HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 
1913 
323 
of sickness, a contagious disease making it 
desirable to be able to practice such segre¬ 
gation. 
The third floor contains two servants’ 
rooms and bath, besides a large studio— 
draughting, billiard, playroom—and may 
well have other titles as the years go by. 
As for the architecture and decoration 
itself, if we may consider it aside from the 
plan, the house was inspired by the con¬ 
temporary work as it is being done in 
England for those who have sought out 
the quiet mellowness of the little villages. 
It seemed to the owner that England is the 
pre-eminent land for country houses, and 
that their subtle instinct for hearth and 
home is our rightful heritage, and strikes 
a racial chord so deep as to elude analysis. 
It is, however, inevitable that we, with our 
new work, must miss the quality and mel¬ 
lowness that only ageing can give. 
The subtle charm that permeates an old 
house is a quality beyond the skill of the 
architect to produce. Father Time alone 
can give this finishing touch. It is this 
craving for the dignity that belongs to age 
that leads many of us to surround our¬ 
selves with antiques, and in this particular 
house an effort has been made to go a step 
farther and build them in as part of the 
structure. A Sixteenth Century glass and 
gilt Italian door frame leads from the 
living-room to the hall. It was secured 
after the house was finished and the door¬ 
way cut to fit it. An old tapestry in the 
same room allows of doing away with at 
least ten feet of wall paper—smooth, flat 
and desiccated at best. The newel posts 
are capped by little carved and painted 
wooden figures of saints, probably from 
some long-forgotten piece of church furni¬ 
ture. A pair of Spanish carved and gilt 
rosettes are used as part of the design of 
the dining-room mantel. These things, 
slight in themselves, serve to impart a 
graciousness and charm to ordinary clean, 
sharp American woodwork that is entirely 
out of proportion to their real importance 
or value, and produces an effect of refine¬ 
ment and distinction that is exceedingly 
difficult by the usual methods. 
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The Modern Kitchen and Its 
Planning 
(Continued from page 301) 
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