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this, or will indicate its logical position. But 
the outdoors must be taken into consideration, 
too, and the most advantageous division of the 
ground insured. An axis should also be so lo- 
cated that it naturally invites the eye to follow 
its direction without obstructions to divert it. 
So here again I must ask you to refer to a 
diagram, made in this instance from a house 
as built on its plot — which was afterwards de- 
signed — in a typical suburban development. 
The house is 34 by 40 feet, exclusive of 
porches, and its front porch line is 25 feet 
back from the sidewalk. It is 4 feet from its 
boundary on the west, which leaves 12 feet at 
the other side, the lot being 50 by 100. The 
entrance to the front in the original arrange- 
ment passed straight from the sidewalk to the 
steps. The old position of these is indicated 
by dotted lines in the diagram — for almost the 
first thing which required doing was their shift- 
ing. In their original position they opened the 
porch up too freely to the street, as well as 
necessitated an entrance walk in the midst of 
the small space before the house. Both of 
these were bad features, hence the change. 
The whole place at best is cramped, and the 
house, though fairly pleasant, is much broken 
up, with absolutely no axial points. Of course 
