April, 1909 
be large, its good planning 
gives room for five bed- 
rooms and two baths on the 
second floor, and a servant’s 
room on the third floor. 
Kitchen and dependencies 
are complete, and the suite 
of offices is equipped in 
every detail. 
The restful and simple 
house (Figs. 11, 12 and 
Ba) of Mr. Charles F. 
Mebus, at Glenside, Pa., 
shows off charmingly 
against its background of 
great trees. The architect, 
Mr. Lawrence Vissher 
Boyd, of Philadelphia, Pa.., 
has wisely made his win- 
dows with their dark trim 
and clever grouping the 
element of variation in the 
smooth gray stucco wall. 
The shingles of the roof 
are in different shades of 
brown, probably obtained 
by dipping them in different 
shades of stain before lay- 
ing. The woodwork of the 
all, (Fig, 7) is of a soft 
brown, and the walls are 
tinted in harmony. As for 
the living-room (Fig. 16) 
it, too, is in soft brown, with 
toned brown wall paper. The fire- 
place and hearth are of Tiffany 
brick laid in wide white mortar 
joints and finished with a 
heavy mantel. In the 
dining-room (Fig. 18) 
the soft brown of the 
woodwork brings out well 
the Delft blue of the wall. 
Above the plate rack there 
is a tapestry effect of 
fruits and flowers. The 
kitchen and dependencies 
are fully fitted with mod- 
ern conveniences. The 
second floor is finished 
with white trim and ma- 
hogany doors. It contains 
‘four bedrooms and bath, 
and over the kitchen ex- 
tension a servant’s room is 
stairs. 
Starr, of Winchester, Mass 
Here again the effective 
grouping of the windows re 
lieves the broad exterior sur- 
The inviting entrance 
(Fig. 21) with its low arch 
protecting the door is suited 
for both summer and winter 
that a 
faces. 
uses. One regrets 
The bathroom has porcelain 
fixtures and tiled floors and wainscot. 
An unusually pretty suburban house 
(Figs. 19 and 20) is that designed by 
Mr. Robert Coit, of Boston, 
Mass, for Mr. Charles E. 
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charming low lying house 
(Fig. 22) like this should 
not look out from wide 
spreading lawns, it would 
be set off by them so well. 
The interior is largely fin- 
ished in oak; the hall in a 
natural tone, with wall 
covering of blue-gray bur- 
lap up te the chair rail and 
a tapestry effect above. The 
library (Fig. 24) is in 
Mission finish, paneled 
with oak in a soft brown 
tone. Bookcases are built 
in, and above them the 
walls are paneled with 
rough plaster tinted a 
golden gray. The fireplace 
is of rough brick with a 
Moravian tile panel. ‘The 
living-room (Fig. 23) has 
gray-green walls, with oak 
woodwork of soft brown 
finish, and a beamed ceiling. 
The fireplace is faced with 
gray cement. The dining- 
room is finished in ma- 
hogany with fireplace of 
green Grueby tile. On the 
second floor are four bed- 
rooms and two bathrooms, 
and the cellar contains 
laundry, fuel room and heating apparatus; the kitchen and depen- 
dencies are well equipped. The house cost nine thousand dollars. 
A very interesting exterior is that of the house (Figs. 28 and 
29) of Mr. Perry Todd, Montclair; architect, Mr. A. F. Norris, 
of New York. ‘The color scheme is gray and gray- 
green. The walls of the first story have gray 
stained shingles, with a gray-green trim. The shin- 
gles are applied to the roof so as to give the play of 
light and shade of a thatched roof. ‘The recessed 
entrance with its low wall ex- 
tending along the open ter- 
Gace iS veny attractive.) dhe 
entire first floor is finished in 
soft brown oak. A beamed 
ceiling in the living-room 
(Fig. 30) is set off by the 
plastered walls tinted in har- 
mony. The hearth and firre- 
place are of brick with a heavy 
mantel supported by corbel 
brackets; on either side is a 
built-in bookcase with leaded glass 
doors. ‘The second floor has four bed- 
rooms and two bathrooms, and off the own- 
er’s room there is a solarium. The third floor 
has servants’ quarters and a couple of storage rooms. 
The very simple but rather unusual small 
house (Figs. 32 and 33) of Mr. Craw, in 
Brantwood, N. J., designed by Rossiter and 
Wright, New York, has an exterior of gray 
plaster in the form of clapboards and gray- 
green trim. The horizontal lines of the 
clapboards give a certain unity to the de- 
sign of the front, a parallelogram irregu- 
larly divided by door and windows; and the 
concrete posts between (future) hedges are 
in harmony with the house. The irregular 
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