OUT-OF-DOOR LIVING ROOMS 



TAY a great deal in the open air." How 

 frequently we hear the phrase in Cali- 

 fornia, and how much we enjoy as individuals 

 the carrying out of the advice, especially 

 when we are so fortunately situated as to 

 be able easily to avail ourselves of the privilege; yet, as 

 householders, what little preparation is made for enjoying 

 with any degree of regularity fresh air and brilliant sun- 

 shine! We make excursions, and revel in the memory of 

 days when, casting business and all personal cares to the 

 wind, we sat under this or that tree, or climbed to a certain 

 hilltop for the view, or stretched ourselves at full length in 

 the edge of some grassy field and felt the heart-beat of great 

 Mother Earth. There is scarcely a day in the year in Cali- 

 fornia when we may not enjoy God's out-of-doors, but 

 there are many people who are not strong enough to drive, 

 to walk or climb mountains, who may not live this out-of- 

 door life because we make so little provision for comfort and 

 seclusion in our gardens and porches. We recognize the 

 value of the daily sun-bath and of vigorous exercise in the 

 open air, yet we plan our gardens all open to the street, 

 leave our porches open to the rude gaze of every passer-by, 

 persistently cramp our garden space with this or that crude 



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