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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  Each 
  Bedroom 
  Has 
  Its 
  Open 
  Fireplace, 
  Deep 
  Window 
  Seats 
  and 
  Four 
  Posters 
  

   with 
  Contemporary 
  Hangings 
  

  

  decorative 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  design, 
  and 
  its 
  skilful 
  adaptation 
  

   is 
  what 
  without 
  question 
  makes 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  note. 
  The 
  

   union 
  of 
  the 
  double 
  curves 
  after 
  this 
  unbroken 
  fashion 
  is 
  

   unusual, 
  but 
  their 
  flowing 
  lines 
  have 
  been 
  admirably 
  utilized, 
  

   and 
  nicely 
  contrasted 
  with 
  the 
  horizontal 
  and 
  perpendicular. 
  

   Tempering 
  the 
  severity 
  of 
  the 
  design, 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  impair 
  its 
  

   strength. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  air 
  of 
  dignified 
  reserve 
  about 
  this 
  

   mansion 
  which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  of 
  its 
  

  

  period 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  artistic 
  and 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  than 
  later 
  productions. 
  1 
  here 
  was 
  

   a 
  placidity 
  in 
  those 
  times 
  — 
  characterized 
  

   by 
  the 
  stagecoach 
  anil 
  fraught 
  undoubtedly 
  

   with 
  many 
  Inconveniences 
  — 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  

   have 
  influenced 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  crafts- 
  

   men, 
  lor 
  a 
  calm, 
  purposeful 
  sincerity 
  is 
  

   shown 
  in 
  all 
  their 
  works. 
  It 
  is 
  delightful, 
  

   therefore, 
  to 
  discover 
  a 
  home 
  wherein 
  this 
  

   atmosphere 
  is 
  preserved; 
  to 
  find 
  passing 
  

   from 
  room 
  to 
  room 
  all 
  in 
  harmony. 
  

  

  The 
  entrance 
  hall 
  at 
  "Hearthside" 
  is 
  

   wide 
  and 
  divides 
  the 
  house. 
  To 
  the 
  right 
  

   it 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  library, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  into 
  

   the 
  drawing-room, 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  rear 
  it 
  leads 
  

   into 
  an 
  entry 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  dining-room, 
  

   living-room, 
  and 
  kitchen 
  are 
  directly 
  ap- 
  

   proached. 
  The 
  stairs, 
  as 
  in 
  many 
  houses 
  of 
  

   this 
  period, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  

   feature, 
  but, 
  partly 
  concealed, 
  wind 
  

   through 
  a 
  well 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  story. 
  The 
  

   front 
  rooms 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  almost 
  square; 
  

   the 
  ceilings 
  are 
  moderately 
  low 
  ; 
  the 
  win- 
  

   dows 
  deep 
  set 
  and 
  supplied 
  with 
  inside 
  

   folding 
  shutters. 
  In 
  the 
  bedrooms 
  there 
  

   are 
  window 
  seats 
  somewhat 
  quaintly 
  fash- 
  

   ioned, 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  house 
  the 
  moldings 
  are 
  simple 
  

   and 
  attractive. 
  There 
  are 
  open 
  fireplaces 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  principal 
  

   rooms, 
  and 
  the 
  mantels 
  are, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  those 
  designed 
  

   originally 
  for 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  hall 
  is 
  an 
  old, 
  carved 
  oak 
  chest 
  which 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Talbot's 
  mother's 
  family, 
  and 
  was 
  made 
  prior 
  to 
  1700, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  drawing-room 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  a 
  center 
  table 
  which 
  

   is 
  likewise 
  over 
  two 
  hundred 
  years 
  old, 
  a 
  winged 
  chair 
  and 
  

  

  period, 
  and 
  yet 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  its 
  general 
  aspect 
  is 
  one 
  other 
  pieces 
  of 
  furniture 
  which 
  are 
  interesting 
  heirlooms. 
  

  

  of 
  genial 
  domesticity. 
  Its 
  frankness 
  and 
  fine 
  proportions 
  

   give 
  it 
  an 
  expression 
  of 
  permanence 
  and 
  repose; 
  its 
  grace 
  

   and 
  setting 
  lend 
  it 
  inviting 
  hospitality. 
  Standing 
  among 
  the 
  

   trees 
  partly 
  vine-clad, 
  it 
  seems 
  withdrawn 
  from 
  the 
  present 
  

   and 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  past. 
  

  

  This 
  impression 
  is 
  strengthened 
  rather 
  than 
  dispelled 
  by 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  threshold, 
  for 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  the 
  interior 
  design 
  

   good, 
  but 
  the 
  furnishings 
  are 
  appropriate. 
  Both 
  Mr. 
  and 
  

   Mrs. 
  Talbot 
  are 
  fortunate 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  furniture 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  their 
  fami- 
  

   lies 
  for 
  many 
  generations 
  and 
  was 
  origin- 
  

   ally 
  well 
  chosen. 
  Mr. 
  Talbot's 
  great-great- 
  

   grandfather 
  was 
  Commodore 
  Silas 
  Talbot 
  

   of 
  Revolutionary 
  fame, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  

   Talbot's 
  direct 
  progenitors 
  was 
  General 
  

   Persifer 
  Frazer 
  who, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  remem- 
  

   bered, 
  served 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  epoch-making 
  

   war. 
  From 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  ancestors 
  have 
  

   been 
  handed 
  down 
  many 
  interesting 
  and 
  

   valuable 
  relics. 
  To 
  these, 
  with 
  a 
  keen 
  ap- 
  

   preciation 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  worthy, 
  Mr. 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  

   Talbot 
  have 
  added 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  as 
  

   opportunity 
  offered 
  so 
  that 
  their 
  home 
  is 
  

   furnished 
  now 
  throughout 
  in 
  a 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  manner. 
  

  

  Like 
  the 
  home 
  itself 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  ostenta- 
  

   tious 
  show, 
  but 
  rather 
  quiet 
  reserve 
  and 
  

   real 
  excellence. 
  Because 
  a 
  thing 
  is 
  old, 
  or 
  

   has 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  

   distinguished 
  person, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  charm- 
  

   ing, 
  but 
  the 
  furniture-makers 
  of 
  modern 
  

   times 
  have 
  not 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  equaled 
  

   those 
  of 
  Colonial 
  days, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  

   the 
  china, 
  the 
  silver, 
  the 
  woven 
  fabrics 
  and 
  

   even 
  the 
  pewter 
  and 
  brass-ware 
  of 
  that 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  is 
  in 
  itself, 
  perhaps, 
  a 
  more 
  attractive 
  room, 
  with 
  

   cheerier 
  light 
  and 
  more 
  livable 
  aspect. 
  There 
  before 
  the 
  

   fireplace 
  is 
  found 
  a 
  rocking-chair 
  and 
  round 
  tea 
  table 
  which 
  

   are 
  of 
  Colonial 
  design 
  besides 
  a 
  fine 
  old 
  desk 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  

   child's 
  counterpart 
  of 
  equal 
  interest 
  and 
  antiquity. 
  The 
  

   dining-room, 
  too, 
  must 
  claim 
  attention, 
  as 
  well 
  for 
  its 
  con- 
  

   tents 
  as 
  for 
  its 
  pleasing 
  proportions. 
  On 
  the 
  sideboard 
  stand 
  

   General 
  Frazer's 
  knife, 
  fork, 
  and 
  spoon 
  cases, 
  while 
  in 
  one 
  

  

  The 
  Drawing-room 
  Is 
  Furnished 
  with 
  Old 
  Furniture, 
  Much 
  of 
  It 
  Family 
  

   Heirlooms 
  of 
  the 
  Present 
  Owner 
  

  

  