November, 1912 AMERICAN HOMES AND. GARDENS Vv 
THE BUNGALOW 
By EDWARD FESSER 
WING to the great activity of the aver- 
age urban American whose industrial or 
professional pursuits carry him into com- 
merce or the arts with the intense energy 
common only to the inhabitants of this 
country, he finds that during a few months 
of the year he must seek complete relaxa- 
tion. There are a few of these having 
nomadic tendencies who may search for 
rest only by constant travel to divert the 
mind, but the great bulk of hard-worked 
people prefer a little nook somewhere in 
the woods or on the seashore which they 
may call their own. Thus we find the ten- 
dency becoming more and more prevalent 
as time goes on, for the city man to have 
his Summer home as well as one in town. 
At first only the very rich could afford this 
=| HE boy who stuffed his little fist in the dyke and saved Holland 
knew that the ocean belonged on the other side of the dyke. 
After all, the most valuable home lesson for the coming gener- 
ation is “A place for everything” ...et cetera. The axiom is 
old, but there are twentieth century ways of teaching it. One 
way is to give the boys and girls a Globe-Wernicke bookcase 
section for their use—or a two or three section library of their own. This will 
not only teach them system, but will encourage reading—the knowledge of a hundred 
centuries has been stored in books for them. This is the Globe-Wernicke period 
in bookcases. A Globe-Wernicke Bookcase grows with the library—no empty 
shelves yawning for books, no overcrowded shelves. The beauty of its lines is 
luxury, but now it is no uncommon thing the result of fine cabinet work and lasting stability. 
for a man to own his shack, or his cabin LEY CUT TR CLEGG book lists die works of great authors and gives the prices 
s = orf 3 ofthesameinsets. The list includes the low priced, popular sets as well as the de luxe editions. Every 
or his bungalow ? be it in the wooded sub book buyer should have acopy. Sent free with the Globe-Wernicke catalog. Address Dept. A H. __. 
urbs or at a distance far from home. This The Globe Wernicke @ Cine. Le Oh 
very fact has caused a confusion in the he Slobe-Wernicke Co., SNe? es 
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to his dwelling so long as it is simply or 
rustically built or situated somewhere in 
the woods or by the sea, but the chances 
are that he will call it a “bungalow” no 
matter if it be three stories high with a 
tile roof or an old barn ingeniously con- 
verted into a Summer home. The word 
“bungalow” is distinctly an Anglo-Indian 
word whose origin is somewhat clouded 
in mystery, but the best authorities agree 
that it is an’ Anglisized corruption of the 
Hindustani word “Bangla” which is un- 
derstood to be identical with the adjective 
of the same form meaning literally, “be- 
longing to Bengal.” Although it is diffi- 
cult to associate the definition of the word 
Bangla with the common type of building 
known in India as the bungalow, it may 
simplify the mystery somewhat, by perus- 
ing various records where the word is 
mentioned, that it has passed through 
many stages of evolution until the present 
day. Thus we find from records in the 
India office in England an extract from 
the diary of one “Streynsham” who was 
in the employ of the British Government 
at the time under date of November 25, 
t6ze, ste was thought, fitt . . . to 
sett up Bungales or hovells . . . for 
all such English in the company’s service 
as belong to their sloopes or vessells,” but 
it remained for Mrs. Sherwood in her 
“Lady of the Manor” (1847) to give us 
the true definition of the Indian bungalow 
H 
as it is understood to-day. “The bunga- re 
lows mi India . . . are of one story, STH Cate! bes A House Lined with 
and for the most part built of unbaked Circular 1s 
bricks and covered with thatch having in 
or e 
the center a hall . . . the whole be- oe 
ing encompassed by an open verandah.” tum 
Bungalows which are the residences of ye 
Europeans are of all sizes and styles ac- 
cording to the taste and wealth of the iy as shown in these sections, is Warm in Winter, 
owner. There is only one story to these ; o Cool in Summer, and is thoroughly DEAFENED. 
iia ale Pe fe ake le on z _ The lining is vermin proof; neither rats, mice, 
2 y Ps A) nor insects can make their way through or live init. 
roof of which affords shelter from the 
sun. In the chief cities of India some of MINERAL WOOL checks the spread of fire and 
the bungalows are really palatial residences, keeps out dampness. 
while in the country they are of more mod- 
erate pretentions. In general they are pro- 
vided with exterior offices to accommodate 
the large retinue of domestics common in 
Indian life. Besides these private bungalows 
there are military bungalows built on a large 
scale for use in accommodating soldiers in 
cantonments, likewise “dak-bungalows” or 
public bungalows maintained by the gov- 
ernment for the accommodation of travel- 
ers, in which seem to be blended the char- 
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