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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1911 
In the Q/* 
july dunlljlv£in 
General Frederick Funston 
will continue the story of his 
PhilippineExperiences 
with an account of the fighting before Caloocan and Its 
Trenches. It has all of the qualities of vivid romance 
The eminent historian, James Ford Rhodes , contributes an article about 
The Great Railroad Riots of 1877 
Recollections, Grave and Gay. In her final chapters 
Mrs. Burton Harrison recalls the charming social life of New York in 
the seventies 
Mary R. S. Andrews, author of “ The Perfect Tribute,” will be represented 
by a college story 
The Courage of the Commonplace 
that will stir the blood of both young and old 
The 
Charm of Rivers 
By Walter Prichard Eaton 
Illustrated 
Another remarkable story 
The Wine of Violence 
By Katharine Fullerton Gerould 
Author of “ Vain Oblations ” 
(Continued from page 62) 
tempt to give the sleeping-porch an ex¬ 
pression of its own in the general composi¬ 
tion by a forced change in the roofing 
scheme, would only lead to difficulties in 
the way of lack of unity, particularly in 
small houses. Considering the sleeping- 
porch merely as an outdoor bedroom, liv¬ 
ing-room or playroom, which assumption 
is perfectly justifiable by reason of the 
uses to which it is put, then the porch will 
sufficiently reveal its presence by the char¬ 
acter and treatment of its openings. 
As the love of outdoor life grows 
throughout the country, so will the de¬ 
mand for the sleeping-porch increase—at 
least so far as the country or suburban 
house is concerned. The next step will be 
to extend its usefulness to the city house, 
especially to that type tenanted by those 
who must endure the heat of summer save 
for a respite for a fortnight at most, and 
to whom outdoor sleeping, especially dur¬ 
ing the heated term, would prove of in¬ 
calculable benefit. We mean that type of 
house built row after row in most of our 
cities and which has been greatly im¬ 
proved, at least as far as its livableness is 
concerned, during the past quarter cen¬ 
tury, by the addition of the front porch. 
Of course the handling of the sleeping- 
porch in these houses of limited dimen¬ 
sions will prove difficult enough, but that 
will make the problem all the more inter¬ 
esting to the architectural profession. 
AchievingCharacter in Remodeling 
(Continued from page 36) 
production of a molding shop. The 
choice of some particular kind, of pic¬ 
torial form for each room is a happy so¬ 
lution of the difficulty. When pictures are 
set in rather than hung, they become 
really a part of the decoration of the 
room. 
Japanese prints lend themselves to this 
use most delightfully. Photographs of 
foreign lands, places, or of great pictures 
or statues or works of art we love and 
like to have where we can see them and 
live with them can be made a most sug¬ 
gestive decoration for a library, a “den” 
or small writing-room. 
One of the greatest trials of the house 
furnisher is the straight stair, springing 
directly from the front door. The first 
thought of a convenient way to get rid of 
this is by turning the stair—thus pushing 
back the lower steps and getting rid of 
the long unbroken line. But many times 
this cannot be done on account of the ex¬ 
pense involved in an alteration of so 
fundamental a kind. If the hall is of 
sufficient width to admit of it, the widen¬ 
ing of the three or four lower threads, 
with the consequent curving of the balus¬ 
ter. will accomplish much and costs com¬ 
paratively little. 
Perhaps the most difficult task set the 
redecorator is the use of old furniture. 
(Continued on page 66) 
Love 
and Rheumatism 
By Carter Goodloe 
F. Hopkinson Smith’s 
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