HOUSE AND GARDEN 
456 
Ju 
NE, 1913 
blows, and while the 
trees are ornamental 
they can be dispensed 
with at the shore bet¬ 
ter than inland. 
Trees can be trans¬ 
planted at small ex¬ 
pense so that shade 
can be provided al¬ 
most anywhere. A 
good water supply 
must be obtained, 
either from a driven 
well or hydraulic 
p u m p . Provision 
must be made for 
sanitary disposal of 
the sewerage. Sum¬ 
mer life, to be pleas¬ 
ant and agreeable, 
must afford the com¬ 
forts of good plumb¬ 
ing, for we cannot 
forego the conven¬ 
iences of the city 
that we have come to 
look on as a neces¬ 
sity; but they can be 
supplied on a simpler 
scale. 
After the site is 
settled comes the 
type of construction. 
The cheapest con¬ 
struction for a cot¬ 
tage or bungalow is a 
frame covered with 
boarding and the ex¬ 
terior covered with 
clapboards over building paper with the inside walls left unfin¬ 
ished. There will be no great difference in cost if the exterior 
is shingled. However, such a cottage is susceptible to every 
change in the atmosphere and is but a shell affording shelter 
from the weather. If near the shore, it is very damp in humid 
or rainy weather and 
even the bed linen be¬ 
comes damp and sog¬ 
gy so quickly that it 
is decidedly uncom¬ 
fortable. As for my¬ 
self, I would rather 
not go to the shore 
if I had to try to sleep 
in damp sheets and 
many other people 
find it as disagree¬ 
able. Stucco does not 
stand well on frame 
cottages at the shore 
owing to the excessive 
moisture. To keep 
the cottage dry and 
minimize the damp¬ 
ness the best water¬ 
proof building paper 
should be used on the 
outside walls and un¬ 
der floors, but this 
will not prevent either 
heat or dampness 
penetrating. The in¬ 
terior walls may be 
sheathed or plastered 
as additional protec¬ 
tion and to make a 
more attractive inte¬ 
rior, but I think a 
cellar with a small 
heater is the only real 
preventive. The cel¬ 
lar avoids the accu¬ 
mulation of dampness 
under the house, and 
a wood fire built for an hour or two in the heater, will dry the 
whole house out on a damp day. Many attractive and convenient 
summer residences fail to be comfortable on this account in sec¬ 
tions that are not favored with a dry climate. Our New Eng¬ 
land coast is not so favored and my advice is to build a cottage 
Trees are not so essential on the sea coast as inland. An interesting seashore house. 
Allan W. Jackson, architect 
Porch columns supporting the extended roof should be solidly built and have lines of 
strength rather than beauty. I. H. Green, architect 
An excellent example‘of a well shaded country house where additional 
chamber apcl'porch space is obtained by the extended roof 
Lattice and vines supplement the structural lines of the porch and 
serve the same purposes as awnings if properly arranged 
