AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS $5 
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HERE is no part of the 
house with which the 
dweller comes more inti- 
nately in contact than its 
doors. And yet how often | 
happens that the home | 
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maker gives little or no thought to this 
matter when planning to build. Of course, 
a good architect will take care to see that | 
the doors are well designed, and yet some 
especial definite interest upon the part of 
the ones for whom the house is being built 
will lend an enthusiasm to this part of the |) 
architect’s work well worth the while. We 
pause in admiration before the doors of | 
houses, both inside and out, that have sur- | 
vived a hundred years of vicissitude, not || 
stopping to realize, perhaps, that in early 
days the care taken in the matter of select- 
ing lumber and of building the door gave 
| toita permanency that awakens our admir- 
|| ation for all the craftsmen of yesterday. 
However, remembering the commonplace 
type of door the later builder of twenty-five 
years ago put into even the most expensive 
houses, we may well congratulate ourselves 
on the excellence of the material and work- 
manship employed in the making of sub- 
stantial doors to-day. The homebuilder 
should study the matter of the various | 
styles of doors and of all their materials. | 
