﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  51 
  

  

  liant 
  color. 
  The 
  

   dining-room 
  is 
  op- 
  

   posite, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  sump- 
  

   tuous 
  apartments 
  in 
  

   the 
  house. 
  The 
  

   walls 
  are 
  paneled 
  

   in 
  dark 
  oak 
  to 
  the 
  

   broad 
  tapestry 
  

   frieze, 
  a 
  fine 
  old 
  

   piece 
  of 
  unusual 
  

   beauty. 
  The 
  ceil- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  cream 
  color 
  

   with 
  decorated 
  

   beams 
  forming 
  

   small 
  square 
  pan- 
  

   els. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  

   of 
  the 
  doors 
  is 
  en- 
  

   riched 
  with 
  carv- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  

   elaborately 
  carved 
  

   tympanums 
  in 
  the 
  

   a 
  r 
  c 
  h 
  ed 
  doorways 
  

   on 
  the 
  side. 
  The 
  

   fireplace 
  is 
  en- 
  

   cased 
  within 
  a 
  huge 
  slab 
  of 
  mottled-green 
  marble, 
  to 
  which 
  

   a 
  shelf 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  rich 
  material 
  is 
  applied. 
  The 
  sideboard, 
  

   on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  room, 
  is 
  built 
  in, 
  and 
  is 
  designed 
  

   in 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  decorative 
  woodwork 
  of 
  the 
  doors 
  and 
  

   mantel. 
  The 
  hardwood 
  floor 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  green 
  rug, 
  

   and 
  the 
  curtains 
  are 
  of 
  green 
  velvet 
  with 
  gold 
  braid 
  bands. 
  

   The 
  oak 
  furniture 
  is 
  very 
  elaborately 
  carved. 
  The 
  room 
  is 
  

   lighted 
  by 
  gilt 
  sidelights 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  panels 
  of 
  the 
  walls. 
  

  

  The 
  Massing 
  of 
  Foliage 
  Plants 
  and 
  Trees 
  Is 
  Admirable 
  

  

  One 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   house, 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   end 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  ap- 
  

   proached 
  by 
  the 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  driveway, 
  is 
  

   wholly 
  given 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  service. 
  The 
  

   planting 
  here, 
  as 
  

   has 
  been 
  stated, 
  

   consists 
  of 
  ever- 
  

   greens, 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   picturesque 
  masses. 
  

   At 
  the 
  farther 
  end 
  

   is 
  a 
  small 
  formal 
  

   garden, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   ornament 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  marble 
  foun- 
  

   tain, 
  placed 
  exactly 
  

   in 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  

   formed 
  of 
  a 
  charm- 
  

   ing 
  group 
  of 
  chil- 
  

   dren 
  playing 
  in 
  a 
  

   small 
  marble 
  basin. 
  

   Concentric 
  beds 
  of 
  

   circular 
  segments 
  

   are 
  planted 
  around 
  the 
  fountain, 
  until 
  the 
  corners 
  are 
  filled 
  

   out 
  in 
  squares. 
  The 
  planting 
  is 
  chiefly 
  annuals, 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   brilliant 
  masses 
  of 
  color. 
  The 
  whole 
  is 
  enclosed 
  within 
  a 
  

   hedge. 
  At 
  the 
  farther 
  extremity 
  beyond 
  the 
  fountain 
  the 
  land 
  

   dips 
  suddenly, 
  but 
  the 
  ravine 
  is 
  partly 
  screened 
  by 
  the 
  garden 
  

   hedge. 
  Beyond 
  are 
  hills, 
  with 
  trees 
  and 
  woods, 
  a 
  beautiful 
  

   outlook 
  over 
  the 
  many 
  beautiful 
  spots 
  within 
  and 
  without 
  the 
  

   estate 
  grounds. 
  

  

  Public 
  Cleanliness 
  

  

  [UBLIC 
  cleanliness 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  practical 
  form 
  

   of 
  civic 
  embellishment. 
  It 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  too 
  

   much 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   form; 
  for 
  public 
  health 
  is 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  

   counted 
  as 
  of 
  greater 
  value 
  than 
  public 
  en- 
  

   joyment, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  surely 
  better 
  and 
  wiser 
  to 
  

   live 
  in 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  clean 
  city, 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  

   public 
  sanitation 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  degree 
  of 
  devel- 
  

   opment, 
  than 
  in 
  one 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  outwardly 
  beautiful 
  but 
  in- 
  

   wardly 
  unsound 
  and 
  unhealthy. 
  

  

  Health 
  and 
  beauty 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  always 
  to 
  have 
  gone 
  to- 
  

   gether, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  opposed 
  to 
  joint 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  either. 
  Most 
  moderns 
  suppose, 
  and 
  with 
  every 
  rea- 
  

   son, 
  that 
  the 
  medieval 
  cities 
  were 
  places 
  of 
  strange 
  and 
  won- 
  

   derful 
  beauty. 
  The 
  little 
  old 
  houses 
  which 
  have 
  survived 
  

   from 
  the 
  Middle 
  Ages 
  in 
  various 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  Continent 
  of 
  

   Europe 
  are 
  very 
  convincing 
  and 
  very 
  fascinating 
  testimony 
  

   to 
  this 
  effect. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  clear 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  

   atrocious 
  houses 
  to 
  live 
  in, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  investigations 
  

   into 
  the 
  sanitary 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Ages 
  show 
  that 
  

   this 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  their 
  state. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   and 
  fascinating 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  were 
  enormously 
  unhealthy 
  

   and 
  quite 
  unsafe 
  to 
  live 
  in. 
  

  

  Modern 
  investigation 
  has 
  opened 
  up 
  an 
  entirely 
  new 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  in 
  the 
  science 
  of 
  sanitation. 
  So 
  rapid 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  ad- 
  

   vances 
  of 
  sanitary 
  science 
  that 
  one 
  almost 
  wonders 
  how 
  life 
  

   was 
  supported 
  while 
  its 
  tenets 
  were 
  unknown. 
  But 
  sanita- 
  

   tion 
  occasions 
  no 
  discomforts 
  when 
  properly 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  conditions 
  of 
  modern 
  life, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  sense 
  it 
  becomes 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  handmaidens 
  of 
  civic 
  betterment. 
  

   This, 
  however, 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  for 
  the 
  specialist. 
  The 
  average 
  

   citizen 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  specialist 
  in 
  sanitation. 
  His 
  personal 
  influence 
  

   is 
  limited 
  to 
  doing 
  what 
  he 
  can, 
  or 
  in 
  refraining 
  from 
  settling 
  

   in 
  a 
  place 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  properly 
  equipped 
  with 
  sanitary 
  appli- 
  

   ances. 
  The 
  latter 
  move 
  is 
  often 
  highly 
  effective; 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  

   the 
  highest 
  ambition 
  of 
  every 
  community 
  to 
  attract 
  residents 
  

   to 
  it. 
  The 
  town 
  that 
  has 
  good 
  sanitation 
  will 
  invariably 
  

   attract 
  more 
  people, 
  and 
  be 
  itself 
  more 
  prosperous, 
  than 
  the 
  

   town 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  conditions 
  are 
  bad. 
  

  

  But 
  there 
  is 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  private 
  citizen 
  to 
  do 
  under 
  this 
  

   head, 
  and 
  work 
  he 
  should 
  not 
  avoid. 
  He 
  can 
  at 
  least 
  keep 
  his 
  

   house 
  and 
  surroundings 
  clean 
  and 
  do 
  his 
  share 
  toward 
  main- 
  

   taining 
  his 
  street 
  in 
  a 
  clean 
  condition. 
  This 
  duty 
  is 
  just 
  

   as 
  imperative 
  when 
  the 
  municipality 
  undertakes 
  this 
  work 
  as 
  

   when 
  it 
  does 
  not. 
  The 
  most 
  effective 
  system 
  of 
  waste 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  will 
  fall 
  down 
  at 
  times, 
  and 
  even 
  if 
  daily 
  collections 
  

   be 
  made 
  the 
  daily 
  accumulations 
  will 
  often 
  be 
  unsightly 
  

   before 
  the 
  collecting 
  wagon 
  comes 
  around 
  again. 
  

  

  No 
  dirt 
  or 
  waste 
  of 
  any 
  sort 
  should 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  remain 
  

   in 
  -the 
  streets 
  after 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  seen. 
  It 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  your 
  

   business 
  nor 
  mine 
  to 
  remove 
  it, 
  but 
  if 
  it 
  happens 
  to 
  be 
  close 
  

   to 
  our 
  homes 
  it 
  is 
  simply 
  public 
  duty 
  that 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   evaded. 
  A 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  volunteer 
  work 
  needs 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  

   this 
  direction, 
  and 
  the 
  doing 
  of 
  it 
  entails 
  no 
  disgrace 
  and 
  

   works 
  no 
  hardship. 
  We 
  can 
  not 
  safely 
  spare 
  any 
  effort 
  to 
  be 
  

   apparently 
  clean. 
  

  

  