Art Out-of-Doors 
them somewhat from the gaze of passers, 
while interfering not at all with coolness or 
with freedom of outlook. If the house is of 
brick or stone the same material is used to 
build the posts of the piazza, or if wood is 
employed, simpler and more artistic forms 
than those of former days are chosen. And 
it is covered by an outward sweep of the 
main roof of the house, or by an independent 
roof which plays an harmonious part in the 
general outline of the building. 
On houses of the revived colonial type 
the piazza naturally has a flat, balustraded 
roof which may be utilized as an uncovered 
balcony for the upper floor, or some parts 
of which may be roofed-in as upper pi- 
azzas. Difficulties are hardly as great, 
perhaps, when a flat roof can be employed 
as when a steep one is required by the 
fashion of the greater roof above. Yet, 
whatever the scheme, we here and there find 
instances, in ever-increasing number, where 
it has been thoroughly well managed. Of 
course, an ideal degree of success is seldom 
seen as yet, and many of our new houses 
are quite as ugly, in their own way, as the 
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