August, 1909 
A playhouse fireplace 
framed pictures are on the wall, and the table, easy chair 
and mantel-shelf all go to give a most home-like appearance. 
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The Paine playhouse has the character of a real cottage 
A white-enameled bookcase in one corner 
of the room has long curtains of white 
cretonne, figured with a wild-rose pattern. 
At the doorway leading into the dining- 
room hang portieres of the same material, 
and above it is a picture of roses in a long 
A shelf filled with photo- 
graphs, bits of pottery and souvenirs of 
narrow frame. 
many a jolly vacation ex- 
cursion takes the place of 
the conventional plate-rail 
in the little dining-room. A 
cretonne-covered couch, 
plentifully supplied with 
sofa pillows, invites one to 
lay aside care and indulge 
in delightful day-dreams, 
and the little round table, 
with its embroidered center- 
piece and bowl of flowers, 
brings to one’s mind a sug- 
gestion of dainty luncheons 
and merry suppers held in 
this cozy cottage. Opening 
directly from the dining- 
room is the handy little 
kitchen, in which these oc- 
casional repasts are pre- 
A portable playhouse 
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FIRST FLOOR 
Playhouse on the estate of Wm. A. Paine, Philips Beach, Mass. 
The 
pared. Fitted up with a small stove, a sink, cooking utensils, 
it is really a very convenient place. 
On the second floor there is one 
room only. This is finished with two 
cot-beds, a small washstand and a 
number of chairs. 
rangements two girls could easily 
sleep in the playhouse if the idea of 
keeping house all by themselves a 
few days chanced to appeal to their 
With such ar- 
imagination. 
Woodbine or ivy climb- 
ing over a cottage shingled 
in natural wood produces a 
most charming effect. A 
one-room house of this de- 
scription was attractively 
fitted up by its girl owner. 
Across one corner of the 
room were built a number 
of rounding shelves. From 
the top of this improvised 
cupboard hung a curtain of 
flowered cretonne, hiding 
the dishes, pans and small 
oil-stoves, which were 
pressed into service in the 
preparation of those little 
suppers to which the 
favored friends of the 
“garden house” at Magnolia 
