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comfort and incon- 

 venience to another. 

 Allowance must be 

 made for very many 

 tastes and for a 

 great variety of in- 

 clinations. Condi- 

 tions must be elastic 

 rather than set and 

 rigid. Yet elasticity 

 in the arrangement 

 of any rural prop- 

 erty is one of the 

 most difficult things 

 to accomplish, al- 

 though the prop- 

 erty which offers 

 the most elastic con- 

 ditions is the one 

 that offers the best 

 opportunity of per- 

 manent success. 



" Shing-wak " : The Two China Closets in the Dining-room Carry Out the Colonial Effect 



This success has, 

 in a very marked 

 degree, been ob- 

 tained in Tokeneke. 

 Its ample areas are 

 superbly developed 

 and provide every 

 possible degree of 

 outdoor attractive- 

 n e s s . Its n e w 

 houses are of fine 

 design, handsome 

 and commodious, 

 and provided with 

 every modern con- 

 venience. . c uch of 

 the older houses as 

 have been permitted 

 to remain have been 

 remade over in a 

 manner that causes 

 them to vie with in- 



" Wayside": Second Floor Plan 



" Wayside": Mr. Gerit Smith's House 



Wayside": First Floor Plan 



Wayside": The Walls of the Living-room Have Green Striped Paper and White 

 Painted Trim. The Old Brick Fireplace Is a Feature of the Room 



