Art Out-of-Doors 



contract is signed, and not come back 

 uutil the house is finished." The cause 

 of many unfortunate disputes was certainly 

 implied in this bit of advice. 



While there is reason, then, for insisting 

 that the artist should be more conscientious 

 as to expenditure, the client ought also to 

 reform his habits. There are a few rules 

 which should be heeded by every person 

 about to build or to lay out a country place : 

 Take plenty of time to decide, in consulta- 

 tion with the artist, just what it is you want. 

 See that he understands you clearly, leaving 

 no question of importance open for hasty 

 deciding as the work progresses. Then 

 think no more about it, except to watch, if 

 you will, lest through misunderstanding or 

 carelessness something not in the bond is 

 being done. Or, if you must change your 

 mind, ascertain what the act will cost you, 

 and decide before it is too late whether 

 you will assume the additional expense or 

 not. Do not think that a few little altera- 

 tions " will be of no consequence. Probably 

 those which seem little to you will not be 

 little from the artist's point of view, or in a 



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