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The dining-room has a white painted trim and a white 
painted dado, with the wall surface above covered with a 
gilt and green wall paper. French windows open onto the 
dining-porch, which is enclosed with screens in summer and 
glass in winter, and is used for dining purposes. 
The butler’s pantry separates the kitchen from the din- 
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and a maid’s room over the kitchen, the last being com- 
pletely shut off from the rest of the house. There are 
also two bathrooms, which are furnished with porcelain 
fixtures and exposed nickel-plated plumbing. 
The third floor contains two bedrooms of good size, two 
trunk rooms and ample storage space. 
The house of Mr. 
ing-room and is furnished with dressers and every modern 
appointment. The kitchen, which is reached from the hall 
by a passageway, and also from the dining-room, is pro- 
vided with all the necessary modern fixtures. The kitchen 
is built at the northeast end of the house and has exposures 
on three sides, thereby giving to it plenty of light and ven- 
tilation. 
An attractive feature of the house is the staircase, with 
its landing windows leading to the upstairs sitting-room. 
This second story contains three bedrooms, a sitting-room 
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Harry L. Dane, Reading, Mass. 
Directly underneath the kitchen is the basement, which 
is on the level at the rear. This basement contains a laun- 
dry, heating-room, fuel-rooms and a storage-room. 
The interior furnishings are very simple and have been 
carried out with the idea of securing a quiet, subdued and 
uniform effect. The house has been developed both in- 
teriorly and exteriorly in an unusually consistent man- 
ner, and the whole forms a suburban estate of more 
than exceptional interest. 
$4,940. 
The cost of this “house was 
