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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

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  Near 
  by 
  a 
  gymnasium 
  has 
  been 
  built 
  for 
  the 
  men, 
  boys 
  

   and 
  girls. 
  A 
  triangular 
  piece 
  of 
  ground 
  adjoining 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  ravines 
  has 
  been 
  profitably 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  open-air 
  swimming 
  

   bath. 
  The 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  bath 
  is 
  oval, 
  one 
  hundred 
  feet 
  in 
  

   length 
  and 
  seventy-five 
  feet 
  in 
  breadth. 
  Wooden 
  dressing- 
  

   rooms 
  with 
  quaint 
  thatched 
  roofs 
  add 
  a 
  picturesque 
  note 
  to 
  

   the 
  surroundings. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  public 
  

   building 
  to 
  be 
  

   erected 
  at 
  Port 
  Sun- 
  

   light 
  was 
  the 
  Glad- 
  

   stone 
  Hall, 
  opened 
  

   by 
  the 
  late 
  Right 
  

   Hon. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Glad- 
  

   stone, 
  in 
  1 
  89 
  1. 
  It 
  

   is 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  

   woman's 
  dining-hail 
  

   and 
  a 
  concert 
  room. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  spacious 
  

   stage, 
  with 
  foot- 
  

   light 
  and 
  stage 
  cur- 
  

   tain, 
  concerts 
  and 
  

   theatrical 
  perform- 
  

   ances 
  being 
  given 
  

   here 
  during 
  the 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  months. 
  In 
  ad- 
  

   d 
  i 
  t 
  i 
  o 
  n 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   large 
  kitchen 
  with 
  

   every 
  necessary 
  ap- 
  

   pliance 
  for 
  cooking 
  

   and 
  h 
  e 
  a 
  t 
  i 
  ng 
  the 
  

   workpeople's 
  food, 
  

   which 
  is 
  done 
  free 
  

   of 
  charge. 
  As 
  the 
  

   hall 
  was 
  inadequate 
  

   for 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  

   village, 
  an 
  addition 
  

   has 
  been 
  built, 
  which 
  

   is 
  named 
  Hulme 
  

  

  Hall. 
  This 
  contains 
  dining-rooms 
  devoted 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  girls 
  from 
  the 
  works, 
  fifteen 
  hundred 
  

   of 
  whom 
  sit 
  down 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  in 
  groups 
  of 
  six 
  at 
  a 
  table. 
  

   The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  tariff 
  in 
  the 
  restau- 
  

   rant: 
  Meat 
  and 
  potatoes, 
  hot 
  pot 
  or 
  roast 
  mutton, 
  four 
  cents; 
  

   pudding, 
  two 
  cents 
  per 
  plate 
  ; 
  soup 
  per 
  pint, 
  with 
  slice 
  of 
  

  

  ACc 
  

  

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  : 
  

  

  >****' 
  

  

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  t/Zoocz 
  PiriM 
  

  

  bread, 
  two 
  cents; 
  pie 
  two 
  cents; 
  tea, 
  one 
  cent 
  per 
  cup; 
  bread 
  

   and 
  butter, 
  one 
  cent. 
  Needless 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  the 
  restaurant 
  

   is 
  not 
  run 
  at 
  a 
  profit, 
  but 
  the 
  amount 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  food 
  

   supplied 
  to 
  the 
  girls, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  paying 
  for 
  the 
  food, 
  also 
  

   defrays 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  cooking 
  and 
  attendance. 
  Only 
  the 
  best 
  

   that 
  the 
  market 
  can 
  supply 
  is 
  provided. 
  A 
  happier 
  or 
  

  

  brighter 
  sight 
  than 
  

  

  the 
  hall 
  at 
  noon, 
  

  

  with 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

  

  **55t 
  cheerful 
  girls 
  seated 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  tables, 
  would 
  

   be 
  difficult 
  to 
  find. 
  

  

  The 
  village 
  post 
  

   office 
  and 
  telegraph 
  

   office 
  focus 
  the 
  at- 
  

   tention 
  of 
  the 
  vis- 
  

   itor. 
  They 
  were 
  

   originally 
  built 
  as 
  a 
  

   block 
  of 
  cottages, 
  

   with 
  a 
  shop 
  at 
  one 
  

   end. 
  The 
  half- 
  

   timber 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  

   shop 
  is 
  of 
  solid 
  oak, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  built 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  way 
  as 
  it 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  

   had 
  it 
  been 
  erected 
  

   three 
  hundred 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  In 
  fact, 
  all 
  the 
  

   half 
  - 
  timber 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  at 
  Port 
  Sun- 
  

   light 
  are 
  reproduc- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  houses 
  built 
  

   at 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  men's 
  social 
  

   club 
  house, 
  with 
  its 
  

   beautiful 
  pavilion, 
  

   bowling 
  green 
  and 
  

   quoiting 
  ground, 
  

   has 
  proved 
  a 
  most 
  successful 
  building 
  for 
  its 
  intended 
  pur- 
  

   pose. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  equipped 
  with 
  billiard-rooms, 
  and 
  chess, 
  

   drafts 
  and 
  ping-pong 
  may 
  be 
  played. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  reading- 
  

   room, 
  where 
  the 
  leading 
  periodicals 
  and 
  newspapers 
  of 
  the 
  

   day 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  Instead 
  of 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  terraces 
  being 
  disfigured 
  by 
  shops, 
  

  

  Garck 
  

  

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  Interest 
  Is 
  Combined 
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