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HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



itself as large as many modest country houses. It is a room of arches, 

 columns and mirrors. Six pairs of French casements open to a com- 

 pletely furnished porch room overlooking the water, counteracting in 

 a measure the lonesome grandeur and monotony of an exceptionally 

 large room. The entire east, north and south sides are doored and 

 windowed in glass in winter, and its thirteen foot ceiling is cemented 

 on galvanized wire lath, crossed by ebonized beams. 



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Two corners of the large living room have groined ceilings, 

 while the remainder of the room is straight beamed. Fluted columns, 

 and pilasters, double, single, and Ionic capped are freely used. 



