the architrave centred with coat of arms and cement lions flank the 

 steps. 



Side hill construction means strenuous work in blind ditch 

 draining, tarring and cementing, but aids in eliminating a large and 

 somewhat useless cellar. 



With no greater foundation nor roof area, this plan will won- 

 derfully increase the comfort and presence of the house and give most 

 space for the money. 



The cellar may be made exceptionally light by having floor and 

 side walls of white marbleized cement and windows set from ceiling 

 to two feet below grade, protected by brick and sand drained areas. 

 The list must include double windows, rodent and tramp barring 

 non-corroding screens and iron grilles, cellar floor drained to a man- 

 hole, concave non-dust collecting corners cemented to ceiling line, 

 plastered ceiling covered with metal, and heating pipes wrapped in 

 asbestos. One corner will accommodate the coal bunkers and a pit- 

 set boiler for hot water heating, protected overhead with an extra 

 sheet of metal or asbestos. 



Beneath the cellar proper, suitably ventilated and blind drained, 

 excavate a sub-cellar or favissa ten feet square with six foot stud 

 and reached through a rail-guarded trap door inset in the cement 

 floor. It will have a uniform temperature at all seasons. We have 

 planned for an arched vault in chimney foundation concealed behind 

 wooden sheathing as a receptacle for a safe with liquid explosive- 

 proof seams. 



Two windows on opposite sides of the housekeeping closet will 

 cheat the sour microbe out of many a meal. 



The kitchen entrance door is to be exteriorly lighted, also lock- 

 controlled by the much maligned push button placed near an upstairs 

 window to readily inspect after-dark callers. Range boiler will be 

 firmly riveted to ceiling to save floor space, and floor and walls 

 covered with a light shade of dirt and tear-proof linoleum in two 

 weights. The balance of wall length should be inexpensively chair 

 railed. Windows can be protected with crescent "eye-peep" shut- 

 ters, and service rooms have patent non-dust-making cement floors 

 and sanitary bases, as easily cleaned as tile. 



Dining room, butler's pantry, kitchen mechanics, laundry and 

 servants' lavatory are all planned to go on the lower floor level, which 

 is reached by two entrances, one on the south, and a service entrance 

 on the north. 



The dining room, exceptionally lighted and extra well blanketed 

 in winter by double windows hinged from the top, each wicket 

 ventilated, can go under the west wing porch, the ceiling necessarily 

 low. An excellent size for this room would be 12 x 18. The small 

 wall space, wainscoted to frieze line with chestnut uprights, is 

 capped with plate rack, and the ceiling crossed with thin wooden 



