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The Farmstead 



in the hot j^rame wmcls. These houses some- 

 times receive no paint or one coat, or at most 

 two, and in a few years, what with storm and 

 sun, mischievous boys and wind cracks, this 



Fig. 41. 

 Too elaborate 



and 

 short-lived. 



Fig. 42. The jig-saw cornice. 



a 



ginger -bread, dog-eared cornice, made of inch 

 lumber by the use of scroll saw, looks as 

 dilapidated as a college boy after a cane -rush. 

 The thought of permanent beauty, as well as 



