INDEX 



Siren in apple orchard 120 



Siskin 47 



Site injured by poor landscaping- 304 



Site makes or ruins 51 



Sitfast fought for standing' room 98 



Sitting-room for maids 194 



Sitting-room hall 225 



Situation beggars description.. 289 



Sitz bath 2oi 



Sizing- of timber 3i5 



Skating rink 31, 247 



Skies of Japan 101 



Skimble scamble devices 2 



Skunk cabbage, cowl-crowned.. 81 



Skunk insect 92 



Skylight 215. 234, 314 



Skylight, kitchen 198 



Skylight over-head and under- 

 foot 31E 



Skylight, wired glass 154 



Sky ranging- 234 



Sky Rock 132 



Slag treated with steam 236 



"Slated ugliness," Tennyson's 



dislike for 118 



Slathers of ornamentation 302 



Slaug-hter of innocents 35 



Sled, stone 59 



Sleeping porches. .. 135, 197, 228, 295 



Sleeping- rooms 227 



Sleeping rooms showing- hospi- 

 tal ward simplicity 317 



Sleeping rooms without plants. 5 

 Sleepless arch is best made of 



stone, brick or cement 310 



Sleepless varmint 32 



Sleepy Hollow Valley 26 



Slender sticks used to make 



changes in plans 329 



Sliding- door pockets lined 189 



Slow burning construction 303 



"Small choice in rotten apples". 289 



Small fruits 55 



Smokehouse 31 



Smoker's paradise 99 



Smouldering wood vs. crum- 

 bling cement 302 



Snake, black 100 



Snake eggs 100 



Snake, garter 100 



Snakedom 101 



Snakes ' \ 34 



Snakes, milk 100 



Snakes vs. young robins 100 



Snap shots 73 



Snap shots of building 110 



Snapping turtle 59, 71 



Snares, wire and horse hair.... 65 



Snout beetle 93 



Snow apples 40 



Snow buntings 43 



Snow line vs. rose garden 211 



Snow men 73 



Snow to fence top 43 



Snow tunneling 43 



Snuffed-out candle 237 



Soapstone collar 243 



Sod-roofed dugout 302 



Soffits under eaves, cement 



finish 310 



Soil benofitting 21 



Soil redemption 212 



Solarium, beamed and wain- 

 scoted 239 



Solomon's Temple 251 



Solving childhood's problems... 61 

 "Some happy creature's palace" 89 



Song sparrow 37 



Songless bird 47 



Sound, arm of 273 



Sound - carrying cement and 



metal 308 



Sound controlled through par- 

 titions and flours 317 



South fronts 228 



Space utilized 2 



Sphagnum, mossy peat 100 



Spanning a century 118 



Spar varnish 282 



Spare the shears, spoil the tree 86 



Sparrows 45 



Speaking tubes 13 



Spectral rider outridden 9 



Speed-crazed Lightning- 2t> 



Spendthrift enthusiast 73 



spider, carniverous 92 



Spider's web gauze of baby's 



breath 97 



Spillway 71 



Spiny hair protection 92 



Spiny-haired caterpillar 91 



Spires 57 



Spirit-leveled billiard table.... 331 



Spitz dog-face pansies 81 



Spitzenbergs, winter 53 



Splitting raindrops 69 



Sports 73 



Spot 3, 22, 25, 31 



Spouts 9, 37 



Spread-nets for insects 55 



Spreading the spindler 83 



Spring awakening of Flora.... 81 



Spring grazing 21 



Spring water 11 



Springs that bottomed fore- 

 court pool 245 



Sprouts, suckering 83 



Spruce floors curl and sliver... 306 



Squabs 243 



Square and rectangle the house 305 

 Square cupola-crowned country 



house 300 



Square house cheapest, roomi- 

 est, homeliest 305 



Squared ugliness 329 



Squash court 245 



Squirrel cages 59 



Squirrel house, wire 59 



Squirt guns 53 



Stacks must be perpendicular.. 323 



Stain, mahogany 281 



Stain uninjured by dust, friction 



or blow 327 



Stained glass, copper set 277 



Stair alcove concealed 325 



Stair balcony, overhanging.... 197 

 Stair, broad steamer, eating 



well into hall area 325 



Stair building problems 325 



Stair carpet rods 227 



Stair corridor screened 225 



Stair, cut-string, used in cot- 

 tage and bungalow 326 



Stair falls prevented by mid- 

 stair platforms, absence of 

 winders and ample head 



room 326 



Stair gate, metal folding 226 



Stair hall, third story 183 



Stair, hidden 220 



Stair landing, forty-foot ceiling. 144 

 Stair, limb breaker and weather 



shelterer 254 



Stair, makeshift 247 



Stair mathematics 326 



Stair mid-height platform 225 



Stair opening moved 295 



Stair partitions of glass 216 



Stair platform 295 



Stair protected by brass stand- 

 ard and silken roe 183 



Stair protected by settle 183 



Stair rail height 3 feet 6 inches 326 



Stair rail of mahogany 134 



Stair rail, stalking lion 179 



