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rail is genuine mahogany and over-mantel decorated with a plaster 

 cast framed in the same. An outdoor balcony bedroom, an after- 

 thought ventilating lift-window on attic stair to cool the servants' 

 rooms and a dry cellar blasted from an almost seamless ledge, barren 

 of water courses, made a most complete bungalow. 



The best all round little semi-bungalow that I ever built was 

 Fairview, with its eight bedrooms, bath and set tubs. The dining- 

 room was arranged to telescope outward when required, by opening 

 two wide plate glass doors to a veranda, whose floor was brought to 

 the dining room level by a movable platform. In addition were 

 living room, fair sized hall, kitchen, and main and servants' porches. 



FAIRVIEW. 



There were two fireplaces, and ample storage room in attic poke- 

 holes under the eaves. 



I really think Fairview in plan and appointments outdid them 

 all for the cost. The interior is its chief charm, as disobedience of 

 orders on the part of the carpenter resulted in the omission of a 

 wide overhang and kick-up rafter which were exterior essentials, 

 lifting it above the stereotyped cottage. 



Our Nine Hundred Dollar Bungalow. 



In the tree tops stood Tree Top. It's really close to the tops 

 of the trees whose upper branches once only edged the veranda rail. 

 Today they tower far above it. Five rooms at $180 each make 

 up the $900 that this little house cost, with cellar blasted from 

 the rock. Plastered, trimmed, and decorated, it only needed a bath- 

 room to be complete, and this was afterward added for two hundred 

 dollars. 



