IIG The Farmstead 



stands just to the right of the beautiful tree, is 

 modern in many respects, but the front is sup- 

 ported by numerous Grrecian columns nearly 

 twenty feet long, as inappropriate and as useless 

 for a farm-house as is a coon's tail on a 

 lady's hat. 



Instinctively we judge people at first sight, 

 and largely by the clothes they wear and the 

 manner of wearing them. So we judge, and 

 often very accurately, of families by the houses 

 which shelter them and the objects which sur- 

 round them. One can easily tell much of the 

 character of a man by the style and tip of his 

 hat. What noble deeds, what lofty aspirations 

 in this day and age of plenty and opportunity, 

 should we expect to have birth and fruition in 

 the house shown in illustration Fig. 29! This 

 building is not located in the country, l)ut in 

 the suburljs of a small, prosperous inland 

 city. Unfortunately, this village is unlike many 

 beautiful country villages and small cities in 

 western New York in which there are no poor 

 people. Wliat a depressing effect this building- 

 must have on the well bred country lad who 

 passes it weekly on his journey to and from the 

 post office ! 



But how easy to go from one extreme to the 

 other ! Too many farm houses stand alone, 

 um-elieved by noble trees or by modest plant- 



