﻿October, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  36- 
  

  

  entrance 
  door, 
  standing 
  

   atop 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  flight 
  of 
  

   steps 
  directly 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  porch. 
  

  

  And 
  so 
  within. 
  In 
  con- 
  

   sidering 
  this 
  house 
  it 
  is 
  nec- 
  

   essary 
  to 
  remember 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  in 
  modern 
  use. 
  In 
  no 
  

   sense 
  is 
  it 
  a 
  museum 
  ; 
  in 
  no 
  

   way 
  has 
  an 
  effort 
  been 
  

   made 
  to 
  produce 
  with 
  pain- 
  

   ful 
  exactitude 
  any 
  old-time 
  

   rooms 
  or 
  to 
  reproduce 
  any 
  

   too 
  definite 
  old-time 
  condi- 
  

   tions. 
  Such 
  an 
  attempt 
  

   could 
  only 
  result 
  in 
  dissatis- 
  

   faction 
  and 
  discomfort, 
  for 
  

   the 
  good 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  

   present 
  day 
  have 
  become 
  

   accustomed 
  to 
  many 
  con- 
  

   veniences 
  of 
  which 
  our 
  very 
  

   worthy 
  ancestors 
  knew 
  

   nothing 
  whatever. 
  Very 
  

   wisely, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  im- 
  

   possible 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  at- 
  

   tempted, 
  but 
  the 
  rooms 
  are 
  

   filled 
  with 
  hosts 
  of 
  old 
  

   things, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   truly 
  fine, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  

   have 
  interest 
  in 
  themselves, 
  

   as 
  mementoes 
  of 
  travel 
  and 
  

   search, 
  apart 
  from 
  their 
  

   antiquity. 
  That 
  the 
  tables 
  

  

  The 
  Main 
  Hall 
  Has 
  Walls 
  and 
  Ceiling 
  of 
  Green, 
  and 
  Is 
  Furnished 
  with 
  Old-time 
  Furniture 
  and 
  Ornaments 
  

  

  The 
  Dining-room 
  Is 
  Exclusively 
  Antique 
  in 
  Its 
  Furnishings 
  

  

  