﻿August, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  295 
  

  

  The 
  Old 
  House 
  was 
  Maintained 
  by 
  Plastering 
  the 
  Exterior 
  Walls 
  and 
  Coating 
  Them 
  with 
  Whitewash 
  

  

  of 
  isolation. 
  The 
  great 
  kitchen 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  house, 
  which 
  

   was 
  the 
  living-room 
  in 
  early 
  Colonial 
  times, 
  was 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   family 
  life. 
  In 
  this 
  room, 
  enlivened 
  by 
  the 
  glow 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  

   open 
  fireplace, 
  from 
  which 
  huge 
  cranes 
  hung 
  with 
  steaming 
  

   pots, 
  the 
  food 
  was 
  cooked; 
  here, 
  too, 
  the 
  table 
  was 
  spread 
  

  

  Ty/S'pT 
  /Zoo/z 
  

  

  was 
  the 
  smokehouse 
  and 
  wood- 
  

   shed, 
  and 
  this 
  Mr. 
  Gage 
  re- 
  

   modeled 
  into 
  a 
  neat 
  kitchen, 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  im- 
  

   provements. 
  A 
  covered 
  way 
  

   forms 
  an 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  dining- 
  

   room, 
  which 
  in 
  winter 
  is 
  closed 
  

   with 
  glass. 
  The 
  advantage 
  of 
  

   this 
  arrangement 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  sum- 
  

   mer, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  open, 
  the 
  odors 
  

   of 
  cooking 
  can 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  

   house. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  gives 
  the 
  family 
  a 
  feeling 
  

  

  'beconolLoofz 
  

  

  yZ< 
  

  

  The 
  Plans 
  Underwent 
  Slight 
  Changes 
  

  

  for 
  dinner, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  here 
  after 
  the 
  day's 
  labor 
  had 
  ceased 
  

   that 
  chairs 
  were 
  drawn 
  up 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  blazing 
  

   logs 
  in 
  the 
  fireplace 
  for 
  a 
  quiet 
  evening, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  corn 
  

   was 
  popped 
  and 
  the 
  apples 
  were 
  roasted 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  

   folk, 
  while 
  the 
  elders 
  either 
  slept 
  or 
  chatted 
  about 
  the 
  news 
  

   of 
  the 
  day. 
  

  

  