fills  one  end  of  the 
room.  The  stairway,  which  starts  from 
the  center  of  the  length  of  the  combined 
rooms,  is  partly  screened,  so  as  to  be  more 


conveniently  used  from  the  rear  of  the 
house. 

The  second  floor  has  three  good  rooms 
and  a  bath,  in  the  space  under  the  roof. 
The  front  and  rear  chambers  are  lighted 
by  the  windows  in  the  gables,  and  fairly 
large  dormers  light  the  other  room  and 
the  bath  room. 

The  exterior  of  the  house  is  very  pic- 
turesque, built  of  split  quarry  stones  to 
the  broad  overhang  of  the  eaves,  and  gives 
the  effect  of  a  house  all  on  one  floor.  The 
gables  and  dormers  are  shingled  like  the 
roof. 

A  basement  extends  under  {he  entire 
house  and  is  provided  with  laundry,  fuel 
bins,  and  storage  rooms. 


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Color  Courage 


GREAT  deal  of  our  decoration  is 
feeble  and  ineffective  because  we 
have  not  the  courage  to  use  strong 
color.  We  are  wedded  to  low 
tones,  and  too  often  low-toned  is  merely 
a  synonym  for  washiness.  Walls  are 
distempered  or  papered  in  pale  colors 
which  would  be  charming  for  brides- 
maids' frocks,  but  are  absolutely  ineffec- 
tive as  backgrounds  for  furnishings,  for 
pictures  and  for  ornaments.  A  great  deal 
is  said  about  pastel  coloring  which  is  mis- 
leading. Pastel  colors  are  not  pale  col- 
ors, they  are  strong  colors  toned  down. 
I  have  had  occasion  before  this  to  quote 
the  saying  of  William  Morris  to  the  effect 
that  we  should  use  clear,  bright  color  in 
our  rooms,  that  if  mud  was  needed  there 
was  a  plenty  of  it  in  the  road. 

I  am  quite  aware  that  I  have  been,  and 
still  am,  a  consistent  advocate  of  a  neu- 
tral toned  scheme  of  color  for  the  average 
house,  especially  for  the  house  of  mod- 
erate size,  whose  ground  floor  is  so  ar- 
ranged that  every  room  is  more  or  less 
visible  from  every  other.  But  every  rule 
has  its  exceptions,  and  when  the  rooms 
of  a  house  are  fairly  large,  and  when,  as 
is  the  case  with  houses  of  the  Colonial 
type,  each  room  is  isolated  from  the 
others  by  ordinary  doors,  which  are  fre- 
quently kept  closed,  strong  color  schemes 
can  be  used  with  much  success.  Indeed 
the  larger  the  room  the  more  desirable 
the  employment  of  a  wall  of  strong  color, 
especially  if  the  furniture  is  antique  or 
modern  reproductions,  because  a  room 
furnished  in  that  style  should  never  be 


crowded  with  pictures  and  ornaments, 
and  great  expanses  of  neutral  tinted  wall 
are  extremely  uninteresting. 

The  Charm  of  Red. 

I  have  had  occasion  to  mention  the  re- 
turn to  favor  of  red.  The  best  reds  for 
decorative  work  are  not  pure  reds,  but 
have  a  blue  tone.  The  best  red  is  what 
used  to  be  called  crimson,  which  is  at  its 
best  in  the  old,  red,  Italian  velvets,  whose 
color  and  exquisite  patterns  are  a  con- 
stant source  of  inspiration  to  designers 
Such  velvets  are  generally  to  be  seen  in 
the  shops  where  antique  furniture  is  sold, 
and  a  study  of  them  is  the  best  guide 
which  I  know  of  for  the  person  who  medi- 
tates a  room  in  red.  Something,  indeed, 
is  to  be  said  for  the  use  of  vivid  scarlet, 
but  the  deeper  shades  of  pure  red  are 
seldom  advisable  for  walls. 

The  Scope  of  the  Red  Wall. 

Red  has,  more  than  most  colors,  its 
limitations,  especially  when  applied  to 
walls.  It  is  emphatically  a  color  for  the 
dining  room  or  hall,  rather  than  for  the 
living  room  or  drawing  room.  It  has  an 
irritating  effect  on  the  nerves  of  some 
people,  and  is  rather  trying  to  the  eyes, 
which  makes  it  desirable  to  confine  its 
use  to  rooms  used  only  for  part  of  the 
day.  It  has,  too,  the  effect  of  making  a 
room  seem  smaller  than  it  really  is,  and 
that  quality  also  restricts  its  use.  It 
needs  sunshine  and  I  think  it  is  at  its 
best  in  a  dining  room  with  a  southeast 
exposure,  which  gets  the  early  morning 
sun,  and  indirect  sunshine  at  midday.  As 
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artificial  light,  the  lack  of  sun  in  the  lat- 
ter part  of  the  day  is  immaterial.  Red 
absorbs  a  good  deal  of  light,  but  a  large 
dome  will  shed  the  light  onto  the  dining 
table  and  the  dimness  of  the  rest  of  the 
room  is  immaterial. 

If  the  furniture  of  the  dining  room  is 
mahogany,  the  woodwork  should  be 
white;  if  it  is  brown  oak,  the  woodwork 
should  be  stained  or  painted  to  match. 
The  darker  tones  of  mahogany  look  best 
against  a  red  wall,  the  lighter  coloring 
being  too  red  and  of  a  conflicting  tone. 
Golden  oak,  which  is  generally  impossi- 
ble, is  not  quite  hopeless  against  a  crim- 
son wall,  and  old-fashioned  walnut  furni- 
ture is  very  good  indeed. 

The  charm  of  the  red  walled  dining 
room,  apart  from  its  cosiness,  is  that  it 
is  such  a  capital  background  for  the  sorts 
of  things  one  has  in  a  dining  room.  It 
looks  awfully  well  with  oil  paintings, 
with  silver,  with  brass,  with  most  sorts 
of  china.  Blue  china  does  not  affiliate 
with  it,  but  not  everyone  owns  or  cares 
for  blue  china.  If  one  wishes  to  see  how 
well  a  backless  sideboard,  set  out  with 
silver,  can  look  against  a  red  wall,  there 
is,  in  the  Metropolitan  Museum,  in  New 
York,  a  silver  room,  whose  walls  are  lined 
with  crimson  brocade,  to  the  great  ad- 
vantage of  the  silver.  Pewter  looks 
equally  well  in  a  red  setting,  though  it  is 
at  its  very  best  with  a  low  toned  blue 
wall. 

For  a  well  lighted  hall,  or  for  one  which 
depends  almost  wholly  upon  artificial 
light,  a  red  wall  is  an  excellent  choice.  It 
has  a  furnishing  quality,  especially  if  the 
pattern  chosen  for  the  paper  is  fairly 
large,  which  commends  it  for  the  small 
hall,  as  furniture  beyond  the  absolute 
essentials  can  be  dispensed  with,  nor  are 
pictures  needed,  though  blacks  and  whites 
in  narrow  black  frames,  with  wide  mar- 
gins will  be  found  to  be  especially  at 
home  on  the  red  wall.  Red  is  such  a 
cheerful  color,  and  so  much  liked,  espe- 
cially by  men,  that  a  red  hall  is  sure  to 
give  a  pleasant  impression  to  the  visitor. 

The  red  wall  has  the  advantage  of 
agreeing  with  most  Oriental  rugs  and 
with  their  .derivations  in  Wilton  and  Ax- 
minster.  Another  phase  of  the  furnish- 
ing quality  of  red  is  that  it  often  enables 
one  to  dispense  entirely  with  a  rug  in  the 
dining  room,  having  the  floor  bare  and 
highly  polished.  A  charming  relief  to  a 


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deep  red  wall  may  be  had  by  using  cur- 
tains of  printed  linen,  the  design  copying 
old  crewel  embroidery  on  an  ecru  ground. 
Such  designs  often  have  crimson  flowers, 
which  harmonize  with  the  red  of  the  wall. 

Tomato  Red  in  the  Drawing  Room. 

In  a  room  with  a  great  many  pictures 
and  ornaments,  with  upholstery  in  the 
dull  blues  and  browns  and  greens,  which 
you  see  in  old  tapestries,  when  no  one 
thing  in  the  room  has  any  very  positive 
color,  but  the  whole  is  blended  into  a 
harmonious  whole,  like  a  cashmere  shawl, 
a  good  background  is  a  tomato  red.  It 
goes  better  with  white  woodwork  than 
golden  brown  or  old  gold,  either  of  which 
might  be  recommended,  and  though  no 
better,  perhaps  not  so  good,  for  a  back- 
ground as  gray,  is  yet  much  more  cheer- 
ful. It  is  particularly  charming  in  a  room 
with  a  western  exposure,  in  which  the 
sunlight  is  less  brilliant  than  in  a  south 


room. 


Turquoise  Blue. 


The  turquoise  of  decoration  is  by  no 
means  to  be  confounded  with  the  usual 
lighter  shades  of  blue.  It  has  absolutely 
no  suggestion  of  gray,  is  deeper  in  tone 
than  the  stone,  is  usually  also  greener. 
Its  most  obvious  associate  is  yellow,  a 
clear,  brilliant  yellow,  and  you  sometimes 
find  the  combination  in  Italian  pottery. 
Turquoise  also  combines  well  with  the 
greenish  yellow,  called  citrine.  It  is  diffi- 
cult, but  not  impossible,  to  find  a  tur- 
quoise wall  paper,  but  once  obtained  it  is 
an  ideal  setting  for  mahogany  in  its  light- 
er tones,  for  satinwod,  and  for  marquetry. 


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With  much  brass  and  gilt,  furniture  cov- 
erings and  curtains  of  some  silk  fabric 
in  yellow  and  ivory,  colored  mezzo  tints, 
a  little  porcelain  and  a  rug,  either  a  deep 
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small  pattern  in  brown  ivory  and  blue, 
one  can  have  a  delightful  formal  parlor, 
which  will  be  quite  unusual  as  well. 

A  Blue  and  Green  Scheme. 

The  combination  of  turquoise  blue  and 
yellow  is  hardly  suitable  for  any  but  a 
formal  room,  but  it  is  possible  to  use  a 
turquoise  wall  for'  a  living  room,  by 
choosing  furnishings  which  will  be  in  a 
subordinate  key,  so  that  the  blue  of  the 
wall  will  be  the  high  light  of  the  compo- 
sition. 

For  this  use  the  woodwork  should  be 
dark,  a  very  dark  oak,  or  a  weathered 
green,  though  the  latter  will  require  the 
use  of  green  furniture  as  well.  There  are 
many  charming  textiles  which  combine 
blue  and  green,  either  tapestries  or  silk 
damasks,  and  one  of  them  can  be  chosen 
for  the  covering  of  the  furniture.  Then 
the  carpet  can  be  a  deep  moss  green,  the 
curtains  sun-proof  or  changeable  taffeta 
in  blue  and  green.  Whatever  metal  is 
used  in  the  room  should  be  bronze  of 
greenish  tone,  and  for  ornaments  a  pair 
of  Chinese  jars  in  grayish  white  with  the 
decoration  in  dull  greens  and  a  little  yel- 
low and  rose,  a  single  piece  of  light  green 
celadon  and,  so  placed  that  it  is  not  near 
the  wall,  a  distinctive  bit  of  turquoise 
blue  Japanese  pottery.  The  pictures 
should  be  prints  in  black  frames,  and 
vivid  yellow  or  orange  flowers  will  be  at 
home  in  this  setting.  The  turquoise  wall 
will  be  found  far  more  effective  than  what 
is  so  common  in  rooms  of  this  type,  the 
wall  paper  of  low  toned  green. 

The  Bedroom  Out  of  Nothing  at  All. 

In  furnishing  a  small  bedroom  out  of 
nothing  in  particular  I  would  suggest  the 
use  of  a  turquoise  wall.  With  it  for  a 
background,  the  furniture  may  be  white 
enameled  wood  with  a  flowery  cretonne 
for  curtains,  the  patterns  being  small  pink 
roses  and  green  leaves.  Or  with  the  blue 
wall  the  furniture  can  be  painted  either 
apple  green  or  yellow,  a  flowered  muslin 
in  green  and  white  or  yellow  and  white 
being  used  for  curtains  and  bedhangings. 
Still  another  use  is  with  weathered  green 
furniture  with  copper  trimmings. 


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ANSWERS   TO      UESTIONS 


ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


EDITOR'S  NOTE. — The  courtesies  of  our  Correspondence  Department  are  extended  to  all  readers  of  KEITH'S  MAGAZINE. 
Inquiries  pertaining  to  the  decoration  and  furnishing1  of  the  home  will  be  given  the  attention  of  an  expert. 

Letters  intended  for  answer  in  this  column  should  be  addressed  to  Decoration  and  Furnishing  Department,  and  be  accom- 
panied by  a  diagram  of  floor  plan.  Letters  enclosing:  return  postage  will  be  answered  by  mail.  Such  replies  as  are  of  general 
interest  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 


Finish  for  a  Flat. 

E.  L.  H. — Being  a  subscriber  of  your 
magazine,  I  have  read  each  copy  thorough- 
ly, but  was  unable  to  find  just  what  I  wanted 
so  am  writing  to  you. 

We  are  building  a  six-room  flat  and  are 
undecided  as  to  what  finish  would  be  best 
for  the  woodwork.  For  our  den  we  have 
fumed  oak  furniture  with  brown  leather. 
Dark  tan  rug  and  over  draperies  for  win- 
dows about  the  same  shade.  Brown  and 
tan  leather  portieres  for  door  between  den 
and  living  room.  We  have  fumed  oak  fur- 
niture with  green  leather  and  green  over 
draperies  in  the  living  room,  green  and  tan 
rug,  green  portieres  between  living  room 
and  dining  room,  where  we  have  mahogany 
furniture,  green  rug  and  green  over  drap- 
eries, and  for  our  two  bedrooms  we  have 
mahogany  furniture. 

Ans. — We  advise  a  fumed  oak  stain  for 
den  and  living  room,  with  white  enamel  for 
dining  and  bedroom.  If  you  do  not  like 
the  white  enamel  in  dining  room  you  can 
stain  wood  trim  mahogany,  but  the  white 
will  be  the  prettier  with  the  green  rug  and 
over  draperies.  With  dark  woodwork,  the 
room  will  be  sombre.  Grey  walls  would 
be  best  in  living  room,  pale  tan  in  den,  and 
in  dining  room  a  decorative  paper  on  upper 
part  of  wall  above  a  grey  wainscot. 

Exterior  Color  Scheme. 

B.  A.  D. :  We  are  building  a  bungalow 
34x42,  and  would  like  suggestions  for 
painting  the  outside.  The  roof  is  shin- 
gled with  red  shingles.  The  three  gables 
are  shingled  but  shingles  are  not  stained. 
Cobble  stones  are  used  for  chimney  and 
porch  foundations  and  pillars.  What 
would  you  think  of  two  shades  of  green 
with  white  trim  ?  There  are  severaV.'ever- 
green  trees  close  to  the  house  so  it  is 
quite  shaded  in  front. 

What  sort  of  draperies  would  you  sug- 


gest for  casement  windows  in  den  and 
dining  room,  where  the  woodwork  is  the 
natural  quarter-sawed  oak?  Also,  for 
French  door  in  bedroom  where  wood- 
work is  natural  oak? 

Ans. — With  the  copper  red  roof  shin- 
gles and  cobblestone  treatment,  we  think 
simply  brushing  the  shingle  in  gables 
with  linseed  oil  would  be  preferable  to 
staining  them  green.  That  is,  if  red  cedar 
shingles  have  been  used.  The  red  cedar 
takes  on  a  very  soft  pleasing  light  brown 
tone,  when  oiled.  If  pine  or  cypress  shin- 
gles have  been  used,  then  stain  a  light 
brown.  With  a  cream  white  trim  we 
think  you  will  find  this  a  pleasing  color 
scheme. 

Some  of  the  Sunfast  materials  -are  ex- 
cellent for  draping  casement  windows  in 
den  and  dinner  room.  If  the  windows 
swing  out;  hang  draperies  inside  the 
frame ;  if  they  swing  in,  a  good  way  is  to 
hang  a  10-inch  valance  from  a  rod  set  on 
top  of  casing  with  side  pieces  running 
from  under  the  valance,  set  so  as  to  clear 
the  window  when  opened. 

For  French  door  in  bedroom,  cream  net 
or  figured  lace,  shirred  on  small  brass 
rods  set  on  the  sash  of  door,  top  and  bot- 
tom. 

Casement  Window. 

F.  W. :  Ever  since  father  sent  for  all 
of  Keith's  books  of  plans,  and  subscribed 
for  KEITH'S  magazine,  I  have  read  with 
a  great  deal  of  interest  the  answers  to  the 
questions  on  interior  decoration ;  and  now 
I  wish  to  ask  if  you  will  help  me  with 
suggestions  for  the  walls,  rug,  hangings 
and  furniture  of  my  bedroom.  I  think 
mine  will  be  the  front  room,  with  a  north- 
western exposure,  French  doors  onto 
sleeping  porch,  and  fireplace,  with  small 
window  and  bookcases  below.  Now  I 
have  always  wanted  a  lavender  and  white 


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bedroom.  Could  I  have  lavender  in  a 
bedroom  with  that  exposure?  I  would 
like  casement  windows,  but  father  says 
they  are  not  practicable. 

Ans. — I  am  greatly  interested  in  your 
letter.  First — "Father"  is  mistaken  in 
the  casement  windows.  Formerly  they 
were  unsatisfactory,  but  the  improved 
fasteners  make  them  entirely  practical — 
in  fact,  personally,  I  consider  them  better 
than  the  double  hung  windows.  I  have 
just  built  two  new  houses,  adorable 
casements  in  both.  In  our  hardest 
storms,  not  a  drop  of  water  enters,  but 
they  must  be  properly  set,  and  the  im- 
proved fastener  used.  Some  of  my  case- 
ments open  out.  Those  that  open  out 
have  the  screen  placed  inside,  with  a  lit- 
tle slit  at  the  bottom  to  allow  the  ad- 
juster lever  or  handle  coming  through. 
This  is  worked  inside,  and  you  open  the 
window  without  moving  the  screen. 
Now  if  you  have  the  casements  open  out, 
you  attach  the  shade  to  the  screen  inside. 
Also,  the  little  thin  curtain,  or  you  have 
a  valance  of  cretonne  across  the  top  and 
on  outer  sides  without  any  thin  curtains. 

Lavender  and  white  will  not  be  a  good 
color  scheme  for  your  northwest  bed- 
room, but  ivory  and  rose  will  be  delight- 
ful. The  woodwork  must  be  ivory,  and  a 
rose-colored  wall.  The  ivory  furniture 
you  refer  to  will  be  charming.  Your  bed 
must  have  cream  spread,  not  white.  The 
willow  chair  will  be  good,  so  would  a 
dress  box  at  the  foot  of  the  bed,  covered 
with  the  cretonne. 

The  mantel  must  be,  of  course,  in  the 
ivory,  and  facings  of  deep  rose-colored 
tile.  The  French  door  should  have  cream 
net  shirred  on  small  rods  top  and  bottom 

Color  of  Fireplace  Brick. 

M.  W. — I  am  building  a  bungalow.  The 
living  room  is  23x14^.  The  walls  are 
to  be  in  French  grey  with  mission  wood- 
work. I  am  furnishing  it  with  French 
grey  wicker  and  flowered  English  cre- 
tonne cushions.  The  fireplace  is  at  the 
end  of  the  room  with  French  windows  on 
the  side  opening  onto  a  pergola.  Can  you 
give  me  some  ideas  of  what  colored  brick 
to  use  for  the  fireplace? 

Ans. — We  think  a  Roman  brick,   in  a 
warm,    putty    grey,    would    be    the    best 
•choice  for  the  fireplace  brick.    Lay  up  the 
-.brick  in  nearly  white  mortar. 


Treatment  for  Floor. 

E.  L.  H. — I  wish  to  thank  you  for  sug- 
gestions offered  in  your  recent  letter. 
We  have  decided  to  use  white  enamel  for 
dining  room,  bedroom,  and  would  ask  you 
to  advise  as  to  how  we  should  treat  the 
oak  floor  or  would  it  be  better  to  use 
birch  floor?  What  color  should  it  be 
stained? 

Ans. — We  should  use  the  same  floor  in 
dining  room  that  you  have  on  living 
room  and  hall,  and  treat  all  the  floors  the 
same  viz.,  stain  slightly,  then  fix  with 
filler,  wax  and  polish.  The  white  wood- 
work in  dining  room  does  not  require  any 
special  treatment  of  the  hardwood  floor. 
Either  oak  or  birch  can  be  used  through- 
out. 

Suggestions  for  Furnishing. 

J.  T.  A. — I  am  enclosing  a  diagram 
of  floor  plans  for  our  new  semi-bungalow 
home  and  wish  suggestions  for  interior 
decoration. 

The  house  faces  north  giving  the  living 
room  a  south,  west,  and  north  exposure 
and  the  dining  room  a  north  and  east 
exposure.  The  woodwork  in  these  two 
rooms  will  be  fumed  oak — with  built-in 
buffet  in  the  dining  room  and  built-in 
book  cases  in  the  living  room  on  one  side 
of  the  fireplace  which  is  of  quite  rough 
tapestry  brick — almost  a  deep  mulberry 
in  color. 

For  the  living  room  we  have  a  dull 
mahogany  grand  piano,  a  large  over- 
stuffed tapestry  chair,  a  fumed  oak  daven- 
port, a  fumed  rocker  and  also  one  of 
brown  wicker.  We  may  get  a  tapestry 
davenport  to  match  the  chair  and  in  that 
case,  would  you  suggest  getting  our  new 
furniture  to  go  with  the  mahogany  piano 
or  rather  to  harmonize  with  the  wood- 
work? We  have  a  9x12  Anglo-Persian  rug 
to  use  in  this  room — the  predominating 
color  being  mulberry  with  soft  old  blue 
figures. 

The  spare  bedroom  (east)  will  be  pa- 
pered in  yellow  and  for  this  room  we  have 
an  old  ivory  enamelled  set.  Would  it  be 
better  to  have  the  ivory  enamelled  wood- 
work in  this  room  rather  than  pure  white? 
What  color  drapes  would  look  well  with 
the  yellow  paper? 

There  is  a  little  sleeping  porch  on  the 
south  which  can  be  used  as  a  sun  porch  if 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 

we  wish.  This  room  is  plastered  except 
for  the  ceiling.  What  suggestions  have 
you  for  the  finish  of  this  porch? 

I  am  a  very  interested  reader  of  your 
magazine  and  especially  of  the  depart- 
ment on  interior  decoration. 

Ans.  Your  diagram  shows  a  splendid 
living  room,  with  good  light  for  any  treat- 
ment. The  sketch  shows  you  have  chosen 
just  the  corner  for  the  grand  piano.  We 
should  not,  however,  purchase  the  new 
furniture  in  mahogany,  but  choose  pieces 
in  harmony  with  the  fumed  oak  wood- 
work and  other  furniture.  It  is  not  neces- 
sary these  should  be  heavy.  Some  of  the 
brown  woods  with  dark  antique  cane 
seats  and  panels  are  very  attractive  and  in 
tune  with  either  oak  or  mahogany.  It  is 
also  at  its  best  when  used  with  mulberry 
velvet,  and  we  suggest  this  material  for 
some  of  the  chairs ;  as  the  figured  tap- 
estry of  davenport  and  big  chair  will  be 
enough  figured  material  to  use.  The  sam- 
ple of  mulberry  curtain  material  enclosed 
is  fairly  good  but  rather  dark,  and  we 
should  much  prefer  a  soft  greyish  tan  for 
the  wall  paper.  Your  other  ideas  are  very 
good.  The  blue  paper  sent  for  dining 
room  panels  is  very  good  indeed,  and  the 
blue  draperies  will  not  be  too  much  blue. 
The  effect  will  be  very  pretty  to  use  above 
the  paneling,  the  soft  tan  with  deep  cream 
ceiling. 

Your  ideas  regarding  the  west  bedroom 
with  grey  wall  and  rosewood  furniture, 
are  very  good  indeed.  We  see  nothing  to 
change  in  them.  Better  to  finish  the  doors 
a  dark  mahogany  stain.  There  are  ex- 
tremely good  grey  and  blue  cretonnes 
that  could  be  used  for  side  draperies. 

The  old  ivory  enameled  furniture  will 
be  charming  on  the  deep  cream  stripe  of 
paper  you  enclose  and  it  would  be  much 
better  to  do  the  woodwork  ivory  rather 
than  white.  There  is  a  cretonne  showing 
soft  pink  and  yellow  roses  that  would 
combine  well  with  this  paper,  and  the  rug 
could  be  tan  with  dull  pink  in  border. 

The  sleeping  porch  would  be  pleasing 
with  plaster  tinted  pale  green  and  wood- 
work painted  a  shade  darker  green,  white 
ceiling,  white  window  sash,  and  floor 
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An  Adjustable  Shade 


I  HE  office  building  is  filled  with 
good  sized  windows  in  order  to 
provide  light  and  air.  Heavy 
shades  on  spring  rollers  complete 
the  windows,  but  the  question  of  light  and 
ventilation  has  not  yet  been  completely 
solved.  If  the  lower  sash  of  the  window 
is  pushed  up  on  a  cool  day,  the  desk  is  in 
a  strong  draft.  If  the  upper  sash  is  low- 
ered, the  draft  of  fresh  air  is  good,  per- 
haps, but  there  is  a  flood  of  sunshine  or 
a  glare  of  light,  if  the  shade  is  rolled  up 
to  leave  the  space  open.  A  flood  of  sun- 
shine is  beautiful,  but  it  is  very  inconven- 
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The  shade  may  be  set  to  cover  any  part 
of  the  window. 


The  shade  roller  is  set  on  vertical  bars. 

impossible  to  work  under  such  conditions. 
Pull  down  the  shade  and  it  rattles  against 
the  open  window  in  a  most  disconcerting 
way,  and  spoils  the  shade  as  well  as  irri- 
tates the  nerves.  Draw  the  shade  to  cut 
off  all  of  the  sunshine  from  the  desk  and 
the  light  is  insufficient.  Verily  it  is  a 
vexed  question.  Two  shades  may  be 
installed,  one  pulling  up  and  the  other 
down,  but  even  this  is  not  a  very  satis- 
factory solution.  One  does  not  care  for 
the  shade  roller  on  the  window  sill  nor 
for  the  duplication  of  cords,  even  if  the 


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"Built-in"  Insurance 

INSURANCE  against  rapid  depreciation  of  the  home  and  its  contents;   atrainst  dust 
and  dirt  with  attendant  labor  and  expense  of  cleaning;   against  polluted  air,   germ- 
laden  and  charged  with  the  bacteria  that  produce  disease;    insurance  of  rugs  and 
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additional  expense  is  not  a  controlling 
element. 

A  shade  carrier  has  been  put  on  the 
market  which  promises  to  solve  these  dif- 
ficulties. Instead  of  the  shade  roller  be- 
ing fixed  and  stationary  at  the  top  of  the 
window,  the  carrier  allows  the  rolled  cur- 
tain to  be  lowered  to  a  desired  position. 
If  the  window  is  open  at  the  top,  the 
roller  is  lowered  past  the  open  space  of 
the  window.  If  the  sun  shines  from  the 
window  directly  on  the  desk,  the  rolled 
curtain  is  lowered  to  allow  sunshine  in 
the  upper  part  of  the  window,  and  the 
shade  drawn  for  protection  just  where  it 
is  needed. 

This  appliance  is  operated  by  means 
of  vertical  bars  which  are  set  where  de- 
sired for  the  outer  edges  of  the  shade. 
Instead  of  screwing  the  shade  fixtures  to 
the  head  casing  of  the  window,  they  are 
so  set  on  the  vertical  bars,  then  the  cur- 
tain rolls  in  the  usual  way.  Another 
model  shows  a  bottom  control,  which  by 
also  holding  the  lower  edge  firmly,  pre- 
vents the  shade  from  blowing  and  rat- 
tling, and  increases  the  length  of  the  life 
of  the  shade. 

The  shade  carrier  is  recommended  for 


hotels  and  residences  as  well  as  for  pub- 
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opening  at  any  point  desired,  without 
cutting  out  either  the  light  and  air.  In 
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than  if  the  desk  was  manufactured  of  pine 
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The  Thanksgiving  Table 


T  is  a  pleasant  arrangement  of 
Providence  that  chrysanthemums 
are  still  in  bloom  at  Thanksgiv- 
ing time.  The  hothouse  flowers 
persist  still  longer,  but  unless  the  season 
is  specially  inclement  it  is  still  possible 
to  find  flowers  growing  out  of  doors,  and 
these  the  best  of  all,  the  small  and  old- 
fashioned  button  chrysanthemums,  in 
white  and  clear  yellow,  rusty  red  and 
tawny  brown.  I  have  a  great  fancy  for 


these  last.  Put  a  mass  of  them  in  a  tall 
glass,  with  some  of  the  rusty  red  ones 
and  a  very  few  white  ones  and  heap 
grapes  and  rosy  apples  and  russet  pears 
around  its  foot,  and  you  have  a  delight- 
fully autumnal  table  decoration,  carrying 
out  all  the  finer  spiritual  significances  of 
the  day. 

The  Thanksgiving  Supper. 

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set  for  the  first  course,  with  a  much  more 


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commonplace  arrangement  of  hot-house 
chrysanthemums,  white  and  yellow,  in  a 
silver  dish,  and  the  meal  suggested  is  not 
dinner,  but  the  substantial  supper  which 
in  these  football  days  is  so  apt  to  take 
the  place  of  the  midday  dinner.  The  set- 
ting is  for  a  very  simple  meal,  oyster 
bouillon,  cold  roast  chicken  with  potato 
chips  and  salad,  rolls  and  a  caramel  pud- 
ding, just  an  ordinary  evening  meal  after 
an  early  dinner.  I  will  suggest  some 
more  elaborate  menus,  hoping  that  they 
will  meet  the  needs  of  some  readers. 
When  the  Thanksgiving  dinner  must  take 
such  a  secondary  place,  it  is  a  good  plan 
to  have  it  on  the  succeeding  Sunday, 
when  there  is  abundant  leisure  to  enjoy 
it,  and  when  it  may  be  easier  to  gather 
the  family  together. 


Oysters  on  the  half  shell 

Brownbread    Sandwiches 

Celery 


Panned  Chicken 
Lettuce  Salad  Rolls 

Individual  Squash  Pies 
Cheese  Coffee 


Hors  d'oeuvre 
Chicken  Pie         Rolls         Olives 


Vegetable  Salad 
Cheese  Wafers 


Baked  Apples,  with  Cream 
Cake  Coffee 


Cold  Boiled  Ham,  Sliced 
Devilled  Eggs  Muffins 


Chicken  Salad 
Bread-and-butter  Sandwiches 


Welsh  Rarebit 


It  will  be  noticed  that  there  is  only  one 
hot  dish  in  any  of  these  menus,  which 
makes  their  service  very  easy  in  the  ab- 
sence of  a  maid.  This  single  hot  dish 
can  be  brought  in  from  the  kitchen  at  the 
beginning  of  the  meal  and  kept  hot,  while 
the  other  elements  of  the  feast  can  be 
arranged  upon  the  sideboard  and  in  the 
pantry. 

The  panned  chicken  of  the  first  menu  is 
a  common  dish  in  foreign  restaurants  and 


is  very  simply  cooked.  A  good  sized  fowl 
is  cleaned  and  cut  into  convenient  pieces, 
which  are  lightly  peppered  and  salted  and 
arranged  in  a  casserole,  or  a  deep  earthen 
dish.  Half  a  teacup  of  hot  water  or  stock 
is  added,  the  dish  closely  covered  and  set 
into  a  moderate  oven.  The  time  required 
varies  with  the  age  of  the  fowl,  but  two 
hours  will  usually  suffice  to  make  it  very 
tender,  and  the  flavor  is  admirably  re- 
tained. It  can  be  done  the  day  before, 
left  covered  and  reheated.  The  giblets 
are  not  used  and  can  be  saved  for  an 
entree  the  next  day,  pieced  out,  if  need 
be,  with  some  calves'  liver. 

For  the  individual  squash  pies,  pate 
cases  from  a  confectioner's  can  be  used. 
Prepare  a  can  of  squash  in  the  usual  way, 
using  only  the  yolks  of  eggs.  Steam  it 
in  a  buttered  dish  until  it  is  set,  and  when 
it  is  cold  fill  the  cases  with  it.  Make  a 
meringue  from  the  beaten  whites  of  the 
eggs  used  for  the  filling,  heap  on  the  cases 
and  brown  in  the  oven.  Use  Roquefort 
or  Neuchatel  cheese,  with  water  thin 
crackers. 

Radishes,  olives,  stalks  of  celery  filled 
with  a  highly  flavored  cheese  paste,  tiny 
anchovy  sandwiches,  are  all  liked  and  can 
be  arranged  in  some  sort  of  a  sectional 
dish,  or  else  on  matching  plates  on  a  tray. 
The  vegetable  salad  of  the  second  menu 
can  be  made  from  a  can  of  mixed  vege- 
tables, or  of  boiled  string  beans,  sliced 
tomatoes  and  sweet  peppers,  sprinkled 
with  finely  chopped  water  cress  and 
capers,  the  whole  arranged  on  a  bed  of 
lettuce  leaves.  For  a  supper,  I  think  a 
mayonnaise  is  preferable  to  the  French 
dressing  commonly  in  use  for  vegetable 
salads.  The  cheese  wafers  are  thin 
crackers  spread  with  a  paste  of  grated, 
sharp  cheese  and  butter,  set  in  the  oven 
for  a  few  minutes  to  harden.  A  good 
cake  to  serve  with  the  -baked  apples, 
which  should  be  cored  but  not  peeled,  is 
a  really  good  gingerbread  with  a  liberal 
addition  of  fruit,  raisins  and  candied  peel. 

For  the  third  menu,  I  suggest  buying 
English  muffins  and,  if  there  is  an  open 
fire  in  the  dining  room,  toasting  them  then 
and  there.  If  they  must  be  toasted  in  the 
kitchen,  serve  them  very  hot  in  a  covered 
dish.  They  must  be  split  before  toasting 
and  buttered  immediately  and  liberally. 
Boil  eggs  for  devilling  at  least  fifteen 
minutes.  At  the  end  of  that  time  the 


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yolk  is  absolutely  dry  and  can  be  rubbed 
to  a  paste  with  ease.  Everyone  who  can 
make  a  Walsh  rarebit  has  a  pet  rule,  so 
I  am  not  going  to  give  any  directions  for 
that  delectable  dish,  which  is  far  more 
digestible  than  the  timid  suppose.  But 
I  will  suggest  that  it  should  be  made  on 
the  table  in  a  chafing  dish  and  that  the 
crust  of  the  bread  for  the  toast  should  be 
cut  off.  Also  that  the  test  of  a  good 
cheese  for  the  purpose  is  whether  it  will 
crumble  between  the  fingers.  Personally 
I  am  of  the  opinion  that  beer  or  ale  is  not 
essential,  but  that  just  as  good  results 
can  be  had  with  the  use  of  a  small  quan- 
tity of  milk.  Many  rarebits  are  flat  and 
tasteless  from  the  lack  of  salt,  and  many 
more  would  be  improved  by  a  judicious 
addition  of  butter. 

Reducing  the  Meat  Bill. 

A  great  many  of  us  have,  in  these 
strenuous  times,  to  practice  constant 
economy.  Winter  is  not  just  the  time  in 
which  to  advocate  vegetarianism,  which, 
with  many  merits  to  its  credit,  is  apt  to 
result  in  a  deficiency  of  animal  heat.  But 
I  think  we  might  eat  a  larger  amount  of 
vegetable  and  farinaceous  food  in  the  cold 
months  than  we  do,  to  the  advantage  of 
both  health  and  purse.  Take  that  very 
commonplace  article,  a  beef  stew.  I 
would  suggest  a  process  of  multiplication. 
Use  to  the  usual  quantity  of  meat,  twice 
the  usual  quantity  of  water,  twice  the 
quantity  of  vegetables,  cook  it  twice  as 
long  and  at  half  the  usual  temperature, 
and  see  how  good  it  is,  always  provided 
that  you  know  how  to  make  it  in  the  first 
instance.  Suppose  you  are  cooking  pork 
chops  or  sausages,  drain  them  out  care- 
fully and,  in  the  drippings,  fry  apples, 
potatoes,  sweet  potatoes,  or  mashed  par- 
snips. Substitute  a  dish  of  cheese  and 
macaroni,  two  or  three  times  a  week,  for 
the  everlasting  boiled  potatoes.  Let  a 
bean,  bean  and  tomato,  lentil,  or  split  pea 
soup  appear  from  time  to  time.  Do  not 
feel  that  you  must  forego  salads  because 
it  is  cold  weather,  but  use  dried  Lima 
beans,  canned  string  beans,  shaved  cab- 
bage or  beets  for  them.  If  the  oil  seems 
a  heavy  item,  explore  the  Italian  quarter, 
where  you  will  get  the  second  pressing, 
the  rough  oil  which  the  peasants  use, 
which  is  both  good  and  cheap.  Try  to 
have  desserts  which  are  at  once  palatable 
and  of  substantial  nutritive  value,  such 


as  boiled  fruit  and  suet  puddings,  cus- 
tards and  puddings  with  some  sort  of  a 
cereal  basis. 

A  Practical  Investment. 

Some  poultry  is  expensive  and  goes  a  very 
little  way,  but  a  large  fowl  costs  no  more 
than  roast  beef  and  can  be  made  very 
palatable.  Get  one  weighing  six  pounds 
or  more,  and  dress  and  stuff  it  as  if  you 
were  going  to  roast  it.  Cook  it  at  the 
slowest  possible  simmer,  in  plenty  of 
water,  until  you  can  penetrate  the  flesh 
easily  with  a  fork.  Then  rub  it  well  with 
butter,  dredge  flour  over  it  and  brown  it 


Croquets  of  turkey  dressing  served  with  lettuce. 

well  in  the  oven,  basting  it  from  time  to 
time  with  some  of  the  pot  liquor.  Use 
more  of  the  liquor  to  make  the  gravy  and 
add  to  it  the  giblets,  which  should  have 
been  boiled  at  the  same  time  as  the  fowl 
and  taken  out  when  done.  The  dressing 
should  be  rather  more  highly  seasoned 
and  have  more  butter  in  it  than  when  a 
fowl  is  cooked  in  the  ordinary  way,  but 
the  flavor  of  the  bird  is  much  better  than 
that  of  a  small  roasting  chicken  and  there 
is  much  more  meat  on  it  in  proportion. 

Where  a  cold  Sunday  dinner  is  the  rule, 
the  fowl  can  be  cooked  on  Saturday  and 
sliced  to  be  eaten  cold,  and  a  gravy  made 
to  be  eaten  with  hot  vegetables.  Then 
the  remainder  of  the  liquor  will  supply 
an  excellent  soup  and  there  will  probably 
be  enough  of  the  meat  left  to  make  either 
a  stew  with  dumplings  or  a  pie.  At  the 
very  least  there  will  be  enough  of  the  odds 
and  ends  for  croquettes,  or  for  chicken 
turnovers,  which  can  be  supplemented 
with  a  liberal  dish  of  spaghetti  with 
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Building  Material 

AND  NOTES  ON 

Heating,  Lighting  &  Plumbing 


Paint  and   Painting 

John  Upton 


AINT  is  an  absolute  necessity  for 
property  owners  who  wish  to 
save  money.  It  is  far  better 
to  use  it  liberally  and  often  than 
to  be  stingy  with  it.  Unprotected  wood- 
work rots,  but  wood  that  is  kept  well 
painted  will  last  a  century  or  more. 

While  paint  does,  of  course,  serve  to  im- 
prove the  appearance  of  your  property 
it  is  far  more  useful  for  protection  than 
for  ornament.  The  small  amount  of 
money  and  work  expended  in  keeping 
your  buildings  well  painted  will  add 
greatly  to  their  life.  The  periodical  in- 
vestment in  paints  is  judicious  economy, 
because  it  actually  costs  less  to  use  good 
paint  than  to  do  without  it. 

Wood  is  porous,  and  while  the  tree  is 
growing  these  pores  are  filled  with  sap. 
As  the  sap  dries  out  the  pores  are  left 
empty.  The  perfect  paint  takes  advantage 
of  these  pores  and  penetrates  them  while 
in  liquid  form,  making  when  dry  a  tough 
coating  on  the  outside  anchored  into  the 
wood  by  numerous  little  tentacles  which 
are  as  much  a  part  of  the  outside  film  as 
the  clinched  nail  is  a  part  of  the  head 
which  remains  on  the  surface  of  the 
wood.  To  secure  this  hook-like  hole  in 
the  wood,  the  paint  may  contain  linseed 
oil  and  white  lead.  If  some  cheaper  oil 
is  used  it  will  penetrate  the  pores  just  the 
same  as  water  would  do,  but  having  no 
affinity  for  the  pigment,  it  leaves  much 
of  the  pigment  on  the  outside  or  where  it 
will  scale  off.  Pure  linseed  oil  mingles 
with  the  white  lead  in  so  intimate  a  union 


that  it  penetrates  the  wood  pores  as  an 
inseparable  compound.  When  the  paint 
dries  we  do  not  have  the  oil  on  the  in- 
side, and  the  paint  on  the  outside,  but  a 
new  substance  both  inside  and  out  which 
can  scarcely  be  separated  from  the  wood. 

Do  not  think,  however,  that  the  best 
paint  consists  entirely  of  white  lead  and 
linseed  oil,  or  that  no  other  ingredients 
are  necessary,  for  such  is  not  the  case. 

A  paint  is  a  mixture  of  a  pigment  with 
what  is  called  vehicle.  The  pigment  is  a 
fine  solid  material,  sometimes  called  the 
base  of  the  paint.  The  vehicle  is  the 
liquid  portion  of  the  paint.  There  may 
be  also  inert  filler,  solvent,  drier  and 
color. 

Base. 

The  materials  most  commonly  used  for 
the  base  are  white  lead,  red  lead,  zinc 
white,  and  oxide  of  iron.  White  lead  is 
by  far  the  most  widely  used  and  ranks 
first  for  all  round  purposes.  It  has  great 
body,  spreads  well,  and  possesses  won- 
derful durability.  Sometimes  it  will  turn 
yellow  when  used  for  interior  work  where 
not  exposed  to  sufficient  light. 

Because  it  is  comparatively  expensive, 
there  is  a  tendency  to  adulterate  white 
lead  with  cheaper  materials,  as  chalk,  sul- 
phates of  lead,  baryta,  etc.  Red  lead  (red 
oxide)  is  used  chiefly  for  the  base  of  some 
red  paints.  In  ordinary  situations  it  is 
quite  durable,  dries  well,  spreads  well, 
and  is  much  cheaper  than  white  lead. 

Zinc  white,  or  oxide  of  zinc,  is  an  excel- 
lent base  for  paint.  Some  authorities  con- 


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sider  it  better  than  white  lead.  It  forms 
a  denser  coating  than  white  lead  and  re- 
sists the  action  of  the  weather  better.  On 
the  other  hand,  it  is  more  expensive,  more 
difficult  to  apply,  dries  slower,  and  has 
not  the  covering'  qualities  of  white  lead. 
Pure  white  lead  has  been  the  standard  of 
paint  excellence  and  is  likely  to  remain 
such,  because  no  other  pigment  has  nat- 
ural affinity  for  linseed  oil.  The  close 
union  between  the  oil  and  pigment  is  re- 
quired, or  a  bad  job  of  painting  results. 
Pure  white  lead  is  the  only  pigment  hav- 
ing a  perfect  affinity  for  linseed  oil. 

Filler. 

An  inert  filler  is  a  material  used  to  di- 
lute rather  than  to  adulterate  the  base  of 
the  paint ;  to  extend  it ;  to  increase  its 
durability ;  and  to  lessen  its  cost.  Of 
course  the  use  of  the  filler  may  be  car- 
ried to  extremes.  Too  much  may  be  used 
so  that  instead  of  being  a  benefit  it  will 
prove  an  injury.  The  most  common  fill- 
ers are  byrta  silica,  calcium  carbonate, 
whiting,  gypsum  and  charcoal. 

It  is  very  doubtful  if  pure  white  lead 
alone  is  the  best  paint.  There  is  no  white 
paint  as  durable  as  the  darker  colors,  but 
as  the  bulk  of  the  house  paints  now  used 
are  made  by  tinting  a  white  base,  the 
durability  of  the  white  base  determines 
the  durability  of  most  paints. 

Vehicle. 

The  vehicle  of  the  paint  is  the  material 
used  to  dissolve  and  hold  the  base  in  sus- 
pension. The  vehicle  assists  in  spreading 
the  paint,  enters  the  pores  of  the  wood, 
carrying  the  base  and  pigment  with  it ; 
then  hardens  to  form  the  impervious,  pro- 
tective coating. 

The  best  vehicle  is  linseed  oil,  and  it  is 
most  commonly  used  in  good  work.  Here 
again,  we  have  the  same  thing  to  contend 
with  as  in  white  lead,  because  linseed  oil 
is  comparatively  expensive,  it  is  very  fre- 
quently adulterated.  Linseed  oil  dries 
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Solvent. 

The  most  commonly  used  solvent  is 
turpentine,  which  is  not  as  often  adul- 
terated as  the  other  ingredients.  It  is 
used  largely  to  thin  paints,  so  it  can  be 
spread  more  evenly.  Because  of  rapid 
evaporation  it  is  not  noticed  in  the  dry 
film. 

Dryers. 

Certain  substances  hasten  drying. 
Boiled  oil  will  dry  more  rapidly  than  raw 
oil.  Instead  of  using  it,  however,  dryers 
are  generally  used.  Among  the  dryers 
are  litharge,  zinc  sulphate,  manganese, 
and  red  lead.  While  dryers  are  neces- 
sary in  many  cases,  the  amount  used 
should  be  small.  Film  produced  by  the 
use  of  such  is  not  as  durable  as  that 
formed  by  the  oil. 

There  are  long  lists  of  coloring  mate- 
rials of  which  the  mineral  pigments  are 
the  best  and  most  durable.  Yellow  ochre 
is  the  most  extensively  used  coloring  pig- 
ment, and  is  very  durable.  Do  not  buy 
mineral  paints  dry  but  have  them  ground 
in  oil. 

While  there  is  some  difference  of  opin- 
ion as  to  the  amount  of  white  lead  or 
other  base  which  should  be  used  in  a 
paint,  it  is  generally  considered  that  the 
greater  the  amount  used  the  more  re- 
sistant the  paint  film  is,  provided  all  the 
particles  are  thoroughly  covered  with  the 
oil. 

Do  not  use  any  paints  containing  com- 
pound of  lead  about  your  stables  or  out- 
buildings where  fumes  from  decaying  or- 
ganic matter  will  darken  lead  paints. 

Remember  that  turpentine  and  benzine 
are  very  inflammable  and  should  be  kept 
away  from  light  and  fire.  Many  of  the 
pigments  are  poisonous.  The  workman 
should  remove  all  paint  stains  from  the 
skin  and  neither  should  he  eat  in  the  same 
clothes  in  which  he  has  been  painting. 

For  Cracks  in  Old  Woodwork. 

Another  use  has  been  found  for  old 
newspapers.  They  may  be  made  into  a 
pulp  or  paste  which  serves  as  a  cheap 
and  effective  substitute  for  putty,  to  stop 
the  cracks  in  floors  and  other  woodwork. 
It  is  made  by  soaking  newspapers  in  a 
paste  made  by  boiling  a  pound  of  flour  in 
three  quarts  of  water  until  the  whole 
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should  be  about  the  consistency  of  putty, 
and  should  be  forced  into  the  cracks  with 
a  blunt  knife.  It  will  harden  as  it  dries, 
and  then  may  be  painted  or  stained  to 
match  the  boards.  If  the  cracks  are  neatly 
stopped,  they  will,  after  painting,  be  bare- 
ly perceptible. 

Sediment  in  Linseed  Oil. 

The  following  suggestion  is  made  to 
the  painter.  Possibly  it  may  be  useful  to 
those  who  use  linseed  oil  in  smaller  quan- 
tities. We  are  told  by  the  same  author- 
ity, John  Dewar,  that  linseed  oil  and  tur- 
pentine are  largely  adulterated,  principally 
with  mineral  oil  and  spirits. 

"Don't  forget  when  tapping  a  barrel 
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tity of  it  into  a  clear  white  bottle  and 
permit  it  to  stand  without  handling  for 
a  day  or  two.  If  an  unusual  sediment 
settles  return  it  at  once.  The  sediment 
is  largely  'foots'  and  will  ruin  your 
paint." 

Vermont  Marble. 

We  are  told  that  "the  greatest  marble- 
producing  industry  in  the  world  is  no 
longer  to  be  found  in  the  famous  Carrara 
district  of  Italy,  but  in  Vermont,  where 
one  of  the  richest  veins  in  the  world 
stretches  in  an  irregular  line  across  the 
state.  So  great  is  the  production  of  mar- 
ble in  this  section  that  the  inhabitants 
have  lost  much  of  their  appreciation  of 
its  value,  and  use  it  for  such  humble  and 
utilitarian  purposes  as  paving,  underpin- 
ning for  barns,  hitching  posts,  stepping 
stones,  and  drinking  troughs  for  horses. 
This  vein  is  about  fifty-seven  miles  long, 
from  1,650  to  2,200  feet  in  width,  and 
from  lit  is  being  taken  in  enormous  quan- 
tities white  marble  that  is  equal  to  the 
finest  Italian  marble,  as  well  as  an  endless 
variety  of  blue,  yellow,  green  and  jet- 
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"For  quarrying  and  furnishing  the  mar- 
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equipment  are  used,  no  part  of  the  work 
being  done  by  hand  that  can  possibly  be 
done  by  machinery,"  says  the  Popular  Me- 
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entirely  superseded  by  power-driven  drills 
and  channeling  machines.  The  blocks  as 
they  come  from  the  quarry  are  handled  by 
derricks,  and  are  conveyed  in  most  cases  by 
an  inclined  railway  or  ropeway  to  the  mills. 


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THE  ARCHITECT'S  CORNER 

What  Is  YOUR  Building  Problem? 

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my  cellar;  also  your  ideas  as  to  location 
of  house  and  sidewalks.  My  lot  is  on  a 
corner,  and  the  house  will  face  west,  on 
Harrison  street.  I  expect  to  place  it  from 
40  to  50  feet  from  both  streets.  I  once 
was  told  by  a  landscape  gardener  to  so 
place  a  house  as  to  get  the  prettiest  effect 
from  your  yard. 

You  will  note  that  Harrison  street  is 
from  four  to  six  feet  below  grade.  I  want 
my  gates  to  be  on  the  street  at  the  south 
side,  one  near  each  corner,  and  also  a  gate 
on  the  alley  side  directly  out  from  my 
back  porch  walk.  I  would  like  to  have  a 
concrete  bulkhead  on  Harrison  street 
about  two  or  three  feet  high,  the  top  of 
which  would,  of  course,  be  parallel  with 
the  sidewalk,  and  then  pile  the  extra  dirt 
in  the  northwest  corner  of  the  lots,  which 
would  thus  make  the  ground  quite  level 
north  and  south,  and  perhaps  have  a  gen- 
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the  basement  from  the  southeast  corner, 
but  otherwise  must  be  as  low  as  possible 
on  account  of  the  fill  involved  on  other 
sides.  The  location  designated  is  a  good 
one,  and  the  grade  of  the  front  part  of 
the  house  will  be  much  higher  than 
street  grade  at  the  southwest  corner 
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little  valley  between  the  house  and  the 
southeast  corner,  and  grade  the  rest  of 
the  lot  in  large,  sweeping  convex  curves 
starting  with  the  house  and  stopping  with 
the  property  line.  Because  of  the  irreg- 
ularity, it  is  essential  to  grade  so  that  the 
lines  are  natural  like  a  hill  rather  than 
artificial  like  a  terrace.  For  this  reason 
the  change  in  grade  at  the  foundation 
from  front  to  back  should  be  inconspicu- 
ous and  rounding  and  not  at  all  like  a  for- 
mal terrace. 

The  sidewalk  lines  should  likewise  con- 
form with  the  naturalness  of  the  grade 
lines.  The  front  walk  would  best  be 
something  like  an  "S,"  starting  straight 
in  front  of  the  entrance  steps  and  termi- 
nating in  some  steps  coming  up  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  property.  They  would 
properly  be  five  feet  wide.  The  back  walk 
being  only  a  service  walk,  can  as  well  be 
narrow  and  come  in  straight  to  the  back 
steps  at  right  angles  to  the  street. 

To  complete  such  a  careful  arrange- 
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some  considerable  tree  and  shrubbery 
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Going  to  Build 

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WOODS 


AND 


HOW  TO  USE 
THEM 


EDITOR'S  NOTE.  — When  the  building  idea  takes  possession  of  you — and  the  building  idea  is  dormant  or  active  in  every 
person;  when  you  feel  the  need  of  unbiased  information,  place  your  problems  before  KEITH'S  staff  of  wood  experts. 

This  department  is  created  for  the  benefit  of  KEITH'S  readers  and  will  be  conducted  in  their  interest.  Tl  e  information 
given  will  be  the  best  that  the  country  affords. 

The  purpose  of  this  department  is  to  give  information,  either  specific  or  general,  on  the  subject  of  wood,  hoping  to  bring 
about  the  exercise  of  greater  intelligence  in  the  use  of  forest  products  and  greater  profit  and  satisfaction  to  the  users. 


An  Educational  Propaganda. 

HE  Forest  Products  Federation 
have  organized  a  new  department 
of  trade  extension,  which  will 
undertake  an  educational  propa- 
ganda on  the  use  of  wood,  the  field  which 
it  should  fill  to  the  greatest  economic  ad- 
vantage to  all  those  concerned,  and  the 
status  of  wood  under  the  pressure  of 
modern  competition  and  selling  methods. 
Education  in  the  broadest  sense  is  the 
keynote,  and  by  no  interpretation  is  sim- 
ply a  national  advertising  campaign  pro- 
posed. 

The  initial  lines  of  work  will  cover 
building  codes  and  ordinances  relating  to 
the  use  of  wood  in  building  and  its  limi- 
tations. 

Investigation  as  to  the  relation  of  vvood 
construction  and  shingle  roofs  to  the  fire 
hazard  will  be  conducted  and  publicity 
given  to  the  findings.  Fire  retardant  ma- 
terials and  processes  will  also  be  investi- 
gated. This  important  work  will  be  un- 
dertaken in  the  spirit  of  safeguarding 
public  welfare  and  protecting  human 
lives  and  property. 

The  engineering  bulletins  will  be 
planned  so  as  to  be  embodied  in  a  Man- 
ual of  Standard  Wood  Construction. 

Publicity  on  the  uses  and  advantages 
of  wood  will  be  given  by  literature,  mag- 
azine articles,  lectures  and  all  other  avail- 
able mediums. 

Popular  leaflets  will  be  prepared  for 
distribution  through  many  channels,  cov- 
ering specifications  and  suggestions  for 
many  farm  structures. 


Wood  preservation  and  its  application 
to  the  lumber  industry  will  be  exploited 
and  literature  prepared  on  the  subject. 

Co-operation  with  several  organiza- 
tions such  as  the  National  Paint  Associa- 
tion, United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners,  American  Wood  Preservers' 
Association,  will  be  arranged  to  the  end 
of  promoting  mutual  interests  in  the  use 
of  wood. 

The    Increasing    Uses    of    a    Very    Old 
Wood. 

The  expositions  of  California  are  bring- 
ing to  the  attention  of  the  people  of  the 
country  the  qualifications  to  which  Cali- 
fornia redwood  lays  claim  and  which, 
they  say,  have  been  little  known  outside 
of  the  Pacific  coast  territory.  Redwood  has 
been  used  largely  for  general  building 
purposes,  on  account  of  its  great  durabil- 
ity and  light  weight,  and  for  mill  work 
because  of  its  comparative  freedom  from 
swelling  and  shrinking  with  atmospheric 
changes.  Its  possibilities  as  an  interior 
finish  have  not  been  developed.  The  Cal- 
ifornia Redwood  Association  predicts  that, 
with  the  recent  completion  of  direct  rail 
connection,  this  lumber  will  soon  become 
one  of  the  most  important  of  building 
woods. 

The  following  statements  have  been 
made  concerning  its  use  in  early  Califor- 
nia building: 

"The  imperviousness  of  redwood  to  de- 
cay has  long  been  known,  and  therefore 
its  use  by  the  home  builder  for  founda- 
tions is  not  only  natural  but  advantageous. 


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WOODS  AND  HOW  TO  USE  THEM-Continued 


Homes  in  Humboldt  and  Mendocino 
counties  were  built  on  redwood  founda- 
tions as  long  as  fifty  years  ago,  and  the 
original  sills  are  at  the  present  day  as 
sound  as  when  first  laid  down. 

The  weather  resisting  qualities  of  red- 
wood, even  when  unpainted,  are  pro- 
verbial. Barns  erected  in  Humboldt  and 
Mendocino  counties  as  early  as  1855  were 
sided  with  unpainted  redwood  boards  and 
covered  with  redwood  shingles  and 
shakes,  none  of  which  today  show  the 
slightest  deterioration  from  exposure. 
The  Russian  church,  erected  at  Fort 
Ross,  California,  in  1811,  was  built  en- 
tirely of  hewn  redwood,  and  although  the 
building  itself  was  completely  wrecked 
by  the  earthquake  in  1906,  the  redwood 
itself  is  as  sound  today  as  when  the  trees 
from  which  it  was  hewn  were  felled. 

The  fire  resisting  qualities  of  redwood 
are  well  known,  and  no  forest  fire,  no 
matter  how  severe,  has  ever  destroyed  a 
redwood  forest  or  killed  a  sound  ma- 
ture redwood  tree.  In  the  great  San 
Francisco  fire  of  1906,  this  characteristic 
was  put  to  a  most  severe  test. 

The  Sequoia  Sempervirens,  as  the  red 
wood  is  technically  called,  is  found  only 
along  the  fog  belt  of  the  California  coast, 
extending  in  a  strip  from  ten  to  thirty- 
five  miles  wide  from  the  Oregon  line  on 
the  north  down  into  Mann  county,  with 
a  few  scattered  groves  of  small  commer- 
cial importance  as  far  south  as  Monterey." 

Trees    Oldest   Living   Things  in   World. 

Recently  the  government  has  issued  a 
bulletin  on  the  giant  trees  of  the  Sequoia 
national  park  of  California.  There  are 
1,166,000  of  these  great  trees,  the  oldest 
of  which  is  3,200  years  of  age,  the  tallest 
292  feet  high,  the  greatest  diameter  36.5 
feet.  The  greatest  diameter  100  feet  above 
the  ground,  17.7  feet.  These  trees  are  the 


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oldest  living  things  in  the  world. 

In  the  days  of  the  Trojan  war  and  the 
exodus  of  the  Hebrews  from  Egypt,  the 
oldest  of  the  giant  sequoias  was  a  sapling 
twenty  to  thirty  feet  in  height,  and  by  the 
time  of  the  Marathon  was  mature. 

The  redwood  tree  grows  to  a  height  of 
150  to  300  feet  with  a  diameter  from  three 
to  fifteen  and  even  twenty  feet  at  the 
base.  The  trees  grow  very  close  together 
and  will  average  from  75,000  to  100,000 
board  feet  to  the  acre.  The  record  yield 
per  acre  is  1,000,000  board  feet. 

Eucalyptus,  the  Wonder  Tree. 

California  growers  of  the  eucalyptus 
tree  met  in  convention  in  the  Lumber- 
men's building  at  the  Panama-Pacific  ex- 
position. The  tourist-visitor  to  California 
is  surprised  at  the  number  and  extent  of 
the  young  eucalyptus  groves  which  he 
sees  on  every  side  along  the  ways  of 
travel.  They  call  the  eucalyptus  the 
"wonder  tree"  because,  as  they  say,  it 
grows  ten  times  as  fast  as  hickory,  oak  or 
mahogany  and  yields  lumber  which  is 
harder  and  better  than  those  native  trees. 

Oregon  Timbers. 

The  great  industry  of  the  state  of  Ore- 
gon is  displayed  in  a  unique  way  at  the 
San  Francisco  exposition  by  the  State 
building.  It  seems  to  be  composed  entire- 
ly of  mammoth  tree  trunks.  The  wide 
porticoes  that  surround  the  building  are 
supported  by  forty-eight  majestic  col- 
umns representing  the  forty-eight  states 
of  the  Union.  These  columns  are  simply 
mammoth  trunks  of  the  Douglas  fir,  with 
the  bark  left  on,  from  the  forests  of  Ore- 
gon. They  are  from  four  and  one-half  to 
eight  feet  in  diameter. 

Each  of  these  columns  contains  enough 
lumber  to  build  a  good-sized  dwelling 
house ;  they  weigh  from  forty  thousand 
to  fifty  thousand  pounds. 

The  flagpole  for  the  building  is  the  tall- 
est in  the  world — 251  feet  high.  It  was 
hewn  from  a  tree  347  feet  high,  and 
weighs  93,600  pounds.  There  are  more 
than  thirty  thousand  feet  of  lumber- 
enough  to  frame  and  board  in  five  eight- 
room  houses — in  this  giant  flagpole.  The 
tree  was  more  than  three  hundred  years 
old,  and  it  cost  over  five  thousand  dollars 
to  transport  it  and  set  it  in  place. 


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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


Seven  Lean  Years. 

HE  dream  of  Pharaoh  which  Jo- 
seph interpreted  pictured  seven 
fat  years  following  seven  lean 
ones.  It  is  a  curious  enough  fact, 
but  modern  statistics  show,  we  are  told, 
that  the  business  tide  ebbs  and  flows  in 
approximately  seven-year  periods.  Since 
1907  the  tide  has  been  on  the  ebb,  accord- 
ing to  this  statement  and  today  there  can 
be  little  question  but  that  the  tide  has 
turned. 

For  the  first  half  of  the  year  1915  a  for- 
eign trade  balance  of  stupendous  figures 
has  been  amassed  and  is  still  increasing. 
This  trade  balance  has  been  built  up  not 
alone  from  the  necessities  of  war  but  also 
by  the  needs  of  the  home. 

The  principal  factor  contributing  to  this 
result,  we  are  told,  was  not  munitions  of 
war,  which  might  seem  to  give  us  a  re- 
sponsibility in  this  terrible  slaughter,  so 
much  as  foodstuffs,  the  exportation  of 
which  for  eleven  months  amounted  to 
nearly  three-quarters  of  a  billion  of  dol- 
lars. Of  this,  wheat  constituted  the 
largest  item  of  increase  over  the  previous 
twelve  months,  followed  by  flour,  beef  and 
other  meats. 

In  this  country  the  demand  for  labor 
and  for  the  product  of  labor  is  becoming 
stronger,  while  capital  created  by  econ- 
omy is  awaiting  the  inevitable  demand  for 
its  legitimate  use.  Prosperity  seems  to 
beckon  from  the  distant  horizon. 

Our  Trade  Balance. 

"We  all  bow  down  before,  and  bump 
the  head  hard  three  times  in  the  presence 
of,  that  mighty  and  mysterious  fetish, 
The  Trade  Balance.  Whether  we  discuss 
industry,  commerce,  finance  or  the  tariff 
in  a  nation-wide  sense,  we  do  not  overlook 
the  masterful  relation  of  The  Trade  Bal- 
ance thereto,  nor  forget  to  beseech  his 
statistical  favor  in  order  to  give  point  and 
emphasis  to  argument.  It  is  true  some 
economists  have  jeered  at  The  Trade  Bal- 
ance and  called  him  a  Stuffed  Prophet. 

"So  we  ought  to  be  very  happy  over 


here  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  We 
have  assured  ourselves  time  and  again  of 
the  potency  and  goodness  of  The  Trade 
Balance.  And  now  that  we  have  it.  in 
amount  to  exceed  all  the  dreams  of  ava- 
rice, what  are  we  going  to  do  with  it? 

"The  inner  economic  meaning  of  this 
windfall  of  war  we  are  not  able  to  estab- 
lish at  this  time.  The  United  States  as  a 
whole  is  a  great  deal  richer  in  both  money 
and  credit  than  it  was  a  year  ago. 

"We  are  saving  a  good  deal  of  money 
in  our  relations  with  Europe  on  other 
than  trade  scores,  notably  in  the  expenses 
of  travelers  and  tourists — the  latter  of 
whom  are  princely  spenders." 

Beauty  as  an  Economic  Asset. 

"We  are  coming  into  a  fuller  and  clearer 
realization  of  beauty  as  an  economic  as- 
set," the  Minnesota  State  Art  Commis- 
sion tells  us.  "The  industrial  arts  of 
France  or  the  handicrafts  as  we  have  come 
to  think  of  them,  exceeded  in  their  eco- 
nomic value  in  one  year  the  total  valua- 
tion of  the  American  wheat  crop." 

The  Annual  Cost  of  a  Rat. 

A  single  rat,  the  experts  say,  may  eat 
or  otherwise  destroy  from  60  cents'  worth 
to  $2  worth  of  goods  per  year.  Rats  with 
social  aspirations,  who  live  exclusively  in 
hotels,  have  been  known  to  eat  $5  worth 
and  more  per  year.  Rather  less,  on  the 
whole,  than  the  average  human  guest  at 
these  establishments,  yet  totaling  up  to 
about  $50,000,000  a  year  cost  to  these 
United  States  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
rat  population  says  the  Philadelphia  Pub- 
lic Ledger.  Rats  cost  Philadelphia  some- 
thing more  than  $1,000,000  a  year. 

The  cost  of  his  living  is  one  of  the  least 
of  his  misdemeanors.  In  southern  ports 
where  the  bubonic  plague  is  to  be  feared 
a  strong  quarantine  is  exercised  against 
the  rat.  New  Orleans  is  making  heroic 
efforts  to  make  the  city  and  especially  the 
wharves  rat-proof.  This  again  is  a  costly 
proposition,  which  can  hardly  be  figured 
in  his  hotel  bill. 


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New  Booklets  and  Trade  Notes 


HE  White  Pine  Series  of  Architectural 
Monographs  is  a  most  unusual  publi- 
cation of  its  kind.  It  is  a  "bi-month- 
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tectural uses  of  white  pine  and  its  availability  to- 
day as  a  structural  wood,"  issued  by  the  White 
Pine  Bureau,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  The  second  num- 
ber has  just  been  issued,  and  illustrates  the  devel- 
opment of  Colonial  building  in  New  England 
during  the  early  portion  of  the  18th  century, 
showing  many  tine  old  houses  from  Medford. 
Marblehead,  Cambridge,  etc.  The  text  is  pre- 
pared by  Frank  Chouteau  Brown,  whose  name 
alone  stands  for  something  of  interest  concern- 
ing Colonial  work. 

The  first  number  described  the  very  begin- 
ning of  domestic  architecture  in  this  country. 
The  third  issue  will  discuss  the  domestic  archi- 
tecture which  was  developed  by  the  Dutch  in 
their  colony  of  New  Netherlands.  Mr.  Aymar 
Embury  II  will  contribute  the  text. 

These  houses,  which  have  stood  much  more 
than  the  length  of  time  which  people  of  other 
sections  of  the  country  consider  the  normal 
life  of  a  wooden  structure,  are  many  of  them 
still  in  an  excellent  state  of  preservation,  and 
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ON  HOME  BUILDING:. 


Just  a  Word MS 

The  Soliloquy  of  Home—  W.  Livingston  Larned 369 

A  Real  Estate  Investment  of  Two  Forty-foot  Lota— Ntllie  Ward  Halter 372 

Planning  the  Fireside  Corner—  Charles  Alma  Byers  '. 375 

A  Complete  Kitchen  without  Unusual  Expense— Edith  M.  Jones 379 

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Our  Big  Idea — Edward  L.  Singsen 887 

Home  in  An  Apartment 390 

Under  the  Sheltering  Roof  Tree 393 

A  Bungalow  with  Attractive  Cement  Porch 394 

Twin  Gables 398 

A  Story-and-a-Half  House 398 

The  Cottage  of  Your  Dreams 399 

A  Home  for  a  Physician 401 

Homes  of  Individuality 402 

DEPARTMENTS 

Decoration  and  Furnishing 406 

Answers  to  Questions  on  Interior  Decoration 410 

Household  Economica 414 

Table  Chat 418 

Building  Material  and  Notes  on  Heating,  Lighting  and  Plumbing 422 

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"Within  my  portals." 


KEITH'S  MAGAZINE 


VOL.  XXXIV 


DECEMBER,  1915 


No.  6 


IIIIIIMIINIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 


is>oltloqup  of 


W.    LIVINGSTON  LARNED 


last  nail  has  been  driven. 

The  last  brush-mark  is  dry,  and  the  last  remnant  of  the  restless 
Artisan  has  been  cleared  away.  I  stand,  complete,  ready  for 
your  occupancy.  I  am  no  longer  mere  wood  and  plaster  and  brick  and 
metal  and  craftsmanship.  I  am  'HOME,  in  the  sweet  fullness  of  the 
ivonderful  word. 

It  has  taken  Self-sacrifice  to  build  me.  Years  have  passed,  monoto- 
nously, perhaps,  and  the  heart  has  hungered  for  my  peace  and  quiet, 
but  now  .  .  now  .  .  Man  and  Woman,  your  Nest  is  complete. 
The  blue  sky  smiles  gently  above  it  and  here,  in  all  the  broad  reaches  of 
God's  wonderland,  is  one  tiny  patch  you  may  call  YOUR  OWN. 
It  was  WORTH  the  waiting  and  the  heart-aches  and  the  delay.  Man 
*  t  ••  •  light  your  pipe  and  don  your  smoking  jacket  .  .  .  there 
is  your  table  and  your  evening  lamp  and  your  dreams.  And  you, 
Woman,  we  would  have  you  sing  in  your  tidy  kitchen  and  plan  such 
magic  ideals  as  never  were  born  short  of  Paradise. 

My  snug  ramparts  will  do  much  to  ward  off  the  unhappiness  of 
the  big,  outer  World.  Indeed,  if  you  but  know  it,  Man  and  Woman, 
I  am  a  WORLD  UNTO  MYSELF,  complete,  beautiful,  soul-satisfying. 
And  when  You,  Man,  are  wearied  of  the  office  and  the  bustling  town, 
and  when  Business  shall  have  buffeted  you  beyond  endurance,  you 
may  turn  your  eyes  MY  way,  siire  of  rest  and  release.  Yes  .  .  .  I 
am  the  antidote  for  the  Hurts  of  the  Commercial  Highway.  I  open  my 
doors  to  you,  who  have  been  rebuffed  and  beaten  and  cowed  and  hammered 
down  to  the  dust  by  Life's  long  struggle  for  existence.  An  unassuming 


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little  Convent  amidst  roses  and  green 
lawns,  for  Woman,  sick  of  Battle  with 
Stern  Reality.  Here,  sure  of  herself, 
Mistress  of  all  she  surveys,  she  is  privi- 
leged to  draw  the  blinds,  and  close  the 
portals,  bolting  herself  in  from  that  which 
humiliated.  A  Princess,  mayhap,  in  a 
Castle  of  Content.  From  the  battlements, 
she  shall  peer  outward,  upon  the  pan- 
orama of  the  nervous  Day,  and  see  it  pass, 
touching  her  not  .  .  .  leaving  her 
happily  wedded  to  her  lullabies. 

Yes,  I  represent  one  of  the  purest  and 
most  Holy  ideals  Man  or  Woman  may 
hide  in  their  heart  of  hearts.  "HOME" 
.  .  .  the  word  itself  was  first  whis- 
pered in  Heaven,  and  then  sent  won- 
d'rously  echoing  by  the  angels.  Love 
dwells  within  my  walls  .  .  .  God, 
Himself,  smiles  in  at  the  sunny  case- 
ment, and  mixed  with  Hopes  and  Am- 
bitions-and  spiritual  dreams  is  the  laugh- 
ter of  little  children.  I  am  incomplete  without  CHILDHOOD.  The 
rooms  seem  lonely  indeed,  for  all  their  life  if  babies  be  not  there,  to  coo 
and  to  cry  and  to  crawl  joyously  along  the  golden  path  of  the  sun  as  it 
shines  there  on  the  sitting  room  floor.  A  chalice  '0  Maternal  Affection 
am  I,  smothered  in  jasmine  and  tea  roses. 

During  those  solicitous  days  when  hammers  pounded  upon  me, 
and  the  scent  of  white  pine  and  paint  and  tar  and  lime  were  in  the  air, 
you  came  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  arm  in  arm,  you  two,  and  stood  at  quite 
a  distance,  looking  at  me,  in  silence,  as  if  a  word  might  dispel  me  into 
Nothingness  again.  It  was  difficult  to  believe  that  I  was  being  created 
that,  from  the  Toil  and  the  Waiting,  Material  Reward  had 
sprung  and  was  taking  pretty  shape.  And  the  days  passed  . 
the  grass  flung  its  green  fabric  over  the  scarred  earth,  the  clambering 
vines  grew  strong  and  luxuriant  .  the  roses  SHE  had  planted 

took  firm   root   and   buds  came  with   Spring-tide     ...     a   magic 
mosaic  of  Beauty  welded  together  by  June. 

Come,  bide  with  me.  As  birds  build  nests  in  high  trees  and  raise 
their  young,  you  two,  Man  and  Wife,  are  to  climb  the  long  hill  and 
plan  for  a  new  sort  of  future — a  future  in  which  little  hands  and  little 
lips  and  little  voices  are  destined  to  play  wise  part.  I'm  waiting  for 


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you.  As  sweet  and  as  clean  as  the  very  flowers  at  my  door.  No  unkind 
word  has  been  said  within  my  portals — no  sufferings  have  been  known 
not  so  much  as  a  tear  has  fallen  on  my  sparkling  threshold. 
Take  me  and  see  well  to  it  that  I  be  kept  still  sacred.  Sweethearts 
must  lodge  here  .  .  .  sweethearts  until  the  twilight  of  your  com- 
panionship .  .  .  my  rooms  long  for  those  honied,  inconsequential, 
bird-like  things  men  say  to  women  and  women  say  to  men,  when 
their  Love  is  as  Holy  as  the  Bond  which  made  it  possible. 

There  is  a  porch,  up  whose  white  columns  the 
honeysuckle  clambers,  .  .  .  there  is  an  attic, 
where  cob-webs  will  be  spun  from  dark  rafters 

and  where  old  love  letters  will  some   day          *r 
•  >-$»>•, - 

rest  in  a  horse-hair  trunk     .     .     .     there  ~ 

are  closets,  just  right  for  toys    .     .    .    there 
is  a  cool,  long  hall  and  a  pretty  little  din- 
ing room,  at  whose  windows  dainty  white  curtains  will  ripple  in  the 
wind  and  geraniums  burn  orange  and   red,    as   if   painted 
there  is  a  pink  and  white  bed-room,  overlooking  meadows  and  hills 
and  dream-things,  lying  far  below  in  the  afternoon  sun     .     .     .     there 
is  a  room  set  apart  for  books  and  leather  covers  and  magazines  and 
consecrated,  we  confess,  to  the  mystic,  oriental  fumes  of  tobacco  smoke 
there  is  a  certain  corner     .     .     .     yes,  a  certain  quiet,  sun- 
lit corner  where  a  crib  should  stand,  with  room  beside  it  for  a  rocking 
chair  and  one   of  those  tall,  sedate  sewing-baskets  of  cream  willow. 
There  is  a  cellar-way,   rife  with  poetic  mystery  and  shelved  for  those 
delicious  jams  and  jellies  My-Lady  will  make — there  is     .     .     . 

But  No  .  .  .  I  will  say  no  more.  Come  .  .  .  I  am 
waiting  impatiently  for  you  both  .  .  .  MY  Children  .  .  .  my 
Lodgers  of  the  Long  Sacrifice  .  .  .  When  the  last  stroke  of 
hammer  and  brush  had  been  given  there  remained  but  ONE  more  thing 
to  make  me  truly  habitable  .  .  .  God's  Benediction  .  .  .  and 
last  night  as  the  world  slept,  the  dews  and  the  summer  rains 

fell,  singing  their  way  along  the  roof,  and  Dawn  gave  golden  assurance 
that  HE  had  given  it. 


The  Secret 

On  a  bed  of  moss  the  violet  lies 

And  o'er  the  violet  sway  the  ferns: 

Above  the  ferns  (he  birches  rise 

Above  the  birches  glow  far  skies 

And  God  o'er  all  wi:h  fond  heart  yearns. 

— Evelyn  M.   Watson 


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A  Real  Estate  Investment  on  Two 

Forty- foot  Lots 


Nellie  Ward  Haller 


HE  question  is  often  asked,  what 
can  a  woman  do  for  herself  when 
she  has  only  a  small  capital  and 
no  especial  business  training? 
What  can  she  do  with  a  small  capital 
in  California  to  make  her  self-support- 
ing? Here  is  the  story  of  what  one 
woman  did.  There  were  really  two 
women, — a  story  always  requires  two  peo- 
ple. In  this  case  the  daughter  soon  mar- 
ried, so  she  does  not  count  in  this  story. 
This  clever  woman  went  to  California 
to  live  in  God's  sunshine  and  to  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  the  earth  and  the  blessings 
of  health.  No  one  need  spend  her  days 
in  a  country  that  is  ice-bound  half  the 
year  and  tradition-bound  all  the  time, 
when  the  sunny  land  of  California  beck- 


ons to  her,  and  offers  her  a  home. 

She  invested  the  bit  of  gold  she  had 
brought  with  her  from  the  cold  country 
in  two  forty-foot  lots  on  a  corner  in  a  new 
suburb  almost  an  hour  by  trolley  from  the 
heart  of  the  city.  It  was  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  spots  imaginable,  so  the  clever 
woman  thought,  almost  overlooking  the 
Arroyo  Secco  yet  not  quite  near  enough 
to  acquire  Arroyo  prices,  which  were  very 
high  even  then.  There  was  a  small  house 
on  the  lots.  She  built  her  home,  on  the 
corner,  and  a  small  house  beside  it  with 
the  rest  of  her  small,  hoard. 

Her  friends  gave  her  good  advice ;  it 
was  too  far  out;  the  suburb  was  too  new 
for  good  rentals ;  it  was  not  practicable  to 
build  so  good  a  house;  how  could  she 


The  "Big  House." 


KEITH'S     MAGAZINE 


373 


ever  dare  to  build  the  second  house.  But 
the  clever  woman  kept  the  even  tenor  of 
her  way.  She  rented  the  big  house  easily. 
Then  for  a  time  she  rented  the  second 
house,  furnished,  and  lived  elsewhere.  She 
soon  furnished  all  of  the  houses.  Each 
had  its  little  garden  spot  both  for  vege- 
tables and  flowers,  for  the  lots  were  150 
feet  deep.  House  Number 
One,  which  she  intend- 
ed for  her  home,  was  a 
Keith  design  and  built  about 
ten  years  ago ;  the  original 
cost  was  about  $2,000.  It 
rented  immediately  for  from 
$25  to  $30  a  month.  It  is  a 
seven-room,  story-and-a-half 
bungalow.  The  four  bed 
rooms  upstairs  are  not  large, 


is  10x17  feet.  The  entire  floor  space  is 
26x44  feet.  This  house  is  certainly  a  very 
pleasant  place  in  which  to  live.  The  liv- 
ing rooms  connect  by  generous  openings 
and  the  floor  space  is  so  compact  as  to 
make  housekeeping  easy. 

The  interior  finish  is  slash  grain  Ore- 
gon pine,  stained  black ;  the  floors  are  of 


The  corner  fireplace  of  the  little  houi*. 

but  each  has  windows  on  two  sides,  a 
magnificent  view  as  well  as  light  and 
sunshine,  and  are  very  satisfactory.  The 
bath  room,  6'x9',  is  of  good  size.  The 
living  room  is  all  that  the  words  imply 
and  makes  up  for  any  deficiency  which 
the  rest  of  the  house  may  have.  It  is 
15x25  feet  and  well  lighted.  The  dining 
room  is  15x17  feet  with  a  built-in  buffet. 
A  semi-circular  bay  gives  a  most  unusual 
and  attractive  stair  landing.  The  kitchen 


The  landing  in  a  semi-circular  bay. 

the  same  kind  of  wood  pol- 
ished;  the  walls  are  Alpine 
plaster  "rag  finished"  and 
tinted  brown  with  cream-col- 
ored ceilings.  The  exterior 
of  the  house  is  most  attract- 
ive, with  the  semi-circular 
stair  bay  on  one  side  and  the 
exposed  chimney  on  the  oth- 
er side  of  the  house.  Front 
and  back  porches  six  feet 
wide  are  under  the  main  roof. 

The  second  house  sets  to  the  west  of 
the  main  house.  It  is  an  ordinary  five- 
roomed  cottage,  with  bath  and  the  usual 
screened  porch  in  the  rear,  and  a  pergola 
over  the  entrance.  This  same  plan  has 
probably  been  built  hundreds  of  times 
in  Los  Angeles  and  was  very  much  in 
demand  some  years  ago  when  this  house 
was  built.  There  is  nothing  unusual 
about  the  plan  or  the  house.  The  floor 


374 


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space  is  25x40 
feet.    The  liv- 
ing    room     is 
12x18  feet,  the 
dining      room 
12  x   15     feet. 
The    interior 
finish   is   Ore- 
gon pine,  and 
the   floors   are 
painted  a  dark 
red ;  the  walls 
are  tinted  ecru 
throug  h  o  u  t . 
The  house  has 
always  rented  well,  bringing  $20  or  $25 
when  it  was  furnished.     It  has  been  built 
about  eleven  years,  and  the  original  cost 
was  $1,300.    The 
Lady     Banksia 
rose,    a    climber, 
on    the    pergola 
adds  quite  a  little 
beauty     to      the 
front  entrance. 

As  a  matter  of 
investment,  t  h  e 
clever  w  o  m  a  n 
found  that  the 
third  tiny  house, 
facing  east, 
which  was  really 
the  fi  r  s  t  one 
built,  had  been 
quite  as  satisfac- 
tory as  the  others.  The  depth  of  the  lots 
allowed  a  lot  40x80  feet  to  be  taken  off 
beside  the  alley,  leaving  the  front  lots  40x 
1 10  feet.  The  20-foot  alley,  clean  and 
well  kept  as  it  always  has  been,  was  really 
a  narrow  street. 

This  house  is  almost  all  windows.  It 
has  a  floor  space  of  20x44  feet  and  con- 
tains four  fairly  good  sized  rooms,  a  bath 
room  6x9  feet  and  a  sleeping  porch  6  feet 
wide  across  the  entire  back  of  the  house. 
The  peculiar  shape  of  the  house  and  the 
fancy  shingled  exterior  have  caused  the 


Climbing  roses  give  a  touch  of  beauty. 


"The  bird  cage." 


people    in   the 
neigh  borhood 
to  dub  it  "The 
Bird  Cage."  It 
has  been  built 
over    fourteen 
years  and  has 
only  been  va- 
cant    for    a 
week  or  so  at 
a  time,  owing 
to  the  energy 
and    foresight 
of    the    clever 
woman.      The 
woodwork    throughout    is    Oregon    pine 
painted    white,    the    floors    also    Oregon 
pine  painted.     The  walls  are  rough  plas- 
ter   tinted    ecru, 
with  cream  ceil- 
ings.     The    fur- 
n  i  s  h  i  n  g  s    are 
golden    oak    and 
the   draperies   at 
the  windows  yel- 
low dotted  swiss. 
Asparagus    fern, 
red      geraniums, 
crepe  myrtle  and 
roses  are  banked 
about  the  house. 
The  garden  has  a 
variety  of  fruits. 
The  house  prob- 
ably did  not  cost 

over  $1,000,  and  has  averaged  a  rental  of 
$20  per  month,  so  as  an  investment  it 
has  paid  for  itself. 

The  "estate,"  viz.,  the  two  forty-foot 
lots,  has  become  a  veritable  rental  propo- 
sition with  a  fair  return.  The  houses  fac- 
ing snow-capped  "Old  Baldy"  are  attract- 
ive, compact,  livable, — particular  care  has 
been  taken  that  they  should  be  all  of 
these. 

After  a  few  strenuous  years  this  clever 
woman  came  into  her  own  again,  and 
made  her  home  in  the  "big  house." 


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375 


Planning  the  Fireside  Corner 


Charles  Alma  Byers 


LTHOUGH  nearly  all  of  our 
homes  of  today  are  equipped  with 
furnaces,  so  that  the  house  may 
be  evenly  heated  throughout,  the 
fireside  corner,  on  the  winter  evening,  is 
without  doubt  the  most  popular  place  in 
the  home.  It  is  here  that  the  family  in- 
variably assembles  to  read  and  to  talk 
over  the  events  of  the  day,  and  it  is  here 
also  that  evening  callers  are  most  often 
entertained.  And  it  is  the  household  resort 
not  only  for  the  evenings  of  the  winter 
months  but  of  the  fall  and  spring  months 
as  well  for  on  such  occasions  a  fire  on  the 
hearth  will  often  prove  alone  sufficient. 

Therefore,  to  make  this  place  suitably 
inviting,  the  fireside  corner  should  receive 
careful  consideration. 

The  fireplace  itself  ^^^^^^ 
should  receive  first 
attention.  It  must 
be  properly  de- 
signed, so  that  it 
may  prove  of  practi- 
cal service,  and  it 
should  also  be  so  de- 
signed as  to  consti- 
tute an  enhancing 
feature  of  the  inte- 
rior. The  ordinary 
builder  of  today, 
however,  is  invari- 
ably thoroughly  fa- 
miliar with  the  rules 
g  o  v  e  rning  practic- 
able fireplace  con- 
struction, so  that 
this  phase  of  the 
matter  may  be 
passed  over  without 
further  comment — 
so  long  as  he  is  made  Brick  and  tu 


to  realize  that  these  rules  are  of  para- 
mount importance. 

To  make  it  suitably  decorative,  the  fire- 
place should  be  made  to  harmonize  as 
much  as  possible  with  the  general  appear- 
ance of  the  room  in  which  it  is  used.  If 
the  room  be  of  simple  and  dignified  char- 
acter, the  fireplace  naturally  should  be  in 
keeping  therewith ;  if  the  interior  lean 
toward  rusticity,  this  effect  should  be 
likewise  maintained  in  the  fireplace,  and 
so  on.  In  other  words,  the  feature,  in 
neither  design  nor  color  scheme,  should 
be  too  conspicuous,  nor  in  any  way  seem 
to  have  been  added  as  an  afterthought.  It 
is  by  a  proper  consideration  of  these  mat- 
ters of  proportion  that  the  truly  attrac- 
tive fireplace  is  evolved. 
^^^^^^^^^^_  To  create  the  de- 

sired effect,  there 
are  any  number  of 
materials  from 
which  a  selection 
may  be  made.  Brick 
and  tile  are  always 
obtainable  in  a  wide 
assortment  of  colors 
and  finishes,  and 
from  them  it  is  pos- 
sible to  produce  al- 
most any  scheme 
that  may  be  wanted. 
Artificial  stone,  or 
concrete  blocks,  is 
also  frequently  em- 
ployed with  good  re- 
sult, and  even  cob- 
blestones are  some- 
times highly  satis- 
factory,- if  properly 
handled. 
«  of  color.  Generally  speak- 


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The  brick  hearth  is  the  width  of  the  Mats. 


ing,  the  fireplace  should  be  of  simple  lines,  as  well  as  to  the  mantel  or  mantel-shelf 
This  is  again  an  age  of  architectural  sim-  alone.  A  fireplace  may  be  pardonably 
plicity,  and  rarely  will  any  show  of  the  made  prominent  by  massiveness,  but  rare- 
ornate  seem  to  comprise  a  display  of  ly,  or  never,  conspicuous  by  ornamenta- 
really  good  taste.  This  applies  to  the  tion. 
construction  of  the  fireplace  as  a  whole.  An  inviting  fireside  corner  is,  of  course 


A  capper  hood  gives  a  good  touch  of  color. 


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377 


dependent  mainly  upon  a  satisfactory 
fireplace.  There  are,  however,  several 
other  matters  that  may  he  considered  in 
connection  therewith.  For  instance,  a 
built-in  bookcase  or  two  will  often  en- 
hance the  appearance  of  the  corner,  as 
well  as  prove  delightfully  convenient. 
Sometimes,  also,  a  built-in  writing  desk  is 
considered  a  desirable  asset.  Stationary, 
or  built-in,  seats  are  very  frequently,  now- 
adays, made  a  feature  of  such  a  corner, 
and  by  referring  to  the  accompanying 
illustrations  it  will  be 
realized  that  they  are 
highly  effective  in 
making  these  cozy 
corners  indeed  invit- 
ing. 

When  the  fireplace 
occupies  the  center  of 
some  outside  wall,  a 
very  common  ar- 
rangement consists  of 
placing  a  bookcase  at 
each  side  of  it.  Usu- 
ally the  cases  are 
rather  low  —  perhaps 
extending  from  the 
floor  to  a  height  of 
four  or  five  feet — and 
in  this  way  the  tops 
are  made  to  provide 
charming  shelves  for 
pictures  and  bric-a- 
brac,  while  above  will 
probably  be  located  a  tiny  window  or 
two.  Whether  the  fireplace  be  in  the  living 
room,  den  or  library,  this  arrangement  is 
particularly  handy,  and  will  be  found  to 
add  greatly  to  the  appearance  of  the  room. 
In  some  cases,  however,  a  small  built-in 
writing  desk  is  substituted  for  one  of  the 
bookcases. 

There  are  several  different  ways  for 
arranging  seats  for  corners  of  this  kind. 
These  seats  may  be  placed  against  the 
wall  at  either  side  of  the  fireplace,  being 
used  instead  of  the  bookcases,  or,  if  the 


room  be  sufficiently  narrow,  they  may  be 
located  along  the  side  walls  of  this  end 
of  the  room.  This,  in  fact,  since  the  seats 
more  nearly  face  the  open  fire,  is  an  espe- 
cially desirable  arrangement.  And  some- 
times, in  such  cases,  a  low  bookcase  may 
be  built  out  into  the  room  at  the  outer 
end  of  each  of  these  seats,  so  as  to  shut 
off  the  fireplace  into  a  sort  of  alcove.  This, 
too,  is  a  very  delightful  plan,  and  the 
fireside  corner  of  this  kind  is  sure  to  con- 
stitute an  ideally  cozy  retreat.  This,  of 


The  fireside  corner  is  a  cozy  retreat. 

course,  is  rarely  adopted  in  anything  but 
the  living  room,  since  the  other  rooms  are 
seldom  large  enough  to  permit  such  a 
division. 

In  designing  a  fireside  corner  to  con- 
tain built-in  seats,  it  should  be  borne  in 
mind  that  the  seats  can  be  made  to  serve 
for  other  purposes  than  those  for  which 
ordinarily  created.  Beneath  the  seat- 
shelf,  if  this  seat-shelf  be  fastened  with 
hinges,  may  be  provided  an  excellent  fuel 
bin  or  a  storage  place  ;  and  sometimes  this 
space  is  even  equipped  with  drawers, 


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The  round  arch  of  the  fireplace  opening  is  unusual. 


which  may  be  drawn  out  from  along  the  These  attractive  fireside  corners  may 
front,  and  hence  without  interfering  with  give  suggestions  of  practical  value  to  the 
the  seat  cushions  and  pillows.  prospective  builder. 


A  simple  fireplace  and  seat. 


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379 


THE 

KITCHEN 


A  Complete  Kitchen  Without 
Unusual  Expense 


Edith  M.  Jones 

(Copyright,  1915,  by  Edith  M.  Jones) 


HE  kind  of  houses  we  live  in 
greatly  influence  our  lives.  Not 
alone  is  our  comfort  affected  but 
our  housing  has  much  to  do  with 
our  efficiency.  A  cold,  dark  house  is  not 
only  less  comfortable  than  a  warm,  sun- 
shiny one,  but  the  care  of  a  badly  planned 
house  requires  a  great  waste  of  time  and 
energy. 

Many  otherwise  knotty  household 
problems  find  a  solution  when  housed 
with  ample,  well  planned  closet  and  stor- 
age room,  good  laundry  equipment  and 
drying  space,  a  convenient  and  well 
equipped  bath  room  and  above  all  a 
kitchen  which  provides  well  chosen  and 
carefully  placed 
furnishings. 

The  kitchen  is 
without       doubt 
the  most  impor- 
tant   of    all    be- 
cause   it    is    the 
great     industrial 
center  of  the  house.  As  some- 
one, either  the  mistress  her- 
self   or    an     assistant,     must 
spend  two-thirds  of  her  time 
in    this    room — it    is    obvious 
this  part  of  the  house  should 


be  not  only  convenient  but  attractive. 

It  is  a  great  mistake,  however,  to  think 
that  a  convenient  kitchen  means  an  un- 
necessary outlay  of  money.  Not  so  at 
all, — for  some  of  the  most  expensively 
equipped  kitchens  I  have  ever  seen  have 
been  the  most  inefficient.  On  the  other 
hand  some  very  simple  kitchens  have 
been  models  of  convenience. 

A  successful  kitchen  does  not  demand 
expensive  equipment  so  much  as  intelli- 
gent, careful  planning  for  the  individual 
family  needs. 

A  mistake  in  the  kitchen  is  especially 
serious  because  changes  mean  either 
much  additional  cost  or  else  there  must  be 

many  needless 
steps,  useless  ef- 
fort, waste  of 
time  and  con- 
stant annoyance. 
The  kitchen 
floor  plan  which 
is  shown  is  one 
of  the  very  sim- 
plest types  of  the 
so-called  efficient 
models.  It  has 
proven  itself  a 
blessing  in  a 


A  complete  small  kitchen. 


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home  where  the  mis- 
tress does  all  her 
own  work,  with  the 
exception  of  the  laun- 
dry work.  T  h  i  s 
housewife  is  a  woman 
of  many  outside  inter- 
ests and  constantly 
says  she  could  never 
do  what  she  does 
without  her  complete 
little  kitchen. 

There  is  not  one 
unusual  expense  in 
this  kitchen,  nor  is 
there  one  useless  step 
or  motion. 

This  kitchen  is 
small  --  the  inside 
measurements  are  8 
feet  by  10.  The  small 
entry  is  4  by  5  feet. 
This  entry  in  this 
northern  climate  is 
not  alone  a  great  pro- 
tection from  the  cold 
and  snow  but  it  keeps 
much  dirt  out  of  the 
workshop  and  alto- 
gether is  quite  worth 
the  added  expense. 

In  so  small  a  kitch- 
en it  saves  much 
wall  space  to  install 
the  refrigerator,  as  we 
did  this  one,  in  this 
entry.  The  icing  is 
done  from  the  outside 
and  the  box  is  pro- 
vided with  drainage. 
To  avoid  the  stooping 
process  involved  each 
time  one  goes  to  the  food  chambers  the 
box  was  set  one  and  one-half  feet  from 
the  floor.  This  space  was  made  into  a 
cupboard  and  is  used  for  the  scrub  pail, 
etc.  This  elevated  refrigerator  solves  the 
same  problem  that  the  modern  gas  range 


Fhe  pan 


has  done  in  its  right 
and  left  hand  ovens. 
Women  hate  stooping 
and  it  is  one  of  the 
things  to  be  avoided 
as  far  as  possible. 

A  small  receiving 
window  with  automat- 
ic locks,  not  shown  in 
this  drawing,  opens 
on  an  inside  shelf  be- 
^flk  side  the  rear  door. 

,  This  window  is  used 
to  receive  the  deliver- 
ies and  saves  many 
unnecessary  trips  to 
answer  the  door  bell. 

To  the  left  of  the 
entry  door  is  the 
broom  closet  in  which 
a  place  is  provided  for 
two  table  boards.  As 
they  are  rarely  used 
the  remaining  boards 
are  sent  to  the  attic. 

The  remaining  space 
at  left  of  entry  is  used 
for  the  pan  closet. 
The  illustration 
makes  its  use  and 
convenience  quite  ap- 
parent and  a  descrip- 
tion unnecessary. 

The  gas  range 
shown  is  small  in  size 
but  one  that  is  very 
satisfactory  for  a 
small  family.  It  has 
a  right  hand  oven, 
white  enamel  splash- 
er back  and  white 
door  panels. 

The  window  beside  the  gas  range 
serves  for  direct  light  on  the  range  work 
and  also  provides  the  counter  ventilation. 
Beneath  the  window  is  a  drop  shelf 
which  can  be  used  when  occasion  de- 
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Tin-  working  shelf  at  the  other  side  of 
the  room  is  thirty-six  inches  from  the 
floor.  It  is  made  of  inch  strips  of  white 
maple  1-54  inches  thick,  bolted  together, 
so  that  the  bolts  can  be  tightened.  This 
has  proved  a  most  satisfactory  working 
shelf.  Beneath  the  shelf  are  the  movable 
metal  lined  flour  and  sugar  bins,  bread 
and  cake  drawers  and  a  storage  cupboard. 

The  one  piece  porcelain  sink  is  the 
same  height  as  the 
working  shelf  and 
continues  from  the 
end  of  working  shelf 
to  a  few  inches  of 
dining  room  swing 
door.  This  door,  by 
the  way,  is  provided 
with  one  of  the  new 
and  very  useful  door 
stops.  The  sink  has 
a  drain  stopper 
which  is  a  great  con- 
venience in  washing 
dishes  and  prepar- 
ing vegetables.  A 
drawer  with  parti- 
tions for  working 
knives,  spoons,  etc., 

is  under  the  left  drain  board.  Under  this 
drawer  is  the  low  radiator.  Under  the 
right  hand  drain  board  is  a  chest  of 
drawers  for  the  roller  and  tea  towels,  the 
silver  cleaning  outfit,  etc. 

The  cupboard  above  the  working  shelf 
at  the  extreme  left  is  for  the  spices,  etc. 
The  other  cupboards  in  kitchen  are  for 
the  dishes.  The  doors  of  all  these  cup- 
boards are  of  glass  but  the  overhead  cup- 
boards have  wooden  doors  as  these  are 
only  used  for  storage. 

The  doors  above  the  sink  open  into  a 
cupboard  above  the  buffet  in  the  dining 
room.  The  utility  of  this  arrangement 
cannot  be  questioned.  The  used  dishes 
from  dining  room  table  are  put  in  the 
cupboard  from  dining. room  skle  and  are 
taken  from  kitchen  side  and  washed. 


After  draining  and  drying  they  are  placed 
in  the  cupboard  again  ready  for  the  next 
meal. 

This  simple  arrangement  not  alone 
saves  much  handling  but  also  much 
breakage  of  dishes.  The  doors  must  be 
carefully  fitted,  however,  and  care  used 
in  keeping  them  closed  during  the  cook- 
ing of  the  meals  in  order  to  prevent  odors 
from  penetrating  into  house. 


A  range  extension  with  table  of  maple  strips  bolted  togsther. 

This  little  kitchen  is  not  alone  a  very 
efficient  kitchen  but  a  most  attractive  one 
in  appearance.  The  floor  is  covered  with 
linoleum  in  a  Copenhagen  blue  and  cream 
and  has  a  coved  base.  This  coved  base 
fits  up  under  the  bins  also  and  does 
away  with  all  angles  and  corners.  The 
side  walls  are  covered  with  a  creamy- 
white  Sanitas  which  has  a  conventional 
design  in  Copenhagen  blue  with  a  touch 
of  deep  red. 

The  woodwork  of  the  kitchen  is  enamel 
the  color  of  Jersey  cream.  The  entry  is 
done  in  the  natural  color  to  match  the 
outside  finish  of  the  refrigerator. 

The  windows  have  thin  white  sash 
curtains.  Above  the  curtain  rod  on  the 
windows  is  a  little  shelf  and  here  are  al- 
ways seen  one  or  more  red  geraniums. 


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Some  way  this  last  little. bit  of  color 
seems  to  be  the  crowning  touch  to  this 
attractive  room. 

If  it  is  true  that  the  houses  we  live  in 
greatly  influence  our  lives — can  we  not  as 
truly  say  a  well  planned  attractive  work- 


shop, like  the  one  described,  must  not 
alone  affect  our  comfort  and  efficiency  but 
the  worker's  added  joy  and  interest  in 
her  work  must  have  a  far  reaching  effect 
on  the  health  and  happiness  of  the  whole 
family? 


The  Fascination  of  the  Rug 
from  the  Orient 


HE  charm  of  the  Oriental   rug  is 
elusive.       The     some-time     house- 
holder  often   buys  his   first   "Ori- 
ental"  as    he   would   a   picture   or 
a  valuable  book  "just  because  he  wants 
it."     He  may  have  no  use  for  it  nor  any 
place  to  put  it.  The  mystery  of  the 

Orient,  the  wonder  of  color  and  texture 
pervades  the  rug.  There  is  an  unknown 
quality  in  the  design;  which  has  been 
the  only  means  of  self-expression  to  gen- 
erations of  workers  following  the  same 
patterns,  beside  which  our  studied  de- 
signs seem  lifeless  if  not  crude.  It 


weaves  a  spell  over  the  imagination  which 
is    almost   irresistible. 

The  practical  American  listens  to  all 
that  is  said  about  the  fascination  and  the 
beauty  of  the  Oriental  rug,  and  then  asks 
wherein  its  acatual  value  lies,  and  how  it 
differs  from  the  weaves  of  the  West.  In 
the  first  place  the  carpet  is  essentially  an 
Oriental  product.  When  civilization  in 
the  West  was  living  on  sanded  and  rush- 
strewn  floors,  the  Oriental  potentate  had 
his  wonderful  rugs.  Ancient  gossip  tells 
us  that  the  tomb  of  Cyrus  was  covered 
with  a  Babylonian  carpet,  and  that  Cleo- 


A  woman's  whole  life  goes  into  these  rugs. 


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383 


patra   was    carried   into   the   presence   of 
Caesar  in  a  roll  of  carpet. 

"Next  to  the  quality  of  the  material 
from  which  it  is  made  and  the  dye  with 
which  it  is  colored,  the  splendid  durabil- 
ity of  the  Oriental  rug  is  due  to  the  man- 
ner in  which  the  pile  is  tied  to  the  warp 
thread.  So  secureely  is  it  tied  that  it  is 
impossible  to  remove  it  by  pulling  either 
end  of  the  knot.  This  differs  from  the 
domestic  method  in  which  the  pile  is 
merely  drawn  between  the  warp  threads 
without  tying  or  fastening.  In 
the  finer  fabrics  of  the  East 
the  knots  are  so  close  that  it 
requires  careful  examination  to 
discover  them,  except  in  very 
old  rugs  where  the  pile  is  worn 
down,  when  the  kot  is  distinct- 
ly seen." 

The  knot  is  the  unit  in  the 
Oriental  rug.  The  tiny  stipend 
paid  to  the  worker  depends  on 
the  number  of  knots  she  ties. 
The  pattern  is  counted  out  by 
the  number  of  knots  in  each 
color.  The  fineness  and  the 
value  of  a  rug,  as  with  a  cash- 
mere shawl,  is  measured  by  the 
number  of  knots  to  the  square 
inch.  In  some  parts  of  Persia 
the  best  weavers  are  men,  but 
in  general  Oriental  rugs  are 
the  work  of  women  and  child- 
ren. Little  tots  begin  working  at  the 
loom  when  only  four  or  five  years  old, 
we  are  told.  A  woman's  whole  life  goes 
into  these  rugs.  A  skilful  weaver  can 
tie  from  twelve  to  fourteen  knots  a  min- 
ute,— from  seven  to  eight  thousand  knots 
a  day. 

The  eastern  loom  is  primitive.  It  con- 
sists merely  of  four  poles  joined  together 
with  ropes  according  to  the  size  of  the 
rug  to  be  woven.  On  these  the  warp 
threads  are  strung  and  kept  at  the  proper 
tension  by  weights,  which  are  attached 
to  one  of  the  cross  poles.  "Beginning  at 


the  bottom  and  working  toward  the  right, 
the  wool  yarn,  which  is  to  form  the  pile, 
is  looped  around  the  warp  threads  by  the 
aid  of  blunt-pointed  needles  and  then  tied 
in  such  a  way  that  by  each  knotting  two 
of  the  warp  threads  are  bound.  When 
the  Turkish  knot  is  used,  these  two 
threads  are  bound  side  by  side.  When 
the  Persian  knot  is  used,  if  tied  tightly, 
one  is  bound  in  front  of  the  other.  After 
each  row  of  knots  one  or  more  weft 
threads  are  passed  through  between  the 


Showing:  the  left  and  right  Senna  knots  and  the  Ghiordea  knot  both  before 
and  after  the  trimming  of  the  pile. 


warp  threads  and  then  beaten  down  with 
a  sort  of  a  comb.  The  pile  is  then 
trimmed  to  the  desired  length.  The  Cau- 
casians and  Kurds,  as  a  rule  leave  a  long 
pile,  while  the  Turkomans  and  Persians 
clip  theirs  quite  short.  Close  trimming 
brings  out  more  minutely  the  color  varia- 
tions. The  tigher  and  closer  the  knots  are 
tied, — which  is.  determined  by  the  close- 
ness of  the  warp  threads,  and  the  number 
of  the  weft  threads  between, — the  more 
perpendicular  is  the  pile  and  the  more 
durable  the  fabric.  Loosely  woven,  long- 
knapped  rugs  have  more  sheen  than  do 


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the  tightly  woven  short  knapped  ones, 
as  the  long  ends  untwist  and  become  more 
lustrous. 

An  Oriental  rug  has  three  values,  first, 
the  art  value,  depending  on  its  color  and 
design,  second,  the  collector's  value,  de- 
pending upon  its  rarity,  and  third,  the 
utility  value,  depending  upon  durability. 

One  likes  to  buy  these  rugs  from  a 
man  of  some  of  the  eastern  lands.  He 


ible.  In  my  country  we  walk  on  them 
with  a  soft  foot.  We  sit  on  them.  But 
your  heavy  chairs,  your  furniture,  your 
boots, — no  it  is  different."  "The  most 
beautiful  rugs  in  my  home  were  of  my 
grandfather's  time.  They  were  not  worn, 
— oh,  no.  They  were  perfect,  with  the 
softness  and  sheen  of  usage,  and  the  col- 
ors, not  so  bright  and  strong.  My  grand- 
father's rugs  had  reached  their  perfection 


A  Turkish  loom. 


may  have  the  business  principles  of  the 
Oriental,  but  he  knows  and  loves  his  rugs. 
Ask  him  a  little  more  as  to  the  design  of 
a  rug  and  where  it  is  made,  and  he  locates 
the  spot  in  a  very  definite  way,  and  unless 
you  are  a  traveler  or  have  an  expert 
knowledge  in  things  Oriental,  he  is  imme- 
diately in  a  world  practically  unknown 
to  the  Occidental.  Asking  one  such  deal- 
er, who  is  an  American  citizen,  but  whose 
fathers  came  from  a  far  country,  as  to  the 
life  of  the  Oriental  rug,  he  said :  "In  my 
country  they  last  always,  the  wear  is  not 
hard, — but  here,  with  your  heavy  shoes, 
it  is  different.  They  are  not  indestruct- 


in  my  youth.  Three  generations,  yes, 
that  time  makes  a  beautiful  rug  perfect." 
"In  my  country  we  wear  no  shoes  on  our 
rugs,  we  do  not  beat  and  tear  them.  The 
floor  is  not  the  only  place  for  a  rug.  We 
have  many  uses.  Yes,  you  see  many 
prayer  rugs,  and  saddlebags,  and  some- 
times the  rugs  which  young  girls  weave 
for  their  dowry.  The  pattern,  the  col- 
ors, they  all  mean  something."  He  ca- 
ressed the  rug  under  his  hand. 

From  time  immemorial  the  Oriental  has 
been  putting  the  best  of  his  life  into  these 
tapestries,  much  of  his  thought  and  all  of 
his  imagination.  "The  transmission  of 


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ancient  patterns  has  been  going  on  from 
century  to  century,  the  old  designs  and 
colorings  being  copied  by  weavers  from 
one  generation  to  another  and  many  of 
those  used  at  the  present  time  are  doubt- 
less the  same  that  were  used  in  the  time 
of  Abraham." 

"Each  district,  tribe  or  family  had  its 
characteristic  patterns  and  color  combina- 
tions which  were  regarded  as  its  indi- 
vidual inheritance  and  were  never  copied 
by  other  districts,  tribes  or  families.  So 
it  is  possible  for  the  expert  to  tell  the  lo- 
cality from  which  an  antique  rug  came, 
but  the  source  of  the  modern  one  is  not 
quite  so  accurately  determined  on  account 
of  modern  changes  in  design. 

The  secrets  of  the  eastern  dye-pot  are 
responsible  for  the  unrivaled  beauty  and 
durability  of  the  Oriental  rug.  These  se- 
crets of  extracting  coloring  matter  from 
roots,  leaves,  flowers,  barks,  and  various 
other  vegetable  and  animal  products  by  a 
process  of  boiling,  fermenting,  etc.,  were 
guarded  religiously  and  descended  from 
father  to  son,  many  of  them  having  been 
lost  as  the  family  became  extinct.  Each 
dyer  or  family  of  dyers  has  some  peculiar 
and  secret  method  of  producing  certain 
colors  or  shades. 

Our  much  greater  knowledge  of  chem- 
istry has  been  of  little  help  to  us  in  our 
efforts  to  produce  certain  colors  or  to  du- 
plicate those  which  the  Orientals  pro- 
duce with  the  simplest  ingredients  and 
without  any  scientific  knowledge  of  chem- 


i-tiy.  Every  kind  of  plant  from  which 
dyestuff  is  obtained  is  dependent  upon 
certain  conditions  of  climate  and  soil.  For 
this  reason  colors  in  one  locality  may  be 
superior  to  those  of  another,  and  thus 
affect  the  rugs  of  the  locality.  Most  vege- 
table dyes  fade,  but  they  fade  into  softer 
and  more  pleasing  colors.  Hence  the 
greater  beauty  of  older  rugs. 

The  methods  of  weaving,  however,  have 
not  changed  in  a  thousand  years,  in  the 
Orient.  While  in  a  few  places  the  best 
artisans  are  men,  in  mo?t  sections  the 
weavers  are  mostly  women  and  children. 
Little  children  begin  working  at  the 
loom  when  they  are  only  four  or  five 
years  old,  and  serve  an  apprenticeship  of 
two  -years,  after  which  they  receive  a 
few  pennies  a  day.  Rug  weaving  is  the 
whole  life  of  the  women,  with  perhaps 
a  little  gossip.  It  is  their  amusement 
as  it  is  their  source  of  income.  Many 
of  the  girls,  especially  in  Asia  Minor, 
with  their  earnings  buy  perforated  gold 
coins  with  which  they  decorate  them- 
selves, as  trophies  Of  their  skill  and  as 
doweries  for  their  marriage. 

In  one  of  his  books  on  Oriental  rugs, 
Dr.  G.  Griffin  Lewis  says  that  if  the  wo- 
men of  the  Orient  are  ever  emancipated 
western  countries  will  have  much  more 
difficulty  in  getting  eastern  carpets  than 
at  the  present  time.  Only  in  a  land  where 
time  is  of  little  value  and  is  not  consid- 
ered as  equivalent  of  money  can  such 
things  be  done. 


NOTE — The  illustrations  of  the  Oriental  looms  and  of  the  knots  are  used  by  the  courtesy  of  the  J.  B.  Lippencott  company, 
two  of  whose  books  on  Oriental  rugs,  to  which  we  are  alse  indebted,  are  noticed  in  another  department. 

Picturesque  Philippine  Ruins 

Monroe  Wooley 


ARS,  typhoons,  and  earthquakes 
have  combined  to  make  the  Phil- 
ippines rich  in  ruins.  Perhaps  no 
land  anywhere  can  boast  of  a 
greater  number  of  picturesque  ruins,  con- 
sidering size,  than  can  the  island  empire 


we  own.  The  Spaniards  as  overlords  of 
the  country  believed  in  solid  forms  of 
construction.  Stone  and  galvanized  iron 
were  their  favorite  materials.  But  even 
these  buildings  could  not  withstand  the 
onslaughts  of  war  and  the  elements. 


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There   is   scarcely   a 
town    which    cannot 
boast  of  one  or  more 
large  ruins,  either  in 
the  form  of  a  church, 
a  government  build- 
ing, or  a  private  resi- 
dence.       Vegetation 
grows  rapidly  in  the 
tropics,  and  over  the 
remains    of    the    old 
buildings     (some    of 
which      were      built 
centuries  ago)  dense 
growths   have   clam- 
bered in  wild  profu- 
sion,  adding  to   the 
beauty    of    the    pic- 
ture.     Many      an 
American  has  sighed 
regretfully       when 
viewing  these  old  ruins,  no  doubt  real- 
izing   what    fine    country     homes     they 
would  make  with  a  little  renovation  and 
remodeling    if     they 
could     be     transported 
bodily    across    the    sea. 
But    ruins,    as    in    the 
,case   of   live    stock,    is 
one  of  the  things  that 
cannot  be  brought  into 
the  United  States.  Pub- 
licity  committees   have 
long     since     become 
aware   of   the   value   of 
the  ruins  about  Manila 
as     show     places     for 
sightseers.       But     out- 
side   of    this    the    old 
buildings  are  not  being 
made  use  of  to  any  ex- 
tent.      Now    and    then 
the    government    finds 
one    that    seems    fitted 
for  rebuilding  to  advan- 
tage,   but    this    is    not 
often. 

If  Americans  cannot 


A  Philippine  Ruin." 


A  garden  wall  in  San  Diego.— Irving  Gill,  Archt. 


transport  bodily  the 
picturesque     ruins 
from  the  Philippines 
they  can  do  a  much 
more      satisfactory 
thing.        They      can 
have  the  picturesque 
without     the     ruins. 
Romance  has  woven 
itself  so  inseparably 
about  the  old  ruinous 
and         picturesque 
buildings  that  it  has 
taken  us  long  to  real- 
ize   that   new   build- 
ings,   planned   to 
meet    modern    needs 
in  the  fullest  degree, 
can  also  be  given  the 
element   of    the    pic- 
turesque.  The  archi- 
tect with  a  vision  realizes  this  and  many 
modern  homes  have  the  charm  of  detail 
nnd  the  picture  values.     California  archi- 
tects, familiar  with  the 
picturesque    phases    of 
the   missions   and   per- 
haps of  these  ruins  in 
the  Philippines,  are  giv- 
ing us  some  extremely 
interesting  work.    Not- 
able among  these  archi- 
tects is  Mr.  Irving  Gill, 
of  San  Diego,  a  pictur- 
esque    bit     of     whose 
modern  work  is  shown. 
Working      under      a 
brilliant      semi-tropical 
sunshine  and  in  a  land 
where  vines  and  shrub- 
bery     follow      closely 
after  the  thought,  arch- 
itects,    artists     and 
home   builders   are   de- 
veloping      possibilities 
which    will    ultimately 
affect  the  whole  coun- 
try. 


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"Our  Big  Idea" 

Edward  L.  Singsen 
A  Building  Experience  by  One  of  Keith's  Readers 


E  are 
writing 
this  little 
story, 


I 


,\ 


my  wife  and  I,  of 
the  creation  of 
our  home  be- 
cause we  believe 
it  to  be  unique. 

When  we  be- 
came engaged, 
almost  our  firsl 
thoughts  were  oi 
the  house  which 

some  day  we  should  make  into  a  home. 
Many  an  ordinary  couple  (for  we  like  to 
tickle  our  vanity  with  the  thought  that  we 
are  as  much  out  of  the  ordinary  as  is  our 
house)  has  started  in  the  same  way,  and 
has  dreamed  of  a  cozy  cottage,  or  a  won- 
derful bungalow,  and  ended  by  renting  a 
five-room  flat.  We  also  dreamed  of  a 
cozy  cottage, — and  looked  for  a  "desir- 
able" flat. 

The  problem  of  acquiring  a  house  to 
conform  to  our  specifications  on  an  in- 
come of  about 
one  hundred  dol- 
lars a  month 
seemed  so  diffi- 
cult of  solution 
that  we  had  al- 
most given  it  up 
when  we  struck 
the  "Big  Idea." 
While  visiting 
friends  one  day 
in  a  neighboring 
suburb,  we  were 
shown  the  story 


A  building  which  looked  like  a  barn. 


and  a  half  build- 
ing which  looked 
like  a  barn,  and 
told  that  they 
(our  friends ) 
were  considering 
the  advisability 
of  remodelling  it, 
and  renting  it  to 
some  "nice  young 
couple"  (with 
particular  e  m  - 
phasis  on  the 
"nice  young 

couple").  That  set  us  to  thinking.  The 
result  was  that  we  persuaded  our  friends 
to  sell  us  the  building  with  a  good  strip  of 
land,  and  let  us  do  our  own  remodelling. 
Things  began  to  look  rosy,  yet  the  financ- 
ing of  the  project  cast  a  shadow  of  doubt 
over  our  plan.  It  would  cost  money,  but 
that,  too,  was  compassed  as  part  of  the 
big  idea. 

In  arranging  the  floor  plans,  which  we 
did  ourselves,  every  foot  is  utilized  to  the 
best  advantage,  thus  making  the  house, 

although  quite 
small,  appear 
very  roomy  and 
comfortable.  The 
smallness  of  the 
kitchen,  with  its 
convenient  a  r  - 
rangement  o  f 
pantries  and  cup- 
boards, allows  for 
the  roominess  of 
the  living  room, 
with  its  big  open 

fireplace. 


as  we  have  rn.de  it. 


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From  our  blue  printed  plans  we  made 
contracts  for  the  remodelling  of  the  build- 
ing, covering  all  of  the  details,  which 
should  convert  it  into  our  wonderful 
home.  Thus  we  knew  the  cost  almost  to 


Three  steps  to  the  landing. 

a  dollar  before  we  went  ahead,  and  we 
figured  that  by  having  mill  work  and 
materials  all  prepared  and  supplied  under 
contract  we  had  reduced  the  cost  to  our 
price,  so  that  we  need  not  hunt  the  "de- 
sirable flat."  My  "partner"  was  on  the 
job  practically  every  day  during  the  build- 
ing operations  to  settle  vexed  questions 
as  they  should  arise. 


These  stones  were  all  brought  from  the  beach. 

The  cuts  showing  our  home  as  we  have 
made  it,  and  the  building  as  it  stood  be- 
fore alterations  were  made,  tell  the  story 
at  a  glance.  The  barn  door  was  taken 
out  and  the  upper  part  of  the  space  filled 
with  a  triple  window.  Beyond  is  a  hood- 


ed door.  The  loft  door  was  closed  and  a 
window  cut  in  on  either  side  of  it.  A 
piazza  was  built  on  the  front,  screened  in 
to  make  it  a  real  summer  living  room. 
The  outside  chimney,  built  of  tapestry 
brick,  which  gives  a  flue  for  the  liv- 
ing room  fireplace,  can  be  seen 
through  the  tree.  The  old  chimney 
was  used  for  the  furnace.  Cement 
steps  were  put  in  at  one  end  of  the 
piazza  and  at  the  entrances. 

The  living  room  has  the  pleasant 
coziness  of  the  big  "homey"  room. 
Comfort  is  the  key  note,  and  this  is 
carried  out  even  in  the  tan  oat-meal 
paper  and  the  natural  oak  wood 
work,  which  seem  to  reflect  the  feel- 
ing of  companionship  which  the  cob- 
ble-stone fireplace  originates.  To  us 
this  fireplace  is  without  an  equal  in  inter- 
est and  beauty.  A  photograph  may  re- 
produce the  lines  and  detail,  yet  it  cannot 
show  the  many  colors  of  the  stones  with 
their  flecks  of  mica  and  marble  hues,  nor 
the  romance  of  its  building.  These  stones 
came  from  the  famous  Pebbly  Beach  at 
Block  Island,  R.  I.  My  wife  and  I  went 
down  there  with  sacks  and  picked  up 
every  stone  ourselves,  each  one  se- 
lected because  of  some  beauty  of 
color  or  form. 

After  the  informal  ease  of  the  liv- 
ing room,  the  almost  severe  lines  of 
the  Sheraton  mahogany  furniture 
give  a  touch  of  formality  to  the  din- 
ing room,  while  the  French  doors 
add  a  sense  of  hospitality  and  good 
cheer. 

The  kitchen  and  pantries  almost 
shout  efficiency.  The  arrangement 
of  the  sink  and  set  tubs  makes  pos- 
sible the  use  of  the  zinc  cover  to  the 
tubs  as  a  drain  board  and  general  working 
surface.  Hot  cooking  utensils  may  be 
placed  upon  it  without  injury  to  it,  ob- 
viating the  necessity  of  putting  them  in 
the  porcelain  sink.  The  gas  range  is  an- 
other feature  worthy  of  note.  It  is  built 


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on  the  fireless  cooker  principle,  with  two 
large  ovens,  one  a  broiler,  packed  and 
lined  like  a  fireless  cooker.  In  cooking 
our  Thanksgiving  dinner  we  put  a  thir- 
teen-pound turkey,  two  kinds  of  potatoes, 
turnips,  squash,  onions  and  a  cake,  all  in 
the  oven  at  once,  had  the  gas  on  for  a 
little  over  an  hour,  and  two  hours  after- 
wards the  dinner  was  served,  piping  hot, 
everything  cooked  to  a  turn,  yet  nothing 
overdone  and  no  mixing  of  flavors.  The 
steam  did  not  make  the  cake  soggy  nor 
did  the  flavor  of  the  onions  permeate  the 
other  vegetables.  The  range  has  the  or- 
dinary arrangement  of  surface  burners, 
except  that  they  are  covered  over 
with  a  cast  iron  top,  with  lids  simi- 
lar to  a  coal  range.  This  arrange- 
ment has  proved  very  satisfactory  as 
many  utensils  may  be  kept  warm 
while  but  a  single  burner  is  lit. 

To  the  right  of  the  range  is  a 
kitchen  cupboard  which  holds  all  the 
aluminum  cooking  utensils,  a  bread 
mixer,  an  electric  flat  iron  and  other 
things.  In  the  pantry  connecting 
the  kitchen  with  the  dining  room,  is 
a  dish  closet  and  a  lower  cupboard 
for  flour,  sugar,  etc.,  on  either  side 
of  which  is  a  row  of  very  useful  drawers. 
A  cold  closet  opens  off  this  pantry,  in 
which  is  refrigerator  and  numerous 
shelves  to  accommodate  supplies  of  va- 
rious kinds.  The  kitchen  and  pantry 
floors  are  covered  with  the.  best  cork 
linoleum.  The  walls  are  painted  light 
buff;  the  woodwork  is  yellow  pine,  fin- 
ished natural. 

Upstairs  are  two  bedrooms  and  a  bath. 
The  latter  has  charmed  all  comers  with 
its  blue  and  white  color  scheme.  The 
woodwork  is  white  enamel,  while  the 
floor  is  covered  with  an  inlaid  linoleum 
of  tile  design  in  blue  and  white.  The 
walls  are  wainscoted  about  four  feet  high 
with  a  pressed  tile  finish,  and  the  upper 
part  of  the  walls  is  tinted  blue.  The 
built-in  medicine  cabinet  and  the  clothes 


chute  are  conveniences  which  cost  prac- 
tically nothing  and  are  almost  indispens- 
able. 

The  smaller  of  the  two  bedrooms  has 
two  windows  in  it  and  a  good  sized 
clothes  closet.  The  woodwork  is  hi 
white  enamel ;  the  floor  is  hard  pine.  The 
walls  are  covered  with  a  dainty  paper  of 
soft  chintz  design,  with  a  drop  border  of 
apple  blossoms. 

The  larger  bedroom  is  the  owners' 
pride.  It  has  two  casement  windows  on 
opposite  walls  with  two  full  size  windows 
on  another  wall.  The  woodwork  and 
floor  here  are  the  same  as  in  the  other 


A  touch  of  formality  to  the  dining  room. 

bedroom.  A  large  roomy  clothes  closet 
with  a  chest  of  drawers  in  it  and  provided 
with  an  electric  light,  opens  out  of  this 
room.  We  count  it  as  one  of  our  luxuries 
because  it  is  large  and  has  a  light  in  it. 
The  room  is  furnished  in  mahogany  with 
twin  beds  of  dull  brass.  The  walls  are 
papered  with  a  pretty  green  paper  and  a 
drop  border  of  wild  roses. 

The  hardware  fittings  throughout  the 
house  are  all  in  dull  brass.  The  electric 
lighting  fixtures  are  of  the  square  mission, 
wall  bracket  type,  with  a  semi-indirect 
dome  in  the  dining  room,  beautiful  in  its 
plain  simplicity.  The  ornamental  hinges 
and  the  hexagonal  door  knobs  of  the 
characteristic  craftsman  design,  all  lend 
that  air  of  distinction  which  marks  the 
worth-while  from  the  commonplace. 


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These  little  marks  of  what  we  are 
pleased  to  call  good  taste  are  not  expen- 
sive, but  they  show  a  degree  of  thought 
not  always  given  to  the  construction  of 
inexpensive  homes.  It  is  more  the 
thought  and  care  than  the  money  that  has 
made  our  house  so  attractive  and  com- 
fortable, just  the  little  things  here  and 
there  which  make  all  the  difference  be- 
tween the  ordinary  and  the  exceptional 
house.  That  it  is  not  the  money  which 
makes  the  difference  is  attested  to  by  the 
fact  that  the  entire  cost,  including  the 
land,  did  not  exceed  $3,500,  which  figure 
includes  the  best  of  plumbing  and  a  hot- 
air  furnace  which  is  the  most  economical 
and  reliable  I  have  ever  known. 

The  one  drawback  to  our  whole 
scheme,  which  at  one  time  threatened  to 
disrupt  the  entire  plan,  was  the  question 
of  gas.  We  had  both  made  up  our  minds 
that  we  must  have  gas  for  cooking,  yet 
the  local  gas  company  could  not  be  in- 
duced to  extend  its  pipes  into  this  district. 
This  caused  us  some  worry  and  consider- 
able planning.  We  balked  at  either  coal 


or  the  "blue  flame."  Finally  we  solved 
the  problem  by  becoming  our  own  gas 
company.  We  installed  a  machine  which 
generates  gas  from  gasoline.  No !  not  at 
all  dangerous.  The  whole  secret  of  its 
safety  lies  in  the  fact  that  the  generator  is 
thirty  feet  from  the  house,  and  that  at  no 
time  is  there  any  gasoline  in  the  house, 
and  no  more  gas  than  is  normally  flowing 
through  the  pipes.  Nor  is  it  expensive. 
We  figure  that  the  cost  of  our  gas,  figur- 
in  the  maintenance  cost,  interest  on  the 
investment,  and  providing  for  a  sinking 
fund,  does  not  exceed  what  we  would 
have  to  pay  for  city  gas.  The  gas  pro- 
duced burns  with  a  much  hotter  flame 
than  does  coal  gas. 

The  most  frequent  remark  we  hear 
from  friends  who  are  shown  through  our 
house  is,  "Why,  how  do  you  get  so  much 
room  out  of  such  a  little  house?"  We  do 
it  by  putting  the  room  where  it  is  most 
needed.  In  laying  out  our  floor  plans 
we  believed  that  large  rooms  and  fewer  of 
them  would  give  most  satisfaction.  The 
results  have  demonstrated  our  success. 


"Home"  in  An  Apartment 


WHAT  was  yesterday  a  luxury, 
expected  only  by  the  people  of 
wealth,  has  become  today  a  ne- 
cessity demanded  by  every  business 
man  for  his  family.  Money  making 
is  generally  ascribed  to  the  American 
people  as  the  great  motive  of  existence. 
Yet  there  is  probably  no  people  to  whom 
a  dollar,  once  possessed,  has  less  value  of 
itself.  It  is  not  money,  but  what  money 
will  buy,  for  which  this  terrible  struggle 
is  made.  This  is  not  a  miserly  or  even  a 
saving  people.  The  comforts  and  the 
luxuries  of  living  loom  so  large  in  the 
public  eye  that  no  effort  is  too  great, 
no  endeavor  too  strenuous  for  their  at- 


tainment. Possibly  the  spirit  of  compe- 
tition is  at  the  heart  of  the  matter.  It 
may  not  be  so  much  that  people  require 
these  things  for  themselves  as  that  they 
are  not  willing  that  their  neighbors  and 
friends  shall  seem  to  have  more. 

In  no  other  line  is  this  so  apparent,  with 
the  possible  exception  of  the  automobile, 
as  in  living  accommodations.  The  big, 
handsome  "home"  has  been  sacrificed, 
even  by  people  of  wealth,  to  the  luxurious 
small  "apartment."  There  has  been  a 
shrinkage  in  the  cubic  contents  of  the 
family  home,  with  a  distinct  sense  of 
relief  both  to  the  man  of  the  house  and 
to  its  mistress,  overworked  with  the  care 


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of  many  servants,  and  a  large  house. 

The  apartment,  or  any  type  of  the  mul- 
tiple family  house  must  originate  as  a 
matter  of  investment,  as  a  general  thing, 
though  the  co-operative  apartment  house 
has  made  its  place  in  some  of  the  more 
congested  centers,  among  a  certain  class 
of  people,  and  will  probably  develop 
further. 

In  general  the  greatest  disadvantage  of 
the  apartment  house  is  the  exterior.  It 
may  be  large  and  handsome,  but  it  cer- 


clesign.  The  so-called  duplex  is  almost  en- 
tirely "contractor  built,"  and  looks  the 
part.  The  interiors  are  planned  to  meet 
the  need  of  that  sometimes  terrible  per- 
son the  "hypothetical  tenant,"  but  as  a 
whole  the  planning  is  good.  Otherwise 
the  right  kind  of  people  would  not  rent  it. 
Public  sentiment  has  not  as  yet  taken 
cognizance  of  the  exterior.  So  many  gen- 
erations of  city  people,  descended  from 
the  old  "brown-stone  front,"  have  only 
been  sure  they  were  entering  their  own 


model  triplex. 


Walter  J    Keith.  Archl. 


tainly  is  not  homelike.  The  barnlike  ap- 
pearance of  the  ordinary  duplex  depreci- 
ates the  property  in  any  neighborhood  in 
which  it  appears.  No  building  which  les- 
sens the  value  of  adjoining  property  is 
ethically  good  or  right.  Such  effects  will 
not  follow  if  it  is  artistically  good.  Large 
and  pretentious  apartment  houses  have 
been  built  along  the  same  lines  as  hotels 
and  business  blocks.  They  are  in  fact 
business  buildings.  No  thought  of  home 
is  associated  with  them.  It  is  generally 
conceded  that  the  great  mass  of  apart- 
ment houses  have  been  built  with  little 
or  no  architectural  skill  devoted  to  their 


home  by  looking  at  the  number,  or  be- 
cause the  latch  key  fits,  that  the  individu- 
ality of  the  "apartment  house  home"  has 
not  yet  been  demanded.  The  thought  is 
already  in  the  minds  of  people  but  it  has 
not  yet  been  loudly  voiced.  The  architect 
has  heard  it  and  the  real  estate  investor 
will  soon  feel  its  pressure. 

A  "Triplex"  as  An  Investment 
The  cost  of  building  has  increased  by 
leaps  and  bounds.  The  many  luxuries 
now  generally  considered  necessities, 
coupled  with  the  more  thorough  and  bet- 
ter class  of  construction  and  generally 
higher  wages  now  prevailing,  account  in 


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large  measure,  for  this  increased  cost  of 
building. 

The   design    for   a    model   triplex    here 
presented  embraces  what  might  be  called 
a    luxurious    home,    with    a    strong    indi- 
viduality, for  those  to  be  housed  in  it. 
The  rooms  are  large,  and  there  are  plenty 
of  them,— for  in  these  days  few  are  con- 
tent with  a  living  room  less  than   15x24 
feet,  and  other  rooms  in  general  propor- 
tion.    True,  the  rooms  could  be  reduced 
in  size,  but  there  remains  just  as  many 
bath    rooms,    radiators,    windows,    doors, 
stairways,     chimneys,     laundry     fixtures,' 
closets  and  porches;  so  merely  reducing 
the  size  does  not  save  very  much,   only 
a  little  material  and  labor. 

The  modern  home  of  today  must  in 
addition  to  ample  sleeping  and  living 
porches,  also  provide  garage  facilities, 
and  all  this  means  increased  investment ; 
but  as  an  offset  there  is  unquestionably 
increased  revenue  to  the  investor,  fo'r 
what  was  considered  a  few  years  ago  a 
large  rental,  is  now  considered  ridicu- 
lously small. 


In  cities  of  the  sec- 
ond and  even  of  the 
third     class,     apart- 
ments   on    the    first 
and     second     floors, 
smaller  and  less  de- 
sirable in  every  way 
than    in    the    design 
here   illustrated,   but 
in   a   desirable   local- 
ity rent  for  $100  per 
month  each,  and  the 
tenants      are      com- 
pelled in  addition  to 
run    their  own    indi- 
vidual    heating 
plants;  while  smaller 
apartments     on     the 
third    floor    rent    for 
from  $50  to  $60  per 
month.      What   then 
would  be  a  fair  and 

-reasonable  rental  for  the  same  apartment 
heated  and  with  garage  facilities  includ- 
ed? These  are  the  things  which  must 
determine  the  desirability  of  an  invest- 
ment and  they  vary  in  every  city  and  in 
the  same  city  according  to  location  and 
environment. 

This  design  built  in  a  substantial  and 
thorough    manner,    finishing    completely 
the  apartment  on  the  third  floor  and  with 
an  apartment  for  janitor  in  the  basement, 
three  large  individual  store  rooms,  gen- 
eral store  room,  laundry,  and  help's  bath 
room    would   vary   in    cost   according   to 
prices   and   conditions   and   the   competi- 
tion among  builders  for  the  work  from 
$10,000    to    $14,000    complete    with    hot 
water  heat,  modern  plumbing,  hardwood 
floors   throughout,   and   hardwood   finish 
m  the  living  room  of  each  apartment  and 
in  entrance  hall. 

It  would  seem,  therefore,  that  this 
would  make  a  desirable  and  profitable 
investment,  as  such  apartments  will  not 
fail  of  steady  rentals  by  responsible  peo- 
ple at  the  highest  prices. 


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Under  the  Sheltering  Roof  Tree 


THE  first  essential  of  the  house  is 
the  roof,  and  perhaps  for  that  rea- 
son the  type  of  roof  often  gives  the 
key  to  the  design.    Travelers  say  that  the 
roofs  of  a  city  mark  its  individuality,  and 
distinguish  one  city  from  another  in  the 
old   countries.     The   overhanging   eaves, 
"the  roof  tree,"  stands  as  the  symbol  of 
home  in  its  protection  and  shelter. 


On  one  side  of  the  living  room  is -the  en- 
trance and  on  the  other  is  the  sunporch. 
The  vestibule  is  of  good  size  and  has  a 
convenient  coat  closet.  Stairs  to  the  sec- 
ond floor  lead  up  from  the  living  room 
near  the  entrance  door.  An  attractive 
landing  is  three  steps  above  the  main 
floor. 

The  living  room  is  nearly  fourteen  by 


The  roof  eives  the  key  to  the  design. 


Almars.  Archlx. 


This  attractive  home  has  a  clever  roof 
treatment.  Only  the  central  part  of  the 
house  is  two  story  and  dormers  give  the 
.  necessary  height  where  it  is  desired. 
The  exterior  of  the  house  is  finished  in 
cement  stucco  on  metal  lath.  The  vitri- 
fied Spanish  tile  roof  has  a  wide  over- 
hang. 

The  plan  is  very  simple  and  attractive 
and  yet  quite  unusual.  The  main  axis 
of  the  plan  centers  on  the  bays  in  the 
living  and  dining  rooms,  and  the  second 
story  centers  over  these  same  features. 


twenty  feet.  On  the  farther  side  from  the 
entrance  is  the  fireplace  with  French 
doors  on  either  side  opening  upon  the 
sunporch.  Back  of  the  living  room  is  the 
dining  room,  with  a  pilastered  opening 
between.  Opposite  the  opening  is  a  wide 
recessed  buffet  with  mirrors  and  sash 
above.  The  walls  are  panelled,  with  plate 
shelves  and  cornice.  The  quadruple  group 
of  casement  windows  are  hinged  to 
swing  in.  The  interior  of  these  rooms 
is  finished  in  hardwood,  with  hardwood 
floors. 


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The  kitchen  is  long  and  narrow,  the 
shape  best  adapted  to  give  plenty  of  wall 
and  cupboard  space,  with  a  minimum  of 
floor  space.  With  all  of  the  conveniences 
at  hand,  by  smallness  of  the  floor  space 
is  the  housekeeper's  work  decreased  and 
her  efficiency  increased.  There  is  less 
floor  to  be  taken  care  of,  and  fewer  steps 
will  accomplish  the  results.  Cupboards 
are  built  to  the  ceiling,  with  bins  and 
drawers  under  the  working  shelf.  There 
is  a  window  over  the  sink.  The  ice  box  is 
built  on  an  outside  wall,  where  it  can  be 
iced  from  the  outside.  This  with  space 
for  the  gas  range  and  table  makes  the 
kitchen  complete.  It  is  finished  in  enamel 
paint  and  the  floors  are  hardwood. 

On  the  second  floor  are  two  well  pro- 
portioned bed  rooms  with  large  closets. 


Each  has  a  group  of  casement  windows. 
The  wall  space  allows  for  a  good  arrange- 
ment of  the  furniture.  From  the  front 
bedroom  French  doors  lead  to  the  bal- 
cony which  may  be  fitted  up  as  a  sleeping 
porch.  The  bath  room  is  well  located  with 
reference  to  the  bed  rooms,  but  it  is  es- 
pecially well  located  with  reference  to 
the  plumbing  pipes.  The  bath  room  fix- 
tures are  directly  over  the  fixtures  in  the 
kitchen  and  laundry,  with  all  the  pipes 
running  up  in  the  wall  of  the  kitchen, 
making  the  shortest  possible  connections 
for  the  sewer,  and  the  water  supply.  The 
second  floor  is  finished  in  white  enamel 
with  hardwood  floors. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the 
whole  house,  containing  laundry,  heating 
plant,  fuel  and  storage  rooms. 


Bungalow  with  Attractive 
Cement  Porch 


THE  psychology  of  first  impressions 
is  an  important  thing  to  the  house 
builder.     The   first    glimpse    of    a 
house  gives  a  bias  to  the  mind  which  is 
not   easily   replaced.      The   visitor   as    he 
enters   this   attractive  porch   is   prepared 
to  be  pleased  with  the  entire  house.     In- 
deed, all  of  the  house  is  planned  with  the 
same  care  and  skill. 


The  porch  is  eight  by  seventeen  feet. 
The  white  cement  of  the  battered  col- 
umns carried  in  the  porch  foundations 
and  terrace  and  repeated  in  the  cement 
chimney  are  extremely  effective.  The 
cement  also  makes  an  excellent  back- 
ground for  planting  and  vines.  The  low 
French  windows  opening  on  the  terrace 
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attractive  features  of 
this  design. 

The  arrangement 
of  the  living  room 
and  dining  room 
shown  on  this  plan, 
the  architect  consid- 
ers particularly  suc- 
cessful, as  his  clients 
have  found  it  very 
satisfactory.  It  is 
particularly  planned 
for  a  small  bungalow 
where  the  vestibule 
or  reception  hall  has 
to  be  omitted  for 
lack  of  space.  This 
arrangement  gives 
more  privacy  to  the  dining  room,  as  it  is 
out  of  the  view  of  the  chance  caller.  The 
fact  that  each  room  has  an  outlook  in  two 
directions  appeals  to  the  home  builder. 

The  living  room  is  particularly  airy  as 
it   has  doors  opening  to  the  porch   and 


The  cement  makes  an  excellent  background. 


Jwi  Yi'ho.  .-\rcht. 


LIVING    EODM 

14-O'x  16-0" 


FLGDR.  PLAN 

NO.  430. 


to  the  terrace  on  the  opposite  side,  and 
windows  on  either  side  of  the  fireplace 
besides.  The  dining  room  has  a  beamed 
ceiling  and  a  built-in  buffet  under  the 
window.  An  unusually  roomy  pantry 
connects  it  with  the  kitchen,  and  gives 
good  cupboard  space.  A  little  hall- 
way secludes  the  sleeping  apart- 
ments from  the  rest  of  the  house 
while  connecting  them  and  giving 
entrance  to  the  bathroom  from  any 
part  of  the  house. 

The  bedrooms  are  not  large,  but 
you  can  locate  the  furniture  nicely 
in  each  of  them.  The  double  window 
and  seat  in  the  front  bedroom  makes 
a  very  attractive  feature.  The  rear 
bedroom  has  windows  on  two  sides, 
giving  cross  ventilation.  Each  bed- 
room has  a  closet  and  the  linen 
closet  opens  from  the  hall. 

The  appointments  of  the  kitchen 
have  .been  carefully  worked  out. 
The  sink  is  placed  under  the  win- 
dows and  has  particularly  good  sink 
tables  and  drain  boards.  Beside  it 
is  a  cupboard  the  full  height  of  the 
room.  The  screened  porch  gives  a 
good  working  space,  which  every 
housekeeper  appreciates. 


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Twin  Gables 


NOTHING  is  of  greater  importance 
in  the  planning  of  a  home  than  the 
windows.  Their  placing  and  ar- 
rangement make  for  the  beauty  of  the 
exterior  and  comfort  of  the  interior  of 
the  house.  Sunshine  is  the  greatest  doc- 
tor in  the  world.  There  is  or  should  be 
no  reason  why  every  household  should 
not  have  the  constant  attendance  (when 
on  duty)  of  this  great  health  giver.  The 
architect  generally  feels  it  to  be  one  of 
his  duties  to  plan  for  plenty  of  light  and 
air.  Then  when  the  figures  come  in  and 
the  cost  must  be  reduced  some  of  the 
windows  are  omitted  because  a  plain  wall 
space  is  a  little  cheaper  than  windows, 
though  any  one  knows  that  windows  are 
vastly  cheaper  than  doctors'  bills,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  effect  of  the  omission  on 
the  outside  of  the  house. 

The  house  which  the  owner  has  called 
"Twin  Gables"  is  flooded  with  sunlight. 
Being  set  at  a  slight  divergence  from  the 


points  of  the  compass,  there  is  no  sunless 
side  to  the  house.  It  is  surprising  how 
slight  an  angle,  either  to  the  east  or  the 
west,  will  allow  the  sun  to  enter  the  north 
side  of  a  house.  It  seems  an  absurd  cus- 
tom which  sets  a  house  in  the  only  pos- 
sible position  which  makes  the  north  side 
of  it  ice  bound  during  the  cold  season. 

The  entrance  to  this  house  is  recessed, 
giving  it  protection,  and  opens  into  a  good 
hall  which  is  large  enough  to  give  a  good 
connection  between  the  entrance,  the 
stairs,  the  dining  and  the  living  rooms, 
and  yet  has  a  good  seat  for  a  waiting 
guest,  not  to  mention  the  insidious  book 
agent.  One  end  of  the  living  room  is  a 
wide  bay  filled  with  windows ;  French 
doors  open  onto  the  screened  porch.  A 
group  of  windows  light  the  fireplace.  Yet 
these  are  so  arranged  that  there  are  good 
wall  spaces.  The  room  is  15  by  21  feet. 
The  wide  fireplace  is  the  chief  feature  of 
the  end  of  the  room  opposite  the  bay.  A 


The  house  is  flooded  with  sunshine.  Marion  Alice  Parker.  Home  Planning. 


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door  from  the  living  room  connects  with 
a  passage  way  from  which  stairs  lead 
to  the  basement,  and  which  also  con- 
nects with  the  kitchen.  The  rear  entrance 
which  is  pergola  covered,  also  connects 
with  this  passage. 

French  doors  connect  both  the  living 
room  and  the  dining  room  with  the  hall. 
A  coat  closet  is  beside  the  stairs.  The 
dining  room  has  groups 
of  windows  on  two 
sides.  Built-in  cup- 
boards fill  one  side  of 
the  room.  Two  doors, 
one  sliding  into  the 
wall,  closes  the  dining 
room  from  the  kitchen 
to  keep  out  all  odors. 
When  the  meal  is  be- 
ing served  the  sliding 
door  is  pushed  into  its 
pocket  in  the  wall  and 
then  the  swinging  door  alone  is  used. 

The  hood  over  the  range  in  the  kitchen 
is  managed  in  a  very  clever  way.  As 
it  is  placed  under  the  second  run  of  the 
stairs,  less  furring  is  required  to  bring  it 
down  to  the  desired  height.  The  vent  is 
carried  across  to  the  flue.  The  sink  is 
under  the  windows.  A  working  shelf 
with  bins,  drawers  and  cupboards  under 
it,  fills  one  end  of  the  room,  with  cup- 
boards over  it  beside  the  windows. 

On  the  second  floor  the  rooms  are  again 
tilled  with  windows  without  interfering 
with  the  wall  space  necessary  to  accom- 
modate the  furniture.  Each  bedroom  has 
a  good  closet,  a  linen  closet  opens  from 
the  hall  and  the  space  over  the  porch  roof 
is  utilized  for  storage  space.  Over  the 
front  entrance  is  a  sewing  room  which 
may  be  used  as  a  single  bedroom.  From 
the  landing  of  the  stairs  is  a  sleeping 
porch  which  overhangs  the  rear  entrance. 
It  is  arranged  to  accommodate  two  sin- 
gle beds  or  couches.  French  windows 
from  the  landing  light  the  hall  and  give 
an  interesting  vista  from  the  entrance. 


Casement  windows  always  make  an  in- 
teresting feature  in  a  house.  They  open 
the  entire  space  of  the  window,  instead  of 
only  one-half.  When  properly  designed 
and  fitted  with  the  necessary  hardware 
they  have  proved  to  be  entirely  satisfac- 
tory, without  adding  very  materially  to 
the  expense.  All  of  the  windows  in  this 
house  are  casements.  The  finish  and  all 

of  the  details  are 
extremely  sim- 
ple, carrying  the 
same  tones  and 
finish  through 
the  main  part  of 


the  first  story.  The  finish  in  the  kitchen 
is  kept  in  the  natural  color. 

There  is  a  full  basement  under  the 
house  which  is  arranged  to  accommodate 
the  laundry,  heating  plant  and  the  usual 
fuel  and  storage  rooms. 

The  gable  roof,  extended  to  cover  the 
screened  porch,  accents  the  double  gable 
and  gives  an  interesting  feature.  The 
wide  chimney  centers  on  the  main  ridge 
of  the  roof. 

The  planting,  always  a  valuable  ad- 
junct, is  here  shown  in  an  interesting  way. 
Bay  trees  stand  at  either  side  of  the  en- 
trance. Shrubs  and  flowers  are  banked 
against  the  porch. 


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A  Story-and-a-Half  House 


THE  story  and  a  half  house  has  come 
into  the  favor  again,  which  it  de- 
serves,   for    it    is    convenient,    eco- 
nomical,   and    often    picturesque.      This 
house  is  shown  as  finished  with  cement 
stucco  over  metal  lath,  though  it  would 
be   equally    effective   in    shingles    stained 
either  brown  or  gray,  with  the  roof  a  little 


The  plan  has  a  little  different  arrange- 
ment from  the  typical  plans,  in  the  slight 
irregularity  of  the  arrangement.  The  en- 
trance is  through  a  vestibule,  which  has 
a  coat  closet,  into  the  end  of  a  well  pro- 
portioned and  good  sized  living  room. 
The  fireplace  is  centered  on  one  side  of 
the  room  between  windows,  and  opposite 


The  main  roof  extends  down  over  the  porches. 


W.  W  Pim/y.  Archl. 


lighter  or  somewhat  darker  than  the  body 
of  the  house. 

The  main  roof  is  extended  on  one  side 
to  cover  the  entrance  porch  and  on  the 
other,  over  the  sun  porch.  The  rafters 
are  exposed  both  on  the  main  roof  and 
in  the  dormer,  and  the  same  accent  is 
carried  out  in  the  rafter  ends  which  pro- 
tect the  dining  room  window.  The 
flower  boxes  built  in  the  porch  give  a 
touch  of  color  which  might  be  repeated 
under  the  windows  and  at  the  sun  porch 
if  desired. 


is  the  stair  landing.  Glazed  French  doors 
in  the  end  of  the  living  room  opens  onto 
the  sun  porch,  which  is  also  glazed.  A 
wide  cased  opening  gives  communication 
with  the  dining  room. 

A  buffet  fills  the  end  of  the  dining  room 
under  a  group  of  high  windows.  Two 
sides  of  the  dining  room  are  largely  filled 
with  glass. 

The  kitchen  is  very  compactly  planned. 
The  stair  landing  is  reached  both  from 
the  kitchen  and  from  the  living  room 
side.  Under  the  windows  is  a  work  table. 


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extending  the  whole  length  of  the  kitchen, 
with  bins,  drawers  and  cupboards  under. 
Cupboards  are  built  on  either  side  of  the 
windows.  The  refrigerator  is  placed  in 
the  entry.  The  basement  stairs  are  built 
under  the  main  stairs  with  an  outside 
entrance  at  the  grade  level. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  cham- 
bers, with  good  closets.  Coming  un- 
der the  roof  as  they  do,  there  is  good 
storage  room  beside  the  hanging  space. 


The  bath  room  is  of  good  size.  The 
sleeping  porch  opens  from  the  hall. 

In  the  basement  is  the  laundry,  fruit 
and  vegetable  rooms,  place  for  the  heat- 
ing plant  and  fuel  rooms,  and  a  toilet. 

The  exterior  has  a  red  and  white  color 
scheme,  with  the  red  of  the  roof,  which 
may  be  a  light  red  asbestos  shingle,  and 
the  very  light  gray  of  the  rough  cast  ce- 
ment stucco.  The  chimney  is  stuccoed 
over,  with  a  cement  cap. 


The  Cottage  of  Your  Dreams 


A  TIMBER    and     stucco    cottage,    a 
hooded   entrance,   overhanging   ga- 
bles, small  panes  of  glass,  clamber- 
ing vines,  all  of  these  are  what  you  expect 
in   that   charming  little   cottage  you   are 
going  to  build.     Add  to  these  a   glazed 
piazza  and  a  sleeping  porch,  a  fairly  large 
living  room,  convenient  kitchen  and  com- 
pact plans ;  does  not  it  seem  like  a  de- 
scription of  the  cottage  of  your  dreams? 
This  cottage  is  really  very  well  planned 
to  utilize  all  of  the  available  space.     No- 


tice the  turn  in  the  stairs  which,  while 
allowing  them  to  lead  from  the  living 
room  as  well  as  from  the  entrance,  at 
the  same  titme  makes  space  for  a  coat 
closet.  The  basement  stairs  and  grade 
entrance  are  under  the  main  stairs.  A 
short  run  of  stairs  from  the  kitchen  leads 
to  the  main  stair  landing,  giving  the  de- 
sired communication  with  the  rear  of  the 
house. 

The  living  room,  across  the  front  of  the 
house,  is  a  little  more  than  twenty  by 


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A  timber  and  stucco  cottage. 


Chax.  S.  Sedgwick.  .\rchl. 


thirteen  feet.  The  wide  fireplace  is  cen- 
tered opposite  the  group  of  windows.  Be- 
yond is  the  dining  room  with  a  wide 
opening  between.  It  has  a  conveniently 
built-in  china  cupboard.  Both  living  and 
dining  rooms  open  by  French  doors  on 
the  glazed  porch.  The  living  room  has 
bookcases  on  either  side  of  the  French 
doors. 


The  kitchen  is  fitted  with  cupboards. 
The  sink  is  well  lighted.  The  screened 
kitchen  porch  has  shelves  and  may  be 
used  for  a  working  porch  or  summer 
kitchen.  The  refrigerator  is  placed  here. 

On  the  second  floor  are  three  bed  rooms 
and  a  sleeping  porch  communicating  with 
two  of  the  rooms.  The  two  front  bed 
rooms  connect  through  a  large  closet. 


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each  of  the  rooms  having  an  additional 
closet  under  the  roof.  The  hall  closet  will 
prove  very  useful.  The  linen  cupboard  is 
opposite  the  landing  of  the  stairs.  The 
bath  room  is  located  over  the  kitchen  and 
gives  very  direct  connections  for  the 
plumbing  fixtures.  The  storage  space  un- 
der the  roof  of  the  kitchen  porch  opens 
from  the  bath  room.  The  second  floor  is 
finished  in  pine  and  painted  white.  The 
floors  are  of  birch. 

The  main  floor  of  the  house  is  finished 
in  Washington  fir,  stained  a  "Mission" 
brown.  The  floors  are  oak  and  finished  in 
the  natural  color. 


The  height  of  the  first  story  is  8  ft.  6  in., 
and  the  second  story  is  8  feet.  The  dou- 
ble gable  gives  full  height  to  the  rooms. 
The  roof  is  shingles  and  the  eaves  have  a 
wide  overhang.  The  gables  have  virge 
boards,  with  the  rafters  exposed  on  the 
under  side.  The  exterior  is  finished  in 
cement  stucco  on  metal  lath,  and  given 
a  creamy  tint.  The  timber  work  and  cas- 
ings are  stained  a  Mission  brown  while 
the  roof  is  stained  a  dark  red.  The  archi- 
tect gives  the  estimate  of  cost  of  building 
as  from  $3,400  to  $3,800  exclusive  of  the 
heating  and  plumbing.  There  is  a  full 
basement  under  the  house. 


Home  for  a  Physician 


IT  IS  almost  neces- 
sary for  a  physi- 
cian to  have  an 
office  in  his  home  or  a 
den  which  he  can  use 
for  an  office  when  he 
wishes.  The  life  of  a 
physician  can  not  be 
so  regularly  ordered 
as  that  of  other  men. 
He  can  not  close  his 
office  doors  downtown 
and  shut  out  business 
calls  until  he  opens 
them  again.  His  work 
follows  him  day  and 
night. 

In  this  plan  the  den 
is  a  good-sized  room, 
opening  off  the  living  room.     It  does  not 
invite    business    with    an    outside    door, 
though  this  could  be  arranged  if  it  were 
desired.      It    simply    takes    care    of    the 
merciful  business  which  is  thrust  upon  it. 

The  arrangement  is  not  unusual  in  any 
way.  The  entrance  from  the  porch  is 
directly  into  the  living  room.  A  fireplace 
and  windows  fill  the  side  of  the  living 


The  wide  eaves  are  carried  on  brackets.        l)iingiilmfcra/t  Co  Archls 

room  opposite  the  den.  It  has  a  beamed 
ceiling,  built  in  book  cases  and  cozy  seats 
with  hinged  tops,  giving  "tuck-away" 
places  for  papers  and  magazines  and  the 
usual  general  miscellany,  or  they  give  a 
place  for  the  children's  playthings.  The 
dining  room  beyond  with  its  wide  opening 
is  only  partly  screened.  A  buffet  is 
built  into  the  wall  opposite.  The  niche 


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thus  formed  in  the 
kitchen  makes  room  for 
the  chimney  and  the 
hot  water  tank  beside 
it.  The  white  kitchen 
is  a  model  of  conveni- 
ence, and  one  of  the 
most  attractive  rooms 
in  the  house.  The  kitch- 
en appointments  are 
quite  complete,  with 
long  sink  tables,  and 
cupboards  at  the  ends, 
while  there  are  unusual 
conveniences  opening 
from  the  screened 
porch.  These  include  a 
"cooler"  with  a  door  to 
the  kitchen,  a  tiny 
broom  closet,  an  extra 
closet,  and  a  toilet 
which  opens  also 
through  the  closet  to 
the  bedroom.  This  bedroom  has  a  large 
bay  of  windows  and  a  window  seat.  A 
tiny  hall  connects  this  bedroom  with  the 
dining  room  and  also  with  the  bathroom, 


which  again  opens  into 
the  den.  This  arrange- 
ment allows  the  den  to 
be  used  as  a  sleeping 
room,  if  so  desired,  for 
it  is  provided  with  a 
good  closet,  and  may  be 
shut  off  from  the  living 
room  by  the  sliding 
doors. 

This  house  is  about 
30x46  feet.  The  exte- 
rior is  of  wood.  It  is 
shingled  up  to  the  wa- 
ter table  and  weather 
boarded  above.  A  flow- 
er box  under  the  den 
window  adds  a  touch  of 
color  to  the  otherwise 
dark  exterior.  The  roof 
is  shingled,  built  at  a 
quarter  pitch,  and  so 
strongly  built  that  it 
will  carry  any  snow  load.  The  wide  eaves 
are  carried  on  brackets,  which  with  the 
cornices  are  stained  to  match  the  weather 
boarding. 


Homes  of  Individuality 

Selected  by  W.  J.  Keith,  Architect 


A  "Dutch  Colonial"  House 

A  WELL  designed  colonial  entrance 
always  gives  a  note  of  interest  to 
a  house.     The  gambrel  gives  two 
angles  to  the  pitch  of  the  roof.    The  pitch 
at   the   ridge   is    continued   over   the   big- 
dormer,  which  in  its  place  carries  up  the 
lines  of  the  two  bays.     The   gambrel  is 
only  framed  at  the  gable  ends,  giving  a 
full    second    story    heighth    for    the   bed- 
rooms. 

The  floor  plan  has  the  central  hall  so 
usual  in  the  fine  old  colonial  houses.  The 
stairs  are  set  so  far  to  the  rear  of  the  hall 
that  the  full  nine  feet  of  width  makes  a 


hospital  entrance.  Glass  doors  connect 
with  the  living  and  dining  rooms.  The 
living  room  is  the  full  width  of  the  house, 
with  the  recessed  fireplace,  and  with  bays 
at  each  end  of  the  room  filled  with  win- 
dows and  a  seat.  On  the  other  side  of 
the  house  the  dining  room  has  a  corre- 
sponding bay.  An  extension  beyond  pro- 
vides an  unusually  roomy  pantry,  well 
supplied  with  cupboards.  Communica- 
tion between  the  kitchen  and  the  front 
hall  is  supplied  through  the  small  rear 
hall,  which  connects  as  well  with  the  rear 
stairs  to  the  main  landing,  and  also  down 
several  steps  to  the  grade  entrance  and 


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The  delicately  detailed  entrance  is  effective. 


to  the  basement.  The  arrangement  of  the 
stairs  is  very  compact  and  very  good.  The 
kitchen  has  the  usual  conveniences.  The 
ice  box  is  placed  in  the  entry,  beyond 
which  is  the  rear  porch. 

On  the  second  floor  are  four  good  bed- 
rooms and  a  bath,  each  with  windows  in 
two  sides  of  the  room,  and  with  good 
closets.  This  makes  all  of  the  bedrooms 
corner  rooms,  with  cross  ventilation.  An 
extra  closet  and  the  linen  cupboard  open 
from  an  alcove  of  the  hall. 


In  the  basement  are  placed  the  laundry, 
the  heating  plant,  vegetable  and  fuel 
rooms. 

A  Narrow  House 

Here  are  plans  for  a  seven-room  house 
which  is  under  twenty-six  feet  in  width. 
The  stone  piers  of  the  porch  and  the  long 
sweep  of  the  roof  give  an  interest  to  the 
approach.  The  entrance  from  the  vesti- 
bule is  directly  into  the  living  room.  On 
the  plan,  this  direct  entrance  allows  the 
living  room  to  extend  the  full  width  of 


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The  stone  porch  piers  give  an  interest. 


the  house,  with  dimensions  of  thirteen 
feet  by  twenty-four.  The  fire  place  is  the 
main  feature  of  one  end  of  the  living 
room,  with  sliding  doors  to  the  dining 
room  just  beyond.  The  stairs  are  partly 
screened  from  the  other  end  of  the  living 


room.  The  stair  arrangement  is  exceed- 
ingly compact  and  convenient.  While 
there  are  two  doors  between  to  prevent 
odors  from  penetrating,  yet  there  is  di- 
rect communication  between  the  kitchen, 
the  stairway,  and  the  front  door. 


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The  Case  for  Yellow 

HY  I  do  not  know,  but  it  takes  a 
great  deal  more  courage  for  the 
average  person  to  use  a  good, 
strong  yellow,  than  to  adventure 
with  red,  or  even  with  vivid  green.  And 
yet  yellow  is  such  a  valuable  color  from 
the  decorator's  standpoint.  It  is  a  becom- 
ing color,  as  neither  blue  nor  lavender  is, 
it  does  not  try  the  eyes  and  the  nerves,  as 
red  does,  and  it  gives  an  illusion  of  sun- 
shine to  the  dullest  room.  All  these  are 
strong  points  in  its  favor,  and  yet  it  is 
very  little  used.  Perhaps  it  has  for  most 
people  a  suggestion  of  splendor  inappro- 
priate for  daily  use,  derived  from  seeing 
old  '  fashioned  drawing  rooms,  whose 
heavy  mahogany  furniture  was  covered 
with  yellow  satin  damask. 

Be  that  as  it  may,  yellow  is  an  admir- 
able color  and  deserves  to  be  more  popu- 
lar than  it  is,  both  in  its  own  tones  and 
in  those  of  its  sister,  orange.  It  is  equal- 
ly adapted  to  cheap  or  expensive  furnish- 
ings, and  goes  well  with  a  good  many  dif- 
ferent woods. 

In  selecting  tones  of  yellow  it  must 
be  borne  in  mind  that  it  loses  a  great  deal 
by  artificial  light,  the  light  tones  looking 
extremely  washy  at  night.  This  is  not 
very  material  in  a  bedroom,  but  in  a  liv- 
ing room  must  be  reckoned  with.  A  yel- 
low of  about  the  color  of  daffodils  is  a 
good  wall  color,  though,  of  course  the 
vivid  tone  of  the  flowers  is  subdued 
somewhat  for  decorative  uses.  A  tinge 
of  either  green  or  brown  is  an  improve- 
ment, though  it  should  not  be  sufficient 
to  change  the  character  of  the  yellow 
greatly.  These  modifications  give  us 
mustard  and  citrine,  both  capable  of  good 
things  in  combination  with  the  right  sort 
of  furnishings,  but  not  specially  beauti- 
ful in  themselves.  Old  gold,'  another 


modification  of  yellow,  is  a  charming  color 
for  a  background,  especially  in  some  sort 
of  wall  covering  which  has  a  sheen.  I 
know  of  a  drawing  room  where  Japanese 
grasscloth  in  old  gold  has  been  used  for 
the  walls,  as  a  setting  for  a  collection  of 
fine  old  mahogany.  It  is  a  color  that  one 
very  often  sees  used  as  a  lining  for  the 
walls  of  small  galleries  in  which  either 
china  or  pictures  are  shown. 

Plain  or  Patterned! 

You  can  get  a  very  good  yellow  in  the 
different  sorts  of  wall  coating,  and  this 
surface  is  excellent  for  back  halls,  for 
bathrooms,  or  for  bedrooms,  but  I  do 
not  think  that  a  painted  yellow  wall  ever 
looks  well.  The  best  sort  of  a  yellow 
paper  is  one  in  an  all-over  pattern,  not 
too  small,  in  two  tones  only  slightly  dif- 
fering in  depth,  in  which  the  design  is 
carried  out  by  means  of  a  line  of  the 
darker  tone.  This  is  the  sort  of  paper 
which  originated  with  William  Morris, 
but  his  ideas  have  been  largely  borrowed 
by  later  designers,  and  papers  of  this 
kind  are  made  by  all  the  best  factories 
in  the  United  States.  The  two  toned  yel- 
low striped  papers  are  not  bad,  but  are 
not  nearly  as  decorative  as  those  with  a 
pattern.  When  a  modified  yellow,  like 
citrine,  is  used,  and  in  a  room  with  many 
pictures,  so  that  there  are  no  large  wall 
spaces,  an  imported  ingrain  paper  is  satis- 
factory. 

Woodwork  for  Yellow  Walls. 

A  patterned  yellow  wall  is  charming 
in  a  room  with  a  high  white  wainscot, 
but  when  there  is  only  a  surbase  and  the 
ordinary  door  and  window  frames,  they 
had  better  be  of  a  darker  color,  which 
makes  a  less  vivid  contrast  with  the 
strong  yellow.  Either  brown  mahogany, 


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Distinctive  Effects 

In  Lighting   Fixtures 


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HE  DINING  ROOM 


\\7HEN  it  came  to  finish- 
ing the  dining  room  John  re- 
membered the  handsome  white  and 
mahogany  finish  in  his  grandfather's 
stately  home  built  in  1858.  He  knew 
that  Berry  Brothers'  varnishes  were 
used  on  the  woodwork  ;  so  he  sug- 
gested the  use  of 

TUXEBERFYWlflrEENAMEL 

*—•     Whiles!  While     Slays  nfiife 

This  gives  a  rich  snow  white 

finish  in  either  dull  or  gloss  effects. 
It  appeals  to  people  who  want  some- 
thing better  than  the  ordinary  white 
interior  at  no  higher  cost.  Sanitary, 
washable  and  will  not  crack  or  chip. 
With  mahoganized  doors  and  furniture, 
the  combination  is  a  perfect  color 
harmony  and  imparts  an  air  of  rich, 
quiet  elegance  to  the  room. 

TIQUID  GRANITE^FLOORS 

I   f         Lasting  Waterproof  Garnish 

The    beauty    of    hardwood 

floors  is  brought  out  and  preserved  by  this 
splendid  floor  varnish.  It  produces  a  rich 
smooth  lustre  and  resists  wear  to  an  unusual 
degree.  Occasional  use  of  a  floor  mop  keeps 
the  finish  in  perfect  condition. 

Write  for  literature  on  wood  finishing. 

RERRY  BROTHERC 


Eslabliihtd  1858 

Fiiftorien:     Detroit.  Mich  j    Walkervillo,  Ont.:    Hun 
Francisco.  Oal. 


Krnnchrs  In  (ill  principal  cltlen  of  tho  world. 


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DECORATION  AND  FURNISHING-Continued 


or  brown  oak  looks  well  with  yellow,  and 
best  of  all  is  black,  which  is  much  used 
by  English  decorators.  Now  we  have 
got  used  to  cretonnes  with  a  black 
ground  and  to  black  carpets,  black  wood- 
work ought  not  to  seem  eccentric.  Mus- 
tard and  citrine  can  be  used  successfully 
with  rather  dark  weathered  green  wood- 
work and  furniture. 

Blue  China  in  the  Yellow  Room. 

The  taste  for  blue  china  is  so  wide- 
spread that  its  proper  setting  is  a  matter 
of  interest  to  many  people.  Too  many 
assume  that  a  blue  room  is  the  best  thing 
for  it.  Yet  I  am  quite  sure  that  nowhere, 
as  a  rule,  does  anything  offend  the  artis- 
tic eye  like  the  room  with  much  blue 
china  and  a  blue  and  white  wall  paper.  It 
is  quite  possible  to  get  a  dull  blue  paper 
which  will  be  a  good  background  for 
some  pieces  of  blue  china,  and  if  one's 
china  is  all  of  one  shade  of  blue,  the  room 
may  look  very  well.  But  this  is  seldom 
the  case,  and  the  blue  which  will  har- 
monize with  Staffordshire  may  be  hide- 
ous with  Canton  or  Delft.  As  for  the 
figured  white  and  blue  wall  paper,  which 
the  decorator  will  probably  recommend, 
it  will  give  you  neither  harmony  nor  con- 
trast, but  a  hopeless  jumble  of  tones, 
when  you  come  to  set  out  your  china. 
If  blue  and  white  has  an  irresistible  at- 
traction for  you,  as  it  has  for  some  peo- 
ple, have  your  room  frankly  white,  white 
paper,  white  woodwork,  and  for  rug  and 
curtains  use  the  dullest  blue  you  can  find, 
in  a  medium  tone. 

But,  as  far  as  blue  china  is  concerned ; 
one  charm  of  the  yellow  wall  is  that  any 
and  all  blue  china  is  at  home  with  it. 
Whether  it  is  the  very  deepest  blue  of 
some  of  the  Chinese  wares,  the  brighter 
but  still  dark  tone  of  the  Staffordshire, 
the  medium  shade  of  Nankin,  or  the  gray 
blue  of  Canton  willow  pattern,  one  and 
all  contrast  delightfully  with  a  yellow 
wall.  For  myself,  I  have  a  great  liking 
for  green  as  a  setting  for  blue  china,  but 
for  pleasurable  daily  use  there  is  no  com- 
parison between  yellow  with  its  effect  of 
perpetual  sunshine  and  the  soberness  of 
the  low  toned  greens  which  can  be  used 
with  positive  blues. 


Yellow  and  a  Neutral  Scheme. 

One  merit  of  yellow  is  that  you  can 
make  it  the  high  light  of  a  neutral  scheme 
of  color,  for  the  ground  floor  of  a  house 
without  spoiling  the  harmony  of  the 
whole  thing.  With  buff  in  the  drawing 
room,  golden  tan  in  the  hall,  golden 
brown  in  the  library  or  living  room,  you 
can  have  a  yellow  dining  room,  not  of 
course  choosing  a  very  vivid  shade.  Or, 
keeping  the  neutral  tone  in  all  the  other 
rooms,  you  can  have  a  small  formal 
parlor  in  yellow.  And  for  this  use  you 
will  find  a  not  too  strong  yellow  a  de- 
lightful background  for  all  sorts  of  dainty 
furnishings.  If  you  happen  to  have  deli- 
cate line  engravings,  or  old  prints,  in  gilt, 
or  narrow  black  frames,  they  will  be  much 
at  home  on  the  walls. 

When  the  whole  floor  scheme  is  in  low 
toned  green,  one  room  may  well  have  a 
cij;rjne  wall,  which  is  a  delightful  back 
ground  for  blue  and  green  furnishings, 
and  for  furniture  in  very  dark  wood. 
Black  and  gold  Chinese  lacquer,  which  is 
now  so  popular  is  brought  out  well  by  a 
citrine  wall. 

The  Need  for  Caution. 

Any  extensive  use  of  orange  is  a  dif- 
ficult matter.  It  is  unfortunately  a  partic- 
ian  color,  and  is  at  its  worst  in  cheap 
materials.  Orange  cottons  are  horrible, 
except  in  the  form  of  velveteen,  when 
they  have  lost  their  distinctive  cotton 
character,  and  there  is  not  much  more  to 
be  said  for  orange  wool,  except  in  rugs. 
Even  in  wallpaper,  orange  seems  to  need 
the  suggestion  of  richness  and  to  imitate 
silk  or  leather.  But  in  silk  damask  or  in 
Spanish  leather,  and  in  tones  a  good  deal 
lower  than  those  of  nature,  it  is  a  stun- 
ning color  to  use  for  the  high  light  of  a 
brown  room,  and  all  the  better  for  the 
purpose  if  it  can  be  associated  with  either 
bluish  green  or  greenish  blue.  A  dusky, 
brownish  orange  in  either  a  silk  fiber 
or  a  leather  paper  is  a  delightful  wall 
covering  for  a  hall,  above  an  oak  panel- 
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ON  INTERIOR  DECORATION 


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Locating  the  Fireplace. 

A.  H.  L. — We  are  building  a  new  story- 
and-a-half  bungalow  in  this  suburb  of 
Chicago.  We  want  an  attractive  interior 
as  well  as  exterior.  Having  built  two 
beautiful  homes  some  years  ago,  with  the 
aid  of  your  magazine,  one  of  which  espec- 
ially was  so  pleasing  and  attractive  that 
we  were  able  to  sell  it  with  a  good  profit, 
we  thought  it  quite  impossible  to  build  a 
pretty  modern  little  home  without  your 
magazine  and  your  special  advice.  What 
I  want  to  ask  is,  where  to  place  the  man- 
tel. The  house  faces  south  and  east  to- 
ward the  Desplaines  river.  Would  very 
much  like  the  mantel  in  the  living  room, 
but  find  no  place  except  in  corner  of  stair- 
way and  bay  window.  Would  you  place 
it  straight  or  diagonally  ?  or  would  you 
put  it  in  dining  room  opposite  window? 
or  would  you  advise  a  mantel  in  music 
room?  We  don't  like  to  go  to  the  expense 
of  more  than  one  mantel.  Would  you 
also  please  advise  us  how  to  decorate  the 
walls  of  the  living  room,  dining  room  and 
music  room  in  a  pretty,  inexpensive  way  ? 
The  three  rooms  and  stair  are  oak.  I 
also  have  a  large  velvet  rug,  rather  bright 
green,  size  12x16,  with  small  figures  of 
tan,  red,  black  and  blue.  I  could  possibly 
make  two  rugs  of  it,  one  9x12  and  one 
7x12,  but  there  is  not  enough  of  border 
for  the  two  rugs.  I  have  also  tan  body 
brussels  and  a  Wilton  velvet  blue.  My 
best  furniture  is  mahogany,  with  green 
upholstering. 

Ans. — We  advise  locating  the  fireplace 
and  mantel  in  the  music  room  on  the  east 
wall,  making  a  high  window  each  side 
of  the  mantel  in  place  of  the  group  of 
three  windows  you  now  have  on  the 
sketch. 

In  view  of  the  your  rugs  and  furnish- 
ings, we  should  treat  these  two  rooms, 
viz.,  den  or  music  room  and  living  room. 


together  and  use  a  scheme  of  green  and 
blue  through  them.  This  will  suit  the 
south,  east  and  west  exposures  and  en- 
able you  to  work  in  your  rugs.  We  would 
use  the  oak  trim  in  hall  and  dining  room, 
with  oak  floors  throughout ;  but  in  living 
room  and  music  room  we  advise  birch 
stained  dark  mahogany,  as  best  with  your 
furniture. 

The  large  9x16  rug  we  would  divide, 
making  one  9x13  rug  for  the  living  room. 
The  remainder  we  would  have  woven  up 
into  two  small  rugs  which  would  be  very 
good  in  the  narrow  spaces  of  the  hall.  It 
would  be  a  very  great  improvement  if  you 
would  have  the  living  room  portion  of 
this  rug  dyed  a  darker,  richer  green  and 
the  expense  would  not  be  great.  We 
would  then  use  on  the  walls  of  both 
rooms  a  paper  in  a  small-figured  all-over 
design  in  dull  greens  and  blues,  and  place 
the  blue  velvet  rug  in  the  music  room  un- 
less it  is  too  light  and  too  bright,  in  which 
case  we  see  nothing  for  it  but  to  dye  that 
also  a  dull,  deep  blue.  The  tan  body 
Brussels  should  go  in  the  dining  room 
with  the  oak  furniture  and  woodwork.  It 
would  be  pretty  to  do  the  walls  of  the 
dining  room  in  old  gold  grass  cloth  paper 
with  ivory  ceiling.  A  plain  paneled  wain- 
scot would  add  to  the  room,  of  course. 
We  would  have  a  center  light  in  living 
room;  also  side  brackets  each  side -bay 
window  and  a  center  light  over  table  in 
dining  room.  Side  lights  for  balance  of 
house. 

Brown  Mahogany. 

M.  L.  G. — I  would  greatly  appreciate 
suggestions  that  you  might  make  in  re- 
gard to  the  wall  decoration,  woodwork 
and  furniture  of  the  dining  room,  living 
room,  den,  hall  and  bedroom  of  the  en- 
closed rough  diagram.  The  house  faces 
the  west  and  south.  There  is  a  circular 


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ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS-Continued 


porch   extending   along   the   entire    west 
and  south  of  living  room. 

The  dining  room  has  triple  windows 
with  south  exposure.  The  house  is  fin- 
ished in  yellow  pine  but  what  would  you 
suggest  as  to  the  staining.  Which  do  you 
consider  the  better,  sand  finish  or  smooth 
plastering  for  the  walls? 

We  have  a  few  pieces  of  mahogany 
furniture,  piano,  chairs,  etc.,  but  are  not 
certain  whether  we  wish  the  entire  living 
room  furnished  in  this  way. 

We  had  thought  of  finishing  the  liv- 
ing room  and  den  in  brown  and  dull 
green  and  dining  room  in  old  blue. 

There  are  sliding  doors  between  the 
dining  room  and  living  room.  The  latter 
is  separated  from  the  nook  by  colon- 
nades. 

Ans. — First,  the  finish  of  the  woodwork 
is  to  be  considered.  We  think  for  a  small 
house  with  pine  for  interior  trim,  we 
would  not  furnish  the  living  room  entirely 
in  mahogany.  If  the  pieces  you  have  are 
supplemented  with  a  few  wicker  pieces, 
we  think  you  will  like  the  effect.  In  that 
case  we  would  use  a  brown  mahogany 
stain  in  living  room  and  den.  There  is 
a  new  stain  called  English  brown,  which 
would  be  just  the  thing.  As  it  may  be 
difficult  to  get  as  yet,  you  can  come  very 
close  to  it  by  mixing  a  mahogany  and  a 
brown  oak  stain,  half  and  half.  Southern 
pine  takes  the  stain  beautifully. 

The  woodwork  in  the  dining  room  we 
would  certainly  paint  ivory  white,  if  your 
furniture  is  suitable.  Then  with  old  blue 
walls  and  rug  it  will  be  very  pretty  in- 
deed. A  soft  greyish  ecru  wall  would  be 
the  best  choice  for  living  room  and  den, 
but  we  would  not  use  green  too  much  in 
these  rooms.  A  mixture  of  old  rose  and 
green  would  be  better.  The  rugs  could 
be  in  mixed  coloring  of  ecru,  rose  and 
green,  with  green  predominating  in  liv- 
ing room  furnishings,  and  rose  or  dull 
coppery  red  in  den.  Then  have  fireplace 
brick  of  the  mixed  oriental  colors. 

As  to  finish  of  plaster,  if  you  tint,  a 
sand  finish  is  prettier  but  do  not  have  it 
too  rough.  A  smooth  sand  float  is  best. 
In  our  judgment  the  wall  in  dining  room 
at  least  to  chair  rail  height,  should  al- 
ways be  protected  by  a  covering  of  some 
kind,  burlap  or  paper  or  grass  cloth,  as 
the  plaster  so  soon  mars.  It  can  be  divid- 


ed into  panels  by  strips  of  wood  and 
finished  by  a  molding  at  the  top,  then 
tint  the  wall  above. 

Color  for  Walls. 

O.  S.  Q. — Would  like  to  have  you  give 
me  advice  on  interior  decorations  for  the 
house  in  the  early  spring.  Can  say  there 
will  be  oak  floors  on  both  second  floor 
and  first  except  kitchen,  which  will  have 
cork  linoleum,  all  oak  trim,  plain  in  kitch- 
en and  second  floor,  the  rest  quarter 
sawed  oak,  all  stained  dark  oak  or  flem- 
ish, except  in  kitchen  where  it  will  be 
natural  oak.  Hall  and  sitting  room  will 
have  skeleton  oak  panels  48  inc'hes  high 
and  dining  room  66  inches  high,  and  there 
is  to  be  beamed  ceiling  in  the  three  last 
named  rooms,  slab  doors,  and  trim  all 
heavy  oak ;  trim  to  be  square  edge 
and  plain.  Furniture  to  be  oak  and  of 
heavy  design.  Would  prefer  flat  finish 
paint  for  walls.  First  story,  9  feet  5  inches 
high  in  clear,  second  story  8  feet  3  inches 
high. 

Ans. — In  reply  to  your  letter  asking 
about  wall  color  suggestions  for  interior 
of  your  house,  the  living  room  facing 
south  and  west  should  have  a  reutral  wall 
tone,  especially  with  dark  heavy  wood- 
work. We  advise  a  cool  grey  tone  for  this 
room.  We  would  suggest  the  wood 
greys,  merely  using  a  darker  shade  for 
the  skeleton  wainscoting.  This  grey  may 
be  made  somewhat  lighter  in  tone  by 
mixing  some  white  with  it.  Then  use  the 
light  grey  for  the  ceiling.  As  the  hall  is 
really  a  part  of  the  living  room,  we  would 
treat  the  walls  the  same,  but  give  variety 
by  using  rose  red  in  rug,  etc.,  in  hall  and 
old  blue,  brown  and  cream  in  living  room 
rug,  with  blue  hangings  and  furniture 
coverings. 

Then  paint  the  dining  room  wall  above 
the  wood  paneling  delft  blue,  again  light- 
ening the  tone  slightly  by  mixing  some 
white  and  the  ivory  paint  for  ceiling. 
We  think  running  the  blues  and  greys 
through  these  rooms  with  touch  of  red 
in  hall,  will  make  a  very  pretty  effect. 

For  the  wall  tints  of  bedrooms,  we  ad- 
vise rose  tint  and  white  ceiling  for  the 
northwest  bedroom.  For  the  southwest 
bedroom  a  blue  tint.  For  the  southeast 
bedroom,  pale  green,  and  for  the  north- 
east bedroom,  light  tan. 


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HOUSEHOLD  ECONOMICS 


A  Fresh  Air  Bed 


OULD  you  like  to  sleep  out  of 
doors  if  you  could  go  to  bed  and 
get  up  in  a  warm  room  ?  The 
sleeping  porch  is  a  luxury,  be- 
cause it  duplicates  the  space  of  the  indoor 
bedroom.  When  a  house  has  been  built 
without,  it  is  not  always  possible  or  prac- 
ticable to  add  sleeping  porches  just  where 
they  are  desired. 

Small  apartments  are  being  built  with 
all  kinds  of  devices  to  put  the  bed  out  of 
the  way  in  the  day  time  and  to  utilize  the 
space  when  it  is  not  being  used.  Beds 
are  folded  into  a  closet,  they  turn  into  a 
table  or  a  davenport  in  all  sorts  of  sur- 


Exterior.view,  showing  appearance  in  building. 


Interior  view  showing  seat  and  windows. 


prising  ways.  The  bed  may  be  partly 
pushed  into  a  big  closet  leaving  what 
seems  a  couch  against  the  wall,  remaining 
in  the  room.  This  latter  principle  has 
been  readapted  in  a  very  clever  way  to 
make  an  out-door  bed. 

A  window  is  built  in  the  ousfde  wall 
of  the  bed  room  with  the  window  open- 
ing wide  enough  to  accommodate  the 
length  of  a  bed.  The  head  of  the  win- 
dow is  at  the  same  height  as  the  other 
windows  and  it  is  open  to  the  floor. 
The  upper  part  of  the  window  is  filled 
with  casement  sash  as  shown  in  the  in- 
terior view.  A  full  size  double  bed, 
without  head  or  foot  piece,  is  fitted  into 
the  opening,  part  indoors  and  partly 


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She  may  be  willinsr,  but  she  can't  be  as 
accurate.  Her  other  duties  divert  her 
thoughts,  and  upen,  uncontrolled  damp- 
ers allow  the  fire  to  KO  too  far,  burning 
coal  wastefully  and  makinj?  th**  house  too  hot.  The  re- 
verse might  ttlsj  be  true  and  the  fire  go  out  for  lack  of 
draft  ur  burn  so  low  as  to  give  little  heat. 


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Thin  device  affords  a  sure,  safe,  guaranteed  method 
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ELKOTRIO  MOTORS  which  require  no  winding.    For 
home*  haviiiK  electric  current  we  supply  our  alter 
noting  current  motor,    the  power   Item*.'   •PCUM 
direet    (nun    the    Ik'htuiK    circuit.      Where    no 
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New  Roofing 
Discovery 

Works  Wonders  in  Beautifying  Home! 


For  Simplest  and  Grandest  Homes 

CHARMING  Moorish  beauty  and 
^*  dignity  of  appearance  of  Metal 
Spanish  Tile  gives  an  air  of  distinction  to 
the  home  graced  by  this  wonderful  new 
and  practically  indestructible  roofing. 

It  has  taken  home-builders  of  America 
by  storm,  for  it  is  the  modernization  of 
the  wonderfully  beautiful  roofs  of  historic 
Spanish  edifices. 

The  art  of  making  this  roofing,  left 
behind  by  fleeing  Moors  driven  out  of 
Spain  centuries  ago,  until  1910  could 
not  be  made  practical  for  the  modern 
home,  despite  its  alluring  beauties. 

After  years  of  experiment,  we  have  hit  the 
solution.  That  is  why  today  we  are  able  to 
offer  American  homes  the  amazing  attractive- 
ness of 

Metal  Spanish  Tile  Roofing 

Its  scores  of  vital,  practical  advantages  cost 
no  more  than  common  roofing,  yet  mean  tre- 
mendous economy — it  needs  no  repairs  and  out- 
lasts several  ordinary  roofs  because  of  its  prac- 
tically indestructible  metal  construction. 

It  is  absolutely  wind,  weather,  storm,  fire  and 
lightning  proof. 

Easy  to  apply.  No  soldering,  no  special  tools— any 
ordinary  mechanic  can  apply  it.  Interlocking  system 
by  which  tiles  dovetail  into  each  other  makes  the  roof 
absolutely  wat,-r  tight  and  provides  for  expansion  and 
contraction  perfectly  -summer  and  winter.  It  is  guar- 
anteed non-breakable. 

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return  mail  exact  cost  of  all  material.  Our  new  book 
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out  of  doors  on  a  platform  built  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  it.  A  panel  back 
the  width  of  the  opening  fills  the  space 
between  the  casement  sash  and  the  bed. 
This  panel  back  is  on  weights  and  pushes 
up  to  open  the  bed,  the  seat  which  is 
hinged,  to  cover  the  part  of  the  bed  re- 
maining inside  the  room,  having  been 
folded  up  against  the  panel  before  raising 
it.  This  is  seen  in  the  cut  where  the  bed 
is  shown  open.  A  series  of  hoods  and 
awnings  are  so  arranged  as  to  be  easily 


Interior  view,  showing  full-size  double  bed. 

shifted  to  either  the  inside  of  the  house 
or  the  outside,  being  controlled  either 
from  the  room  or  from  the  bed.  There  is 
a  weatherproof  canopy  which,  except 
when  the  bed  is  in  use,  is  on  the  outside 
and  protects  the  bed  against  all  kinds  of 
weather.  There  is  a  second  canopy  filled 
with  closely  woven  copper  mesh  screen. 
The  copper  wire  mesh  is  not  transparent 
as  other  screening.  When  the  bed  is  oc- 
cupied, the  weatherproof  canopy  is 
thrown  to  the  inside,  protecting  the  room 
from  the  outside  and  conserving  its  heat, 
and  the  screened  canopy  is  thrown  to  the 
outside.  Between  the  two  is  a  curtain  or 
awning  operated  by  cords  from  within  the 
bed  which  gives  protection  against  night 
showers  and  early  morning  sunshine. 

A  very  simple  exterior  treatment  is 
shown  in  the  cut.  Inside  the  room  is 
seen  the  high  casement  sash  and  a  seat 
with  a  paneled  back  under  it,  in  the 
same  finish  as  the  rest  of  the  room. 


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Electricity  in  the  Home 

T3ILL  W AGNER'S  story  is  short  and  easy  to  read— 
•*-*  the  book  is  full  of  pointers  and  costs  little— 
Every  Home-Builder  and  Contractor  should  have  a  copy. 

Send  25c  to  cover  postage,   and  advertising  expense— 
Book  comes  by  return  mail. 

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Statement  of  Ownership 

Statement  of  the  ownership,  manage- 
ment, circulation,  etc.,  required  by  the 
Act  of  August  24,  1912,  of  Keith's  Maga- 
zine on  Home-building,  published  month- 
ly at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  for  October  1st, 
1915:  Editor,  M.  L.  Keith,  Minneapolis, 
Minn. ;  managing  editor,  Ethel  Barthole- 
mew,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  business  man- 
ager, G.  E.  Nelson,  Minneapolis,  Minn.; 
publisher,  M.  L.  Keith,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.  Owner:  M.  L.  Keith,  Minneapo- 
lis, Minn.  Known  bondholders,  mort- 
gagees, and  other  security  holders,  hold- 
ing 1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of 
bonds,  mortgages,  or  other  securities : 
None. 

M.  L.  KEITH. 

Sworn    to    and    subscribed    before   me 
this  23rd  day  of  September,  1915. 
(Seal.)  CLYDE  B.  HELM. 

(My  commission  expires  Oct.  26,  1917.) 


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22  inches  high.  Balls  5  inches  in  diameter  Massive  and  finished 
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OMAT 


The  Christmas  Message 


HRISTMAS  comes  this  year  to 
an  anxious  and  troubled  world, 
to  a  world  filled  with  war  and 
the  rumors  of  war,  and  its  mes- 
sage of  peace  and  good  will  is  the  more 
insistent  that  it  is  so  opposed  to  the  trend 
of  events.  But  the  greater  the  suffering 
and  disaster  of  the  world,  the  greater 
the  need  for  all  the  gentle  ministrations 
of  love.  And  so  I  hone  that  all  of  us 
may  feel  at  this  Christmastide  the  im- 
pulse to  do  our  uttermost,  not  only  to 
make  our  own  happy,  but  to  bring  some 
touch  of  Christmas  cheer  to  those  who 
would  otherwise  be  outside  all  the  joys 
of  the  day. 

Every  one  of 
us  can  do  some- 
thing If  we  can- 
not send  a  dinner 
to  a  large,  hun- 
gry family,  we 
can  see  that 
some  one  woman, 
living  alone,  has 
her  portion  of 
delicate  food,  a 
card  with  our 
good  wishes  and 
a  bit  of  Christ- 
mas greenery. 
Or  we  can  see 
that  some  home-  . 


Decorated  with  candied  fruits  and  nuts. 


less  man  or  boy  has  a  substantial  dinner 
at  our  expense. 

When  it  comes  to  the  matter  of  per- 
sonal hospitality  cannot  many  of  us  in- 
vite to  our  Christmas  dinner  someone 
who  has  either  no  friends  to  go  to,  or 
none  accessible.  The  cities  are  full  of 
such  lonely  men  and  women,  and  they 
are  not  wholly  absent  from  country 
places.  And  their  gratitude,  while  it  may 
not  be  as  loudly  expressed  as  that  of  the 
washerwoman,  is  likely  to  be  far  more 
genuine. 

And  I  should  like  to  suggest,  with  such 
hospitality  in  mind,  that  dinner  late  in 

the  afternoon 
breaks  the  day 
far  better  than 
the  midday 
meal. 

Your  guest 
will  feel  that  he 
or  she  must  not 
outstay  their 
welcome,  and 
man}'  sad  ghosts 
walk  in  the  twi- 
light h  ours  of 
Christmas  Day, 
which  are  laid 
in  the  midst  of 
laughter  and 
good  cheer. 


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The  Christmas  Table. 

One  reason,  I  fancy,  why  there  is  not 
more  of  the  sort  of  hospitality  of  which  I 
have  spoken,  is  that  the  idea  of  giving 
is  so  bound  up  with  Christmas  Day. 
You  cannot  well  make  a  present  of  any 
consequence  to  a  stranger,  you  cannot 
leave  him  out  when  others  are  receiving 
gifts.  You  can  solve  the  difficulty  in  one 
of  two  ways ;  you  can  have  at  each  place 
a  favor  of  some  sort,  a  fern  in  a  little  pot, 
an  individual  dish  of  sweets  or  nuts,  a 
tiny  calendar,  or  some  similar  trifle;  or 
you  can  have  in  the  middle  of  the  table  a 
very  small  Christmas  tree,  with  a  wreath 
of  holly  at  its  base.  Have  on  it  a  gift 
for  each  member  of  the  party,  all  of 
exactly  the  same  value.  You  can  get 
any  number  of  pretty  trifles  at  the  ten 
cent  store.  Wrap  each  in  vivid  scarlet 
wrapping  paper,  not  crepe  paper,  but  the 
glazed  sort,  and  seal  it  with  a  Christmas 
seal.  Then,  either  just  before  the  dessert 
is  brought  in,  or  at  the  very  end  of  the 
dinner,  light  the  candles  on  the  tree  and 
distribute  the  gifts  with  a  little  ceremony. 
The  scarlet  packages  and  the  candles  will 
be  quite  enough  decoration  for  the  tree, 
and  the  difficult  problem  will  be  nicely 
solved,  the  family  having  had  their  gifts 
privately  earlier  in  the  day. 

A  Christmas  Dinner  Out  of  the  Common. 

With  poultry  high  and  still  soaring, 
why  not  try  an  old  fashioned  English 
Christmas  dinner  of  roast  beef  and  plum 
pudding?  Here  is  a  menu,  which  may 
help  someone : 

Oysters  on  the  half-shell 

Roa.st  beef         Yorkshire  pudding 

Potatoes  Braised  onions  Celery 

Vegetable  salad 
Sauce  tartare  Baking  powder  biscuit 

Plum  pudding 

Coffee  Crackers 

Cheese 

With  the  oysters  serve  delicate  sand- 
wiches of  brown  bread  and  butter.  Five 
to  a  person  is  enough  to  allow.  In  the 
centre  of  each  plate  set  a  cocktail  glass, 
containing  a  mixture  of  tomato  catsup, 
Worcestershire  sauce  and  a  single  drop  of 
tabasco  sauce,  laying  the  usual  points  of 
lemon  between  the  shells. 

For  a  large  party  you  should  buy  three 
ribs  of  beef.  If  pater  familias  is  not  an 
expert  carver,  have  the  roast  boned  and 


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rolled,  as  it  is  so  much  more  easily  man- 
aged. 

Yorkshire  pudding  is  not  common  with 
us,  but  it  is  extremely  good,  and  very 
simple.  To  a  pint  of  milk  allow  four 
tablespoonfuls  of  flour,  a  teaspoonful  of 
baking  powder  and  half  a  teaspoonful  of 
salt  and  one  egg.  Half  an  hour  before  the 
roast  is  done,  take  it  from  the  oven  and 
put  something  across  the  top  of  the  pan  to 


A  celery  basket. 

support  it  and  keep  it  from  the  bottom. 
Half  of  an  old  gridiron  will  answer,  some 
skewers,  or  even  three  sticks.  Replace 
the  meat,  pour  the  batter  into  the  pan, 
right  into  the  dripping,  and  let  it  bake 
brown  but  not  scorch.  Cut  it  into 
squares  and  arrange  them  around  the 
meat  on  the  platter.-  The  potatoes  must 
be  mashed  and  well  buttered,  as  you 
cannot  have  Yorkshire  pudding  and  a 
made  gravy. 

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sugar  obtainable  and  syrup ;  it  should  be 
mixed  so  as  to  be  rather  soft  when 
cooked,  about  the  consistency  of  pound- 
cake, and  only  enough  crumbs  and  flour 
should  be  used  to  hold  the  fruit  together. 
Use  twice  the  quantity  of  raisins  that  you 
do  of  currants  and  do  not  forget  a  little 
candied  orange  peel.  Many  a  plum  pud- 
ding has  been  spoiled  for  the  lack  of  salt, 
and  most  of  the  rules  give  an  absurdly 
large  number  of  eggs.  Three  is  quite 
enough  for  a  large  pudding,  and  it  does 
no  harm  to  add  a  teaspoonful  of  baking 
powder. 

For  the  hard  sauce  cream  two  table- 
spoonfuls  of  butter,  beat  in  two  of  pow- 
dered sugar,  add  a  few  drops  of  hot  water, 
then  more  sugar,  till  it  is  stiff  enough, 
beating  it  hard  with  a  stiff  spoon  till  it  is 
white  and  creamy.  Pile  it  in  a  glass  dish 
and  pour  over  it  two  tablespoonfuls  of 
sherry  or  brandy. 

In  serving  the  pudding  have  it  turned 
out  onto  a  dinner  plate  and  set  this  into  a 
larger  plate  or  chop  dish,  with  a  wreath 
of  holly  on  it.  If  you  wish  to  have  it 
very  picturesque,  pour  some  brandy 
around  the  pudding  and  set  it  on  fire  just 
as  it  is  brought  to  the  table. 

Preserved  Ginger  Cake. 

A  cake  which  is  unusual,  and  is  very 
good,  is  made  with  two  eggs,  five  ounces 
of  flour,  a  quarter  of  a  pound  of  pow- 
dered sugar,  a  tablespoonful  of  milk, 
a  teaspoonful  of  baking  powder  and  a 
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tion of  two  ounces  of  preserved  ginger, 
carefully  washed  to  remove  the  syrup. 
Bake  it  in  a  moderate  oven  and  when 
cold,  cover  with  white  icing  mixed  with 
shreds  of  crystallized  ginger,  or  decorate 
with  candied  fruit  and  nuts. 

If  there  is  any  syrup  left  in  the  jar  of 
ginger,  the  cake  can  be  used  for  a  pud- 
ding. Omit  the  icing  and  serve  it  hot. 
Bring  a  cupful  of  the  syrup  to  the  boil, 
thicken  it  with  a  teaspoonful  of  arrow- 
root, add  a  good  lump  of  butter  and  pour 
it  around  the  cake. 

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for  celery  is  rather  novel,  and  solves 
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The  Home  Fireproof 

A  New  Method  of  Building 


TYPE  of  steel  and  concrete  con- 
struction which  is  entirely  prac- 
ticable for  the  small  residence 
and  yet  which  could  be  erected 
at  a  reasonable  figure  is  a  proposition 
which  has  just  been  developed.  It  is  a 
problem  on  which  much  thought  has 
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definite  form,  and  the  originators  are 
now  ready,  as  they  say,  to  tell  the  build- 
ing trade  and  those  interested  in  home 
building  how  it  may  be  done. 

In  order  in  put  the  matter  in  definite 


and  practical  shape  two  houses — a  typical 
bungalow  and  a  two-story,  eight-room 
house — have  been  built,  both  of  which 
claim  to  be  absolutely  fireproof.  Since 
their  completion  these  have  been  thrown 
open  to  the  public  for  examination  and 
inspection. 

New  building  materials,  a  combined 
reinforcing  and  centering,  and  a  deeply 
corrugated  expanded  steel  sheet,  a  rein- 
forcement which  will  hold  in  place  two 
inches  of  concrete,  have  been  developed 
to  meet  the  needs  of  this  construction. 


Concrete  removed  from  outside  to  show  construction  around  window  frame. 


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These  are  used  over  a  steel  framework 
not  unlike  a  sky  scraper  construction, 
which  is  imbedded  in  the  concrete  foun- 
dations, and  must  be  properly  braced. 

The  foundations  do  not  differ  from  the 
usual  good,  waterproof,  concrete  founda- 
tion walls,  in  which  the  steel  frame  work 
for  the  superstructure  is  set.  The  side 
walls  consist  of  an  outer  two  inches  of 
reinforced,  waterproofed  concrete,  and  an 
inner  three-quarters  of  an  inch  of  rein- 
forced concrete.  The  floors  and  ceilings 
are  of  the  same  reinforcement  as  the  inner 


Showing  roof,  suspended  ceiling  and  gutter. 

surface  of  the  side  walls.  At  their  junc- 
tion is  an  expanded  metal  angle  which 
makes  the  bond  complete  between  floor 
and  ceilings  and  the  wall.  Heating  and 
plumbing  conduits  are  arranged  for  in 
setting  walls  and  floors. 

Side  Wall. 

The  cut  shows  a  bit  of  wall  around  a 
window  showing  the  construction  around 
the  frame.  A  channel  holds  the  window 
frame  in  place.  The  deeply  corrugated 
reinforcement,  trussit,  as  it  is  called,  is 
wired  to  the  steel  frame  of  the  structure. 
The  scratch  coat  of  cement  plaster  is  first 
applied  outside,  then  back  plastered  be- 
fore the  second  coat  is  applied  to  the 
outside.  The  outside  wall  is  made  water- 
proof and  given  the  finished  coat,  as  with 
anv  kind  of  a  stuccoed  house.  On  the 


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inner  side  of  the  frame  a  self-centered 
reinforcement  is  also  wired.  A  cut  of 
these  materials  is  shown  elsewhere. 
That  used  on  the  inner  wall,  self-senter- 
ing,  as  it  is  called,  has  a  heavy  rib  which 
gives  it  strength  and  rigidity,  with  a 
diamond  mesh  fabric  affording  a  bond 
for  the  concrete  and  plaster. 


Self-sentering. 


Truss!  t. 


Floors  and  Ceilings. 

The  floors  are  formed  by  two  and  a 
half  inches  of  concrete  laid  on  top  of 
self-centering,  over  I-beams.  Over  the 
concrete  is  placed  a  non-combustible, 
sanitary  composition  flooring  one-half 
inch  in  thickness,  which  is  carried  up  to 
form  a  base  about  the  room.  Sleepers 
may  be  laid  before  the  concrete  is  poured 
so  that  wood  floors  can  be  laid  if  desired. 
The  ceilings  are  similar  to  the  side  wall. 

Partitions. 

The  partitions  are  two  inches  of  solid 
cement  reinforcement.  They  are  formed 
by  wiring  the  deeply  corrugated  trussit 
to  the  self-centering  of  the  ceiling  and 

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floors  by  means  of  a  metal  angle,  before 
any  cement  has  been  put  on,  so  that  the 
surface  is  continuous.  The  trussit  is  then 
plastered  on  both  sides  to  make  a  two- 
inch  partition.  Tests  which  have  been 
made  show  that  ordinary  tones  of  voice 
can  not  be  heard  through  such  a  parti- 
tion ;  that  it  is  perhaps  less  of  a  conduc- 
tor of  sound  than  the  ordinary  partition. 

Roof. 

A  cut  of  the  roof  is  also  shown,  giving 
details  of  the  construction  of  the  gutter. 
Two  and  a  half  inches  of  concrete  over 
the  reinforcement  is  protected  by  a 
waterproof  compound,  sufficiently  elastic 
to  take  care  of  contraction  and  expansion 
and  keeping  a  waterproof  film  over  the 
concrete.  The  ceiling  is  suspended  from 
the  roof  by  hangers. 

Stairway. 

The  stairway  with  this  construction  is 
of  concrete  and  steel. 

The  concrete  for  the  entire  stairway 
may  be  poured  at  one  time.  The  self- 
centering  can  then  be  back  plastered. 

The  newel  posts  and  railings  are  con- 
structed of  channels  and  metal  lath. 
Posts  are  poured  solid  inside  a  metal  lath 
form  and  plastered  outside. 

Interior  Trim. 

The  small  amount  of  trim  required  may 
be  of  wood  or  metal ,  fastened  by  screws. 
Details  of  this  nature  can  be  adapted  by 
the  builder  without  affecting  the  fireproof 
qualities  of  the  structure. 

Many  adaptations  of  the  construction 
are  possible,  both  as  to  the  materials  used 
and  as  to  the  character  of  the  structure. 
The  house  can  be  built  with  wood  tim- 
bers framed  together  and  thoroughly 
braced,  and  reinforced  stucco  for  out- 
side walls  and  cement  plastered  inside, 
with  reinforced  partitions  and  ceilings, 
concrete  floors  and  roofs.  Brick  walls 
with  metal  lath  inside  walls,  with  the 
same  interior,  or  stucco  on  hollow  tile 
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WOODS 


AND 


HOW  TO  USE 
THEM 


EDITOR'S  NOTE.— When  the  building:  idea  takes  possession  of  you— and  the  building-  idea  is  dormant  or  active  in  every 
person;  when  you  feel  the  need  of  unbiased  information,  place  your  problems  before  KEITH'S  staff  of  wood  experts. 

This  department  is  created  for  the  benefit  of  KEITH'S  readers  and  will  be  conducted  in  their  interest.  The  information 
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The  purpose  of  this  department  is  to  give  information,  either  specific  or  general,  on  the  subject  of  wood,  hoping  to  bring 
about  the  exercise  of  greater  intelligence  in  the  use  of  forest  products  and  greater  profit  and  satisfaction  to  the  users. 


College   of   Forestry. 

|HE  University  of  Washington  of- 
fers students  four  distinct  lines  of 
work  in  its  College  of  Forestry. 
This  college,  like  any  technical 
school,  is  for  the  purpose  of  giving  to  the 
industry  things  which  can  only  be  gained 
by  an  intensive  study,  and  also  to  prepare 
men  who  are  well  fitted,  after  acquiring 
a  practical  knowledge,  to  take  a  place  of 
value  to  the  industry. 

The  courses  presented  at  Seattle  are: 

(1)  Federal  state  forestry  work;  (2) 
logging  engineering ;  (3)  forest  products, 
and  (4)  the  lumber  business.  The  latter 
is  a  new  course  and  is  being  elected  by  a 
large  per  cent  of  the  students. 

The  courses  have  recently  been  extend- 
ed to  cover  five  years.  The  first  two 
years  give  the  student  a  general  training 
in  mathematics,  surveying,  sciences,  Eng- 
lish, foreign  language,  and  those  elemen- 
tary forestry  subjects  that  are  necessary 
in  any  line  of  forestry  work.  Students 
in  each  of  the  four  groups  take  this  first 
two  years  of  general  training  and  devote 
the  last  three  years  to  specialization  in 
the  line  that  they  select. 

Opportunities  along  a  great  many  lines 
are  open  to  graduates  of  the  third  group, 
such  as  wood  preservation,  wood  pulp 
manufacture,  veneer  and  furniture  manu- 
facture, wood  pipe  construction,  inspec- 
tion of  wood  products  (especially  struc- 
tural materials),  and  numerous  other 
branches  of  work  concerning  the  lesser 
wood-using  industries. 

In    addition    to    the    regular   course    a 


short  course  is  offered  each  year,  begin- 
ning immediately  after  the  Christmas 
holidays  and  continuing  for  twelve  weeks. 
This  course  is  arranged  to  meet  the  spe- 
cial needs  of  men  engaged  in  forest  serv- 
ice work,  timberland  owners  and  lumber- 
men engaged  in  woods  work.  The  course 
is  divided  into  two  groups,  (1)  the  ranger 
group,  and  (2)  the  lumberman's  group. 

At  Syracuse. 

The  New  York  State  College  of  For- 
estry at  Syracuse  opened  this  year  with 
a  registration  of  274  men,  who  are  taking 
the  four  and  five  year  professional  courses 
in  forestry.  In  addition  to  these  men 
there  are  eighteen  who  are  taking  the 
one  year  practical  course  at  the  State 
Ranger  School  at  Wanakena. 

The  professor  of  forestry  utilization, 
Nelson  C.  Brown,  made  a  6,000-mile  trip 
during  the  summer,  visiting  lumbermen 
and  loggers  in  the  Pacific  northwest, 
where  he  studied  methods  of  utilizing  and 
protecting  timber  in  practically  all  of  the 
timber  states  of  the  west,  bringing  back- 
illustrative  material  for  use  in  the  school 
and  for  the  forest  museum. 

Yale  Post  Graduate  Work. 

The  Yale  students  of  forestry  went 
down  into  the  Vredenburgh  timber  hold- 
ings at  Vredenburgh,  Alabama,  for  their 
post  graduate  course  in  forestry  engineer- 
ing. The  conditions  are  considered  very 
favorable  for  student  work.  There  are 
about  30,000  acres  of  timberland  in  these 
holdings  so  situated  as  to  give  the  stu- 


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That  Bungalow 

wliirh  you  intend  to  Inii Id  next  Spring 
will  need  the   soft,    artistic   tones   of 

Cabot's  Creosote  Stains 

to  nuike  it  complete  nnd  harmonious. 

Paint  doean't  suit  bungalows.  It  forms  n  hard,  shiny  c-oat  that 
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WOODS  AND  HOW  TO  USE  THEM— Continued 


dents  excellent  opportunities  to  make 
their  studies  and  investigations  under  the 
most  favorable  conditions.  The  manu- 
facturing plant  has  a  daily  output  of 
100,000  feet  and  the  climatic  conditions  in 
that  section  are  especially  favorable  to 
the  out-door  work  of  the  class. 

Professor  R.  C.  Bryant  is  in  charge  of 
the  forestry  school  at  Yale,  and  made  a 
personal  visit  before  selecting  the  loca- 
tion for  the  class  work.  The  special 
course  consists  of  estimating  timber, 
studying  logging  conditions,  milling  con- 
ditions, and  in  general,  the  working  con- 
ditions of  the  industry. 

Wall    Paper   a    By-Product   from    Waste 
Bark. 

The  effort  to  find  a  use  for  by-products 
which  otherwise  are  waste  materials 
seems  to  have  achieved  another  success 
in  the  manufacture  of  a  wall  covering 
not  unlike  the  "oat-meal"  wall  papers 
now  in  use. 

The  sample  made  at  the  laboratory  is  a 
beautiful  brown,  slightly  touched  with 
the  tiny  stray  filmets  of  white.  The  pa- 
per possesses  a  stiffness  which  would 
make  handling  easy,  and  altogether 
seems  to  be  a  most  successful  develop- 
ment. 

A  valuable  property  of  this  paper  is 
that  little  dye  is  required  to  produce  the 
proper  tints.  This  is  especially  valuable 
at  the  present  time  when  dyes  are  almost 
impossible  to  obtain,  and  if  at  all  only  in 
small  quantities  and  at  exceedingly  high 
prices. 

Bark  which  is  removed  from  the  logs 
at  certain  pulp  mills  at  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  is 
of  no  value  for  fuel,  and  as  it  pollutes  the 
water  it  cannot  be  thrown  into  lakes  and 
streams.  Great  quantities  accumulate  at 
the  mills  or  must  be  disposed  of  at  a 
considerable  cost,  and  hence  it  is  an  eco- 
nomic waste. 

A  quantity  of  spruce  bark  was  recently 
sent  to  the  Forest  Products  Laboratory 
in  Madison  for  tests  as  to  its  possible 
usefulness.  Here  it  was  ground  and 
made  unto  what  closely  resembles  the 
"oatmeal"  papers.  Samples  sent  to  paper 
dealers  and  manufacturers  have  aroused 
co'nsiderable  interest  and  it  seems  possible 
that  this  bark  which  now  is  only  a  source 


of  expense  may  be  utilized  in  the  manu- 
facture of  a  satisfactory  commercial 
product. 

Rosewood. 

Like  the  aristocrat  it  is  among  fine 
woods,  Rosewood  has  many  claimants 
to  relationship  from  the  East  Indies  and 
other  tropical  localities — woods  similar 
in  character  but  inferior  in  appearance. 
The  true  Rosewood,  however — deep,  rud- 
dy brown  in  color  and  richly  figured  with 
black  resinous  layers — hails  from  Brazil, 
the  Rio  de  Janeiro  and  Bahia  Provinces. 
In  this  wood  color  is  the  factor  which 
determines  its  grade  and  costliness. 

So  rich  and  rosy  in  tone  are  some  of 
the  finer  grades  that  a  stain  of  any  kind 
would  be  detrimental  rather  than  enhanc- 
ing the  beauty  of  the  finished  wood. 

Rosewood  owes  its  beauty  of  figure 
to  a  resinous  oil  which  is  present  to  a 
degree  very  unusual  in  a  hardwood — a 
constituent  which  makes  the  wood  not 
only  very  hard  to  work,  but  which  pre- 
sents finishing  difficulties  as  well.  This 
resinous  oil  is  prone  to  ooze  or  bleed 
and  this  fact  must  be  dealt  with  in  finish- 
ing the  wood. 

To  Study  Forest  Problems. 
Secretary  Houston  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  made  an  extensive  tour  of 
the  national  forests  to  find  out  for  himself 
to  what  extent  their  timber,  forage,  water 
power,  recreational  and  agricultural  re- 
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under  present  methods  and  to  make  a  study 
of  the  administrative  problems  of  the  forest 
service.  He  sought  first-hand  impres- 
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SPLINTERS  AND  SHAVINGS 


Careless  Use  of  Electric  Devices. 

HEN  electric  devices  or  appliances 
for  household  use  are  installed,  it 
should  be  done  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  some  one  who  understands 
the  installation,  if  it  is  not  done  by  an 
expert.  A  warning  has  been  issued  to  the 
public  by  a  state  fire  marshal,  against 
carelessness  in  the  installation  and  the 
use  of  these  appliances,  as  their  abuse 
may  cause  more  or  less  disastrous  fires. 
He  especially  calls  attention  to  the  fact 
that  the  electric  circuit  should  not  be 
overloaded  with  irons,  toasters,  plate 
warmers,  hair  curlers,  sewing  and  wash- 
ing machines.  Most  of  the  fires  occur  not 
because  of  the  use  of  these  devices,  but 
because  when  the  current  on  the  wire  is 
increased  there  is  added  danger  of  melting 
the  connections  and  starting  a  fire  which 
is  not  discovered  until  it  has  made  a  good 
start  in  the  woodwork. 

Many  fires  are  started  from  leaving 
electric  irons  standing  upon  the  ironing 
board  without  turning  off  the  current. 
A  hair  curler  carelessly  left  upon  a  dress- 
er for  a  few  seconds  may  be  sufficient  to 
start  a  blaze,  and  a  washing  machine  may 
be  made  dangerous  if  the  wire  connecting 
the  plug  with  the  main  circuit  is  allowed 
to  touch  the  metal,  thus  burning  out  the 
connection. 

In  one  case  'an  improperly  installed 
electric  plate  warmer  started  a  fire.  An- 
other report  showed  that  an  electric  iron 
caused  a  disastrous  blaze.  The  fire  de- 
partment does  not  complain  of  these 
devices  themselves,  as  they  are  properly 
constructed  and  are  an  excellent  means 
of  reducing  household  drudgery,  but  in 
each  case  they  should  be  installed  by  an 
expert,  or  at  least  more  care  should  be 
used  by  the  head  of  the  household  who 
does  his  own  installing. 

A  recent  tabulation  of  electrical  appli- 
ances in  household  use  at  the  present 
time  gives  a  total  of  nearly  six  and  a 
half  million,  with  perhaps  two  million 
more  which  are  not  tabulated.  Of  the  six 
and  a  half  million  devices  tabulated,  over 


three  millions  are  flatirons,  easily  lead- 
ing the  lists,  with  a  little  more  than  a 
million  and  a  half  electric  fans  taking  sec- 
ond place.  Vacuum  cleaners  and  toast- 
ers are  next  on  the  list  with  between  four 
and  five  hundred  thousand  in  use.  Over 
fourteen  thousand  electric  ranges  are  in 
use  according  to  this  list,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  list  comes  electric  dish  washers, 
two  hundred  sixty-one  in  number. 

Percentage  of  Home  Owners. 

In  Seattle  and  Los  Angeles  forty-four 
per  cent  of  the  people  own  the  houses 
they  live  in.  In  Philadelphia,  Chicago  and 
Saint  Louis  the  percentage  is  approxi- 
mately twenty-six.  In  Boston  it  is  seven- 
teen, in  New  York  twelve. 


"The  Mystery  of  the  Oriental  Rug,"  by  Dr. 
G.  Griffin  Lewis,  is  a  monograph,  including 
"The  Prayer  Rug"  and  "Some  Advice  to  Pur- 
chasers of  Oriental  Rugs,"  published  by  the 
J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  Philadelphia.  The 
book  has  been  published  in  response  to  the 
popular  demand  for  a  low-priced  book  on  the 
subject.  In  this  monograph  the  author  has 
endeavored  to  present  in  a  concise  form  cer- 
tain facts  that  may  enable  the  novice  to  more 
fully  understand  and  aporeciate  the  beauty  and 
interest  attached  to  these  treasures  of  the 
Orient. 

The  second  edition  of  "The  Practical  Book 
of  Oriental  Rugs,"  bv  Dr.  G.  Griffin  Lewis, 
published  by  the  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company, 
Philadelphia,  has  appeared.  This  is  a  very 
complete  and  comprehensive  survey  of  the  sub- 
ject, with  many  illustrations,  twenty  of  which 
are  in  color.  This  book  gives  quite  a  com- 
plete classification,  both  from  a  geographical 
standpoint,  as  most  rugs  are  named  after  the 
towns  or  districts  in  which  they  are  made,  or 
from  the  people  who  make  them;  and  also  a 
classification  according  to  their  intended  uses. 
The  chapter  on  identification  of  rugs,  together 
with  the  chart  showing  the  distinguishing  feat- 
ures of  the  different  rugs  is  of  particular  value. 
The  information  on  the  prominent  character- 
istics and  details  of  weaving,  the  detailed  chap- 
ter on  design,  illustrated  throughout  with  text 
cuts,  thus  enabling  the  reader  to  identify  the 
different  varieties  by  their  patterns;  and  the 
price  per  square  foot  at  which  e?ch  variety  is 
held  by  retail  dealers,  are  features  new  in  rug 
literature. 

The  book  is  full  of  interest  and  invaluable 
as  a  reference. 


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