﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXVI 
  1 
  

  

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  The 
  Perfect 
  Light 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  SUMMER 
  HOME 
  

  

  \Vnen-|">eople 
  life 
  pretty 
  much 
  uut 
  of 
  

   (loorb, 
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  que>troii"-of 
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   might 
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  importance, 
  were 
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  noV 
  

   for 
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  . 
  

   Everyone 
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   . 
  Most 
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  iUuimnants 
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  dan- 
  

   gerous. 
  

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   only 
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