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After much futile searching for ready-made 

 benches we were forced to the conclusion that we 

 would have to design our own. 



The handy man and general genius of the village 

 was sought to materialize our sketches. Good clear 

 pine with no knots was chosen for the wood; the end 

 supports had to be milled at a planing mill. Two of 

 the seats were planned along Dutch lines, and these 

 had an under bar for extra support, locked on out- 

 side by square wooden pins. The other two benches 

 are of an Italian character and are without under bar, 

 but have extra braces under the seat nailed to end 

 supports. The Dutch benches were stained a soft 

 neutral green, for these seats were to be placed among 

 the pines and cedars. 



The Italian benches were painted white, as they 

 were to reside respectively at head of rose garden and 

 moon garden. After remaining outdoors in every 

 vicissitude of all-year-round weather they have not 

 cracked nor shown any deterioration, only needing a 

 fresh coat of stain and paint each spring for general 

 looks and preservation. They are five feet long, six- 

 teen inches high, and fifteen Inches wide. 



The entire cost of the four benches was as fol- 

 lows: 



160 



