AMERICAN 
Wall fountain at “‘Sunshine”’ 
four corners of the ceiling. On the water front this room 
opens onto a covered porch, arched without, with narrow 
rims of wood painted pea green. It is floored with Welsh 
tile, partly covered with a vast rug. 
The breakfast-room is beyond, and is a delightful apart- 
ment of very real charm. It is of goodly size, too, and 
is lighted by windows opening on three sides. The plas- 
tered walls are, throughout, lined with wooden trellis work 
painted green, and the ceiling is treated in the same manner. 
There is a plentiful decoration of artificial flowers and 
leaves in the ceiling, but natural plants in great variety are 
stood around the room and grouped in the corners, all 
tending to help in the conservatory effect to which the struc- 
tural decorations obviously lend themselves. The floor is 
of cement, painted in two tones of green. A large grape- 
basket light depends from the center of the ceiling, and 
half baskets of similar design are used for the side 
lights. The furniture is mahogany with rush seats. The 
whole of one wall panel is filled with a fountain of 
vigorous sculpture. 
The rooms on the left of the hall are connected with it 
by means of passages and hence do not open directly from 
it. The first, on the water front, is the library. It is finished 
in dark oak with a high paneled wainscot, above which the 
walls are faced with dark green cloth. The woodwork of 
the furniture is identical with that of the walls and is softly 
harmonious with the mouse-colored velvet with which the 
chairs and divans are covered. The rug is of the same 
color, and has a border in two tones. So also are the cur- 
tains, which are arranged at the tops with a lambrequin de- 
‘sign. The ceiling is beamed, with small panels. A large 
bronze electrolier depends from the center, while the side 
lights are provided with globes of brilliant incandescent 
glass. An inglenook is arranged in one corner and has a 
delightfully informal character. The walls and pavement 
are lined with red brick, those of the latter being disposed 
in herring-bone fashion, and the fireplace is provided with 
a great copper hood. All of these parts are arranged 
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November, 1911 
under a projecting roof, which is provided with an outer vase 
shelf. Beyond, at the end of the passage, is the billiard-room. 
One comes upon it with surprise. It is unexpected in its 
size, unexpected in its style, unexpected in its charm. It is 
a charming apartment in every way, the largest in the house 
and the most striking in its treatment. For its walls, from 
floor to ceiling, are lined with exposed logs, shorn of their 
bark, but otherwise left in their natural state. It is L 
shaped in plan, with an extension immediately before you 
as you come into it through the passage from the hall. 
Here the roof rafters are upheld by the stout trunks of 
trees which retain their bark and whose branched tops have 
the value of capitals to columns. ‘The floor is of hard 
wood, covered with many rugs, skins and Navajo blankets. 
The chief light, over the billiard table, consists of four old- 
time lanterns hung on crossed wood branches, while many 
single lanterns encase the electric lights on the walls. 
The room is immense in size, extending from front to 
front, and with windows on three sides. These are of 
casement form, with diamond panes. ‘There are no cur- 
tains, but deep blue shades. At the far end, and actually 
on the entrance front of the house, is the fireplace, an 
immense structure built up of great field stones, and with a 
cavern-like opening in which the most generous of fires may 
burn. The hearth is also huge in size, and is formed of 
field stones sunk in cement. The stones of the fireplace 
disappear behind the ceiling of barkless logs; above the 
opening is a shelf formed by an immense hewn log. The 
furniture, including the great table, is rustic work, and is 
supplied with red cushions or skins. The room has, in fact, 
all the character, and the very true character, of the living- 
room of a genuine huntsman’s lodge, a circumstance that is 
heightened, in large measure, by the magnificent collection 
of moose and other animal heads with which the walls are 
decorated. 
The remaining rooms on the entrance front are of quite 
subordinate character. A toilet-room is provided on each 
side of the vestibule, and on the left, as you enter the 
The main staircase and hall 
