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always should be demanded, let it be parenthetically added) , and 
violent rainstorms were not to be reckoned with since the ex- 
posed sides were to be provided with casements that would be 
closed in the event of rain. 
In the South this is always essential because torrential rains 
are frequent occurrences; and it is impossible to conceive a place 
that is open at all that is yet so sheltered that it can possibly 
escape a drenching. These casements were also the wind pro- 
tection, being divided transversely into three sections that 
closed independently, so that top, bottom, or middle could be 
shut according to the wind’s character and direction. 
Rugs in a cool putty-tan of the kind called Clearflax were 
used on the floor, it being my aim always to get depth to tread on 
even on a porch, such as the foot enjoys on a well-kept greens- 
ward. The South Sea Island rugs are good, though not so soft. 
Draw curtains that will really “draw” until they are practically 
not noticeable when the entire open space is desired, are another 
There are four colors which confront us everywhere out of doors 
— or four effects of color. The sky, which is blue ; the vegetation 
generally, which is green; sunlight flooding all of these, which is 
yellow, and shadow where shadow is, which is purple — or mauve 
or one of the purple shades of a greater or less intensity accord- 
ing to conditions. Working with the light it is plainly blues and 
greens warmed with yellows that should always be the choice for 
the bright and sunny side of a building — for the porch exposed 
all day to the south and to the sun — while the warm purples and 
the lighter mauves of shade and shadow are what northern 
exposure demands. 
In fabrics for porch cushions there are, 1 am sorry to say, 
practically none that are weather and sun proof. But with a wise 
choice in colors — that is, a choice that takes fading into account 
and thus insures against dinginess — it is not a matter of such 
great moment that chintz will fade. The glazed kind is perhaps 
more satisfactory in the matter of shedding dust than the other. 
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Photograph by Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
CORNERS THAT ESCAPE RAIN AND SUN MAY BE AS GAY WITH CHINTZ AS POSSIBLE 
With heavy rugs of deep tread which will not blow about, cushions of varying colors and kind, though one kind should dominate, and potted plants 
— here are Campanula pyramidalis in bloom, and Aspidistra, Aucuba, Oleander, Polypody Fern and Kentia Palm the porch combines the best 
of indoors with the best of outdoors. “ Killenworth,” estate of Mr. George D Pratt, Glen Cove, L. I., N Y. Trowbridge & Ackerman, Architects 
of the essentials to that sense of outdoors which ought never to 
be lost or dimmed. In this instance they were made of Case- 
ment cloth with a marginal design in natural linen appliqued, 
giving weight as well as finish to them. The furniture was 
painted that shade of blue that is almost green, best defined per- 
haps even in this day of new color names as robin’s egg, since 
it is actually nothing else, and the cushions were of Marigold 
yellows — varying shades combined by the use of appliques so 
that the gamut was run from the pale lemon shades to the deep 
and velvet tones of the little “ Legion d’honneur,” as 1 believe 
one is called. 
With a garden just beyond where flowers that were yellow and 
white predominated, the entire scheme was a great success, 
especially as sunlight flooded the area all about, practically all 
day. Which leads me to say that the true theory of color is to 
work with the light and exposure always instead of against it. 
AWNINGS play a more important part from the garden as 
f\ far as general appearances go, than they do from the house; 
and yet they are tremendously important in a porch effect, since 
they filter the light and temper it, thereby setting the atmos- 
pheric key. I have spoken of allowing for fading in the ma- 
terials chosen for cushions for the porch. The same principle 
holds good when selecting awnings. There are certain colors 
which fade with less loss than others, notably all shades of 
brown, yellows, and many blues. Reds and greens are hope- 
less when dimmed by sun or weather, but brown, yellow or blue 
is rather more softened than made dingy. 
The day is long since past when awnings of vivid and lively 
stripes may be applied indiscriminately to all kinds of houses, in 
the belief that it does not matter particularly to the architecture 
or to the garden. 
Actually the most careful study is necessary to determine the 
