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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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extends the long wing, where 

 in a little world all to them- 

 selves are pantries and 

 kitchen, servants'-hall, laun- 

 dry, drying-yard and all the 

 departments required for a 

 country home of this extent 

 and magnitude, and in the 

 gambrel roof which forms 

 the upper floor of this end of 

 the house are rooms for the 

 servants, together with their 

 own linen-closets and bath- 

 room. A narrow passage 

 connects the nurse's quarters 

 with the rooms in the resi- 

 dence designed for the use 

 of the children of the family. 



One of the 



The living-room fire-place is recessed between two pillars 

 which support the ceiling, and over the brick with which the 

 fire-opening is faced the space is paneled, there being no 

 mantle-shelf. The room itself is very large and almost 

 square, and opposite the fire-place are three windows placed 

 in a recess, which resembles an oriel, with low bookcases at 

 either side. The walls are of a dark color, which throw 

 into relief the white or woodwork and the furniture, pictures, 

 lamps and books, which are arranged in a rather informal 

 fashion. Beyond the living-room is a little smoking-room 

 with a fireplace all its own, and here also is a small coat- 

 room which opens into the main hall through a doorway 

 under the stairs. 



In one corner of the living-room a door leads out into the 

 enclosed porch, which connects the residence with the offices 

 and rooms for secretaries beyond. The space has been de- 



signed as an out-of-door liv- 

 ing-room, for it is so built that 

 it catches any breeze which 

 may be blowing from any one 

 of many directions, and dur- 

 ing the Winter months, 

 screened in with glass and 

 exposed to the sunshine dur- 

 ing the greater part of the 

 day, the comfort of its fire- 

 place is very attractive. The 

 little building where the 

 library and offices are placed 

 has a veranda of its own, 

 over which the roof comes 

 down in broad eaves. The 

 library occupies one entire 

 bedrooms end of the building and be- 



ing, in addition to the library, the business office of a busy 

 man it has been built in a manner which makes it fire-proof. 

 The walls are covered with grass-cloth, and above the fire- 

 place is a moose-head with wide outspreading antlers. 

 Bookcases line the walls, chairs and settees are drawn up 

 about the fireside, and desks and study-tables are piled with 

 books, papers and other personal belongings of a man who 

 combines business, farming and various literary pursuits. 



The greater part of the lower floor is occupied by the 

 offices required by stenographers and secretaries and by 

 closets necessary for storage of documents and records. The 

 floor above is divided into three bedrooms, two bathrooms 

 and numerous large closets. 



The wide and beautiful stairway which leads from the 

 lower hall of the main building leads to a broad upper-hall, 

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The dining-room of the Long Island country home near Manhasset, New York 



