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should always be in close touch with the billiard room and den, without infring- 

 ing on other parts of the house, so that dirt may not be too freely distributed 

 through the building. If its location be within easy reach of the dining room as 



well, the rainy-day 

 suite (viz., morning 

 room, dining room, 

 den and billiard 

 room) will be more 

 complete. Books 

 and papers are far 

 from out of place 

 in this room, as 

 are also the card 

 table, large table 

 and writing desk or 

 table. 



Although the 

 gala room is but 

 little used in the 

 ordinary American 

 home, and only 

 \\ here a consider- 

 able amount of 

 entertaining makes 

 the ordinary outlay 

 inadequate, yet it is 

 best that a brief 

 consideration b e 

 given it. 



The salon, or 

 company drawing 

 room, is one of the 

 subdivisions of the 

 Italian salon, and 

 being a guest room 

 differs considerably 

 from the ordinary 

 family drawing 

 room. In the first 

 place, it should be 

 of good size and 

 roomy enough t o 

 accommodate the 

 assembly. A large 

 room may be so 



Billiard room at Jamaica Plain, Mass., showing an interesting wall treatment badly planned that 



I Living room at Newburgh, N. Y. This room has direct connection with the loggia, and is 

 more or less of a morning room 



