LAKE PAVILIONS AND TEA ROOMS 



wonderful water gardens. The ingenuity that plans 

 the novel tea room will be certain to devise equally 

 delightful methods of dispensing hospitality. 



The tea-room idea for water pavilions and sum- 

 mer-houses has been developed to a remarkable ex- 

 tent among California water gardens. There is one on 

 Mr. Charles Frederick Eaton's place, at Montecito, 

 that has attracted considerable attention among 

 architects and craftsmen. It is a pavilion boat built 

 in the form of a floating tea room a square struc- 

 ture, with a picturesque roof of yellow thatch, and 

 broad, overhanging eaves. There are long flower 

 boxes wide and deep built at the base of the 

 pavilion. From the rich soil in these, vines grow 

 luxuriantly, and after climbing up the sides of the 

 tea room they hang their blossoms from the eaves 

 thatch. 



The chief fascination of this tea room lies in the 

 fact that it is built to glide mysteriously over the 

 waters of the lake, without any apparent propelling 

 power. There is a secret cable under the water, 

 by means of which the pavilion is sent gliding here 

 and there among the water lilies. A high railing sur- 

 rounds the structure, supporting vines and flowers 

 on the outside; while within there are broad cush- 

 ioned seats for the accommodation of guests, when 

 the hostess sits enthroned at her tea-table. The 



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