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each, making twelve members in all. The in- 

 finite pains and labor in preparing the material 

 and placing it cannot be realized 

 except by a carpenter who has spent 

 weeks and months in sawing out. 

 in planing and "sticking," 

 and mitering such an elabo- 

 rate system of useless orna- 

 mentation. Compare this 

 ^ ^ with the cornice, or rather 



A pJn and durable cornice. prOJCCtioU, of a hoUSC (Fig. 



19) which cost $6,000. Fig. 

 36 shows a projecting eave of scarcely one foot. 

 The next illustration (Fig. 37) shows one of 

 nearly two feet. The latter is far superior to 

 the former in that it is quite as beautiful, is 

 inexpensive, and protects the external paint 

 and w^oodwork far more than does the former. 

 The piece at the top of the rafter serves to 

 cover the projecting cornice, and as a roof- 

 board as well, and gives opportunity to place 

 the eave trough well outside, which prevents 

 damage to the house should it ever leak. 

 The frieze board is simple and serves its pur- 

 pose well. It has taken a long time to learn 

 that a wooden roof which is at least one -third 

 pitch is far more durable than tlie flat roof 

 shown in Fig. 38. Here the return cornice is 

 carried across the entire end of the house, and 



