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An artificial pool fed by springs or slowly flowing water and 

 without the stigma of a swamp lowland gives beauty to an estate 

 obtained in no other way, especially if placed near enough to the 

 dwelling to faithfully mirror its outlines from "turret to foundation 

 stone." 



Trout Stream. 



The trout stream that in arid summers aided the springs that 

 bottomed Pinnacle's forecourt pool to keep the water brim high, 

 threaded a sylvan dell, and none suspected that neither frost nor 

 stream placed boulder and pebbled bed or ate into the jettied cliff, 

 but that with malice prepense Jim, John and Joe created with dyna- 

 mite and pick the major and minor artificial rapids and waterfalls. 



Absent Pennant. 



When the master was at home, "Old Glory" floated in the 

 breeze until sunset, and when away a flagless pole served in place of 

 the absent pennant displayed on shipboard. 



Garage. 



The garage was fireproof, being of reinforced cement, with tile 

 roof and working pit in the floor. It was large enough to accom- 

 modate several cars, with entrance wide and high, ample turning 

 space within, and fitted with a turntable.* 

 Skating Rink. 



Running the cars under a convenient shed and temporarily floor- 

 ing over the pit of the garage made on occasion after a thorough 

 cleaning, an excellent skating rink. Under the same roof were also 

 squash court and chauffeurs' quarters. 



The Lost Vista. 



Follow the carrier pigeon close to two hundred miles as he 

 alights on an evergreen tree forty feet high, but in those days barely 

 a foot, and you reach the HOME of my "lotus eating days." 



I bought this, my first place, mainly for its magnificent view, 

 located as it is on one of the highest hills of Newton, overlooking 

 the historic Charles River and the towns of Waltham and Lexing- 

 ton, Boston, its fine harbor and the blue hills of Milton. Today the 

 view has absolutely disappeared ; shut off completely by my neighbors 

 and myself. The lesson one of many dearly bought experiences 

 of a novice is never to buy nor build on the wrong side of the 

 avenue, the side on which neighborly or unneighborly planting or 

 building will in time shut out both breeze and view. 



Home shows comfort in porch and veranda, as well as within, 

 where there are rooms of generous size and abundance of fireplaces. 



*The use of the turntable solves the often met difficulty of a garage in confined quarters 

 and avoids extra road making for turn-arounds. 



