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HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



The Telescopic House. 



Shore Rocks is so planned and built that certain floors, stair- 

 ways and rooms can be cut off from the rest of the house, the 

 plumbing reduced by a series of shut-offs to that required for an 

 ordinary ten-room house, three-fourths of the big heating plant 



ENTRANCE HALL. 

 MUSICIANS BALCONY. 



easily disconnected, and the occupants thus made practically inde- 

 pendent of servants by reducing a working force of a dozen or more 

 to two or three . All upright heating pipes placed to be easily reached 

 are concealed within closets or columns. 



Swimming Pool. 



Grounds are laid out with pergola, Italian gardens, and swim- 

 ming pool, depth of water in which is controlled by a water- 



