THE SMALL PLACE 



this unconventional solution. The direct communi- 

 cation with the main thoroughfare, only a block 

 a\yay, through the use of the narrow street on the 

 south of the house made it of practical importance 

 to locate the entrance on this street. The problem 

 still remained of how to get in an interesting but 

 direct manner from the street to the front door. 

 The grounds are walled in along this street 

 to avoid steep grass terraces. This wall is sur- 

 mounted by a white picket fence and broken in 

 the middle by the entrance steps. One step up 

 from the street we stand on a small space in 

 front of seven steps which are walled in on both 

 sides by the retaining walls of lawn and flower 

 garden. Once up these steps we come to a little 

 vestibule or anteroom, if we may borrow the 

 architect's terms. It is a little breathing space, a 

 place pleasant to linger in a moment. It is the 

 parting of the ways. Masses of Rhododendron 

 with a background of Cedars face us. On the left 

 the white gate opens into a short cut through the 

 flower garden to the living room. On the right 

 tall feathery Retinispora pisifera specimens on 

 either side indicate that the walk continues in that 

 direction toward the front door. After we pass 

 these evergreen sentinels we make a turn and 



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