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permits the 
uncongested 
placing of 
those decora- 
tions and fur- 
nishings which 
creates a per- 
vading charm. 
By one means 
or another, 
either apart 
from consist- 
ency or in ac- 
cord with it, 
braite-a-t ac, 
hangings, pic- 
tures, objects 
de luxe and 
movable piec- 
es are fittingly 
disposed by 
the hand of 
one who evi- 
dently leans 
to both sides 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
The quiet Spring pool in the garden is set against a mass of foliage an 
d Rese 
October, 1912 
piece shows 
the sure and 
persistent 
work that has 
been accom- 
plished in 
those serious 
and superior 
productions 
that make for 
ordered beau- 
ty and repose 
in a_ suburb 
richly gar- 
nished with 
portrait bits 
reflecting cul- 
tivated Pasa- 
dena; while 
neighborhood 
points of con- 
spicuous 
charm are 
seen in the 
superb Annan- 
in the discussion of whether “symmetry is a sign of decad- dale Golf Links that border our garden, and the attractive 
ence in art.” That hand knew the value of the old family 
portrait and hung it over the fireplace in the dining-room 
matching it vertical in line 
with the opening beneath, 
then set her ornaments over 
the beautiful tile front in 
a pleasing, broken adjust- 
ment; when as a sort of com- 
pensation balance to this, 
she posed a framed picture 
over another exquisite man- 
tel, but this time between 
urns and vases that are 
placed in studied relation- 
ship and to the praise of the 
living-room. In the illus- 
trated bedroom may be seen 
long and imposing curtains 
intended as an offset to the 
massiveness of the high bed- 
stead which stands in all the 
dignity of heavy carving as 
though grazing a ceiling at 
right to be here. 
An all-round view of the horizon beyond this five-acre 
The living-room 
Versailles, while proving its 
The dining-room 
“Hill Farm” which broadly adjoins it. A photograph 
shows a straight path and steps leading to a columned 
structure stretching as clean 
and neat as if out of an 
English enclosure. Another, 
shows a pool lying alongside 
of a wide-arched wall cov- 
ered with plants and vines, 
that would look inviting in 
any locality. 
The exterior of the house 
with its exceedingly graceful 
roof lines immediately sug- 
gests the buildings of Italy. 
The broad wall surfaces 
carry the idea a step fur- 
ther and of course the semi- 
tropical vegetation of Cali- 
fornia and the vineyards 
which surround the house 
do much to create the Ital- 
ian atmosphere. A home 
built upon a hillside presents many problems and here they 
have been handled in so successful a manner that the re- 
sult may.prove helpful in the solving of similar problems. 
A bed-chamber 
