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He could not afford the heavy box cornice. 

 Having succeeded so well on the frame, he set 

 about inventing a new style of decoration for 



Fig. 40. The balloon frame. 



the projecting eaves, but the cornice was not a 

 success. The decorations shown in Figs. 41 

 and 42 serve to make hideous many a cheap 

 dry -goods -box house, which blisters and cracks 



