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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  July, 
  1907 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  center, 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  crown, 
  they 
  are 
  six 
  

   inches 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  cabin 
  floor 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   stringers, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  six 
  feet 
  six 
  inches 
  head 
  room 
  under 
  

   the 
  deck 
  beams. 
  The 
  windows, 
  which 
  have 
  diamond 
  panes, 
  

   add 
  materially 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
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  The 
  Transverse 
  Section 
  Shows 
  the 
  Simple 
  Method 
  of 
  Construction 
  

  

  terior. 
  They 
  are 
  hinged 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  to 
  open 
  

   out 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  practice, 
  

   as 
  the 
  windows 
  can 
  be 
  left 
  open 
  during 
  rainy 
  

   weather, 
  thus 
  giving 
  needed 
  ventilation, 
  and 
  

   water 
  seldom, 
  if 
  ever, 
  finds 
  its 
  way 
  inside. 
  

  

  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  scow 
  are 
  painted 
  black 
  

   above 
  the 
  water-line 
  and 
  green 
  below. 
  The 
  

   house 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  red, 
  which 
  is 
  relieved 
  by 
  the 
  

   white 
  on 
  the 
  window 
  trim, 
  sash, 
  etc. 
  The 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  cabin 
  house 
  and 
  the 
  deck 
  are 
  yel- 
  

   low. 
  A 
  Dutch 
  door 
  leads 
  from 
  the 
  after 
  

   deck 
  (which 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  top 
  

  

  brown 
  burlap 
  is 
  used. 
  The 
  furniture 
  and 
  decorations 
  are 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  interior, 
  and 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  hull 
  and 
  house 
  is 
  indicated 
  clearly 
  on 
  the 
  carefully 
  

   worked-out 
  plans. 
  

  

  "Hostess" 
  cost, 
  complete, 
  less 
  than 
  $600, 
  this 
  figure 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  all 
  interior 
  fittings. 
  The 
  original 
  contract 
  was 
  for 
  

   $294. 
  Extras, 
  including 
  running 
  board, 
  rails, 
  special 
  sash 
  

   and 
  doors, 
  and 
  installing 
  plumbing, 
  ran 
  the 
  cost 
  up 
  about 
  

   $100. 
  The 
  interior 
  fitting 
  and 
  mooring 
  added 
  about 
  $100 
  

   more. 
  The 
  mooring 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  350-pound 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  

   mushroom 
  anchor, 
  with 
  two 
  lengths 
  of 
  5-16 
  inch 
  chain, 
  which 
  

   are 
  shackled 
  to 
  a 
  heavy 
  swivel 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  chain, 
  which 
  isjH* 
  

   inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  giving 
  the 
  boat 
  a 
  scope 
  of 
  about 
  fifty 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  bridle 
  of 
  the 
  5-16 
  inch 
  chain 
  are 
  shackled 
  

   to 
  heavy 
  wrought 
  iron 
  chain-plates 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bow. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  many 
  admirers 
  of 
  "Hostess" 
  were 
  two 
  

   brothers, 
  Messrs. 
  A. 
  H. 
  and 
  J. 
  W. 
  Lincoln, 
  friends 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Mower's, 
  who 
  also 
  made 
  their 
  headquarters 
  at 
  Manhasset 
  

   Bay, 
  L. 
  I., 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Mower 
  kept 
  his 
  boat. 
  They 
  say 
  that 
  

   Mr. 
  Mower's 
  experiment 
  proved 
  an 
  entirely 
  practical 
  one, 
  

  

  A 
  Complete 
  Arrangement 
  of 
  Rooms 
  and 
  Furniture 
  

  

  The 
  Arrangement 
  of 
  Lockers, 
  Galley 
  and 
  Fittings 
  Are 
  Shown 
  in 
  the 
  Longitudinal 
  Section 
  

  

  and, 
  after 
  two 
  seasons, 
  they 
  

   decided 
  to 
  have 
  built 
  for 
  

   themselves 
  a 
  similar 
  boat, 
  

   but 
  one 
  somewhat 
  longer, 
  to 
  

   meet 
  their 
  requirements. 
  

   The 
  result 
  was 
  "Yankee," 
  

   a 
  boat 
  four 
  feet 
  longer 
  and 
  

   two 
  feet 
  wider 
  than 
  "Host- 
  

   ess." 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  

   the 
  later 
  boat 
  was 
  almost 
  

   identical 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  her 
  

   prototype, 
  but 
  the 
  interior 
  

   arrangement 
  was 
  somewhat 
  

   different; 
  the 
  larger 
  galley 
  

   and 
  separate 
  lavatory 
  on 
  

   "Yankee" 
  were 
  features 
  not 
  

   possible 
  in 
  the 
  smaller 
  craft. 
  

   "Yankee" 
  cost 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  

   $600 
  complete. 
  During 
  the 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  hull, 
  to 
  give 
  full 
  head-room 
  

   in 
  the 
  doorway) 
  to 
  the 
  living-room 
  

   in 
  the 
  after 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  

   interior 
  is 
  simple 
  but 
  effective 
  in 
  

   treatment. 
  The 
  deck 
  beams 
  are 
  

   painted 
  white 
  throughout. 
  In 
  the 
  

   living 
  -room 
  the 
  

   studs 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  

   coach 
  green, 
  while 
  

   in 
  the 
  stateroom 
  a 
  

   light 
  brown 
  is 
  used. 
  

   Olive 
  green 
  burlap 
  

   covers 
  the 
  spaces 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  studs 
  in 
  

   the 
  living-room, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  bedroom 
  a 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Hostess," 
  Showing 
  the 
  Planking 
  Below 
  and 
  Above 
  the 
  Water 
  Line 
  

  

  