THE HOUSE AND ITS EQUIPMENT. 



OUTDOOR DINING-ROOMS. 



Modern Habits in Favour of Dining Out-oj -Doors Examples Stately and SimpleTreatment 

 of Tea-room Windows at Grey Walls A Scheme for an Ideal Outdoor Room. 



FASHIONS change. Our grandfathers were apt to close up Their bedroom window? piuclentlv, 

 being convinced ot the poisonous character of the night air. Some of us, on the contrary, are 

 getting into the way, anyhow in the dog-days, of dragging our beds out under the stars, and 

 with most people there is more of the open-air life than there used to be. The garden is 

 becoming a place not for a hurried walk but for the enjoyment of many a long hour. It 

 needs modification to suit it to its new and enlarged uses, so that shelters, loggias, arbours and garden- 

 houses take a large place 

 in modern garden design. 

 There is no better moment 

 to enjoy the fresh air and 

 garden outlook than at 

 mealtimes, and arrange 

 ments that make this 

 possible and p leas a n t 

 should icceive due con 

 sideration. The occasional 

 picnic may be all very well, 

 but as a regular habit meals 

 should be served easily, 

 comfortably and securely, 

 whether they take place in 

 a closed room or in an open 

 space. In our changeable 

 climate it is impossible to 

 feel security if that space 

 is not roofed and sheltered 

 from driving winds. I re 

 member suffering frequent 

 humiliation when the 

 terrace where I used tc 

 breakfast lacked such a 

 contrivance. 1 would 

 over -rule my servant s 

 strong objection to laying 

 the breakfast there when 

 the sky threatened, and 

 often enough, by the time I 

 sat myself down, a shower 

 or a drizzle would set in. 

 Even if, to save my dignity, 

 1 was prepared to face the 

 elements, the sail was not, 

 and the effect was dis 

 astrous also on the cutlery 

 So I had to ring the bell, 

 confess my error of 

 judgment and beg that 

 everything might be re- 

 I7 , n JI-~ORD moved hurriedly indoors. 



